Pengdun Rural Tourism World

　　   Pengdun Village is situated in the hilly region on the southwestern border of Zhongxiang City, Hubei Province, bordering Jingmen City (15 km from downtown Jingmen). It spans a land area of 10.5 square kilometers, with 9 villager groups, 320 households, and 1,159 residents. The village has 9,511 mu of arable land, 377 mu of woodland, and 2,700 mu of water surface. Since 2003, Pengdun Village has partnered with Hubei Qinglonghu Agricultural Development Co., Ltd. through a village-enterprise collaboration model, forging an industrial alliance that pursues mutual development. Based on agricultural planting and breeding, the village has focused on developing modern leisure agriculture and rural tourism, which has significantly boosted its economic growth. It has been honored with titles such as “National Demonstration Site for Leisure Agriculture and Rural Tourism,” “National Eco-Cultural Village,” “National Advanced Grassroots Party Organization,” “Hubei Provincial Civilized Village,” and “Hubei Provincial Model Village for New Rural Construction.” In March 2011, China’s Xiaoxiang Film Studio shot the feature film *Peach Blossoms Red, Pear Blossoms White* against the backdrop of Pengdun, highlighting the remarkable achievements of the village’s new rural construction. The film received widespread acclaim after its national release. In 2013, Pengdun was rated as a National AAAA-level Tourist Attraction.

　　   Currently, the main sightseeing projects in Pengdun Rural World include eight major attractions with dozens of scenic spots: village appearance and layout, residential communities for farmers, modern agricultural industry bases, a farmers’ park, Pengdun Cultural Square, Pengdun Cultural Art Center, the Farming Culture Expo Park, and a shopping street.

　　   With the rapid development of tourism in Pengdun, the service facilities in the scenic area have been continuously improved. The area now includes a visitor reception center covering 1,000 square meters, the Pengdun Cultural Art Center with a capacity of 800 people, a shopping street, a hundred-family agritainment complex, and the 35,000-square-meter Pengdun Garden Hotel (an Hubei Provincial training base for new rural cadres). The hotel offers 109 mid- to high-end guest rooms and 8 VIP villas, accommodating up to 230 guests simultaneously. Supporting facilities include conference halls for 40–300 people, a VIP reception hall, a karaoke lounge, a chess and card room, table tennis rooms, indoor and outdoor basketball and tennis courts, and leisure fishing areas. The most distinctive feature is the Dream Jiangnan Ecological Restaurant, which embodies the essence of the water town style. With a main building area of 3,000 square meters, it can serve 800 diners at once. The restaurant enjoys a superior natural setting: backed by a natural forest, facing crystal-clear waters, with pastoral scenery to the left and concrete roads leading in all directions to the right. Winding water corridors extend gracefully in front of the restaurant, with pavilions and towers nestled among the water features. A variety of ornamental fish swim joyfully amid aquatic flowers beneath the water.

　　   The main highlights of Pengdun’s “Rural World” are: a city within the countryside, a countryside within the city, a park within the fields, and fields within the park; pavilions and towers on the lake, bridges and flowing streams in the woods—natural landscapes with unique charm and cultural scenes exquisitely crafted.