Lhasa, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- Pulan County, Ali Prefecture, nearly 1,300 kilometers away from Lhasa City, has not only natural and cultural landscapes such as Kailash, Mapanyongcuo and Kejia Monastery, but also China's Pulan Port and Border Trade Market. This remote but charming place has attracted many Nepalese boys and girls to do business and settle here, and the red line of Yuelao floats from the southern foot of the Himalayas through the lofty mountains, tying out the "warm knot" of good-neighborliness and friendship between China and Nepal.
The reporter and his entourage came to Pulan Town, Pulan County, where there are six families married by the Chinese and Nepalese masses, and six Nepalese border people, including Yuzhenma and Baima Sangmu, are married to the local Tibetan people. In the cold winter months, they and the local people are looking forward to the arrival of the new year.
Yu Zhenma and Pu Bu Dunzhu pose for a photo in the guard room of the Pulan County Passenger Station (photo taken on January 7). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Zepeng.
Pubutunzhu is engaged in security work at the Pulan County Passenger Station, and their temporary residence is in the guard room of the passenger station, where more than 10 pots of green plants such as Junzi Orchid, Pothos, and Crab Claw Orchid add a sense of life to this room, and the kitchen and bathroom facilities in the room are fully equipped, and the decoration is warm and comfortable. "We have a new house with two bedrooms and two living rooms in the village, with an area of 80 square meters, and the living conditions are very good. Pubuton Bead said.
In May 2010, 31-year-old Pubutunzhu met 39-year-old Yu Zhenma at a restaurant in the border market. Because Pubutunzhu has a bad stomach, Yu Zhenma often cooks and delivers meals to him, and always reminds him to eat on time. After a long time, Pu Bu Dun Zhu was moved by Yu Zhenma's hard-working and kind quality, and Yu Zhen Ma was also attracted by Pu Bu Dun Zhu's down-to-earth and reliable character, and soon the two tied the knot.
After more than 10 years of marriage, Pubutunzhu and Yuzhenma support each other and love each other. "* We were given new houses and subsidies. His monthly salary is 3,000 yuan, and I also have income from odd jobs in the county. Yu Zhenma told reporters that the roads and other infrastructure in Puran County have improved significantly in recent years, "I heard that it can be reached in one day by car back to Nepal." ”
In Pulan County, happiness lingers in everyone's heart.
The Jirang community, which has the largest concentration of Nepalese border tenants, saw children riding bicycles and women weaving Nepalese handicrafts in the community square. "I was born in Puran, married Nima Tashi in 2015 and am living happily ever after. "Now that I'm a 'Chinese daughter-in-law', I want to put down roots here." ”
Mima, a Nepalese businessman who does business at the Tangar border market in Pulan County, on January 7. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Shangcai
The town of Pulan is a microcosm of good-neighborliness and friendship between China and Nepal. Zhan Dui, deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the Pulan County Party Committee, said, "I deeply feel at the grassroots level that the foundation of social harmony and happiness lies in the family and good neighborliness, and to promote the happiness of every family here and the sense of gain of every Nepalese businessman, which is the work we do with our hearts and feelings." ”
In 2018, the state invested 2800 million yuan in Pulan County, covering an area of 3The 980,000-square-meter Tangga border trade market has a total of 316 shops, 172 apartment hotels and 12 storage rooms. This border trade market is becoming a modern distribution center integrating small commodities, ethnic handicrafts and tourist souvenirs.
Nepalese businessman Mima said that in the summer when business is booming, more than 1,000 Nepalese border residents do business or work in Pulan County, "Special thanks to China** for introducing many preferential policies, so that we can do business here with peace of mind." He said.
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