At home, the residents at Yaxi are unfazed and pretty much unimpressed by the honor. To them, life has been like this for as long as they can remember. Here, growing old gracefully is natural.

　　Nobody living in this little county had heard of Cittaslow or the words “slow city” before this.

　　“The first time I heard the term was last July, when the vicepresident of Cittaslow, Angelo Vassallo, visited Yaxi village，” says Zuo Niansheng, the chief editor of local newspaper Gaochun Today.

　　“Vassallo was deeply impressed by this village's natural and cultural resources and said it perfectly fitted the requirements for a slow city，” says Zuo.That was how Yaxi became connected with Cittaslow.

　　The Slow City must also be committed to protect and maintain the natural environment as well as promote a sustainable way of development, all of which are the current strategies adopted in Gaochun.“We've been doing this for years，”adds Zuo.

　　Cittaslow was founded in Tuscany, Italy in 1999. It was a spin­off from the Slow Food Movement which started, also in Italy, in 1986 as a protest against the first McDonald's opening near the Spanish Steps in Rome. The movement championed a return to healthy, nutritious homegrown, home­cooked foods.

　　Slow Food has expanded globally to more than 130 countries. Its mission has also broadened to include the promotion of sustainable foods and local small businesses, and the localization as opposed to globalization of food production.

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