On the evening of July 27, a bonfire party was held in Niuzhuang Village, Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County. More than 50 countrymen surrounded the burning bonfire for three laps, singing and dancing the Tujia dance "Caesar ho". As the performance went to the end, Zhao Xiangjun, one of the visitors teased: "People outside here are sweating because of hot weather while I am dancing around bonfire", which amused the visitors.
Niuzhuang Village has been known as "Yichang’s Tibet". Located at an average elevation of 1,500 meters, Niuzhuang Village has not yet exceeded 23 degrees Celsius since the dog days. The cool weather in Niuzhuang has attracted many visitors to avoid summer heat, which makes lonesome Niuzhuang Village become increasingly popular.
Near the noon of July 28, 5 tables of tourists were waiting for their meals in Zhou Min’s Agritainment, Second Group of Dongkou Village, Changleping Town. Seeing that Zhou Min was too busy, several visitors volunteered to wash vegetables, serve the plates and clean up the tables. Zhou Min said proudly: "My guests here have booked in advance and most of them are from Yichang and Wuhan. We get along like a family."
"The ecological environment here is fabulous and we are satisfied with the public services here, such as health, medical services and etc." said Li Huajun, a retired teacher from Wuhan. Li Huajun and his wife have spent summer vacations in Dongkou Village in the past three years. Li Huajun introduced that air conditioning is more likely to cause more troubles to his wife since she has rhinitis. Li Huajun came to Dongkou Village, Changleping Town in 2015. "I have invited my relatives by marriage here this year." Li Huajun added. They cook meals by preparing for vegetables themselves and live in the adobe house, and they are planning to return to Wuhan after autumn begins.
"Forty-eight farmhouses of agritainment in Changleping Town have generated profits of 19,530 yuan, 35 of which have reached the daily reception of 50 visitors per day and 50,000 people within a month since July” said Tan Dunfeng, secretary of the Party Committee of Changleping Town. We should make agritainment a great industry and make rural tour popular to all visitors. The health preservation industry in Changleping Town has grown into an industry of certain scale under the context of all-for-one tourism.(Correspondent Yang Wei &Ye Tian)