A few days ago, after five months of growth, beijing's northernmost rice field painting finally ushered in a bumper harvest moment. At 8:30 a.m. on October 28, the colorful rice fields in Baoshan Town, Huairou began to harvest.
With the "rumbling" of the harvester, the straw fell neatly in the field, and in a short while, the rice grains filled the granary. Liu Changming, secretary of the Baoshan Temple Village Branch, introduced that the current crops in Baoshan Town are mainly wheat, corn and millet. Before the 1980s, baoshan town had a tradition of growing rice on both sides of the Baihe and Tianhe rivers. Baoshan rice due to the production in the mountainous areas, the temperature difference between day and night, sufficient sunshine, single-cropping rice, long growth cycle, good taste, Baoshan rice has a good reputation. However, the yield is low, with a yield of 400-500 jin per mu, which is enough for the villagers to eat at home, known as the title of "Baoshan Small Rice". Rice due to the need to apply pesticides will pollute the river, coupled with the decline in river water level, in order to protect the water source, ecological environment, in response to the ecological conservation area "return rice to the field", "wheat to save water" policy call, "Baoshan small rice" gradually withdrew from the Baoshan people's dinner table.
Han Xiaoliang, a local villager, said that seeing colorful upland rice reminded him of his childhood memories. "At that time, whoever made rice could smell the aroma from outside the yard, and this smell has been too long ago." At the scene of the event, Baoshan Town Center Primary School rushed to the colorful dry rice harvest to give the children a vivid labor education course, all the teachers and students of the sixth grade went deep into the field to harvest the colorful dry rice, the activity opened with the song of "Labor Holds up the Chinese Dream", the group poem "Autumn Praise" brought students into the harvest season; the old man of farming explained the method of harvesting rice for the students... The activity began, and the students worked in small groups, some cutting rice, some bundling, and some going out to fight, busy and happy. Through experience, students can experience the joy of labor, but also enjoy the joy of harvest, cherish the preciousness of grain, and feel the charm of farming culture.
According to reports, around the optimization and adjustment of the planting structure, Baoshan Town this year in the three villages of the town introduced 470 acres of dry rice planting projects, mainly including colorful carmine, green grain sand, plasma rice and other 5 varieties of dry rice, especially this year in Beijing area precipitation is too much, planting time is 20 days later than the ideal, the harvest of colorful dry rice is expected to reach 500 pounds per mu, see the full grain of colorful rice, but also for next year to continue to promote planting laid confidence. Next, Baoshan Town will also lead more farmers to deeply promote the planting of colorful upland rice, enhance the added value of agricultural products, and improve the competitiveness of agricultural products in the market.
It is also understood that in addition to the cultivation of upland rice, Baoshan Town also produces agricultural products such as Baoshan Guoguang, large flat almonds, wild sour dates, and large hazelnuts. At the same time, we will develop rice field landscape culture, camping park culture, Chinese herbal medicine culture, etc., and strive to expand the new path of integrated development of agricultural culture and tourism.
Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Wu Wenjuan
Editor/Peng Zhang