1. Where is Dazhai 2. New look of Dazhai 3. Red Xiyang County 4. Itinerary
1. Where is Dazhai
Dazhai is a small mountain village in Xiyang County, Shanxi Province, located at the western foot of Taihang Mountain. It used to be a well-known agricultural pacesetter in the country in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1964, Chairman Mao issued a call to the whole country to learn from Dazhai in agriculture, setting up a red flag of the agricultural front.
If we want to understand Dazhai, let’s look at some old photos first.
How does Dazhai enjoy such a high status?
In the early days of China's liberation, social productivity was still very backward. Dazhai was located in a mountainous area, with barren land and harsh natural environment, and people's lives were extremely difficult. The Dazhai people, led by Chen Yonggui and Guo Fenglian, were determined to change the backwardness of their hometown. The situation of relying on the sky to eat. Three World Wars, Langwozhang, Langwozhang ravines are high and steep, the terrain is dangerous, rocks are everywhere, weeds are waistless, wild wolves run wild, and floods continue. If it can be transformed, it can provide hundreds of acres of grain fields for Dazhai. From 1953 to 1962, the people of Dazhai split mountains and filled ditches for three battles. They built more than 180 dams with a total length of 7.5 kilometers in the ravines; The kilogram went up to 385kg. During the three years of natural disasters that were the most difficult for China's agriculture, not only did no one in Dazhai go hungry, but each person handed over more than 400 kilograms of surplus grain to the country. This arduous story of changing the world has spread throughout the motherland and is widely sung. In 1964, Chairman Mao issued a call for "learning from Dazhai in agriculture", which became a banner of national agriculture, and a climax of "learning from Dazhai in agriculture" was set off across the country.
Dazhai people fought against the sky and wrote a battle song of hard work and labor in the era. Under the call of Chairman Mao to learn from Dazhai in agriculture, representatives from all over the country came to Dazhai to study and visit. Labor boom.
In that passionate era, heroes and models were admired. Wang Jinxi, an oil worker in Daqing, and Chen Yonggui, a farmer in Dazhai, became role models for the people of the country and took leadership positions. Chen Yonggui has been a member of the Central Committee and vice premier of the State Council.
Chen Yonggui is an official to the deputy state level, but he is neither arrogant nor impetuous and always maintains the true qualities of a working people. He does not earn national wages but only work points for the production team. Whether in the field or attending meetings in Beijing, he always wears old coarse cloth and a white towel with sheep's belly on his head.
2. New look of Dazhai
The tide of the times has changed the face of China, and Dazhai has lost its practical significance as a political benchmark in the economic era after the reform and opening up. The era of food as the key link has gone, and Dazhai has gradually disappeared from people's sight.
Where is Dazhai going, and where is the road to development?
At this juncture in history, Guo Fenglian still stood up! The old party secretary who had served as the provincial and county leaders returned to the village to lead the Dazhai people to start a second business.
Guo Fenglian, the iron girl back then. From 1968 to 1978, he served as a member and deputy secretary of the Xiyang County Committee of the Communist Party of China in Shanxi Province, and deputy director of the Shanxi Provincial Revolutionary Committee; in 1992, he was elected as the deputy magistrate and deputy secretary of the Xiyang County Government. He is currently a member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, Secretary of the General Party Branch of Dazhai, and Chairman of the Economic Development Corporation.
In the special era of "learning from Dazhai in agriculture", Guo Fenglian, known as the "Iron Girl", stood on the stage of history together with Dazhai. It should be said that Chen Yonggui made a great contribution to changing Dazhai's backward appearance, and Guo Fenglian took over the banner of Dazhai's second start-up from him. The second venture, the burden of revitalizing Dazhai fell on the shoulders of "Iron Girl".
It is difficult to start a business, and it is even more difficult to start a second business. It is even more difficult to start a second business in a market economy without any experience. But Guo Fenglian, who once fought against heaven and earth, can bear any difficulties. She travels all over the world, sells coal, runs a cement factory, invites experts, learns to operate, learns to negotiate business, even learns to beg for help with a smiling face, and learns to drink.
