Eighteen-hole village: Miaozhai has changed dramatically

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Economic Observer reporter Zhang Xiaohui Starting from Changsha, the capital city of Hunan, all the way to the west, taking a high-speed train to Huaihua in xiangxi, going north from Huaihua, passing through Shen Congwen's hometown of Fenghuang Ancient City, and then driving along the 209 National Highway, after two hours of winding winding roads, you will arrive at a Miao village called Eighteen-Hole Village.

On November 3, 2013, before the arrival of General Secretary Xi Jinping, this Xiangxi Miao village in the deep mountains was the poorest village in Hunan.

Today, everything has changed.

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On the afternoon of June 13, it was the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, the Economic Observer reporter arrived at the entrance of the Eighteen-Hole Village, which has become a scenic spot, but there is no charge, there are security guards at the entrance of the village, and the self-driving cars that come to visit the tour are full of parking lots, and the parking lot is not charged.

A row of large red characters "Welcome to the Eighteen-Hole Village of the First Initiative for Accurate Poverty Alleviation" stands in front of the parking lot, and the vendors wearing Xiangxi Miao characteristic buckets along the road keep shouting to passers-by, peddling various eighteen-hole specialties: fruits, bacon, bamboo and rattan products, Chinese herbal medicines dug up on the mountain, wild sun-dried mushrooms... In short, it is dazzling and quite distinctive.

The security guard at the entrance of the scenic spot told the Economic Observer that all guests who enter the village to visit and travel have a car transfer, 20 yuan per person, no ticket fee.

The village of Eighteen Caves is named after eighteen caves, but there are actually more than eighteen caves in the area. The village has an average altitude of 700 meters, belongs to the high mountain karst landform, is a pure Miao residential area, has jurisdiction over pear, Dangrong, flying insects, bamboo 4 natural villages, 6 villager groups, a total of 225 households and 939 people, cultivated land area of 817 acres.

Eighteen-hole village eighteen Lixiang homestay owner called Shi Jinsheng, Shi Jinsheng drove to the village entrance to pick us up, the road to chat, he said that his homestay is in the bamboo village, and the homestay is the old Miaozhai renovation and reconstruction, the old village has a history of more than 60 years.

About ten minutes by car, it is to eighteen Lixiang homestay, small talk, Shi Jinsheng said that he himself worked in Fujian before, his wife is a Miao woman in the bamboo village of Eighteen Caves Village, Shi Jinsheng has a total of four children, of which the second daughter Shi Linjiao is the pride of the whole family, Shi Linjiao's vibrato name is "Xiangxi Eighteen Caves Jiaojiao", in this short video social platform that young people like, Eighteen Cave Jiaojiao has 89,000 fans, is the village's out-and-out Internet celebrity, on Douyin, Eighteen Cave Jiaojiao strongly recommends her family's homestay, bacon, and native chicken , native ducks, glutinous rice wine and various specialties in the village, the internet red traffic has brought a lot of income to the Lao Shi family and the entire eighteen-hole village.

Shi Jinsheng's home is plastered with photos of Shi Linjiao, photos interviewed by CCTV reporters, photos of wearing Miao costumes to sell Xiangxi bacon, and photos of live broadcasts selling goods. On the red-painted walls of the wooden boards hang various honorary certificates of Shi Linjiao - the 2020 Huayuan County Eighteen-Hole Area Entrepreneurial Star, the 2021 Kunshan Navel Orange Recommendation Officer, and the brand of Huayuan Shi Linjiao E-commerce Co., Ltd.

Born in 1996, Shi Linjiao graduated from zhejiang conservatory of music, returned to her hometown after graduation to start a business, and became a network anchor of rural products live broadcast with goods in Eighteen-Hole Village.

When the Economic Observer reporter came to Lao Shi's house, he smelled a smell of smoke, and when he entered the house, he knew that he was smoking bacon. Summer bacon is an anomaly for the Miao people, usually bacon is smoked in the cold winter, first marinated with salt, and then grilled with firewood. Shi Jinsheng explained that because Jiaojiao (referring to Shi Linjiao) live streaming sales is very successful, so the demand for bacon from netizens has been continuous, resulting in them smoking bacon in the hot summer. "I first put it in the refrigerator to marinate, the temperature is controlled at about eight degrees, can not freeze, to let the salt into the meat, marinated after taking out smoking, as long as the fire is not extinguished, the meat will not be bad." Old Shi said.

The Economic Observer reporter did not meet Shi Linjiao in the home of The Old Shi of Bamboo Village in Eighteen Caves Village, as a net red anchor who sold goods live, Shi Linjiao was very busy, as a girl who came out of the Miao Village in Xiangxi, Shi Linjiao set up her own company in August 2020 with 100,000 yuan - Huayuan Shi Linjiao E-commerce Co., Ltd. The whole family fought together, with his father Shi Jinsheng and his mother Yang Huiying as managers, sister Shi Lingxiu as supervisors, and Shi Linjiao herself as executive directors.

