The Great Wall is the most direct witness to the epic of national integration.
It has witnessed the golden iron horse of "black clouds crushing the city and wanting to destroy it, and the golden scale of the armor light opens to the sun", and has also listened to the caravan camel bell of "the golden whip proudly steps on the peach blossom horse, and the order is entered into the market one by one". The boundaries between agriculture and animal husbandry, which had been fought for more than a thousand years, gradually disappeared, but the magnificent poems written along the Great Wall continued.
With a total length of more than 21,000 kilometers, about one-third of the Great Wall is located in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and the 24 million sons and daughters of all ethnic groups living on both sides of the Great Wall of Inner Mongolia have worked hard to make the country strong and live and work in peace and contentment, building the scenery of the northern Xinjiang of the motherland more beautifully.
Source: Xinhua Daily Telegraph, July 5
Author: Xinhua Daily Telegraph reporter Yin Yao, Yu Jia Beri Khan, Halina
The Great Wall, like a giant dragon, winds forward, over thousands of peaks, disappearing from time to time. On one side, there are thousands of hectares of fertile land, where the farming people sow grains, silkworms and silkworms; On one side, there is a vast grassland, and nomads live in pursuit of water and grass, domesticating cattle and sheep. With different habits and different resources, they have integrated and advanced together in thousands of years of division and collision, and have become an important driving force for the formation of the pluralistic and integrated pattern of the Chinese nation.
The Great Wall is the most direct witness to this fusion epic. It has witnessed the golden iron horse of "black clouds crushing the city and wanting to destroy it, and the golden scale of the armor light opens to the sun", and has also listened to the caravan camel bell of "the golden whip proudly steps on the peach blossom horse, and the order is entered into the market one by one". Crossing the pass, the cattle, sheep and horses on the grassland were exchanged with the cloth and tea in the Central Plains. The boundaries between agriculture and animal husbandry, which had been fought for more than a thousand years, gradually disappeared, but the magnificent poems written along the Great Wall continued.
Distributed in 15 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, with a total length of more than 21,000 kilometers, about one-third of which is located in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, involving the Warring States, Qin, Han, Northern Wei, Western Xia, Jin, Ming and other historical periods. The Xiongnu, Xianbei, Turkic, Dangxiang, Khitan, Mongol, Jurchen and other ethnic groups that were once active in the northern steppes and the Han people exchanged and integrated extensively inside and outside the Great Wall, making Chinese civilization prosperous and strong.
At present, this ancient Great Wall is being effectively protected and scientifically utilized. The 24 million sons and daughters of all ethnic groups living on both sides of the Great Wall of Inner Mongolia have worked hard to live and work in peace and contentment, building the scenery of the northern Xinjiang of the motherland into a more beautiful one.
This is the site of the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty taken at Laoniuwan on the Yellow River on the border between Shanxi Province and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (photo taken on August 24, 2023). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Jinhai
The Great Wall is home both inside and outside
In summer, drive through the Yinshan Mountain Range, on the side of the mountainside, in the valley, intermittently stretch the ancient Great Wall, there are earth rammed, there are also stone buildings, although there are occasional incomplete, still magnificent. Looking at the vicissitudes of the wall, it seems that the scene of beacon fire and sound in front of you flashes in front of you, or it shows the scene of different ethnic groups communicating and communicating with each other inside and outside the Great Wall.
Historically, the Great Wall once played the role of a military defense system, including border walls, passes, pavilions and other facilities, but the exchanges and blending of various ethnic groups inside and outside the Great Wall have never stopped. Different ethnic groups learn from each other's strengths and weaknesses in the collision, integrate with each other, and jointly accumulate the profound heritage of China's excellent traditional culture.
Drive from west to east along a mountain county road in Shiguai District, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, passing through an open viewing area, and then come to the vicinity of the Great Wall site of Zhaobei in the Warring States Period. This section of the Great Wall is roughly built along the southern foot of Yin Mountain, winding and undulating, the walls are rammed, the rammed earth layer is clear, the south side is the Tumochuan grassland famous for the fertile water and grass in history, and it is also the place where the ancient soldiers must fight.
