[Endeavoring a new journey and making contributions to a new era, a new look of the old area] Tachang Village, a red village in Haikou: Reborn as a "rich village" from an "unmanned village"
China News Service, Haikou, May 10 (Fu Yuqun) walked into Tachang Village, Dapo Town, Qiongshan District, Haikou City. More than 20 small buildings were neatly arranged on both sides of the road. Under the century-old lychee forest, fitness equipment and leisure benches were readily available. .
The lush villages are like a beautiful rural picture.
"There used to be no complete house here. Now every family lives in small buildings, and most of them have bought cars," said 71-year-old Chen Mianxing.
Red-themed sculptures in Tachang Village.
Photo by Chen Yingqing
Tachang Village is a red village.
During the 23 years of the Qiongya Revolution, when the red flag did not fall, 57 people in the village joined the party and experienced the baptism of blood and fire from the enemy. More than 50 party members and more than 90 people gave their precious lives for the revolutionary cause.
The village has been bloodbathed three times and turned into an "unmanned village".
As a descendant of martyrs, Chen Mianxing still remembers the revolutionary stories he heard from his elders after decades.
"The houses in the village were burnt down by the Japanese invaders, and there was not a single house left in the village." Chen Mianxing said that after the victory of the liberation war, when the remaining 9 people returned to the village, the village was full of broken walls and overgrown grass. "The villagers were very poor at that time. I can’t even buy seeds, so I can only borrow them from the next village, and when I’m hungry, I take wild jackfruit to satisfy my hunger.”
The characteristic dwellings of Tachang Village.
Photo by Fu Yuqun
Inspired by the revolutionary tradition of hard work, the villagers of Tachang Village worked hard to rebuild their homes on the "ruined ruins".
Due to its proximity to Dongchang Farm, the largest pepper production base in the country, since the 1980s, the villagers began to plant pepper on a large scale, and Tachang Village began to appear "ten thousand yuan households".
By the 1990s, it was quite common for villagers to build new houses and buy motorcycles, making it a well-known "Pepper Village".
In 2013, through the method of "government guidance, the main body of the masses, and social participation", Tachang Village carried out the construction of urban and rural integrated demonstration villages and beautiful villages.
In just two years, more than 20 projects such as 24 characteristic houses, red cultural parks, exhibition rooms, and hydrophilic platforms have been completed, which has changed the old appearance of "garbage depends on wind and sewage depends on evaporation" in one fell swoop.
Zhang Xinjian, the leader of the Tachang Village villager group, introduced that now, Tachang Village has completed the "whole village advancement" transformation, and the residential buildings and infrastructure such as water, road, electricity, and network have been completed, and traditional industries such as pepper and rubber have developed steadily. New industries such as honey pomelo have gradually become large-scale.
In 2020, Tachang Village was rated as the sixth national civilized village and town.
The per capita annual income of the villagers exceeds 20,000 yuan, and Tachang Village has become a veritable wealthy village.
Featured murals in Tachang Village.
Photo by Fu Yuqun
Fu Houbin is a descendant of revolutionary martyrs in Tachang Village. His uncle Fu Liejun joined the Qiongya Column and was known as the "Sharpshooter". He died in 1942.
Now he has inherited the industrious and courageous qualities of his ancestors and has become a well-known expert in the village.
Relying on the village's industry, Fu Houbin started the purchase of agricultural products in the village.
The family built a two-story building and purchased a car.
"The construction of beautiful villages has made Tachang clean and comfortable. The red cultural park, farmhouse ecological corridor, and hydrophilic fishing platform facilities in the village are favored by tourists. Every holiday, it attracts city citizens and tourists to visit and play." Zhang Xinjian Say.
On the road of rural revitalization, eating a good "tourist meal" is one of the future development directions of Tachang Village.
Zhang Xinjian said that in the next step, Tachang Village plans to integrate the surrounding red resources, create a red tourism route, combine red culture and green ecology, create original ecological homestays, and develop new tourism formats.
"My brother and I contracted the farmhouse restaurant in the village. It is currently being renovated and will open to welcome guests soon." Fu Houbin said that the revolutionary history of Tachang is the pride of the villagers from generation to generation, and the development of red tourism will definitely increase the popularity of Tachang Village in the future. Prosperous.
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