Suffusing in the lucid waters and lush mountains, it is a unique homesickness, which is also running in the blood of people from the south of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.
HANGZHOU, Sept. 12, 2020 (Xinhua) -- In the past 15 years, guided by the conviction that "lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets", a large number of villages in Zhejiang Province have undergone environmental transformations, attracting capital investments back to the countryside and prompting the development of homestay tourism.
Photo taken on July 17, 2020 shows a logo board of a homestay lodge in Yangjiatang Village of Songyang County, east China's Zhejiang Province. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)
A tourist takes a rest at a homestay lodging in Xiantan Village of Moganshan Town, Deqing County, east China's Zhejiang Province, July 4, 2019. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)
Tourists have a rest at a homestay house deep in the mountains of Anji County in Huzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province, Aug. 28, 2020. (Xinhua/Weng Xinyang)
Photo taken on Aug. 28, 2020 shows an interior view of a homestay hotel in Wuzhen, east China's Zhejiang Province. (Xinhua/Zheng Mengyu)
Guests visit s homestay lodging in Tai'an Village of Xinchang Township in Quzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province, July 16, 2019. (Xinhua/Weng Xinyang)
Aerial photo taken on April 21, 2018 shows Liang Zhefeng (1st L), owner of a homestay lodge built on an ancient house, serving tea to the guests at his homestay in Shangyu District of Shaoxing City, east China's Zhejiang Province. (Xinhua/Weng Xinyang)
A tourist visits a homestay lodge converted from an old house in Yigao Village of Huzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 28, 2020. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)
Photo taken on May 28, 2020 shows homestay houses in Yigao Village of Huzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)
Tourists enjoy themselves at a homestay hotel in Fangshan Village of Daixi Town, Huzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province, Aug. 27, 2020. (Xinhua/Weng Xinyang)
Zhang Shuzhen, founder of a homestay hotel, arranges the guest room at a homestay in the ancient town of Heqiao in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Dec. 19, 2018. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)
A tourist enjoys the island scenery at a resting area of a cliff-side homestay hotel built on the sea island of Nanji in Nanji Town of Wenzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, July 17, 2019. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)
Aerial photo taken on Dec. 19, 2018 shows a homestay hotel in the ancient town of Heqiao in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)
Photo taken on Aug. 25, 2020 shows a homestay hotel in Shilin Village of Dalan Town in Yuyao City, east China's Zhejiang Province. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)
A staff member walks across a garden at a homestay hotel in Xiantan Village of Moganshan Town, Deqing County, east China's Zhejiang Province, July 4, 2019. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)
Photo taken on Aug. 26, 2020 shows a tree house in hot air balloon shape serving as a homestay lodge in Zhongcun Village of Luting Township in Yuyao City, east China's Zhejiang Province. (Xinhua/Zheng Mengyu)
A rock-house serving as homestay lodge is seen in the ancient town of Heqiao in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Dec. 19, 2018. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)
As a pioneer and explorer in the development of homestay business in China, Zhejiang is striving to be the model and destination of homestay tourism in China. With the implementation of rural revitalization strategy and development of integration of culture and tourism, more and more people choose to return or come to live in the countryside. The vigorous development of the homestay business in recent years in turn has triggered new vitality of rural economy, making itself a growth pole in the course of rural revitalization. According to relevant statistics, by the end of 2019, the total number of homestay facilities in Zhejiang Province had exceeded 18,000 with more than 150,000 employees.
Fang Dunwei (1st L), owner of a homestay house, poses for a group photo with his family members at Shishe Village in Tonglu County, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 26, 2019. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)
Jiang Lijuan (1st left), owner of a homestay house, poses for a group photo with her family at her homestay in Xiajiang Village of Fengshuling Town, Chun'an County, east China's Zhejiang Province, Aug. 9, 2017. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)
A villager walks past a homestay house in Nanling Village, Ninghai County of east China's Zhejiang Province, March 14, 2018. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)
Yu Jiafu, owner of a homestay house, shares a moment with his son in a guestroom of his homestay in Tai'an Village of Xinchang Township in Quzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province, July 16, 2019. (Xinhua/Weng Xinyang)
Tourists make Qingtuan, or green sticky rice balls, at a homestay house in Moganshan Township of Deqing County, east China's Zhejiang Province, Feb. 7, 2019. (Xinhua/Weng Xinyang)
Foreign students make Tangyuan, or sweet dumplings, with a local at a homestay lodge in Lin'an District of Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Jan. 22, 2019. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)
Children play in a creek in a valley near Shilin Village of Dalan Town in Yuyao City, east China's Zhejiang Province, on Aug. 25, 2020. Homestay owners here launched a series of special tours for summer passenger flow. (Xinhua/Jiang Han)
A tourist sits in a sea-view room of a cliff-side homestay hotel built on the sea island of Nanji in Nanji Town of Wenzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, July 17, 2019. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)
Tourists have fun in a bubble party in a pool at a homestay house in Fangshan Village of Daixi Town, Huzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province, Aug. 27, 2020. (Xinhua/Weng Xinyang)
Supervisor: Liu Jie, He Lingling
Producer: Wang Jianhua, Shen Xiquan
Director: Qiu Lihua, Zhang Xinjing
Photographer: Xu Yu, Huang Zongzhi, Weng Xinyang, Zheng Mengyu
Editor: Hou Jun, Hou Dongtao, Zhang Xinjing, Tian Weiwei
Video Editor: Jiang Han, Tian Weiwei
