[Editor's Note
There are many famous people who are closely related to this land, including Ma Nanbao, a servant who supported the Song Emperor in ancient times, Liang Qi, one of the initiators of the establishment of Xiangshan County, Ma Yingbiao and the Guo brothers, the "Father of Air Force" Yang Xiangyi, the "Father of Explosives" Lin Bingguang, Liu Guangsheng, a pioneer of the Zhongshan Youth Revolutionary Movement, and Ma Leshan, a master of Snoopy hand model making, etc. In modern times, there are more than 40,000 overseas Chinese and compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan living all over the world, with rich historical and cultural resources.
In addition to its cultural heritage, the street in the southern district has rich and colorful tourism resources, with many attractions such as the national AAAA tourist attraction Zhongshan Zhangyuan, the national AAA tourist attraction Yuelai Parent-Child Kingdom, Xujing Agricultural Science and Technology Park, etc. Special rural tourism projects such as cultural creation Shayong, leisure Caobian, study Liao Hou, and net red Beitai are also in full swing.
From July 22, the South + opened the "'Week' Tour South" column, leading you or appreciate the "Overseas Chinese Township South" across a century of the charm of overseas Chinese houses, or into the fields and mountains to experience the tranquility of "picking chrysanthemums under the hedge", or recommend a good place for parents and children to visit on weekends.
In the fourth issue, we visit the modern agricultural garden, the Sunscape Agricultural Science and Technology Park, and experience the joy of picking melons and fruits together.
Sunscape Agricultural Technology Park. Photographed by South + Ye Zhiwen
Located in Dawei, Shuyong Village, South District Street, Zhongshan, covering an area of more than 400 acres, Xujing Agricultural Science and Technology Park was established in 2010 and opened to the public in March 2013, and has been carefully built into a fruit kingdom with various varieties. It has won the honorary titles of China Rural Tourism Model Household, Provincial Leisure Agriculture and Rural Tourism Demonstration Site, the first batch of Rural Tourism Demonstration Site in Zhongshan City, and Zhongshan City Agricultural Park.
More than 20 varieties of fruits and vegetables are planted in the garden, mainly Lingnan small fruits, mulberry and sage fruit in spring, peach and plum, dragon fruit, yellow skin, lychee and longan in summer, fig, guava and papaya in autumn, wokang, green jujube and strawberry in winter, etc., which can be picked and tasted by visitors all year round to realize the freedom of fruit picking. In the current season, visitors can pick dragon fruit, figs and guavas. You can pick and eat all you want in the garden, but if you take them away, you need to weigh them separately by the pound.
Sunscape Agricultural Technology Park. Photographed by South + Ye Zhiwen
The person in charge of the garden introduced that the four seasons fruits here are not only fresh, but also without any additives, no ripening, no waxing and no color, using artificial hoeing, fruit sacking, physical control of pests and other ways of management, adhere to maintain the original ecological fruit, so that visitors can taste the most natural and healthiest fresh fruit.
Here, visitors can catch up with the free-range chickens and ducks in the garden and enjoy the relaxation of an "urban farmer". You can also bring your tent and choose your favorite place to set up camp, and bring a kite to fly in the fields. Away from the noisy city life and high-pressure workplace, you can feel the change of seasons and the joy of harvest, enjoy various flowers and experience the culture of spring and autumn farming, which has become a popular place for primary and secondary school students to go for spring and autumn tours and outdoor labor experience.
Opening time.
Monday to Sunday 9:00-18:00
Group visit reservation number: 0760-88960413
Travel Tips.
1、Public transportation
Take bus 014 or 051, get off at Shuyong bus stop, and walk about 1000 meters to get there
2、Self-driving tour
Zhuhai departure.
Guangzhu West Line - towards Zhongshan, Zhongshan South Exit - Banfu direction - Xihuan 7 Road Exit - towards Shuyong - Xujing Agricultural Science and Technology Park (see signs at the intersection)
From Foshan, Shunde.
Guangzhou-Zhuhai west route - towards Zhuhai, Zhongshan South exit - Zhuhai Banfu direction - West Ring Road 7 exit - towards Shuyong - Xujing Agricultural Science and Technology Park (see signs at the intersection)
【Planning】Zhu Xiaoyu
[Writing] Yuan Shimin
【Photography】Chiwen Yip
【Correspondent】 Liu Yuqian Xujing Agricultural Science and Technology Park
South Zone Readership.
[Authors] Shi-Min Yuan; Chi-Wen Yeh
[Source] Nanfang Media Group Southern+ Client
