Tangxi Village is located at the west end of Simingshan Town, Yuyao. Its name comes from the Chinese word for begonia (haitang), because when seen from above, the shape of the village resembles the flower. Tangxi Village is surrounded by mountains. When spring comes, the mountains are full of flowers; the ancient trees become verdant once more with budding leaves.
Villagers make a living from the mountains' natural resources. They have always relied on traditional mountain agriculture and horticulture as their main sources of income. In recent years, Tangxi Village is accelerating the transformation from horticulture to tourism. Some villagers have opened fun farms and B&Bs.
Tangxi Village is also actively developing the "under-forest economy", which involves reaping profits from forest by-products. The villagers are planting torreya nut trees, begonias, yew and other economic crops. There is a 3-km begonia landscape belt and a 0.16 acre begonia garden in the village, which attract many tourists to this thousand-year-old village and support its agriculture and tourism industries.