Spanning 2,000 years and spanning 40,000 miles. The Great Wall is the crystallization of the industrious wisdom of the Chinese nation and embodies the spirit of the Chinese nation's unremitting self-improvement.
Once upon a time, when people mentioned the Great Wall, they thought of remote poverty. In recent years, with poverty alleviation, rural revitalization, and the high-quality construction of the Great Wall National Cultural Park, the foot of the Great Wall is radiating new vitality and vitality.
Inhabitable. The unique "δΈ₯" shaped Great Wall winds and circles on the high mountain, and at the foot of the mountain lies Li Erkou Village, Tianzhen County, Datong City, Shanxi Province. The Great Wall No. 1 tourist highway passes through the south ......of the village, and the Datong Great Wall Museum has been built in the east of the village
A sea change has taken place in 6 years. Hu Zhijun, the former leader of the poverty alleviation team in Li Erkou Village, said that Li Erkou Village was built on the mountain, and in the past, most of the villages were dilapidated adobe houses, dirt roads, and dry toilets, which were seriously hollowed out. In 2018, the village began to relocate for poverty alleviation and the construction of a folk culture village, and a year later, more than 300 people from more than 100 households moved into new houses next to the old village.
Today, the Li Erkou section of the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty has become the first batch of important sections of the National Great Wall announced by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage. The Li Erkou Great Wall Scenic Area has also become a national 4A-level tourist attraction. In the village, the "Tianzhen County Historical and Cultural Exhibition Hall", "Calligraphy and Painting Museum", "Red Cultural Memory Museum" and so on tell visitors about the local history, culture and customs.
Li Erkou section of the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty in Shanxi Province (detail) (taken on September 9, 2023). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Xuetao.
The wind outside the window is cold, and the snow flakes fall from time to time, but the inside of the window is as warm as spring. Zhang Guihua, a 64-year-old villager, sat cross-legged on the kang and chatted with her neighbors, and the house was clean and tidy, with running water, flushing toilets and bathrooms. "When I was in the old village, I didn't take a bath for a long time, and I had to pick up water from the well outside. She said.
A new look around Li Erkou Village, Tianzhen County, Datong City, Shanxi Province after the snow (drone**, taken on March 20, 2022). Xinhua News Agency (photo by Yuan Jianqin).
There are also some villages at the foot of the Great Wall, which are an integral part of the Great Wall as places where the army was encamped in the past. In recent years, the state has made micro-transformation of "embroidery" to protect the cultural heritage in the village, improve the living environment, and let the village leave memories and let people remember nostalgia.
Xigubao Village, Wei County, Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province was built in the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, and there are more than 60 kilometers of the Great Wall of the Northern Qi Dynasty on the nearby mountains. This 1,700-person fortress integrates ancient castles, ancient temples, ancient theaters, ancient dwellings, etc., and is not only a traditional Chinese village, but also a national key cultural relics protection unit.
Tourists visit Xigubao Village in Wei County, Hebei Province on November 26, 2023. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Yehua.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the cultural relics department has invested more than 1,800 yuan to repair the public temple complexes such as Dizang Temple, Guanyin Temple, Kuixing Pavilion and Stage, and also repaired part of the fort wall and the ancient residence of the Dong Family Hall. Driven by the cultural relics department, the enthusiasm of private repair has also been mobilized, and ancient courtyards have been revitalized and utilized into tourist attractions, high-end homestays, and patriotic education bases.
In addition to the repair of ancient buildings, the village also has public flushing toilets, all the water and water are in the house, the dirt road is turned into a cement road, and the domestic garbage is collected at a fixed time ......Not only does it preserve the precious cultural heritage left by the ancestors, but the villagers also feel more comfortable living in it. Xing Jianqiang, deputy secretary of the party branch of Xigubao Village, said.
Yiye. On the first line of Batou in Zhangbei County, Hebei Province, you can see the wonders of the Great Wall running parallel. The unique climatic characteristics of the area have led to the cultivation of naked oats for generations in the nearby village of Chunken. In recent years, nearly 200 villagers have been helped by poverty alleviation science and technology to embark on the road of "getting rich from the fields".
