Wild Chicken Bay

Wild Chicken Bay

Wild Chicken Bay is a national AAA-level tourist attraction.

Wild Chicken Bay boasts hundreds of acres of ponds, thousands of acres of camellia forests, and tens of thousands of plants that create an ecological farm with green hills, clear waters, and blooming flowers all year round. The farm owner, Hao Xiaoliu, says the estate features cherry blossom gardens, osmanthus gardens, crape myrtle gardens, and red maple gardens where visitors can enjoy the flowers and pick fruits. There's also Wolong Lake for fishing, a homegrown vegetable garden and chicken farm, and homestyle dishes cooked by "Huivillage Wives" for visitors to savor. But I don’t understand—Hao, the farm owner who is over 60 years old, closed his hotels in the county and provincial capitals and has been running this farm for six years now. What’s he after? When pressed, he said, "This land nurtured me. Greening a barren mountain and beautifying the environment is my duty." (Text & photos \ Zhu Kangning)