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On April 13, villagers in Xialatuo Town, Luhuo County, Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan Province, came to the fields with hata in their hands, carrying various food backs, and driving dressed tractors to hold a ploughing ceremony together.
Women dressed in costumes sow barley seeds.
Early in the morning, 38-year-old Phuntsok Yongdeng wore a white felt hat, a red hat, and brown boots, leading a well-dressed calf bull to make a grand appearance. "For us farmers, spring plowing and autumn harvest are the most important things of the year, and the sense of ritual must be full. Phuntsok said.
The local area follows the traditional farming method, using the "two oxen to lift the bar" to open the "first plow" of spring ploughing.
It is understood that the "Ploughing Festival" is a traditional festival of the Tibetan people, and the local people will hold their own "Ploughing Festival" every year, sending out the first prayers and expectations for the harvest of the new year. The "Ploughing Festival" echoes with another traditional festival, the "Wangguo Festival", and has become the two most important festivals in Luhuo agricultural activities.
Local villagers drive farm machinery to work in the fields.
"I wish this year a good season and a bumper harvest. At 10 a.m., to the sound of auspicious eulogies from the elders, Phuntsok Yongden and two other men shouted to drive the calf into the field, using the "two oxen lifting the pole" ploughing method to mark the first plough of the new year on the farmland. The shiny iron plough turned out small ditches in the farmland, and the Tibetan girl who followed them waved and threw them, and the barley seeds fell into the soil.
The so-called "two oxen lifting the bar" is a traditional farming technique that has a history of thousands of years. However, with the advent of agricultural machinery, this farming method gradually retired from the stage of history. "Although our town has now achieved agricultural mechanization, in order to inherit the plateau farming culture, the first plough is still completed by the 'two oxen lifting the bar'. Luo Bujiangcun, Secretary of the Party Committee of Shrimp Latuo Town, said.
Large agricultural machinery such as cultivators and rotary cultivators work together.
With the construction of high-standard farmland and the popularization of agricultural machinery, more and more fields in Luhuo County have gradually realized mechanization. More than 10 years ago, Phuntsok Yongden bought a walk-behind tractor. "Our family has more than 30 acres of farmland, the original 'two oxen to lift the bar' took 10 days, with the cultivation of walk-behind tractors, I only need 5 days to complete, now it is even more powerful, the large 'iron bull' on the field 1 day to end. Phuntsok Yongden pointed to several large cultivators and rotary cultivators parked at the edge of the field.
The "iron bull" in Phuntsok's mouth is a large agricultural machinery of the furnace Huoluchuan Agricultural Development Co., Ltd. It turned out that in recent years, Luhuoluchuan Agricultural Development Co., Ltd. has adopted the development model of "branch + cooperative + enterprise + farmer", transferred 4,000 acres of land in Luhuo, and comprehensively expanded the scale of barley planting through intensive, large-scale and mechanized production and operation.
Barley seeds are distributed on site and ready for planting.
"We now sow seeds, fertilize and harvest, all of which are large-scale mechanization. Gu Yuanting, the person in charge of the company, told reporters that the year before last, the barley planted by Luchuan Agricultural Development Co., Ltd. in Xialatuo Village had an average yield of 578 catties per mu, and the output broke the record in Ganzi Prefecture. Then, last year, the results were expanded, 10,000 acres of land were contracted in Luhuo County, and large-scale agricultural machinery was introduced to realize the whole process of mechanized production, and free farming services were provided for the surrounding fields.
Renda Village, Renda Township, 15 kilometers away from Xilatuo Township, has explored a new intensive business model. "The villagers entrust the land to a professional cooperative established by the village collective, during which the cooperative will provide the whole process of farming and harvesting without any worries from the villagers. Liao Yongsheng, deputy director of the Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Rural and Science and Technology Bureau of Luhuo County, introduced that the trusteeship model only needs to settle the expenses after the autumn grain harvest and enjoy the results, and the villagers will be carefree to become "hands-off shopkeepers".
The traditional farming method - "two oxen lift the bar".
It is worth mentioning that in this cultivation activity, Ganzi Tibetan Qi Special Agricultural Products Development Co., Ltd. and the Renda Village Committee of Renda Township, Luhuo County signed a highland barley purchase agreement, which solved the problem of highland barley sales. "Not only do you not need to worry about planting, but after today, you don't need to worry about sales. Renda Village Party Branch Secretary Rong Luowu said excitedly.
Two other companies and two village collective economic cooperatives also signed the agreement, which can not only "support" the sales of highland barley, but also increase the value of the product and increase the income of farmers. "Usually, barley can only be sold for about 2.5 yuan per catty, but now, the Tibetan Qi Company directly buys it at a price of 3 yuan per catty. Ngrong Luowu said.