Another year's Spring Festival is approaching, and the wanderers who are working hard outside can finally unload their fatigue and embark on the way home. However, for some urban "workers" and "entrepreneurs", in addition to enjoying family affection and food, there is also a "proposition" that cannot be avoided when returning to their hometowns for the New Year:Are you a countryman or a countryman?
Xiangxian, as the name suggests, is a highly respected and charitable character in the township. In rural areas, village sages often have a high social status and are respected by the villagers. In recent years, with the implementation of the rural revitalization strategy, all localities are actively cultivating and promoting the culture of rural sages, and encouraging rural sages to contribute to the construction of their hometowns.
However, in some places, the term "village sage" has changed its flavor and has been given a new meaning:The people who donate money and materials are the townspeople, and those who don't pay for them are the townspeople
During the Spring Festival, the village leaders will organize various activities and call on the villagers to donate money and materials for the construction of their hometown. If you donate generously, you will naturally be regarded as a village sage and praised by the leaders and villagers. But if you are shy in your pocket, or unwilling to donate money, then sorry, you may be labeled as a "hometown suspicion", and you will be ignored and ostracized.
Here are a few true stories:
Xiao Wang works in the city and has a low annual salary, but he goes home for the New Year every Spring Festival. Seeing that his work was stable, the village leaders often talked to him, hoping that he would donate money for the construction of his hometown. Xiao Wang was embarrassed, and donated a few hundred yuan every time. Xiao Li started a business in the city, just starting, and it was difficult financially. After returning home during the Spring Festival, the village leaders also talked to him about donations, and Xiao Li said that he really can't come up with the money now, and hopes the leaders will understand. Unexpectedly, the face of the village leader changed, saying that he ignored the development of his hometown and was a "hometown suspicion". Lao Zhang is an old teacher in the village, and his retirement salary is not high, but he is enthusiastic about public welfare and often volunteers to help villagers. When the village built roads and bridges, Lao Zhang actively donated money and organized villagers to work together. However, because Lao Zhang is old, he has not made any more donations in recent years, and he has been called a "village suspicion" by some villagers. These stories make people feel helpless and chilling. Originally, the village sage should be an honor, representing the contribution and dedication to the hometown. But now, Xiangxian has become a label linked to money, which makes many people who work hard outside feel stressed and burdened.
Could it be that only donations and donations can be regarded as village sages? Don't those who contribute to the development of their hometowns deserve respect?
We should re-examine the definition of "village sage" and not let money be the only criterion for measuring village sage. Those who work outside the home may contribute to their hometowns even if they do not donate money or materials. Through their knowledge, skills and connections, they can help develop their hometown and spread the culture of their hometown.
We should encourage more people to participate in the construction of their hometowns and contribute to rural revitalization. Instead of pitting the townspeople and the townspeople against each other, let the Spring Festival go home into a "donation competition".
I hope that one day, we will no longer talk about "village sages" and "hometown sages", but look at everyone who has contributed to their hometown with a more inclusive and diverse perspective.