China News Service, Xingtai, June 24 (Reporter Zhang Pengxiang) "Monk's head on the hillside, the soil flows with the water; if there is rain, disasters will occur, and if there is no rain, the cattle will die of thirst." This is Guo Quansheng's childhood memory of Qiannanyu Village.
Guo Quansheng, 63, is from Qiannanyu Village, Xindu District, Xingtai City, Hebei Province. The old man has lived in the mountains all his life.
Qiannanyu Village is located deep in the Taihang Mountains, with 467 households and 1,561 people.
It used to be the seat of the Chinese People's Anti-Japanese Military and Political University. From November 1940 to January 1943, the headquarter of the Chinese People's Anti-Japanese Military and Political University ran for two years and three months in Qiannanyu Village, and cultivated more than 8,700 anti-Japanese soldiers.
The Exhibition Hall of the Chinese People's Anti-Japanese Military and Political University in Qiannanyu Village.
Photo by Zhang Pengxiang
In the 1960s, Qiannanyu was a barren mountain and barren hills with no grass, serious natural disasters and a very backward economy.
"To get rid of poverty and govern the mountains first is the only choice for us Qiannanyu people." Guo Tianlin, Secretary of the Party Committee of Qiannanyu Village, said, "We have formulated a 20-year development plan for the transformation of mountains and rivers according to local conditions. Together, we started to manage the barren mountains. In the process of managing the mountains, we have invested 1.26 million person-times in total, and broke 7.46 million cubic meters of earth and stone.
After 60 years of barren mountain management, Qiannanyu Village has undergone earth-shaking changes. The village has 32 hills, 10 large ditches, 72 branch ditches, and 8,300 mu of mountain farms. A total of 4.8 million trees have been planted. Chestnut is the main fruit production base with 326,400 dried and fresh fruit trees, and the forest coverage rate is 94.6%.
The green mountain field sightseeing road in Qiannanyu Village.
Photo by Zhang Pengxiang
In the midsummer season, a reporter from Chinanews.com walked into Qiannanyu Village, which is located in the deep mountainous area of Taihang.
The breeze was blowing, and there was a sweet floral fragrance in the air.
Looking up, the mountains and plains are full of lush greenery, peach, nectarine, mulberry, kiwi, grape... all kinds of fresh fruits hang on the branches.
Thousands of acres of fruit trees that can't be seen at a glance, stretch into the distance.
Wang Jingxiang, who is taking care of the fruit trees on the hillside, is a native of Qiannanyu.
"In the past, the village was too poor, and I really wanted nothing. Later, we gritted our teeth to manage the barren mountains, and we have the current 'green rice bowl'. Now I have 13 acres of chestnut trees in my family, and I can earn income by selling chestnuts every year. More than 50,000 yuan, two acres of apple orchards can provide picking for tourists, and the annual income per mu is less than 40,000 yuan, and our family can earn more than 130,000 yuan from Guanglin fruit this year.”
From Stone Mountain to "Huaguo Mountain", having a good scenery is like planting a "money tree". Qiannanyu Village wants to be rich from green, and from rich to beautiful.
Today's Qiannanyu Village, relying on its green ecological advantages, vigorously develops and cultivates characteristic agriculture for leisure and sightseeing, expands the tourism industry, and turns farmers into new-style farmers who smell the fragrance of flowers, pick fresh fruits, and eat "tourist meals".
Walking on the main street of Qiannanyu Village, there are neat rows of two-storey buildings on both sides of the road. The asphalt paved road is flat and spacious. Schools, express delivery stations, and convenience supermarkets are all available, reflecting the spirit of a modern and beautiful village everywhere. God.
"In the past few years, the village was not so clean. There were animal pens, latrines, and garbage dumps everywhere. When it rained, the village was full of mud. It was impossible to go out." Living in a two-story building, flushing toilets, tap water, straw gas, everything is convenient, and the elderly can go to the park at the entrance of the village every day to walk around, chat, and dance square dance.
Qiannanyu Village is a clean, tree-lined street with two-story buildings for villagers on both sides of the road.
Photo by Zhang Pengxiang
Qiannanyu Village also relies on the unique red resources where the exhibition hall of the Chinese People's Anti-Japanese Military and Political University is located to organize and repair the teaching classrooms, training offices, libraries, confidential offices and other old sites of the Anti-Japanese University in the village to welcome tourists. Youth training base and other tourism experience projects.
"Now the environment in the village is getting better and better. Every holiday, there is a steady stream of guests calling to book accommodation. In the past, people from the countryside wanted to move to the city, but now people from the city want to live in the village." Villager Zhao Xiaofang made use of the vacant house at home. He has run a "farmhouse", with flowers and trees in the courtyard, simple and elegant furniture with tables and chairs in the guest rooms, and the kitchen is clean and spotless.
"Go up the mountain to manage fruit trees during the busy farming season, and receive tourists at home during the peak tourist season. Now the people of the mountain villages are getting better and better." Zhao Xiaofang said cheerfully.
Fruit farmers in Qiannanyu Village are displaying freshly picked jujube kiwifruit.
Photo by Zhang Pengxiang
In Qiannanyu Village, more and more villagers like Zhao Xiaofang are taking the rural tourism express. 80% of the families are engaged in green industries such as farmhouse entertainment, tourism, and ecological picking.
"The big guy not only 'sells fresh fruit', but also 'sells ecology'. Beautiful countryside has become a golden resource for people to increase their income and become rich. People in old areas have continuously expanded their income channels, and people's happiness index and satisfaction have been continuously improved." Guo Tianlin said.
At present, more than 300,000 dried and fresh fruit trees have been planted in Qiannanyu Village, 210 per capita, covering 37 kinds of dried and fresh fruit.
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