Feeding the deer, experiencing tie-dyeing and ceramic making in the Guchengwan 
Scenic Area, participating in the farming experience at Gaogang Qinghua Farming 
and Reading Commune, and staying at a European-style garden house next to Youzi 
Mountain... Recently, the 21st China-Gaochungu Gucheng Lake Crab Festival is 
being held. A number of new scenic spots and beautiful homestays in Gaochun, 
Nanjing are displayed, refreshing and bringing more Gaochun new ways to the 
tourists, according to the Management Committee of Gaochun International 
Cittaslow Resort.

Gaochun is located at the southernmost point of Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. It 
is the hometown of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River. The unique 
ecological environment and the slow-paced pastoral life make it an ideal place 
for an "International Cittaslow". In 2010, the "Ecological Journey" of Nanjing 
Gaochun Yaxi was officially awarded the title of China's first "International 
Cittaslow" by the World Cittaslow Organization, and was subsequently 
established as the China headquarters of the International Cittaslow Alliance.

Over the years, Gaochun insisted on "ecology first with green development", and 
delivered an excellent answer for ecological enrichment; at the same time, 
relying on the brand, the concept was integrated into the global tourism 
planning, building a cittaslow across the country. Gaochun is also actively 
exploring new projects that combine B&B hotels, local culture and leisure 
agriculture, and integrate local resources into cultural tourism products. 
While enriching tourists' vacation experience, it promotes the high-quality 
development of rural tourism and promotes rural revitalization.

Taking the four major festivals as the starting point, Gaochun comprehensively 
enhances the influence of Gaochun's tourism brand through online and onsite 
global marketing, and creates a global tourism atmosphere of "fun for four 
seasons". Gaochun has adopted the form of driving rural tourism with global 
tourism, driving "fast development" with the "slow concept". This kind of 
top-level design awareness and the development model adapted to the actual 
development of the countryside may be a reference for the villages dedicated to 
the development of tourism and homestay industry.

Source: The Management Committee of Gaochun International Cittaslow Resort