CCTV news (news broadcast): General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that the old revolutionary base areas are the root of the party and the people's army, and it is our party's solemn commitment to let the people in the old base areas live a better life.
Whether the people in the old districts are doing well or not has always been the general secretary's concern.
On the eve of the Spring Festival in 2016, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to Shenshan Village in the old revolutionary base area of Jinggangshan to visit and comfort the impoverished people and discuss strategies for getting rid of poverty and becoming rich.
Seven years have passed, how are the people in Shenshan Village doing now?
During the Spring Festival, our reporter came to Shenshan Village and recorded the "taste of happiness" on this piece of red land.
During the Spring Festival, Shenshan Village is extremely lively. Every family, old and young, is busy pasting Spring Festival couplets, hanging lanterns, making glutinous rice cakes, and welcoming the new year.
The old cousins gathered together, set up a fiery stove, fried fragrant oily fruits, and were busy for the reunion dinner in the village.
The delicious dishes are steaming hot, and the taste of the New Year on the tip of the tongue is the joy of a good harvest.
The villagers who participated in the cooperative also received the annual dividends for tea plantation, with happy smiles on everyone's face.
The eldest sister with a happy face is called Peng Xiaying, who used to be a poor household in the village.
On February 2, 2016, the day of the new year, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to Shenshan Village to visit the masses along the rugged mountain road, facing the wind and snow. He once came to Peng Xiaying's home.
The scene of that year is still unforgettable for her. Although the old house has been renovated, there is one room that she is reluctant to change.
Shenshan Village used to be a typical impoverished village, where the ancestors had to cut moso bamboo for a living.
In the homes of poor households, the general secretary inspected room by room, sat around the table with everyone to calculate income and expenditure accounts, and delivered last year's goods to poor households, schoolbags to children, and New Year greetings to the villagers.
He told the villagers that in the journey of building a well-off society in the whole country, the old areas must advance simultaneously, and there must be no one left.
The general secretary's care and encouragement inspired the confidence of the people in the old areas to win the battle against poverty.
Like Peng Zhanyang, more and more villagers who are working outside choose to return to the village to start a business.
Peng Xiaying also opened the first farmhouse in Shenshan Village with the help of the village, selling special products and opening homestays.
In the past 7 years, the village has unified planning, built infrastructure, improved the living environment, and developed rural tourism with the theme of "red tourism" and "green tourism" while developing characteristic agriculture such as yellow peach, tea, and thunder bamboo.
From removing the hat of a poor village to constantly exploring new ways to revitalize the countryside, the permanent population of Shenshan Village today is 10 times that of 2016, and the income is also close to 10 times that of that year.
Encouraged by the general secretary, Zuo Xiangyun, who once led the villagers out of poverty by relying on bamboo and wood processing, has just been elected as a representative of the 14th National People's Congress. He specially made a photo album to record the "butterfly" changes in Shenshan Village in the past seven years.
Zuo Xiangyun's son, Zuo Weibo, was admitted to university last year with a score of 611. This Spring Festival, the first college student out of the family came back to celebrate the New Year, making the whole family more happy.
Seven years ago, Zuo Weibo was the boy who stood next to the general secretary and explained how to make glutinous rice cakes.
There is a "smiling face" wall at the entrance of Shenshan Village. Behind every smiling face of the villagers is a story of struggle, and a "taste" of happiness.
The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China stated that it is necessary to comprehensively promote rural revitalization and support the accelerated development of old revolutionary areas and ethnic minority areas.
In the new year, Shenshan Village is striding forward on the new journey of comprehensively promoting rural revitalization.