At the end of the year and the beginning of the year, the reporter walked into the land of southern Xinjiang.
The towering Tianshan Mountains and the vast Kunlun Mountains. There are desert Gobi, rivers and mountains, the edge of Taklimakan desert and dotted oases between them. This is southern Xinjiang.
Xinjiang is a chess game, and southern Xinjiang is the chess eye.
The CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core attaches great importance to the work in southern Xinjiang. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader has made many important speeches and instructions on the work in southern Xinjiang. The Party Committee of the Autonomous Region fully, accurately and comprehensively implemented the Party’s strategy of governing Xinjiang in the new era. In 2023, it held two on-site meetings on high-quality development (southern Xinjiang area) in the whole region. The Eighth Plenary Session of the Tenth Party Committee of the Autonomous Region deliberated and adopted the "Several Policies and Measures of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region People’s Government of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Committee on Promoting High-quality Development in Southern Xinjiang", focusing on solving the outstanding problems of high-quality development in southern Xinjiang and promoting the fundamental changes in southern Xinjiang that are more conducive to long-term stability step by step.
The reporter saw that great changes are taking place in southern Xinjiang: modern factories and parks have sprung up in the desolate places of the past; The rural dirt road, which has been narrow and potholed for many years and filled with smoke and dust, has now become a flat and clean hardened road; Villagers who used to use donkeys instead of walking bought electric cars and even cars … …
However, compared with the increasing modernization of the material level, the biggest change in southern Xinjiang is the change of people.
Qian Qian’s cadres and masses of all ethnic groups in southern Xinjiang actively embrace the modern civilization of the Chinese nation in exchanges and exchanges. They break through themselves, take the initiative to seek change and participate in practice … … Converging into the great power of the times, it has jointly promoted the magnificent changes in southern Xinjiang.
Changes in lifestyle:
Starting with "a kang"
Near noon, bursts of laughter came from the home of the villager Rouzi Maiti Kadir in asare Village, Muji Town, Pishan County, Hotan area. A family of five sitting around the table, eating noodles. On the dining table, in crystal clear glassware, there are red dates, walnuts and raisins.
When the dining table and chairs first appeared in the house of Rouzi Maimai, the two daughters were excited for a long time, but what made them even happier was that they had their own room for the first time.
"In the past, the whole family slept on a big kang, which was usually covered with carpets or wool felt. They sat cross-legged on the kang when eating, and bowed their heads and squatted on the kang when doing homework." Rouzi Maimai scratched his head shyly and said, "Now it’s different at home. There are beds, sofas, dining tables and desks, just like in the city."
Hotan area, which is adjacent to Kunlun Mountain in the south and Taklimakan Desert in the north, has less precipitation and large temperature difference between day and night. Most local people will build flat-topped adobe houses with thick earth walls and few windows. The room is a solid heatable adobe sleeping platform, on which the owner lays a wool carpet, and the whole family sleeps, eats and entertains guests. This heatable adobe sleeping platform is a major pain point in the slow development of modern civilization in southern Xinjiang.
Alimu Reheman, director of asare Village Committee, grew up on the kang. "At that time, the villagers had no idea about the layout of their homes. To say that the decoration was to lay carpets on the kang, and then hang a circle of brightly colored cloth along the dado, and eat, sleep, drink tea and receive visitors. Now think about it, the room is airtight, and the carpet is cleaned for a long time. It is dirty and easy to get sick. " Alimu feels a lot.
It’s all gone!
"Now the villagers’ homes, living rooms, bedrooms, restaurants, kitchens and bathrooms are in good order, and furniture and appliances such as sofas, coffee tables, dining tables, wardrobes, dressing tables, televisions and refrigerators are also readily available. The pots on the kitchen stove are covered with cloth, and the washstand in the bathroom is neatly arranged with facial cleanser, toothbrush toothpaste and soap shampoo. There are more and more bottles and jars on the dressing table. When they get home, the villagers will change their work clothes into clean household clothes, wash their hands and faces, and then eat and rest … …” Speaking of today’s changes, Alimu gushes.
