The National Color Peony on the way to get rid of Poverty and become Rich

"only the peony is really national, and it moves the capital when the flowers are in full bloom." "who does not love peony flowers, occupy the good things in the broken city." The ancients wrote poems praising the beauty of peony wealth, but Cao Hongwei, a 46-year-old villager of Caojiaping, Taoyang Town, Lintao County, Dingxi City, found a new direction to get rid of poverty from purple spot peony.

Lintao County, located in the southwest corner of the Loess Plateau, has an average elevation of nearly 2000 meters. This dry and rainless land is full of purple spot peony, the main variety of peony in our country. In May every year, Lintao, known as the "hometown of Chinese flowers and trees", has become a paradise for peonies. The "true national color" of these plants is also helping local villagers shake off poverty and become rich.

Cao Hongwei's two daughters, one is studying in university, the other is in junior high school. There are two students in the family. This family, which is not well-off, is "poor because of learning", and the burden is even heavier. Relying on his "bricklayer" skills, the family's 5 mu of land and the support of relatives and friends, Cao Hongwei barely made ends meet. On the other hand, Cao Baiping, the "Peony King" in the village, relying on the technology of planting and cultivating peony for three generations, has created a peony garden and other industries that have reached 200 mu. It also brings Cao Hongwei the hope of getting rid of poverty.

"Lintao can be said to grow peonies in every household. My family began to grow peonies in my grandfather's generation. At that time, I simply liked them and watched them in the courtyard. In the 1980s, my grandfather was introduced to sell peony seedlings and earned a sum of income. Our family also began to cultivate and constantly optimize purple spot peony varieties, and at the same time sell their own peony seedlings to increase their income. " Cao Baiping, head of Xingwang Peony Industry Co., Ltd., Lintao County, said.

After graduating from Gansu Agricultural University majoring in landscape architecture, Cao Baiping returned to Caojiaping, from the gardener to the establishment of the Peony Industry Company. And with the help of Internet sales and other means, he let Caojiaping peony seedlings sold to many places across the country, and even sold to overseas Australia, the Netherlands. He also became a local leader in getting rich and helping the poor.

Wang Jianfu, secretary of Taoyang Town, told reporters that led by Cao Baiping, local villagers, especially poor households, also joined the peony industry. Many poor families work in the Peony Garden of Cao Baiping, and their daily wage is an income; they transfer their land to the Peony Garden, and the land rent is another income. With the tourists attracted by peonies, the villagers of Caojiaping and che Liujia Village set up farm music, which also increased their income. Wang Jianfu said that the combination of peony industry and tourism industry is the industry of enriching the people in Taoyang Town at present. With the gradual expansion and maturity of the industrial scale, the positive support and driving role of the peony industry to the local villagers, especially the poor households, will also be stronger. "this aromatic industry is becoming a new bright spot for local poverty alleviation and income increase."

With 50,000 yuan of accurate poverty alleviation loans and his own family background, Cao Hongwei set up farm music at home, providing food, rest and other services for visitors to the Peony Garden. His several acres of land also joined Cao Baiping's peony garden and embarked on the fast track of getting rid of poverty and becoming rich.

Li Meixiu, a 49-year-old poor family, used to grow peonies at home. With certain skills, she is now one of the skilled workers in the Peony Garden in Caojiaping, with a daily salary of 60 yuan. She is determined to get rich and get rid of poverty and make her children live a better life, while the peony industry gives her more hope. Under the precise poverty alleviation policy, she borrowed 50,000 yuan through small loans to expand the scale of her own planting of peonies and peonies. "the loan has been paid off, the 'Peony King' (Cao Baiping) has helped solve the marketing problem, and the strength to grow peony and peony to get rich is stronger." Li Meixiu told reporters

Peony is gradually in full bloom, and the second China Lintao Purple spot Peony Culture and Tourism Festival is being held locally. In order to attract more tourists, local drones filmed a promotional video of the Peony Garden and promoted the publicity page on the official account. The reporter saw many peony beautiful pictures and promotional products forwarded by many local friends in his Wechat moments.

Shi Lin, secretary of the Lintao County CPC Committee, said: "We want to combine the base construction of ornamental peonies dominated by purple spot peonies and woody oil crops dominated by oil peonies in the future, and promote the adjustment of our industrial structure by planting peonies to promote the development of tourism and increase the income of farmers. Now our income of peony per mu for seven to eight years has exceeded 100,000 yuan, and an average of seven or eight-year-old trees are sold for several hundred yuan, and the effect of increasing farmers' income is very good. And peony is a collection of medicine, food, health care and ornamental in one of the very Lintao characteristics of the industry, the future peony industry as one of the main industries to increase farmers' income to build.