2024 is the 25th anniversary of the general secretary's concern and guidance for the soil erosion control work in Changting. Over the past 25 years, Changting people have been unswervingly and continuously working hard to cure the turbid water and barren mountains, ushered in green waters and green mountains, turned disadvantages into advantages, improved living conditions and ecological environment, and obtained tangible benefits from them. During the Spring Festival, the reporter of the Study Times went deep into Changting, Fujian Province to interview, felt the vitality of the mountains and rivers, recorded the gratifying changes in the lives of the people, and more deeply realized the truth power of "lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets".
Sing the "song of struggle" of controlling mountains and rivers
On February 13, 2024, the reporter came to the Soil and Water Conservation Science and Education Park in Changting County, Fujian Province.
**Comrades donated camphor trees to the Soil and Water Conservation Science and Education Park in Changting County, Fujian Province.
During the Chinese New Year, I took my children here to see them and let them know the changes in Changting. In the past, it was bare, and in the summer the ground temperature was very high, and it was able to bake hard-boiled eggs, so everyone called it 'Flaming Mountain'. Now it is surrounded by greenery and beautiful surroundings. "Some tourists said from the bottom of their hearts.
This camphor tree is a testimony of Changting's rebirth of the phoenix from the predicament and goodbye to green. In May 2000, Changting County was organizing cadres and masses to donate money to build Hetian Century Ecological Park, and after the then governor of Fujian Province learned about it, he specially asked someone to send 1,000 yuan to donate this camphor tree. On October 13, 2001, Comrade ** came to Hetian Century Ecological Park to water the camphor trees he had donated.
Hetian Town, Changting County, Fujian Province, 1999 (data**).
Changting is a famous old revolutionary area, which has created many firsts in the Chinese revolution and is known as "an important turning point in the development of the Chinese revolution". What is less well known is that Changting is also one of the areas with the most serious soil erosion in the red soil area of southern China. In October 1942, Zhang Mukuo, a scholar in charge of water and soil management in Changting, recorded in his work summary: "The surrounding mountains are full of blood. Trees, rarely seen! Occasionally, there are also a few masson pines, or superba, which are like a few black hairs growing on the head of a red and smooth bald ......There, there is no sound of insects, no traces of rats, no birds, only a mournful silence, forever accompanied by the destroyed mountain spirits. "In the past, frequent wars and excessive logging have caused soil erosion in Changting to be very serious, and the ecological environment is poor.
**Comrades have always been concerned about the development and soil erosion control work of Changting, the old revolutionary area, and have visited Changting for investigation 5 times. In 1999, the then deputy secretary of the Fujian Provincial Party Committee and acting governor of the province made a special trip to Changting to learn about soil erosion, he said: "Changting soil erosion is a 'dysentery', a stubborn disease, and it will not be cured for a long time", "we must persevere, make overall planning, and use eight to ten years to strive for national, provincial and municipal support to complete land consolidation and benefit the people." In 2012, Comrade ***, then a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China and Vice President of the People's Republic of China, commented on the research report of 7 ministries and commissions on soil erosion control in Changting: "Soil erosion control in Changting County is at a very important node. It is necessary to sum up the experience of Changting and promote the national soil erosion control work."
After more than 20 years of unremitting struggle, Changting people have created a "green miracle" in this red land. Today, the forest coverage rate of Changting has increased to 7955%, the county's soil erosion area increased from 146 in 198520,000 acres reduced to 30510,000 acres, the soil erosion rate increased from 31 in 19855% to 657%, lower than the average level of Fujian Province, far lower than the level of developed countries such as Europe, America and Japan.
Lai Jinyi, secretary of the Changting County Party Committee, said: "Soil erosion control in Changting is a protracted battle and a relay race. In the future, we will also create an upgraded version of Changting's experience, so that the 'Changting practice' of 'lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets' will continue to deepen. ”
Sing the "song of hope" of rural revitalization
On February 14, 2024, at half past nine in the morning, 71-year-old Liao Yanshi weeded, watered, and checked the growth of orchids in the greenhouse of Yuanshi Flower Professional Cooperative in Sidu Town, Changting County.
On February 14, 2024, Liao Yanshi, head of the Yuanshi Flower Professional Cooperative in Sidu Town, Changting County, Fujian Province. Photo by a reporter from the Study Times.