He told reporters that good living habits such as getting up early to wash, eating around the table, and school-age children living in separate rooms with their parents have become a common practice in the village. Correspondingly, fleas, which once made people talk about it, are quietly disappearing in the countryside.
The change of asare Village is an intuitive epitome of the great changes in southern Xinjiang.
People who have grown up on the heatable adobe sleeping platform for generations have suddenly discovered that there is a bigger world outside this heatable adobe sleeping platform. Their anxiety at the beginning of the change, their acceptance and sudden realization after the change are enough to prove that the formation of a lifestyle that was once incompatible with modern civilization did not stem from tradition, but from poverty.
In the rural areas of southern Xinjiang, the indoor space that villagers like to show reporters most is their own bathroom: there is a shortage of water in southern Xinjiang, and the villagers who had been fed up with the smell of dry toilets and the difficulty of taking a bath are all beaming now when they talk about the feelings of using toilets and water heaters.
Road hardening, tap water supply to households, village planning and reconstruction … … One of the energy sources of great changes in southern Xinjiang is the continuous increase of rural infrastructure construction and the continuous improvement of public service system. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, South Xinjiang has closely focused on the goal of "safe and secure housing" and the task of improving people’s livelihood, and made precise measures to overcome difficulties. Millions of people of all ethnic groups have lived in spacious and bright housing, and a large number of infrastructure projects such as transportation, electricity and water conservancy have been built and rebuilt. The public service system represented by education and medical care has extended to the village level, the social security system has been improved day by day, and the people’s sense of acquisition, happiness and security has been continuously enhanced.
At the foot of Kunlun Mountain, on the edge of Taklimakan Desert, aktas Town, Yecheng County, is a modern town with complete facilities. There are smooth roads, brand-new houses, neatly arranged agricultural greenhouses, and newly landed factory buildings in the park … … "We walked out of the mountains and entered a new life; I lived in a new house, got a good job and lived a good life. " Yigan Bairdi Ibibra, a villager from aktas Town who moved from Kekeya Township, expressed the common aspiration of the relocated villagers. Living in a spacious and bright house with water, electricity, natural gas and electric heating is the dream of generations of Yigan Baier.
"This is the fourth house of three generations in our family. The first two suites were adobe houses, and later they lived in brick houses. Now they live in resettlement houses." Yigan Bayer told reporters excitedly.
Wang Linrui, a native of Zunyi, Guizhou, went to Xinjiang’s most populous county after graduating from university in July 2016 — — I worked in shache county, Kashgar, worked as the secretary of the village party branch, and now I am the director of the Education Center in party member, shache county, and experienced the great changes in southern Xinjiang.
He showed the reporter a video shot in Aktiqi Village, Ishkuli Township, shache county in the spring of 2017. In the video, the earth wall is shack, the wind is blowing, the dust is flying all over the sky, and the garbage "dances" with it. "This year, I returned to this village. Do you know how much has changed?" Wang Linrui described to the reporter what he saw, heard and felt. The houses were like a dream, the roads were smooth, and the village appearance was completely new … … "The original dilapidated scenes have been blown away by the wind of the times."
White clouds are pale dogs, and things change. Nowadays, under the guidance of the party’s strategy of governing Xinjiang in the new era, the rural areas in southern Xinjiang have historically "run" the acceleration of innovation and development.
On June 18th, 2023, Run Run Run Shaw Alar Hospital of Zhejiang University in Alar City, on the northern edge of Taklimakan Desert, completed the world’s first 5G ultra-remote domestic robot liver resection operation, and medical technology achieved leap-forward development. Li Zheyong, a doctor in Xinjiang and vice president of Run Run Run Shaw Alar Hospital of Zhejiang University, said that Alar Hospital has been selected as a national regional medical center, and people can see famous doctors at their doorsteps. The hospital not only serves patients in southern Xinjiang, but also radiates to build a "Belt and Road" country.
In Aksu, the production line of cotton picker with independent technology, which breaks the international monopoly, is busy, and Penaeus vannamei, which simulates seawater culture, sells well in many places & HELIP; … In Wang Linrui’s view, the hardware conditions in southern Xinjiang have even surpassed some places in other provinces and cities in China.
