The Tangxi Village./棠溪村。[Photo by Tang Yan]唐嚴(yán)攝
By Xu Zhuowei
Tangxi Village is located at the west end of Simingshan Town, Yuyao. Its name comes from the Chinese word for begonia (haitang), because when seen from above, the shape of the village resembles the flower. Tangxi Village is surrounded by mountains. When spring comes, the mountains are full of flowers; the ancient trees become verdant once more with budding leaves.
棠溪村位于余姚市四明山鎮(zhèn)西端，因村內(nèi)形貌如“海棠一朵”而得名。棠溪村四面群山懷抱，春天到來(lái)，漫山繁花盛開(kāi)，上百棵古樹(shù)又見(jiàn)新綠。
Villagers make a living from the mountains' natural resources. They have always relied on traditional mountain agriculture and horticulture as their main sources of income. In recent years, Tangxi Village is accelerating the transformation from horticulture to tourism. Some villagers have opened fun farms and B&Bs.
靠山吃山，一直以來(lái)棠溪村民以傳統(tǒng)高山農(nóng)業(yè)、花木經(jīng)濟(jì)作為主要收入來(lái)源。近幾年，棠溪村加快從“賣花木”到“賣風(fēng)景”的轉(zhuǎn)變，鄉(xiāng)賢們帶頭發(fā)展特色農(nóng)家樂(lè)，建起了民宿。
Tangxi Village is also actively developing the "under-forest economy", which involves reaping profits from forest by-products. The villagers are planting torreya nut trees, begonias, yew and other economic crops. There is a 3-km begonia landscape belt and a 0.16 acre begonia garden in the village, which attract many tourists to this thousand-year-old village and support its agriculture and tourism industries.
棠溪村還積極發(fā)展林下經(jīng)濟(jì)，種植香榧、海棠、紅豆杉等經(jīng)濟(jì)作物，打造了一個(gè)3公里長(zhǎng)的海棠景觀帶和1畝的海棠觀賞園，吸引更多的游客走進(jìn)這個(gè)千年古村，助力村莊農(nóng)旅產(chǎn)業(yè)發(fā)展。