STORY: Armenian expat enjoys poetic rural life in south China's Guangdong
SHOOTING TIME: July 20, 2024
DATELINE: July 28, 2024
LENGTH: 0:03:18
LOCATION: DONGGUAN, China
CATEGORY: SOCIETY/ENVIRONMENT

SHOTLIST:
1. various of Tiechang Village
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ANUSH HARUTYUNYAN, Model from Armenia
3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): CHEN WANYU, Curator of Yunxi·Taohuayuan
4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): CHEN WANYU & ANUSH HARUTYUNYAN
5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): ANUSH HARUTYUNYAN, Model from Armenia
6. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): LIU DONGXIAO, Cultural Inheritor of Agalloch Eaglewood Culture

STORYLINE:

This is the "natural oxygen bar" under Yinping Mountain and also the only village in Dongguan (dubbed the "factory of the world") without any factories. This is Qingxi Tiechang Village.

SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ANUSH HARUTYUNYAN, Model from Armenia
"Sisters, look here. Cheese!"

How did a village with a collective economic income source in distress manage to attract agritourism projects? We come here to find the answer.

Entering Tiechang Village, you can see the harmonious coexistence of mountains and waters, fields and paths, reminiscent of the "Peach Blossom Land" depicted by Tao Yuanming (an illustrious poet during the Jin Dynasty (265-420)).

SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): CHEN WANYU, Curator of Yunxi·Taohuayuan
"Welcome to Yunxi·Taohuayuan.
Thank you for your warm welcome."

"Welcome to Yunxi to be a leisure person." It is a phrase often said by Chen Wanyu, the curator of Yunxi·Taohuayuan.

Adhering to the concept of returning to nature and inheriting excellent traditional culture, since 2023, she has been dedicated to creating an urban leisure agricultural industrial park here.

SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): CHEN WANYU & ANUSH HARUTYUNYAN
"Anya (Anush's Chinese name), let's watch the show 'Tai Chi Tea Ceremony,' a feature of the traditional Chinese tea culture.
Wow, this is the first time for me to watch this. I'm full of expectations!
Please take your seat.
Okay."

Yunxi·Taohuayuan, relying on Tiechang's excellent ecological advantages, integrates oriental traditional culture with organic planting at its core.

SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): ANUSH HARUTYUNYAN, Model from Armenia
"I find it very interesting. We don't have this in our country.
Wow, look!
I've finished frying the tea leaves.
Do you want to taste it? It smells so good."

On another side of Tiechang, it hosts Dongguan's oldest wild agalloch eaglewood cluster.

SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): LIU DONGXIAO, Cultural Inheritor of Agalloch Eaglewood Culture
"I'll show you an over 300-year-old agalloch tree.
Wow, that is a very old tree.
Yes. The air and environment here are very good.
There is no pollution here.
Tiechang Village is the only one out of over 500 villages in Dongguan that does not have any industry."

Oriental Xiangyuan has nearly 1.1 million natural agalloch trees, leveraging its unique resources with a model that integrates nurturing, touring, learning and entertaining.

Oriental Xiangyuan aims to tell the story of Dongguan eaglewood, through a finely and deeply developed industry.

In recent years, projects such as Yunxi·Taohuayuan and Oriental Xiangyuan have been gradually settled in Tiechang Village.

They are actively seeking their unique development paths, embodying the innovative and integrated development of Tiechang Village.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Dongguan, China.
(XHTV)