The breeze blows through and can blow up a layer of yellow sand,
Whenever it rains, the yellow mud soup flows on the loess slope,
This is a true portrayal of Zhangchuan Village in the barren mountains and bald mountains 54 years ago;
Spruce, oil pine, cypress, cedar, overgrown with barren slopes and ravines,
The peony garden at the mouth of the village makes the national color fragrant in the village,
This is the tree-lined Village of Zhangchuan today.
The beauty of the mountains and waters of the hometown,
It is inseparable from the construction and protection of the most beautiful hometown people.
In Zhangchuan Village, Bangluo Town, Tongwei County, Dingxi City, Gansu Province,
74-year-old Xu Zhiqiang and Xu Zhigang, a pair of twins,
Everyone affectionately called them "strong brothers".
In 54 years, the brothers have greened 350 acres of barren mountains.
Planted more than 80,000 spruce and other plants,
Covering 3 barren ditches and 5 barren slopes,
The years have stained them white,
But they dyed the barren mountains of their hometown green.
The small village of barren mountains and bald ridges has become a tree-lined "little Jiangnan",
The "strong brothers" have become the "dry and foolish" in the mouths of the villagers.
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Long-cherished wishes
Brothers join forces to make the bare hometown become "Jiangnan"
"Why is someone else's hometown so green and so beautiful,
But our hometown is full of barren mountains and slopes..."
The Loess Plateau used to be full of barren mountains and bald ridges.
The same is true of the Xu Zhiqiang brothers' hometown.
When it doesn't rain, it becomes flooding.
In the memory of the old man,
In front of the house and behind the house, there is a "cave circle" formed by water rushing down from the mountain.
When it rains heavily, the earth cliff next to the home will be swept away by the rain,
The "cave circle" is getting bigger and bigger,
The landscape swept into the courtyard with mud soup,
The rain left only a layer of kneeless mud.
A heavy rain in 1968,
Xu Zhiqiang's daughter-in-law slid into the "cave circle" while carrying water, and almost died.
"Strong Brothers" in the film screened collectively in Zhang Chuancun,
See the lush vegetation and beautiful scenery in the south,
While they longed for it, they were also deeply stung by this great contrast.
The brothers summed up: "You have to plant trees to fix the soil." ”
This pair of twins with similar looks,
Even the mind is the same,
They firmly believe that only planting trees can change the environment in their hometown.
"No matter how much suffering you suffer, you must not give up halfway."
The spirit of foolishness has been fully reflected in the "strong brothers".
When there were no saplings, they carried the burden,
Go to Tianshui Wushan, Longxi and other places to buy,
Footprints are found in neighboring counties.
During the time of planting the tree,
They get up almost every morning at 4 o'clock,
Drink a pot of tea and go up the hill,
Kept busy until late to get home.
The vegetation of the Loess Plateau is sparse,
Drought plus soil quality can not contain nutrients,
As the old local saying goes,
Planting a tree is harder than raising a child.
A few acres of saplings planted a year encounter drought,
Annihilated.
A few years have passed, and the situation has not changed,
The saplings planted either died of drought or were washed away by the water.
After a long time, the brothers slowly discovered,
The reason why the saplings are not drought tolerant and easy to wash away,
It was because it was planted on the hillside.
They put the trees uprooted by the water in the shape of a large grid,
Silt up a piece of land, and then plant a tree on it, and it is done!
It costs money to plant trees,
For this matter,
The Xu Zhiqiang brothers and their respective daughters-in-law "play with their hearts".
The year the package was delivered to the household,
Xu Zhiqiang's family sold a horse foal for 700 yuan,
The daughter-in-law asked him to save it for the construction of the house,
Who knew that Lao Xu turned around and was from the forestry station 60 kilometers away
Pulled three tractor saplings home.
Everyone in the family is holding their breath and no one wants to plant with him,
Xu Zhiqiang planted it himself.
It happened to rain and 700 trees were alive.
The old station manager of the forestry station learned of this news and came to him.
Looking at the sapling that was pulling out the leaves with great effort, he said:
"The seedlings in the station will be cheap for you later."
Planted a lot, the brothers found,
Planting trees on the Loess Plateau should be "hugged for warmth":
The denser the tree, the higher the survival rate.
In order to plant the mountain forest into pieces,
After the package was delivered to the household, the brothers were fierce,
Replace ten acres of fertile land with 30 acres of barren slopes.
The restoration of vegetation has effectively led to the improvement of local ecosystems.
Squirrels, pheasants, hares, weasels and other small creatures that have not been seen for many years,
Gradually appeared in the woods.
Xu Tongling, a granddaughter who studies at Nanjing Forestry University
After taking the train in Dingxi during the school holidays,
Feeling back in the Loess Plateau, full of desolation,
But the car turned into that mountain pass in the house,
Xu Tongling felt that she was back in Jiangnan.
"There are a lot of trees in the house, and it is especially similar to the south."
Come true
For more than fifty years, the small mountain village has greenery and more floral fragrance
The brothers who love to paint Chinese painting have a special love for peonies,
So they planted peonies in the fields at the mouth of the village,
The experience of planting trees is used to plant peonies,
Soon in exchange for a piece of national color incense full of ZhangChuan Village.
Looking at the mountain scenery of XuBaoshe in Zhangchuan Village,
Looking back at more than fifty years of tree planting roads,
From 20 to 74 years old,
The green that the "strong brothers" yearn for in their hearts,
Gradually become a reality.
Break free from the shackles of drought and natural conditions,
Strong will, tenacious growth,
This is true of trees, and so is the "strong brothers".
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The most beautiful hometown people
The 2022 "Most Beautiful Hometown People" selection activity was initiated by Alibaba Public Welfare's "Daily Positive Energy" platform, Alibaba Rural Revitalization Fund and more than 60 mainstream media, with the theme of "Rural Revitalization", covering more than 200 counties and cities across the country, focusing on excavating ordinary people who have made outstanding contributions in rural industry, culture, education, ecology, science and technology, health and other aspects, and promoting their deeds to the whole country through selection and commendation, in order to provide more excellent models and successful experiences for rural revitalization.
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