In recent years, Litong District of Wuzhong City, Ningxia, with the goal of "cultivating friendly and harmonious neighborhood relations, building a new type of civilized and harmonious community, and enhancing the sense of gain and happiness of the masses", has carried out various forms of "Community Neighbor Festival" activities in 12 townships in the district. It is through such intimate contact that the lights of the corridor that have been black for many days are turned on, the debris that has been piled up in the corridor for a long time is gone, and the "contradictory neighbors" who have not been able to mediate for many years shake hands and make peace... The friendship that is close to life and the activities that conform to the people's hearts and minds have fully expressed people's desire for exchanges, expectations of true feelings, and friendship and mutual assistance, and have given real connotations to the construction of national unity and harmonious communities.
National unity, fraternity and mutual assistance, condensing the neighborhood affection of the new era
When the maple leaves are red, it is the Chongyang Festival. On October 17, the square in front of the government of Jinxing Town, Litong District, Wuzhong City, was crowded and bustling. Jinxing Town held the theme activity of "Community Neighbor Festival, People's Drama Gathering and Performance" to create a strong atmosphere of "Nine-Nine Yang Dialect Respect for the Elderly, Civilization Creates Heart-to-Heart".
On stage, Qin Cavity", "Su SanQi Xie", Huang Mei opera "Who Expected the Yellow List zhongzhuangyuan" and other drama programs you sang and I appeared; offstage oil cakes, steamed buns, longevity noodles, food fragrance, neighbors sat around the table to pull homely voices; 6 pairs of golden married elderly people wearing colored crowns and holding hands together, jointly cutting a giant cake printed with the words "Happy Chongyang Festival"... The scene of the event is a fusion scene of national unity and neighborhood affinity.
"Today was a special and unforgettable day, with cakes, operas, blessings, and a lively neighborhood gathering, it was so beautiful." Yue Wanshou and Han Aizhong, a golden couple in the Pearl Community of Jinxing Town, smiled and closed their mouths, lamenting that the happy life was thanks to the care and love of the party and the government for the people.
Du Juan, secretary of the party committee of Jinxing Town, introduced that in recent years, the townships and towns in Litong District have closely focused on the five main lines of "filial piety to the world", "good as water", "courtesy for the country", "people and family beauty", and "harmony is precious", through the development of different themes and various forms of "community neighbor festival" activities, enrich the spiritual and cultural life of community residents, and create a good social trend of unity, goodness, beauty, civilization and courtesy. Nowadays, in Litong District, on holidays, residents of the district come to the community compound as promised to participate in a variety of colorful activities.
During the "Eleventh" long holiday, Yongchang Community of Shengli Town, Litong District, and Xinhua Community jointly organized the "Hundred Elderly People Happy to Meet national unity and family affinity" community neighborhood festival activities, residents of all ethnic groups held a hundred family banquets for the elderly to celebrate their birthdays collectively, passing on their wishes to each other, selecting "stars of filial piety and love for the elderly", "national unity masters" and "reading home masters".
"This kind of activity is already the norm here." Ma Xuemei, secretary of the party branch and director of the neighborhood committee of Yongchang Community in Litong District, told reporters that the community neighbor festival has been carried out for 14 years, and it is precisely because of this carrier that everyone's heart is closer, more understanding, and more caring.
The children of Pan Zhengde, a 73-year-old han veteran party member of the Yongchang community, are in the field all year round, and every time it comes to his birthday, Jin Hongying, a veteran Hui party member, prepares birthday cakes, steamed buns, and grapes in his own courtyard, and invites old Pan to his home to celebrate his birthday; 63-year-old You Shuhua initiated the establishment of the "Red Armband Volunteer Patrol" 4 years ago, and several old sisters walk the streets and alleys every day to volunteer to maintain the safety of the jurisdiction... There are countless such vivid examples here. Although the community is old and scattered, 3,085 households and 7,710 people are scattered in 22 buildings, and ethnic minorities such as Hui, Manchu and Tujia account for 57% of the total population, but the warm line of "Community Neighbor Festival" closely links everyone, and Yongchang Community was rated as "National Ethnic Unity and Progress To Create a Demonstration Community" in 2017.
Neighbors watch, volunteer to join hands, and sing heart-warming praises in the community
Time back to June 2005, the predecessor of Jinxing Town is the former street community party working committee and management committee of Litong District, in order to comprehensively promote the construction of a harmonious community, the whole committee took the lead in launching the first "community neighbor festival" activity in Wuzhong City that year, organized and planned the "neighborhood family tea party", "good neighbors together day trip", "neighborhood talent association", "passing on the heart fan, exchanging good neighbor cards", "my heart good neighbor speech competition" and other 50 activities, set up a bridge to communicate good neighborly affection. Today, the "Community Neighbor Festival", which has been held for 14 consecutive years, has blossomed everywhere in various townships and towns in Litong District, and has gradually become a common festival for residents in the whole district, an effective carrier for carrying forward the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation, and an important brand for the construction of spiritual civilization, bearing fruitful results.
With the in-depth development of the "Community Neighbor Festival" activities, a number of advanced models around the region have emerged, such as Wang Lanhua, a "national model of patriotic support for the army," Ma Jingting, a "national five-good family," Li Shaojun, the "first civilized family of the autonomous region," Ma Guiping, a "star of filial piety in the autonomous region," and Li Xiayin and Zhao Wenhua, inheritors of intangible culture.
On September 13 this year, good news came from the Ministry of Civil Affairs: Wang Lanhua, head of the Orchid Volunteer Service Team in Jinxing Town, Litong District, was awarded the 10th "China Charity Award" charity model. When the news came, the grass-roots party members and cadres and volunteer service teams were excited and encouraged.