More than 60 years ago, the historian Mr. Jian Bozan mentioned the ruins of the Great Wall of Zhao in Baotou City in his famous article "Visiting the Ancient Times in Inner Mongolia": as early as the Warring States Period, a field at the southern foot of Daqing Mountain and along the north bank of the Yellow River was the focus of contention between the Zhao State and the Hu people. In the battle, King Wuling of Zhao defeated the Hu people, occupied the plain, and built a great wall on the border to the north of him, blocking the way for the Hu people to enter the plain.
Dandar, an associate researcher at the Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, said that around 300 B.C., King Wuling of Zhao built the Great Wall along the southern foot of Yinshan Mountain from Xinghe County, Ulanchabu City in the east, to the west of the western end of Wulashan Mountain, the former banner of Bayannur City, that is, the Great Wall of Northern Zhaobei in the Warring States Period, which stretched for more than 500 kilometers in Inner Mongolia.
According to the "Historical Records: The Biography of the Huns", "King Wuling of Zhao also became vulgar and uniform, practiced riding and shooting, and broke the forest and Hu in the north. Build the Great Wall, since the dynasty and under the Yin Mountain, ......" experts said that King Wuling of Zhao implemented the reform of "Hufu riding and shooting", changing the traditional wide-sleeved robe of the Central Plains into a Hufu with short sleeves and tight sleeves, belt binding, and leather boots, and learning the combat form of the northern nomads, practicing riding and archery, in order to enhance national strength, and the Great Wall of Northern Zhao witnessed the history of interaction between the Central Plains and the northern nomads.
Historically, many dynasties set up counties along the Great Wall, which facilitated exchanges and cooperation between various ethnic groups and provided a good environment for commercial development and ethnic integration.
The north city of Machi Ancient City, Jiuyuan District, Baotou City, south of Yinshan, was the former site of Jiuyuan County, Jiuyuan County, Qin, and the northern end of Qinzhidao. In the Han Dynasty, the north city was the Jiuyuan county seat of Wuyuan County of the Han Dynasty, and the newly built south city on the southeast side of the county seat was set up in Wuyuan County of the Han Dynasty. So far, the rammed earth city wall of the ancient city of Machi is clearly visible, the highest point of the wall reaches seven or eight meters, the city site and the surrounding ground surface are scattered with more pottery pieces and residual bricks and tiles, and now the city has become cultivated land.
Dandar said that during the Qin period, the ancient city of Machi, as the northern end of the Qin Straight Road, belonged to the border defense town built to guard the Kundulun ditch, the north-south passage of Yinshan. From the late Western Han Dynasty to the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Yinshan area became more and more peaceful, and the economic and cultural exchanges inside and outside the Great Wall prospered, presenting the peaceful and tranquil scene recorded in the "Hanshu Xiongnu Biography" that "since Emperor Xuan in the north, there has been no fireworks in the north, the people are blazing, and the cattle and horses are wild" and "there is no dog barking police in the third generation, and Li Shu is dead and fighting".
The Zhaowan Han Tomb near the ancient city of Machi has unearthed inscriptions with the words "Shan Yu and Qin" and "Shan Yu Descending from the Sky", reflecting the historical facts that Zhaojun went out of the fortress and the Xiongnu belonged to the Han Dynasty at that time. Zhang Haibin, director of the Baotou Museum, said that the ancient city of Machi was once a necessary place for Zhaojun to go out of the fortress and Huhan Evil Shan to the south, and the two "Shan Yu" text tiles unearthed from the Han tomb near the ancient city are strong evidence. Zhaojun's exit from the Sai and his relatives not only brought peace to the north of the late Western Han Dynasty for more than 60 years, but also paved the way for the Southern Xiongnu to belong to the Han Dynasty in the Baotou area in the early years of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
In addition, there were many "horse markets" along the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty at the junction of Shanxi and Inner Mongolia at that time, reflecting the close relationship between different ethnic groups that were interdependent and gradually integrated. The Northern Wei Dynasty built the Great Wall in a territory stretching for thousands of miles, set up six important military towns, and then vigorously promoted the reform of Sinicization, integrating nomadic civilization and agricultural civilization, laying the foundation for the unification and prosperity of the Sui and Tang dynasties. The Great Wall of the Northern Song Dynasty in the Jungger Banner of Ordos City has been accompanied by Pinus tabuliformis for thousands of years, witnessing the history of exchanges and integration of various ethnic groups.
