Huaxi village's nickname of the "Number one village under the sky" gives an inkling as to just what the village has to offer and why it attracts tens of thousands of tourists from home and abroad each day.

The village, located in Jiangyin in east China's Jiangsu province, is now attracting as many as 2 million tourists each year. Farming there has shifted from its traditional purpose and has now become a way of providing tourists with a unique experience.

"Huaxi village is really the most charming village. I will tell my relatives about this authentic Chinese countryside when I go home," said Eric, a visitor to the village who has a Bachelors of Arts in Chinese Language from the George Washington University in Baltimore, Maryland.