The essence of Chinese modernization is human modernization. In recent years, southern Xinjiang has continuously increased the spread of modern ideas and the cultivation of modern civilization. Change happens everywhere.
Professor Mahinur Niyaz, the national March 8th red flag bearer and chief physician of the People’s Hospital of the autonomous region, has been engaged in the prevention and treatment of cervical cancer in southern Xinjiang for many years. She told the reporter a story like this:
"We have treated a pair of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. The mother-in-law is older and was diagnosed with advanced cervical cancer. Her daughter-in-law, who is in her thirties and forties, looks very healthy. Because of the daily contact with health science of medical staff, daughter-in-law began to realize the importance of screening prevention, and soon offered to also want to screen. Unfortunately, she was also diagnosed with cervical cancer; Fortunately in misfortune — — Because of the timely discovery, she recovered well after surgery. "
Time, let a person feel. In 2006, when Mahinur led a team to do cervical cancer screening in southern Xinjiang for the first time, local rural women had many misunderstandings about the screening because of their lack of scientific common sense, and they were unwilling to cooperate, which made them headache. Nowadays, the health awareness of the majority of women in southern Xinjiang is constantly improving, and it has become a fashion to take the initiative to ask for screening. The change of ideas brings about the improvement of health. Mahinur told reporters that in 2023, the number of confirmed patients screened by her team in southern Xinjiang decreased by 60% compared with 2006.
"The changes in southern Xinjiang in recent years are historic, especially the changes in people." Wang Linrui counted them one by one: besides lifestyle changes, there are also changes in diet structure, employment concept, interpersonal communication and mental outlook … …
These changes complement each other and promote each other, and finally converge into the torrent of the times.
Changes in income structure:
Farmers in southern Xinjiang "leap over the agricultural gate"
"I can earn 4000 yuan a month now! I didn’t dare to think before. " Azizi Kari Ereti proudly told reporters in fluent Mandarin.
Keri, azizi, comes from Langan Town, Shufu County, Kashi region. In the past, a family of three planted 15 mu of thin land, and usually worked odd jobs. After a hard year, the family only earned 40,000 yuan at most. He thought that he would work hard all his life on barren land like his parents. However, the opportunity came quietly. In January 2016, he was hired to work in Xinjiang Dongchunxing Group, which is not far from home, and became one of the first 60 Uighur employees of this enterprise.
Dongchunxing Group is aided by Guangdong Province, with an investment of nearly 4 billion yuan and an annual output of 160,000 tons of cotton yarn. At present, it is the largest industrial aid project in 19 provinces and cities in China. There are more than 4,000 employees in the enterprise, 80% of whom are Uighurs. When I first went to work, because the national common language didn’t pass, azizi Kerri couldn’t understand the technical training content, and the advanced machines didn’t know how to use them, so I was in a hurry.
In June 2016, based on the principle of voluntary registration, Dongchunxing officially started the first national common language training course for employees. Azizi Kerri quickly signed up.
"I didn’t expect employees to be so motivated to learn!" Ling Li, chairman of the group, lamented. Since the opening of the class, the national common language learning has become a common practice, from the initial class of more than 60 people to more than 30 training courses of more than 2,300 people, becoming the largest national common language training center in southern Xinjiang.
"I speak Mandarin well now and do a good job!" After overcoming the language difficulties in Keri, azizi became a third-class technician through technical training, leading a team of 9 people.
Southern Xinjiang has long been ranked among the "three districts and three states" deep poverty-stricken areas in China. At the end of 2020, Xinjiang declared the historic elimination of absolute poverty. So far, the overall regional poverty in the four southern Xinjiang states has been completely eliminated. Since then, Xinjiang has promoted the consolidation and expansion of the achievements of poverty alleviation and the effective connection with rural revitalization. The characteristic benefits of rural industries in poverty-stricken areas have been continuously improved, and the employment situation of poverty-stricken laborers has remained stable.
