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Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 26 (Xinhua News Agency reporters Xu Jinyu, Peng Yuan, He Shuchen) The Great Wall stretches for thousands of miles and spans thousands of years. They are either covered with bricks, or earth, or stone, and the Great Wall is like a book, witnessing history and watching history. Today, the Great Wall is still standing, but it has long been changed, and a new picture of rural revitalization with beautiful scenery, prosperous industry and strong culture is being painted at the foot of the Great Wall.
Set off a "tourism fever" on the Great Wall
The scenery along the Great Wall is different, and the majestic and simple Great Wall constitutes a magnificent picture. In recent years, various localities have accelerated the development of the Great Wall's tourism resources, adding impetus to the development of the rural economy.
Zhenbeibao Western Cinema, located at the foot of Helan Mountain in Yinchuan City, Ningxia, is famous at home and abroad for movies such as "Red Sorghum" and "Journey to the West". In the past 30 years since its establishment, the cinema has been centered on two earthen castles preserved in their original appearance, of which the "Ming City" is a military fortress along the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty, creating a precedent for the development and utilization of resources of the Great Wall of Ningxia.
Today, Zhenbeibao Western Cinema and the surrounding tourist towns and resorts constitute a tourism film and television industry cluster, which has received more than one million tourists this year, and Zhenbeibao Village, where the cinema is located, has also been stained. Li Fei, secretary of the general party branch of Zhenbeibao Village, said proudly: "60% of the labor force in our village is engaged in work related to the tourism film and television industry, and the village collective has also invested in the construction of film and television studios, facility agriculture, and homestay villages. This year, the collective operating income of the village exceeded 4 million yuan, and the homestay village is expected to distribute more than 40,000 yuan in dividends to each of the more than 20 villagers. ”
The Great Wall of Qin in Guyang County, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia. (Photo courtesy of the interviewee).
"Great Wall + Ecology" is becoming a new trend in the development of Great Wall tourism. In the Huimin District of Hohhot City, Inner Mongolia, the total length is about 13The 8-kilometer Great Wall of Zhao is hidden in the middle of the Yinshan Mountains. In recent years, the Huimin District of Hohhot City, relying on the Daqingshan Ecological Green Belt and the ruins of the Great Wall of Zhao, has walked out of a path with 8The 3-kilometer village road is the "aorta", and more than 50 farmhouses along the line participate in the development of the integration of agriculture, culture and tourism.
Since 2007, I have been using my house and apricot grove to start a farmhouse. From two or three tables at the beginning, to the current leisure villa, many citizens come to live in farmhouses, eat farmhouse meals, and visit the remains of the Great Wall every year. Eating a 'tourist meal' at the foot of the ancient Great Wall has multiplied my income several times. Zhang Quanhong, general manager of Quanhong Villa in Huimin District, said.
At the foot of the Great Wall, "industry is prosperous".
The Great Wall is mostly located in the desolate area of the border fortress, and most of the areas along the Great Wall have a weak industrial foundation and many shortcomings in development. In recent years, various localities along the Great Wall have explored their own industrial advantages and injected more vitality into rural revitalization through industrial development.
On the northern slope of Serten Mountain in the central part of Guyang County, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, the ruins of the Great Wall of Qin, which is mainly built of stone, are located. Guyang County is located at the northern foot of Yinshan Mountain, where crops are widely planted and harvested, and the unique plateau landform and cool climate are very suitable for the growth of Astragalus.
Astragalus Transformation "** brings vitality and hope to the barren land. This year, the planting area of astragalus in Guyang County has expanded to more than 110,000 mu, with an annual output of 4About 60,000 tons, with an output value of more than 200 million yuan. Yao Junjie, secretary of the Guyang County Party Committee, said that astragalus is an agricultural business card that Guyang County is proud of. Guyang County will make every effort to build a high-end green organic astragalus processing base, promote the large-scale and standardized planting of astragalus, and build a professional market for astragalus origin. Further introduce deep processing enterprises of health products such as tablets, capsules, and oral liquids, and accelerate the realization of "Yiqi rich peasants".
The Baitugang Beacon Pier in Baitugang Township, Lingwu City, Ningxia and the dairy farming base in the distance. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xu Jinyu.
Some areas along the Great Wall are also developing new industries out of nothing. Due to its important strategic location, Baitugang Township, Lingwu City, Ningxia Province had a border guard post here in the Ming Dynasty. Standing next to the beacon pier of Baitugang and looking out, the cowsheds are very spectacular. Since 2018, Baitugang Township has developed the dairy industry based on its own resource advantages, and at present, the number of dairy cows in the township has exceeded 190,000. Industrial development also provides a "grip" for the expansion of the village collective economy in Baitugang Township, this year, Baitugang Township through forage planting and land circulation to revitalize more than 9,000 acres of idle, abandoned land and other land, part of the village collective economic cooperatives for the jurisdiction of the breeding enterprises ** all kinds of forage, with the efforts of many parties, the village collective net income of the nine villages in the township are more than 1 million yuan.
Baitugang Township is mountainous and grassland, and the village collective has a weak economic foundation, and the more than 9,000 mu of land revitalized this year has become an 'iron rice bowl' for the village collective to steadily increase income. Recently, the nine villages in the township have joined forces to buy back the tourist attractions in the township, and strive to serve the 'golden rice bowl' of rural tourism as soon as possible. Liu Lei, deputy secretary of the Lingwu Municipal Party Committee and secretary of the Baitugang Township Party Committee, said.
Tell the "Great Wall Story" well
The revitalization of rural culture is an important part of rural revitalization. In order to make good use of the Great Wall, an important cultural resource, the Great Wall Museum has been opened in many places along the Great Wall, and many Great Wall enthusiasts have also actively participated in telling the "Great Wall story", forming a strong cultural atmosphere of the Great Wall, and accelerating the Great Wall into a local "cultural business card".
There are 4 Great Wall of Sui and Ming Dynasty in Yanchi County, Ningxia, with a total length of 259 kilometers. In recent years, Yanchi County has rebuilt the Great Wall Pass, and the Ningxia Great Wall Museum, built in the Great Wall Pass, integrates the Great Wall entity with history and culture.
In the eyes of some, the Great Wall may be an inconspicuous mound of earth, but the museum combines various cultural relics to systematically tell the 'past and present' of the Great Wall, showing the historical and cultural connotations behind the Great Wall as a comprehensive defense system. Wang Shengyan, director of the Yanchi County Cultural Relics Management Institute, said.
The Yanchi Great Wall Folk Museum, founded by Chen Jing and her husband. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xu Jinyu.
Great Wall enthusiasts are also an important force in spreading the "Great Wall Story". 53-year-old Chen Jing and her husband Gao Wandong grew up at the foot of the Great Wall in Yanchi County, and in the past 15 years, the couple has visited the Great Wall and ancient castles in Yanchi County in a "carpet style", taking a total of more than 10 million photos, and also founded the Yanchi Great Wall Folk Museum.
Two years ago, Gao Wandong registered an account on Douyin to show the beauty of the Great Wall with a short **. He said: "When I went out with my wife to photograph the Great Wall, I was mainly responsible for driving and taking notes, and as my understanding of the Great Wall deepened, I deeply realized the greatness of the Great Wall, and I am also happy to share the beauty and knowledge of the Great Wall with everyone, so that more people can feel the charm of the Great Wall." ”