A ripe harvest of wheat at the foot of the Great Wall in Zhangbei County, Hebei Province (taken on September 3, 2023, drone**) by Xinhua News Agency (photo by Wu Mengchen).
In the past, we would not apply fertilizer scientifically, the land would not fall stubble, and the varieties would not work, but now our scientifically grown naked oats have been certified as organic products. Hou Xuqiang, secretary of the Party branch of Chunken Village, proudly told reporters that since 2020, the village has begun to promote the planting of organic naked oats, and the planting area has increased from hundreds of acres to more than 1,700 acres, and the yield per mu has increased from more than 300 catties to about 550 catties, and each catty of naked oats is about 035 yuan.
In November, there was good news about naked oats in Zhangbei County. The Zhangbei Oat Variety Breeding Base jointly established by China Agricultural University and Zhangjiakou Academy of Agricultural Sciences has completed the notarization of new oat variety yield measurement, and the "Bayu 21" variety has shown high yield characteristics under the relatively arid climate conditions this year, with a yield of 462 per mu31 kg, setting a new national record for high yield of dryland naked oats.
Dairy farming base in Baitugang Beacon and Distant Dairy Farm, Baitugang Township, Lingwu City, Ningxia Province (drone**, photo taken on December 12, 2023). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xu Jinyu.
Baitugang Township, Lingwu City, Yinchuan City, Ningxia Province has an important strategic location since ancient times, and the Ming Dynasty set up border posts. Located in Changliushui Village, the Baitugang Beacon Pier is one of the best-preserved beacon piers in Ningxia. Under the guidance and support of industrial policies, dairy farming is becoming a new power source for rural revitalization here.
Since 2018, Lingwu City has introduced a series of policies to support the development of the local dairy industry, and has given subsidies to the construction of qualified dairy farms. At present, there are 28 dairy farming enterprises with more than 1,000 heads in Changliushui Village, driving 27 villagers to be employed regularly and more than 200 people to be employed temporarily. In 2023, the village will reclaim 1,010 acres of sand wasteland and abandon land to plant silage corn to meet the forage needs of enterprises. The development of the dairy industry has revitalized this old village of less than 600 people.
Dairy farming enterprises in Baitugang Township, Lingwu City, Ningxia Province (drone**, photo taken on December 12, 2023). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xu Jinyu.
This year, the net income of the village collective economy reached 1.01 million yuan, more than twice that of last year, and the per capita disposable income of the villagers also increased from 2 last year330,000 yuan increased to the current 2490,000 yuan. Ma Yang, the first secretary of Changliushui Village, was full of pride in his words.
In recent years, the characteristic resource advantages at the foot of the Great Wall have attracted merchants to invest and start business, and the diversified and integrated development has added a strong cultural flavor to the new picture of rural revitalization.
In Shoukoubao Village, Yanggao County, Datong City, Shanxi Province, the ancient Great Wall explores the apricot forest from the top of the mountain, bringing the beautiful scenery of the four seasons of spring and autumn. Five years ago, Wang Jinxiang's distillery settled here, using Yanggao County's geographical indication product "Jingxing" as raw material to produce crisp and refreshing apricot wine.
Ming Dynasty Great Wall Shanxi Shoukou Fort Section (detail) (taken on September 9, 2023). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Xuetao.
At present, the first phase of the Shoukoubao apricot wine project has been put into production, with an annual production capacity of 100 tons, and 50,000 catties of apricots have been purchased from the villagers this year. There is a reception hall in the factory, and a wealth of promotional materials about the Great Wall are placed on the table, and people can look up through the large glass windows to see the Great Wall on the opposite side.