Because of the success of targeted poverty alleviation, wave after wave of tourists came to the Eighteen-Hole Village to play, bringing income to the Eighteen-Hole Village, and the younger generation of college students like Shi Linjiao returned to their hometown to start a business, and injected new vitality into this ancient village.

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In the eighteen-hole village, there is also a star figure, she is the "big sister" of Pear Village, Shi Bamu.

When the Economic Observer reporter met Shi Bamu, she was taking a group photo with wave after wave of tourists, and behind it was a photo of General Secretary Xi Jinping talking to her cordially.

Shi Ba Dumb's home has become a must-visit attraction in the Eighteen-Hole Village, and there is a sign at the door, which reads the profile of the "Big Sister" Shi Ba Dumb Family: "Big Sister" Shi Ba Dumb Family is the first peasant household visited by General Secretary Xi Jinping when he came to the Eighteen-Hole Village to visit the poor and ask questions.

The Economic Observer reporter noted that in just one hour, there were hundreds of tourists taking photos with Shi Ba dumb, shi ba dumb did not ask these tourists to pay, even if it is 5 yuan a group photo, shi ba dumb can also get a considerable income, but shi ba dumb did not do this.

The basic situation of Shi Ba dumb's family shows that before the accurate poverty alleviation in 2013, her family's annual per capita income was 1296 yuan, and by 2017, the per capita income of Shi Ba dumb's family had increased to 5659 yuan. In 2020, the annual per capita income of Eighteen-Hole Village has reached 18,369 yuan.

Next door to Shi Ba's dumb family, there is a "Precision Ping Square", on which stands a stone stele of "precision poverty alleviation" and a party flag, where tourists are weaving.

A sign reads the introduction of the square: On November 3, 2013, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to Eighteen-Hole Village to inspect and investigate, visited the poor and asked questions, put forward an important exposition of "seeking truth from facts, adapting to local conditions, classification guidance, and accurate poverty alleviation", and asked Eighteen-Hole Village to explore a "replicable and generalizable" accurate poverty alleviation experience. On the back of the "Precision Poverty Alleviation" stele, in addition to the above content, there is a little addition:

On March 8, 2016, when General Secretary Xi Jinping participated in the deliberations of the Hunan delegation to the Fourth Session of the 12th National People's Congress, he said, "I officially proposed that 'precision poverty alleviation' is in the Eighteen-Hole Village. ”

On February 25, 2021, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out at the National Poverty Alleviation Summary and Commendation Conference that targeted poverty alleviation is the magic weapon to win the battle against poverty.

Miaozhai has changed dramatically

Precise poverty alleviation has made the Eighteen-Hole Village, a once isolated Miao village located in the deep mountains, undergo earth-shaking changes. Now, the wireless network has covered the entire village, and the Internet connection has also enabled the eighteen-hole village to communicate more deeply with the outside world.

At the entrance of the Village Committee of Eighteen-Hole Village, there are signs of various honors, including "China's Beautiful Leisure Villages" issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, "Demonstration Villages for Poverty Alleviation" issued by the Hunan Leading Group for Poverty Alleviation and Development, "National Forest Villages" issued by the State Forestry and Grassland Bureau, in addition to "Villages with Chinese Ethnic Minority Characteristics", "Chinese Traditional Villages", "National Civilized Villages" and so on.

Entering the Village Committee of Eighteen-Hole Village, the most eye-catching thing is the "Eighteen-Hole Village Rules and Regulations" nailed to the wall with wooden board inscriptions.

According to the Village Committee of Eighteen-Hole Village, the Wuling Mountainous Area, where Eighteen-Hole Village is located, is one of the 14 concentrated contiguous areas of extreme poverty in the country. Surrounded by mountains, beautiful water and strange caves, connected by mountains and rivers, the beautiful scenery is unique, but due to the barrier of mountains, traffic is stagnant, and people's livelihood is difficult. Miao Song "Three ditches and two forks of poor knots, sweet potato buds and grains every day; if you want to eat rice, unless you are sick and have a doll", it truly reflects the poor life here before the accurate poverty alleviation.

On November 3, 2013, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to Eighteen-Hole Village and put forward the important exposition of "Precision Poverty Alleviation" for the first time, the Eighteen-Hole Village Committee did not wait to rely on it, fully stimulated the endogenous motivation of the masses, under the leadership of the Huayuan County Party Committee's Precision Poverty Alleviation Task Force in the village, rolled up its sleeves and worked hard, worked together to revitalize the industry, and the per capita income increased from 1668 yuan in 2013 to 18369 yuan in 2020.

