【Commentary】Guizhou Province's Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture is known as the "hometown of a hundred festivals", and there are many festivals. In the past, during festivals, weddings and funerals, indiscriminate banquets in rural areas became commonplace, and problems such as comparison and waste and environmental pollution caused cadres and masses a headache. In recent years, in order to resist the indiscriminate banquet and the habit of running a big deal, "contract canteens" have been established in many places in Qiandongnan Prefecture.

【Live sound】Cold preserved egg, shredded green pepper meat. Well, almost, there are eight dishes ...

【Commentary】Recently, in the contract canteen of Jiahe Village, Liuchuan Town, Jianhe County, Qiandongnan Prefecture, the wine of the daughter of villager Wu Guangquan is being carried out lively. Since the establishment of the village's "contract canteen" in September 2022, villagers are willing to come here to buy banquets, and the existing venue, bowls and chopsticks, tables and chairs are complete, clean and hygienic. With the help of friends and relatives, you can undertake the next step, no longer need to scrape together borrowing things, save worry and effort.

【During the same period】Wu Guangquan, a villager in Jiahe Village, Liuchuan Town, Jianhe County, Qiandongnan Prefecture, Guizhou Province

The dishes have been reduced, the cost has been saved, and there is no extravagance and waste, and I am satisfied.

The reporter learned that the rural "contract canteen" in Qiandongnan Prefecture is mainly led by the village "two committees", and the villagers' congress decided to centrally establish it by using idle schools, ancestral halls, old village committee office buildings, collective warehouses and other places in idle places.

【Commentary】At the beginning of the opening of the contract canteen, on the basis of extensively soliciting the opinions of villagers, Jiahe Village took the opportunity of revising the village rules and regulations to uniformly regulate the operation of red and white happy events in the village in accordance with the "four controls and four reductions", and achieved the purpose of "reducing costs, reducing categories, and reducing safety hazards and environmental pollution" by strictly prohibiting the organization of school promotion banquets and strictly "controlling the number of days, tables, dishes, and gift money" for weddings and funerals, and incorporated specific requirements into the village rules and people's covenant to encourage villagers to consciously abide by them.

【During the same period】 Liu Shouwu, branch secretary of Jiahe Village, Liuchuan Town, Jianhe County, Qiandongnan Prefecture, Guizhou Province

The standard is eight dishes and a soup, four meats and four vegetarians, you can choose. It's basically some of our rural specialties. Through the method of "four controls and four reductions", the number of tables is controlled, the recipes are controlled, and the gift money is controlled, and these expenses for the people can still be saved.

【Explanation】Jiahe Village is the first batch of pilot villages with characteristic pastoral villages and rural revitalization integration demonstration villages in Guizhou Province. At present, the village's "contract canteen" has successively undertaken more than 10 banquets, effectively promoting the change of customs, establishing a new trend of rural civilization, and gaining wide recognition from the local people.

【During the same period】Yang Guangping, first secretary of Jiahe Village, Liuchuan Town, Jianhe County, Qiandongnan Prefecture, Guizhou Province

In the initial operation process, there were still certain difficulties, but we took the lead through party members and village cadres took the lead, and implemented the "four controls and four reductions" system, and finally achieved a good effect, and the people applauded and welcomed. In this way, (everyone) is more united, the people's hearts are more aligned, and it has a very positive effect on the development of our next work, as well as the improvement of our grassroots governance level.

According to the statistics of the Qiandongnan Prefecture Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision, up to now, a total of 16 "contract canteens" have been built in 408 counties (cities) in the prefecture, of which 8000% are independently managed and operated by village collectives, and each "contract canteen" is clearly managed by a special person. It has undertaken more than 180,280 banquets in total, and the prescribed price per table is generally between 1 yuan and <> yuan, saving an average of more than <>,<> yuan per table. The establishment of the "contract canteen" has liberated the villagers from "endless banquets and endless gift money", and put more energy and funds into industrial development, improving the quality of life and family happiness index, which really reduces people's feelings and adds points to civilization.

Reporting by Pu Wensi, Peng Yunmei, Yang Jiameng, Wu Changlian, and Jianhe, Guizhou

Responsible Editor: [Song Fangcan]