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40 YEARS ON | BIJIE, GUIZHOU 40 YEARS ON | PEOPLE Exhunter preserves Rural tourism helps Bijie bloom ethnic skills in Tibet City famed for By PALDEN NYIMA and ple have been benefiting from its sea of azaleas DAQIONG in Manling, Tibet roads, education, living condi tions, hygiene and food.” fosters industry Dawa is an ethnic Lhopa For instance, in their days man living in the Tibet auton on the mountain, the Lhopas to lift incomes omous region’s Manling, a had only one doctor who lived county with a long history in in a distant village and was growing medicinal plants and capable of treating only minor By YANG JUN developing Tibetan medicinal diseases. in Bijie, Guizhou, science. Midwives assisted in births and LI YANG in Beijing Surrounded by the snow at home, frequently resulting capped mountains of Nying in infant injuries and deaths, Named for its sea of azalea chi and with dense forests in he recalled. flowers, the Baili Azalea the center — a lush, green land Now, in Manling, the Lho Administrative Zone, com filled with fruit trees — the pas have a village clinic. With prising 68 villages across county is home to the small insurance, their medical some 700 square kilometers ethnic group of which Dawa is spending is also partly cov of hilly land in Bijie, Guizhou a part. ered, Dawa said. His family province, is an experimental The Lhopas have been living now has a reasonable income. zone in a core poverty allevia in the Himalayan region since An increasing number of tion area. ancient times. Today it is home tourists inspired Dawa to start The zone has struck a bal to more than 3,000. his own Lhopa costume busi ance between ecological pres “We used to live on the ness in 2008. ervation and economic mountain and in the forest. It contributes to his family’s growth by boosting sightsee We had no livestock and only income, but for him it express ing and cultural experience limited fields for planting es how much he values culture tourism. corn. We had a miserable life and history. Rural tourism has created suffering from hunger and dif “Few people can still make 46,000 jobs for residents, ficulties,” said Dawa, who is in our costumes. Our culture most of whom would other his early 50s. needs to catch up with wise work far from home as A tourist and her daughter dressed in traditional clothes pose for a photo in the Baili Azalea Administrative Zone in Bijie, Guizhou Like his ancestors, Dawa changes,” Dawa said, noting migrant laborers, according province. QU HONGLUN / CHINA NEWS SERVICE was a hunter’s son. He lived on that the Lhopa clothing is list to the local government. the mountain before the ed as a regional intangible cul Last year, tourists from 1980s. ture heritage. home and abroad made Changes in Bijie’s impoverished population and industrializing local cul At that time, life was hard. Dawa learned the skills 798,000 visits to the zone — and poverty rate, 2011-17 ture. Fuyuan village, for Having lived in simple wood from elders while living on the which has 16 characteristic example, was one of the first en shack, his family often suf mountain. Nowadays, howev villages, more than 20 scenic 2017 724,600 8.89% to be distinguished for its eth fered from hunger. er, obtaining genuine materi spots, 391 restaurants and 2016 924,400 13.35% nic characteristics, while the In 1985, the Lhopas were als — animal skins and fur — is homestays and 6,700 beds for 2015 1,154,500 16.48% Yi ethnic group’s floral sacri relocated to the valley with the a challenge. travelers — generating reve fice ceremony has been recog support of the government, Instead of hunting, artificial 2014 1,389,900 19.75% nue of 585 million yuan Guizhou nized as Bijie’s intangible and they were provided new materials available in the mar ($84.3 million) and helping 2013 1,669,700 23.94% cultural heritage, and tradi houses, fields and livestock. ket are purchased. Some peo increase average household 2012 2,070,400 29.95% tional torch festival has According to Dawa, 80 people ple use stored animal skins income by 10,600 yuan a year. become a major tourist draw. in 18 households were relocat and furs that they hunted dec 2011 2,500,500 35.54% The zone’s administrative Bijie Thanks to effects of rural ed from remote mountain are ades ago while living on the committee is working with Note: The poverty line is annual personal income of 2,300 yuan ($330). tourism on poverty relief, the as to Tsedro village in 1985. mountain. travel companies and farm Source: Bijie government data CHINA DAILY Baili zone was named one of Since then, the number of In addition to costume ing cooperatives to manage China’s 280 tourism poverty households has increased to making and collecting herbs, tourism resources. alleviation demonstration 41, with more than 190 people. Dawa’s family raises Tibetan The committee focuses on which locals have grown for year for farmers like Zhao, to on local officials to further projects. Dawa is one of the Lhopas pigs. Last year, his family’s improving infrastructure generations, and have created equip them with the skills they improve public services, par The zone is only one exam who benefited from the income was more than 60,000 facilities and public services, packages for tourists to expe need for their new lifestyles, ticularly in healthcare, educa ple of Bijie’s poverty allevia change. He worked as a village yuan ($8,650). while the companies and rience the planting and har and are constantly improving tion, infrastructure and tion endeavors. Since 1988, official for many years and According to the Manling cooperatives run and pro vest seasons firsthand. management and services. hygiene. when the State Council ear now is a respected maker of government, GDP reached 1.4 mote scenic spots. The city government has Xiao Tianyao, 92, from Lu Experts said the seamless marked the city as a national Lhopa costumes. billion yuan last year, 321 All stakeholders have resettled poor residents from zhou, Sichuan