Wuhan, 5 Jul (Xinhua) -- The "Gulei Pond" of the wild water and barren beach is beautiful and Anlan New Highland
Xinhua News Agency reporter
The junction of Hubei, Jiangxi and Anhui provinces was once the location of Peng Lize, the former road in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. With the changes of history, the waters of the remains of Gupeng Lize have been replaced by thunder water and thunder ponds. Historically, the allusion to "dare not take a step beyond the thunder pool" comes from here.
Walking in the countryside at the junction of three provinces, smelling the fragrance of rice, watching migratory birds, enjoying the beautiful scenery... From the former wild water and barren beach to the scattered rice and fishery comprehensive planting base, and the tourist-filled eco-cultural tourism center, a new highland of modern agricultural development with "clean water, green shore, fish fertilizer and crab beauty" is being presented at the former site of "Gulei Pond".
On the north bank of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, in Huangjiayan Village, Changling Town, Wangjiang County, Anqing City, Anhui Province, a green seedling stands tall in the farmland. Jin Qitian, who had just finished planting seedlings, was busy weeding again. Jin Qitian told reporters that he planted 5,000 mu of rice this year, and has received orders for 2 million jin of rice, only when the rice is mature, it can be processed into rice and shipped to customers. "I grow selected rice, which can be sold for between 4 yuan and 12 yuan per kilogram of rice."
As a major grain producing county in China, Wangjiang County has 22 leading agricultural industrialization enterprises above the municipal level in the field of grain processing. With Wangjiang County Modern Agricultural Industrial Park selected into the list of national modern agricultural industrial parks in 2022, the development of Wangjiang County's grain industry has ushered in new opportunities.
The Longgan Lake District of Hubei Province, which borders Anhui, is also within the scope of "Gulei Pond". This was once a swampy area in the eastern part of Huangmei County, Hubei Province, with low terrain, many mudflats, surrounded by water on three sides and overgrown with wild grasses. Liu Yuanzheng, deputy county magistrate in charge of agricultural work in Huangmei County, said that with the reinforcement of the embankment of Longgan Lake and the improvement of water conservancy facilities, the "water disaster" here has become "water conservancy", nourishing a fertile land.
Walking into the Yanghu Office of Longgan Lake Modern Comprehensive Agricultural Development Demonstration Zone, a checkered rice field jumps into view, rice grows in the water, and shrimp are downstream of rice; The ridges and roads are connected, and the fields are lined with canals... The 10,000-mu state-level rice and fishery comprehensive planting and breeding demonstration area is laying out a beautiful picture of vitality in the fields.
Longgan Lake Demonstration Area Demonstration Field. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Cheng Min
Li Yingyue, 42, inspects rice growth next to her shrimp rice field. "This year, 100 mu of shrimp and rice have been planted, and the shrimp has been sold for more than 500,000 yuan, and the rice can still be sold for 120,000 yuan." Li Yingyue told reporters that he is now full of energy and is planning to expand the contracting area, improve breeding technology, and prepare to "do a big job" next year.
"In the past, we used to have low-lying small fields, wheat was afraid of standing water, yields were not high, and yields were low. Nowadays, the whole region has promoted 'shrimp and rice co-culture', and through unified seed supply, cultivation, fertilization, medicine, unified technical guidance and management, the benefits have been significantly improved. Yu Chunming, deputy secretary of the Party Working Committee of Longgan Lake Demonstration Area, said that after mastering the technology, the farm workers in the Longgan Lake Demonstration Area not only planted more than 100,000 mu of shrimp and rice fields locally, but also planted more than 200,000 mu of shrimp and rice fields in Anqing, Jiujiang and other "Guleichi" areas.
Li Yingyue (left), a farm worker in the Longgan Lake Demonstration Area, inspects the growth of rice next to her shrimp paddy field. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Cheng Min
Crayfish sold well and rice harvested abundantly. Yu Chunming said that the shrimp rice field can produce 100 kilograms of crayfish and more than 600 kilograms of high-quality rice per mu, "according to this estimate, our farm can produce nearly 200 million kilograms of grain per year."
The robot "grabs" a bag of rice, "turns around" and stacks it together ... Anhui Lianhe Co., Ltd., located in the Wangjiang Economic Development Zone, will be on the tables of thousands of families through orders to guide farmers to grow high-quality rice ready to go. Gan Qibin, chairman of the company, introduced that the rice deep processing and by-product comprehensive utilization project with an investment of about 500 million yuan was recently started, and it is expected that the company's output value will be greatly increased after it is put into operation next year, and strive to explore the derivatives in the rice industry chain to "eat dry and squeeze clean".
On the intelligent production line of Anhui Lianhe Co., Ltd., robots are "grabbing" rice. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jiang Gang
Pengze County, Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province, across the river from Wangjiang and Longgan Lake, is also part of the "Gulei Pond". Walking into the Pengze County National Modern Agricultural Industrial Park, the boundless farmland presents a modern agricultural landscape of "fields into squares, forests into networks, roads connected and canals connected". In the flower greenhouse of the Mangu pastoral complex, anthurium, white palm, begonia and other flowers are neatly arranged and colorful. Through intelligent constant temperature control, the greenhouses are like spring all year round, and the flowers cultivated are sold all over the country.
Mangu Pastoral Complex is a demonstration project of rural revitalization and agriculture, culture and tourism integration in Pengze County, less than 1 km away from the highway intersection, which is a good place for self-driving. Zhou Wenguang, head of the Mangu Pastoral Complex, said that with the concept of "production, life and ecology" and the theme of "Pengli scenery, Aishang Pastoral Garden", high-end flower and organic vegetable planting and cultivation greenhouses, parent-child fruit and vegetable picking areas, science popularization education areas and other functional areas have been built, which will be built into a rural tourism resort, with an estimated annual output value of 200 million yuan.
It is understood that at present, the National Modern Agricultural Industrial Park of Pengze County has built 2 national rice and fishery comprehensive breeding demonstration areas, 8 provincial and ministerial health breeding demonstration farms, and five major industrial bases such as shrimp valley, green valley, flower valley, mangu and medicine valley. (Reporter Jiang Gang, Xu Haibo, Shui Jinchen, Wang Zichen, Li Meijuan, Cui Lu)