Thousands of trees and pear blossoms
It's another year of spring, just like meeting flowers in full bloom.
In late March, when the pear blossoms in the Jinchuan River valley in the upper reaches of the Dadu River were in full bloom, this reporter participated in a large-scale news gathering activity organized by the Sichuan Provincial Newspaper Supplement Research Association, and came to Jinchuan County, Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture to cover the news.
Jinchuan, named after the river that flows through the territory is rich in sand gold, is known as "the homeland of Jiarong, the hometown of Dongnu, and the hometown of Sydney in China". Since ancient times, Ya'an has been connected with the mountains and rivers of Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, with humanities and blood, and we always feel that the "Pear Source of the World" is not far away from us in terms of psychological distance.
Before the trip, the reporter learned by consulting the traffic map that there are three roads to choose from from Ya'an to Jinchuan, one is to Jinchuan through Chengdu and Malkang, the other is to Jinchuan through Luding and Danba, and the third is to Jinchuan through Baoxing and Xiaojin, the distance is almost the same, it is about half a day's drive, so we chose the circular wind collection route from Chengdu and Luding.
Jinchuan Old Street
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In Anning Village, Anning Town, Jinchuan County, along the 179-step stone staircase paved with granite, a tall black stone monument comes to you. After more than 200 years of weather, the stone monument carved from granite is still well preserved. I saw an old man with gray hair telling the story of "pacifying Jinchuan" with affection.
The imperial monument of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty is the most well-preserved imperial monument in the northwest plateau of Sichuan at present, and it is a precious cultural relic with great historical value. The stele is 4.5 meters high, 1.35 meters wide, 0.33 meters thick, and the stele base is 0.8 meters high. According to historical records, Emperor Qianlong mobilized hundreds of thousands of elite divisions from 25 provinces across the country to use troops in Jinchuan twice, costing more than 90 million taels of silver, and it took 29 years before and after finally pacifying Jinchuan.
In order to praise the merits, in the 41st year of Qianlong (1776 AD), this monument was erected.
In those days, there were often wars between the Tusi in the Jinchuan area for territory and wealth. In order to consolidate the local political power, the Qianlong Emperor of the Qing Dynasty lasted 29 years, and sent troops to Jinchuan (now Jinchuan and Xiaojin) twice before and after, maintaining the stability and unity of the southwestern frontier.
More than 200 years have passed, the sword and sword shadow of the past has been buried in the yellow sand of the Jinchuan River Valley, strolling on the left bank of the Jinchuan River Valley Anning Village National Unity and Progress Square, the biggest feeling is the bright sunshine, the birds and flowers and the happy villagers.
The old man's name is Zhang Shimao, he is over 70 years old this year, he was originally an ordinary local farmer, because of his lifelong obsession with local literature and history, he devoted himself to the study of the imperial monument, and finally became the spokesperson of the imperial monument - "001 commentator".
"When we were pacifying Jinchuan, Ya'an had a very important strategic position. Zhang Shimao's voice is like a bell, the language is humorous, the style of explanation is its own, and the easy-to-understand language tells everyone the allusions of the Qianlong Emperor's two expeditions to Jinchuan, and the boring historical knowledge is particularly vivid under his loud voice and wonderful narration. He talked about the "Complete Map of the Mountains and Rivers of Sichuan Province in the Early Qing Dynasty" from the Qianlong Imperial Monument.
In order to better understand the geographical situation of Jinchuan and its surrounding areas and facilitate the marching and fighting, Qianlong ordered to draw the "Mountains and Rivers of Tongzhou Province in the Early Qing Dynasty", which was drawn by the famous court painter Dong Bangda, with a total of 150 pictures, and "Yazhou Mansion Map" is one of them. "Yazhou Mansion Map" is 47.8 centimeters high and 40.5 centimeters wide, it accurately draws the city ponds, mountains and rivers, Daoli, passes, Qian Valley and other contents of Yazhou Mansion, and also highlights the capacity of the warehouse grain of Yazhou Mansion, "Yazhou Mansion Changping Valley 6,000 stones, Ya'an County Changping Valley 4,97 stone 6 liters zero, Jian Valley 4,319 stone 9 buckets 9 liters 0." When the Jinchuan was pacified, Ya'an was not only the main route of the army, but also an important military material support base, and officials collected grain from the barn of Yazhou Prefecture in order to solve the problem of grain and grass for the army. The historical value of "Yazhou Mansion Map" is extremely high, and it can be called the treasure of the ancient map of the mainland, so it has a very important reference value for studying the significance of Yazhou Mansion in the pacification of the Jinchuan rebellion at that time. The map is drawn in the style of landscape painting to express the content of the map, which has high artistic value.
From a farmer to a docent, Zhang Shimao's "No. 001 Docent" on his chest is a sign that witnesses his efforts and contributions to the excavation and promotion of Jinchuan local culture.
