A banquet for hundreds of Dong villagers, celebrating the Chinese New Year.
On the eve of the Spring Festival, at the Chengyang Bazhai Scenic Area in Sanjiang Dong Autonomous County, Liuzhou City, Guangxi, the main venue of the 2024 National Spring Festival "Village Gala" started lively. The Zhuang people's celestial playing and singing, Dong people's songs, Maonan people's folk songs, Jing people's percussion, Yao people's drumming... The land of Bagui is filled with singing and dancing, and the flower of national unity blooms happily.
Children of all ethnic groups, represented by 12 living ethnic groups including Zhuang, Han, Yao, Miao, Dong, Mulao, Maonan, Hui, Jing, Yi, Shui and Gelao, live together in the beautiful and fertile land of Guangxi.
In December last year, General Secretary Xi Jinping said during an inspection in Guangxi: "Guangxi, as the autonomous region with the largest ethnic minority population in my country, people of all ethnic groups share the same sky, cultivate the same fields, drink from the same river, and build the same home. We are building a comprehensive society. In a modern socialist country, no nation can be missing.”
Over the years, every visit to ethnic minority areas and many New Year visits have shown General Secretary Xi Jinping’s concern and concern that “no ethnic group can be left behind.”
Hold together like pomegranate seeds
"The Zhuang family is born to love singing. They sing here and there, and the sound of folk songs is accompanied by wine. They are happy in spring, summer, autumn and winter..." The singing is melodious in the cultural and sports activity room of Panlong Community in Liangqing District, Nanning City, Guangxi. It was the same as the day General Secretary Xi Jinping came.
"As soon as I arrived in Guangxi, I remembered folk songs." On December 14, 2023, the General Secretary said cordially to everyone in the activity room, "Guangxi's ethnic minority brothers and sisters are sunny, enthusiastic and versatile."
The melodious singing is not only sung in the city, but also echoes in the mountain villages.
△On February 3, 2024, in the Chengyang Bazhai Scenic Area, Linxi Town, Sanjiang Dong Autonomous County, Liuzhou, Guangxi, the "Village Night" was in full swing.
In Buyang Village, where the 2024 National Spring Festival "Village Gala" branch event is held, the melodious tunes of the reeds reflect the freedom and joy of the Dong people; the relaxed reed dance shows their joy of harvest. Villager Lu Haixian said: "Now rural life is getting better and better. I work in the mountains during the day and sing at night, which relieves the fatigue of labor. I am very excited to hold a 'Village Gala' in our Buyang Village, as it can be open to the whole country." Showcase our national culture.”
Rural revitalization promotes the development of Dong culture, and Dong ethnic cultural performances attract more tourists. In recent years, Sanjiang Dong Autonomous County has vigorously developed cultural and tourism integrated industries, promoted the transformation and upgrading of the tourism industry, and assisted rural revitalization. In 2023, Sanjiang County will receive 9.01 million tourists and achieve tourism consumption revenue of 9.6 billion yuan.
The song sings about happy days and also expresses feelings of gratitude.
△On January 19, 2020, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to the Simola Wa Village in Zhongzhai, Sanjia Village, Qingshui Township, Tengchong City, Yunnan Province to visit the villagers. When bidding farewell, the villagers sang "Awa People Sing a New Song" and surrounded the general secretary as he walked out of the village. The singing and laughter echoed in the village for a long time.
In the Wa village of Simola, Yunnan, the Wa people sang a new song of happiness. Over the past four years, keeping in mind the general secretary’s earnest instructions to “make happy Wa villages even happier”, this Wa village in the southwest border has become a model for the local area to consolidate and expand the results of poverty alleviation and effectively connect rural revitalization with the help of the booming rural cultural tourism industry. .
In Huawu Village, Bijie, Guizhou, on the eve of the Spring Festival three years ago, the scene of villagers singing a guest song for the General Secretary in the village cultural square is still unforgettable. “Develop the industry well and build the countryside better”, this is the concern and expectation of the General Secretary when he stays here. Taking the express train of rural revitalization, and blessed by green waters, green mountains and unique Miao culture, the "vision map" of rural revitalization in Huawucun is turning into a "real map" step by step.
"People of all ethnic groups sing and dance together, live together, work and struggle together, and the Chinese nation holds each other tightly like pomegranate seeds." The general secretary's simple and sincere words are remembered in the hearts of every Chinese.
We must not fall behind on the road to common prosperity.
"Business is very good. We just received an order from Langan Village, Boshikeranmu Township, asking us to deliver 200 small red lanterns, 100 Spring Festival couplets and 100 blessing characters." This Spring Festival, at the Sanyunsi Market in Kashgar City, Xinjiang , Spring Festival couplets, lanterns, Chinese knots, lanterns, etc. have become best-sellers.
Sun Zhonggang, a tourist from Shandong who came to visit relatives, stopped to take pictures from time to time, "Let my family see that in the northwest of the motherland, the Spring Festival atmosphere is equally festive." In his lens, there are prosperous New Year bazaars, the bustling ancient city of Kashgar, There are also smiling residents.
△Under the protection of Tianshan Mountain and Kunlun Mountain, the ancient city of Kashgar retains its appearance thousands of years ago.
Kashgar is located on the western border of China. It is a shining pearl on the ancient Silk Road and an oasis that tourists from ancient and modern times linger on.
On New Year's Eve, the attention of Chinese people around the world is focused here - at the Kashgar branch of the Spring Festival Gala in the ancient city of Kashgar, people of all ethnic groups bring instrumental music displays, scene interpretations and other performances to jointly play the brilliant movement of the Chinese nation as a family.
△On February 4, 2024, actors performed dance at the entry ceremony of the ancient city of Kashgar, Xinjiang.