In the Qing Dynasty, a tea ceremony began in Wuyi Mountain, Fujian Province, and went as far as St. Petersburg, Russia, which crossed the Great Wall and witnessed the history of exchanges and exchanges between the countries of the Belt and Road Initiative. In addition, in the process of "going to the west exit", some people set out from the central and northern parts of Shanxi, passed through the Great Wall to kill the tiger, and arrived in Hohhot, Baotou and other places to open up new homes.
This is the site of the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty taken in Laoniuwan on the Yellow River on the border between Shanxi Province and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (photo taken on August 23, 2023). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Lian Zhen
Drones become a "sharp weapon" to protect the Great Wall
The Great Wall, which is about half the circumference of the equator and spans more than 2,000 years of history, is like a large-scale human epic, writing history and today. It is also like an elderly person who needs to be cared for.
In summer, the Xilin Gol grassland has a blue sky and a turquoise grassland. The Nagajie trench (Golden Great Wall) in the depths of the grassland is winding and undulating, and the majestic posture of the past can still be vaguely seen. The Xilin Gol League in Inner Mongolia is vast and sparsely populated, and there are scattered important Great Wall sites such as the Jinjie moat. Although they are "earthen walls", they carry a heavy history.
As soon as the sun rose, Bao Liga, a member of the "post-95" horseback cultural relics (Great Wall) protection team, picked up the prepared water and food, put on a sunhat and glasses, and rode a horse to the Nagajie trench in the distance.
Bao Liga is a herdsman of the Zhenglan Banner of the Xilin Gol League, and joined the Zhenglan Banner Horseback Cultural Relics (Great Wall) Protection Team in 2018. "When I'm not happy, I like to take a walk around the ruins of the Nagajie Trench and feel its rich history and culture. When the cultural relics department recruited members of the horseback cultural relics protection team, I did not hesitate to apply. Bao Liga said.
Most of the NagagaWorld trenches are located deep in the grasslands and are inaccessible. In order to protect the Jinjie moat and wild cultural relics, in 2011, the Xilin Gol League set up a horseback cultural relics (Great Wall) protection team under the guidance of the cultural relics protection management department and the voluntary participation of farmers and herdsmen. While engaging in animal husbandry production, the team members can carry out protection, inspection and publicity activities in the grassland areas where cultural relics and relics are densely distributed.
Bao Jianing, deputy chief of the Cultural Relics Section of the Bureau of Culture, Sports, Tourism, Radio, Film and Television of the Xilin Gol League, said that the horseback cultural relics (Great Wall) protection team has stopped the destruction of the Jinjie trench and other cultural relics by engineering construction and personal soil taking, and has also provided effective clues for cracking some cases of cultural relics crimes, and has become a "sharp weapon" for the protection of the local Great Wall and cultural relics.
At present, there are more than 160 members of the Xilin Gol League's development and cultural relics protection team, covering the entire grassland.
With a string of crisp camel bells ringing in the desert, Temur Sana, the leader of the Wuyin squad of the Alxa Left Banner Hump (Great Wall) Cultural Relics Protection Team of the Alxa League, walked through the wasteland and crossed the gravel ditch to check a beacon tower built in the Western Xia period.
