The Miao Year is the grandest annual festival of the Miao compatriots. On December 25th, Shuizhai Village, Fangxiang Township, Leishan County, was full of joy and excitement, and the villagers dressed in costumes gathered on the reed sheng field, singing and dancing, and gathered with guests from all over the world to celebrate the Miao Year.
Shuizhai Miao is a high row of reeds to welcome guests
At 12 o'clock at noon, the passionate and loud high-row reed sheng song resounded through the village, and the villagers put up the barricade wine to welcome the distinguished guests at the village gate early. The reeds are long, the rice wine is sweet, and the red eggs symbolizing the joy and good luck are hung on the body, so that every guest who comes from afar can feel the hospitality and enthusiasm of the villagers of Shuizhai.
Shuizhai Miao Nian barricade wine
"The people here are welcoming, borderless, happy and happy. Tourist Xiaowu said.
On the same day, according to the traditional Xi of the Miao New Year, Shuizhai Village also carried out joyful and festive festival activities such as rice beating, asparagus performances, catching field fish, and tug-of-war competitions, each of which contained beautiful meanings and blessings such as harvest, hard work, unity, wisdom, and happiness, and the Miao family prayed for smooth weather and abundant grains in the coming year. After the event, the hospitable Shuizhai villagers also prepared the indispensable "Chinese New Year's Eve Dinner" for the guests, and the host and guest guests sat together to taste delicious wine and food, and feel the strong taste of the New Year.
Rice cake experience
"The people here are very warm and hospitable, I don't know if you have experienced the mountains and rivers, that is really completely different from the Han people. The dumplings are also delicious, and I also experienced making them, so I was really happy. Mr. Wang, a tourist from Anhui Province, said while experiencing it happily.
Shuizhai rice field fish harvest
Li Xueyan, a villager, said, "We haven't held a Miao Year event in Shuizhai Village for many years, so we are very happy and excited today. Then we invited many surrounding villages to our village to participate in the activities, and everyone was very happy. In addition, the village committee organized our family to gather some glutinous rice, cabbage, and rice wine, and everyone was very happy to get together to 'tie the gang'. ”
Shuizhai Miao Year Rice Flower Fish Sour Soup Hot Pot is being processed
In recent years, relying on the unique geographical conditions, good ecological environment and high-quality water resources, Shuizhai Village has done enough "ecological +" articles, vigorously developed the characteristic aquaculture industry of alpine cold-water fish, and achieved good economic, social and ecological benefits. This year, on the basis of "fish", Shuizhai Village has gradually created experience activities such as fishery breeding, catering and fishing, sightseeing tourism, leisure and entertainment by extending the industrial chain, developing farming experience, health tourism and other new business formats, and promoting the integrated development of rural agriculture, culture and tourism industries.
"Our main dish today is our village cooperative's alpine cold-water fish and local black-haired pig. Since 2020, the cooperative has been building our alpine cold-water fish breeding base. At present, it has developed from 15 acres in 2020 to now has a 100-acre paddy fish farming project base, and now the annual output value has reached more than 20,000 catties. Tang Jian, secretary of the Party branch and director of the village committee of Shuizhai Village, said.
Plump Shuizhai rice flower fish
It is understood that in 2023, the comprehensive output value of rice and fish per mu in Shuizhai Village will reach 15,737.6 yuan, and the annual economic income will increase by more than 280 yuan. The relevant person in charge of Shuizhai Village told reporters that next, Shuizhai Village will continue to explore the "agriculture + creativity + leisure" industrial integration model, continuously enrich and improve the tourism industry, create a rural tourism spot integrating advantageous industries, pastoral leisure and tourism experience, activate the vitality of rural industry revitalization, and inject new momentum into rural tourism.
Shuizhai Miao New Year Dinner
"At present, the overall life of the whole village has been greatly improved, and the life of the people is getting better and better. Now we are combining the fish industry to create our cultural tourism project. Tang Jian has a clear plan for the next step of Shuizhai, "At present, we are planning to build a homestay, combine our rice fields and fish farming to rural tourism, and combine our industry through cultural tourism projects to seek welfare and development for the people of the whole village." ”
Correspondents: Zhang Qianhong, Li Xue
Edited by Jiang Hongqi
Second instance Qian Shihao
Third trial Shen Anyong