Introduction to tourist attractions in Taibai Town, Heshui County Taibai Town, Heshui County, Gansu

Is Heshui Huaxi Valley in Qingyang City open on October 1?

Open. Heshui Huaxi Valley Scenic Area is located in Lianjia Bian Village, Taibai Town, Heshui County, Qingyang City, Gansu Province, covering an area of ??more than 954.55 acres. It is an eco-tourism area integrating flower sea sightseeing, ecological leisure, and health care. According to the official website of the scenic spot, as of October 1, 2022, Qingyang City is a low-risk area, and the Heshui Huaxi Valley Scenic Spot has been opened to the outside world to provide tourist services.

Is Baoquan an attraction? Is Baoan an attraction?

The Baoquan Temple Grottoes are cultural tourist attractions.

The Baoquan Temple Grottoes are located in Majia Lao Village, Pingdingchuan, a tributary of the Hulu River in Taibai Town, northeast of Heshui County, 120 kilometers away from the county seat. The grottoes were built in the middle and late Northern Wei Dynasty. They are about 40 meters long from north to south and have more than 30 niches. Except for the third, fourth and sixth caves in the central part, which are larger, the rest are arched niches and are about 1 meter high. about. The themes of the sculptures are mostly one Buddha and two Bodhisattvas worshiped by Buddhists in the Northern Wei Dynasty, a Bodhisattva with crossed legs and two ribs serving the Bodhisattva, touching many treasures and sitting together to preach, thousands of Buddhas, etc.

The relatively well-preserved picture of Sakyamuni sitting side by side and preaching in niche No. 13 is finely carved, with a plump image, beautiful eyebrows and straight nose, a square face, and a joyful expression. He is wearing a half-shawl coat and a monk's inner robe. The stele is sitting in the lotus position, with smooth lines on the clothes. The main Buddha and two attendants are carved in niche No. 5. The craftsmanship is also very exquisite. The main Buddha is in the lotus position. He is wearing a shoulder-length coat. The clothes lines are very fine and even. The line expression is full of rhythm, this example is appropriate, the expression is calm, the embankment is very accomplished, and it is a very representative masterpiece.

Beekeeper Zhang Xuefeng in the vast primeval forest of Ziwu Ridge

The vast primeval forest of Ziwu Ridge in Longdong is located in Qingyang City and consists of Huachi, Ningxian, Heshui and Zhengning. It consists of four large areas, located in a temperate climate zone, with a typical Loess Plateau hilly and gully landform. The vegetation is dominated by natural secondary forests of the Loess Plateau, with a forest coverage rate of 84.42% and an area of ??37,350 hectares.

The Huaxi Valley Scenic Area is located in Lianjia Bian Village, Taibai Town, Heshui County, covering an area of ??more than 954.55 acres. It is an ecological tourism area integrating flower sea sightseeing, ecological leisure, and health care.

Huaxi Valley is integrated with the lush Ziwu Ridge. In summer, the cultural landscape of blooming flowers in the valley and the verdant natural landscape on the ridge merge into one, making the valley quiet and unique.

The Huaxi Valley is colorful and beautiful. All kinds of flowers are dazzling and dizzying. Visitors can immerse themselves in the scenery, which is not only eye-catching, but also has the effect of pleasing the body and mind. People are completely immersed in this romantic purple ocean in a second and cannot extricate themselves.

About 10 kilometers deep in this beautiful and quiet Huaxi Valley, in the vast virgin forest, sparsely visited, with no electricity or signal, there was a farmer from Laozhuangwan Village, Tianchi Township, Huanxian County. Zhang Xuefeng, a bee man, was born in January 1985. After graduating from Longdong Middle School, due to the pressure of life, the 19-year-old worked as a small vendor in the streets, picked up garbage, planted medicinal materials, and opened a shop.