In southern Xinjiang, the reporter found that there are many examples of changing from farmers to industrial workers like Karri in azizi. Employment is the most basic livelihood. In recent years, Xinjiang is clearly employment-oriented, and has increased its support for labor-intensive industries such as intensive processing of agricultural and sideline products, textile and garment manufacturing, and electronic product assembly in four southern Xinjiang prefectures. A large number of central and eastern enterprises have settled in southern Xinjiang, which has promoted the high-quality development of the local economy, promoted employment and created new economic growth points. What followed was a great change in the income structure of farmers in southern Xinjiang.
Yan Xueqin, an associate professor at the School of History and Society of Xinjiang Normal University, found that from 2020 to 2023, the income structure of farmers in southern Xinjiang has changed greatly. An obvious sign is that the wage income is close to half, while the production of operational income (traditional planting and breeding) has been reduced to about 35%.
Non-agricultural income is high, and the purchasing power of farmers in southern Xinjiang has improved significantly. "At the beginning of the factory, there were only two or three private cars parked in the yard, and now there are hundreds." Nurni sahan Yasen, a post-95 employee of Xinjiang Jinghe Textile Technology Co., Ltd. located in Hotan area, said that she is now the director of the clothing workshop with a monthly income of more than 8,000 yuan.
As the first industrial textile production base in the whole industrial chain in northwest China, the company has driven more than 5,000 people in Hotan area to obtain employment.
"The changes in the structure of farmers’ livelihood mode in southern Xinjiang have promoted the overall improvement of people’s ability and comprehensive quality. A large number of farmers have mastered the basic skills to adapt to the external society, can better find their own position in the market system, and their self-confidence has been greatly improved." Yan Xueqin analyzed.
The enthusiasm for employment is high, and exchanges and exchanges are accelerating, which has triggered a series of "chemical reactions". For example, Caohu Town, where Dongchunxing Group is located, has greatly developed its textile industry, and its population has increased from about 10,000 in the early days to more than 20,000, and its infrastructure construction has been greatly optimized. This path, which is driven by industrial enterprises and realizes urbanization nearby, has created a unique way for the southern Xinjiang region to promote urbanization.
Practice has once again proved that development is the key to solving all problems.
In recent years, the policies of the state and the autonomous region to support the development of southern Xinjiang have been gradually implemented and promoted, with remarkable results. Especially from the Kashgar Comprehensive Bonded Zone to the Kashgar area of China (Xinjiang) Pilot Free Trade Zone, these comprehensive and long-term policy support is an important driving force for the rapid economic and social development in southern Xinjiang, which has effectively promoted the people of all ethnic groups in southern Xinjiang to share the development dividend.
Industry is the foundation of high-quality development in southern Xinjiang. Looking at the land of southern Xinjiang, the wheels of expressways are spinning, industrial projects are speeding up, opening up to the outside world is expanding, and the border crossings are crowded. The banks of the Tahe River and the Kunlun Mountains are developing with high quality. The industries of grain, oil, cotton, fruits and vegetables and livestock products in southern Xinjiang are in good condition, and the "eight industrial clusters" have become an important engine for high-quality development.
Happily, tourism is becoming an important engine of high-quality economic development in southern Xinjiang, and more people out of poverty are achieving stable employment through tourism.
In the cold winter, the popularity of the ancient city of Kashgar has not diminished, and the guests at Hotan night market seem to come … … In recent years, southern Xinjiang has vigorously developed tourism resources, and a three-dimensional transportation network has gradually formed in and out of southern Xinjiang, which has significantly reduced the cost of tourists entering Xinjiang. At present, according to the historical trend of the Silk Road and the current east-west traffic corridor, Xinjiang is building a tourism ring of "Silk Road Culture and Folk Customs Around the Tower" with circular traffic as the skeleton and vertical and horizontal desert highway system as the support, and deeply integrating the tourism resources around Tarim Basin.
This series of infrastructure and planning norms have created unique conditions for people in southern Xinjiang to eat "tourist meals" at their doorstep. Daoxiang Village, Hanairike Town, Hotan County, has become a tourist village with folk characteristics, combined with the Millennium rice planting culture. The villagers seized the opportunity to get rich and started restaurants and homestays in succession. The villager Pattimi Maitikasmu started an embroidery workshop with ingenuity and named it "Ruyi Embroidery Workshop". She said that the name stands for "Happy Life".
