Chinanews.com, Hangzhou, April 2nd: The butterfly change in the eyes of the Hangzhou Xixi Wetland Aboriginal: from pigpen to green lung

Author Strict Jiang Yang Yan Qian Chenfei

Hangzhou Xixi National Wetland Park is the first national wetland park in the country. About 68% of its area is rivers, ponds, lakes, swamps and other waters. It has rich ecological resources and elegant natural landscapes.

Xixi Wetland Scenic Area. Photo by Shan Cong

Jiang Chenjie is a staff member of Xixi Wetland in Hangzhou. He also has an identity—the aborigines of Xixi Wetland. They have lived on this land for generations.

Xixi Wetland is located in the west of Hangzhou. The hometown of Jiang Chenjie is Shentankou Village in Jiangcun Township, the core of the current wetland. Here the waterways are like lanes, rivers like nets, and fish ponds are everywhere. Take water as a field and fish for a living.

"Every family has two boats, and they will take a boat when they go out," Jiang Chenjie recalled.

In 2003, Hangzhou launched the Xixi Wetland Comprehensive Protection Project, and adopted a series of measures such as relocating farm houses, restoring wetland ecology, and excavating historical relics. A special tourism planning for the Xixi Wetland Reserve also surfaced.

The beauty of Xixi Wetland. Strict photo

Jiang Chenjie and 13,000 villagers moved away from their hometown. According to Jiang Chenjie's recall, the villagers did not oppose the relocation at that time. In addition to the more reasonable resettlement conditions, the increasingly bad environment was also the main reason.

Since the 1990s, pigs have been raised in the villages where the wetlands are located. The largest number of pigs is 100 pigs. All pig manure is poured into the water net.

According to statistics in 2002, there were 415 families in the local village of Jiangcun who were engaged in this business. The number of live pigs exceeded 25,000, causing serious pollution.

And because the local river network zone, the car can not reach the door, the villagers inconvenience.

At that time, there were six principles of protection engineering. The deepest memory of Jiang Chenjie was "protection first."

In 2005, Xixi Wetland Park opened, and Jiang Chenjie and many villagers returned to the park to work. He became a driver of a battery car for tourists.

When his home became a park, he found that the bridge was still the bridge, the river was the river, the pond was the mouth pond, the road was the road, but the environment changed.

The beauty of Xixi Wetland. Provided by Xixi Wetland

Through dredging, sewage interception, water distribution and biological treatment, the water environment and water quality of Xixi Wetland will be comprehensively improved. Now that the Xixi Wetland Water System has communicated with the Qiantang River as "living water", Jiang Chenjie feels that the wetland water that can be drunk in the 1980s is almost back.

In the wetlands, there were reed swings in the early years, but later changed to rice fields. However, due to the poor terrain, the reed swings are now restored. On the one hand, the water quality has been improved. In addition, the Xixi "Autumn Reed Snow" has become a scene.

According to the reporter's understanding, the protection and development of Xixi Wetland Tourism Resources is divided into "three districts, one corridor and three zones". Measures such as relocation and closure, enclosed enclosure and other measures are adopted to restore primitive swamps, rural scenery and bird species, and create unique water areas, landforms, Fauna and flora and historical human landscape.

Due to the changes in the ecological environment, the advantages of wetland biodiversity are prominent. There are flying birds in the sky, swimming fish in the water, green reeds, willows on the banks, and Qingxi. .

Jiang Chenjie found that many of the villagers ’word of mouth of the local history and culture also“ lived ”. The ancestral home of Hong Sheng, the author of“ The Palace of Longevity, ”and the famous Qing literati Gao Shiqi, who received Kangxi, were restored.

In addition to the former residences of celebrities, many old wetland craftsmen have also come alive. In addition to returning to the park to work like Jiang Chenjie, there are also many villagers returning to the park to return to the old industry. The dyeing workshop passed on to the blue print cloth, the winery of the master brewer, and the bamboo weaving shop of the small flower basket crafts. Tourists replaced the villagers and became them. New patrons.

And villagers who have moved away from the wetlands have begun to enjoy changes in the ecological environment.

The beauty of Xixi Wetland. Provided by Xixi Wetland

According to Jiang Chenjie, most of the villagers who moved away from the wetlands live in nearby new homes. Due to the beautiful wetland environment, their properties are also increasing in value. At present, rent income has also become a major source of income for villagers; wetlands have become their back gardens. Jiang Chenjie ’s family can overlook the wetland. Parents often take a walk in the wetland to enjoy the scenery. They did not expect that the homes of their grandparents will become Hangzhou's comparable resort to the West Lake.

Villagers enjoying changes in the ecological environment have also begun to attach importance to protecting the ecological environment. Jiang Chenjie said that Hangzhou began to push for waste sorting last year. He did not expect that his old parents were very serious and meticulous.

Although the villagers left the wetland, the roots are still in the wetland. Dragon Boat Festival is the most important festival for villagers. Men, women, and children will return to the wetland to race dragon boats and eat a hundred meals. This is the rule inherited from generation to generation. At the end of the year, the wetland will hold the dry pond festival. The dry pond is the water in the fish pond. Let it dry, then catch the fish, and then dredge it for the next year to raise fish. This is also the work that has been passed down from generation to generation, but it has become a favorite among children in the city. It is full by appointment next year. Autumn, wetland specialty persimmon red Now, the villagers of the Wetland Fire Persimmon Festival will take tourists to pick persimmons and look forward to "Persimmon Ruyi".

The beauty of Xixi Wetland. Provided by Xixi Wetland

Today, Jiang Chenjie still admires the decision of that year. Because real estate development had reached Xixi Wetland at that time. Not only did you lose a large amount of land for real estate, the government also invested 4 billion yuan in construction funds. At that time, many people thought it was a loss. But today, their homeland has become the green lung of Hangzhou and it is a favorite of Chinese and foreign tourists. I feel so worth it.

Jiang Chenjie has been working in the wetlands for 15 years. He feels that this is a sentimental job. Working in the homes of generations to generations, this feeling is unparalleled.

There are more and more tourists in Xixi Wetland. During work, he often needs to communicate with tourists, "What was the wetland in the past"? This is a favorite question for tourists. Every time, he answered with pride. (Finish)