Ditou Village is located in Daruoyan Town, Yongjia County, with an area of ??3.5 square kilometers and more than 500 acres of cultivated land. The village has 358 households with a population of 1,495. Daitou Village was founded in the Yuan Dynasty and has a history of more than 700 years. It has been rated as a national ecological village, a Chinese landscape village, a greening demonstration village in Zhejiang Province, and a provincial environmental education base. There are well-preserved ancient village culture and cultivated land culture, including a number of former residences and patriarchal buildings of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, such as Song Feng Shui Yue, Ink Marsh Fragrance, Yuhou Temple, Qixiu Temple, etc. It is an ancient village with a very profound cultural heritage. Daitou Village has always been a gathering place for literati. In recent years, the county committee and county government have protected and utilized ancient villages in a way of preserving, repairing and creating ancient villages. They have restored historic sites such as "Songfengshuiyue", "Luban Temple", "Monum Pond" and "Wollonggang", retaining the traditional of ancient style.
Since 2003, the village has combined tourism and ecological agriculture to create the "Nanfeng Camp" project - Wenzhou Youth Activity Base, where teenagers can experience catching field fish, breaking corn, Planting rice and other rural life, enjoying the childhood joy and farmhouse fun that are gradually fading away. At present, "touring the ancient village of Daitou, appreciating the landscape of Nanxi River, and enjoying the fun of farming" has become a well-known golden sign. Let the young people who come here have fun and never leave. Relying on the tourism market of Daruoyan Scenic Area and on the basis of protecting the ancient village of Daitou Village, the two local committees made full use of the rich tourism resources and profound cultural heritage of Daitou Village to write about ancient village tourism and vigorously develop the collective economy. At the same time, with The family tourism service industry, which focuses on "farmhouse entertainment", increases farmers' income, transfers rural surplus labor, and promotes farmers' employment. The annual per capita income increases by more than 5,000 yuan, putting the whole village on the road to prosperity.
In recent years, the village has also vigorously developed efficient ecological agriculture, developing 120 acres of vegetable planting, 50 acres of field fish breeding, and 100 acres of fruit planting. The total annual agricultural output value reaches 650,000 yuan, which better promotes agricultural production. The sales of by-products have stimulated the enthusiasm of farmers to grow corn, peanuts, sweet potatoes and other agricultural and sideline products. At the same time, people in Daitou Village have always had the habit of cultivating pomelos, chestnuts, onions, leeks, flowers, trees, and vegetables in their gardens. This is also an epitome of the farming culture of Nanxi River. These flowers, trees, fruits, and vegetables not only bring certain benefits to farmers. The economic benefits also change with different colors as the seasons change, decorating the environment of the village, forming a gorgeous scene of "the village is in the garden, and the garden is in the village".
On December 25, 2019, Daitou Village was selected into the first batch of national forest villages.
On April 15, 2019, Daitou Village was included in the first batch of provincial traditional villages in Zhejiang Province.
In March 2019, the Zhejiang Provincial Forestry Bureau announced the list of "One Village, Ten Thousand Trees" demonstration villages in Zhejiang Province in 2018, and Daitou Village was on the list.
On October 8, 2014, the Ministry of Agriculture recognized Daitou Village as the most beautiful leisure village in China in 2014.
Near Daitou Village, there are tourist attractions such as the local architecture of Daitou Village, Yongjia Jingzhou, Green Banner Taiyin Palace murals, Nanxi River, Ming'ao terraced fields, and the former site of the 13th Army Headquarters of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army. Specialties such as Wu Niu morning tea, three-inch yellow tangerines, Wenzhou colored stone inlays, Yongjia Jingzhou chestnuts, and Chashan Yangmei.