Another Harvest Season "Pear City" Fruit Fragrant Wetland | Reporter | Harvest Season "Pear City"
Looking at Xinjiang in Four Seasons: Looking at Xinjiang along Rivers and Lakes
Guangming Daily reporter Zhao Minghao and Wang Yizhao
In early autumn, Korla City in Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is full of poetry. Looking north, the Tianshan Mountains come into view like coiled dragons and crouching tigers. In the city, the Peacock River flows slowly through the bustling streets, with lotus flowers swaying in the wind. The wonders of northern China and the charm of Jiangnan are cleverly integrated in this city.
The former Korla was not like this. The older generation recalls that due to being located at the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains and the northeast edge of the Taklamakan Desert, it is difficult to see green here, and sandstorms occur frequently. When sand and dust hit, the strong wind wrapped in gravel knocked on the doors and windows, and people hid at home afraid to go out.
Over the years, continuous ecological restoration and management have transformed this place. Greening of barren mountains, ecological water transportation, wetland protection... Korla City has broken a path in building a new pattern of green development.
In the Dujuan River Urban Wetland Park, the "green lung" of the southern city of Korla, Wei Shuwei, director of the Soil and Water Conservation Office of the Korla Water Resources Bureau, told reporters that scientific protection and restoration of small and fragmented wetlands is one of the important means to play the ecological function of wetlands and is of great significance for maintaining ecological balance in Korla.
"The Dujuan River is a tributary of the Peacock River and also an artificial wetland. Since 2016, we have planted shrubs, flowers, grasses, and other plants for three years, and the ecological environment of the 10.6-kilometer river and more than 3000 acres of surrounding land has been comprehensively improved." Wei Shuwei said that the water used in the park is purified water from the sewage treatment plant in the southern urban area. Nowadays, the urban environment has improved, bringing a picturesque scenery of "half city pear blossoms and half city water".
Due to its beautiful scenery and abundant production of fragrant pears, Korla City is known as the "Pear City". At present, Korla City has a planting area of 412000 acres of fragrant pears. While coordinating the effective supply of water resources and strengthening the construction of orchard water conservancy infrastructure, the local area is promoting the fragrant pear industry to move towards standardization, standardization, intensification, and scientificization.
Following the fragrance of pears, the reporter and his team arrived at Awati Township, the "hometown of fragrant pears in China". In the standardized demonstration park of the pear industry, the continuous pear branches are lush and fruitful, creating a delightful harvest scene.
"This base covers nearly 600 acres, with an average yield of about 1.5 tons of fragrant pears per mu. This year's commodity fruit rate has increased by 20%." Liu Zhemin, Secretary of the Party Branch of Qigekeqike Village in Awati Township, introduced that through the improvement of planting techniques, especially the use of efficient water-saving technology and integrated water-saving irrigation technology of water and fertilizer, the yield of fragrant pears has been effectively increased.
Liu Zhemin continued to explain to reporters, "We are currently able to accurately calculate the amount of water used and fertilizer requirements. Drip irrigation can save about half of the water usage compared to previous flood irrigation models, while avoiding the occurrence of 'small fruits' due to water and fertilizer shortages. This is also an important reason for the increase in commodity fruit rates."
How to deal with abandoned fruit tree branches after a bountiful harvest of fragrant pears? There is an answer to this question in the Tiekeqi Township Waste Fruit and Wood Recycling Edible Mushroom Industrial Park. In the production workshop, discarded fruit tree branches have turned into edible mushroom sticks one by one.
"After the completion of the edible mushroom production park, 30000 tons of discarded fruit tree branches can be processed into 10 million edible mushroom sticks every year. The discarded mushroom sticks can also be used to produce high-quality bio organic microbial fertilizers, which can feed back the development of the forestry and fruit industry, forming a complete ecological circular agricultural system." Li Wei, the person in charge of the edible mushroom industrial park, introduced that the edible mushrooms produced in the industrial park have been included in the national list of famous, special, and excellent new agricultural products, and the entire industrial chain directly drives stable employment of nearly 800 people.
The branches are full of fruitful fruits, and the fragrance of ripe pears permeates the orchard. In early autumn, the pear city outside the Great Wall is welcoming a new round of harvest.
Guangming Daily
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