Dangshan County, Anhui Province is a famous fruit town in the country. Dangshan Su Pear is a famous, high-quality and special fruit well-known at home and abroad, with a cultivation history of 2,500 years. The county's pear area is 500,000 acres, with an annual output of 1.2 billion kilograms of pear. It is known as the "Pear Capital". Dangshan Pear According to the latest statistics from the Agricultural Economic Survey Team of the National Bureau of Statistics, Dangshan's total fruit output ranked sixth in the country in 1997, making it one of China's top fruit counties. Dangshan County is located at the junction of seven counties in the four provinces of Anhui, Jiangsu, Shandong and Henan. The Longhai Railway and National Highway 310 run through the entire territory, and the old course of the Yellow River lies in between. The county governs 13 towns, with a total area of ??1,193 square kilometers and a total population of 1 million. Dangshan is known as the "Hometown of Chinese Pear", "Hometown of Chinese Martial Arts", "Hometown of Chinese Suona" and "Hometown of Longevity in China". It is the world's largest contiguous orchard industrial area recognized by the Guinness Book of Records. The old course of the Yellow River in the territory meanders for 46.6 kilometers, and there are nearly one million acres of orchards on both sides of the river, with an annual output of 3 billion kilograms of various fruits, which is the largest in the world. The annual output of Dangshan Su pear is about 1.5 billion kilograms, accounting for one-eighth of the country's total pear output. It is one of the top 10 fruit-producing counties in the country and the largest fruit processing county in the country.
In 2009, the opening ceremony of the Pear Blossom Festival was held for the first time at the Lishu King Square in Dangshan, the ancient yellow post station. The event reached its climax with the takeoff of Anhui Tourism Airlines No. 1, and the Dangshan Pear Blossom Cultural Tourism Festival also had an additional Aerial flower viewing project.
At the opening ceremony of the 2010 Pear Blossom Festival, Guinness staff certified and awarded Dangshan County the county certificate with the largest pear planting area in the world. The Dangshan Su pear cultivation area is centered on Dangcheng and radiates to 370 administrative villages in 5 townships, 14 towns and surrounding areas. The contiguous area of ??pear orchards is the largest in the world. Every year during the Qingming Festival, pear blossoms bloom with pistils and buds. The whole county is covered with snowdrifts, silver waves, and a sea of ??flowers. The scene is spectacular. The Dangshan County Party Committee and the County Government are far-sighted, and in order to do a great job in crisp pear, further increase the popularity of Dangshan crisp pear, achieve the purpose of making friends, attracting investment, gathering insightful people from all over the world, building and developing Dangshan, and revitalizing the economy of Lidu. Pear blossom viewing activities have been organized by the county party committee office and government offices since 1999. Over the years, they have aroused great repercussions at home and abroad, and have received great economic and social benefits. From the first pear blossom viewing event in 1989 to the fourth one in 1992, literature and artists were the main guests. They enjoyed the flowers and sang about Dangshan Mountain in the form of a pear blossom pen meeting. Most of the invited guests are famous friends in calligraphy, painting, literature, and art circles in the province, abroad, and even the country, such as nationally famous writers Liu Zhixia, Chen Dengke, etc. They come to Danghou and accompany them to the garden, orchard, Liangli Township and other places Watch pear blossoms in the pear orchard, hold pen meetings and exchange experiences. Calligraphers and painters took advantage of their excitement to use ink to create wonderful paintings, leaving behind pieces of calligraphy treasures; scholars and writers faced the boundless sea of ??snow and silver waves, and their literary thoughts welled up, and they happily wrote excellent works, which were published in newspapers and magazines at all levels across the country; poets They sang a beautiful poem with great enthusiasm, praising Dangshan Mountain and praising Lidu, which greatly increased the popularity of Dangshan Mountain and produced a great social impact.
