Introduction to the director
Zhao Dongqing, choreographer and director of the "Remember Homesickness" column group.
Representative works: "Yueyang - Huxiang Ancient City, Happy World", "Xiashantou Village - "Thousand Golden Grass" Makes the Gold and Silver Mountain" and so on.
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The feathers of the years, sweeping the river of time, caressing the vast sea of stars. "Remember Homesickness" records the changes of the times and listens to the sound of ideals blooming in the long river of time.
- Zhao Dongqing
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Pomegranate red Country beauty
"The durian branch is graceful and the durian is rich, and the durian film is light and bright." The Tang Dynasty poet Li Shangyin recited the beauty of pomegranates in "Pomegranates" to express his praise for pomegranates. Pomegranate seeds hugged together, in mainland traditional culture, it means happiness, family together, is a symbol of happiness and reunion, so the generations of literati Yashi praise pomegranate is numerous.
It is often said that "orange is born in Huainan and orange when born in Huaibei", while pomegranate is less demanding on the environment. The pomegranate tree is very viable, and with a little soil it can take root and grow for decades, even centuries. Liuyuan Village, Lieshan District, Huaibei City, Anhui Province, retains nearly 1,000 acres of ancient pomegranate gardens of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and the 587 ancient trees in the garden are still flourishing and full of fruit, the average age of these ancient trees is 150 years old, the longest is more than 400 years, is a very old ancient pomegranate garden in East China.
Today's Liuyuan Village, relying on the ancient pomegranate garden, has developed a pomegranate industry. During the investigation, when we walked along the Panshan Road into the 10,000-acre durian garden, we were immediately shocked by the scene in front of us, the lush pomegranate trees all grew out of the cracks in the stones. It is understood that a few decades ago, this is still a barren mountain, because the mountain is hard limestone, not suitable for the growth of food crops, resulting in the per capita arable land area in the village is less than 1 mu.
In order to escape poverty, people in the mountains of northern Anhui have set their sights on pomegranate trees that have been planted for generations. Villagers dig pits and plant trees in the mountains with a shovel and hammer, and locals have calculated that in areas with fertile soil, the time spent digging 20 earthen pits is only enough to dig one here. Despite the slow progress, people relied on generational relays to plant pomegranate trees on rocky hills.
People in the garden are very similar to pomegranate trees, and they can take root wherever they settle. The ancestors of Liuyuan Village came here in the late Yuan and early Ming Dynasties to escape the war. Today we walk in the village and we can still see many well-preserved stone houses. In the past, the ancestors of Liuyuan transported stones down the mountain one by one from the mountain, and only then built the home where future generations lived.
Every time the pomegranate is ripe, merchants from all over the country come to the trading market in Liuyuan Village to buy pomegranates, which is very lively. But in the past, such a hot sales scene was unimaginable to the people of Liuyuan. Twenty years ago, although Liuyuan Village had pomegranates all over the mountains, it was a pity that it was "raised in purdah" and no one cared. The villagers spent five years going out to find customers, running the market, and finally found the direction of development, they registered brands, participated in national expos, and finally made the pomegranate famous.
The people of Liuyuan have a deep affection for pomegranate trees, it is pomegranates that make their lives better, and it is also pomegranates that make them live more confidently, so for those fruit trees with low yield and low fruit, the villagers have thought of new ways to develop the pomegranate bonsai industry.
I was very impressed by villager Song Hao, who moved his home to the pomegranate bonsai base, and spent time with the bonsai day and night, treating each pomegranate bonsai like a child. In the year, three nine days and three volt days, is the best time for pomegranate bonsai maintenance and plastic surgery, for pomegranate stylists, it is also the most difficult and unbearable days, which means that the heat and cold, they have to take care of the bonsai outdoors, to sink their hearts, patience to do this, it is not easy. But the people of Liuyuan have relied on the tenacity of sharpening a sword for ten years to develop the pomegranate bonsai industry in the village.
The "China Pomegranate Museum" located in the village is the first pomegranate-themed museum in China, showcasing the culture and history of pomegranate to more than 1.3 million visitors from all over the country every year. While enjoying the beautiful scenery of the village, people can also feel the charm of the centuries-old pomegranate culture of Liuyuan Village. Today, this village in the mountains of northern Anhui has been beautifully painted by generations of durian people.
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