Couple running, grain bucket racing, rice transplanting competition, banana-lifting......A series of fun activities were staged at Weifeng Farm in Minzhong town, signifying the start of the Zhongshan Rural Tourism Month campaign.

The campaign themed on “Step into Minzhong, Experience Rural Tourism” will last until August 31. It includes six major events such as “Waterside Sports Games”, “Vegetable Tournament”, “Kite-flying Competition”, “Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition”, and etc.

Reportedly, since the first tourism attraction opened in 2000, Minzhong has developed into a tourism-oriented town with characteristic ecological agriculture, Lingnan waterside culture, leisure and health-caring features in the past 17 years’ time. There have been more than 100 large-scale orchards, vegetable gardens, farmlands, aquatic farms and demonstration zones within the town.