Magnificent 70 years: "Red Tourism+"in Xinxian County, Henan Province is full of flowers.

Hubei, Henan and Anhui Soviet Area centered on Dabie Mountain is the second largest base area during the Agrarian Revolution, and Xinxian County, Xinyang City, Henan Province is the capital of Hubei, Henan and Anhui Soviet Area.

From the birth of 192 1 the Party to the founding of 1949 New China, the armed struggle in the Soviet area of Hubei, Henan and Anhui lasted for 28 years. From the revolutionary base areas in Hubei, Henan and Anhui, the guerrilla base areas in the border areas of Hubei, Henan and Anhui, the anti-Japanese democratic base areas in Hubei, Henan and Anhui, to the Liu Deng army's leap into Dabie Mountain, Dabie Mountain witnessed the extraordinary course of China's revolution four times.

Xinxian County is also the hometown of General Xu. 1October 22nd, General Xu and his death. With the special approval of the Central Committee, his coffin was transported back to his hometown, Pu Tian Township, Xinxian County.

General Xu Memorial Hall in Xinxian County is a first-class scenic spot centered on the general cemetery. In recent years, the number of tourists in scenic spots has surged, and the number of tourists received in 20 18 reached 850 thousand.

Nowadays, the people of Pu Tian have benefited from all aspects of red tourism, not only getting rid of poverty, but also moving towards a well-off life.

Pu Tian Township is just a microcosm of the development of tourism in Xinxian County. Since 20 16, the county party committee and government of Xinxian county have established the development concept of "prospering the county through tourism, enriching the people and prospering the county" and made great efforts to explore the practice of "promoting rural revitalization through global tourism"-in 2018, the county * * * received 6.363 million tourists and realized a comprehensive tourism income of 336.63 million.

2065 438+09. 8. 30 Statue of General Xu in Xinxian County, Henan Province. Photography/Upstream Journalist Niu Tai

Doing business at home to get rid of poverty

On August 30, the square of General Xu Memorial Hall in Xinxian County was crowded with tourists.

Xu Jiawa, a villager, introduced to the tourists who stopped in front of the store that General Xu entered Shaolin Temple when he was young, and then joined the army to participate in the anti-encirclement campaign, the Long March, the battle against the Japanese army, the Meng Lianggu campaign, and the counterattack against Vietnam.

After introducing the general's life, he began to sell goods: "take a schoolbag with the general's head on it;" The general likes to drink and takes a bottle of' General Xu' with him. "

Yao Yuanli, the first secretary of Xinyang Culture, Radio, Film and Television Tourism Bureau in Hepu Village, said that the construction of the memorial hall occupied the land of more than 20 villagers in Xujiawa. Later, the government provided each of them with a shop to sell tourist goods. In 20 14, Xu was still a poor household, and he got rid of poverty after opening the store that year.

Together with Baohua Li, he runs a farmhouse in front of the memorial.

Baohua Li told the upstream journalist that in his early years, he worked in a Spanish restaurant, made money and bought a house in the county. In May of 20 14, my son got leukemia, but selling a house and collecting medical expenses still failed to save his life, and his family became poor due to illness. Poverty alleviation cadres came to the door and advised him to cheer up and look forward to life. With the help of poverty alleviation cadres, he rented a shop and started a farmhouse. In just half a year, 20 14 earned 30,000 yuan and successfully got rid of poverty.

Baohua Li introduced that in 20 17, General Xu Memorial Hall was changed from 3A scenic spot to scenic spot, with more and more tourists coming, and his farmhouse business was getting better and better. "There are more people this year, and it is conservatively estimated that you can earn 50,000 yuan. My son who used to want to die every day. Now I am very busy every day, and many pains have been forgotten. "

Yao Yuanli introduced that there are 63 poor households in Hepu Village. They all got rid of poverty on 20 18 by selling tourist goods, operating farmhouses and going out to work.

2065438+On August 8, 2008, the government of Henan Province announced that Xinxian County was out of poverty, and this county became the first national poverty-stricken county in Xinyang City.

August 30th, 20 19, a corner of the maker town of Tianwuwan, Xinxian County, Henan Province. Photography/Upstream Journalist Niu Tai

Country chuangke townlet

Seven kilometers away from General Xu Memorial Hall, there is a place called Dawan Maker Town.

Li Deyun, deputy head of Pu Tian Township, told the upstream journalist that in 20 14, the township began to build beautiful countryside, and Dawan Village completed the village road, water supply and drainage, renovation of Datang, etc. 1 1 system engineering with the funds of the "one thing, one discussion" project in Henan Province. In 20 15, Dawan Village cooperated with Shanghai Manxiang Tourism Investment Management Co., Ltd. in depth to build the first maker town in Henan, making this village full of vitality with the model of "company+cooperative+farmer", with quaint homestays and music cafes springing up like mushrooms after rain. 20 16 10 1 The reconstructed Pu Tian Dawan was officially opened to the outside world.

The original Pu Tian Dawan garbage village is now a paradise.

"I didn't expect so many tourists. The tourists stayed, and so did the homesickness. " On August 3 1 day, when B&B's business was getting better and better, villager Han Guangying smiled from ear to ear. Han Guangying introduced that he worked outside for 24 years and his last stop was South Korea. 20 16, when he was surfing the internet in Korea, he saw that abel tamata Store in Xinxian County was positioned as "hometown of generals, ecological home, maker town". He felt the opportunity came, quit his job in Korea, and combined with the characteristics of Korean homestays, invested 6.5438+0.2 million yuan to build a "hometown dwelling".

