China News Network, Changzhi, February 26th, Topic: Shanxi Rural Warfare "Epilepsy" Spring Farming Is Wrong, Wheat Returns to Green Farmers
Author: Gao Ruifeng
"As soon as the" Dragon Lifts Up "(the second day of the second month of the lunar calendar, also known as the Spring Plowing Festival), winter wheat begins to turn green." In the spring of 2020, the outbreak of epidemic changed the rhythm of life in urban and rural China. With the warmer weather, spring ploughing season Come quietly.
The color of winter wheat leaves gradually changed from yellow to green. Shu Liming said that the most important thing for winter wheat to turn green is weeding and controlling. Weeds are the enemy of wheat fields and interfere with the growth of wheat. At the same time, it is necessary to prevent the wheat seedlings from growing too vigorously and growing too vigorously.
The village of Shanghuang Village has a population of more than 1,500, and the main agricultural cultivation is wheat and corn. Photo courtesy of Shu Liming
Shu Liming is secretary of the Party branch and director of the village committee of Shanghuang Village, Huangniuti Township, Wucheng District, Changzhi City, Shanxi Province. Wucheng District is located in the southeast of Shanxi Province, the western foot of Taihang Mountain, and the northeast edge of Shangdang Basin. Huangniuti Township, where Huanghuang Village is located, is located in the eastern part of the district and west of Taihang Mountain. It is a typical half-mountain township. The village of Shanghuang Village has a population of more than 1,500. The main agricultural crops are wheat and corn, and the cash crops are mainly walnuts, persimmons, and pepper.
As in rural areas around the country, the current Shanghuang Village is also carrying out spring farming while strictly preventing epidemics. Shu Liming introduced that there are nearly 500 people returning to the village and returning to the village in Shanghuang Village. The village is strictly controlled. Relatives are not allowed to move around freely. Persons are not allowed to enter and leave the village at will. It is not allowed to gather together to play poker. All banquets such as "adult ceremony" are cancelled. "But the epidemic situation must be strictly guarded, and farm work must not be delayed."
A corner of Shanghuang Village. Photo courtesy of Shu Liming
Solar terms don't wait for someone. Shu Liming said that agricultural supplies such as seeds and fertilizers need to be bought and stored, and the fields for planting corn and sorghum need to be cleaned up. Winter wheat is a ration for villagers, and it must not be delayed. "The rural fields are empty, the air is fresh, and the work will not gather. I believe that after a period of time, the epidemic can be completely controlled without delaying farm work."
With the strict prevention of new crown pneumonia epidemics in various places, the number of new cases nationwide has dropped significantly in recent times, and Shanxi Province has had zero new cases for many days. Governments at all levels have successively introduced policies to guarantee spring farming. Pruning fruit trees, leveling fields, training agricultural technology online, and flying defense operations of drones ... At the moment, the spring ploughing work in Shanxi Province is slowly spreading from south to north. (Finish)