The "three forces" once seriously threatened the lives and property safety of people in Xinjiang, especially in southern Xinjiang. Today, the stable dividend continues to be released, and southern Xinjiang is stable, while southern Xinjiang is prosperous. The long-term stability of the social environment has laid a solid foundation for the prosperity of all industries in southern Xinjiang and conserved the momentum of sustainable development.
"Building a factory in Hotan is a business environment where you can invest with confidence, operate with peace of mind and concentrate on development." Li Yuan, executive director and general manager of Xinjiang Huoshaoyun Lead-Zinc Mine Co., Ltd., said that Hetian area is rich in non-ferrous metal resources such as lithium, lead and zinc. Developing and making good use of these resources can effectively help the local economy and society achieve high-quality development.
The reporter found that the people in southern Xinjiang are particularly disgusted with the so-called "forced labor" lies against the hostile forces of the United States and Western countries. But can lies hinder the progress of southern Xinjiang? People in southern Xinjiang responded by quoting a Uygur proverb: "Dogs are barking, but camels are still holding their heads high."
The change of women’s status:
Go out of the house and show "her strength"
Twenty-nine-year-old Hariguri Maiti Tursun is sitting opposite the reporter, with exquisite makeup, fashionable clothes, smiling and calm and generous.
Hairi Guli is a native of Qira County, Hotan area. Her parents and three sisters are farming in the countryside. She once thought that she would live her life like this: early marriage, early childbearing, housework, taking care of children, and dividing land around an acre. It is rare to go to the county. In southern Xinjiang, this was once the "fate" of many women.
But the seeds of dreams have met the fertile soil of the times.
"I got married very early." Speaking of this matter, Hai Ri Gu Li is quite shy. Her husband is Maimai Ti Tuo Heti Maimai, a young man from Muji Town, Pishan County who works together. My husband has studied cooking, and the special fried noodles are the best. After getting married, the couple felt that the times were changing, and there were more people working and starting businesses in rural areas. They decided to open a restaurant in Hotan City. The store is small, but the business is good. After saving some money, Hari Guli told Maimai Ti Tuo Heti about her desire to learn the national common language.
"If you don’t understand the language, you can learn the language well. In the future, I can help the restaurant grow bigger and the children go to school." Hai Riguli said.
Mai Mai Ti Tuo Heti has always been very supportive of his wife’s idea, and immediately signed up for her class. The monthly tuition fee is 1200 yuan. After studying for one year, there is no problem in communicating with people. During the COVID-19 epidemic, the music restaurant invested by the couple lost money, but they were optimistic and reopened after the epidemic. Hairi Guli operated Yuqiao Fast Food Restaurant in Hotan City, while Maimai Ti Tuo Heti operated the newly opened magnetic noodle noodle restaurant in Muji Town in 2023.
Maimai Ti Tuo Heti likes to film Tik Tok and promote his own restaurant. Hai Ri Gu Li pondered it over and discussed it with her husband. She wanted to attend short video production training in Urumqi to improve the shooting and editing effect in Tik Tok, and her husband agreed.
Now, Mai Mai Ti Tuo Heti is in charge of shooting, while Hai Ri Gu Li is in charge of editing and packaging. Their Tik Tok "Hotan Yuqiao Fast Food Restaurant" vividly shows the special kidney fried noodles and pigeon fried noodles featured by the two restaurants. "Now there are more and more repeat customers, and there are tourists who come to Hotan to travel." Hai Riguli said.
The market is the best teacher. After several years of hard work, Hai Riguli is no longer the introverted girl who was afraid to talk to people. She is very clear about her family planning: "Two daughters, one in primary school and the other in kindergarten, are the best schools in Hotan City. We will work hard for two or three years to earn more money. We will buy a house in Urumqi and move our registered permanent residence so that their children can receive better education, so that they can go to college outside Xinjiang."
"Two restaurants, which one of you is in charge?" The reporter asked.
