Yuetang Heyuan in Yizheng City

Yuetang Heyuan in Yizheng City

In April 2009, a barren hillside area of 308 mu south of Dengyue Lake was contracted. Subsequently, I led local residents to plant 280 mu of seedlings, including camphor trees, red-leaf plum trees, privet trees, and poplar trees, creating an original ecological atmosphere.

In May 2009, construction at Yuetang Heyuan began, with a building area of 2,000 square meters. The design form was that of a traditional Chinese courtyard house. It took 11 months to build this classic-style, uniquely styled courtyard. During the construction process, I personally explored and managed the design, planning, and creation, successfully completing this wonderful project. Currently, we operate a farmhouse restaurant. Specialties include vegetables grown on-site, free-range chickens, geese, ducks, as well as fish and shrimp from Dengyue Lake, and Yuetang’s signature bean products, offering guests fresh and authentic flavors. The site also offers integrated agricultural eco-tourism projects including entertainment, conferences, and fishing, while providing employment for 20 people.

In the course of operations, learning as we went along, to meet customer needs, we developed a win-win-win project—allowing guests to pick fresh produce, benefiting farmers, and costing us nothing. Then, I allocated land systematically to farmers and designated specific vegetable crops for cultivation. The benefits for farmers included: no rent, guaranteed harvest purchases. For guests, it meant sightseeing plus picking—a perfect experience. Now, a 200-mu cotton landscape, 10 mu of vegetable fields, 10 mu of corn, 5 mu of pumpkins, and 5 mu of sweet potatoes are all on display for visitors. Guests at Yuetang Heyuan enjoy their meals daily to the sounds of crowing roosters, clucking hens laying eggs, honking geese, and quacking ducks, savoring our big-pan rice crusts, and immersing themselves in a primitive, ecological, and wonderfully natural environment — a true natural oxygen bar.