Taiyuan, 28 Aug (Xinhua) -- Returning from the Netherlands to Beisixian Village in Xiyang County, Shanxi Province, Liu Shuang made yulu fragrant pears into an industry that enriches the people; from the United States to Yangcheng County, Shanxi Province, Qiao Lin introduced the fahuaware out of the new; from england to Sanjia Village in Jinyuan District, Taiyuan City, Cheng Yujiao made it a fashion to grow rice. The villages that are being revitalized and the returnees with novel ideas are "Qinser and Ming", and the returnees who have returned to their hometowns play a new song of development on the vast stage of the countryside.
In the orchard of Beisixian Village, Liu Shuang skillfully observes the growth of fruit trees under pear trees. This well-dressed, bookish girl didn't look like a farmer, but the growers in the village trusted her. Since Liu Shuang returned to Beisixian Village, there has been a new market for yulu fragrant pears in the village.
↑On July 20, Liu Shuang inspected the growth of yulu fragrant pears in an orchard in Beisixian Village, Xiyang County, Shanxi Province. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chai Ting
Liu Shuang studied in the Netherlands for many years and later pursued a doctorate in biology at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. At the suggestion of his family, Liu Shuang returned to his hometown to start a business after graduation. She used her professional knowledge to develop a more scientific and effective planting method, increased the yield of Gyokuro pears, and also built an e-commerce platform to package and promote Gyokuro pears in her hometown.
"Although I finished my bachelor's and master's degrees in the Netherlands, I felt that I always had to go back to my hometown and serve my hometown, and finally I did come back from going around, and I used the knowledge I learned to help people in my hometown as much as possible." Liu Shuang said.
Returning to Beisixian Village, for Liu Shuang, it is mutually complete, and the vast stage of the countryside is in line with the knowledge-rich and broad-minded returnees, which has achieved better development for each other. "It's probably a better place for me than it is abroad, and what I've learned can play a bigger role." Liu Shuang said.
Under the guidance of Liu Shuang, the planting area of Yulu Fragrant Pear in Beisixian Village has been further expanded, the quality of pears has also been continuously improved, and more importantly, pears have changed from "local specialties" in the past to today's hot commodities, and people say that the current pears are much more "foreign" than in the past.
In Yangcheng County, in southern Shanxi, 29-year-old Qiao Lin returned from studying in the United States and returned to her hometown to inherit the fahua making skills of her elders. She innovated the glaze color of enamel, so that enamelware presents more layers of beauty. The improved and innovative Fahua ware is favored by many young consumers because of its strong design sense and special glaze color.
In 2015, Jolene returned to China after finishing her studies and began to slowly take over the family business. "I grew up watching Fahua production, she has become a part of my life, especially after studying abroad, I have seen the kind of love that foreigners have for Fahua, and I have also deepened my love for Fahua, and the idea of passing on fahua skills has increased day by day, and I feel that I can make her rejuvenate." Jolene said.
↑On July 15, in Shapo Village, Yangcheng County, Shanxi Province, Qiao Lin was coloring enamelware. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chai Ting
After taking over the factory, Qiao Lin insisted on the combination of inheritance and innovation, put forward the new idea of daily ceramic art, innovated and inherited the handicraft skills of "Qiao Shi Fahua", integrated the local cultural landscape and natural landscape into the Decoration of Huahua, and developed a cultural tourism product with local characteristics.
"Many of the fahua in the factory are engraved with traditional memories, and I want to make the fahua switch smoothly between the past and the present." Jolene told reporters that the upgrading of ceramic products was slower before, and now from the modeling to the decorative techniques, adding the current popular elements and launching a number of new products.
Jolene, dressed in a pale robe, spends most of her time in the production workshop. With a focused demeanor and professional techniques, Qiao Lin, who is now the inheritor of intangible cultural heritage, let The Fahua, who has gradually faded out of the public's sight, shine again.
The data shows that the number of people studying abroad in China has risen from 144,000 in 2007 to 703,500 in 2019. This has been accompanied by a surge in the number of returnees. In 2007, 44,000 students returned to China, and by 2019, the total number of returnees from various types of study in China was 580,300, and 82% of international students chose to return to China for employment.
Studying abroad has always been an effective path for self-improvement, and with the vast employment and entrepreneurial opportunities in China, more and more international students have bloomed on the big stage in China. "The countryside is a vast blue ocean, there are unlimited opportunities here, people say that I have completed the countryside, in fact, the countryside has completed me, and the rural areas that are being revitalized are completing more and more returnees like me." Liu Shuang said.
Open the network live broadcast room, Cheng Yujiao presented the picture of farmers planting rice to the netizens on the mobile phone, and people followed Cheng Yujiao on the Internet to learn rice knowledge. After returning to China in 2019, the 24-year-old Cheng Yujiao chose to return to her hometown to start a business and develop comprehensive rice, fish and vegetable cultivation agriculture. The rice produced in Sanjia Village in Jinyuan District is famous far and wide, and Cheng Yujiao has opened a bilingual live broadcast on the social platform to expand sales channels while popularizing rice knowledge, not only doing business in a hurry, but also becoming a well-known "net red".
↑On July 9, Cheng Yujiao broadcast live in a rice field. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Cao Yang
"I hope that my hometown can get more attention under my live camera and convey the beauty of my hometown to more places." Cheng Yujiao said.
Source: Xinhua News Agency