It is precisely because of these two arduous battles of "pacifying Jinchuan" that the Qing Dynasty gradually abolished the Tusi system in this area and replaced the prefectures and counties, opening the door to the history and culture of Jinchuan and bringing new vitality to the development of Jinchuan.
The pursuit of peace will always be passed on and renewed. After the pacification of Jinchuan, a large number of Han and Hui compatriots entered the Jinchuan River valley and intermarried with the locals, living and working here in peace and contentment, thus promoting ethnic integration and economic development. Some locals also began to migrate along the Jinchuan River Valley, and some stopped at Muping (now Baoxing County) at the foot of Jiajin Mountain. According to the research of Ren Naiqiang, a well-known Tibetan scholar, most of the Tibetan and Qiang compatriots living in Baoxing County are in the Jinchuan area.
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Qianlong Monument
The Red Army's Long March is a red cultural road
In 1935, the Long March of the Red Fourth Front Army passed through the areas of Ganzi and Ya'an, and successively established the Sichuan Provincial Party Committee, the Greater Jinchuan Provincial Party Committee, and the Soviet power in Lushan County and Jinchuan County. Today, a red cultural road closely links Ya'an and Jinchuan.
Jinchuan County is located in the Dajinchuan River Valley, from the river valley to the mountainside, layer upon layer, like a city in the sky, the top floor is the old street of Jinchuan County, which has a history of more than 200 years. Walking into the alleys that turn around the old streets, Red Army slogans and Red Army ruins can be seen everywhere.
Jinchuan Old Street was the political, economic, and cultural center of the Jinchuan area in the old days. Lao Cai is the largest, most diverse and most concentrated Red Army Revolutionary Memorial Complex in Aba Prefecture, and was rated as a provincial revolutionary cultural relics protection unit in 2007. From June 1935 to July 1936, the Red Army's Long March passed through Jinchuan, where it camped for 14 months, opening up the Jinchuan Revolutionary Base Areas. The Dajinchuan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China was established here, and the Central Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Gradsha, the first provincial-level autonomous government of ethnic minorities in the history of the Chinese revolution and the history of the construction of Soviet power in China, provided valuable experience for the policy of regional ethnic autonomy in New China. About 2,000 sons and daughters of Jinchuan joined the Red Army and shed their blood for the victory of the Chinese revolution.
The relics and ruins of the Red Army's Long March in Jinchuan have witnessed the arduous history of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, and have added a legendary color of red culture to Jinchuan. The Red 5th Army (Red Fifth Army) stayed in Jinchuan for 1 year and 4 months, and Xu Xiangqian, the commander-in-chief of the Red Fourth Front Army, once sat in Jinchuan County. Xu Xiangqian's office and the headquarters of the Red Fifth Army Corps were both located in a residential house known as the "Huangjia Burning House" (roasting wine workshop), and the ruins are still well preserved.
The Red Fourth Front Army went south, and Li Zhongquan, a veteran of the Red Army who had served as secretary of the Tianquan County Party Committee, later moved to Jinchuan and served as the political commissar of the Second Independent Division of the Greater Jinchuan Provincial Party Committee. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Li Zhongquan was awarded the rank of major general.
"We go in and out every day, we pass through here. According to them, the "Jinchuan Old Street Red Army City Scenic Area" is an important epitome of farming culture and nomadic culture in Sichuan ethnic areas, and has been successfully created as a national 3A-level tourist attraction.
In the book "Jinchuan Literature and History" (fifth series) compiled and printed by the Jinchuan CPPCC, the reporter also unexpectedly saw the figure of a "Red Army soldier" in Ya'an.
Zhang Jinyu, female, from Tianquan County, Sichuan Province, was born in June 1916. In November 1935, he joined the Red Fourth Front Army in Tianquan County. After the Spring Festival in 1936, he set out from Tianquan County with the troops, passing through Lushan, Dawei, and Fubian to Maogong (now Xiaojin County). Soon, he moved from Maogong to Jinchuan, Danba, Daofu, Luhuo and other places. After the Red Army went north, it remained with the wounded. In 1939, she married the lost Red Army Tong Youquan in Luhuo, and later settled in Madao Village, Hexi Township, Jinchuan County. He died in May 2002.
According to the data provided by the Party History Research Office of the Ya'an City CPC Committee, more than 6,900 people joined the Red Army in Ya'an that year, and there were touching scenes of fathers sending their sons, wives to their husbands, husbands to their wives, and brothers and sisters sending each other off.
Coincidentally, in Shuangshi Town, Lushan County, there was also a female Red Army soldier related to Jinchuan. Her name is Li Sanzhen, a native of Cangxi, Sichuan, after arriving in Jinchuan with the Red Army's Long March, she could not march due to frostbite on her feet, and stayed in Jinchuan to recuperate. Later, she followed the route she traveled to look for troops, and again crossed Jiajin Mountain to Shuangshi Town, Lushan County, but did not find the troops, and finally she got married here and started a family, from 1936 to 1975, she has been living in Shuangshi Town, and later she went to live in Qionglai with her daughter.
