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Xizhuang Town: Developing a "Small Courtyard" Economy to Activate the "Big Potential" of the Countryside

author:The ancient city built water

In recent years, Xizhuang Town has adhered to rural tourism as the starting point, actively explored the economic development model of "small courtyards", rationally developed and utilized idle ancient houses and farmhouse courtyards, transformed and upgraded them into homestays, inns, and specialty restaurants, so that farmhouses can become guest rooms, pastoral gardens become paradises, resources become assets, and small and micro industries can improve farmers' income.

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Renovate the environment and dress up the countryside

Xizhuang Town: Developing a "Small Courtyard" Economy to Activate the "Big Potential" of the Countryside

Focusing on road lighting, environmental greening, and village beautification, more than 8,000 yuan was invested to implement the rural living environment improvement and shantytown renovation projects, demolishing more than 80,000 square meters of "two violations" buildings, and repairing and renovating 2,216 rural households; Actively strive for funds to build new small gardens, small vegetable gardens, small courtyards, and small squares, create more than 700 beautiful courtyards, build 45 sanitary public toilets, and renovate 10,120 sanitary household toilets, and successfully create 12 beautiful villages at the provincial, state and county levels, and 7 green and beautiful villages at the provincial, state and county levels.

Xizhuang Town: Developing a "Small Courtyard" Economy to Activate the "Big Potential" of the Countryside

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Protect and repair and retain nostalgic memories

Xizhuang Town: Developing a "Small Courtyard" Economy to Activate the "Big Potential" of the Countryside

Adhere to the protection and development and utilization of traditional houses, combine the construction of "one lake and two cities" in Jianshui Shiping and the most beautiful nostalgic tour in southern Yunnan, based on the characteristics of ancient nostalgia, integrate 122 million yuan of project funds such as "saving old houses" and cultural relics protection and repair, and continue to do a good job in the infrastructure construction, cultural relics protection and repair and protective development of traditional villages in Tuanshan, Xinfang, wasteland, Beigong and other villages, so as to lay a good foundation for the development of rural tourism.

Xizhuang Town: Developing a "Small Courtyard" Economy to Activate the "Big Potential" of the Countryside

In recent years, 3 "China's Beautiful Leisure Villages" have been successfully created, Xinfang Village has been selected into the 2023 National "Top 100 Examples of Harmony Villages" publicity and promotion list, and Tuanshan Village has been selected into the list of "The Most Beautiful Nostalgia Tourist Destinations" and "Brand Tourism Villages" in Yunnan Province in 2023.

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Rational development and revitalization of idle courtyards

Xizhuang Town: Developing a "Small Courtyard" Economy to Activate the "Big Potential" of the Countryside

Vigorously promote the integrated development of agriculture, culture and tourism, and actively guide farmers to develop characteristic courtyard economies such as characteristic homestays, leisure farms, and farmhouses by revitalizing idle courtyards, so that farmers can broaden their income channels in addition to traditional agricultural income.

Xizhuang Town: Developing a "Small Courtyard" Economy to Activate the "Big Potential" of the Countryside
Xizhuang Town: Developing a "Small Courtyard" Economy to Activate the "Big Potential" of the Countryside

At present, it has successfully built more than 90 characteristic homestays and characteristic farmhouse restaurants with the theme of landscape and pastoral, such as Xianghui Restaurant, Gushan Qiu Coffee Shop, Chuye Homestay, Jielu Inn, Xinfang Shifungi, Majiaying No. 7 Coffee, etc., providing more than 850 jobs and an annual income of more than 3,060 yuan; In 2023, the town will receive a total of 1,177,400 tourists, achieving a tourism income of 57,953,300 yuan, and the tourism economy of "small courtyards" is booming.

Correspondent: Kong Lanjin

Editor: Zhao Yijin

Review: Tao Yongmei

Legal Counsel: Yunnan Mao Rongfang Law Firm, Mao Rongfang Lawyer, 13808775229

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