A glimpse of Ailing village

Ailing village in Shaobo town, Jiangdu district, Yangzhou, East China's Jiangsu province, has been shortlisted as a provincial characteristic idyllic village, the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development announced on July 17.

Seventy-two villages in the province made the list.

The achievement was largely due to efforts by the village to tap into its natural resources and develop industries such as rice and wheat planting, crayfish and crab farming, and leisure agriculture.

The village is now home to five agritainments offering crayfish dishes, 300-mu (20 hectares) of water chestnut, and 100-mu of mugwort.

The annual output of water chestnut is 150,000 kilograms, generating a value of 2.4 million yuan ($334,143.26). and the crop was also recognized as a national geographical indication product.

Yangzhou is currently home to 47 such villages.