Meishan City in SW China’s Sichuan: maple leaves facilitate rural revitalization

Photo taken on Nov. 19, 2022 shows over 600 mu of maple leaves at the Yijia Forestry Base in Yuanbao Village of Meishan City, southwest China’s Sichuan province. It is now the best time to see the red leaves, and they attract many visitors. Yuanbao Village continues the path of green development, vigorously developing landscape seedlings, flowers, and other ecological industries, planting red maples, cherry blossoms, blue carpets, flower bonsai, and so forth. These flowers not only decorate the village, but also promote agricultural efficiency, increase villagers' incomes, and helps facilitate rural revitalization. (Zhang Zhongping/Guangming Picture)

Photo taken on Nov. 19, 2022 shows over 600 mu of maple leaves at the Yijia Forestry Base in Yuanbao Village of Meishan City, southwest China’s Sichuan province. It is now the best time to see the red leaves, and they attract many visitors. Yuanbao Village continues the path of green development, vigorously developing landscape seedlings, flowers, and other ecological industries, planting red maples, cherry blossoms, blue carpets, flower bonsai, and so forth. These flowers not only decorate the village, but also promote agricultural efficiency, increase villagers' incomes, and helps facilitate rural revitalization. (Zhang Zhongping/Guangming Picture)

Photo taken on Nov. 19, 2022 shows over 600 mu of maple leaves at the Yijia Forestry Base in Yuanbao Village of Meishan City, southwest China’s Sichuan province. It is now the best time to see the red leaves, and they attract many visitors. Yuanbao Village continues the path of green development, vigorously developing landscape seedlings, flowers, and other ecological industries, planting red maples, cherry blossoms, blue carpets, flower bonsai, and so forth. These flowers not only decorate the village, but also promote agricultural efficiency, increase villagers' incomes, and helps facilitate rural revitalization. (Zhang Zhongping/Guangming Picture)