Desert and Gobi occupy two-thirds of the total land area of the Alxa League, there are many cultural relics and sites, only in the territory of the Alxa Left Banner, there are 409 immovable cultural relics, and the Great Wall ruins of the Han Dynasty, Xixia and Ming Dynasty are distributed. Due to the vast area and sparse population, scattered historical sites, and relatively few full-time cultural relics protection personnel, the management and protection of cultural relics and historic sites are facing difficulties.
In 2015, local farmers and herdsmen spontaneously formed a grassroots cultural relics protection team, the Alxa Left Banner Hump (Great Wall) Cultural Relics Protection Team, to protect and inspect the cultural relics scattered in the desert and the depths of the Gobi.
Temursana said that since most of the cultural relics such as the Great Wall and the beacon tower are located in the Gobi Desert, camels are the most suitable means of transportation for inspection. After the team members are trained and familiar with the relevant knowledge and skills, they are effectively assigned inspection points according to their place of residence.
In recent years, the Hump (Great Wall) Cultural Relics Protection Team has organized more than 8,000 people to inspect more than 400 ancient relics in the Alxa Left Banner, and cooperated with relevant departments to crack down on crimes such as destroying the Great Wall and beacon towers.
The Guyang Qin Great Wall in Baotou City was built in the 33rd year of Qin Shi Huang (214 BC), which is a new Great Wall built by the general Meng Tian on the north side of the Great Wall of Zhaobei in the Warring States Period after Qin Shi Huang unified the six countries. In 127 BC, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Wei Qing to repair and use the Great Wall. In 1996, the Guyang Qin Great Wall was listed as the fourth batch of national key cultural relics protection units.
Luo Heping is the director of the Guyang County Cultural Relics Protection Center, and the locals call him the "Guyang Qin Great Wall Gold Medal Docent".
"Guarding the Great Wall of Qin has become an indispensable part of my life, and I go to the Great Wall at least three or four times a month to inspect and protect it." Luo Heping said that the Great Wall is a symbol of the spirit of the Chinese nation, and everyone should understand, love, and protect the Great Wall.
Photographed on January 6, 2023, the site of the majestic Qin Great Wall is located on the upper edge of the northern slope of Serten Mountain in the central part of Guyang County, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Lian Zhen
To the relief of Luo Heping, in recent years, with the increase in the publicity of the protection of the Great Wall, Guyang County has organized dozens of volunteers to set up the Great Wall Protection Team, so that more people can take the initiative to join the Great Wall protection action.
In addition to mobilizing the masses, the Inner Mongolia Cultural Relics Bureau distributed drones to the cultural relics departments of 103 banner counties and districts in the region to record the overall appearance of the Great Wall and other cultural relics protection units in an all-round way, which has become an important weapon to protect the safety of the Great Wall.
Wang Guibing, director of the Cultural Relics Supervision Division of the Inner Mongolia Cultural Relics Bureau, said that the drone is flexible and convenient, which not only saves patrol time, but also can stop the illegal acts found in the inspection in a timely manner, and lock the evidence of illegal crimes. In addition, the use of modern technology for monitoring can provide long-term data for the protection and monitoring of cultural relics, and effectively improve the management level of field cultural relics.
This is the Qin Great Wall in Tianshengcheng Section, Guyang County, Baotou City (taken on May 9). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Lian Zhen
The Yellow River shakes hands with the Great Wall
The Great Wall has played an important role in promoting the formation and development of the pluralistic and integrated pattern of the Chinese nation and promoting the process of world civilization. In recent years, the cultural heritage of the Great Wall has been given a new mission and connotation, and the construction of the Great Wall National Cultural Park, which was launched in 2019, focuses on benefiting the public and keeping the spirit of the Great Wall alive for a long time.
"Inner Mongolia has the most widely distributed cultural heritage of the Great Wall in the country, involving the most historical eras, the largest scale of projects, and the most diverse geographical areas." Zhang Wenping, vice president of the Inner Mongolia Museum, said that Inner Mongolia has formed a unique historical and cultural belt of the Great Wall and has rich resources for the construction of the Great Wall National Cultural Park.