"The QR codes of the two restaurants are hers." The husband, who seldom talks, blurted out a sentence at this moment, and Heiri Guli covered her mouth and smiled.
For a long time, the idea that men are superior to women is serious in southern Xinjiang, and the majority of women are bound in the family. Once upon a time, under the influence of religious extremism, rural women in southern Xinjiang could not even show their faces. Nowadays, from Hotan to Kashgar, from Kezhou to Aksu, more and more southern Xinjiang women go out to study skills, or get jobs or start businesses. They have a stable income and realize that knowledge and skills can change their lives. They realize that the world outside their homes is beautiful, and many of them have even become the "pillars" of the economy at home. At the same time, the number of women taking driver’s licenses in southern Xinjiang is increasing day by day.
The social manifestation of the great changes in southern Xinjiang is that the majority of women in southern Xinjiang can participate in normal work as well as men, forming a large-scale dual-employee family. Countless women in southern Xinjiang are improving their family status and social status by improving their economic status.
Ayshemhan Maitinouri, a villager in Hotan Economic New Area and Anxin Village, now lives a regular life: getting up early, washing, preparing breakfast, sending the children to school, and riding a battery car with her husband to work in Shengshi Huaqiang Facility Agricultural Base.
Learn to grow tomatoes, peppers, cowpeas and other vegetables, contract 25 vegetable greenhouses, manage 17 employees, and earn more than 6,000 yuan per month … … These changes, Aishem Khan once dared not even think about it. "In the past, women turned around the pot and could not go out to work." Aishem Khan proudly said, "I earn more money than him now."
In southern Xinjiang, you can feel the powerful "her power" everywhere.
Mairifukizi Mi Jiti is a villager in Yangqimaili Village, Akto Town, Akto County. After graduating from college, she applied to Kashgar Jiangguoguo Agricultural Science and Technology Co., Ltd., located in Shufu County, and became a salesman.
"When I arrived at the company, I discovered that life is so colorful." Mairifu Kezi said.
I attended product fairs all over the country, promoted the company’s products, and studied in Guangzhou and Shenzhen. During this period, I was hired as the image ambassador of the first consumer-assisted New Year Live Festival in Longgang District, Shenzhen. For more than three years, with a flexible mind and a serious attitude, Mairifu Kezi quickly stood out and became the backbone employee of the sales department, and the company also distributed shares to her. Now, with salary income plus year-end bonus and company dividend, Mai Rifu Kezi’s annual income has exceeded 200,000 yuan.
Who says women are not as good as men?
In 2022, Nurimanguli Kasmu, a villager from Kanter Arik Village, Setili Township, Yengisha County, passed the exam in six days and became the first female plant protection pilot with a certificate in the village. The power of example is infinite. Nurimanguli "took the fly" to many sisters in the village. They joined the entrepreneurial team of drone female flying hands to serve tens of thousands of acres of farmland in the village. Sisters have also changed from traditional growers to new farmers who are full of science and technology.
During this trip to southern Xinjiang, the reporter also had a strong feeling — — Uighur rural women are becoming more and more beautiful.
Uygur women are particularly fond of beauty by nature. Jing Shangjing, a famous Japanese writer, once wrote in his book Journey to the Western Regions: "Only Uighurs (women) wear dyed pattern clothes in China." However, in the past few years, under the influence of extremist ideas, rural areas in southern Xinjiang "can’t laugh at weddings and cry at funerals", and women are even more afraid to wear bright and beautiful costumes. Nowadays, the society is stable, harmonious, open and inclusive, and more and more rural women go out to the society. With economic income, they are more qualified to release their love for beauty, make up beautifully and dress brightly. The most memorable thing is their self-confident beauty.
When I first met Ainur Mamuti, she had just returned from a trip to Sanya.
"Do you travel to Sanya at your own expense?"
"It is the company’s reward for excellent agents."
