National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival in Border Villages: Water and Milk Blend "Home and Country"

On October 1 this year, the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival met. This day has a more special meaning for the people of the small border village of Panda Village.

Ponda Village is a village under the jurisdiction of Xiayadong Township, Yadong County, Shigatse City, located at the junction of China, India and Bhutan.

Last month, 100 people from 27 households relocated here from the shores of the amorous lake with an average altitude of 4,500 meters, becoming the first batch of relocated households in the border village. On October 1, the new residents ushered in the "Double Festival", and the main responsible comrades of Yadong County came to Panda Village to participate in the ceremony of "raising the national flag and singing the national anthem" with the villagers to solemnly celebrate the birthday of the Republic. Every household is happy and harmonious, and the feelings of home and country that guard the border and fix the edge stir the heart.

Thousands of miles of border pass, the border of the country. As one of the border villages guarding the southwest gate of the motherland, Panda Village is the frontier position of guarding the border and strengthening the border. The villagers of Panda Village are rooted here like Gesang flowers, guarding the sacred land and building a happy home. Tashi Puci is a border patrol with a strong sense of patriotism, in this land, he measures the land with his footsteps and writes loyalty with his footprints. He often said: "The good life now is given by the party and the state, and each of us is the coordinate of the great motherland, and we all have the obligation and responsibility to guard the land." ”

Faced with a living environment with an altitude difference of more than 2,000 meters before and after the relocation, the relocated households have to face changes in the living environment, living habits, production methods and other aspects. "After moving here, the conditions are much better than before, everyone is very happy, thanks to the good policies of the state." Sanjay Dorji, secretary of the party branch of Pangda Village, said.

Walking into Panda Village, the roads are clean, the houses are like houses, the two-storey Tibetan-style small buildings are staggered, the water circuit information network achieves full coverage, the square, the health room, the police room, the kindergarten, the supermarket, the plastic runway, etc. are all available, the roof of each household is fluttering with bright five-star red flags in the wind, and the thriving border well-off villages are full of vitality under the cover of green mountains and rivers. In the villager Yang Zhen's home, the reporter saw that in the spacious and bright new house, tv, refrigerator and other home appliances are readily available, Tibetan furniture is simple and exquisite, and children in the courtyard in front of the house play freely.

If you fix the border, you will prosper, and if you are prosperous, you will develop the industry. In order to ensure that the relocated people can be stable, retained and able to get rich, Yadong County relies on resource endowments and border realities to organize villagers to increase the export of labor services, and promote the development of characteristic advantageous industries such as forest resources, salmon farming, and rural tourism according to local conditions. Villager Kuraki said: "In their own home to vacate an empty house, transformed and upgraded into a homestay, you can eat a 'tourist meal' without leaving the hometown." ”

Talking about the future of Pangda Village, Shu Chengkun, vice chairman of the Xigaze Municipal COMMITTEE of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and secretary of the Yadong County CPC Committee, told reporters: "The successful convening of the Seventh Central Forum on Tibet Work has deeply inspired and encouraged the cadres and masses of all ethnic groups in the county. We will certainly lead the people of the county to guard the border and strengthen the border, guard the grass and trees on the territory of the motherland, cast a solid sense of the Chinese national community, and create a better and happier life. ”

Source: China Tibet News Network Niu Owl reporter Wang Chun