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Yesterday, the Xiangxi Border City Airport in Huayuan County, Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Hunan Province welcomed its first landing flight, and the airport named after Shen Congwen's novel was officially opened for flight. The tower staff even used the words from Shen Congwen's novels to welcome guests who came from afar ↓
The outskirts of the airport have long been "crowded" - compatriots from various ethnic groups such as Miao and Tujia braved the scorching sun and arrived early to welcome the first batch of "airborne visitors".
Subsequently, the first flight of Shouhang to the capital took off from the airport and could arrive in just over two hours, flying over the mountains and just within reach. In Shibadong Village, Huayuan County, which is only 15 kilometers away from the airport, 51 villagers boarded a plane at their doorstep and became the first passengers to travel directly to Beijing.
Early this morning, the villagers went to Tiananmen Square to watch the raising of the national flag in the morning light. The old man couldn't conceal his excitement: "Taking a plane from his doorstep to watch the flag raising has a very special meaning." The child filmed the entire process of raising the flag and said, "I want to share it with everyone after returning to the village." After singing the national anthem, the uncle couldn't help but cheer, "Seeing the red flag flying makes my heart warm."
The villagers sang the national anthem and watched the flag raising ceremony.
The old man has a solemn expression and follows in singing the national anthem.
△ Villagers look up at the raised national flag
Among them are elderly people in their seventies and eighties, as well as children in their teens. For many of them, flying so conveniently to the capital was once unimaginable - Shiba Dong Village was once a deeply impoverished village surrounded by mountains and extremely inconvenient transportation. Ten years ago, the average annual net income of the entire village was only over 1000 yuan.
Subsequently, Shibadong Village completed its transformation in this poverty alleviation battle and shifted towards the fast lane of rural revitalization.
Rural tourism is flourishing, and specialty agricultural products are being served on dining tables in various places. Young people are returning to their hometowns to start businesses with full enthusiasm... Now, this small mountain village has changed its old appearance!
The appearance of Shiba Dong Village has undergone significant changes
A Miao village among the mountains
Hiding stunning natural scenery
Shibadong Village is composed of four villages: Lizi Village, Zhuzi Village, Feichong Village, and Dangrong Village. It is a Miao ethnic settlement hidden in a quiet valley. It is located in the hinterland of the Wuling Mountains and belongs to a typical karst landform development area. The village is surrounded by forests, canyons, and karst caves, with beautiful scenery and the reputation of "Little Zhangjiajie".
18 Cave Village is surrounded by mountains
The forest coverage here exceeds 80%, and there is a well preserved primitive sub forest - Liantai Mountain Forest Farm, with lush vegetation, which is truly a natural oxygen bar.
Tam Street Original Ecological Canyon, with streams babbling and clear all year round.
The Eighteen Karst Caves are connected by caves, with various expressions such as stalagmites, vines, statues, and rocks inside. It is known as the "Number One Wonderful Cave in Asia", and the Eighteen Cave Village is named after it.
Currently, the scenic area where the karst cave is located is undergoing renovation and upgrading
The Miao style in the village is well preserved. After entering the village, the bluestone road leads to various houses and places, and the wooden houses and green tiles are antique. After the rain, clouds and mist rose from the foot of the mountain, making this village even more mysterious and graceful.
18 Cave Village is often shrouded in clouds and mist, also known as the "Miao Village in the Clouds and Mists".
Shibadong Village has been successively rated as a "Chinese Traditional Village," "Chinese Ethnic Minority Characteristic Village," "National Rural Tourism Key Village," and "National Forest Village," attracting more and more tourists.
Over the years, villager Yang Chaowen has witnessed firsthand the changes in the village: dirt roads have turned into asphalt roads, old houses have been renovated while maintaining the style of the Miao village, and primary schools and clinics have been upgraded and renovated... He decided to "take advantage of the east wind's turmoil" and open a farmhouse in the village.
Thanks to his efforts, the business of farmhouse music has been getting better and better, and it has been rated as one of the "Top 10 Farmhouse Music in Xiangxi Prefecture". But Yang Chaowen was not satisfied with this. In order to make farmhouse music look more like the Miao people, he began to tinker again - targeting the bamboo culture of the Miao people in Xiangxi, from interior design to pots and pans, he created the whole bamboo farmhouse music.
Yang Chaowen said, "Someone asked me where my confidence lies? It is the changes in the past decade that have brought me confidence."
In addition to rural tourism, the Cliff Hotel in Shiba Dong Village is also unique. On the premise of not damaging the original ecological landscape of the mountains and forests, it moves the hotel to the cliffs and cliffs, with 18 guest rooms facing each other. The panoramic glass windows take in the entire village: looking down, the murmuring mountain streams flow, looking up, the smoke from the village's cooking smoke curls up, and looking up, the scattered stars and rivers fill the sky
△ Cliff Hotel
In 2022, Shibadong Village received 500000 tourists, and in the future, it will unleash greater potential - tourism projects such as the Great Karst Cave and rural complex are under development. This once isolated small mountain village shines brightly with rural tourism.