After a turbulent entrepreneurial journey, Guo Fenglian led Dazhai to learn how to effectively expand the brand. Among the three joint ventures with other places, the intangible asset of "Dazhai brand" alone accounted for more than 25% of the shares. Dazhai has established a series of industries such as coal, cement, wine, clothing, walnut dew, etc. "Dazhai" has changed from a political brand to an economic brand. The people of Dazhai are striding forward on the road of socialism again. The large-scale documentary "We Walk on the Road" for the 70th anniversary of the National Day highly praised and affirmed the reorientation of Dazhai's spirit of self-reliance, fighting against heaven and earth, and hard work.
Dazhai followed the tide of reform, from "National Agriculture Learned from Dazhai" to "Dazhai Learned from the People of the Country", vigorously promoted the development of village-run enterprises and the tertiary industry, and followed the path of integration of agriculture, industry and commerce. Dazhai enterprises have experienced the transformation from small village-run workshops to large-scale, professional and brand-oriented development. Today's Dazhai has realized "the little ones can be taught, the old can be relied on, and the sick can be rewarded", and it is a prosperous scene.
3. Red Xiyang County
The wheel of history has gone through half a century, and young people born in the 70s have no image of Dazhai, but the banner of learning from Dazhai in agriculture is still red and bright in the hearts of the older generation and Xiyang people.
Social trends and historical evolution cannot obliterate the great spirit of self-reliance, fighting against the sky, and hard work of the Dazhai people. Although today's Dazhai no longer has the scenery of yesterday, the people of Xiyang still cherish this honor infinitely and are loyal to that red era. Walking on the streets of Xiyang County, there are well-preserved old buildings everywhere with eye-catching red slogans.
If you have a chance to come to Xiyang, please go to "Red Flag Street". Walking into this old street is like going back in time and traveling through time and space, like entering a time tunnel. What is it like? Also see pictures:
4. Itinerary
We started from Hohhot and drove 580 kilometers to Dazhai. Due to the traffic congestion on the road during the National Day, it was already 5:00 pm when we arrived in Dazhai. We hurriedly turned around, and it was already sunset when we arrived at Hutou Mountain. Unfortunately, we did not climb Hutou Mountain.
Overnight in Xiyang County, I stumbled into Hongqi Street by mistake, which was a pleasant surprise. It was getting late, so I came here for a stroll early the next morning.
After visiting Xiyang in Dazhai, continue to drive through Provincial Highway 317 and cross the Taihang Mountains to Gaoyi County, Hebei Province. The majestic Taihang, the high mountains stretch for thousands of miles. The winding mountain road is even more steep and steep. Deep in the mountains, the crops on the roadside are being harvested, heavy grain ears, golden corn, and persimmons that bend the branches. There are still large areas of sweet potato farmers are harvesting. The magnificent scenery made people linger and forget to return. I stopped the car and planed sweet potatoes with the villagers for a long time, and filled a bag full, which was an addiction. The 120-kilometer journey took four hours to reach the destination.
Return, via Shijiazhuang, Quyang, Laiyuan, Datong to Hohhot.
The beautiful scenery along the way, the scene of a good harvest, and the red flags flying everywhere are full of festive atmosphere.
Great beauty of our motherland!
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1. Dazhai and Xiyang gave you a rough introduction, did it awaken the historical memory of the old comrades; did it arouse the young people's sense of the times?
No matter what era people live in, they must always have a little spirit. Hard work is the spirit of the times that generations of people insist on. People today pursue enjoyment. There is nothing wrong with pursuing beauty, and poverty is not socialism. Continue to struggle and always move forward to form a social spirit, our life will be better, and the country will be better!
2. How to get to Dazhai? Self-driving; take the G20 Shitai Expressway in the direction of Taiyuan and Shijiazhuang, cross Yangquan City, turn to Tianli Expressway, then turn to National Highway 207 to Xiyang County, turn to Dazhai Landscape Avenue and go straight to Dazhai Village.
The train goes to Yangquan City, the bus goes to Xiyang County, and the county bus goes directly to Dazhai.
Dazhai Hutou Mountain Scenic Area ticket is 48 yuan, and the elderly over 60 years old are free. Sightseeing in Dazhai and Xiyang counties each takes half a day, and accommodation in the village and county is very convenient.
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