Each key area in Inner Mongolia has demarcated the protection scope and construction control zone of the Great Wall, and strictly protected and controlled the Great Wall itself and the environment. In addition to improving the protection and control area, Inner Mongolia also actively promotes the construction of the theme exhibition area, cultural and tourism integration area, and traditional use area of the Great Wall National Cultural Park.
This is the Great Wall of Qin in the Kangtugou section of Guyang County, Baotou City (taken on May 9). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Lian Zhen
The Guyang Qin Great Wall National Cultural Park in Baotou City opened on May 1 this year, and the "May Day" holiday launched activities such as travel photography, hiking, research, and historical and cultural lectures, welcoming more than 130,000 visitors. During the Dragon Boat Festival, all the staff of the Guyang County Bureau of Culture, Sports, Tourism, Radio, Film and Television took up their posts, and organized the cast and crew of the Cultural Center and other units to perform the large-scale live drama "Zhaojun Out of the Stopper" in Serten Square in the park, attracting many tourists to stop and watch and feel the historical and cultural charm of the Great Wall.
The Ming Great Wall in Qingshuihe County, Hohhot City is 155 kilometers long, and there are enemy platforms, horse faces, beacon towers, forts and other distributions along the line. The Qingshuihe Great Wall National Cultural Park is scheduled to open in July this year. Qiao Junlin, the person in charge of the construction project of the cultural park, introduced that the first phase of the construction project includes the main project of the Great Wall Cultural Experience Center, B&B Hotel and other single buildings, and plans to build a variety of flowers in the future, add air plank roads, as well as multi-functional facilities such as camping and handicraft workshops.
In recent years, the areas along the Great Wall have seized the opportunity of cultural tourism development and actively explored their own advantages, which not only allows more people to get in touch with the Great Wall and feel the charm of the Great Wall culture, but also drives the income of the people along the Great Wall to increase their income, injecting vitality into rural revitalization.
This is the Ming Great Wall in Beibao Township, Qingshuihe County, taken on June 27. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhu Wenzhe
At the foot of the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty, at the foot of the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty, in Beibao Township, Qingshuihe County, Zhang Cundi, who is over fifty years old, and his family run a unique cave farmhouse. On the neat dining table in the cave, there are special recipes: stewed stupid chicken, fried cakes, handmade flower rolls, etc.
With the advent of the summer, the number of people who come to travel and study has gradually increased, and Zhang Cundi's business has become more and more popular. "At the busiest time, I received more than 60 people a day and earned more than 2,000 yuan." "The guests mainly came for the Great Wall," she said. I couldn't have imagined that I could have such an income at home a few years ago. ”
In Qingshuihe County, the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty also extends to the Grand Canyon of the Yellow River in Laoniuwan, forming a spectacular scene of the Yellow River and the Great Wall "shaking hands". In recent years, Qingshuihe County has made great efforts to improve the development level of farmhouses here, worked large-scale operation and standardized services, and focused on building rich projects such as homestays, camping, and rural experiences.
"We have a lot of sloping land, we mainly rely on the weather for food, we grow crops and harvest little, and most of the young people have gone out to work for many years." Jin Feixia, the operator of the Li family compound in the Laoniuwan Scenic Area, said, "In recent years, relying on the Yellow River and the Great Wall, the county has developed cultural tourism, and we have opened a farmhouse, and the business is very good." ”
Jin Feixia said that the cultural and tourism facilities in the scenic spot have been continuously improved and renovated, and different grades of homestays, camping and other places have also been developed, which not only attracts a large number of tourists from other provinces, autonomous regions and cities, but also more and more locals.
In the Daqing Mountain section of the Yinshan Mountain Range in the north of the Huimin District of Hohhot, there is about 13.8 kilometers of the Great Wall site of the Northern Zhaobei of the Warring States Period. In the vicinity of rural roads near the Great Wall, the local government supports the development of cultural and tourism integration projects such as farmhouses.
