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Rural tourism thriving in Anhui ancient town

Hanfu lovers showcase the traditional Chinese dress in Huizhou Ancient Town in September. The coffee shop nestled in Huizhou Ancient Town, a popular tourist destination in Shexian county, Anhui province, is adorned with traditional Chinese calligraphy and decorations such as colorful fish-shaped lanterns. SHI YALEI/FOR CHINA DAILY In Yihuawan Cultural Tourism Town, located in Anhui's Susong county, visitors can hike …

Local Cultural Chinese Town Huizhou Huizhou Ancient Town

Rural tourism thriving in Anhui ancient town

China Daily

Hanfu lovers showcase the traditional Chinese dress in Huizhou Ancient Town in September. The coffee shop nestled in Huizhou Ancient Town, a popular tourist destination in Shexian county, Anhui province, is adorned with traditional Chinese calligraphy and decorations such as colorful fish-shaped lanterns. SHI YALEI/FOR CHINA DAILY In Yihuawan Cultural Tourism Town, located in Anhui's Susong county, visitors can hike …

Local Cultural Chinese Town Huizhou Huizhou Ancient Town

2 months, 3 weeks ago

From little seedlings large profits grow

China Daily

Xu Xiyun, a farmer at a village in Pingshan, Hebei province, tends to cherry tomato vines at a greenhouse in December. CHEN YEHUA/XINHUA Red Sun Family Farm is owned by Nyima, a once-impoverished farmer who has not only transformed his own life but also uplifted many within his ethnic Tibetan community. The term is widely used by authorities to refer …

Farm Nyima

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Grapes boost rural vitalization in Qingdao village

China Daily

Local farmers are busy picking grapes to supply various regions as the grape industry fuels the growing popularity of rural picking tours. Farmers are busy picking away to supply markets in various regions, while the grape industry fuels the growing popularity of rural picking tours. Seizing the opportunity to create a demonstration area for rural vitalization, the local government has …

Rural Vitalization Qingdao Grape Grapes Dazeshan Town Pingdu City Village Local

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Finding purpose in rural entrepreneurship

China Daily

From top to bottom: Shao Qiankuan walks through his farm in Longma village, Zhejiang. CHINA DAILY Young people are turning to agriculture to escape city pressures, transforming rural China with innovative businesses and a fresh perspective on rural life. Like many young entrepreneurs, Ren Yin, 27, had no prior experience or education in agriculture before returning to her rural hometown …

China Agriculture Local Rural Products Rural Areas Sun

7 months, 1 week ago

Reports of army killing of villagers in Myanmar supported by photos and harrowing tale of a survivor

Associated Press

BANGKOK — Reports that soldiers of Myanmar’s military government last week carried out a massacre of more than 30 civilians in a village in central Myanmar were supported Monday in interviews with a local administrator and a man who says he survived the killings. Thirty-three people, including three 17-year-old boys, two older people and three carpenters from a nearby village, …

Men Myanmar Resistance Village Soldiers Villager Htoke Taw Village

10 months ago

In Goa’s Loliem, a proposed film city divides village, raises ecological questions

Hindustan Times

The Goan government’s plan to set up a film city in the state on the lines of the Ramoji film city in Hyderabad has divided locals residing in Loliem-Polem region. In October last year, the ESG issued an A month later, after it received a letter from the Loliem comunidade, the ESG via a tender appointed Resurgent India Ltd, an …

Film Goa Local Land City Project Village

10 months, 1 week ago

Millet desserts bring sweet taste of success

China Daily

Liu Tiantian promotes her bakery products during a livestream session at her shop in Jinpoluo village in Beijing's Miyun district in 2022. Baker's unique creations lead to fame and business opportunities in capital suburb Jinpoluo village in northeastern Beijing has boasted bountiful harvests of millets for centuries and now a dessert chef, Liu Tiantian, is adding her brand of sweetness …

Beijing Liu Village Millet Jinpoluo Village Miyun

11 months, 2 weeks ago

Hechi highway projects recognized as national rural vitalization innovation cases

