[Explanation] Cizhong Village, Deqin County, Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, is located on the edge of the Lancang River. There are many ethnic groups living here, and there are Tibetan, Lisu, Naxi, Han and other ethnic groups. It is limited by the topography of the Lancang River gorge and has been isolated and impoverished for a long time. behind.

More than 150 years ago, French missionaries came to Cizhong and built a Catholic church, which also brought wine culture.

  [Explanation] Nowadays, the figure of the missionary has long gone, but this piece of vineyard hand-planted by the French people has stayed, and continues to bathe in the sunshine and rain of the plateau canyon.

  [Explanation] This 44-year-old Red Star lives here. In 1997, Red Star’s father introduced the rose honey grape vines from Cizhong Church and began to make wine using rose honey grapes as raw materials.

Today, Red Star has taken over the baton of winemaking. The rose honey wine brewed with traditional methods is clear and sweet, with endless aftertastes.

The annual output is less than two thousand bottles, and the supply exceeds demand.

  [Concurrent] Winemaker Red Star

  Our grape varieties are all pruned (grafted) from the old church vineyards. Its advantages are disease resistance and no pesticides. It is the best. The rose honey introduced from Bordeaux in France is called rose honey.

  [Explanation] By the side of Ibaraki Church, Red Star's wine shop has a small facade, but tourists from all over the world can taste the wine and learn about this period of history as long as they step into this hut.

  [Concurrent] Winemaker Red Star

  Then our family began to expand the vineyards, and now they have been planted, the total area is about 5 to 6 acres. Later, year after year tourism (development), many tourists come to visit Ibaraki Church and come to our house to taste To a lot of wine.

  [Explanation] Red Star also teaches winemaking techniques to other villagers.

Today, the hillsides of Ibaraki Village are full of grapes, and every household has equipment for making wine, and wine has become a local income-increasing industry.

  [Concurrent] Winemaker Red Star

  Year after year, I hope to study very seriously, and in the future, my Cizuo wine brand will get better and better, so that more tourists will come to taste our hand-made wines.

  [Explanation] Every year from May to September, when the grapes grow quietly in the valley, Red Star has another important task-a mountain guide.

Between the Lancang River and the Nu River, there is the Biluo Snow Mountain.

British best-selling author James Hilton wrote the novel "Disappearing Horizon", and Shangri-La has become a symbol of paradise.

An endless stream of backpackers came to Ibaraki Village.

  [Explanation] In 1997, some experts, scholars and hiking enthusiasts came to Cizhong Village, and Red Star acted as a guide for the hiking route of Biluo Snow Mountain.

Later, Red Star built a Red Star Inn at the rest point of the trekking route to provide catering and caravan piggyback services for hikers.

  [Explanation] Guides, innkeepers, wine brewers, Red Star is welcoming guests from afar with more identities.

  Reporter Du Xiaoxiao, Miao Chao, Shi Guanglin, Yunnan Diqing reporting

Editor in charge: 【Luo Pan】