Ainur is in his early forties. He lives in Kumu Airike Village, Keke Tiereke Township, Pishan County, and runs a beauty salon in the village. In a small shop of less than 20 square meters, many women from the village patronize it every day, dyeing it with a new hair color and putting on a beautiful light makeup … …
She told reporters that it was only an unattainable dream for her to open a beauty salon because of family ties. "Now the social atmosphere has completely changed." Ainur said that rural girls have broadened their horizons and changed their concepts, and the spirit of self-esteem, self-confidence, self-reliance and self-improvement has been deeply rooted in their hearts. "Now, we are our own masters and the most beautiful stars in the village. As long as we work hard and study hard, the days will be sweeter in the future. "
In Qianjin Village, Naizerbagh Town, Kashi City, Buayishamu Abdul Reyimu’s "Beautiful Hair Salon" is well-known, with hairdressing, makeup, styling and dress rental. With superb technology and enthusiastic service, the 95-square-meter store is full of customers every day.
In the past three years, she has recruited 15 women from surrounding villages as apprentices, and 8 of them have started their business in various villages and towns in Kashgar. "Beautiful hair salon" has transformed Buayishamu from a full-time rural housewife into a professional woman and a leader of the masses to get rich. Now she is also the part-time vice chairman of the Kashgar Women’s Federation.
"The love of beauty is a woman’s nature. In the past, everyone hid their love for beauty, but today it is different. Women in southern Xinjiang have gone out of their homes and entered the workplace, and they have the courage and confidence to pursue beauty. " Buayishamu told the sisters in the village that the love of beauty is not the patent of city people, and the love of beauty of girls in our village is not bad at all.
The change of spirit:
Cultural identity refines "the power of mind"
There is a Kurban Tulum Memorial Hall in Tuogerigazi Village, Tuogerigazi Township, Yutian County, Hotan area. The historical photos and documents are quietly displayed, telling a touching story: In 1950s, Kurban Tulum, a farmer from Hotan, wanted to ride a donkey to Beijing to visit Chairman Mao in gratitude for the Communist Party of China (CPC).
In the memorial hall, there are an endless stream of visitors. The precious spiritual wealth left by Uncle Kuban has infected generations of cadres and masses in southern Xinjiang, inspiring them to forge a sense of community of the Chinese nation.
When Uncle Kuban lived, it was impossible to ride a donkey to Beijing. In the end, he entered Beijing by train. On November 17th, 2023, Abu Sameti Keremu, a young man from Yingwustan Township, Kashgar City, gave Uncle Kuban a dream. After 280 days, he walked more than 5,000 kilometers to Tiananmen Square to watch the flag-raising ceremony. His inspirational story caused a sensation all over the Internet.
On the Internet, Abu Sameti named himself "Hiking Abu". He told reporters: "I have heard the story of Uncle Kuban riding a donkey to Beijing since I was a child. This time, I walked to realize my dream. First, I helped Uncle Kuban realize his dream, and I also wanted to bring my hometown people’s love for the motherland to Beijing."
On the way to Beijing, Abu Sameti was not smooth sailing. But the scenery along the way and a new understanding of the mountains and rivers of the motherland, the care and support of online and offline friends, let him go forward bravely. "I got a lot of help along the way, felt the great unity of the Chinese nation, and the blessings of my hometown people. These are my greatest motivation."
In the hearts of the people in southern Xinjiang, the capital Beijing is a symbol of the great motherland.
It was Beijing that helped build Hotan. From the construction of cultural facilities such as cultural centers, libraries, museums, to the creation of literary and artistic masterpieces such as Five Stars Going Out of the East, we have also carried out in-depth "soil-moistening projects" for young people, and continued to hold various activities such as "I have a home in Beijing" and "Love the motherland and enter Beijing" summer camp. In November 2023, it also helped hotan teachers college to set up "one hospital and three centers", namely, Yutian College.
"Cultural identity is the deepest identity. In Hotan, I can deeply understand the profound connotation, charm and influence of Chinese civilization and Chinese excellent traditional culture. We will work together to continue the Chinese context in Hotan and promote the creative transformation and innovative development of Chinese excellent traditional culture. " Li Zhi, deputy secretary of the Hotan prefectural committee, secretary of the Party Committee of Beijing Aid Xinjiang Hotan Command and commander, said.