Based on the experience, lessons and publicity influence of the 1st to 4th Pear Blossom Festival, the county party committee and county government realized that organizing such activities is to use their own advantages to make friends all over the world, promote themselves, and achieve investment and revitalization. A great opportunity for Dangshan’s economy. The fifth pear blossom viewing event in 1993 clearly put forward the guiding ideology of "building a platform for pear culture and performing business, industry and trade". Make friends from domestic and foreign cultural and artistic circles and economic and trade circles, and carry out large-scale networking activities to achieve the purpose of attracting investment to further revitalize Dangshan's economy. The county party committee and government made it clear that Comrade Wang Qinkong, deputy secretary of the county party committee, will take charge, and comrades such as Zhao Wenming, Peng Yusheng, Xu Dengguang, and Li Mingli formed a temporary working organization to carry out activities. This event held a large-scale opening ceremony for the first time, organized a float parade to promote Dangshan's industrial and agricultural products, carried out aerial distribution of product leaflets, and helicopter aerial viewing of Dangshan's sea of ??flowers. The fifth event has become the most popular event in Dangshan since the founding of the People's Republic of China. The largest event ever, it created a huge sensation. In addition to friends from the cultural and artistic circles, guests invited to this event include friends from higher-level party, government, military, businessmen, and entrepreneurs, as well as friends from the central government and the media inside and outside the province. They have also become the main invitees, and the number of guests received has greatly exceeded previous years. Many business negotiation projects were carried out during this pear blossom viewing event, which achieved great economic and social benefits.
Since 1995, the county party committee and the county government have designated Comrade Zhou Xuechao, deputy secretary of the county party committee, as the leader of the Dangshan County pear blossom viewing activity leading group for the three pear blossom viewing activities held in July, August and September.
On August 25, 1995, the County Party Committee Standing Committee meeting decided to establish a new permanent organization - Dangshan County Pear Blossom Viewing Activity Office. Comrade Xu Dengguang was appointed as the director, and the activities have been included in the normal work schedule of the county party committee and county government. In the three years from 1995 to 1997, in order to develop the resource advantages of Dangshan, Lihua Office did everything possible to open up new tourist attractions from the perspective of tourism and agriculture, so as to truly attract many domestic and foreign guests and friends to come to Dangshan for sightseeing, inspection, trade and investment. Purpose, every year the activity is carried out is better than the year before, and new ideas are created every year. In 1995, they selected 7 new pear blossom viewing spots with unique characteristics in the 500,000 acres of pear orchards in the county. The names of the scenic spots are poetic, chewy and fascinating. Namely, "Oolong covered with snow", "Aotou sea view", "Yaochi haze", "Wuling scenic spot", "Gongliyuan", "Guhuang Yingxue", "Ancient crossing of the dawn", etc., tree monuments and stones are built to build winding corridors Ornamental pavilions and platforms, repaired ornamental roads, beautified the appearance of villages along the way, and set up signboards along the bends to raise the annual pear blossom viewing event to a new level. The seventh, eighth and ninth Dangshan events all held large-scale opening ceremonies. There are more and more activities, the content is getting richer, the themes are getting clearer, and the economic and social benefits are getting bigger and bigger. At the opening ceremony of the seventh event, the county organized a phalanx review of primary and secondary school students and a parade of product floats. Thousands of martial arts elites from several martial arts schools performed martial arts to visitors in the Liyuan, demonstrating the spirit of the "Hometown of Martial Arts"; At the opening ceremony of the eighth session, a thousand farmers' motorcycles were paraded to boast about their wealth, and hundreds of groups of suona played in Dangcheng. The streets were crowded with people in Dangcheng, and Chinese and foreign guests were greatly excited; at the opening ceremony of the ninth session, there were 16 parade squares, 126 A grand parade of floats, a 50-minute fireworks show in the evening, etc., created a precedent in the history of Dangshan. The fireworks celebration of 300,000 people conveyed the unity, forge ahead and high-spirited spirit of the people of Lidu under the correct leadership of the county party committee and the county government, and the new image of two civilizations in three big steps in three years, great achievements, and a peaceful and prosperous age. It was shown to tens of millions of domestic and foreign guests and compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, forming a strong attraction, producing huge political influence and achieving immeasurable social benefits. In the three events held in August and September, the key invitees were customers from the national fruit