Founded in 2005, Wang Orchid Volunteer Service Team is the first volunteer service organization named after an individual in Litong District, Wuzhong City. From the initial 7 people to today's 482 people, from only retirees to participate in the gathering of caring people from all walks of life, in the past 13 years, they have taken "close to me, warm you" as the purpose, with the support of party and government departments at all levels and the support of community residents, they have long insisted on doing good things for community residents, doing some practical and difficult things within their capabilities, actively participating in various social welfare activities, caring for the growth of young people, helping the poor and helping the poor, supporting the military and superior families, mediating civil disputes, helping the elderly and the disabled, etc. According to statistics, the Wang Orchid Volunteer Service Team has participated in more than 9,000 public welfare activities, helped 3,414 people, and donated a total of 860404 yuan.
Volunteer service has been welcomed and recognized by community residents, and now more and more people take the initiative to join the ranks of volunteer service, and there is a pair of volunteer service "Sunset Red" teams in the Venus Garden Community in Venus Town.
Ma Baolin, a 75-year-old retired Hui doctor, lives in the Greenland Garden Community, and Lei Yiming, a Han Chinese elderly man who is also in the community volunteer service team and the Sunset Red Literature and Art Team, is a resident of the Venus Garden Community, the two families are less than 300 meters away, and the two agree to participate in volunteer service in the community every day, participate in literary and art activities together, listen to party class training, and rest in the day care center for the elderly to read books and play cards. Whenever the elderly go to the day care center to check and recuperate, Ma Baolin carefully and meticulously diagnoses, and Lei Yiming rushes forward and runs to help. At the annual Hundred Family Banquet, the two elderly people are not busy enjoying the program and tasting food, but to participate in the Neighbor Festival to return to Han friends for free consultation.
In the heart-warming project of "1,000 party members paired up and 10,000 neighbors helping each other", party members of Yongchang Community in Shengli Town took the initiative to form a pair with 60 residents in need, and often carried out condolence activities. Hui party member Jin Hongying has long helped Li Fengying, an elderly widow of the Han nationality; Wang Weizhong, a member of the Han party, has long sent warmth to Ma Ziting and four other left-behind children of the Hui nationality; and the community has also regularly carried out "sending warmth" activities for 14 Hui orphans, which has effectively alleviated the living problems of the people in difficulty and increased their confidence in life.
Gather people's hearts and minds, build a harmonious homeland and realize the great Chinese dream
The shaping of good family style and good folk style originates from the 14 years of "Community Neighbor Festival" and "moisturizing and silent" silent adherence and hard work, so that the majority of residents in rich cultural activities, the spiritual outlook of the new, comprehensive quality has been continuously improved.
Zhou Tao, secretary of the Litong District Party Committee, said that the "Community Neighbor Festival" with diverse forms and rich carriers is stained with dirt, dewdrops, and close to the hearts of the people, which has injected a strong spiritual impetus into the construction of national unity and progress, the creation of spiritual civilization and the construction of harmonious communities.
The "Community Neighbor Festival" condenses the joint force of grass-roots party building. All communities have organically combined the activities of "harmonious community construction", "star service-oriented party organization construction" and "community neighbor festival", which has further enhanced the sense of glory and responsibility of party members in the community, and the vanguard and exemplary role of party members has been further brought into play. In the process of participating in the activities, the broad masses of residents also personally felt the warmth of the party organizations, and the cohesion and appeal of the community party organizations were further enhanced.
The "Community Neighborhood Festival" has stimulated the vitality of community work. Through a series of activities with distinct themes and unique characteristics, communities bring together residents who do not know each other, so that everyone has a platform for friendship and creates an opportunity for harmonious neighborhood relations. It has promoted community residents to further deepen their sense of identity and belonging to the community, improved the status of the community in the minds of residents, and laid a good mass foundation for the community to carry out various work in the future.
The "Community Neighbor Festival" has built a bridge connecting the hearts of the people's livelihood and welfare sites. Expanding the new content of good-neighborliness and harmony, integrating the spirit of charity into it, the Neighborhood Mutual Aid Association has been established in the community, and through activities such as "Neighborhood Mutual Aid Charity Sale", "1+1 Pairing Help", "Incumbent Party Member Dedication Day", "Condolences to Orphans and Disabled Children, Care for orphans and Widows and the Elderly", etc., to raise funds for the elderly and needy households in the community.
Li Ning, member of the Standing Committee of the Litong District CPC Committee and director of the Propaganda Department, told reporters that all townships and communities in Litong District have integrated the elements of national unity with activities such as community theme party days, morality lecture halls, the creation of civilized cities, and community neighborhood festivals, attracting community residents to participate, and guiding residents to form a consensus of "neighbors seeing each other and beckoning, who has difficulties to help, beautifying the environment with hands, community safety joint efforts, and cultural and sports activities holding hands."
Fourteen years of perseverance, fourteen years of joint construction, fourteen years of civilization inheritance, as an important brand activity for the construction of spiritual civilization in Litong District, through the establishment of a long-term mechanism for the "Community Neighbor Festival" activities, so that this "follow the people's hearts, happy people" activities can be inherited, won the general recognition and active participation of the residents of the jurisdiction, praised by the residents as the "dirt with dew" of the people's heart project, further broadened the channels for community residents to participate in community construction, and gradually enhanced the residents' sense of belonging to the community. The sense of identity and the cohesion between residents have become an important carrier for cultivating and practicing the core values of socialism.