the benefits of hosting international events are evident, and beautiful villages attract foreign friends to visit yanqing
2024-09-25
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foreign internet celebrities visit the village at the foot of the great wall. photo courtesy of yanqing district media integration center
in the past, where in beijing has the most foreigners? badaling great wall scenic area is definitely on the list. in the post-world expo and post-winter olympics era, yanqing has more than just badaling to attract foreign visitors. in addition to yanqing olympic park and world expo park, some characteristic small villages in yanqing have become new check-in spots for foreigners to understand china and experience beijing flavor.
recently, a group of foreign video bloggers, actors, and international students came to yanqing to participate in the "foreigners see the great wall" event. most of them have lived and studied in china for more than two years, have some understanding of chinese culture, and are fluent in chinese. this time, in addition to badaling, they also went to the village at the foot of the great wall.
what is "dao" in chadao village? what are the meanings of "dao" in chinese characters? you probably wouldn't expect that a foreigner would ask such a professional question. in chadao village at the foot of the great wall, li sen, a member of the village committee, took belarusian video blogger su xiaoxiao to tour the village. "'dao' first refers to the road, and also means a traffic node. during the ming and qing dynasties, chadao city was an important post station connecting beijing and the grassland, and the only way for the emperor to hunt."
today, chadao village has developed more than 200 homestays. staying in homestays, watching the great wall, and counting stars have made it a popular check-in spot for chinese and foreign tourists. blue bricks, gray tiles, and large glass windows are simple and modern. walking into the boutique homestay huazhu, su xiaoxiao excitedly used her camera to record everything new. from the original farmhouse to the boutique courtyard that integrates the scenery of the great wall and the countryside, the founder wang weiwei told su xiaoxiao, "the chinese 'tao' is a way of business, but also a way of benevolence, righteousness, and morality."
walking into sansi village, jingzhuang town, cameroonian actor kang jia, who is developing in china, exclaimed that she had learned a lot. sansi village was first built in the ming dynasty, more than 600 years ago. the name of the village comes from the first division, second division and third division, which were established in the ming dynasty, and they were responsible for building and guarding different sections of the great wall. in the village, kang jia found a complex chinese character that she had never seen before. cao yiyong, the founder of yuanxiangli b&b, introduced that this word is pronounced "shua'r", which means "what" or "what". it was a code word related to the great wall in history. it was a code word for identifying the identity between the defenders. it is still frequently used by local people in yanqing. aroused by interest, kang jia also experienced the "shua'r" word leak printing technique and tasted the century-old cypress smoked meat.
foreign athletes also went to yanqing for a deep tour experience. in the 2023-2024 snow season, yanqing invited more than 200 athletes and coaches from 18 countries and regions to visit historical and cultural sites such as the forbidden city, the temple of heaven, and the badaling great wall in batches during the international bobsleigh and skeleton federation international training week and competitions. on september 7 and 8 this year, more than 1,100 athletes from 20 countries and regions gathered in the beijing expo international tourism resort to participate in the 2024 beijing international triathlon challenge. during the intervals between competitions, in addition to visiting yanqing olympic garden and climbing the great wall, some athletes also went to liugou village in jingzhuang town to taste the liugou tofu banquet, which has been famous in the suburbs of beijing for 20 years, and experience grinding tofu.
although they are strangers, they resonate with the same hometown feelings. "the villages here remind me of my hometown switzerland. it's a very good experience." julie delon won the silver medal in triathlon at the paris olympics this summer. "i am very happy to come to yanqing. it is a beautiful place and i feel very comfortable."
with the increasing number of international exchanges, more international friends will visit the most beautiful winter olympic city and the beautiful countryside of yanqing, and read about beijing and understand china from here.
journalist's notes
combined with foreign friends' attention
expanding the main venue for international exchanges
thanks to the hosting of the expo and the winter olympics, yanqing has stepped onto the international stage and has been seen by more foreign friends. as the post-olympic utilization of the winter olympics venues continues to advance, yanqing's international exposure is still increasing.
how to seize the opportunity and continuously enhance yanqing's international influence? yanqing mainly plays the great wall card, extending the main venue of international exchanges to the villages at the foot of the great wall. on the one hand, starting from the badaling scenic area, the great wall has a unique attraction for foreigners; on the other hand, after years of beautiful rural construction, the beautiful rural areas outside beijing have long become the best footnotes of the developing china.
yanqing has done a good job in combining the attention of foreign friends with china's development achievements and telling the beijing story and the chinese story well!