and other industrial and agricultural product sales and processing industries and guests from the press. The theme of the activity was clear, the expected results were achieved, and the economic benefits were also considerable. In the few days of the eighth event, more than 20 meetings inside and outside the province were held in Dangshan, and 21 key enterprises in the county signed 116 production and sales contracts, with a turnover of 120 million yuan; in the ninth event, 32 meetings were held in Dangshan, and 72 investment intentions and trade contracts were reached in various industrial, economic and trade industries, with a transaction volume of 260 million yuan and a fruit sales contract value of 80 million yuan. Just take Dong Xiaoyu's private fruit shop as an example. In a few days, he held social activities with the heads of more than 10 fruit shops in Nanchang, Fujian, Zhejiang, Haikou, Guangzhou, etc. to discuss the sales business of crisp pears. The sales of crisp pears reached 100,000 yuan. Five hundred thousand yuan. Over the years, pear blossom viewing activities have attracted many domestic and overseas businessmen to invest in Dang. They have established wholly-owned and joint ventures such as pear beverage processing, net-covered cartons, fruit and vegetable dehydration processing, fertilizers, breeding, etc. More than 10 have been put into production, becoming a A new force to revitalize Dangshan’s economy. In order to increase the popularity of Dangshan, promote Dangshan in an all-round and multi-angle manner, and promote Dangshan’s famous, high-quality and products, the seventh, eighth and ninth pear blossom viewing activities also focused on inviting friends from the press. County Party Committee Secretary Zhang Lizhu, County Magistrate Ma Jun, and Government Office Director Comrade Wang Guanglin went to Beijing many times to carry out social activities, and personally invited the responsible comrades of CCTV's columns to Dangshan. CCTV is invited to Dangshan every year and has established a sincere friendship with Dangshan. Provincial and local radio and television stations, as well as radio and television stations in Beijing, Henan, Hunan, Jiangsu, and Guangdong, "People's Daily", "Xinhua News Agency", "People's Pictorial", "Voice of Jinling", "Economic News" and provincial, Journalists from local newspapers and magazines come to Lidu every year to collect news on the spot. CCTV's "News Network", "Around the Motherland", "China Style", "China Report", "Golden Land", "Tianya *** This Time" and other columns, Beijing TV's "Going South and North", Anhui Provincial TV's "Life "Friends", Guangdong Satellite TV's "China 600 Seconds", and special columns of Henan and Hunan TV stations have made news or special reports on Dangshan many times.
"People's Daily", "People's Pictorial", "Economic News", "Anhui Daily", "East China News" and other relevant national newspapers and magazines introduce Dangshan in various aspects every year in the form of news, communications, information and pictures. , publicizing Dangshan has greatly improved the popularity of Dangshan and produced a political impact that cannot be underestimated. For the 10th Pear Blossom Viewing Event in 1998, the county party committee and government changed their traditional approach and invested human, financial and material resources in promoting Dangshan Suli. They invited guests from the capital and provincial capitals, including CCTV, China People's Broadcasting Station, Xinhua 30 news organizations, including Jiji and People's Daily, came to Dangshan for interviews. In more than a month, more than 40 articles were published, introducing the production of Dangshan pear and the development of agricultural industrialization from different angles. The Lihua Office, in collaboration with the County CPPCC Office, the Xuanmiao Town Government, and Dong Xiaoyu, a major pear seller, held the "Opening Ceremony of the Pear Blossom Viewing Activities on the Old Yellow River" and held a two-day folk sheep fighting event. The duel between 120 sheep from five counties in Anhui, Shandong and Henan provinces attracted more than 100,000 people to watch, pushing the tenth event to a climax. During the annual pear blossom viewing event, tens of thousands of Chinese and foreign guests gather in Dangshan. The people of Dangshan sing and dance, and there is a strong festive atmosphere everywhere. Dragon lanterns, lion dances, and land boats take to the streets in Caoguanzhuang Village, Xinanmen Town. Youth calligraphy and painting exhibitions, government cadres calligraphy and painting exhibitions, and individual calligraphy and painting exhibitions will open at that time. There are many activities during the day, and there will be a party at night. Throughout Dangcheng, colorful flags are flying at various scenic spots. Balloons are flying, singing and laughing, and gongs and drums are noisy. In the sea of ??flowers, Dangcheng presents a new scene of people's carnival. The Pear Blossom Viewing Activities Office organizes manuscripts and pictures in a timely manner every year, and prints "Pear Blossom News", "Lidu Dangshan" picture album, "Dangshan Crispy Pear", "Dangshan County Tourist Traffic Map", "Introduction to Pear Blossom Viewing Attractions", "Dangshan Famous Artists" Promotional materials such as "Introduction to Special Products" were given to guests free of charge, so that guests could fully understand Dangshan and Lidu while viewing flowers and scenery, and received great publicity effects.
