Autumn Visitors Drawn to Golden Rice Fields in Suizhong County as Fruit Fragrance Enriches Rural Villages

During the golden autumn season, Zhujiagou Village in Mingshui Manchu Township, Suizhong County, presents a picturesque scene.

After undergoing post-disaster reconstruction, the village has taken on a completely new look, with vast stretches of golden rice paddies complementing ecological orchards, and the popularity of distinctive rural tourism continues to rise.

In the autumn fields, the contiguous rice paddies are a brilliant gold, and as the autumn breeze sweeps across, waves of rice ripple layer upon layer, creating a breathtaking pastoral landscape.

Many tourists come drawn by its reputation to stroll along the field ridges, take photos, and immerse themselves in the splendid autumn pastoral scenery, soaking in the atmosphere of a bountiful rural harvest.

The orchards surrounding the rice paddies are laden with abundant fruit, with bright red apples hanging from every branch.

Relying on the superior mountainous climate, the local apples have thin skins, crisp flesh, abundant juice, and a refreshing sweetness. Visitors can enter the orchards to pick fruit by hand and eat them fresh on the spot, experiencing the joys of an original ecological rural lifestyle.

Leveraging their high-quality fresh fruit resources, the villagers of Zhujiagou have followed traditional methods to carefully produce apple dried fruit and pear dried fruit using a three-steam, three-sun-dry process.

The dried fruits have a natural color, tender and chewy flesh, and a rich, sweet fragrance, preserving the original flavor of the fresh fruit to the greatest extent. They are authentic local specialty products widely favored by tourists.

Today, Zhujiagou Village has deeply integrated rice paddy sightseeing, fresh fruit picking, and distinctive agricultural products, continuously strengthening its rural tourism industry, constantly enriching its recreational offerings, and effectively broadening the channels for villagers to increase their income, allowing this beautifully transformed village to continuously radiate the vigorous vitality of rural revitalization.