Inheriting folk skills that have been passed down for thousands of years
It is the ultimate romance of ancient Miao villages
Shibadong Village has a rich ethnic flavor and profound cultural heritage.
In this ancient Miao village, Miao embroidery has been passed down from generation to generation. This intangible cultural heritage technique is known for its exquisite composition, unique shape, and rich colors, and is known as the "Miao epic worn on the body.". Xiu Niang buried her head in every stitch, inheriting a thousand year old skill at her fingertips.
A Miao embroidery industry base has been established locally, and a volunteer service project called "Let Mom Go Home" has been launched to attract migrant workers from other places to return home and participate in Miao embroidery entrepreneurship training. At present, more than 50 embroidery women in the village have achieved employment at their doorstep, and while accompanying their children, they can also increase their monthly income by thousands of yuan.
Miao tie dyeing wax dyeing has a simple and elegant color tone, which is an ancient anti dyeing technique in China. Among them, tie dyeing refers to folding and bundling the fabric, dyeing it with color paste, drying the fabric, removing the stitching and binding, and naturally presenting the pattern. The ever-changing textures and colorful halo effects are both quaint and dynamic.
At the Eighteen Cave Intangible Cultural Heritage Center, tourists can experience this skill firsthand. Look at this finished product, does it seem like it has printed the local blue sky and white clouds onto the clothes?
"Ascending the knife ladder" is also a traditional folk activity in Shiba Dong Village. Raise a wooden pole on an open flat ground, insert 36 long knives horizontally on the pole, with the blades facing upwards. The performer steps barefoot on the sharp blade and also performs on the ladder, such as hanging a golden hook upside down and spreading the wings of a great Peng, to demonstrate exceptional skills.
△ Performing on the knife ladder
During the Spring Festival, tourists can enjoy traditional ethnic performances such as "lion snatching, dragon catching, and playing Miao drums"; If encountering the Autumn Festival, there are also activities such as dragon dancing, spinning cows, and singing Miao songs. Tourists who come here can not only experience the wonders of nature, but also experience the pure Miao culture.
It's delicious
Hiding the smoke and fire from the depths of the cold mountains
Homemade mountain and wild cured meat, natural and pollution-free green fruits and vegetables, and sour and spicy Miao cuisine... Each dish embodies a simple Miao flavor.
When going to Shibadong Village, be sure to try cured meat. Every winter, the villagers cut the meat one by one, pickled it with coarse salt, and hung it above the fire pit. The unique smoke and fire aroma of wood burning such as pine and cypress rises slowly, making the meat tender and emitting small oil droplets, gradually becoming firm.
Smoked cured meat, with oily fat and bright red lean meat, is moderately salty and delicious. Even a kitchen novice who doesn't know how to cook can unlock a delicious and fragrant dish by steaming it in a pot for a while.
The large temperature difference between day and night and sufficient water vapor make locally produced fruits sweet and delicious. Among them, the flesh of the eighteen hole kiwifruit is yellow or yellow green, with a strong taste, juicy taste, and good taste. The local planting method adopts artificial weeding and ecological pest control to obtain organic certification.
Nowadays, kiwifruit has developed into a "golden fruit" for local prosperity and income growth. Although Shibadong Village has limited available land, in order to develop the planting industry, they used the "enclave economy" model to rent land from nearby villages to build a kiwifruit base and introduce high-quality varieties. Villagers can not only work here, but also enjoy dividends.
The hundred flowers that bloom in the mountains alternately throughout the year have become a source of original honey; The villagers jointly developed the "Eighteen Cave Spring Water" and sent the sweet and refreshing spring water from the deep mountains to various places; The tea gardens on the hillside are shrouded in clouds and mist, growing high mountain ecological organic tea... The increasingly diverse specialty products attract young people from the village to return home and start businesses.
Shi Kang is one of many returnees. He once achieved success in the mountains through hard work, but seeing the tremendous changes in his hometown, he returned to his familiar place with dreams and responsibilities. In 2020, he began using short videos to introduce local specialties and attempted live streaming sales.
At first, Shikang's progress was not smooth. Some fresh fruits and vegetables are not easy to preserve, and customers have already received them damaged and spoiled. To solve this problem, they rented a warehouse in the city to save logistics time. At the same time, as a representative of the Hunan Provincial People's Congress, Shi Kang submitted suggestions on strengthening the rural logistics system at the provincial two sessions, jointly overcoming the shortcomings of rural logistics.
Driven by Shi Kang, more and more colleagues from the same village have joined his entrepreneurial team, selecting products that meet market demand, providing suggestions for product packaging improvement, and discussing sales experience together... Their live streaming sales have reached over 1 million yuan.
They said, "I hope more and more 'Ma Rao Nei' from Shiba Dong Village can return to their hometown and 'Dong' like us."
From Poverty Alleviation to Rural Revitalization
Every inch of land in Shibadong Village
They are all revitalizing and accumulating strength
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