The distillery has brought employment opportunities to the villagers and increased sales channels. With the integrated development of agriculture, culture and tourism industries, villagers have planted more and more types of apricots, including picking, winemaking, dried apricots, and apricots. Yao Yuelin, secretary of the party branch of Shoukoubao Village, said.
and beauty. Nanchangtan Village is the first village through which the Yellow River flows into Ningxia, and it is also the first village along the Yellow River to enter Ningxia along the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty. The rammed earth Great Wall and the stone Great Wall stand silently after the vicissitudes of life, and 169 old pear trees and more than 1,800 old jujube trees witness the long years of the village.
Nanchangtan Village, Zhongwei City, Ningxia Province and its surroundings (drone**, taken on December 8, 2023). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xu Jinyu.
In the past, transportation was inconvenient and travel was mainly carried out on sheepskin rafts, but in recent years the village has a large ferry, as well as hardened roads, networks and sewers. Tuo Shouqing, secretary of the party branch of South Changtan Village, said that with the increasing improvement of infrastructure, there are now more than 40 registered farmhouses in the village.
Facing the warm sunshine, villager Tuo Wanke and his wife are slaughtering sheep in front of their homes, and more than 100 goats in the sheepfold are fat and strong. He said that after the pear blossoms bloom in spring, the number of tourists in the village is increasing, and the farmhouse features firewood rice, goat meat and various wild vegetablesIn the autumn, he contacted merchants from other places to sell the villagers' red datesIn winter, we accept reservations from regular customers and sell goat meat from home.
Relying on rural tourism, we have something to do and money to make in the village all year round, which is quite satisfying. Tuo Vanke said.
Relying on the characteristic tourism resources of Xiongguan and Xiushui, Niangziguan Village, Yangquan City, Shanxi Province, has realized the dream of being well-off as early as five years ago, and is now working more on green development and common prosperity.
Tourists visit the Niangziguan Scenic Area in Pingding County, Yangquan City, Shanxi Province (photo taken on April 13, 2023). Xinhua News Agency (photo by Liu Sheng).
Yang Wenbao, secretary of the party branch of Niangziguan Village, said that in recent years, the annual tourism income of the village has exceeded 10 million yuan, with the highest exceeding 20 million yuan, and a quarter of the villagers have participated in tourism. Today, each person in the village can receive about 1,500 yuan in dividends every year.
Every holiday, Niangziguan Scenic Area is full of tourists, climbing the Great Wall, visiting the ancient street, watching performances, Niangziguan Village small supermarket, farmhouse, restaurant in and out are customers.
The villagers at the foot of the Great Wall not only increase their income and get rich on the big stage of rural revitalization, but also find fun in entrepreneurship and gain self-confidence and confidence.
The Jinshanling Great Wall under the rainbow (photo taken on June 11, 2015). Xinhua News Agency (photo by Duan Jiujun).
Hualougou Village, Luanping County, Chengde City, Hebei Province, is located at the foot of the famous Jinshanling Ming Great Wall. Walking into the "Mr. Duan Hotel", which has been open for 36 years in the village, is like walking into a photography-themed restaurant, and the walls are covered with the four seasons of the Jinshanling Great Wall**, with a time span of 20 years.
Duan Jiujun, the 55-year-old owner of the hotel, told reporters that in the 80s of the 20th century, he did not know photography at all, and helping tourists carry photographic equipment up the mountain was also to make money. Later, he found that photography works are a golden sign to attract customers, so he imitated learning to shoot**. With the continuous release of excellent works, Duan Jiujun reaped the joy brought by the photo competition. Today, he is the president of the Luanping County Photographers Association.
My income, knowledge, and honors are all given by the Great Wall, which makes me more confident. Duan Jiujun said that the Great Wall has long become a part of his life, and he used to shoot for his livelihood, but now he is recording for love, introducing his hometown to the world, and spreading the Great Wall culture.
Text reporters: Wang Xuetao, Xu Jinyu, Qin Jing, Feng Weijian.
*Reporter: Xu Wei, Qin Jing, Xu Jinyu.
Poster design: Jiang Zihan.
Editors: Hao Jing, Xu Liang, Wang Haocheng, Wu Jinfu.
Co-ordinator: Zhou Yongyi, Gao Xinxin.