province, convergence of management poverty alleviation experi “Thanks to the relocation, times that of 1978. Revenues in attached great importance to remote, highaltitude areas to stayed with her daughter in experience, capital, land and mental area, Bijie’s impover our livelihoods improved dra 2017 were 123 million yuan, raising environmental aware the foot of the mountains, the Baili zone from more than labor resources are the key ished population has shrunk matically,” he said. “We had a dramatically up from 175,000 ness and encouraging resi where transportation is more a month over the summer. factor that has helped by 5.94 million (about fair opportunity to benefit yuan in 1978. dents to protect the local convenient. She told Bijie Daily, “I didn’t increase farmers’ incomes 700,000 people still live below from modern conveniences Dawa said costumemaking ecology. “The living environment is anticipate finding a perfect and raised agricultural out the poverty line), and the pov and technology, and our peo is important work. For him Companies and coopera much better. I didn’t expect combination of cool weather, put efficiency. erty rate has dropped from and his people, the traditional tives evaluate and rate the that my family could move fresh air, beautiful scenery, Companies and coopera 65.1 percent to 8.89 percent. Lhopa dress is beautiful, and zone’s restaurants and home into a new threestory house, modern facilities, considerate tives are making joint efforts In Bijie, the average person the younger generations can stays in terms of their facili equipped with running water services and hospitable peo to extend the industrial chain al disposable income in rural read their history in the cloth ties, management and and electricity, without pay ple in such a remote, inland, of rural tourism by building areas has risen from 182 yuan ing. services, pushing businesses ing a thing,” said Zhao Anyou, mountainous area as Bijie.” workshops to process and per year in 1987 to 8,473 yuan As the sky was darkening to rectify any problems. one of 116 people relocated She added that she hopes to produce agricultural prod per year in 2017. Meanwhile, one afternoon, Dawa was Farmers have also planted from Yuanyan village to gov return to the area every sum ucts and tourist commodities, GDP has increased by 103 making a costume but found it about 3,000 hectares of flow ernmentsubsidized homes in mer. such as silk azaleas, tradition times. hard to see what he was doing, ers, fruits, mushrooms, herbs the town of Pudi. During a recent inspection al outfits and specialty foods. so he turned on an electric and other plants that are Cooperatives organize at of the zone, Zhou Jiankun, Authorities have paid spe Contact the writers at light. Instantly, the room was more profitable than corn, least five training sessions a Bijie’s Party secretary, called cial attention to protecting [email protected] filled with brightness and warmth. “I hope to pass on the tradi tion of Lhopa costumemak ing to my children and others Experts help farmers in Guizhou get more out of land in the village,” he said. “Next, I want to conduct a workshop By YANG JUN Moreover, the government professional agricultural said the plum trees, which of natural forests, and pay Dawa is dedicated to making to pass along the skills.” in Bijie, Guizhou provides startup capital to agents is the key factor.” take only two years to bear attention to planting forest the traditional costumes of the and LI YANG in Beijing buy saplings, seeds and fer Only professional pruning fruit, instantly increase resi and helping farmers cultivate Lhopa ethnic group. Contact the writers at tilizers for the farmers, as and using thread to pull the dents’ incomes. economic crops. We attach PALDEN NYIMA / CHINA DAILY [email protected] Luhua township in Bijie, well as subsidies to planters small branches in certain “The change in my home great importance to preserv Guizhou province, provides a of the economic crops, ways — to ensure the leaves town is apparent and has ing the ecology and environ good example on how to kill depending on the size of of the plum trees can enjoy been virtually instant. Rocky ment to ensure the model is two birds with one stone — their farm. as much sunshine as possi desert areas have shrunk and sustainable in the long run.” poverty alleviation and stop Zhao Shaoxiang, a physi ble — guarantee that the given way to flourishing In the past three years, ping desertification. cally challenged farmer from plums will develop fully, he orchards,” Peng said. Qianxi has turned 50.27 The township government Wanqing village who farms added. Li Xian, director of Qianxi square kilometers of rocky organized agricultural techni 0.5 hectares of mountain Peng Yong, a resident of county’s desertification con desert into forests, farmlands cians to help the farmers land, said his annual return nearby Shitong community, trol center, said: “We take care or orchards, Li said. plant economically viable per mu — a Chinese meas crops, such as plums, pump urement equal to one15th of kins, peppers, oilseed rape a hectare — increased from and soybeans, that are suita less than 2,000 yuan ($290) ble for local soil and water to about 5,000 yuan after conditions in the compara planting new crops under tively infertile mountain the guidance of expert tech farmland. The new crops are nicians. replacing corn, which farmers “I never expected the have cultivated extensively mountain farmland held such for generations. economic value,” Zhao said. New reservoirs have been “The government’s tailor built in the mountains to col made plan for our village has lect water for use in irrigation made a big difference in our during dry seasons, and gov lives over a short period of ernmentfunded soil time.” enhancement and afforesta Chen Biao, director of the tion help improve the region Wanqing village committee, al ecology and environment. said, “The engagement of the
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