[Central Media see Gansu] Gansu Qingcheng: "藕 藕" on the bank of the Yellow River

"Jiangnan can pick lotus, lotus leaves He Tiantian ..." The beautiful scenery of Jiangnan Water Village depicted in ancient poems is now open slowly in Qingcheng, Gansu, in the northwest.

Zhang Xingcheng, who was digging, was digging in the field. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Dori

In a field in Jianting Village, Qingcheng Town, Zhang Xingcheng, a 53 -year -old dug, was busy in the sun. While flushing the mud with a pump, he put his hands and feet on the lotus stalk and found the lotus root. The digging lotus root would be handed to his wife Li Aizhi, who was close to him, and his wife cleaned the lotus root. The two cooperated with each other.

In Qingcheng, each year from September to the end of October, and from the beginning of April from the beginning of the spring to the end of May, the lotus root is harvested.

Qingcheng Town, located in Yuzhong County, Lanzhou City, Gansu Province, is adjacent to the Yellow River, with rich water resources. Some of the land here have risen due to the water level of the Yellow River, resulting in a high degree of saline alkaliization, and low income of ordinary crop planting. Villagers dig fish ponds on saline -alkali land to raise fish ponds. After a long period of time, the mud stuffed from the fish ponds, and the local government and farmers looked at the lotus root.

The corner of the lotus pond in Qingcheng Town, Yuzhong County, Lanzhou City, Lanzhou City, Gansu Province. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Dori

In the 1980s, the villagers introduced the edible lotus root from the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions and successfully tried it in the local area. Slowly, lotus root planting was promoted locally. At present, the area of ​​lotus root planting in the town has reached nearly 1,000 acres.

Lotus root has been cultivated successfully, but the old shop of fish farming is reluctant to give up. So the villagers imitated the "rice and fish symbiosis" and thought of the method of raising fish to raise fish.

"Fish can provide natural fertilizer for lotus root, increase the oxygen content of pool water, and the microorganisms, weeds, insects, etc. in the fields can provide food for fish." Zhang Mingzhang, deputy director of the Lanzhou Fisheries Technology Promotion Center Ecological cycle system, saving costs while achieving double -collection of ravioli.

Over the years, Zhang Mingzheng has led the agricultural technology team to provide technical support for local farmers. He saw that the level of breeding of the villagers was getting higher and higher, and the concept of green development became more popular.

Zhang Yuansi showed the lotus root that had just been dug at the side of the field. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Da Lei

Lotus root brought new hope to Qingcheng people, and the prosperous rural scene also attracted the "post -90s" new farmers to return to their hometown. Zhang Yuansi, 25, returned to his hometown after graduating from college last year. He transferred 150 acres of land to build farms for planting and fish farming. He said: "When I was a kid, my father was busy in the field, and I rolled in the quagmire aside. It was my happiest childhood memory."

Relying on the professional learning background of aquaculture, Zhang Yuansi and agricultural technical experts cooperated to improve the cultivation of fish species, and became a practitioner in the "grove fish symbiosis" model. "About 2,000 pounds per acre, and earn more than 6,000 yuan according to the price of this year. The fish raised in the field can be about 200 pounds. (Reporter Ren Yanxin Dori)

Source: Xinhua News Agency

Edit: Wang Xuexiang Responsible: Zhu Wang School Trial: Xu Minzhi

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