Hutoushan Village, Jiaxiang County

　　    Hutoushan Village is situated next to the airport, offering rare and superior advantages for developing a distinctive tourism village. Jining Airport covers an area that includes Jining, Tai’an, Zaozhuang, Heze, Shangqiu, Puyang, Huaibei, as well as eight cities across the four provinces of Shandong, Jiangsu, Henan, and Anhui, serving a population of nearly 40 million. It is an important civil aviation hub in Shandong Province and the only one in southwestern Shandong. The airport has opened six key routes to major hubs including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Shenyang, and Qingdao, and is gradually becoming an aerial bridge connecting the land of Confucius and Mencius with the outside world, attracting a large number of tourists to Hutoushan Village.

　　    Creating Unique Folk Traditions. Hutoushan Village has become an important settlement for the Hui ethnic group within the province. The entire village strictly preserves the ethnic customs and lifestyle of the Hui people.

　　    Creating a Favorable Tourism Environment. With the goal of new rural development, the village has continuously enhanced rural infrastructure to provide residents with a high-quality living environment. Starting in 2004, the village committee focused on building infrastructure such as cement roads and tap water for the ethnic village. In 2006, a high-standard mosque was renovated.

　　    Strong Development of Distinctive Animal Husbandry. As the majority of the population in Hutoushan Village is Hui, the village adheres to the path of "developing the village through animal husbandry and tourism." In 2003, the village committee applied for and received over 320 Small-Tailed Han sheep from the provincial ethnic affairs commission in one allocation. Through a model of household-based free-range breeding and rolling development, the village has now expanded its flock to over 1,500 Small-Tailed Han sheep, generating annual income of more than 4 million yuan.

　　    Address: Eastern part of Zhifang Town, Jiaxiang County

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　　    Meals available, average cost 80 yuan per person; no guest rooms; parking lot available.