◆ Guangxi Dahua Yao Autonomous County was once a key county in the national poverty alleviation and development work, with the area of Shishan accounting for more than 90% of the total area of the county, and the natural environment was harsh
◆ In 2012, when the reporter first came to some rural schools in Dahua County, the transportation was inconvenient and the school buildings were rudimentary. Many students spend an hour or two, climbing the "ladder", crossing cliffs, climbing mountains to reach school, sleeping in chase shops, eating soybean bibimbap...
◆ With the victory of poverty alleviation and the continuous advancement of rural revitalization, earth-shaking changes have taken place in the mountains
◆ The "Tianlu Road Network Project" makes the children's road to school no longer difficult; The "Nutrition Improvement Project" allows children to say goodbye to soybean bibimbap; The "Chase Shop Project" has improved the children's accommodation conditions
Source: Xinhua News Agency
Reporter: Huang Xiaobang Hu Xingyu
The photo on the left shows 4-year-old Meng Xuanhong (left) wearing his sister's old clothes and playing with Lan Xiaoshuai, also 4 years old, in Nongyong Village, Bansheng Township, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, on July 16, 2012;
The picture on the right shows Meng Xuanhong (left) and Lan Xiaoshuai in Nongyong Village, Bansheng Township, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, on January 21, 2023. Meng Xuanhong and Lan Xiaoshuai are currently in the second year of junior high school in Bansheng Township and Dahua County, respectively.
The picture above shows Meng Xuanhai, who worked in Guangdong and returned to his hometown for the New Year, resting on the roadside in Nongyong Village, Bansheng Township, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, on January 26, 2023;
The picture below shows 7-year-old Meng Xuanhai (first from right) playing table tennis at the Lane Peak Teaching Point in Nongyong Village on December 27, 2012. In 2022, after graduating from Mengxuanhai Technical School, he chose to work in Guangdong.
The photo on the left shows 7-year-old Meng Jinchen in class at Nongyong Primary School in Bansheng Township, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, on July 4, 2012;
The picture on the right shows Meng Jinchen, who was studying at Taizhou Vocational and Technical College in Zhejiang Province, in Nongyong Village, Bansheng Township, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, on January 25, 2023, taking a photo in the village when returning home from winter vacation.
The photo on the left shows 7-year-old Meng Wangbing (second from left) playing with a windmill on campus at Nongyong Primary School in Bansheng Township, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, on July 4, 2012;
The picture on the right shows Meng Wangbing, who is studying as a freshman at Guilin University of Technology, in Nongyong Village, Bansheng Township, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, taking a photo in the village on January 25, 2023 in Nongyong Village, Bansheng Township, Dahua Yao Autonomous County.
The picture above shows Meng Ligu studying in the second-grade classroom of the No. 2 Middle School in Dahua Yao Autonomous County on May 20, 2023 (photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Hu Xingyu);
The picture below shows 7-year-old Meng Ligu (first from right) climbing a cliff to study at school in Nonglei Village, Bansheng Township, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, on September 3, 2012 (photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Huang Xiaobang). Meng Ligu, who will take the college entrance examination in a year, hopes to be admitted to his ideal university.
The picture above shows village doctor Meng Fusong standing in front of the Nonglei Village Health Center in Bansheng Township, Dahua Yao Autonomous County on May 24, 2023 (photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Hu Xingyu);
The picture below shows 10-year-old Meng Fusong (first from right) climbing a cliff to go to school on September 5, 2012 (Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Huang Xiaobang). In 2021, Meng Fusong graduated from the Wei School and returned to his hometown to become a village doctor.
Above, 22-year-old Meng Qiuyan stands at the gate of Guangxi Medical University, where she is studying on May 27, 2023 (Xinhua News Agency);
The picture below shows 11-year-old Meng Qiuyan (first from right) escorting her junior friends home on the edge of a cliff in Habaotun, Nonglei Village, Bansheng Township, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, on September 3, 2012 (photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Huang Xiaobang). In 2021, Meng Qiuyan was admitted to Guangxi Medical University with excellent results.
