The cherries are red, and the countryside of Nanzhang is even more "red".
On April 24th, the 7th Organic Picking Festival of Nanzhang County opened in Chengguan Town, Nanzhang County, Xiangyang City, Hubei Province, and tens of thousands of acres of cherries in the county were officially opened to welcome guests.
The picture shows the scene of the 7th Organic Picking Festival in Nanzhang County (photo by Liu Jiang)
This is a sweet feast to taste the delicious taste of cherries and share the fruits of development, and it is also a wonderful platform for deepening exchanges and cooperation and promoting industrial upgrading, and it is also a major action to expand consumer demand and help rural revitalization.
Walking into the event site, the 1,000-acre cherry picking base was particularly "lively". The red and yellow cherries are plump and hang from the branches one by one. Tourists are also clustered, looking at the picking and tasting, checking in and taking pictures, and the villagers working, and the scene is very lively. At the main venue outside the orchard, theatrical performances were staged in turn, youth friendship was in full swing, the anchor promotion was impassioned, and the sound of singing, applause, laughter, and firecrackers resounded throughout the valley.
The picture shows tourists checking in and picking cherries in the cherry orchard (photo by Yu Huiling)
The picture shows volunteers helping fruit farmers pick and sort out the harvest fruits in the cherry orchard (photo by Fang Xinya)
"Tasting cherries to celebrate the harvest, the cherry orchard is happy to tie the marriage, which makes people feel very 'sweet'!" Peng Shanwei, a tourist who heard the news, sighed, not only the cherry is sweet, but also the blind date is sweet, he was born in the countryside, and he heard that the local "small cherry" has become a "big industry", and the farmer has embarked on the road of "sweet" getting rich, and his heart is sweeter.
The picture shows the second group of villagers in Dashan Village, sneering and working in the cherry orchard (photo by Yu Huiling)
In the cherry picking garden in Dashan Village, in addition to tourists, the reporter also saw many people helping to pick cherries. A villager who lives in the second group of Dashan Village said that since the village began to plant cherries, she has come to work in the cherry orchard every year, and she can pick 70-80 catties of cherries a day, which can be picked in about 10-15 days. "I am 60 years old this year, and I am idle at home, picking cherries in the orchard, not only can I take care of my family, but I can also earn 100 yuan a day to improve my life. ”
The picture shows the youth friendship activities held in the picking garden (photo by Liu Jiang)
Planting cherry trees and harvesting happy fruits, Xiao Yufen, the person in charge of the Shibanchong Ecological Planting Cooperative, has a deep understanding of this. Before her retirement in 2018, she served as the secretary of the party branch and director of the village committee in Yushuling Village, and after her retirement, she contracted 300 acres of barren mountains to develop cherry, loquat, yellow peach and other forest fruit industries. Looking back on the work of the past 20 years, Xiao Yufen is most proud of leading more than 550 farmers in the village to embark on the road of cherry planting to get rich. "We are close to the county seat, as long as there are good things, we are not afraid that we will not be able to sell. "From scattered planting in the early 20th century to today's 1,000-acre base, today's Yushuling Village is full of cherry trees, cherry blossoms in spring and fruits in summer, and more than 100,000 tourists come here every year.
The picture shows Xiao Yufen, the person in charge of the Shibanchong Ecological Planting Cooperative, picking cherries in the orchard (photo by Gong Liangjie)
It is said that "the fruit is delicious, but the tree is difficult to plant", how did Chengguan Town, Nanzhang County, plant cherry trees step by step? "Policy support, suitable environment, mass participation, favorable time, place and people!" Gao Jun, head of the forestry workstation in Chengguan Town, said that the 400 yuan subsidy for afforestation of barren mountains per mu has enhanced the enthusiasm of peasants for turning barren mountains into fruit forests; located at a magical north latitude of 31 degrees, the sun is abundant, the rain is appropriate, and the fertile and loose gentle slope land provides natural geographical advantages for cherry trees to take root and grow; and the whole process and full-cycle service of forestry technical management personnel has improved the survival rate of seedlings and the quality of fruits. "From seedling selection, land preparation, seedling planting, and management, the fruit growers are very confident in cultivating cherry trees like children. All year round, he is busy planting and protecting "a tree", and Gao Jun is also full of a sense of achievement.