Six years ago, in my spare time, I invited some friends to go fishing in Lianjiapian, Taibai Town, Heshui County, and they were attracted by the local wild wasps. He learned from local people that the most indispensable thing in the virgin forest is the bumble bee - also known as the Chinese bee. After tasting the wild honey sold locally, he found it delicious, fresh and delicious. I bought more than 10 kilograms and drank for a while when I went home. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the constipation disease that had troubled him for many years had improved unknowingly. He was amazed by the magical medicinal value of wild honey in the virgin forest, and he made up his mind to raise wild honey bees in the depths of Huaxi Valley.

Chinese bee, also known as Chinese bee or bumble bee, is an ancient bee species native to my country. It is small in size and has strong ability to collect small nectar sources (hill flowers, wild flowers, etc.). It is generally kept semi-wild and collected. Mountain flowers are wild and wild, and it is impossible to make nests and make honey through artificial intervention.

Zhang Xuefeng has lived in a large ravine in Tianchi, Huan County since he was a child. He has raised bumblebees and eaten medium-sized honey since he was a child. He had a good understanding of the living habits of bees. In order to run a good apiary, he was not ashamed to ask his subordinates, went to many places to learn skills from teachers, and purchased information online. After mastering and possessing certain common sense and basic knowledge, he began to walk deep in the virgin forest of Huaxi Valley. Establish bee farms everywhere.

The bee farm uses traditional old-fashioned wooden barrels to brew honey. The barrels are placed deep in the mountains, and the bees naturally build nests, collect honey, and brew honey. There is no artificial intervention in the whole process.

Honey from native bee hives retains the ancient method of harvesting honey, which is traditional but practical. Only in this way can it be 100% preserved. The various nutritional components of native bee honey ensure zero loss of nutrients, allowing customers to eat truly natural and healthy food.

The honey-producing ability of Chinese bees is weak. In good years, a honey bee colony can produce 10-20 kilograms. They can only be kept in fixed forests or in front of and behind the eaves.

Chinese bees are different from Italian bees. They do not like to live in square beehives, but prefer to build nests in holes in rotten wood and dead trees. Therefore, the bee barrels of Chinese bees are made of old wood. The core of the wood was hollowed out, and the two ends were plugged with two pieces of logs. If the gap is too big, paste some cow dung on it. When the cow dung dries, you can make a bee bucket.

After several years of beekeeping, Zhang Xuefeng is quite familiar with the properties of bees. When to harvest winter honey, when to harvest spring honey, when to separate bees, and where to set up bees. Bucket, he knew it clearly.

One hundred and fifty boxes of Chinese bees are raised. After a year of full brewing, they reach full maturity. After the 15th day of the eighth lunar month every year, the annual honey collection begins. Only a small amount of honey can be taken, and a large amount of honey should be reserved by the bees for winter food.

The medium bee is small in size but fierce in temperament. Fortunately, it has strong adaptability to the environment, is cold-resistant and is not afraid of wind. It can still survive the winter safely on mountains with an altitude of more than 1,600 meters.

Medium bees are very skilled in building nests. They often use the inverted nesting method in bee barrels. Each comb hangs upside down on the wall of the barrel, which makes it easier to cut the comb. One cake after another of honeycombs was taken out, and a basin was quickly piled on top of it. The honey had to be separated, and part of it was sold as honeycomb, while the other part could only be filtered directly into honey juice. Unlike Italian bees that can make honey quickly, medium bees take longer to make honey because there is no fixed source of honey where they live. This area is far away from crops and orchards, and bees have to go to virgin forests to collect honey. This kind of honey has fewer hidden dangers such as rotten pollen and excessive pesticide residues.

Bumble bees are slow to make honey, which also means that many hives are not full. They can harvest a full bucket of honey unless it is after spring. However, the quality of honey that comes after spring and summer is slightly worse. , the best honey is still winter honey. Bees collect natural honey and seal it in the honeycomb hole, which is formed due to special latitude, light, climate and other natural conditions.

