Spent 86 million yuan to build the world's largest sculpture of the Miao goddess

Jianhe County, Guizhou responded to the question: not using national poverty alleviation funds

　　Recently, a netizen aerially photographed the sculpture of the world’s largest Miao goddess Yang Asha at 88 meters. The sculpture was constructed in Jianhe County, Guizhou Province in November 2016 and completed in July 2017. The entire statue is 88 meters high and cost more than 86 million yuan. yuan.

It is reported that Jianhe County was once a national-level poverty-stricken county and has now withdrawn from the poverty-stricken county sequence. Some netizens questioned that the sculpture was an "image project" built by the local government with huge sums of money. It is better to use funds for poverty alleviation.

　　A staff member of the Propaganda Department of Jianhe County Party Committee of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture told reporters that the county has made all-out assaults and invested in poverty alleviation work. The local government has used all funds for assaults and poverty alleviation work in the past three years. The construction of some auxiliary facilities of Yang Asha sculpture has been suspended midway.

Certified as the world’s largest sculpture of Miao goddess Yang Asha

　　Public information shows that the legend of Yang Asha has been passed down for generations in the Jianhe area of ​​Qingshui River in Guizhou Province.

Since 2007, Jianhe has held the Yang Asha Cultural Festival every year, which has become the driving force for Jianhe to expand its external publicity, shape its image and promote cultural tourism.

　　According to the official website of the local government, in order to develop the tourism industry, the local government had previously spent huge sums of money to build the Yang'asha hot spring town and county scenic area. The construction of the county's scenic spot included the creation of the Yang'asha theme park with a sculpture of the Yang'asha goddess.

　　According to the information published on the official website of Jianhe County People's Government in 2017, the Yang Asha sculpture budget cost more than 86 million yuan, and the proposed total height is 88 meters, of which the height of the figure is 66 meters and the height of the base is 22 meters.

The final material of the characters is stainless steel forging, and the art is a combination of round and relief sculptures.

The sculpture base is a circular 4-story building, surrounded by 8 sets of stainless steel spray decorations.

Sculpture has strong thematic, artistic, iconic and monumental qualities.

Yang Asha sculpture should be the only large-scale sculpture of Miao people at home and abroad.

　　Public information shows that in May 2017, the sculpture of the Miao goddess Yang Asha created by the People's Government of Jianhe County and Beijing Blues Yutong Sculpture Culture Co., Ltd. was completed.

On December 16th of the same year, the sculpture was confirmed as the world’s largest sculpture of the Miao goddess Yang Asha after on-site measurement and verification by the world record certification agency, and a world record certificate was issued.

　　In addition, the amount of investment in Yang Asha Hot Spring Town is also huge.

Lu Xian, executive deputy director of the Publicity Department of Jianhe County Party Committee, said in an interview with the media that the total area of ​​the first-stage scenic spot project in the core area of ​​Jianhe Hot Spring City is about 430 acres, the construction area is about 100,000 square meters, and the total investment is about 1.2 billion yuan. It is constructed according to the national 5A-level scenic spot standard, and the maximum number of people is about 10,000 per day. The entire project is invested and constructed by Jianhe County and hired by top domestic professional companies to manage.

　　The official website of the People's Government of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture announced in January 2018 that Jianhe County is focusing on promoting the simultaneous development of new tourism industrialization and ecological development.

Among them, the establishment of the Yang Asha sculpture and the integration of the hot spring scenic spot into the urban landscape integration plan, forming a county tourism complex based on the Yang Asha culture, has achieved the three major goals of absorbing jobs, helping poverty alleviation, and strengthening the county. aims.

Jianhe Tourism's poverty alleviation model is highly recognized by the higher authorities.

　　According to a message published on the official website of the People's Government of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture in January 2015, in recent years, Jianhe County has taken tourism and consumption promotion as the new fulcrum of county economic growth.

The first is to invest 760 million yuan to build the Yang'asha Hot Spring Town; the second is the steady progress in the construction of the county seat. The Yang'asha theme park has completed 80% of the leveling project, and the Yang'asha goddess sculpture has commissioned the Central Academy of Fine Arts to carry out a real model design creation.

In 2014, Jianhe County's tourism growth rate ranked first among the 10 national poverty alleviation and development key counties in the province, ranking second.

