(Visit Overseas Chinese Hometown in Chinese New Year) Visiting the "Overseas Chinese Village" in Southern Anhui, Anhui merchants in Europe do not forget their hometown to return to Sangzi

　　China News Service, Huangshan, Anhui, February 5th: Visiting the "Overseas Chinese Village" in southern Anhui, Anhui merchants in Europe do not forget their hometown to return to Sangzi

　　Author Cheng Zhanpeng

　　On February 5, the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, the second day after the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics, in Huaitang Village, Zhengcun Town, She County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province, known as the No. Some of them sat around the TV and watched the grand opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics; some visited relatives and friends and prayed to each other for the New Year.

　　This ancient village has a history of thousands of years, and it looks a little different from other ancient Huizhou villages. There are many European-style country villas and Huizhou farmyards in the village.

The gorgeous decoration and strong colors of the European architectural style and the blue tiles and white walls of the Hui-style buildings, the eaves and the corners are scattered and integrated, making the whole village quite exotic yet elegant and unified.

　　Huaitang Village has a population of more than 1,300 people, of which more than 800 are business workers in Europe, and 60% of the households have overseas Chinese.

Zheng Shifu's family sat around the TV watching the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics.

Photo by Cheng Zhanpeng

　　The 50-year-old Zheng Shifu is the second generation of overseas Chinese who came out of Huaitang Village. As a new generation of Huizhou merchants, he has the same mood as the ancient Huizhou merchants who were sangzi and returned to their hometown to build houses after "successful success", but they are a little different.

　　He said that the European-style country villas built in the village over the years basically restored the overall European-style construction method. Europe is their second hometown where they have lived for decades, but the fallen leaves always return to their roots.

These European-style buildings are not only memorials and witnesses of their experiences, but also want future generations to remember the history of their hard work in Europe.

　　In the 1990s, Zheng Shifu went to Italy with his father and started working in a luggage factory.

Working during the day and learning languages ​​at night, after 3 years of hard work, I slowly gained a firm foothold, and together with my family, I created my own luggage brand and built a factory.

　　After the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia in 2020, Zheng Shifu returned to Huaitang Village with his parents.

The business abroad is managed by the family, and he takes care of his parents in China and looks for development opportunities.

　　At present, Zheng Shifu and local overseas Chinese have established a standardized workshop in the local area and established a composite material production enterprise.

　　Due to the rapid development of tourism around Huaitang Village, he also wants to try some homestays and catering, and introduce some Italian-style western food.

　　而在欧洲工作16年、今年34岁的郑清立则有另外的打算，2020年因疫情原因回国后，便开始寻找新的商业机会，在他了解到国内智能家居蓬勃发展的现状后。他希望通过他和至今仍在欧洲打拼的乡亲们共同努力，让国内的智能家居产品进入欧洲市场。

　　上午11点左右，郑仕福一家人也围坐在电视机旁回看冬奥会开幕式，看到中国队和意大利队出场，郑仕福的爱人蒋丽波流下了热泪。她说，这样的场景激起了在意大利生活了30多年的美好而又有些酸楚的回忆。

　　郑仕福说，精彩绝伦的冬奥会开幕式令人振奋，当家乡的迎客松出来那一刻，作为黄山人，他倍感自豪。能在春节假期和家人一起观看开幕式，感受中国文化之精髓，特别有意义，这是让世界真正了解中国的大好机会。“我已经告诉了很多意大利的朋友，迎客松在黄山，黄山欢迎世界各地的所有人来观光。”

　　据郑村镇副镇长方娜介绍，从槐塘村走出去的华侨华人不忘家乡，回报桑梓，曾多次捐款集资，为村里拓宽了道路，修建了小学、村民活动中心等设施。

　　近年来，随着国内市场的火热，越来越多的槐塘人将资金和管理技术带回家乡，掀起了回乡投资的新热潮，华侨华人在本地的投资超过10亿元人民币，兴办了旅游、餐饮等企业30余家。

　　下午1点，槐塘村内，由华侨华人共同捐资修建的“思乡亭”里，村民在拉家常，一个女孩说：“我爸爸妈妈在西班牙，疫情结束后，他们就可以回来看我了。”(完)