(Moderately Prosperous China) An old returned overseas Chinese from Beihai, Guangxi wrote a salt water song to witness the changes of the country and the country
China News Agency, Beihai, March 20th: The old returned overseas Chinese from Beihai, Guangxi wrote a salt water song to witness the changes of the country and the country
Author Zhai Liqiang Wang Weichen
On the third day of the third month of March in the spring, spring outings go to the beach;
Near the "March 3" of the Guangxi Zhuang lunar calendar, 76-year-old returned overseas Chinese Shen Hongjie and his friends carefully composed a batch of salt water songs that fit the situation.
They sang the new changes in their hometown of Qiaogang Town, Beihai City, Guangxi, in a way that the local people liked and heard.
On March 20, people strolled in Qiaogang Town, Beihai City, Guangxi, enjoying the weekend.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Zhai Liqiang
Qiaogang Town, Yinhai District, Beihai City is the largest centralized resettlement site for returned overseas Chinese in China.
In the late 1970s, a large number of Indo-Chinese refugees drifted to the North Sea after untold hardships. The local overseas Chinese fishing commune was established to properly settle them and help them lead a new life.
Later, the Overseas Chinese Fishing Commune was renamed Qiaogang Town and became a well-known hometown of overseas Chinese in the country.
Some returned overseas Chinese and fishermen in Qiaogang Town have continued the characteristics of Danjia's life, relying on boats as their home.
Danjia songs Saltwater songs reflect the working life and thoughts and feelings of Danjia fishermen.
Shen Hongjie has been in contact with salt water songs since the early 1990s, and has composed more than 200 songs in the past 30 years, recording the life of the returned overseas Chinese and the changes of his home and country.
On March 20, fishing boats moored at Dianjian Fishing Port in Qiaogang Town, Beihai City, Guangxi.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Zhai Liqiang
Shen Hongjie told reporters that most of the saltwater songs sung locally in the past described the hard life of the Dan family. With the development of overseas Chinese ports, the content of saltwater songs changed accordingly.
Over the past 40 years, through the efforts of the Chinese government, returned overseas Chinese and their relatives and other parties, the town of Qiaogang, with a land area of only 1 square kilometer, has received more than 3 million tourists every year by virtue of the overlapping advantages of overseas Chinese culture, Danjia culture, fishery resources and coastal resources. It has become an important fishery town and an important seafood trading market in the Beibu Gulf, with an annual output value of 2 billion yuan.
In the early spring, under the decoration of kapok, Qiaogang Town looks festive and peaceful.
The trees on the edge of Dianjian Fishing Port sprouted new shoots and were full of vitality.
The Dianjian Fishing Port was built 40 years ago for the resettlement of returned overseas Chinese, hence the name of Qiaogang Town.
There are more than 2,000 fishing boats moored in the fishing port at most, ranging from 3 to 5 meters long ferry boats to tens of meters long ocean-going fishing boats.
The Qiaogang Style Street, adjacent to the Dianjian Fishing Port, is a hot spot for the development of tourism in Qiaogang Town. It has become a well-known "late-night canteen" and a "check-in" place for Internet celebrities.
In recent years, local officials have promoted the transformation of traditional fishing industry by building a style street in the overseas Chinese port, and the employment opportunities for returned overseas Chinese and their relatives have continued to increase.
The commercial services, medical and health care, cultural education and other infrastructures in the town are sound, and the expatriates put their homes and hearts in Qiaogang Town.
On March 20, kapok blooms in Qiaogang Town, Beihai City, Guangxi.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Zhai Liqiang
"Qiaogang has beautiful scenery in the four seasons, and businesses in all walks of life are prosperous. The sea breeze is cool and the silver beach is beautiful, and you can taste the delicious food all over the street." As Shen Hongjie sang, today's Qiaogang Town has become a thriving new hometown of overseas Chinese.
The hard days of 40 years ago are gone, and Shen Hongjie, who is full of children and grandchildren, is now enjoying his family in peace.
His son now works in a fishing company in Qiaogang, and his grandson and grandson have also gone to college and middle school. Playing ball and singing saltwater songs have become his daily routine.
Local officials are speeding up the transformation and upgrading of traditional fishery production and trade in Qiaogang Town, and make every effort to promote the high-quality development of the local economy.
The Qiaogang International Fishing Market Complex, which is located next to the Electric Construction Fishing Port, is expected to be put into operation before May 1 this year. This comprehensive development project of the sea ranch integrates seafood transactions, e-commerce stores, catering, and tourism products. It is an overseas Chinese port. It is a key demonstration project for the town to build the largest seafood distribution base in Guangxi.
Local officials said that Qiaogang Town will be driven by the international fishing market. It is expected that 300 e-commerce business entities will be incubated in the next three years to help fishermen change their industries and businesses, and to double the annual transaction volume and annual output value of seafood, thus leading the overseas Chinese port. The new business forms of the peninsula trading business district will converge, forming a high-end service industry cluster, and building an e-commerce town with deep integration of marine, cultural and creative industries and tourism.
"When the sun comes out and the sky is full of clouds, the brothers and sisters of the Dan family drive big boats. Fishing and tourism are synchronized, and a happy life is full of joy." This salty water song composed by Shen Hongjie vividly describes the huge development of Qiaogang Town.
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