Without flowering, I can also name the varieties of these orchids. The leaves with gold wires like a horsetail are called 'golden silk horsetail', the two sides are called 'Phnom Penh Four Seasons', and the leaves are lined up in a row called 'Wangzi'. From the root to the head, to the leaf shape, leaf state, flower posture, flower fragrance are exquisite, orchids are chic and elegant, not delicate and not glamorous, high and clean. Liao Yanshi said that he was in a good mood with orchids every day, and people were not easy to get old.
In the past, Changting had serious soil erosion and a poor ecological environment, so everyone lived by cutting down trees and selling wood. There are fewer and fewer trees, and life is getting harder and harder. Declaring war on soil erosion, Changting people carry forward the spirit of "governing mountains and waters, and making contributions for a long time", and after long-term governance, let the barren mountains become green and the turbid water become clear. Forests preserve water and soil, and they also gather wealth. Relying on forest land resources, the local people have developed the economy under the forest, and the days have become more and more prosperous.
Liao Yanshi is one of the representatives. In 2014, there were more than 10,000 pots of orchids in his yard, which was small and famous in the town. The town party committee and the county forestry department took the initiative to come to the door to encourage him to develop orchid planting under the forest, share experience, form a planting scale, and take the villagers to get rid of poverty and become rich.
With a heavy sense of responsibility, Liao Yanshi went south to Guangdong and Zhangzhou to investigate and learn the planting technology of orchids under the forest. "All four have a superior forest environment, the understory orchid can make full use of the advantages of natural shade and natural scattered light, lower cost and less risk than greenhouse cultivation, and the orchid cultivated under the forest has high activity, strong disease resistance and more flowering. He said.
On February 14, 2024, Liao Yanshi planted an understory orchid. Photo by a reporter from the Study Times.
The change of the ecological environment in his hometown gave Liao Yanshi confidence. Starting from contracting 10 acres of mountain forest, he rapidly expanded the planting scale, forming geometric fission, and soon developed to more than 300 acres. He has cultivated more than 100 varieties of orchids himself. Sunlight pours down through the cracks in the tall trees, shining on thousands of pots of vibrant orchids.
During the period of poverty alleviation, the Party Committee of Sidu Town took the development of orchids planted under the forest as an incentive poverty alleviation project, and adopted the model of "Party Building + Farmer Professional Cooperatives + Poor Households", and purchased orchid seedlings and related supporting materials from the local Yuanshi Flower Professional Cooperative, which were uniformly distributed to poor households for planting. The cooperatives are responsible for providing technical guidance, and doing a good job in the later follow-up services, according to the market price of ** products or assisting poor households to sell. At present, the number of members of the cooperative has grown to 112, radiating to 6 surrounding towns and towns, contributing new strength to the comprehensive promotion of rural revitalization.
Before the Spring Festival, the door of the Yuanshi Flower Professional Cooperative was pasted with the Spring Festival couplets sent by the villagers, the upper link is "Zhilan was born in the valley and is not fragrant without people", the lower link is "the gentleman cultivates the way and virtue does not change the festival due to poverty", and the horizontal batch is "to the virtue of the orchid". This is a heartfelt praise for orchids, and it is also a true portrayal of Changting people's determination to turn "green waters and green mountains" into "gold and silver mountains".
Sing the "song of happiness" of common prosperity
Haotian Town is located in the southwest of Changting, which is a famous old revolutionary base area in western Fujian and the sacrifice place of revolutionary martyr He Shuheng. On February 15th, the reporter came to Zhaitou Village, Haotian Town, Changting, Fujian, and jumped into view of the chic small village located at the foot of the mountain, clean, tidy and exquisite, the blue tile gray wall retains the traditional Hakka house style, and the façade of the house is decorated with theme culture. Down-to-earth signs such as "Yaya Tribe", "Asheng Farmhouse" and "Night Talk Corridor in 'Cane'" can be seen everywhere, and the plaque of "righteous people first and self-righteousness, governing the country and governing the family first" is hung high in the corridor, highlighting the concept and feelings of the Hakka people in the old revolutionary area.
Zhaitou Village, Haotian Town, is a well-known demonstration village for rural revitalization. The people in the village summarized it as "the red field, the sweet village".
June 2013, Zhaitou Village, Haotian Town, Changting County, Fujian Province (data**).
March 2023, Zhaitou Village, Haotian Town, Changting County, Fujian Province (data**).