Netizens questioned

Poor counties spend huge sums of money

Create "Image Project"

　　Netizens’ aerial photography of the world’s largest Hmong goddess Yang Asha sculpture at 88 meters was shocking, and some netizens questioned: Jianhe County was still a national poverty-stricken county when it spent huge sums of money to build the Yang Asha sculpture. If funds are used for poverty alleviation, the county may get out of poverty earlier. This is an "image project".

　　The reporter noticed that there were indeed some giant sculptures built by the governments in some regions before being notified by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development because they did not comply with relevant regulations.

On September 29 this year, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development issued the "Notice on Strengthening the Construction and Management of Large-scale Urban Sculptures", which clearly stated that the control, management and review of sculptures should be strengthened.

It is mentioned in the "Notice" that some urban sculptures have problems such as excessive scale, low quality, inappropriate subject matter, and inconsistency with the surrounding environment. Especially in some places, there are deviations in the understanding and understanding of promoting the excellent Chinese traditional culture.

　　In the “Notice”, it is mentioned in clarifying the key points of construction management that large sculptures with a height of more than 10 meters or a width of more than 30 meters shall be managed as important urban construction projects, and the construction of large sculptures with a height of more than 30 meters or a width of more than 45 meters shall be strictly controlled. It is strictly forbidden to blindly construct large-scale sculptures that are divorced from reality and the masses in the name of inheriting culture, developing tourism, and enhancing image.

Official response

Source of 86 million yuan:

Self-financing and bank financing

　　A staff member of the Jianhe County Party Committee Propaganda Department of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture told reporters that the Yang Asha sculpture was questioned by netizens shortly after the completion of the sculpture. It coincided with the period from 2018 to 2019 when the county was fully engaged in poverty alleviation work. The local government All funds will be used in the work of sudden poverty alleviation, and we will do our best to focus on poverty alleviation related work such as agriculture. Other tasks that are slightly less related to poverty alleviation work such as tourism, urban construction, and industrial construction have slowed down. The construction of some auxiliary facilities of Yang Asha sculpture has been suspended midway.

　　The staff member also said that the Yang'asha Theme Park has promoted the development of the county's tourism industry in recent years, and has ushered in a tourist peak during the National Day this year.

　　On October 21, the official WeChat account of the Tourism Development Committee of Jianhe County, Guizhou Province issued the "Notice on the Situation of Yang Asha Statue in Jianhe County".

The report stated that "in January 2018, there was similar information about the statue of Yang Asha on the Internet. We responded in time and got the understanding of netizens."

　　The notice also introduced that Yang Asha is the legendary Miao beauty god named Qingshui Girl. Its poignant legend is spread along the Qingshui River in southeast Guizhou. It is the incarnation of Miao women’s hard work, beauty, kindness, and self-confidence. The Miao compatriots in this area have a wide range of cultural identity and emotional home.

Many places in Southeast Guizhou are named after it, such as Yang Asha Lake, Yang Asha Street, Yang Asha Square, Yang Asha Avenue, Yang Asha Hotel, etc. Yang Asha has become a cultural brand in the region.

　　Jianhe County is a county with a large population of Miao people.

In 2017, in order to develop the tourism industry, Jianhe County Yang Asha Tourism Investment Company relied on Jianhe County's cultural tourism resource endowment, through self-raised funds and bank financing of 86 million yuan, to build a statue of Yang Asha on the north bank of Qingshui River.

The base of the statue is 22 meters high, 66 meters high, and 88 meters tall.

After verification, the project did not use national poverty alleviation funds.

　　In 2019, after the special review of state-level poverty-stricken counties withdrawing, the provincial third-party assessment, and the national re-inspection, Jianhe County withdrew from the poverty-stricken counties sequence.

After achieving poverty reduction, Jianhe County quickly took the development of cultural tourism industry as an important starting point for economic and social development, and worked hard to promote global tourism.

In recent years, the number of tourists visiting for sightseeing has increased year by year.

During the "Eleventh" Golden Week in 2020, Jianhe tourism has ushered in new growth under the normalization of epidemic prevention and control. The county has received more than 220,000 tourists and achieved a comprehensive tourism income of 209 million yuan.

　　Chengdu Commercial Daily-Red Star News reporter Chen Qingyuan