CCTV News: In the past two days, millions of acres of rapeseed flowers have been blooming one after another, which complements the local karst landforms. How does the beautiful scroll in the fields extend the scroll and what kind of road to wealth has the villagers paved?
You can see by a rapeseed flower field in Banqiao Town, Luoping County. After the continuous rain, these first rapeseed flowers blooming in balls were close together, and four tender yellow petals surrounded the full stamens, welcoming the arrival of spring in an uplifting posture. This flower field stretches for hundreds of miles, and across the sea of flowers, the villagers' houses are as small as building blocks. Because it has not yet entered the peak flowering period of large areas, from a high altitude, the land of Luoping is still yellow and green, like a overturned palette, which is splashed down immediately before it is stirred. Under the embellishment of the karst landforms formed 250 million years ago, Luo Ping Chunri's "limited skin" was jointly painted. When the breeze blows, the rolling flowers surround the mountains, as if the golden waves raised are surrounding the green island, writing a romantic spring fairy tale.
Rape is a cash crop. Local villagers pluck their money bags and rely mainly on rapeseed oil to squeeze. Luoping’s rapeseed planting scale can be as large as a business card, which is not only a good place but also a harmonious person. On the one hand, this place has a subtropical plateau monsoon climate, with no severe cold in winter and no scorching heat in summer, and abundant rainfall and a warm climate, which is suitable for rapeseed growth. On the other hand, in order to make villagers willing to plant and plant well, agricultural technicians are stationed in the fields all year round. While building high-standard farmland, they try every means to greatly improve yield and quality. The rapeseed field where the reporter is located is one of the experimental fields. Every year, some new varieties will be introduced to try them here. Among these two rapeseed fields, this area has bloomed simultaneously with the fields outside, and this area is obviously late in breeding, which means that this variety may not fully adapt to and utilize the climatic conditions here. If planted, it may also affect the rotation cycle with crops such as corn and turmeric in the next season. In the past two days, agricultural technicians are collecting relevant data, and will further conduct comprehensive screening of resistance and yield, selecting the best from the best.
In addition to cultivating new varieties in the future, what are the focus of field management? Experts say that rapeseed has now entered its initial flowering stage, and the next is the peak period for aphids and sclerosis. Currently, farmers and agricultural technicians are carrying out unified drone prevention and control work, and will continue to monitor and control the pest and disease loss rate within 5%, so as to reduce losses and increase production. The constantly improved varieties, coupled with high-standard farmland construction and modern agricultural technology operations, really make farmers increase their income and save trouble.
In addition to the fragrance of flowers, you can always hear the buzzing of bees in your ears. Rapeseed flowers are rich in nectar and pollen, and Luoping, a natural garden, is also a natural paradise for bees. Every early spring, in addition to beekeepers from all over the country who bring tens of thousands of bees to the sea of flowers to "camp and settle down" them, some local beekeepers also set up cooperatives to develop together. It is understood that in 2024, the number of beekeepers in Luoping County with more than 5 boxes of beekeepers has exceeded 1,000 households, with an annual honey output of more than 2,000 tons and an output value of more than 200 million yuan. In addition, they have developed a series of products such as propolis, royal jelly, bee pollen, etc., all of which are the "scent flavors" in the golden sea of flowers.
Luoping, Yunnan: Tourists enjoy flowers and scenery, giving birth to a variety of business formats
Luoping's rape flowers attract a large number of tourists to come for a trip to see the scenery, but also giving birth to a variety of business formats. Tourists and villagers share the "flower-viewing economy".
On February 28, the Y492 "Year-On" flower viewing train carrying 245 passengers drove out of Kunming Station for the first time this year. This customized tourism train will be held once a week during the flower viewing period of Luoping rape flowers. It departs from Kunming on Friday night and arrives in Luoping on Saturday morning to start its weekend flower viewing journey.
In the continuous sea of golden flowers, smelling the refreshing fragrance of flowers and drinking a cup of fragrant coffee is also a romantic enjoyment exclusive to spring. This sea of flowers not only attracts tourists, but also becomes a "fragment choice" for mobile coffee cart operators. They parked their mobile camper in designated areas in advance, and sold coffee to tourists while enjoying their lives.
Huang Xinya from Guizhou and her boyfriend have been paying attention to the weather after the Spring Festival. After coming to Luoping a week ago, they stayed here. Although the flowering season is not yet reached, their coffee cart business is booming, and they can sell sixty or seventy cups a day for a long time.
Looking from a high place, the sea of flowers stretches endlessly. In addition to providing tourists with bicycles and trains suitable for viewing, the local area also organizes villagers to change the "ox cart" and "horse cart" that they usually work in order to "sightseeing floats" to increase tourists' experience and fun.
From "Growing crops" to "Growing scenery", with nearly one million acres of rapeseed flowers, in recent years, Luoping County has also held various outdoor activities while building a health resort to further stimulate cultural and tourism consumption. According to statistics, the local area received a total of 5.08 million tourists in 2024, and achieved a total tourism expenditure of 5.45 billion yuan. Affected by the cold wave this year, the flowering period was delayed by about half a month compared with previous years. It is expected to last until the end of March, and the number of tourists will reach 5.3 million.
