[New Year Chronicle] People in Liangshan, Sichuan welcome the first Spring Festival since poverty alleviation: Hope the coming year will be more prosperous
[Explanation] On November 17, 2020, as Puge, Butuo and other 7 counties withdrew from the impoverished counties sequence, all impoverished counties in Liangshan Prefecture, Sichuan successfully took off their hats.
The Spring Festival of the Year of the Ox is coming soon, and this is also the first Spring Festival that the people of Liangshan ushered in after they got rid of poverty.
[Explanation] Recently, the reporter visited the largest resettlement site for poverty alleviation and relocation in Sichuan—the centralized resettlement site in Zhaojue County. There are 5 communities and 21,693 villagers who have walked out of the mountains have been resettled.
The reporter walked in the clean and tidy community and saw that many people had bacon on their balconies, and the taste of the year was getting stronger.
Downstairs of the unit, Ji Jue Jiwu, a 40-year-old community cleaner this year, is cleaning and preparing for the community’s resignation.
Twenty years ago, Jijue Jiwu was carried by his relatives and climbed a vine ladder to marry into the village of Atuliel, known as the “cliff village”.
In May 2020, 84 impoverished households in "Xianya Village" moved into their new homes.
[Concurrent] Jijue Jiwu, a villager of "Xianya Village", Zhaojue County, Liangshan Prefecture, Sichuan
I like the kitchen in my new home the most, because when I was in my hometown, I used firewood for cooking, the smoke was very smoked, and cooking was very inconvenient.
There was a shortage of water before, and I had to travel a long way to carry water.
There is also water and electricity in the kitchen, so cooking is very convenient.
In the past, it was inconvenient for children to study or go to the doctor. They only came back once a semester after going down the mountain to study, so they could only endure a cold at home.
Everything is convenient now.
[Explanation] In Jiwu’s favorite kitchen in Jiwu’s new home, a family of bacon for New Year’s Eve has been hung on the stove.
For the first Spring Festival after moving down the mountain, this Yi woman was full of expectations.
[Concurrent] Jijue Jiwu, a villager of "Xianya Village", Zhaojue County, Liangshan Prefecture, Sichuan
I used to cook some meat and tofu during Chinese New Year in the mountains. After moving down, it is convenient to buy vegetables.
This year, I plan to buy a chicken and a fish. The whole family will eat together, and then watch the Spring Festival Gala together.
[Explanation] Upstairs in Jiwu Jiwu, the Russian rabbi who also moved from "Cliff Village" is cutting bacon to prepare lunch.
In the Russian rabbi’s three-bedroom room of more than 100 square meters, all kinds of furniture and home appliances are available, and “new objects” such as stereo surround sound and trash cans have been purchased.
[Contemporary period] Rabbi of Russia, a villager in Cliff Village, Zhaojue County, Liangshan Prefecture, Sichuan
When we used to live in the "cliff village", it took more than an hour to climb the mountain without carrying anything. When carrying something, it still took three or four hours to (climb).
I live in this county now, I don't want to, I definitely don't want to (hometown).
When I was in "Cliff Village", I never thought about (living) in this (planting) house.
[Explanation] In his spare time, the Russian rabbi will return to the "cliff village" to collect honey, and his eldest son will live on the mountain to sell his own honey to increase family income.
In a few days, the eldest son of the Rabbi of Russia will go down the mountain and the family will reunite for the New Year.
[Contemporary period] Rabbi of Russia, a villager in Cliff Village, Zhaojue County, Liangshan Prefecture, Sichuan
For the first time this year, we spent the New Year outside and lived happily.
Buy some chicken, buy some glutinous rice balls to cook for the children, and buy them some new clothes to celebrate the New Year happily.
I hope that next year we will go out to work and earn some money back, and we will get better in the future.
[Explanation] In Jiajiagou Village, Tebu Township, Puge County, 150 kilometers away from Muendi Community, many Yijia Xinzhai villages have spring couplets and the word "Fu" posted on the gates, and red lanterns are hung under the eaves. , Ready to welcome the Spring Festival of the Year of the Ox.
[Concurrent] Riheerha, a villager in Jiajiagou Village, Zhaojue County, Liangshan Prefecture, Sichuan
Our New Year's resolution is to work wholeheartedly to earn some money, and we will be better than this year when we celebrate the Spring Festival next year.
Chen Xuanbin and Zhang Lang report from Liangshan, Sichuan
Editor in charge: [Wang Kai]