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The integration of hot overseas Chinese elements into the tourism experience in the "May Day" overseas Chinese hometown

2024-05-07   

During the May Day holiday, many overseas Chinese hometowns welcomed a wave of tourists. Overseas Chinese who have devoted themselves to the cultural and tourism industry are constantly busy. With their ingenuity, the ancient homestays featuring "overseas Chinese" have attracted a large number of tourists. During the May Day holiday, our homestay rooms were fully booked. In order to welcome guests, we did extra cleaning in advance on the basis of daily cleaning. In Wenchangtang Village, Zhejiang Province, the "Cold House Returning to the Pond" homestay founded by Italian overseas Chinese Liu Yan and her husband Huang Jing was in high demand. "Our homestay officially started operating in 2018. This was originally the old house where my husband's grandfather used to live, with beautiful scenery and fresh air around." Liu Yan said in a phone interview with China News Agency reporters that a few years ago, after visiting their ancestral home, the couple had the idea of opening a homestay here. Subsequently, they entrusted their business in Italy and returned to Changtang Village to renovate their ancestral homes and open homestays, which is also the origin of the name "Returning to the Pond from a humble abode". The picture shows the scenery of the homestay "Returning from a Cold House to a Pond". During the renovation, we specifically invited designers to renovate the wooden components that were removed from the old house, which were used as furniture and decoration in the current homestays. The creative concept of combining Chinese and Western elements by Liu Yan and his wife was not only applied in architectural design, but also reflected in the development of dishes. The rosemary lemon grilled chicken we make with local ingredients combined with Western cuisine is very popular among residents and has become our signature dish at the homestay. In addition, specialty dishes such as coffee yam, red wine baked snails, and Western baking all reflect the "overseas flavor" of this homestay. Liu Yan introduced that after the opening of the homestay, its unique architectural design and distinctive cuisine attracted many guests from afar. On the eve of the May Day holiday, she received another order from an "old customer". "This is his fifth consecutive year staying at our homestay, and every time he comes, he eats rosemary lemon grilled chicken, paired with our homemade plum wine, which has become a 'tacit understanding'," Liu Yan said. Entering the ancient city of Chaozhou, the Nanyang style arcade architecture, the preserved remnants of the Song city wall, and the magnificent Guangji Tower attract tourists to visit and check in. "During the May Day holiday, the occupancy rate of Zaiyang Inn was around 80%." Liao Yiming, a descendant of overseas Chinese living in Thailand, said that the inn retains the architectural style of traditional Chaozhou residences and is the first homestay in the ancient city developed from the renovation of ancient houses. In 1956, Thai overseas Chinese Liao Zhenxiang funded the purchase of this "Da Fu Di" mansion, which was built in the mid Qing Dynasty. With the passage of time, the ancient mansion gradually became vacant and overgrown with weeds. "In order to protect the history and memory of the family, I began a comprehensive renovation of the ancient house in 2009." Liao Yiming adhered to the concept of "restoring the old as before", using traditional handicrafts to repair inlaid porcelain and wood carvings, and combining them with modern living experience, founded the Zaiyang Inn. "I hope overseas Chinese guests who come back to visit their families can find a place to express their homesickness in the old house." After accumulating experience, Liao Yiming also renovated a arcade into a tea house, introduced Chaozhou opera performances, and operated a Chaozhou restaurant. We have developed a series of tourism experience projects around the Chaozhou elements, where tourists stroll through the ancient city and taste Kung Fu tea

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Source:China News Network

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