Chinanews, Chongqing, September 26th, title: 8 "Hengshan Brothers" from both sides of the Taiwan Strait meet for years

　　Author Zhang Xu

　　"We are all called Hengshan, and we are a family." On September 26, the 2021 Yutai Township and Village Friendship Week with the same name was officially launched in Yu.

Eight towns and villages called "Hengshan" on both sides of the strait gathered together to narrate the "nostalgia" and seek common development.

　　These 8 townships are located in Chongqing, Guangxi, Guangdong, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang and Taiwan.

This kind of "party" has been held 7 times in succession by the "Hengshan Brothers".

A group photo at the launching ceremony of the 2021 Yutai Township and Village Friendship Week with the same name.

Photo by Huang Weizheng

　　“In 2015, I knew for the first time that there are so many places called Hengshan, and I went to Hengshan Town, Qijiang District, Chongqing City.” said Pang Xuemei, Party Secretary of Hengshan Town, Luchuan County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. What impressed me most was, “Chongqing "Hengshan" has developed very well. "There are many real estates in the town, and tourism and real estate have developed well."

As the mayor, she was a little touched.

　　From then on, Pang Xuemei also learned that there is also a "Hengshan Township" in Hsinchu County, Taiwan.

Coincidentally, the "Hengshan" in Taiwan and Guangxi are all Hakka people, "the proportion even accounts for more than 90%."

　　The pronunciation of "Hengshan" in Hakka is slightly different from Mandarin, but it has no special meaning.

Some people say that the term "Hengshan" mostly comes from topography and landforms. The eight "Hengshan" terrains are mountainous, and the development of tourism, ecological planting, and aquaculture are more common.

　　"It is the word Hengshan, which connects everyone together." said Zhang Zhihong, the mayor of Hengshan Township, Hsinchu County, Taiwan. Hengshan is the place of happiness and joy.

On behalf of the Hakka, he welcomed the relatives and friends of "Hengshan" on the mainland.

　　Behind the 7 gatherings are the "Hengshan" compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait with the same name, same root, and the same language, and they have unique conditions for mutually beneficial cooperation.

"This is both righteous and even more profitable." Said Dai Hongcai, secretary of the Party Committee of Hengshan Town, Qijiang District, Chongqing City, who has been the "host" of the fraternity twice.

　　Behind the 7 gatherings, there was also a lot of pragmatic cooperation.

Pang Xuemei introduced that Hengshan in Guangxi and Hengshan in Taiwan are currently cooperating in pig breeding and tea planting.

They cooperated with universities to set up a Taiwanese doctoral workstation to empower local industry development.

　　"This is our consensus." Yang Wenke, the magistrate of Hsinchu County, Taiwan, hopes to strengthen the friendship and exchanges between Hsinchu County and Chongqing City and the "Hengshan" towns and villages of the same name in the mainland through the bridge and bond of the same name, and promote both sides in the industry, Cooperation in all aspects of economy, trade, culture and society such as economy, transportation and construction.

　　"Chongqing and Taiwan have 26 towns with the same name. Chongqing and Taiwan are very active in economic, trade and cultural exchanges." Yang Daqing, vice president of Chongqing Overseas Friendship Association, said that he hopes that all parties will take this opportunity to have in-depth exchanges, long-term exchanges of visits, and joint exploration and promotion. New methods and new paths for the economic revitalization of the towns and villages of the same name and the promotion of cross-strait integrated development.

　　"We found that almost all of the eight Hengshan are rich in rice. In the future, we will consider holding a farming culture and art festival and launch the'Hengshan Rice' together." said Wang Lugang, director of Chongqing Yu-Taiwan Economic, Trade and Cultural Exchange Center. In the future, "Hengshan" "Brothers" will have more pragmatic cooperation.

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