[Well-off China] Hakka mountain villages have built rich valleys in more than 20 years: the most beautiful ginkgo village in the area hardest hit by soil erosion in the past
[Explanation] In the autumn, at the Ginkgo base in Nankeng Village, Cewu Town, Changting County, Fujian Province, Masson pine is lush.
The ginkgo leaves are slowly turning yellow, and they are particularly conspicuous in a sea of green.
More than 30 years ago, Nankeng Village was jokingly called the "difficult pit" because of the light mountains, muddy water and severe soil erosion.
The land is barren and the people are poor are the true portrayal of the local area.
After more than 20 years of continuous management, Nankeng Village has become a model of soil erosion management. The development of rural tourism has changed the appearance of this former poor village.
On October 27th, a group of reporters from China News Agency came here to interview.
[Explanation] Walking into Nankeng Village, rows of ginkgo trees stand and stroll along the village greenway. The trees are verdant, the water is gurgling, the village is tidy and the scenery is pleasant.
However, more than 30 years ago, Nankeng Village was one of the areas with the most serious soil erosion in Changting.
Starting in the 1990s, local villagers planted thousands of acres of ginkgo trees in order to get rid of poverty and get rich.
Nowadays, these more than 100,000 ginkgo biloba trees are all over the mountain tops, swaying and fragrant, not only bringing economic benefits to the villagers, but also solving the problem of serious soil erosion, creating a characteristic rural landscape of ginkgo.
[Concurrent] Chen Tengxiang, Secretary of the Party Branch of Nankeng Village, Changting County
In order to green the Bald Mountain and Huoyan Mountain and plant it green, many fruit trees were planted. Ginkgo is a meritorious tree, a longevity tree, or a happy tree. If it can be planted in our place, it will be used for soil erosion control. One of the tree species will bring economic benefits to the people, social benefits, and even more ecological benefits.
[Explanation] It is noon, and there is an endless stream of tourists coming to Nankeng Village.
After finishing busy at the strawberry farm, villager Lai Liujin rode a motorcycle to the homestay again and began to clean up the house.
In the past two years, when there were more tourists in the village, Lai Liujin cleaned up his small building and transformed it into a guest house. Since the National Day, many guests have stayed in every day.
In addition, she and her husband are also planting a 3 mu strawberry garden in the village, which will be available for tourists to pick in a few months.
[Concurrent] Lai Liujin, a local villager
The village has changed a lot. It used to be not so good. I used to grow strawberries first, which has driven so many people. Now there are a lot of people, and there are more than 20 families. In the past, only four or five families were planted.
There are a lot of tourists picking strawberries, and there are many people who come here to play. If the strawberries are well planted, it may cost 30,000 to 40,000 yuan (RMB). The homestay is incidental. Bring a little by the way, and the income is sloppy.
[Explanation] The gray-headed soil erosion area that was hit hard has turned into a beautiful village with thriving industries. Many villagers in Nankeng Village who went out to work have also returned to their hometowns.
The small farm yards are scattered among the mountains and plains, and large sheds planted with fruits and vegetables can be seen everywhere, giving a thriving scene.
The villager Yuan Haiyang is busy erecting the support of the greenhouse in the field. By planting strawberries, he has also embarked on the road to wealth.
[Concurrent] Yuan Haiyang, a local villager
The appearance of the village has changed a lot, that is, some people can come directly to the countryside to pick them, and they can also be wholesaled. That is, I can grow strawberries and take care of the children at home. All aspects are better.
[Explanation] The reporter noticed that the landscape renovation and commercial development of Nankeng Village paid great attention to the preservation of the original ecology. The landscape, the countryside, and the people coexisted harmoniously. The environment is better, there are more tourists, and the pockets of the villagers are also bulging.
[Explanation] Today Nankeng Village insists on both ecological governance and economic development. It has successively won the titles of Provincial Eco Village, New Rural Construction Demonstration Village, and Beautiful Village Construction Pilot Village. It has also become the artificial cultivation and planting of ginkgo in the south to control soil erosion The largest and most successful village.
It is the move of planting ginkgo in the comprehensive management of soil erosion that has turned the green mountains and rivers into golden mountains and silver mountains.
[Concurrent] Chen Tengxiang, Secretary of the Party Branch of Nankeng Village, Changting County
After seeing the development of their hometowns, some young people have gone out to work for a long time, and some have slowly moved back from other places to do some work in the service industry. One is to bring the popularity of people at home to the village, and the other is also Do some service-oriented work for other tourists to come to the village, and economic income is also increasing, which is a very good trend.
Reporting by reporter Wu Shengwei from Longyan, Fujian
Editor in charge: [Li Yuxin]