Introduction of the Habitat Creek

The Habitat Creek (National AAA-rated scenic area, National botanical garden specialized in fragrance，Guangdong provincial forest wellness base，The first batch of South Guangdong forest family in Guangdong, Demonstration base of forest economy in Guangdong，Provincial agritourism and rural tourism demonstration unit, Key project of Guangzhou with dual intangible cultural heritage skills, municipal-level leading agricultural enterprise, one of the "Top Ten B&Bs in Guangzhou") is located in Huadu District, covering an area of 8 square kilometers, 56 kilometers from the center of Guangzhou and 25 kilometers from Baiyun international Airport.

Ⅰ. Snow in the north and fragrance in the south，fragrance is Guangdong's most iconic contribution to traditional Chinese cultural life

The Chinese have a glorious history of 5,000 years in using fragrance, and also is the aromatic center of the world.  Spices, herbs and incense are the national economic pillar since the Sui and Tang dynasties, from all the way to clothing, food, housing and transportation(dressing, catering, educating, transporting) cosmetics, medication, stress relieving and so on. Aromatic traditional art is the first of the traditional "four elegant things" and treasures of national culture. The aromatic industry used to be the country's pillar industry (the primary industry in the Song Dynasty). For more than 2,000 years, Guangdong has been the center of aromatic production in China, "since the Han and Tang dynasties, when it comes to fragrance, it must be taken from the South China". "Hong Kong" was named after the port where fragrances were traded. The idiom of "snow in the north and fragrance in the south" shows that snow is a symbol of the north and fragrance is a symbol of the south. The aromatic industry is Guangdong's most prominent contribution to traditional Chinese economic and cultural life.

Ⅱ. The world of fragrance, known as "the most fragrant place in the world"

There are more than 500 kinds of authentic aromatic plants, hundreds of millions of natural aromatic plants, the core area of natural aromatic plant resources: Liquidambar formosana, Ruta graveolens, Acronychia pedunculata, Aquilaria sinensis, Santalum album, Pogostemon cablin, Pistacia weinmannifolia, Citrus medica, Eupatorium japonicum thunb, Daphne odora, Cinnamomum burmanni, Curcuma kwangsiensis, Saussurea costus, Albizzia corniculata, Dalbergia odorifera T. Chen, Blumea balsamifera, Adenosma glutinosum, Jasminum grandiflorum, Citrus medica  var.sarcodactylis, Alpinia galanga, Camellia japonica L, Litsea cubeba, Murraya exotica……Hundreds of natural aromatic plant communities, known as "the most fragrant place in the world", you will be attracted by the fragrant trees and herbs around you and can smell the fragrance with every step you take, it is a worldly fragrance left behind on earth.

Ⅲ. Fragrant Homeland, known as "the oldest fragrance-making workshop in China"

This is a historical and fragrant homeland, the original inhabitants have been making aromatic products for generations as their livelihood and work, “Every village has an fragrance field and every household makes fragrance”. There are six old fragrance-making workshops still remain today, all of them with the three evidence of human, material and historical, and the workshops were called "the oldest fragrance-making workshop in China" by the experts. The ancient fragrance-making techniques, and the aromatic tea techniques, both became "intangible cultural heritage skill items", and the witness and epitome of China's aromatic culture that has lasted for a thousand years.

       Ⅳ. Aromatic industry, unique and traceable aromatic products

Excavation and development of real natural aromatic plant values and intangible cultural heritage cultural values from the source: original goods of origin( aromatic cookies, aromatic sauces, and intangible cultural aromatic teas) from the "World of Fragrance"; The national trend "TSICY" perfume fragrance, which was named as the most favorite national brand by consumers; Tested by authority: the aromatic products of "JIGU" , the Yunshanyue gift box, the Siya gift box, the electronic aromatherapy and the essential oil aromatherapy necklace, all of them are pure natural fragrance, without any chemical fragrance and harmful substances, among them, the Yunshanyue incense holder won the silver medal in the China Tourism Commodity Competition and two patents. The Seven Muse Company also developed aromatic Reishi coffee.