Han Guangying said that Pu Tian Dawan B&B is a typical residence in southern Henan. Influenced by Central Plains culture, Chu culture and Huizhou culture, B&B combines the tenacity of northern dwellings with the spirit of southern dwellings. Ventilation, warm in winter and cool in summer.

There is a banana tree in the yard of my hometown, and it runs all the way to the attic window. Han Guangying said that watching the stars in the attic on sunny days and listening to the rain and hitting bananas in the attic on rainy days-this kind of artistic conception is not worried about having no guests to stay.

Pu Tian Dawan and the surrounding mountains and rivers form a beautiful picture. Pu Tian Dawan Chuangke Town was selected as the third batch of China traditional villages, the provincial beautiful countryside construction pilot, and the China landscape villages.

Handmade shops, cafes, homestays, children's parks ... More than 20 guest shops have absorbed more than 20 people 10, among which the poverty-stricken people who set up the card10, with an annual per capita income of 1.8 million yuan.

2065438+August 30, 2009, Pu Tian Township, Xinxian County, Henan Province, moved from different places. Photography/Upstream Journalist Niu Tai

Mountain people moved into a happy community.

The average elevation of Putian Township is nearly 500 meters, and many villagers live in the depths of mountains. At first, the bonus brought by tourism did not benefit them.

Li Deyun, deputy head of Pu Tian Township, said that in May 20 17, all 392 people living in the ravine of 108 moved to the happy home community. Opposite the community is Tianwu Dawan Chuangke Town, less than 500 meters away from the government, and township hospitals and primary and secondary schools are close at hand, which is convenient for poor people to seek medical treatment, go to school and get employment.

On August 30th, an upstream journalist saw at Fang Liangju's house that there were four bedrooms, two halls and two bathrooms, with an area of 150 square meters. She introduced that she used to live in the mountains and had to walk to the village for more than an hour, so the traffic was very inconvenient. My family only earns more than 10 thousand a year by growing rice and tea oil. After moving down the mountain, the village arranged public welfare posts for her and her husband. When the couple were still in the tourist season, they went to Dawan Chuangke Town and General Xu Memorial Hall to do odd jobs. "After the road was opened, the opportunity came. Now the family's annual income is more than 60,000 yuan, and it has been lifted out of poverty by the end of 20 17. "

Lei Ting moved from the depths of the mountains in Tangfan Village to Happy Home Community, and went to a small shop in Chuangke Town, Dawan, Tianwu as a salesman. This small shop is actually a small grocery store, selling non-staple food such as mineral water and instant noodles to tourists. Lei Ting, 42, told the upstream journalist that her current basic salary is 1500 yuan, and she can earn more than 2,000 yuan a month for every product sold at 1000 yuan. "Unexpectedly, two years ago, she lived in a tile house on the mountain. Two years later, she moved into a modern community, still wrapped up. At home, like people in the city, earn wages. "

Li Deyun introduced that relocation is only a means, and poverty alleviation is the purpose. Through relocation, poor households living in mountainous areas will walk out of the mountains and share the dividends brought by tourism in Putian Township. "After the relocation, they will open the channel to make money."

On August 30th, 20 19, tourists visited Xu's former residence in Xinxian County, Henan Province. Photography/Upstream Journalist Niu Tai

"Red Tourism+"bears fruit.

Relying on the popularity brought by General Xu Memorial Hall, a first-class scenic spot, Putian Township has developed rural tourism in an all-round way, benefiting villagers in all aspects of tourism, which is only a microcosm of tourism in Xinxian County.

Wu Kejun, director of Xinxian Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism and Sports Bureau, told upstream journalists that in recent years, Xinxian Red Tourism has developed rapidly, which has accelerated the mutual penetration of the three major industries, promoted the deep integration of tourism with agriculture, industry and sports, and the industrial chain has been continuously elongated.

Wu Kejun said that "red tourism+countryside" has promoted the vigorous rise of surrounding farmhouses and village houses. By the end of 20 18, more than 600 farmhouses and 94 village hostels had been developed in Xinxian County, which led to more than 4,000 direct jobs and benefited more than 30,000 people.

The policy of "Red Tourism+Agriculture" is to build 359 farming experience halls in Wuchenhe Farming Town and Lvkangyuan Farming Experience Hall around ecological agriculture and red tourism, and carry out innovative farming experience activities such as "farming time, knowing farming conditions, doing farm work and entering farmers"; The biggest beneficiary of "Red Tourism+Industry" is Henan Ling Rui Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., which is the first listed company in the old area of Hubei, Henan and Anhui and the national mucilage pharmaceutical industry. It uses the complete pharmaceutical manufacturing industry chain of Ling Rui Pharmaceutical Company to show the production process of traditional Chinese medicine to tourists, and has become a national industrial tourism demonstration site. "Red Tourism+Sports", a 360km national mountaineering fitness trail was built in Dabie Mountain and Xinxian County, and two national and international sports events, such as the National Mass Mountaineering Fitness Conference and the National Mountaineering Fitness Trail League, were held successively. Xinxian County was rated as a quality sports tourism destination in China.

The data shows that, driven by red tourism, tourism in Xinxian County continues to heat up, and the proportion of the added value of the tertiary industry in the county's GDP has increased from 33.5% in 20 12 to 40% in 20 18.