[Explanation] Xinzhou Old Street, located in the southern foothills of Dabie Mountain and northeast of Wuhan City, is called Old Street, but it is not "old".
In recent years, relying on the profound historical and cultural heritage, rich landscape garden resources, and good characteristic planting foundation, the old street has activated the new kinetic energy of rural revitalization and radiated "new" vitality everywhere.
[Explanation] The reporter came to the Old Street Dawushan Tea Garden recently. If it wasn't for the reminder, it would be hard to imagine that the green-eyed Dawushan Tea Garden in the Old Street used to be a barren and barren mountain.
Wang Chunlan, a 56-year-old villager in Shiziyan Village, Jiujie Street, told reporters that she used to work in a garment factory outside the city and could not save a lot of money all year round.
After the establishment of the tea garden, earth-shaking changes have taken place here. The tea grown at home can not only be sold locally, but also can do odd jobs in the tea farm in spare time to subsidize the family.
[Concurrent] Local villager Wang Chunlan
The source of income for working outside was only cash, no (fixed income) at that time. After the construction was completed in (hometown), I had (fixed income) every year, and only tens of thousands of yuan a year of working. Now it is almost 100,000 (ten thousand yuan). ) dollars.
[Concurrent] Local villager Hu Xinzhi
At that time, it was so hard to grow grain, but now the income (from tea) is many times more.
[Explanation] Old Street has a long history of tea planting. Although there are many wastelands and rotten rocks, it is a good choice for growing tea.
Under the leadership of a group of talented people who returned to their hometowns, the villagers developed large-scale tea planting and embarked on a new road of enriching farmers with "tea". Hu Quanbo, general manager of Dawushan Tea Garden, is one of them.
[Concurrent] Hu Quanbo, general manager of Dawushan Tea Garden
Because the key is that our soil is weathered by rotten rock, Lu Yu Tea Sutra said that the upper part produces rotten rock, the middle part produces gravel soil, and the lower part produces loess. quality is relatively high.
[Explanation] In 2010, Hu Quanbo transferred and leased barren hills in five villages including Old Street Shizui, Yaohe, Shiziyan, Louzhai, and Fenggang, built high-standard green tea gardens, and introduced excellent varieties such as Zhejiang Anji white tea. nurture.
The barren mountains that used to be full of thorns have been transformed into tea gardens full of vitality, and have become the "backer" for local villagers to get rid of poverty and become rich.
[Concurrent] Hu Quanbo, general manager of Dawushan Tea Garden
Because there is no age limit for picking tea leaves, basically there are people who are 80 years old and those who are over 80 years old.
[Concurrent] Zhang Fen, Deputy Director of the Old Street Sub-district Office
Our tea planting area has reached more than 20,000 mu, and the total output value has reached more than 200 million yuan. Among them, white tea, green tea, golden tea is our main specialty category. Our old street white tea, Chenglouzhai tea, and Daolouzhai tea have both been rated as National Geographic The symbol has effectively promoted the employment and income of the villagers.
[Explanation] Zhang Fen, deputy director of the Old Street Sub-district Office, told reporters that in recent years, Old Street has relied on the advantages of natural resources and industrial development layout, integrated all resources, and carefully built the "Old Street Wenjin Tea Garden Eco-Industrial Park", as the center of the park. Axis - The 4.5-kilometer-long Chaxiang Avenue has been completed, and the surrounding East Ring Road and West Ring Road have been basically completed and put into use. Facilities such as picking trails, pavilions, farmhouses, and homestays are under construction. The tea industry will drive tourism and gradually realize The in-depth integration and development of agriculture, culture, tourism and sports.
[Concurrent] Zhang Fen, Deputy Director of the Old Street Sub-district Office
The old street is to fully tap the local history, culture, natural ecology, and the advantages of resources such as agriculture and forestry industries, and further promote the construction of global eco-tourism.
[Explanation] Under the background of the development of global tourism, the old streets and villages have a new look.
The old house was put on new clothes, the dirt road was turned into an asphalt road, and the bank of Sanmiao River, a dirty and narrow old street in the past, has become an ecological sightseeing belt with "blue sky, green land and clear water".
The newly built Huachao Cultural Square and public cultural fitness center not far away have become new places for local villagers to relax and exercise.
[Concurrent] Local villager Wang Qiurong
It turned out that the bottom of the river was very dirty, and the water in the river was not so clean. Now it has become good and clean, and the environment is much better than before.
[Explanation] Zhang Fen said that relying on rich landscape garden resources, good tea planting foundation, and profound historical and cultural heritage, Old Street Street has established the goal of "ecological old street, characteristic old street, cultural old street, and tourism old street" Positioning, it has embarked on a rural revitalization road of "characteristically revitalizing streets and enriching people with industries".
Zou Hao Wang Linjun reports from Wuhan, Hubei
Responsible editor: [Sun Jingbo]