China News Service, Urumqi, February 28 (Reporter Ji Jiangtong) In the early morning, the sun shines on a corner of the South Tianshan Mountains.
In the distance, snow-capped mountains, pine forests, white clouds and blue sky; crowings of cocks, dogs barking, horses neighing, and electronic sounds sounded over Taklage Village (referred to as "Ta Village") in Wensu County, Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang, showing its louder name all the time. "Guiyuan Tianju·Ta Village".
Early morning in Tacun at the foot of Nantian Mountain.
Photo by Ji Jiangtong
Rows of neat and rustic wooden exterior walls seem to compete with the sun.
A reporter from Chinanews.com was walking on the straight asphalt road in the third team of Tacun. The names of the farmhouses attracted the attention of the reporters. "Tuerdi Guomu Roast Meat Restaurant" and "Ace Special Sheep Stall Restaurant" swayed in front of their eyes from time to time. .
Ace is an authentic Ta village villager. The house where Ace's grandfather, Ace couple, and two sons lived has now become "Ace's Special Sheep Stud Restaurant".
In the past, the Ace family, whose main source of income was animal husbandry, had a sheep fold in their courtyard, and their annual income was only about 30,000 yuan.
Today, the sheep pen only occupies a corner of the small courtyard, and the larger courtyard is occupied by dining tables.
Ace smiled and stretched out his hands and walked towards the reporter, his thick fingers clasping the reporter's hands: "Sit in the house and drink some tea."
The street scene of Tagrak Village, Wensu County, Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang. The farmyards on both sides have their own characteristics.
Photo by Ji Jiangtong
While chatting and laughing, the reporter learned about the origin of the name of the sheep pen restaurant, and also learned that Ace's income has quadrupled in three years.
Ace's two sons, one graduated from college and are preparing to start a business in their hometown, and the other is a sophomore in high school in Wensu County. His wife poured water and tea from time to time, and the smell of mutton pilaf wafted from the house.
Tacun, a once backward and impoverished village, has now developed into a beautiful "Internet celebrity" tourist village after two years.
Since 2019, Aksu region has created a well-known tourism brand of "Guiyuan Tianju · Ta Village" with "rural revitalization + tourism poverty alleviation" as the starting point. Farmers and herdsmen can enjoy the dividends of tourism development at their doorstep.
Ace and his wife are preparing a hearty lunch, and there are tourists coming to the family, and the two are skewering barbecue in the snow.
Photo by Ji Jiangtong
Umaier Turdi, the leader and first secretary of the "Visiting Huiju" team of Aksu Cultural Tourism Development Group Co., Ltd. in Ta Village, who accompanied the reporter from Chinanews.com, said that Ta Village used to be a dirt road. I don't want to come back. Now you can see that the population is too large, and the college students who went out of the village all come back to make suggestions for the future of Ta Village.
More than a year ago, the "two committees" of the village transformed the 300 mu of idle land of the villagers into scenic spots. The villagers became shareholders and enjoyed tourism dividends every year. At the end of 2021, one family will share at least 3,000 yuan.
Some villagers still work in the scenic area, receive monthly wages, eat tourist meals, and are very busy throughout the year.
During the conversation with Wumaier Turdi, snow fell from the sky, and he brought the reporter and his party to the Tianshan Tuofeng Ski Resort.
Tacun is located at the foot of Tomur Peak, the highest peak of Tianshan Mountain, with an altitude of more than 2,000 meters. You can enjoy the grassland in summer and snow in winter. Chen Ruibo, general manager of Tomurta Village Scenic Spot in Tianshan Mountain, was quoted as saying, "Tacun has no sea. You can watch anything and play whatever you want.”
A corner of Ta Village in the snow.
Photo by Ji Jiangtong
In the check-in hall of the ski resort, ski equipment that can meet different age groups is readily available.
Nurkari Aimair is an electrician in the ski resort. After returning from Kashgar, his land was transferred to the scenic spot, and there is a steady dividend every year. In addition, the scenic spot earns about 30,000 yuan a year.
In the flying snow, Nurqari Amer held the electrical testing equipment with his right hand and pointed forward with his left hand to tell reporters: "See the red roof in the distance? That's my home... Go home at noon For dinner, give my wife a call." There is humor in the inverted sentence, this is the simple southern Xinjiang villager.
In July 2020, Tacun was included in the second batch of national rural tourism key villages list; in August "Guiyuan Tianju · Tacun" scenic spot was rated as a national 4A-level scenic spot; in 2021, it was rated as "China's beautiful scenic spot" by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. Leisure Village".
Today's Tacun, by attracting social capital, develops and constructs tourism projects such as ski resorts, rainbow slides, glass plank roads, etc., while enriching the format of the scenic spot, it has absorbed more than 100 farmers and herdsmen for employment, and more than 80% of the villagers directly Benefit from the development of tourism.
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