Why are there so many scarecrow dolls in Aozugu Village, Tokushima Prefecture?

With the rapid development of modern society, cities are becoming more and more prosperous, but at the same time, it also brings relatively equal pressure to the urban population, so some people may choose to escape this fast-paced life and return to rural life. So now, whether at home or abroad, the population of many rural areas is growing day by day, and the economy is also growing gradually. However, in this world, there is a village that is exceptionally quiet, which is a bit weird. There are more than 300 people in the village. Resident? But only one is a living person who can talk. What happened?

This village is located in Aozugu Village, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. A donkey friend who traveled to Japan said that when he first heard of such a quiet village, he thought the whole village was full of dumb people. I didn't know the truth until I really went. Before entering the village, you can see the backs of some old people working in the fields in front of the village entrance from a distance, and you can vaguely see some children standing in the street, but you feel very quiet as soon as you enter the village. Except for insects and occasional birds, there is no heated discussion at all. What about these? People? Still motionless, no response. In fact, as long as you are close, you can know why.

In fact, these are scarecrow dolls, which can be seen everywhere in the village, except in fields, streets, shops, classrooms, desks and chairs. Even at the wedding scene, the bride and groom are all smiling around their relatives and friends, and the scene looks very festive.

Then why are there so many scarecrow dolls? This is all because the only real living person in the village, a 60-year-old grandmother named Ling Ye Yuemei, made more than 300 dolls by herself. She did it for her own reasons. Although the village looks quiet now, and many people used to live here, because the surrounding cities are developing better and better, people in the village are constantly leaving and choosing to move to prosperous cities. Ling Ye Mi Yue once left the village, but she chose to go back to the village to take care of her elderly father more than 10 years ago. At that time, there were not many villagers left in the village, and finally she was left alone.

Ling Ye Yuemei is no longer young. She doesn't want to leave the village, but the village is deserted, which makes her very lonely. So she decided to make hundreds of dolls, which took nearly two years to finish. She dressed each doll in people's clothes and put them in every corner of the village to make the village look more lively. She also named each doll, assigned different jobs and roles, and lived with them like this.

Although this adds a little vitality to this sparsely populated village, some people from unknown so pass by this village by chance, and they are often startled and wonder what happened to this village. Is that weird? Things. It was not until later that the village was gradually known and famous by more people that it was rated as "Yes". The hometown of scarecrow? Every year, many tourists are attracted to go there specially, and they want to know the stories of more than 300 scarecrows and Ye Ling Yuemei. Now, Aozu ancient village has also become a famous tourist attraction in Japan, which makes this originally barren village full of vitality and brings a lot of joy to Ye Lingyuemei.

Bian Xiao believes that this actually reflects the aging phenomenon of Japanese society. Many young people go out to work in order to seek development, leaving only the elderly. Empty nest? Living in the village, and most old people with homeland complex are reluctant to leave the place where they grew up, so they guard it in a lonely way, which is also a contradiction brought about by economic development. What do you think of this? You will want to go to this quiet place, won't you? Is that weird? Traveling in the village? Welcome to discuss together in the comments section.