The village committee of Eighteen-Hole Village introduced the situation in 2013 to the Economic Observer reporter: at that time, the per capita income of Eighteen-Hole Village was low, the annual per capita income of 1668 yuan was only 18.8% of the national average, the poor accounted for 56.8% of the total population of the village, and the infrastructure such as water, electricity, roads and telecommunications needed to be improved urgently. The average age of the members of the branch team is older and the level of education is low. Cultural education is backward, 58% of the villagers have an education level below primary school, and it is difficult for young marriable men to start a family. The villagers mainly earn from migrant workers, and there is no pillar industry in the village and no collective economy. The masses lack confidence in getting rid of poverty and getting rich, the mentality of "waiting, relying on, and wanting" is serious, and the endogenous motivation is insufficient.

The Eighteen-Hole Village Committee said that after General Secretary Xi Jinping came to eighteen-hole village to inspect and investigate, in order to implement the general secretary's important exposition on "accurate poverty alleviation", leaders at all levels came to eighteen-hole village for in-depth investigation, accurate guidance, depiction of the future, and drew a grand blueprint for poverty alleviation and prosperity.

In 2014, the village committee of Eighteen-Dong Village held a new election and elected a leader supported by the masses. Democratically elected new village committee cadres went to poor households to conduct investigations, publicize policies, and discuss poverty alleviation plans. In the same year, the first precision poverty alleviation task force in Huayuan County was stationed in the village, and together with the cadres of the two committees of the village branch, they seriously "numbered the pulse", pinpointed the "crux of the problem", and prescribed "prescriptions" to achieve "one household and one file" and "one household and one policy".

In order to allow villagers to better upgrade their skills, Eighteen-Hole Village also held a rural tourism entrepreneurship training class. It has set up four farmers' professional cooperatives such as miao embroidery, kiwi fruit, yellow peach and chinese herbal medicine planting, established four companies such as Miao Hanzi Fruit Industry Co., Ltd. of Eighteen Caves Village, Miao Zhai Culture and Media Co., Ltd., Huayuan County Eighteen Cave Tourism Development Co., Ltd., and Eighteen Caves Mountain Spring Water Co., Ltd., and determined five major industries of labor economy, characteristic planting, miao embroidery, rural tourism, and mountain spring water processing according to local conditions, forming an industrial poverty alleviation joint force, and realizing the fundamental transformation from "blood transfusion" to "hematopoiesis".

At the source of the eighteen-hole mountain spring water, the Economic Observer reporter picked up a bite and tasted it, and the water quality was sweet and delicious. However, the source of the mountain spring water is in a natural cave, the road is rough and very difficult to reach, but 500 meters from the source of the mountain spring water, a water plant has been built, and the road can be directly connected to the village committee.

In order to let the agricultural products of Eighteen Caves Village go to the whole country, the Eighteen Caves Village Committee adheres to the strategy of brand strengthening villages, declares the brand protection list, and defensively registers 72 "Eighteen Holes" trademarks in 35 categories, making the intangible asset of "Eighteen Holes" a hen that lays golden eggs.

The Economic Observer reporter saw in the small supermarket next to the village committee of The Eighteen-Hole Village that there are many special products of the Eighteen-Hole Village, such as daily chemical products produced by the local unique medicinal materials - Eighteen-Hole Village Amino Acid Toothpaste, Cleanser, Shower Gel, Shampoo, Essential Oil, etc. There are also "Eighteen Caves" Xiangxi Mountain Rapeseed Oil, "Eighteen Caves" Camellia Oil, "Eighteen Caves" Golden Tea, "Eighteen Caves" Wood Fire Flavor Xiangxi Bacon Sausage, "Eighteen Caves" Kiwi Fruit, "Eighteen Caves" Happy People's Glutinous Rice Wine, etc.

According to the Village Committee of Eighteen-Hole Village, in 2020, 533 people from 136 households in our village were lifted out of poverty, and the incidence of poverty increased from 55.76% to no return to poverty and new poverty, and the hat of the poor village was removed, and the whole village was lifted out of poverty, and 33 elderly young men got married and started a family. He handed over an answer sheet that was recognized by the masses and could stand the test of history.

Although the material income is rich and the village has undergone earth-shaking changes, the villagers of the eighteen-hole village in Miaozhai are still simple, warm and hospitable. Shi Jinsheng said: "We are old, we have been working in Fujian before, and now we see that our hometown is so well built, so we come back." ”

A generation has a generation of inheritance, eighteen-hole village, this simple Miao village, this once extremely poor Miao village, is under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, has become a model of "precision poverty alleviation".