"Flowers as a medium" dress up the countryside

Source: Tianshan Network

【The dream of a well-off person entering the countryside to see the well-off】

Tianshan Net-Xinjiang Daily reporter Yu Xi

"Lo and behold, this sea of flowers that cannot be seen has brought benefits to the villagers and good scenery to tourists." On August 4, following the direction of Yang Peibin, a villager in Shangsi Village, Yongfeng Town, Urumqi County, the reporter saw that at the foot of the green South Mountain, a large area of golden sunflower flowers bloomed into the sea, as well as cosmos, rape flowers, and blue mustard that swayed with the wind and were magnificent... What an idyllic setting!

Shangsi Village is more than 30 kilometers away from Urumqi City, with 306 households and 747 people. In 2019, Shangsi Village hired a professional team to build and implement the "Hua'er Shangsi" pastoral cultural tourism and leisure complex project, and fully developed rural leisure tourism industries such as flower seeds, flower products, and flower field sightseeing.

From a single agriculture to a rural leisure tourism industry, at the beginning of the Shangsi village people's lack of confidence: "Ancestors have relied on the sky for generations to eat, planted land and herded sheep, and now planting flowers can get rich?" ”

With the doubts of the villagers, the "two committees" of Shangsi Village took the opportunity of improving the living environment and led the villagers to plant more than 100 kinds and more than 100 acres of flowers to improve the appearance of the village. In 2019 alone, the village greening and beautification area reached 70,000 square meters, planting more than 40 kinds of shrubs and flowers.

The sea of flowers attracts a large number of tourists. The "two committees" of the village took advantage of the situation and led the villagers to build flower field fences, square gates, square stages... In Shangsi Village, scenes of villagers spontaneously participating in the construction of the "Hua'er Shangsi" pastoral cultural tourism and leisure complex project can be seen everywhere.

Following the footsteps of Wang Jun, deputy secretary of the party branch of Shangsi Village, the reporter walked into the complex and saw more than 300 acres of seed-made flower fields, drunken butterfly flowers, Yu Meiren, cockscomb flowers, dahlias and other flowers and plants competing for beauty. "During peak season, the number of tourists reaches tens of thousands of people every day." Villager Ma Jinxia told reporters that tourists flocked to her, driving the sale of her family's eggs and poultry, often in short supply.

The flower fields are attractive, and the flower square, flower ranch, campground, food area, café, playground, and meipai base in the complex are more attractive. In accordance with the greening mode of "one scene per household and one scene for multiple households", Shangsi Village has planted nearly 100 kinds of flowers and plants on both sides of the farmer's courtyard and the village road. The whole village, like "long" in the sea of flowers, presents a beautiful pastoral picture.

How much can the benefits of "flowers as a medium" be?

Zhang Jidong is a member of the party group and deputy director of the Urumqi County Forestry and Grassland Bureau, and in 2018 and 2019, he served as the leader and first secretary of the Urumqi County Justice Bureau and the Statistics Bureau's "Visit Huiju" task force in Shangsi Village. As one of the initiators of the village's "flower as a medium", he provided reporters with such a set of data: in 2019 and 2020, the number of tourists received by Shangsi Village was 50,000 and 200,000 respectively, directly driving the employment of more than 150 people, driving the income of surrounding catering operators to increase by nearly 40%, and the villagers participating in the project increased their income by an average of 20,000 yuan per household. At the beginning of this year, Xinjiang announced the list of 2020 leisure agriculture boutique farms (gardens), and the "Hua'er Shangsi" pastoral cultural tourism and leisure complex was listed among them.

"The beautiful scenery of flowers like a sea and a tide of people makes the people with flexible minds firmly believe that a good day is done." Zhang Jidong said that in the past two years, there have been more farms and pastoral homes in the village, and potatoes, green beans, corn and other local specialties have been sold.

Villager Guo Bing is one beneficiary. When the reporter walked into the courtyard of his home, a small two-story building with an investment of more than 600,000 yuan and had just been completed was grand and bright. Guo Bing was busy packing up and preparing to decorate this new farmhouse.

Last year, Guo Bing's old farm was only open for more than 40 days, and he earned more than 50,000 yuan, which made him full of energy. "This year, this 'tall' farmhouse has been built to receive more tourists." Guo Bing said confidently.

Asphalt roads run in all directions, the sea of flowers on the roadside floats in a dark fragrance, and the ancient charm of the countryside comes to the face... At present, Shangsi Village is realizing the gardening and scenicization of the village. Once an unknown small village, now Jing Meirenhe has stepped out of a famous Kangzhuang Avenue.

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Good days are made

Yu Xi

The story of the butterfly change in The Village of Shangsi vividly interprets "happiness is the result of struggle" and "good days are made".

This small village at the foot of the mountain has the opportunity to develop rural tourism. The village focuses on the word "precision", starting from reality, adapting to local conditions, and thinking about what to plant, what to raise, and where to increase income, and the big article "using flowers as a medium" is naturally better and better. This fully confirms that only by prescribing the right "medicine" can we pull out the "poor roots".

The changes in Shangsi Village also enlighten us that as long as we stimulate the endogenous motivation of the masses, encourage cadres to take responsibility, and form a joint force from top to bottom, the people's lives will surely become better and better.

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