Overlooking the ancient town of Chongshan. Photo by correspondent Qiu Gangcheng
"In the past, there were few employment opportunities in the village, and in order to support the family, I had to go out to work, but now it is good, the government will build the original old Chongshan Academy into a research base, there are more tourists to study and tourism, do a little business can make money, but also take care of the elderly and children, the days are getting more and more prosperous." Li Chuansheng, a villager in Chongshan Village, Yongfu County, Guilin City, said.
Chongshan Village is located in the northwest of Luojin Town, Yongfu County, has a wealth of historical and cultural resources, located in which the ancient residential building complex can be traced back to the Ming Dynasty Wanli years, is the hometown of the Qing Dynasty calligrapher Li Xiyuan, has the reputation of "one door three scholars, father and son five Dengke". Chongshan Village has been rated as a traditional Chinese village, a village with Chinese ethnic minority characteristics, and a famous historical and cultural village in Guangxi. However, due to the lack of publicity and the imperfect construction of surrounding facilities, the rich historical and cultural resources have not been fully developed.
"In order to improve the living conditions of the masses and revitalize the precious resources in the village, Yongfu County has revitalized and utilized ancient houses, built research bases, improved supporting facilities, and improved the living conditions in the village, and the villagers are very supportive." Looking at a towering energy-saving lamp in front of him, Mo Hongri, secretary of the general party branch and director of the village committee of Chongshan Village, said.
A view of the ancient town of Chongshan. Photo by correspondent Qiu Gangcheng
It is understood that the Chongshan Village Research base covers an area of about 5,000 square meters, divided into indoor teaching area, living area, pastoral experience area three parts, set up courses such as color tuning, calligraphy, sketching, tea art, traditional Chinese studies, sowing, seedling planting, rice cutting, threshing, picking and other experience teaching, each period can receive 300 students. At the same time, the base employs a professional team to manage and operate, and it is expected to receive more than 100,000 people from various units and schools every year, increase the collective economic income of the village by about 600,000 yuan, and can radiate the surrounding villages such as Xiacun, Lingqiao, and Gaochong, driving the regional economy to a significant increase.
"The rise of the 'study style' has not only revitalized the cultural resources in the village, but also driven the development of tourism, created a line of study and tourism, and stimulated the growth of the village's collective economic income." Zhang Xiaozhong, secretary of the general party branch and director of the village committee of Gaochong Village, Luojin Town, said.
Strengthening the collective economy has always been a problem of rural difficulties, and most rural enterprises are facing a series of problems such as weak funds, lack of talents and weak ability to resist risks. In this regard, Yongfu County actively explores a new path of collective economic development, through the selection of a project, to create a platform, to drive the common development of several villages, common prosperity of the advanced concept, and actively integrate project funds, to create a community of interests, not only reduce the risks faced in the process of rural collective economic development, increase the income of the masses, but also solve the problems of weak funds, lack of talents, etc., but also integrate resources, is conducive to promoting common prosperity, greatly enhance the vitality of the village collective economy.
Yongfu County has also actively integrated the special funds of higher-level departments and the superior resources of all parties, and through the introduction of commercial investment, mass financing and labor raising (with the original ancient residences into the shares), etc., to build the Yongfu Fushou Pastoral Complex and the Collective Economic Industrial Park, activated the endogenous power of the village-level collective economy, formed a rural tourism circle of "one axis, two chains and three districts", and realized a high degree of integration of traditional industries and modern rural tourism.
"In the next step, we will organically integrate the farmhouse kitchen, hotel and tourism, take the research base as the starting point, rely on the Chongshan Collective Economic Industrial Park built by the county, and develop a diversified industrial chain integrating 'agricultural product planting and picking, leisure tourism and vacation, and boutique cultural inheritance', and promote the deep integration of various industries." An Zhao, the first secretary of Chongshan Village in the village, was full of confidence when talking about future development ideas. (Correspondents Yao Xiquan, Li Quan, Li Miaoling, Yang Haixiang)