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The garden is hidden
Flowers and fruits, a road of urban-rural integration
In Jinchuan in March, tens of thousands of acres of pear trees bloom neatly, covering the river valleys and mountains. The unique landform and climate of the mountains and valleys have created the magnificent beauty of the simple atmosphere of Jinchuan pear blossoms. The Jinchuan pear tree is presented in a natural form in front of the tourists, with its branches slanting out in its own way, and the petals are white and plump. The breeze blows, the flower branches sway, and the faint fragrance of pear blossoms enters the heart. The 8th Geumcheon Ancient Tree Pear Blossom Festival and Spring Music Season is held here, and tourists from all over the world wander in the world's largest high-altitude pear blossom snow sea.
"In the past, we carried our burdens and took a car to the city to sell pears. Now people in the city come to enjoy the flowers in the spring, and come to pick fruits and eat farmhouses in the autumn. In the pear blossom season, Zhu Xueying, the person in charge of the farmhouse in Jinjiang Village, Luoer Township, received a group of guests with joy. The "handshake" between the city and the countryside has written a vivid chapter in the integrated development of urban and rural areas.
In 2023, the Jinchuan County Party Committee and the county government will arrange 40 million yuan of agriculture-related integration funds to implement the "1,000 mu demonstration and 10,000 mu revitalization of Sydney Industry Demonstration Park Construction Project", mainly focusing on the "three townships and one town" and connecting the two rivers, focusing on Danzamu Village, Shaerni Village, Shangenzi Village, Shaer Township, Jinjiang Village, Fuxing Village, Qingning Township, Tuanjie Village, Qingning Village, Machang Village, Lewu Township, Naidang Village, Hexi Township, radiating and driving other pear villages in the county, focusing on the standardization of the base, management methods, brand effect, scientific and technological support, The construction of scenic spots in the park, demonstration and other projects will make every effort to promote the construction of Jinchuan County into a harmonious, green, dynamic and distinctive livable city.
The flower scene is out of the circle, bringing opportunities for industrial development. The road is mountainous, the field is gridded, and the canal is networked...... Walking into the pear modern agricultural park in Jinchuan County, a new picture of "China's beautiful pastoral" is displayed in front of our eyes.
From the "flower economy" to the "fruit economy" of fruit tasting, Jinchuan County has cultivated 6 leading enterprises in Sydney deep processing, developed and produced pear paste, pear candy, pear drink, pear baking chips, pear wine and other products, and cultivated and established the regional public brand of "Jinchuan pear paste". Jinchuan Sydney Brandy won the gold medal at the 8th China International Fine Wine & Spirits Challenge. Golden Sydney No. 3 and Early White Honey Pear won the silver award of the second "China Good Pear". Zangjia Eryijiu Company has newly developed four products: Sydney craft beer, sparkling fruit wine, pear jelly, and mineral water with pear paste flavor, which are favored by consumers. In 2023, Jinchuan County will achieve online and offline sales of more than 1,200 yuan of agricultural products such as pear paste, pear drink, and pear wine.
In addition to pear blossoms, Jinchuan County is very rich in tourism resources, such as Suowu Mountain, Chinese Diaowang, Sun River Valley, Qianlong Imperial Monument, Red Army City (county town old street), Akoli grassland...... On the land of more than 5,500 square kilometers of Jinchuan, there are "poems and distances" of tourists everywhere.
With the opening of Yakang Expressway and Wenma Expressway, the two expressways have shown the trend of outflanking Jinchuan, the "pear source of the world". The planned Liangkang (Malkang to Kangding) high-speed crossing of the "Pear Source of the World" has shortened the distance between Jinchuan and the world, and the "Pear Source of the World" has become the "Pear Source of the World"!
The Dajinchuan River flows into the Danbana Xiaojinchuan River, and the Dajinchuan River has a new name - the Dadu River. The Dadu River flows, flows into Ya'an asbestos and Hanyuan, and then flows again in the "Flower Sea Fruit Township". Like Jinchuan, the pear blossoms in Hanyuan County are also all over the mountains, but the altitude of Hanyuan is lower than that of Jinchuan, and spring comes earlier, and the pear blossoms here bloom earlier.
The pear blossoms of Hanyuan are thankful, and the pear blossoms of Jinchuan are waving to the visitors again -- from Hanyuan to Jinchuan, a collection of natural scenery, cultural landscape, and ethnic customs in one of the Dadu River flower and fruit tasting journey, has shined in front of the eyes of the world.
Reporter Gao Fuhua
Photo courtesy of Jinchuan County Rong Media Center