China News Service, Jishishan, Gansu, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- The first New Year after the earthquake in Jishishan: Winter goes to spring and comes to a new life.
The New Year is approaching, and the smell of the New Year is getting stronger. Gansu Linxia Prefecture Jishishan County Chuimatan Town market lively, the market is full of all kinds of New Year's goods, crowded, the sound of selling, bargaining is endless, the people take advantage of the market to come to buy New Year's goods, welcome the arrival of the New Year in the atmosphere of fireworks.
Cleaning the house, pasting Spring Festival couplets, hanging Chinese knots ......On the 8th, the twenty-ninth day of the lunar calendar, Qi Yifang, a villager of Kexinmin Village, Dahejia Town, Jishishan County, carefully decorated his temporary home in the board house. "Although this year is in the board room, there should be no less sense of ceremony. ”
Qi Yifang and her husband Zhang Guozhong wrapped leek dumplings, and on the stove next to them, they were still cooking the mutton they had just bought. "It's already very happy that the family is around and can have a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner together. Qi Yifang said that the biggest wish for the New Year is to be able to spend the Spring Festival with his family every year.
On February 8, people buy Chinese New Year goods at the market in Chuimatan Town, Jishishan County, to welcome the arrival of the Chinese New Year. Photo by Jiumei Danzeng.
When I saw the news of Jishi Mountain**, I called my home several times** to get through, and I was very nervous. "Recalling last winter's 6Level 2**, Han Fang from Kangjiao Village, Dahejia Town, Jishishan County, still has palpitations, "As soon as the exam is over, I immediately go back to my hometown, I just want to be with my family, and reunion is my best New Year's gift." Han Fang, a sophomore majoring in seed production and management at Gansu Agricultural Vocational and Technical College, posted a photo of her former family on the wall of the prefabricated house at the resettlement site, and she also used her pocket money to buy beautiful stickers to decorate.
In the past few days, Han Fang will also organize children to attend classes and play games with other college volunteers. She also often brings her mother's fried twist flowers and oil fruits to share with the volunteers. Talking about her New Year's resolutions, she said, "* During the period, I really feel that the stones become a mountain, watch and help each other, as a child of Jishi Mountain, we must study hard, continue this love from all over the world, and give back to the society through our own efforts in the future." ”
Just a few days ago, the beginning of spring has arrived. The plan of the year lies in the spring, and the fathers, who are the pillars of the family, have already begun to prepare for life after the earthquake.
In the vacant space near the resettlement site of Kangjiao Village, Dahejia Town, Jishishan County, there is an excavator working, and around the safety line, there are more than a dozen middle-aged men, 40-year-old Ma Long is one of them.
Jishishan County Human Resources and Social Security Bureau organized experts to train us on excavator skills for free, and I signed up for the first time. Ma Long said that he usually works abroad, and when the weather warms up, his hometown will start post-earthquake reconstruction work, and he wants to participate in it.
Ma Long is a veteran, and during this period after the incident, he can often be seen busy in the resettlement site, assisting construction workers in building prefabricated houses, helping the elderly to receive coal, and at home, he will also help his wife who is preparing New Year's goods.
Walking into Ma Long's house, the strong smell of the New Year came to his face, and his wife was busy frying twist flowers.
On February 8, in Jishishan County, Linxia Prefecture, Gansu Province, people visited the market, bought New Year's goods, and cooked food to welcome the arrival of the Chinese New Year. The picture shows the villagers of Xiao Hongping Village, Shiyuan Town, Jishishan County, frying twist flowers in the resettlement board house. Photo by Jiumei Danzeng.
Twist is to twist two strands of noodles together, just like a family, no matter what kind of difficulties they face, everyone hugs each other and faces them together. Ma Long said that his biggest wish for the New Year is to master the excavator skills as soon as possible, contribute to the construction of his hometown after the earthquake, and also hope that the family can move into a new home as soon as possible.
In Liuji Township, near Dahejia Town, Manure is also a person who cannot be "idle". At the beginning of January, he joined the construction team and learned to repair the ** house in Liu Central.
I have two children, the eldest son is a student of this school, and the younger daughter is in the next Liuji Primary School. Manure, who worked hard in Guangzhou, said, "I haven't studied, and I very much hope that the children in Jishishan can be admitted to university and go to the wider world." ”
On February 8, in Jishishan County, Linxia Prefecture, Gansu Province, people visited the market, bought New Year's goods, and cooked food to welcome the arrival of the Chinese New Year. The picture shows the children in the resettlement board house in Xiao Hongping Village, Shiyuan Town, Jishishan County, eating freshly fried oil cakes. Photo by Jiumei Danzeng.
The 2024 Gansu Provincial Work Report proposes that this year, Gansu will solidly promote the post-disaster reconstruction of the ** disaster area in Jishishan County, strengthen the refined services of fixed transfer and resettlement sites, and maintain a good order of production and life. At the same time, Jishishan County also connects with various training institutions to carry out free vocational skills training in the resettlement sites, covering electric welding, housekeeping, nursing, Chinese cooking and other content, to help people go to a new life.
Written by Liu Xiao.