In recent years, Fengtang Village, Mujia Street, Xingyi City, has continuously strengthened the construction of cultural infrastructure, actively explored new paths for rural governance, and made the village look new by carrying out civilized practice activities and promoting the change of customs and customs, and gradually improved the income and living standards of the villagers. Since November 2017, Fengtang Village has been awarded the 5th and 6th "National Civilized Villages and Towns" and other honors.
Fengtang Village, which has a history of more than 600 years, is also known as "Fengtang", which embodies people's yearning for "abundant food and clothing, living and working in peace and contentment". Fengtang Village is located in the west of Xingyi City, 15 kilometers away from the downtown, with convenient transportation, bordering Maling Street in the east, Gudang Shui Township in Fuyuan County, Yunnan Province in the west, connecting with Mujia Street Active Village in the south, and Qingshuihe Town in the north. There are 11 villager groups and 16 natural villages in the village, inhabited by Han, Buyi, Yi, Hui, Miao, Shui and other ethnic groups, with a total population of 7,290 people in 1,730 households.
Fengtang Village
Recently, the reporter walked into Fengtang Village, only to see a clean and tidy village with scattered houses, nestled in green mountains and green waters, with a beautiful and comfortable living environment.
"The village has changed a lot in recent years, the village has become more and more beautiful, the environment is also clean, and a cultural activity square has been built. After tea and dinner, our neighbors will come here for leisure and entertainment, and everyone's life is getting better and better. He Houlin, a villager from Fengtang Village who was entertaining on the cultural square after lunch, said.
Villagers relax in the cultural square
In order to retain the memory of the village, the village has built a village history museum, which displays the tools needed for the production and life of the ancestors for generations, and records the farming culture and development history of the village.
"In 2023, we built the village history museum, which has been fully improved so far, and villagers can visit it, which also enriches the cultural life of the masses." Liu Guangjin, deputy director of the village committee of Fengtang Village, Mujia Street, introduced.
Villagers visit the village history museum
"As a post-00s, I don't know much about the history of our village. With the village history museum, we can visit in our spare time, there are many old objects that reflect the farming culture, which can let us understand the village history and village conditions more clearly, and our generation should learn from the older generation and work together to build our village better and better. Zhao Fei, a villager in Fengtang Village, said.
Fengtang Village has a rich tourist landscape, in addition to the Biaoshui Cliff Canyon with waterfalls hanging overhanging, there is also a natural village full of mystery "Shilong Village" and so on.
Biaoshui Rock Waterfall
Biaoshui Cliff Canyon is located in the Daping Group of Fengtang Village, with towering trees and mild climate, which is a rare place with beautiful scenery. There are attractions such as Biaoshuiyan Waterfall, Porcupine Cave, Nitrate Cave, Sow Dragon Pond, Boar Dragon Pond and so on. Because of the good vegetation of Biaoshui Cliff, there were many porcupines in the past, and there were often porcupines to hide in the hole, so it has always been called the porcupine cave. According to the local people, this cave is very peculiar, the stalactites in the cave are craggy, the rock waterfall is stacked and undulating, the cave is spacious, the stone pillar is peculiar, and the big hole and small hole are like a labyrinth.
Fengtang Village Forest Green Group "Shilong Village", legend has it that there is a natural stone in the village, which resembles a dragon and is named. Due to the magic of nature, the natural stone dragon lies in the pond in the village, from head to tail with a total length of more than 10 meters, the dragon's head, the dragon's back, the dragon's tail, the dragon's feet are clearly visible, no matter the water is deep or shallow, it resembles a real dragon, which makes people all amazing. According to the elders of Fengtang Village, this stone dragon can hear the sound of "coaxing" from the dragon head in the dead of night from February to March. Therefore, on the second day of the second lunar month, on the day when the dragon raises its head, the villagers will kill the pig and worship the stone dragon, so that it can bless the good weather and the health and happiness of the villagers.
Villagers spontaneously carry out sacrificial activities
"During the flood season, the Soaring Water Cliff Waterfall is very distinctive, very majestic, many tourists will come here to check in and take Douyin, and the stone dragon of the Lin Green Group is lifelike, very beautiful, giving people a sense of mystery." Liu Guangjin said that in the future, Fengtang Village will make use of them and invigorate the village's tourism economy by attracting investment.
While consolidating the achievements of the establishment of national civilized villages, Fengtang Village also pays attention to industrial development. At present, the village has built a modern agricultural science and technology demonstration park, a total of more than 980 acres of land, mainly to adopt the "company + base + cooperative + farmer + market" development model, vigorously develop green pollution-free, organic vegetable planting and cold-water fish breeding based on the integration of production and marketing model, through the vegetable planting base demonstration driven, the annual training of farmers 500 people, driven by more than 100 farmers.
Fengtang Village Vegetable Base
"After our villagers transfer the land to the park, we can work in it to increase our income, and we can earn about 2,000 yuan a month, and we have been doing it for two years." Hu Jinying, a villager in Fengtang Village, told reporters.
With the improvement of supporting facilities and the improvement of rural civilization, Fengtang Village has gradually transitioned from a traditional agricultural village to a tourist village, and the business card of "National Civilized Village" is getting brighter and brighter.
The new look of Fengtang Village
"In the next step, we will combine the history and culture of the village, in accordance with the requirements of rural revitalization construction of 'prosperous industry, livable ecology, civilized rural customs, effective governance, and affluent life', continue to carry out the creation, consolidation and upgrading of national civilized villages, and build Fengtang Village into a harmonious, livable, civilized and happy beautiful village." Liu Guangjin said. (Author: Wei Tangmin, Lu Quanjiang Source: Xingyi Rong Media Center)
First Trial: Chen Yan
Re-examiner: Wei Wenjun
Final Judge: Ma Aly