The whole village is fallow for a year to repair the water channel together! The elder farmers in Nanpu community formed a team and won the gold medal in the countryside.

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The early rural society had a deep memory of the life of the water channel, which was not only a source of irrigation, but also a playground for catching fish and shrimp when I was a child, but the water volume of the important Nanpu water channel in Nanpu community gradually decreased because of the serious silt. The temperature and vitality in the countryside gradually disappeared. Seeing the countryside gradually withering, Zhuang Mingzeng, the head of Nanpu Village, jumped down and began a series of reforms. "Communication is the most difficult thing. Every household goes to visit." Listen to the old man talk about the ancient times and build a foundation of mutual trust before we can take the next step. " It not only made Nanpu Community the first community to pass the rural regeneration program, but also won the gold medal of the Council of Agriculture in rural areas.

"in fact, what we are doing now is different from what we thought at first," Zhuang Mingzeng recalled. As soon as he came back, he wanted the whole village of Nanpu to develop leisure and tourism industry, but after he really got in touch with the residents, he found that this direction was not right. "Leisure and tourism is not what the residents want. After the aging of the countryside, the rest are old farmers. If they want to develop the leisure industry, they must first invest in the old capital, and they cannot do marketing or contact with the outside world. What they really want is to improve their living environment and sell what they produce. "later, they adjusted their development direction and moved in the direction of friendly land and friendly environment.

Nanpu Orange Garden (courtesy of Nanpu Community)

Create vitality on the ground and accumulate deep cohesion

In addition, the Nanpu community also continued to create vitality on the ground, such as the Pickle barrel Percussion Orchestra set up in the year of fallow farming. Local residents picked up the pickle bucket and began to play music, and even performed the story of building a water channel at that time. Every October, a pickle festival representing Hakka characteristics is also held there. A member surnamed Chen said, "We have been looking for any other industries in this village that can be developed into such activities as a display of the vitality of the local image. Let Nanpu have both agricultural products and art, create food farmers' experience and environmental education."

As the Nanpu community walked along the way, the local residents also had deep cohesion. A member surnamed Bao said, "for example, a noodle factory was built in the village, which polluted the water source of Nanpu, and it was also driven out by farmers in protest." farmers attach great importance to life. They will pay attention to people and things in life that they do not expect. A member surnamed Chen also said, "it may be the whole habit of the Hakkas, and the history of reclamation should be United." However, one of the indispensable souls is Zhuang Mingzeng. A member surnamed Bao pointed out, "before he became head of the village, this village was an ordinary village. It was later that people recognized the leader and saw that he was really doing something. So people are willing to come forward and help."

Not only does the living environment of the Nanpu community improve, but in the labor sector, such as cleaning and weeding, a member surnamed Bao says, "if you call on everyone to come and help, and like dinner activities, no one was willing to pick food before, but now everyone takes the initiative to help. This is the biggest change."

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