[Poverty alleviation story] "Sunflower blooms" farmers in the barren loess plateau found "sunflower to get rich"
[Explanation] Luojiawan Village, Nanlong Town, Linxia City, Linxia Prefecture, Gansu Province, is a remote arid village where Han, Hui, Dongxiang and other ethnic groups live together. In recent years, local officials have established a sunflower industrial belt to make it a "backer for farmers to get rid of poverty and increase income." ", also enabled the village to achieve "poverty alleviation".
In the first ten days of August, the sunflowers in Luojiawan Village were in full bloom, the bees buzzed on the golden flower plate, and a few "golden leaves" fell under the breeze. Tourists were surrounded by sunflowers and enjoyed selfies. .
This scene made Feng Jianguo, the village clerk of Luojiawan Village, feel full of emotions. He said that the villages that no one cared about in the past were changed by sunflowers, and the villagers had a good life with "sunflower blooming".
[Concurrent] Feng Jianguo, Village Clerk, Luojiawan Village, Nanlong Town, Linxia City, Linxia Prefecture, Gansu
In the past, our village was a poor village with deep mountains and big ditch. The transportation was inconvenient. As long as it rained, the road would be particularly muddy and inconvenient to travel. Now through the development of rural leisure tourism, there are now many Tourists come here in particular, and it has become a particularly popular online celebrity check-in point.
[Explanation] How to broaden the channels for farmers to earn money under restricted natural conditions, and achieve wealth from the fields. Based on improving people's livelihood, Linxia City uses the unique agricultural natural environment, pastoral landscape, farming culture and other resources of each village to build a new countryside.
With official support, Luojiawan Village has planted nearly 40 acres of oil sunflowers and used more than 3 million yuan in tourism project funds to build new infrastructure such as parking lots, viewing platforms, guardrails, and plank roads.
[Concurrent] Feng Jianguo, Village Clerk, Luojiawan Village, Nanlong Town, Linxia City, Linxia Prefecture, Gansu
In the past, all corn was grown here. Later, Murakami actively guided the masses to develop rural tourism and began to introduce sunflowers to create a sea of sunny flowers. Through Xiangyang Huahai, the surrounding people are encouraged to open farmhouses, so that the people will become rich. There are now 25 households in Fengjiatai Farmhouse, among which 11 are registered and registered. Now, by opening farmhouses, these registered and registered households have become rich.
[Explanation] On the eve of noon, the smoke from the farmhouse’s courtyard was curled up, and the scent of the food permeated the stove. Villager Zhou Gahu washed and chopped vegetables, waiting for the guests to come.
Zhou Gahu told reporters that in the mountainous area, she was covered in mud on a rainy day and dirt on a sunny day. The dilapidated adobe houses made her feel crisis. Since moving to the new countryside, she feels at ease. In 2019, she relied on the sunflowers to set up a farmhouse and her business was booming.
[Concurrent] Zhou Gahu, person in charge of a farmhouse in Luojiawan Village, Nanlong Town, Linxia City, Linxia Prefecture, Gansu Province
I used to grow corn, but now I am planting sunflowers. Sunflowers attract more and more tourists, and our business is getting better and better. (My) daily income is at least 1,78 and at most 4 More than a thousand.
[Explanation] When the sunflowers are in full bloom, thousands of visitors take pictures here every day. Zhou Gahu still can't imagine that the farmers who have been farming on the barren loess plateau for generations have found the "get rich" and ate their travel meals.
It is reported that in 2013, 628 poor households were filed and registered in Luojiawan Village. After nearly five years of poverty alleviation, all poor households have achieved stable poverty alleviation by the end of April 2020.
Ai Qinglong, Wei Jianjun, Yang Yanmin, Li Bin, reporting from Linxia, Gansu
Editor in charge: 【Luo Pan】