In order to further promote rural tourism and empower rural revitalization, Nanzhang County has repaired 25 kilometers of rural roads in Chengguan Town, erected more than 50 street lamps on rural roads leading to cherry orchards, and set up billboards and signs at high-speed rail stations and important traffic intersections. The tourists who come for leisure have driven the development of more than 60 farmhouses and homestays in the surrounding area, realizing rich fruit farmers, beautiful homes, and happy tourists.
The picture shows Majiazui Village in the cherry blossom season like a painting (photo by Li Zongjun)
"The environment is beautiful, the industry is strong, tourists are coming, farmers are rich, and everyone is enjoying the fruits of rural revitalization. Early in the morning, the fruit farmer Fu Shixue was so busy that his feet did not touch the ground. The 20 acres of cherry orchards at the doorstep have welcomed tourists one after another, and the lunch and dinner reservation calls are also ringing non-stop. "Today is full again, 7 tables of guests, and when I come back from picking cherries, I will eat a farmer's meal. In 2015, Fu Shixue took the lead in setting up a farmhouse in the village, and led 10 villagers to establish a cherry planting professional cooperative in Cherry Valley, taking the lead in leading everyone to get rich. "The farmhouse picks up the vegetables on the spot, and the guests will bring some local products back after eating and having fun, and the villagers can have income without leaving home. Fu Shixue calculated an account, the cherry income was 8,000 yuan, the net income of the farmhouse exceeded 100,000 yuan, the sales of homemade cherry wine were tens of thousands of yuan, and more than 50 surrounding villagers were driven to sell eggs, vegetables and other local products.
The picture shows the hot orders for the farmhouse run by fruit farmer Fu Shixue (photo by Fang Xinya)
Ten years of nurturing trees eventually become forests, flowers bloom and fruits promote a bumper harvest. The Nanzhang County Party Committee and the county government regard cherries as a characteristic industry, adhere to the simultaneous efforts of excellent varieties, quality improvement, and plastic brands. At present, the planting area of the county has reached more than 10,000 acres, and the planting area of Dashan Village, Yushuling Village and Majiazui Village in Chengguan Town alone has reached more than 6,000 acres, and 4 new large cherry varieties have been introduced, and more than 10 characteristic and advantageous varieties have been gathered, forming a product matrix of "early, medium and late maturing reasonable matching, yellow, red and purple multi-color coexistence", realizing the staggered supply and meeting the diversified needs. The annual output of cherries is more than 70 million catties, driving the income of farmers to more than 6 million yuan, and many farmers have made a fortune and lived a happy life because of the cherry industry.
The picture shows the red cherries hanging on the branches in Dashan Village (photo by Liu Jiang)
"Nanzhang cherries, sweet and refreshing, condense the sweetness brought to the masses by our county's efforts to promote the revitalization of the industry. Chen Dong, deputy secretary of the Nanzhang County Party Committee and county magistrate, said that as the starting area and core area of China's organic valley, the national ecological civilization demonstration county, China's natural oxygen bar, and the national key county of leisure agriculture, Nanzhang County focuses on the goal of creating a "provincial all-for-one tourism demonstration county", deepens the integration of agriculture and tourism, and creates an "organic cultural tour" cycle route, "Nanzhang cherry" and "Nanzhang cherry" are famous inside and outside the province, attracting more than 500,000 tourists (times) every year. The reason for visiting Nanzhang, the "beautiful economy" and "sweet economy" also promote the wonderful butterfly changes of the beautiful countryside.
"Focusing on everything for the increase of farmers' income, everything around the increase of farmers' income, combined with the actual situation of Nanzhang, systematically plan the development ideas of the county's 'three rural' work. Luo Xingbin, secretary of the Nanzhang County Party Committee, said that Nanzhang County has conscientiously studied and used the experience of the "Ten Million Project", focusing on the work goal of "strong agriculture, rich farmers, and beautiful countryside", and implemented policies according to local conditions and villages, so that the majority of farmers have a real sense of gain in rural revitalization. (Reporter Yu Huiling, correspondent Gong Liangjie, Fang Xinya)