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Farmers smile sweeter seeing fruitful fig trees

Photo taken on May 13, 2022 shows children play in front of the fig trees at Xianguo Orchard in Azihan Village of Songtake Township, Artux City, northwest China’s Xinjiang. Azihan Village is rich in figs, with hundreds of fig trees over 450 years old. In recent years, Azihan Village has adhered to the development of the “fig+” industrial model, with figs as the core, driving the coordinated development of folk culture tourism, catering with ethnic characteristics, fig planting, and fig agricultural and sideline product processing industries. In 2021, Azihan Village was rated as the "Beautiful Leisure Village of China" by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and won many honors such as a national AAA-level tourist attraction and a rural revitalization demonstration village in the autonomous region. Photo by Zhao Jin

Photo taken on May 13, 2022 shows tourists come to watch fig trees at Xianguo Orchard in Azihan Village of Songtake Township, Artux City, northwest China’s Xinjiang. Azihan Village is rich in figs, with hundreds of fig trees over 450 years old. In recent years, Azihan Village has adhered to the development of the “fig+” industrial model, with figs as the core, driving the coordinated development of folk culture tourism, catering with ethnic characteristics, fig planting, and fig agricultural and sideline product processing industries. In 2021, Azihan Village was rated as the "Beautiful Leisure Village of China" by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and won many honors such as a national AAA-level tourist attraction and a rural revitalization demonstration village in the autonomous region. Photo by Zhao Jin

Photo taken on May 13, 2022 shows more than 300 mu of fig trees are growing satisfactorily and Yishajan Talat smiles brightly at Xianguo Orchard in Azihan Village of Songtake Township, Artux City, northwest China’s Xinjiang. Azihan Village is rich in figs, with hundreds of fig trees over 450 years old. In recent years, Azihan Village has adhered to the development of the “fig+” industrial model, with figs as the core, driving the coordinated development of folk culture tourism, catering with ethnic characteristics, fig planting, and fig agricultural and sideline product processing industries. In 2021, Azihan Village was rated as the "Beautiful Leisure Village of China" by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and won many honors such as a national AAA-level tourist attraction and a rural revitalization demonstration village in the autonomous region. Photo by Zhao Jin

Photo taken on May 13, 2022 shows local villagers check the fruits of figs at Xianguo Orchard in Azihan Village of Songtake Township, Artux City, northwest China’s Xinjiang. Azihan Village is rich in figs, with hundreds of fig trees over 450 years old. In recent years, Azihan Village has adhered to the development of the “fig+” industrial model, with figs as the core, driving the coordinated development of folk culture tourism, catering with ethnic characteristics, fig planting, and fig agricultural and sideline product processing industries. In 2021, Azihan Village was rated as the "Beautiful Leisure Village of China" by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and won many honors such as a national AAA-level tourist attraction and a rural revitalization demonstration village in the autonomous region. Photo by Zhao Jin