Cangxi Pear Culture Expo Park

　　Cangxi is known as the "Hometown of Pears," showing that it is not only our home but also the home of pears. Pears arrived in Cangxi long before us, and once they settled here, they never wanted to leave. After hundreds of thousands of years of natural propagation and thousands of years of artificial cultivation, over 30 varieties of pears have taken root in this land. Emperors such as Emperor Wuzong of Tang and Emperor Kangxi, as well as literati like Du Fu and Lu You, either spoke highly of Cangxi pears or left behind timeless poems. It is precisely because of the wide variety and excellent quality of Cangxi pears that the locals built a true grand garden for them by the Jialing River. This is the renowned Cangxi Pear Culture Expo Park, famous throughout Sichuan.

　　Covering an area of over 300 acres, the Cangxi Pear Culture Expo Park features three uniquely themed areas: the Pear Culture Exhibition Area, the Pear Village Folklore and Farming Experience Area, and the Pear Leisure and Wellness Culture Area. The Pear Culture Exhibition Area includes the Pear Ancestor Cultural Garden, the Century-Old Tree Garden, the Snow Pear Adoption Garden, the Snow Pear New Variety Garden, the World Pear Varieties Exhibition Garden, and the Pear Culture Museum. The Pear Village Folklore and Farming Experience Area consists of the Pear Village Farming Garden, the Pear Village Native Fruit Tree Garden, and the Pear Village Folklore Exhibition Hall. The Pear Leisure and Wellness Culture Area offers the Pear Blossom by Moonlight Terrace, the Pear Leisure and Wellness Tea Bar, the Snow Pear Ode and Pear Village Carving Crafts Exhibition Hall. In spring, you can come here to admire the sea of snow pear blossoms; in autumn, you can taste authentic Cangxi snow pears. In summer and winter, you can explore the condensed essence of China’s pear culture, experience the local customs of Cangxi, and witness the perfect blend of traditional farming culture and modern technological civilization.

　　The Cangxi Pear Culture Expo Park currently cultivates 42 varieties of high-quality pears from around the world, with 11,000 pear trees. The Cangxi snow pears, once tasted by modern greats such as Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping, and Chiang Kai-shek, all come from this park. In addition, the products of the Pear Culture Expo Park are also exported to countries and regions such as Japan, North Korea, Vietnam, India, and Russia. As a result, the Cangxi Pear Culture Expo Park has become an agricultural tourism destination integrating scientific research and sightseeing. In 2006, it was rated as a National AAA-level Tourist Attraction.

　　“If the color of the Jialing River is as tender as blue, and the phoenix gathering on the mountain illuminates the horse’s bit. Where willows and pear blossoms welcome guests, I still dream of the southern city to this day.” If the great poet Lu You were to visit Cangxi again today and see the Pear Culture Expo Park on such a grand scale, he would surely be inspired to pen a new “Pear Blossom Poem.”

　　Source: County Government Information Center