[Explanation] On the large square in the village, the girls of the She nationality sing traditional Shejia folk songs in national costumes and dance the dances of the She family, surrounded by men, women and children. This is a scene that the reporter saw in Shemen Village, Houmenping, Banzhong She Village, Fuan City, Fujian Province. In recent years, through the development model of "industry + tourism + culture", this well-known poor village has embarked on a road out of poverty.
[Commentary] She girl Lei Jinyu is secretary of the party branch and director of the village committee of the She village in Houmenping. When she saw her, she was discussing the development plan of the village with the village cadres. Lei Jinyu, born in 1986, majored in civil engineering during college. In 2015, with her love for her hometown, she gave up her generous treatment in Xiamen and chose to return to Shemen Village in Houmen to serve the grassroots.
【Explanation】 Houmenping She Nationality Village is located in a remote mountainous area with a single agricultural planting structure. In the past, every household mainly planted rice and vegetables, continuing the agricultural method of relying on food and self-sufficiency. Lei Jinyu calculated that if the village is to be revitalized, it must dig out advantageous resources and develop high-quality products. After many investigations, she decided to vigorously develop sugar cane, tea and peach cultivation in the village, and achieved good economic benefits.
[Same period] Lei Jinyu, Secretary of the Party Branch and Director of the Village Committee of Houmenping She Village, Banzhong She Village, Fuan City
This year is preparing to transform this tea plantation, as well as the development and planting of new tea varieties. In this respect, we are also doing it now, and then we want to achieve this through this way of cultural processing industry plus tourism. Rural revitalization.
[Explanation] In the tea garden, Lei Fulong, who is more than 70 years old, is picking tea leaves. In the past two years, his income from the cultivation of tea has greatly improved over the past.
[Same period] Local villager Lei Fulong
Everyone's life is better, there is more, there is money, tea, (breeding) chicken, and then go to work, one year (can earn) one hundred thousand (dollars).
[Explanation] In the Houmen Pingshe village, there are not many villagers like Lei Fulong who have achieved poverty alleviation through industrial development.
[Same period] Local villager Lei Canman
I used to work when I had n’t planted tea before. Now I come back to grow tea and pick tea. Life changes.
【Explanation】 Houmenping Village is a She nationality village with a long history and many cultural traditions. The "February 2" festival of the She nationality on the lunar calendar "February 2" is well-known. Friends and relatives who moved to different places in different furnaces came to meet their ancestors in festive costumes, praying for the smooth spring cultivation and the abundant harvest of grains. In order to promote and inherit the traditional customs and culture of the She nationality, Lei Jinyu organized the February 2nd Cultural Festival Council of Houmenping Village to devote to the public the traditional folk culture of the She nationality, such as the singing of She songs, the making of Manzhai, and the display of farming culture.
[Same period] Lei Jinyu, Secretary of the Party Branch and Director of the Village Committee of Houmenping She Village, Banzhong She Village, Fuan City
The children in the village are learning this song. If we learn the She language, we also have some training. This culture of She people attracts some people to our village, and then drives the development of our village industry, and then also Let our She culture display be normalized, not to say that we can see this She culture at every festival, we can't feel it at other times.
[Explanation] Lei Jinyu told reporters that the Shemen Village in Houmenping has basically been lifted out of poverty. It is vigorously developing agricultural products featuring Shecun, broadening the sales channels of agricultural products, protecting the traditional culture of the She nationality, and striving to drive the villagers to rejuvenate through the countryside.
[Same period] Lei Jinyu, Secretary of the Party Branch and Director of the Village Committee of Houmenping She Village, Banzhong She Village, Fuan City
Now we have established a professional cooperative association of farmers in our village. Then I would like to use the words of this enterprise to build the agricultural brand of the She nationality in our own village. Then, let our existing agricultural products increase its added value, and then increase the villagers. The income of Hecuncai.
Reporter Wu Shengwei reports from Fujian Ningde
Editor in charge: [Wang Kai]