Near the ruins of the Great Wall in northern Zhaobei, Zhang Quanhong, under the guidance and support of the government, set up a farmhouse with his own house and apricot groves that have been planted for many years seven years ago. "Since last year, many tourists who have come to stay in farmhouses and eat farmhouse meals have also visited the remains of the Great Wall." She said, "The culture of the Great Wall is getting hotter and hotter, and more and more tourists come for leisure and camping, and the income has increased significantly compared with previous years." ”
Naren Gaowa, a herdsman from Urad Houqi in Bayannur City, lives with her husband and son near the ruins of the ancient city of Dabatu. The ruins of the ancient city of Dabatu are an important barrier city along the ancient Great Wall of the Yinshan Mountains, and iron axes, iron armor pieces and arrowheads have been unearthed.
Over the years, Naren Gaova's family has consciously become a cultural relics protector of the ancient city. "The ancient city can be said to be a part of the home, no matter who can destroy it, not a single brick or stone." Naren Gaowa said that more than 10 years ago, tourism herdsmen rose in the grassland, and the government encouraged her family to try tourism, so she started a herdsman tour, and she insisted on it for more than 10 years.
Looking at the tourist attractions not far from the ancient city, Naren Gaowa said: "In recent years, the scenic facilities near the ancient city have been gradually improved, and the number of tourists who come to play has increased, which has also driven our business." ”
On August 24, a painter painted in Laoniuwan on the Yellow River. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Lian Zhen
Go green
In Inner Mongolia, in addition to the ancient Great Wall, there is also the increasingly solid green Great Wall.
Straddling the Northeast, North China and Northwest regions, Inner Mongolia is rich in grasslands, forests, wetlands, deserts, rivers and lakes. However, it is also one of the provinces with the highest concentration of desertification and desertification on the mainland.
Over the years, people here have continued to prevent and control desertification with strong determination, and the 64-year-old Gaomao Tiger is one of them. On the south bank of the Yellow River, on the edge of the Kubuqi Desert, clumps of sand willows less than 1 meter high sway in the wind, bringing vitality to the desert. These are the sand willow seedlings that the tall tiger took the lead in planting this spring.
Gao Maohu's home is in the northern edge of the Kubuqi Desert, Hangjin Banner, Ordos City, Dugui Tara Town. In his memory, when he was young, he spent his days with sand as his head looked, there were sand dunes one after another. The family was financially constrained, and when they got married, they borrowed the clothes they wore from others. The harsh conditions leave little hope for the people living here.
Later, key ecological projects such as the construction of the "Three Norths" shelterbelt system and the return of farmland to forests changed the appearance of the place. With the support of the ecological project, Gaomaohu and many farmers and herdsmen participated in planting trees and grasses to green the desert. With hard work and careful study, he gradually formed a team to specialize in contracting desert greening projects. Facing the yellow sand with their backs to the sky, they have developed tree planting methods such as "water flushing sand willows" to improve the survival rate, and have planted trees and grasses in the Kubuqi Desert for a total of about 100,000 mu.
With the support of the state, the guidance of the government, the participation of social forces and farmers and herdsmen, after decades of hard work, about one-third of the Kubuqi Desert is now covered in green.
This is just a microcosm of Inner Mongolia's continuous desertification prevention and control. At present, Inner Mongolia is comprehensively promoting the "Three Norths" project. The Horqin Sandy Land is one of the main battlefields of the offensive battle. Mr. and Mrs. Bao Xiulan, who live on the southern edge of the Horqin Sandy Land and in Naiman Banner of Tongliao City, have led the villagers to afforestation of nearly 70,000 mu since 1995.
"In the beginning, the sand control and planting trees were to fill the stomach. Later, everyone planted together, and I felt that it was our responsibility to control desertification. Bao Xiulan said.
