Rose planting spreads fragrance for thousands of miles, driving a whole region to prosperity
“Planting roses is a good industry. In the first year I intercropped soybeans, and the income from soybeans alone was enough to settle the hired labor costs and land rent.” introduced Luo Yanjun, a villager from Chazi Village, Daobazi Township, Weichang.
In recent years, Weichang Manchu and Mongolian Autonomous County has actively adjusted the structure of modern agriculture and developed ecological specialty planting and breeding industries, achieving remarkable economic benefits. Among them, rose planting has opened up another way for farmers to increase their income. This year, Luo Yanjun transferred 250 mu of land on the eastern slopes of Chazi Bahao and Wangoumen to plant roses. He said that in the second year he would intercrop sunflowers, and the income from sunflowers, roses and selling seedlings could repay all the investment. In the third year, when the roses reach full production, the net income per mu can reach 6,000 yuan to 10,000 yuan. At present, the township has built four “Rose Fragrance Villages” in Shunxia Village, Yongfeng Village and Daobazi Village, planting a total of 680 mu of roses.
“The roses planted in our village can produce 400—500 kg of fresh flower buds per mu each year, generally priced at 10—30 yuan per kg, and each mu of land can bring in 6,000—10,000 yuan.” said Wang Zifa, Party secretary of Dabahao Village, Dahuanqi Township, Weichang. This year, the village invested more than 2.7 million yuan to build a rose planting base covering more than 500 mu in Dabahao Village, creating a “Rose Fragrance Village,” and invested more than 5 million yuan to implement a rose deep-processing construction project, further extending the industrial chain.
“Roses can be used to produce rose tea, rose hydrosol, rose essential oil, rose liqueur and other products. We can also give full play to the highly ornamental advantages of purple-branch roses by building outdoor photography bases, farmhouse restaurants, leisure and wellness manors, and developing ‘rose banquet’ culinary projects, with extremely broad prospects.” said Geng Hongqiang, head of Liufang Qinhe Rose Technology Development Co., Ltd. While producing a series of rose products, visitors can drink natural rose hydrosol, sip premium rose wine, taste wellness rose tea, try delicious rose jam, eat lightly fried rose flowers, and soak in an intoxicating rose bath, fully displaying the charm and essence of rose culture and driving the vigorous development of rural leisure tourism.
Liufang Qinhe Rose Technology Development Co., Ltd. is the first enterprise in the Chengde area integrating rose planting, processing and sales. In March this year, the company invested 20 million yuan to build a new factory area in Yujiawan Village, Pailou Township, Weichang. At the same time, through land transfer, it transferred 1,200 mu of land in Xishunjing Village and Shibake Village, Pailou Township, creating two “Rose Fragrance Villages,” mainly planting Shandong Pingyin No. 1 and No. 2 rose varieties. At present, the company has developed more than 3,000 mu of rose planting bases, and at full production it can achieve sales revenue of 66 million yuan and profits and taxes of 20 million yuan. Ning Liyong