The 1,200 mu (80 hectares) cola flowers are blooming in Cuntou village of Qifengdu Town, Suxian District, enchanting and fragrant. This is more than a beautiful landscape for the countryside, but a way to increase income for villagers in slack winter season.
In recent years, Suxian District has carried out the rice-rape rotation to fully tap the production potential of fallow fields in winter for rape production, protect arable land, and increase soil fertility. As a demonstration site of “rice-rape rotation” in Suxian District, Cuntou village has vigorously developed the winter fallow fields and taken multiple measures to expand winter rape planting, which not only drives farmers’ income, but also boosts rural tourism and rural revitalization.
As the main field of the second Hunan Provincial Tourism Development Conference and one of the sub-venues of the provincial cola flower festival, Suxian District plans to further make its rural tourism integration more well known, promote the construction of beautiful countryside and contribute to the rural revitalization through provincial cola flower festival this year.