Qixidi, a "aromatic" cultural tourism scenic spot built by Huadu District and a key demonstration point for rural revitalization, is successfully selected as a typical case of cultural industry enabling rural revitalization of Guangdong Province. This is a good news.

　　In Qixidi, ecological restoration and beautification is stepped up in recent years, and planting cooperatives is established in the mode of "company + farmer", which led surrounding villagers to plant aromatic cash crops in wasteland to make every effort to build a aromatic ecological health base. At present, there are more than over 100 million plants in Qixidi, including 1,400 species, and nearly 100 natural native aromatic communities, covering an area of more than 1,000 mu(66. 7 hectare).

　　While paying attention to ecological restoration, Qixidi vigorously builds aromatic cultural tourism industry and a whole industrial chain that integrates R&D and sales of aroma products, catering and accommodation, science popularization and education, and forest tourism by opening up the development mode of "aroma+industry" and "aroma+tourism", developping aromatic home stay groups, aromatic handicraft experience workshops, designing aromatic tourism sightseeing routes, launching aromatic tea tasting, sachet making, aromatic rout walking and other characteristic aromatic projects.

　　The head of the base said that the base will continue to promote the integrated development of "tertiary industry ", take aromatic culture as the core, dig deep into the connotation of local aromatic culture, and create a double intangible heritage project of traditional engelhardia roxburghiana tea making technique and Lingnan traditional aromatic powder making technique. The base has trained more than 10 aromatic artists and 3 inheritors of intangible cultural heritage projects. The base has been promoting the integrated development of primary, secondary and tertiary industries, improving the infrastructure and village housing environment, and creating a series of characteristic farmhouse and rural homestayings. The base has employed 300 farmers in total, boosted their annual income by 15 million yuan, and enhanced their sense of gain, happiness and security.