China Daily

Two highway routes in Hechi, the Dahua-Bama section of National Highway G355 and the Kangzhuang Road of the Guangxi Regional Highway No 303 were selected as outstanding national projects supporting rural vitalization. The upgraded Dahua section of National Highway G355 now sees heavy traffic. Since 2022, Dahua's highway maintenance center has collaborated with Dangui village, Guhe town, and Dahua Yao …

Highway Project Dahua National Rural

1 year, 1 month ago

Himachal Pradesh to establish ‘tourist village’ in Kangra to promote local art and culture

Hindustan Times

A 'tourist village' will be established in Kangra to promote local art and culture and create employment opportunities for the youth, according to an official statement issued in Shimla on Tuesday. Himachal Pradesh to establish ‘tourist village’ in Kangra to promote local art and culture Permanent employment opportunities can be created by connecting local youths with tourism which will not …

Local Tourist Himachal Pradesh Kangra Employment Opportunities Local Art

1 year, 3 months ago

Drive to attract skilled retirees to rural areas

China Daily

Tang Shangjun, 93 years old, offers instruction to a student in his wooden house in Wuhan village, Central China's Hunan province. Population loss has long beset China's less well-off countryside and hindered efforts to vitalize rural regions, experts said. Apart from the agricultural ministry, which in the latest institutional reform in March merged with the National Rural Revitalization Administration, the …

Healthcare China Rural Rural Areas Rural Vitalization

1 year, 6 months ago

LG to adopt four Delhi villages for development

Hindustan Times

Lieutenant governor VK Saxena has decided to adopt four more villages in Delhi, and will develop them as model villages by improving their civic infrastructure and livelihood opportunities, LG secretariat officials aware of the matter said on Tuesday. Delhi LG VK Saxena had earlier adopted Qutabgarh village in northwest Delhi as a model village. On the model of Qutabgarh, all …

Saxena Northwest Delhi Qutabgarh Delhi Villages

1 year, 9 months ago

Why the romance of small towns scares me

Live Mint

I was reading The Great Gatsby for the very first time in my life and at one point, a young woman, Jordan Baker, says: “And I like large parties. Culture gives aesthetic preference to intimate dinner parties and small towns, as opposed to sweaty mob scenes and big cities. As Wikipedia puts it, “Yoon Hye-jin, an accomplished dentist from Seoul, …

City Feel Small Town Thing Towns Small Towns

1 year, 11 months ago

Huizhou heritage comes to life

China Daily

Hongcun village, a World Heritage Site in Anhui province, is known for its well-preserved ancient architecture. In 2000, Xidi and the nearby Hongcun village were declared World Heritage sites by UNESCO for their outstanding preservation of rural architecture dating to the Ming and Qing dynasties. Now, walking along the bluestone streets in Xidi or Hongcun, visitors can appreciate the distinctive …

Huang Xidi Hongcun

2 years, 3 months ago

Groningen village hit by 2.4 magnitude earthquake; Third in as many weeks

NL Times

The Groningen village of Uithuizen was shaken by an earthquake this morning. The quake registered 2.4 magnitude on the Richter scale at 2:39 a.m. on Friday, meteorological institute KNMI reported. The KNMI called it an “induced” earthquake, which means the gas extraction in the province caused it. On August 28, there was a 1.3 magnitude earthquake near Uithuizen, and on …

Quake

2 years, 8 months ago

DR Congo: Second train derailment in two weeks kills seven

Al Jazeera

The accident is the second in two weeks in a country where train derailments regularly occur. At least seven people died when a goods train derailed in the southeast Democratic Republic of the Congo, the second accident in the area in a fortnight, a local official has said. “Seven people died and 14 were seriously injured” in the latest accident, …

Train Lualaba

2 years, 10 months ago

Nandan Geyasigu Pastoral Complex to drive local development

China Daily

Nandan Geyasigu Pastoral Complex is located in Hechi's Nandan county. Its leading industries will be ecological rice and rural tourism, which are supplemented by the fruit and vegetable planting, Baiku Yao culture, as well as leisure agriculture industries. One belt refers to the Yao customs and ecotourism experience belt between Nandan and Libo; the four valleys refer to Daoxiang Valley, …

