Qian’an, Hebei: Peach Harvest Peasants Laugh

Nowadays, it is the season when fresh peaches are on the market. On July 11th, at the fresh peach planting base in Leizhuang Village, Jianchangying Town, Qian’an City, Hebei Province, red peaches hung on the branches, emitting refreshing peach fragrance. Tourists and fruit farmers are busy picking fresh peaches, sorting, packaging, loading, and supplying them to the market, presenting a scene of busy and bountiful harvests that is intoxicating.

Strolling in the peach orchard, the peaches with a blush swayed in the wind, with a fruity aroma. The fruit farmers first basket and transport the freshly picked peaches to the purchasing point at the base, and then the sorting workers divide them into different packaging boxes according to their size. Our peaches are big, sweet and crispy, with a strong peach aroma and excellent taste. “Yang Jianzhi, the person in charge of the Orchard Cooperative, introduced that the fresh peaches at the base have entered the markets of Beijing, Tianjin, and other places, all of which are produced on an order basis. Customers purchase them here every day, which is in short supply and deeply loved by the people. There is also a continuous stream of returning customers who come to pick them.

In recent years, Jianchangying Town, Qian’an City, Hebei Province has adhered to the principle of party building leading quality agriculture, based on local resource advantages, tailored to local conditions, and taking the development of leisure picking and rural tourism as a breakthrough point, encouraging and guiding growers to contribute to the characteristic peach industry. Through industrial assistance and effective connection with rural revitalization, relying on the “fresh peach picking” leisure tourism, it has extended the “beautiful rural” ecological tourism. The town also revolves around fruit industries such as peaches, apples, and pears, combined with the construction of the “Harmony Village” and the surrounding areas, to develop in groups and continuously create a model of integrating agriculture and tourism. It deeply develops diversified tourism services such as sightseeing, picking, and catering, allowing tourists to experience the beautiful scenery, delicious food, and leisure entertainment integrated rural tourism at the foot of Yanshan Mountain, where they can see the mountains and water.