Libo: The artist is here, Hongjiang Village has changed

Graffiti activities, music shows, bonfire party ... At the end of August, oil painting artist Li Jia (art name: wild mountain tiger laugh) successively prepared for the exhibition of painting exhibitions on September 24. Earlier, his exhibition was delayed due to the epidemic.

In 2018, by chance, Li Jiajing's friend introduced from Shenzhen, Qiannan Prefecture, Chaoyang Town, Qiannan Prefecture. This time is 4 years. "I have two studios in Guangzhou myself. The place where Hongjiang Village attracts me is that the air is very good here, and the villagers are also simple. I like to create in such an unintectiated environment. The more pure I created, "Li Jia said.

In recent years, Hongjiang Village has been based on its own resource endowment, relying on local traditional villages of ethnic minorities, continuously activating the factors of resources and striving to create an art Hongjiang River. As of now, the local area has attracted more than 200 artists at home and abroad, and has retained a number of artists such as Li Jia for artistic creation in the village.

Hongjiang Village was once a provincial -level poor village. The informative graphic materials in the village history museum recorded the changes of Hongjiang. The previous Hongjiang Village was a place to hide, hiding soldiers, farming, and living. The surrounding residents expanded, escaped, came to relatives, and helped workers. At present, all kinds of artists have reshaped the village image and rejuvenated them again.

"After all, Hongjiang Village is a remote mountain village, and can only take different development paths. In 2016, Ma Lihua, the first secretary of the village departure from the Education Department of Guizhou Province, brought tremendous changes to the village, especially by introducing artists to drive cultural tourism integration. . "The secretary of the party branch of Hongjiang Village and the director of the village committee, Wei Kaike said.

In 2020, Libo County issued the "Pilot Implementation Plan for the Entry of Rural Collective Business Construction Land" and conducted a pilot in Hongjiang Village. Hongjiang Village is located in the southwest of Chaoyang Town. The whole village has a total of 304 acres of idle homesteads, an abandoned and idle land, and 122 old houses. After "adopting" the house, the artist transformed the beams, walls, bricks, etc., and the waste room became a distinctive cultural and creative house. Between the dams surrounded by mountains, there are scattered houses in the rural trails with low residential houses, and huge works with very different styles are painted behind the house, which is very artistic.

Villager Mo Xueyun (right) worker in the artist's studio

In the past few days, the villager Mo Xueyun and others worked in the residential house of the artist Feng Jiali's "adoption" and woven the chair cushion with hemp rope. "I am older now, and I ca n’t enter the factory to work outside. I do not only get close to home in the artist. There are 120 yuan of income every day." Mo Xueyun was very satisfied with this job.

Wei Kaiqing, deputy director of the Hongjiang Village Committee, introduced that after the artist settled in, the village formed 149 buildings for building restoration teams. Many migrant workers returned to the village to work, participating in the reconstruction of old houses, agricultural industries and art services.

In recent years, Hongjiang Village has built an art exchange center, village history museum, Fuma Plaza, etc., and actively deployed the creative area, display area, leisure area and activity area of ​​the artistic space to provide artists with various places. In the village, artists have carried out activities such as cultural salons, art exhibitions, and cultural and creative design. Among them, the 2020 China-ASEAN Education Exchange Zhou Hongjiang Forum and Hongjiang Contemporary Art Invitational Exhibition, 2021 China International Big Data Expo Sub-Forum-Hongjiang International · Smart Education Forum and Contemporary Digital Art Exhibition, Sketch China Entering Hongjiang, International Animation Enter Large -scale activities such as Hongjiang Art Exhibition have attracted a large number of tourists.

Li Jia said that as an art village, the biggest difference between Hongjiang Village and other rural tourism is to have the group of artists. As long as there are artists and art works, the cultural tourism in Hongjiang Village can continue to improve quality and upgrade, attracting more people. Essence These activities based on artists will continue to provide motivation for the development of the village.

In 2022, Hongjiang Village obtained a license to be awarded the study practical education base of primary and secondary school students across the country. Student groups in Libo County National Middle School, Majiang County First Middle School, Libo County First Primary School and other places have entered Hongjiang Village to experience the charm of local culture. Thinking and practical ability. Since this year, Hongjiang Village has carried out research activities 10 times, and more than 2,000 students have participated.

Teachers and students carry out research activities in Hongjiang Village

At the end of August, schools across the province of Guizhou started schools one after another, and research activities will usher in a peak period. In order to meet the needs of teachers and students and tourists to a greater extent, since August 29, Wei Kicke has invested in the spatial layout of the farmhouse that "Drunk Mountain Residence" opened by himself. "I plan to surround the small pond at the door, store clean water, and then install the fountain facilities in it, and then match the color lights. It is expected to be completed in about 10 days." Wei Kaike said.

Since its development, there are 7 farmhouses in Hongjiang Village. Like Wei Kico, villagers Wei Guoqiang built a room and lodging farmhouse in 2018. "The previous Hongjiang Village was very poor and backward, and basically no one came here to visit. After the artist came, more and more tourists came to travel, and many teachers and students also came to Hongjiang Village to carry out research activities. Since the opening, my highest record is the highest record of my family. I received 80 students at one time, "Wei Guoqiang said.

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