In southern Xinjiang today, the work of building a strong sense of community of the Chinese nation is being effectively carried out in a tangible way, providing a more powerful value guide for the people of southern Xinjiang to unite and struggle.
In the coming winter vacation, a group of Kashgar children will go to Shanghai to study and exchange. They are award-winning authors of the "Magic Pen and Good Horse" Cup "Chinese Creation Myth" theme painting and calligraphy competition. This calligraphy and painting contest is the first season of a series of activities "Love the beauty of Chinese civilization" planned by the Shanghai counterpart support headquarters in Xinjiang.
Calligraphy and painting, reading club, recitation performance … … "The Chinese myth of creation is the spiritual root of the Chinese nation and the ‘ Origin ’ One of the important elements, Kunlun Mountain, is located in southern Xinjiang. Planning this activity is to hope that the children in Kashgar will understand the rich spiritual strength contained in the Chinese creation myth story through in-depth understanding. " Meng Qingyuan, deputy secretary of Kashi District Committee and commander-in-chief of Shanghai counterpart support Xinjiang work front headquarters, came to talk.
Under the guidance of the Party’s general plan of governing Xinjiang in the new era, the work of "depolarization" has achieved remarkable results in southern Xinjiang today, and the cultural power to moisten Xinjiang is dynamic and generate, and the patriotic enthusiasm of the people in southern Xinjiang is even more intense.
It’s late winter, and it’s freezing in southern Xinjiang. However, what the reporters have heard and witnessed is a brand-new spirit of cadres and masses of all ethnic groups in southern Xinjiang. They are more confident, more active and more energetic. This is the enthusiasm for forging ahead in the new era and new journey, and it is the "power of the heart" condensed in the consciousness of the Chinese national community.
There was a video that showed a Tik Tok blogger riding in shache county when he met local students who had just left school. When asked about their nationality, a boy blurted out "Chinese nation" without hesitation, confident and loud.
The boy’s name is Yimiran Oblikasmu, and he is a primary school student in Huoshilafu Township, shache county. On November 21st, 2023, Yi Miran came to Shanghai in the performance of "Pusha is deeply in love and draws Xinjiang together" in 2023. He told everyone that since kindergarten, the school teachers have educated everyone that there are 56 ethnic groups in China, and we are all members of the Chinese nation. Therefore, when asked what nationality he was, he blurted it out and the audience applauded for a long time.
"Young people’s wisdom makes the country wise, young people’s wealth makes the country rich, and young people’s strength makes the country strong … …” Children in Aldee Village, Bostam, Lasqui Town, Hotan City were dressed in white double-breasted jackets with the word "China" striking on their chests. They recited Liang Qichao’s "Young China" in chorus, full of youthful spirits and thunderous applause from the audience.
This is a party in Aldee Village, Bostam, which the reporter experienced personally. That night, the venue of the village Committee was packed, with recitation, dance and sitcom … … All the programs are written and performed by villagers. Although the costumes are not exquisite, the contents are brilliant. The Journey to the West, a short dubbing play, is the villagers’ favorite performance — — The Tang Priest is kind-hearted, Wukong is full of heroic spirit, Bajie is naive, and the Buddha Guanyin method is solemn … … There are at least five groups of "Tang Priests and Apprentices" in the village. Although the performance is not professional, the audience below clapped their hands red — — It’s hard to imagine that this village was once famous for its chaos.
Yu Haifeng, secretary of Hotan Municipal Party Committee, watched the party with reporters. This situation changed from chaos to governance. Compared with the past and the present, he had mixed feelings and slowly said eight words: "As long as you work hard, you will change!"
Yes, in the process of solidly promoting the practice of Chinese-style modernization in Xinjiang, after the baptism of the great power of the modern civilization of the Chinese nation, great changes are taking place in southern Xinjiang.
The natural environment in southern Xinjiang is poor, the industrial base is weak, and long-term stability has a long way to go … … But as long as we work hard, it will change and let the world see a stable, harmonious, righteous and full of hope in southern Xinjiang.
Count the great changes in southern Xinjiang, but also look at the present!
