Xinzhuangbao Village is located in the easternmost part of Xiangying Township, backed by Jinyang Mountain, which is the largest apricot tree base and fresh apricot resource garden in North China, and is known as "Apricot Blossom Village". In recent years, Xinzhuangbao Village has relied on two livelihood projects, namely the construction of beautiful villages and the upgrading and transformation of farmhouses, to improve the overall appearance of the village and improve the standard and quality of rural life. In the past 2023, what new changes and new harvests have been made in Xinzhuangbao Village? How will it be in 2024? Let's take a look
Walking into Xinzhuangbao Village, the wide and neat asphalt pavement is refreshing, the brand-new street lamps on the side of the road stand straight on both sides of the road, and the walls of the village can be seen everywhere with rich cultural wall paintings, adding a different kind of poetry to this quiet small village.
In recent years, relying on projects such as the construction of beautiful villages and the improvement of the quality of municipal farmhouses, Xinzhuangbao Village has not only laid new asphalt pavement and concrete pavement, installed 180 street lights, but also completed the sewer transformation in combination with the sewage pipe network renovation project, and realized the landscape transformation in the village with the beautiful rural improvement project.
Talking about these topics, Wang Dexi, secretary of the party branch and director of the village committee of Xinzhuangbao Village, Xiangying Township, was overflowing with joy. Wang Dexi introduced: "You see how well our village is renovated now, these good-looking paintings outside the wall are created by Xiangying Township and artists in the countryside for the village, combined with the folk characteristics of Xinzhuang Fort, as well as the characteristics of the apricot industry, which has a unique flavor!" ”
Hearing this, villager Zhang Dianqin couldn't help but open the chatterbox: "Our village is really getting better and better year by year, the original streets, are those earthen walls, the sides are the gardens planted by the people, and now after the transformation of the new countryside, it has become a happy street, the landscape is particularly beautiful, and there are a lot of tourists who come to us, all praise our village is good, and the villagers are proud!" ”
From the new village environment of Xinzhuangbao Village and the joyful words of the villagers, we feel the full happiness brought by the change of the village environment to the people. In addition, in this quiet little village, not only the "big family" of the village is changing, but also the "little family" of each family.
Walking into the house of Li Fengxia, a villager in Xinzhuangbao Village, the warm sunlight shone into the room, and the house was as warm as spring. Sister Li enthusiastically took the reporter into the bathroom of her house and happily introduced the changes brought to her home by the Municipal Agriculture and Rural Bureau's farmhouse improvement project. "In the past, in winter, the family had to go to the toilet outside, it was very cold, but now it is good, there is a toilet in the house, no matter how cold the day is, it is not afraid, it is very warm, I am really grateful for the good policy of the country! ”
The improvement of infrastructure and the change of living environment have improved the quality of life of the villagers of Xinzhuangbao Village, and in the construction of the "core" of spiritual civilization construction, the flowers of volunteers blooming everywhere in Xinzhuangbao Village have also injected inexhaustible civilization into rural revitalization.
It is understood that in recent years, Xinzhuangbao Village has carried out volunteer service activities on a regular basis, carrying out charity cutting activities for the elderly over 60 years old and the disabled in the village once a month, and organizing volunteers to cook for the lonely and widowed elderly in the village, tidy up the room, clean up the courtyard, regularly measure blood pressure for the people, buy items on behalf of the people, etc., and truly serve the people.
At the same time, the villagers also spontaneously participated in the ranks of human settlements governance, 11 cleaners in the village, 8 hours on duty, 3 garbage sorters are responsible for publicity and supervision, from the early passive propaganda to the current active participation, everyone in the village is getting more and more active, realizing the co-governance and sharing of the beautiful rural environment.
With the steady improvement of the living environment and the construction of spiritual civilization, the popularity and characteristic industries of Xinzhuangbao Village are also getting better and better. Nearly 10,000 acres of apricot trees are planted in Xiangying Township, including more than 6,000 acres of apricots for kernels and 3,600 acres of edible apricots, and the key planting area is in Xinzhuangbao Village. In addition to 10,000 acres of apricot forest, Xinzhuangbao Village also has a special agricultural product - eight-sided crispy begonia, which is a unique fruit developed by Zhou Shunhai, a local expert in Xinzhuangbao Village, who is also a forest and grass native expert of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, an excellent forest and fruit native expert in Beijing, and a senior rural practical talent in Beijing. In 2019, in the third national survey and collection of crop germplasm resources, after expert review, Begonia octopata was rated as one of the top ten excellent crop germplasm resources in China.
Nowadays, as an "Internet celebrity" product in Xiangying Township, the eight-sided crispy begonia has also brought considerable economic benefits to the villagers. In Zhou Shunhai's eyes, the begonia seedlings are like small lives, Zhou Shunhai watched them grow up little by little, and also dedicated most of his life's efforts to the mountains and forests he loved.
In addition to the begonia industry, Xinzhuangbao Village also vigorously develops the homestay industry, with 4 homestays and more than 10 farmhouses with their own characteristics. In the face of the coming 2024, Wang Dexi is full of expectations for the development of the new year: "In the new year, Xinzhuangbao Village will adhere to the leadership of party building, rely on the brand of Xinghua Street in Xiangying Township, vigorously promote the development of the fruit industry and homestay industry in the village, drive the steady development of sightseeing, picking and folk tourism, and further improve the infrastructure construction in the village, increase entertainment venues and entertainment facilities, and promote the integrated development of culture, tourism and agriculture." ”
Xinzhuangbao Village in winter is pregnant with vitality and hope. We walked all the way and saw the development of the industry, the happiness of the neighborhood and the changes in the rural environment. In 2023, Xinzhuangbao Village will move towards a new one. We are also looking forward to the transformation of Xinzhuangbao Village into more surprising "butterfly changes" in 2024.