An Lichun: Studying chestnut technology for 40 years, selflessly teaching rich villagers

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? An Lichun is teaching chestnut pruning techniques.

In Qianxi County, the hometown of Chinese Chestnut, there is a "Chestnut God": 40 years of research and development of Chinese chestnut technology, he won six national invention patents; instead of taking his own technology as a secret skill, he compiled the "three-character Classic" of chestnut management and printed it into a practical pamphlet and sent it to chestnut farmers free of charge. so far, he has trained a total of 100000 chestnut farmers, earning hundreds of millions of yuan a year for tens of thousands of local chestnut farmers, and technology radiates the surrounding chestnut producing areas. He is an Lichun.

In 1975, an Lichun, 20, became an agricultural technician in Luanyang Town, Qianxi County, his hometown. Since then, he has been obsessed with the technology of Chinese chestnut. I heard that an expert came to the county, who rode his bike for dozens of miles to ask questions.

In order to solve the problem of preterm birth and early harvest of Chinese chestnut, an Lichun creatively drew lessons from the method of opening branches and carving buds of apples to carry out experiments, guarding fruit trees day and night as if they were babies in swaddling clothes, creating techniques for happy young chestnut trees, pulling branches and carving buds early. After years of exploration and practice, six new chestnut planting and management technologies, such as "three-promotion and two-control management" and water-immersed chestnut woven bag fresh-keeping technology, have won the national invention patent.

From the very beginning, an Lichun made up his mind to let the new technology he invented benefit more chestnut farmers. In 1986, an Lichun joined with 4 chestnut farmers to contract 200 mu of barren mountains in this village and built a high-yield demonstration garden for new technology of Chinese chestnut. Five years later, the annual output of Chinese chestnut reached 5000 kg, which suddenly caused a sensation in the whole county. We should know that the use of traditional technology will not be effective until 15 years later, and the output is more than 70 kilograms.

After the news spread, there was an endless stream of chestnut farmers inside and outside the county who visited and studied. An Lichun answered every question and taught everything. Holding study classes and on-the-spot meetings, he imparted new skills to the villagers in various ways. Not only that, he also pulled up his wife, son and daughter, making them all "local experts" in spreading chestnut technology.

In 2007, an Lichun left her job, but the pace of spreading new technology did not stop. He visited 37 key supporting villages in the old areas of the county: 10 scientific and technological demonstration parks were built, 100 demonstration households were trained, and nearly 1,000 technical backbone of Chinese chestnut were trained. as a result, the per capita output of Chinese chestnut in the supporting village increased to 600jin, and the per capita income increased by 2400 yuan. An Lichun is also known as the "Chestnut God of Wealth" by the masses.

Now 61 years old, an Lichun is still on the front line of spreading chestnut technology. In the chestnut forest, holding a trumpet in one hand and fruit tree shears in the other, explaining to the surrounding chestnut farmers while pruning, such a scene has become a scenic line of Qianxi. (Wei Huibo)