            Ⅴ. Base of fragrant materials, authentic raw material scenario

The Habitat Creek grows a rich variety of aromatic plants, the catalog of homology of medicine and food includes Alpinia oxyphylla, Prunus subg. Cerasus sp, Alpinia galanga, Citrus medica var.sarcodactylis, Citrus medica, Alpinia officinarum, Phyllanthus emblica, Illicium verum, Amomum villosum Lour, Kaempferia galanga Linn, Piper longum L, Cinnamomum cassia, Choerospondias axillaris, Canarium album, Gardenia jasminoides, Perilla frutescens, Polygonatum sibiricum Delar. ex Redoute etc.; the catalog of natural fragrant materials for food includes Litsea cubeba, Ruta graveolens, Pogostemon cablin, Rosmarinus officinalis, Murraya exotica, Cymbopogon citratus, Saussurea costus, Iris tectorum Maxim, Vitex negundo var. Cannabifolia, Santalum album, Syzygium aromaticum etc.; the catalog of healthy food includes Evodia glabrifolia, Eupatorium fortunei, Rosa laevigata Michx, Asparagus cochinchinensis, Morinda officinalis How, Ligustrum quihoui, Cornus officinalis Sieb. et Zucc, Leonurus japonicus, Centella asiatica (L.) Urban, Citrus aurantium, Plantago depressa, Curcuma longa L, Platycladus orientalis, Houpoea officinalis (Rehder & E. H. Wilson) N. H. Xia & C. Y. Wu, Smilax glabra etc. Scenario of raw materials that can be picked, experienced, processed, and live-streamed.

Ⅵ. Fragrance Landscape，the first aromatic tourist attraction of bright color and strong flavor

The first natural fragrance landscape, National AAA level scenic area, 38 aromatic lifestyles that are long-standing and nourishing to both mind and body, a restaurant with full lake view(Guangzhou hundred kitchens and hundred stores), 4 aromatic B&Bs(The first 9-boutique B&Bs in Guangzhou, 50 Must-Stay B&Bs in China, 10 aromatic experiences per room), more than 20 aromatic handicraft experiences and 100 aromatic zones, 12 aromatic tour routes. Top 10 Wedding Attractions in Guangzhou. A place where the body and mind are healed. Away from the downtown and stay in a fragrant place. Eating meal with fragrant materials, staying in aroma accommodation, drinking the nutritional tea and wine, using the pillow made by fragrant materials, bathing with fragrant materials, using aromatherapy, visiting the waterfalls, beaches, ridges, valleys, streams, lakes and fragrant zone in an aromatic environment, identifying aromatic plants; studying the aromatic traditional arts, sealing incense, making fragrance pouch, dyeing the aromatic plants, making accessories and soaps with fragrant materials.

Ⅶ. The paradise of the world, satisfy people's desire for all nature

The Habitat Creek where the wind and smoke are all clean, the forest and ravine are especially beautiful, and the natural endowment is unique: the five-kilometer-long waterfall, the seven-kilometer-long valley, the ten-kilometer-long beach, hundreds of streams, hundred acres of cherry blossoms, hundred acres of lakes, hundred acres of ridges, hundreds of mountains, thousands of terraced fields, thousands of bamboo forests, thousand years of trees, billion-year-old strange rocks……all of these satisfy people's desire for all nature. The original residents moved out half a century ago, the land here is uncontaminated by fertilizers, pesticides and metals, and skip the entire industrial civilization. The spring water can be drunk directly, the air is fresh, and the land is organic, all test results are recognized by China Metrology Certification. 

Ⅷ. Difference in the four seasons, a natural aromatherapy and wellness place for the body and mind

The Habitat Creek Group focuses on natural fragrance, and was approved to establish the institute of fragrance science and technology, start from the source, from the cultivation, harvesting and separation of authentic aromatic plants to research and development, production, branding, sales and experience, the whole industry chain is created. "Aroma+" characteristic development mode: "Aroma+Research and Development", "Aroma+Industries", "Aroma+Aromatic Traditional Arts", "Aroma+Tourism", "Aroma+Intangible Cultural Heritage items", "Aroma+Retreat", "Aroma+Rural Vitalization"…… Habitat Creek is the native place of aromatic plants, the base of aromatic culture, the origin of aromatic products, and the destination of aromatic recreation and vacation.