The photo on the left shows 6-year-old Wei Kangtao attending classes in a classroom at Renliang Primary School in Dahua Town, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, on March 27, 2012 (Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Huang Xiaobang);
The photo on the right shows Wei Kangtao, a sophomore in a senior high school in Dahua Yao Autonomous County (Xinhua News Agency reporter Hu Xingyu, May 21, 2023). Wei Kangtao's dream is to get into his ideal university.
The picture above shows Meng Keyou, who is about to graduate from a technical school, standing at the doorstep of his home in Nonglei Village, Bansheng Township, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, on January 16, 2023;
The picture below shows 10-year-old Meng Keyou sitting on the edge of a cliff on his way to school in Nonglei Village, Bansheng Township, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, on September 5, 2012. Monkoyou, 21, hopes to earn money to educate his younger siblings so that they can receive a better education.
The picture above shows Lan Qiuyan, who worked in Guangzhou after graduating from college, in Nongyong Village, Bansheng Township, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, on January 21, 2023, taking a photo at her door when she returned home for the New Year;
The picture below shows 11-year-old Lan Qiuyan (a man in yellow) walking on the mountain road home on July 4, 2012, after the school holiday. Lan Qiuyan, 22, is working hard to obtain a teaching certificate.
The picture on the left shows 10-year-old Meng Rouyu carrying her younger brother Meng Xuanpeng to play in Nongyong Village, Bansheng Township, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, on July 16, 2012;
The picture on the right shows 21-year-old Meng Rouyu (left) and her 12-year-old brother Meng Xuanpeng together in Nongyong Village, Bansheng Township, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, on January 20, 2023. Meng Rouyu, who has graduated from kindergarten, learns dance while working, and continues to work hard for her childhood dream of singing and dancing.
The photo on the left shows 7-year-old Lan Tiande (first from right) climbing the "ladder" to school in Nongyong Village, Bansheng Township, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, on September 3, 2012;
The picture on the right shows that on January 23, 2023, in Nongyong Village, Bansheng Township, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, Lan Tiande, who is about to graduate from a technical school, went home for the New Year. The 18-year-old plans to continue his junior college after graduating from technical school.
The picture above shows Meng Wenchao, a sophomore at the senior high school of Dahua Yao Autonomous County, standing at home in Nonglei Village, Bansheng Township, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, on January 26, 2023, with awards plastered on the wall behind him;
The picture below shows 7-year-old Meng Wenchao (first from left) climbing a cliff to return home after school in Nonglei Village, Bansheng Township, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, on September 5, 2012. The 18-year-old Meng Wenchao's biggest dream is to be admitted to his dream university in a year.
The picture above shows 22-year-old Meng Xuanren (left) and his younger brother Meng Xuantii standing next to the tunnel leading to Nongyong Primary School in Nongyong Village, Bansheng Township, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, on January 20, 2023.
The picture below shows Meng Xuandi (first from left) and Meng Xuanren (second from left) climbing the mountain road to school in Nongyong Village, Bansheng Township, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, on September 3, 2012. Meng Xuanren is currently studying at Liaoning Provincial Communications College, and his younger brother Meng Xuandi works in an auto repair shop in Guangdong after graduating from technical school.
The picture above shows Lan Xiuxue, who is studying junior high school, studying at her doorstep in Nongyong Village, Bansheng Township, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, on January 16, 2023;
The picture below shows 5-year-old Lan Xiuxue herding sheep on July 14, 2013. 16-year-old Lan Xiuxue is about to take the middle school entrance examination, hoping to be admitted to a good high school.
The picture above shows 22-year-old Meng Xuanchao standing in front of the car he just bought in Nongyong Village, Bansheng Township, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, on January 21, 2023;
The picture below shows 11-year-old Meng Xuanchao (former) using his summer vacation to help his family herd cattle in Nongyong Village, Bansheng Township, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, on July 16, 2012. After graduating from technical school, Meng Xuanchao went to work in Guangdong.
The young children who went to school over the mountains gradually grew up. Some of them are in college, some are in middle school, some are about to take the college entrance examination, some are out to wander, and some have returned to their hometowns to serve the society.
In the past 11 years, the changes in the appearance and living conditions of the mountain countryside have become the memories engraved in the heart of Shanliwa's growth path.
Directors | Ren Weidong