Bumble bee pollen is rich in nutrients such as protein, amino acids, vitamins, bee pollenin, active enzymes, flavonoids, trace elements, etc. There are more than 5,000 known species of wild plants growing there, among which rare and protected plants are There are more than 100 species. The Ziwuling virgin forest is also a natural medicine storehouse, growing a variety of Chinese herbal plants, such as licorice, Bupleurum, Polygala, astragalus, skullcap, Codonopsis pilosula, Schisandra chinensis, dogwood, Magnolia officinalis, Panax notoginseng, coptis, etc.

Ziwuling’s natural honey from honeycombs takes at least a year to brew and contains a small amount of pollen, which is the main source of protein for bees.

Real beekeepers all know that medium bees cannot produce royal jelly in large quantities, so if you want to eat royal jelly from bumblebees, you can only get it by eating bumblebee honey. Natural bee honey contains pollen, royal jelly, natural beeswax, propolis and other substances, which have extremely high nutritional value! These nutrients do not exist in artificial nest honey.

After about two years of brewing, natural bee honey will gradually become native bee honey. It contains various trace elements, minerals, pollen, royal jelly and propolis than ordinary bee honey. The content is higher.

The production of Bumblebee honey is very small, and many people will never have the opportunity to see it in their lifetime. It is a rare treasure that is truly hard to come by.

Bees are raised in the Ziwuling virgin forest, away from the city, without smog pollution, and without any artificial intervention, the honey is the real original honey. Since local honey can only be taken once a year, it takes a long time to brew honey. The natural moisture of the nest evaporates in the beehive. When the moisture drops to less than 20%, it will be sealed and stored. Naturally mature honey is born.

Ziwuling virgin forest honey carries the trust and expectations of many honey lovers. When the author interviewed Zhang Xuefeng, it was midsummer in June, and when I came to Ziwuling and was surrounded by the sea of ??flowers in the Huaxi Valley, At a glance, it is a riot of colors, as if the ground is covered with layers of colorful carpets. The fragrance of all kinds of flowers is refreshing and intoxicating. It is particularly gorgeous against the backdrop of green mountains and green waters. It will make you want to take out your mobile phone and camera, take pictures, relax and linger in it.

Zhang Xuefeng took the author to visit his bee farm and came to the old house hidden in the virgin forest. Next to the bee bucket surrounded by bees, bees were circling and flying around him, landing on him from time to time. On the face and shoulders. Stroll along the beautiful but somewhat deserted river beach, and experience the indifferent days that belong to beekeeper Zhang Xuefeng - there is no radio, television, or computer. The only electrical appliances that can barely be called are a flashlight and a mobile phone, and the lighting is made of beeswax. Refined candles.

Mountain people are honest and sincere. In order to deliver the original honey that truly belongs to the deep mountains and old forests from the bee farm directly to the hands of every honey lover, Zhang Xuefeng lived such a hard life. days, but he is very satisfied with his living situation. In today's world of materialistic desires, it is rare to be able to maintain this state of mind! It can be regarded as a kind of life and a way of life! In this way, he realizes the craftsmanship and ambition of Ziwuling beekeepers.

At the end of the interview, Zhang Xuefeng said that he also contracted to plant more than 100 acres of the medicinal Bupleurum in Nanzhuang, Qingcheng, and in the coming year will contract to plant more than 200 acres of the medicinal materials Codonopsis pilosula and Astragalus membranaceus. I look at him, he is full of spirit of hard work and forge ahead, roll up his sleeves, roll up his trouser legs and work hard! There are more than 6,000 kilograms of honey in storage, and there is an endless stream of diners who come to buy it. Many acquaintances and friends also tell each other and rush to taste the green ingredients.

A kind-hearted friend helped beekeepers forward this article so that more friends in need can eat real local honey!

Text/He De_

Picture/Zhou Zhuming

Proof/Chen Wanzhen