Early summer and June are the ripening seasons for loquats. When you come to Ankang Yinghu Lake, the largest artificial freshwater lake in the five northwest provinces and a national AAAA-level scenic spot, you can not only enjoy the beautiful scenery of the lake and mountains, but also enjoy the fresh water of the beautiful lake in the clear spring of Yinghu Town Immigration Village. , juicy, sweet and delicious big loquats. Let you come here with pleasure and return with all pleasure.
Yinghu Lake is located 16 kilometers southwest of Ankang City in southern Shaanxi, with a total area of ??102.8 square kilometers, including 77 square kilometers of water area. It is an important water source conservation area for the middle route of my country's South-to-North Water Diversion Project.
The scenic spot has clear water and blue sky, excellent water quality, rich species, mild climate and numerous islands. It is known as the "Shaanxi Thousand Island Lake". It is a scenic spot with unique natural scenery of Qinba and Hanshui, and is one of the top ten scenic spots in Shaanxi. one. In early 2014, the Yinghu Lake Ecological Environment Protection Project passed the review of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and the Ministry of Finance and was included in the first batch of 15 key lake ecological environment protection projects in the country.
Starting from Ankang City, you can drive or take a boat from Yinghu Pier to Qingquan Village in one hour. Walking leisurely, you can see the fruit in the loquat garden. Looking into the distance, the mountains are covered with greenery. At the time when loquats are ripe, the orchard is busy with tourists and the farmers are immersed in the joy of harvest.
Look, the golden and plump loquats make people salivate. Visitors who come to pick can leisurely carry fruit baskets, climb up trees easily, or sit comfortably on the ground to enjoy the delicious loquats and experience the joy of harvesting fruits first-hand.
Loquat, the "first fruit of early summer", not only allows people to enjoy the sweetness and refreshing taste of its flesh, but also nourishes humans throughout its entire body - loquat leaves, loquat flowers, and even bark can all be used as medicine. Become a good medicine to relieve people's pain. Its selfless dedication inspires admiration and respect.
Loquat is green all year round and has a beautiful tree shape. It is named because the shape of its leaves resembles the traditional musical instrument Pipa. Loquat flowers bloom in winter, as white as snow. In early summer, the branches are full of fruits and the trees are covered with gold. This sweet loquat fruit has gone through layers of tests from cold winter to scorching heat from conception to maturity.
Loquat, cherry and plum are known as the “Three Friends of Fruit”. An ancient poem goes: "The water in the duck pond is shallow and deep, and the weather is semi-clear and overcast during the hot plum season. The east garden is filled with wine and the west garden is drunk, and all the loquats are golden." The delicious loquat is considered to be the best among fruits. Ancient literati used loquat to drink wine. Really elegant and unique. The sweet and sour taste of loquat makes them refreshed and inspired to write poems and rhymes.
According to "Village Official" Wen Baojun, Qingquan Village, surrounded by mountains and water, relies on the convenient water and land transportation conditions and the resource advantages of the rapid development of Yinghu tourism to firmly seize the opportunity to create an eco-tourism village. development opportunities. Cultivation was attempted in 1993, and after many improvements, new varieties were continuously introduced and grafted to create a high-quality selenium-rich loquat brand. At that time, no one cared about it at 5 yuan per kilogram. Now, at 20 yuan per kilogram, there is still an endless stream of tourists rushing to enter the park to buy. "Picking loquats and tasting loquats" has become an important tourism project in Yinghu Lake.
At present, Qingquan Village mainly grows high-quality loquat varieties such as Changhong, Jiefangzhong, and Dawuxing. Especially the Jiefang Bell, which is bright in color, moderately sweet and sour, juicy and tender, ecologically organic and nutritious, is deeply loved by tourists. There are also big five-star varieties with good yields and large and fleshy fruits. The weight of a single fruit can be as high as 150 grams!
In recent years, Yinghu Town has continuously increased the cultivation and management of orchards, actively guiding fruit farmers to graft and transform old and inferior loquat trees, promoting fruit thinning and bagging, soil testing and formula fertilization, etc., using advanced technology Improve the quality so that loquat production and income in the region will increase year by year. The government cultivates more than 2,000 acres of high-quality loquats, with a total annual output of 1,500 tons and an annual output value of approximately 30 million yuan. Loquats have become the main force in Qingquan’s agricultural development and the main way to increase farmers’ income. The per capita annual income of fruit farmers is 3,000 yuan. The money bags on the farmers' waists bulged and the smiles on their faces became more numerous.
The development of the loquat industry has given rise to the development of tourism and agriculture. Many "Yujiale" integrating catering, tourism, leisure and entertainment, agricultural science and technology demonstration and other functions have become the biggest beneficiaries.
Every year when the loquats mature, they attract a large number of tourists here for sightseeing. At the end of 2013, Qingquan Village was rated as a provincial leisure tourism village in Shaanxi Province.
When coming to Qingquan, tourists can not only pick loquats themselves and taste the fresh fruits, but also take photos in the loquat forest and enjoy the wine brewed by loquats... The development of tourism agriculture has allowed the development of the loquat industry to go beyond just one place. The small circle selling loquats has opened up a new path and broadened the channels for farmers to increase their income and become rich.
In order to further build a high-quality loquat brand and allow more tourists inside and outside the province to taste the high-quality loquats here, under the leadership of the Qingquan Village Committee and the cooperative, the fruit farmers also registered a trademark. Qingquan Village’s selenium-rich loquats have entered the market, creating a beautiful brand name card for the sustainable development of eco-tourism.
After enjoying the side dishes at the fishermen’s house by the lake, strolling through the mountains and ridges by the lake, the mountain villages in the warm sunshine are picturesque. On the lake in the distance, cruise ships and speedboats are rowing from time to time, and the snow-white waves are splashing; nearby, among the green trees and bamboos, small buildings with complete facilities, beautiful shapes and neat plans have been built, and spacious and clean cement roads have been built. At the doorstep of every home, every modern appliance is readily available. Afternoon smoke curled up over the mountain village. The lake is beautiful, the mountains are green and the water is beautiful, what a livable mountain village!
Dear friends from afar, the health-preserving selenium-rich, natural and pollution-free loquats from Yinghu Water Village are spreading their sweet fragrance. We look forward to your visit, sightseeing, picking and tasting!