The pomegranate flowers bloom, reflecting the red color of each other, and the nation unites as a family.
The great unity of the Chinese nation is the premise and foundation for comprehensively promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation through Chinese-style modernization.
In August 2023, after returning to China from attending the 15th BRICS Leaders' Meeting and paying a state visit to South Africa, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to Urumqi to listen to work reports from the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Party Committee and Government and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. . The general secretary pointed out: "In the process of Chinese-style modernization, we will better build a beautiful Xinjiang that is united and harmonious, prosperous, civilized and progressive, where people can live and work in peace and contentment, and have a good ecology."
Previously in Inner Mongolia, the General Secretary emphasized: "From a national perspective, the most difficult task of promoting common prosperity for all people lies in some border ethnic areas. These border ethnic areas must not fall behind on the road to common prosperity."
When he arrived in Guangxi at the end of the year, the General Secretary asked Guangxi to make greater efforts to promote high-quality development in border ethnic areas.
Promote high-quality development in border ethnic areas, for whom?
The general secretary gave the answer: “We must adhere to the people-centered approach, pay more attention to ensuring and improving people’s livelihood in development, make up for the shortcomings of people’s livelihood, enhance people’s livelihood and well-being, and let people of all ethnic groups truly feel that promoting common prosperity is in action and in action. around."
A better life, let’s work together to achieve it
During the Spring Festival holiday, the "Cultural Relics and Ancient Books Exhibition of Forging the Consciousness of the Chinese Nation's Community" at the National Culture Palace in Beijing welcomed tourists from all over the world.
△The "Cultural Relics and Ancient Books Exhibition Building a Strong Consciousness of the Chinese Nation's Community" was exhibited at the National Culture Palace in Beijing.
More than 1,500 ancient books and cultural relics on the exhibition show the process of the gestation, emergence and development of Chinese civilization from multiple dimensions such as politics, economy, society and culture. They vividly reproduce the historical facts of exchanges, exchanges and integration among various ethnic groups for more than 5,000 years, unfolding a picture of The long history of the formation and development of the Chinese nation community.
The story of Uncle Kurban riding a donkey to Beijing and three thousand orphans entering Inner Mongolia is a story of national unity often told by General Secretary Xi Jinping.
The letters written by Kurban Turum to Chairman Mao Zedong and the reply from the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on display in the exhibition are true portrayals of people of all ethnic groups becoming masters and loving the Communist Party sincerely. The documents of the Health Department of the People's Government of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region regarding the acceptance of orphans from Shanghai and other places, the orphans' clothes retained by the Bahrain Right Banner Nursery, the photos of the orphans in their new families on the grassland, etc., tell the story of the boundless love of Eji in the grassland and write about the people of all ethnic groups. The deep love that blood is thicker than water.
△On June 8, 2021, General Secretary Xi Jinping sat in the living room with the Tibetan herdsman Suonancai and his family in Gongma Village, Goluozang County, Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai, and chatted about home life.
"During the Long March, the Red Army passed by areas inhabited by ethnic minorities, and we were like brothers and sisters with our ethnic minority compatriots, leaving behind many beautiful stories." In June 2021, in Goluozang, Gangcha County, Qinghai Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture During an inspection in Gongma Village, the general secretary said, “Now, our Communist Party cadres at all levels must ask the villagers wherever they go: What kind of good life do you still want? Let us work together to promote and realize a better life. "
At the beginning of the new year, in Goluozang Gongma Village, bursts of joyful singing can be heard from time to time, and every household is filled with the flavor of happiness. The transformation from traditional nomadism to new rural tourism and characteristic animal husbandry has formed a development model that integrates characteristic tourism, efficient animal husbandry, deep brewing and processing of beer, soilless cultivation and picking, etc., allowing this beautiful plateau village to usher in a beautiful new life.
△On February 3, 2024, the national cultural performance of the 2024 National "Village Evening" demonstration event and one of Guizhou's "Village Super Village Evening" series of activities was held at the "Village Super" football field in Rongjiang County.
On February 3, at the "Village Super" stadium in Rongjiang County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou, the "Village Super Village Evening" performance kicked off. "Village Super" and "Village Evening" are wonderfully combined, and China Village IP continues to release vitality. Zhang De, the first village secretary of Taipan Village in Taijiang County, 200 kilometers away from Rongjiang County, used the "village BA" as an entry point to discuss events, infrastructure renovation, logistics support and other matters with the villagers to promote "village BA". "Competition rules enter village rules", through joint construction and joint governance, we promote the formation of civilized village customs, good family traditions, and simple folk customs, and integrate sports tourism into rural national culture to achieve a "win-win" between village collective economic development and people's income increase.
Connecting with expert teams, selecting aquatic product varieties...Zang Yundong, a cadre who aids Xinjiang, and the people of Tumantal Township, Maigaiti County, jointly explore new ways of rural revitalization. After arduous exploration and overcoming many difficulties, Australian freshwater lobsters were successfully trial-raised in Xinjiang, with considerable profits.
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All ethnic groups interact, exchange and blend, unite and work together, and prosper and develop together.
△On December 14, 2023, General Secretary Xi Jinping had a cordial exchange with community residents in the cultural and sports activity room of the Party and Mass Service Center of Panlong Community, Liangqing District, Nanning City, Guangxi.
"Love China", "Be virtuous and generous", "Open to all rivers"... During the inspection in Guangxi, General Secretary Xi Jinping looked at the works of calligraphy enthusiasts in Nanning Panlong Community and said emotionally: "We all have a Chinese heart, hope The country is prosperous and strong, just like the work you wrote, 'Love me China'!"
The Chinese nation is a nation of unity and struggle. To achieve the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, we need people of all ethnic groups to join hands and shoulder to shoulder, work together, and struggle together!