The Dangshan County Pear Blossom Viewing Event has been held for ten years. Every year for the grand event, a leading group led by responsible comrades from the county party committee and county government is established. Its members include the county party committee, government office, propaganda department, pear blossom office, Government Working Committee, Agricultural and Economic Committee, Finance Committee, Economic Committee, Education Committee, Transportation Bureau, Highway Bureau, Finance Bureau, Administration Bureau, Cultural Bureau, Commerce Bureau, Supply and Marketing Cooperative, Urban Construction Bureau, Industry and Commerce Bureau, Broadcasting Bureau, Sports Committee, Power Supply Bureau, Agricultural Bureau, Forestry Bureau, Township Enterprise Bureau, Orchard Farm, Horticulture Farm, Chengguan Town, Southwest Gate, Liangli, Longhai and other towns. There are offices under it, and the specific work is coordinated and operated by the Lihua Office. During the preparatory work, each member unit took on its own responsibilities and coordinated the work to form a huge synergy. Hundreds of thousands of people participated in each of the ten pear blossom viewing events. There were no problems in such a huge comprehensive project, which added a lot of glory to the history of Dangshan. In particular, the county party committee office, government office, Ewha Office, Cultural Bureau, Sports Committee, Education Committee, Public Security Bureau, Administrative Bureau, Broadcasting Bureau and other departments have a heavy workload and close cooperation, making great contributions to the success of each event. The annual pear blossom viewing and grand collective activities enhance the collective sense of honor and responsibility of the people of the county, purify people's minds, and demonstrate the people of the county who closely surround the county party committee and government, unite, fight, be realistic, and forge ahead. The professionalism has effectively promoted the healthy development of the two civilization constructions in our county.
On April 2011, the China Dangshan Pear Blossom Tourism and Folk Culture Festival kicked off in Dangshan’s million-acre pear orchard. Wen Haiying, Deputy Director of the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Congress, Zhao Han, Vice Chairman of the Provincial CPPCC, Ding Haizhong, Deputy Secretary-General of the Provincial Party Committee and Director of the Northern Anhui Office, Hu Xuefan, Director of the Provincial Tourism Bureau, Xiao Guilan, Inspector of the Provincial Department of Culture, Liu Jie, President of the People's Daily Anhui Branch Yan Duanxiang, deputy director of the Rural Social Undertakings Development Center of the Ministry of Agriculture, city leaders and guests from all over the country attended the opening ceremony. On the opening day, visitors will also enjoy a skydiving performance. "Anhui Tourism Airlines No. 1" will also take off from the Dangshan Yellow River Old Route Scenic Area on the day of the opening ceremony. Ordinary tourists will be able to buy tickets and board the plane to enjoy the beautiful scenery of Lidudang Mountain from the air, with "thousands of pear blossoms, thousands of snow trees, and a stream of willows and smoke".