In the process of promoting the "Three Norths" project, Inner Mongolia has vigorously implemented the integration of sand prevention and control and wind power and photovoltaic. At present, Ordos City is planning to build a 400-kilometer-long "photovoltaic Great Wall" on the northern edge of the Kubuqi Desert and on the south bank of the Yellow River with an average width of 5 kilometers, so that the yellow sand can be turned into a "technological blue" for photovoltaic power generation and an "ecological green" covered by vegetation.
At the construction site of a new energy base project in the hinterland of the Kubuqi Desert in Hangjinqi, more than 100 bulldozers shuttled back and forth. The construction personnel are leveling the mobile sand dunes into the ground with a height difference of no more than 5 meters by shoveling and filling to meet the installation requirements of photovoltaic panels.
In the Dalat Banner Photovoltaic Power Generation Park, which has been completed and put into use, about 50,000 acres of blue photovoltaic panels cover a large area of desert. With drone aerial photography, you can see a picture of a giant horse in this "photovoltaic ocean". This is a photovoltaic power station made of 196,000 photovoltaic panels, and as the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, the photovoltaic panels automatically adjust the angle to chase the light like a sunflower.
In Inner Mongolia, photovoltaic power plants can not only generate green electricity, but also herd sheep. In the desert grassland of the Sunite Right Banner of the Xilin Gol League, in a photovoltaic power station with a total installed capacity of 200,000 kilowatts, nearly 100 sheep are divided into three groups and eat grass with their heads down under the photovoltaic panels. Nashun Menghe, 31, is a maintenance worker at the photovoltaic power plant and a local herder.
Nashun Menghe said that the lowest point of the photovoltaic bracket here is 1.5 meters away from the ground, which is higher than the ordinary photovoltaic bracket, which can leave enough space for the sheep to move around, and realize power generation on the board and sheep grazing under the board. There is shade under the photovoltaic panels, and the grass seems to grow better.
At present, Inner Mongolia, which has "scenery above its head, coal under its feet, and a power grid in its hands", is moving forward towards "green" and "new". More than 100 million kilowatt-hours of green electricity produced here once spanned more than 1,600 kilometers and lit up the Hangzhou Asian Games. At the end of March this year, the installed capacity of new energy in Inner Mongolia exceeded 100 million kilowatts, and it is expected that by the end of this year, the installed capacity of new energy will exceed the installed capacity of thermal power.
Today, on both sides of the Great Wall of Inner Mongolia, green agricultural and livestock products are continuously produced. Every 10 catties of beef in the country is produced in Inner Mongolia, every 5 catties of mutton has 1 catty from Inner Mongolia, and every 6 cups of milk has more than 1 cup is also produced in Inner Mongolia, and Inner Mongolia also has the reputation of "granary", "meat warehouse" and "milk tank".
In the fields of Bayannur City in the Hetao Plain, the wheat fields are regular, the green waves are undulating, and the wheat growth is quite gratifying. In the depths of the Hulunbuir grassland, the clouds are high and the grass grows, the horses are reined, and the cattle and sheep are like pearls......
It is also using more and more intelligent agriculture and animal husbandry to fill the "Chinese bowl" with grain, meat and milk. Some herdsmen in the Abaga Banner of the Xilin Gol League put on Beidou positioning collars on their cattle, and they can see the movement trajectory and location of the cattle with the Beidou handheld terminal. They can be found precisely even in bad weather such as "white-haired winds" and blizzards.
In an organic fruit and vegetable base in Tumote Zuoqi, Hohhot, farmers can grasp the growth of fruits and vegetables anytime and anywhere by adjusting the intelligent technology equipment through their mobile phones, and monitor data such as temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide concentration and soil pH in real time to ensure the best growth environment.
Technological advances are changing traditional work here. The dew drop of the development and change of agriculture and animal husbandry also reflects the light of high-quality development in many fields in Inner Mongolia. This situation and this scene make people can't help but admire: the Great Wall is still there, and the land of northern Xinjiang is flourishing.
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