Ten years ago, the village was in tatters, and chicken and duck droppings were everywhere. Now everywhere is very clean, and garbage sorting has been done, which has changed too much. Fu Qihong, the mayor of Haotian Town, pointed to the comparison between the past and the present and told reporters that this was originally an intensive soil erosion area, with sparse vegetation and poor soil. According to the 1985 satellite remote sensing survey, the soil erosion area of Zhaitou Village reached 4,844 mu, and the soil erosion rate was nearly 40%. Through the comprehensive management of soil erosion and the construction of beautiful villages, the ecological environment here has been improved. The appearance of the village has been completely renewed, and the people in the village have begun to think about how to get rich again. Zhaitou Village explores the model of "party committee leading company + village party branch leading cooperative", empowering with brown sugar, and doing a good job in promoting the development of the industry.
On February 15, 2024, Fu Qihong, mayor of Haotian Town, Changting County, Fujian Province, inspects equipment at the brown sugar factory. Photo by a reporter from the Study Times.
On the sixth day of the first lunar month, Fu Qihong came to the brown sugar factory in Zhaitou Village to inspect the preparations before the start of construction. "We spend two months boiling sugar, and the rest of the time is used for refining and deep processing of brown sugar. Fu Qihong said that this modern brown sugar factory has a very good control of the moisture rate, which can be controlled to less than 9%. The water content of brown sugar directly determines the shelf life of sugar, and now the shelf life of brown sugar can be longer. The brown sugar boiled in the iron pot retains the original ingredients of sugarcane juice and is rich in vitamins and amino acids, and the traditional process is full of Hakka unique history and cultural temperament.
Now, the brown sugar industry has driven the employment of more than 200 villagers, promoted the village collective to increase its income by 300,000 yuan, attracted 30,000 tourists, and driven the income of surrounding merchants to more than 200,000 yuan, and the annual output value of brown sugar is expected to reach more than 2,000 yuan.
The nostalgia I understand is not simply to build one's own house, but to completely change the living environment of the villagers, so that the villagers' lives are better and their families are stronger. In this way, only those who have gone out of their hometown are willing to come back, so that they can really retain this nostalgia. Fu Qihong said.
Hetian 10,000 acres of modern agricultural sightseeing park is a new Internet celebrity check-in place in Changting. Last year, a new rest pavilion and leisure promenade were built, and standing on the promenade saw an endless flue-cured tobacco field, and after the change of season, 10,000 acres of fertile land will usher in a new season of rice planting. On the sixth day of the first lunar month, the reporter met Fu Muqing, a large grain grower, here.
On February 15, 2024, Fu Muqing, head of the Yuanfeng High-quality Rice Professional Cooperative in Hetian Town, Changting County, Fujian Province. Photo by a reporter from the Study Times.
I come here every day to see how the crops are growing and to think about what to do next. Fu Muqing said.
The Tingjiang River surrounds the fertile fields, and as far as the eye can see, you can see that the area of fertile fields planted now is about 3,000 acres, and the main crops are rice, flue-cured tobacco, betel nut and taro. It is understood that more than two-thirds of the late rice planting area here has been fully mechanized.
Twenty years ago, the river here was higher than the fields, and it was sunny for three days, and it was dusty, and it rained for three days, and the fields were full of mud. 'Without the protection of vegetation, the surface temperature can reach 70 in the summer, and when it rains, the rain envelops the mud and inundates the fertile fields. You can't get enough to eat from the sky. Now that the barren mountains have been surrounded by greenery, we can grow two crops of rice, one season of rape, or one season of tobacco and one season of rice. Fu Muqing said.
This year marks the 15th anniversary of Fu Muqing's establishment of Yuanfeng High-quality Rice Professional Cooperative. The cooperative has 443 members, 6,500 acres of land in circulation, more than 10 surrounding towns and towns, with an annual output of more than 6,000 tons of high-quality rice and an annual output value of more than 2,300 yuan. Through the cooperative, Fu Muqing has led to the employment of more than 4,300 people in 1,230 households, and the average household income has increased by more than 6,000 yuan.
Fu Muqing is very satisfied with his life. Life became richer, and his son returned to his hometown to run a cooperative with him. What makes him even happier is that the method of "land scale circulation, new subject union, high-quality farmer training, new technology support, and party building leading revitalization" has been promoted in Changting. In the new year, he hopes to work with more parents and fellow villagers to make the concept of "lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets" glow with new brilliance and bear more fruits in Changting, a field of hope.