春赏花，秋品果，河口之美，人间天堂。
20 世纪 80 年代，一首《在那桃花盛开的地方》被著名歌唱家蒋大为唱响中央电视台春节联欢晚会的舞台，并在全国流传开来。歌中所唱的丹东鸭绿江边的河口，一时间成为游人心中向往的桃源胜地。
河口村地处太平湾库区中游，早在19 世纪末，就是鸭绿江上重要的水陆码头，河口地区也是辽东著名的商埠。
这里，就是“在那桃花盛开的地方”。
鸭绿江畔最美乡村
河口——鸭绿江畔最美乡村，这里一江横卧、两河缠绕，山清水秀风光美，河口断桥、著名的电视剧《刘老根》拍摄基地、鹭鸣湖、上河口铁路桥、铁路抗美援朝博物馆、毛岸英学校、万亩桃园等景点浑然一体。
每年的四月末，河口的桃花映红了山坡，各地的游人早在心里算准了时间，如约而至。大家纷纷驾车而来，一进入河口，或被眼前的美丽风景吸引着，不由自主地生出心动感觉，或被眼前的美而着迷着，生出不能言喻的喜悦和幸福。鸭绿江水静静地流淌着，一江春水映着盛开的桃花，更多了诗和远方的意境。
河口村被评为中国十大最美乡村 刘海东 摄
“桃花流水窅然去，别有天地非人间。”摄影爱好者喜欢这里，他们用镜头捕捉下最美最绚丽多彩的风景；生活在河口的人们更喜欢这里，他们用智慧、勇气和汗水建设着自己的幸福家园，他们用河口人的精神绘出了一幅美丽动人的山水画卷。
一位来自沈阳的谭先生，经常出差路过河口。他说，河口是最能让自己忘记凡尘喧嚣的地方，每年桃花盛开的时候，都要带上亲人朋友来到河口，身临其境感受这里的美。“万亩燕红桃花在春季竞相开放，万里红云映衬着碧绿的江水”让人如身在“世外桃源”。
种植燕红桃 走上富裕路
“人面桃花相映红”感受的是返璞归真。同时，这一景致让河口人走上致富之路。
长甸镇党委书记丁一说，燕红桃也叫艳红桃，汁多味美，个大色艳，是中国重要的水蜜桃品种之一。河口村从 1989 年开始发展燕红桃产业，20 世纪 90 年代初，这里开始大面积种植。河口村因太平湾电站建设形成独特的沿江小气候，使得这里成为全国适宜燕红桃生长的最北端地区，是东北地区最大的燕红桃产区，目前，栽植面积达 1 万亩。燕红桃产业已成为河口村的主导农业产业，并带动了全镇农业产业发展的步伐。
河口，宛如一幅山水画卷
2014 年，河口村被评为“中国十大最美乡村”；2016 年，河口村被评为辽宁省“一村一品”燕红桃产业示范村。河口村借力“中国十大最美乡村”之美誉，将生态农业与旅游业融合在一起，蒋大为一曲《在那桃花盛开的地方》，提升了河口村生态旅游的品质形象。每年“五一”“十一”小长假，河口村每天接待游客都在 10万人次以上，桃花之美成为游客的看点，熟透的桃子成为游客后备箱的农产品。桃产业与旅游业的融合发展，促进了庭院旅游繁荣，河口村现有农家院 200 多户，户户均种桃，桃产业和旅游接待户均年收入 6 万元以上。
村民收入提高了，干劲更足了，幸福感更强了。
如今，在网购、电商、直播带货的大趋势下，河口村人成为了真正的“弄潮儿”。丁一说：“近几年，在燕红桃销售上打破传统的商贩上门收购的销售模式，利用微商和淘宝等渠道销售，销量约占总产量的 30%。通过网络销售，最直接的好处就是大大提高了桃子价格。通过电商，老百姓足不出户就可将桃子卖到全国各地。最远的销售到深圳等地，电商销售助力了桃产业。”
2022 年 4 月下旬，在片片桃林的簇拥下，河口农家乐又开始忙碌起来，“桃花嫣然出篱笑，似开未开最有情。满树和娇烂漫红，万枝丹彩灼春融。”
浓浓乡味，绵绵乡情。河口，用最灿烂的春花、最香甜的秋果，讲述着现代美丽乡村动人的幸福故事。
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Located on the Yalu River, the village of Hekou is certified as one of the Most Beautiful Villages in China and a model of One Village and One Product in Liaoning province for its red peach farming.
Back to the 1980s, the song “There're Peach Blossoms” spread across China by singer Jiang Dawei after it was performed at a Spring Festival Gala on the CCTV.
The place eulogized in the song is the village of Hekou on the Yalu River. For a time people flocked to the village for its peach blossoms. Situated in the south of Changdian Township of Kuandian Manchu Autonomous County. In fact, integrated into its spectacular landscape are three rivers, the famous broken railway bridge, the base where TV play Liu Laogen was filmed, Lake of Egrets, railway bridge at Shanghekou estuary, the Railway Memorial Museum of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, Mao Anying Memorial School, and the 10,000 mu peach orchard. Now the village is certified as a tourist site in the national Yalu River Scenic Resort.
Each year, before the end of April, the village of Hekou is covered by a red cloak of peach blossoms and by the time the sun rises, it seems that every hillside is inflamed. And then people begin to drive to the village from every part of the province. They're instantly fascinated by the stunningly beautiful landscape. Instinctively they're impressed and stirred. Happy and joyful looks appear on their faces. The joy they take from the blossoms is beyond description. For those who live here, their love and pride for the place has never been stronger. They're building their own happy home with wisdom, courage, and perspiration. They're producing a charming landscape painting with a determination that belongs to the people of Hekou village.
The village abounds with red peaches. Juicy, tasty, and large in size, they're acclaimed as one of the most famous species in China. Since the 1990s, the villagers began to plant more and more peach trees. Up to now, 10,000 mu has been cultivated for peaches, whose rapid growth has played a leading part in the local agriculture and even has a significant role in the township's agricultural development.
Thanks to its reputation as one of the Most Beautiful Villages in China, the village is trying to integrate ecological agriculture and local tourist projects. The famous song alone has done a lot for the village to be accepted as an ecological tourist destination. Each year, during May Day and National Day holidays, the village is visited by over 10,000 tourists daily.
At present there're over 200 households in the village where every family has peach trees. Peach farming and tourism bring an annual income of 60,000 yuan to each family. Aided with online shopping, e-commerce, and online promoting, the villagers find themselves winners in the new trend, because, instead of peddling their harvests, they can stay where they are and sell peaches to every corner of the country.
(Trans. by G.Q.)
编辑：徐博彦
检校：水 天
责编：景雪峰
