Sonan Yisi
Cover News Sanjiangyuan Special Report Group
Nearly 15 years after leaving the grassland, college student Sonam Yixi made an important decision: to return to his hometown of Maduo Township, Yushu Qumalai County, Qinghai, and become a herder.
In early November, Qinghai is about to enter the middle of winter, and even at noon when the sun is shining, the temperature is below zero. At 5 a.m. on November 7, 32-year-old Sonan Yixi, who had already started work, hired a large truck and rushed to a ranch in Qumalai County.
"Go pull the cow." Sonnen Yixi told the cover news reporter that he was going to use a large truck to transport 23 yaks back to the winter pasture. This winter, he and his wife will both stay on the ranch to herd cattle.
College students return to their hometowns to work as herders
"My roots are in the prairie"
Ranch Sonam Yisi offers
Maduo Township, Qumalai County, Yushu Prefecture is the hometown of Sonam Yixi. It is the birthplace of the Yellow River, the mother river of the Chinese nation, and has the reputation of "the first township at the source of the Yellow River".
"My roots are in the prairie." This is Sonan Yixi's WeChat signature. Sonan Yixi told the cover news reporter that he grew up on a ranch, and when he was 14 years old, because his mother was ill, the family moved to the township to treat her mother. After leaving the prairie, Sonan Yixi entered the school, received education, and went all the way to college.
In 2014, after graduating from Northwest University for Nationalities, Sonan Yixi joined an environmental protection organization. That experience gave him the idea of returning to his hometown to become a herder. "I think a herder may not be an environmentalist, but he can live an environmentally friendly life, and I am a herder, and that place is my hometown." Although I am a college student, I want to inherit my original way of life. Sonnen Yisi explained.
In 2017, with the support of his family, Sonam Yixi returned to the pasture where his parents used to be in Maduo Township. At that time, he did not have a yak, so he planted grass and trees around the area. This year, he negotiated with several friends who had yaks to help them herd their cattle. The friend pays him some money and gives him half of the calf that was born, which is a reward. "Counting the 23 yaks this time, I have a total of 80, all of which are friends." Introduction of Sonan Yixi.
This winter, Both Sonan Yixi and his wife will stay in Grandpa's winter pasture to graze. There is no signal here and it takes a whole day to drive to the county seat. In his first month back at the ranch, he downloaded some movies to pass the time, but soon he didn't need them anymore, "on the ranch, it's always a busy day".
It is planned to create an ecological pasture
"I want to be a zero-waste family"
Sonam Yixi transports yaks
For Sonan Yixi, environmental protection is not only a job, but also a way of life. After returning to Maduo Township in 2017, he began to consciously sort the garbage generated by daily life, "for example, paper I will put in the stove to burn, plastic I will put in another bag, and then take it to the township and throw it in the garbage can." ”
"I want to try to be a herdsman family with zero waste in the future." For example, if you don't use plastic products, buy a piece of wood. But there's still a lot to buy. Sonan Yixi introduced that in the future, he hopes to build his ranch into an ecological pasture.
Sonnen Yisi told cover news reporters that in his village, there are some young people about the same age as him, and he hopes that his lifestyle can become a model, "it may be easier to influence young people, and hope to slowly influence each other one by one." ”
"When I was a child, I was also a herder, and there was no garbage at that time, including food and clothing that were degradable. I will do my best to pass on some of the good traditions of the herders that I know, and then bring in some of the good things I have learned from the outside world. I hope that my behavior will attract more college students back to their hometowns, they must be better than me. Sonnen Yisi said.
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