Valley Yao Nandan

3 years ago

Cultural, tourism industry thrives in Yudong

China Daily

chinadaily.com.cn| Updated :2021-12-01 A set of cultural and creative products made by local famers in Yudong Lifelike paintings are currently hanging on the walls of farm houses in Yudong village – located in the Kecheng district of Quzhou city of East China's Zhejiang province – after it made the 2021 list of national model villages for leisure tourism development, according …

Village Quzhou Yudong

3 years, 2 months ago

Police remained mute spectators during violence in Lakhimpur Kheri on Sunday, says local | Ground Report

India Today

A day after a deadly clash broke out between a Union minister’s son’s convoy and protesting farmers in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri, India Today’s team visited the area. On the way from Lakhimpur to Tikunia village, a local youngster, Gurjit, told India Today that the police had remained mute spectators to the “frightening” violence that occurred on Sunday. UNEASY SILENCE …

India Farmers Union Incident Village Union Minister Rakesh Tikait

3 years, 3 months ago

Over 120 killed in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, officials say

Al Jazeera

Tigrayan forces reject allegations by local officials in Amhara region they killed scores of villagers earlier this month. Doctors and local officials have said more than 120 civilians were massacred in Ethiopia’s Amhara region earlier this month, but forces from neighbouring Tigray rejected allegations they were responsible. He was quoted by Reuters as saying the killings were during the Tigrayan …

Region Dead Forces Ethiopia Civilians Tigray Tplf

3 years, 4 months ago

Turkey wildfires: Despair and questions as forests burn

Al Jazeera

Devastating wildfires have tore through forests and villages, killing at least eight people and burned through huge tracts of land. “No one has taken responsibility for these fires and we have nothing after today,” said resident Hatice Cinar, the sound of burned trees collapsing ringing from the forest below. But Erdogan came today and told us the government will give …

Turkey Forest Village Erdogan Fires Forests Burn

3 years, 6 months ago

Sarpamitra Akash Jadhav- Journey from local to global

Hindustan Times

In India, there are a lot of myths about snakes. Sarpamitra Akash Jadhav and team After leaving school there was not much to do and when I met one of my relatives Sunil Bhambal, who used to work for an animal rescue center in Satara, I was interested in knowing more about wild animals and especially snakes. I thought of …

Rescue Snake Work Team My Family Snakes Our Team

3 years, 7 months ago

Red tourism boosts rural vitalization in Jiangxi

China Daily

Xie Zhengxiu makes straw sandals with another villager in Gutian village in Jinggangshan, Jiangxi province. Wu Xiaoping, Maoping's Party secretary, said 21 of the 54 families in Shenshan lived below the poverty line in 2015, and the village's per capita disposable income was less than 3,000 yuan. Since 2018, Jinggangshan Yanda Tourism and Culture Company has invested over 10 million …

Tourism Local Income Red Company Yuan Village

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Rural tourism thriving in Anhui ancient town

Rural tourism thriving in Anhui ancient town

From little seedlings large profits grow

Grapes boost rural vitalization in Qingdao village

Finding purpose in rural entrepreneurship

Reports of army killing of villagers in Myanmar supported by photos and harrowing tale of a survivor

In Goa’s Loliem, a proposed film city divides village, raises ecological questions

Millet desserts bring sweet taste of success

Hechi highway projects recognized as national rural vitalization innovation cases

Himachal Pradesh to establish ‘tourist village’ in Kangra to promote local art and culture

Drive to attract skilled retirees to rural areas

LG to adopt four Delhi villages for development

Why the romance of small towns scares me

Huizhou heritage comes to life

Groningen village hit by 2.4 magnitude earthquake; Third in as many weeks

DR Congo: Second train derailment in two weeks kills seven

Nandan Geyasigu Pastoral Complex to drive local development

Cultural, tourism industry thrives in Yudong

Police remained mute spectators during violence in Lakhimpur Kheri on Sunday, says local | Ground Report

Over 120 killed in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, officials say

Turkey wildfires: Despair and questions as forests burn

Sarpamitra Akash Jadhav- Journey from local to global

Red tourism boosts rural vitalization in Jiangxi