Luzhou Gulixin Ten Thousand Acres of ‘Spring Snow’ Abundant Harvest
Sichuan News Network

Li Shu Hua Man Zhi Tou
March spring wind blowing, li flowers quietly bloom. On March 17, a reporter in Luzhou City, Gulixin County, Gulixin Town, Sichuan Province, saw that ten thousand acres of li flowers were blooming in competition, attracting people to be intoxicated, and clusters of li flowers blooming brilliantly, not only beautifying the countryside, but also foreshadowing that this year will be another year of abundant harvest.

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Entering Gulixin Town, the snow-white li flowers are everywhere, like ‘spring snow’ covering the mountains. Along the roads, the villagers’ houses and yards are full of countless li trees, and the flowers on the trees sway gently in the breeze, attracting swarms of bees to plunge into the flowers.
Three Dao Shui Village is located deep in the mountains. Although it is poor, li fruits are famous throughout the distance. ‘Li Ji Gong said that last year, my family’s income was nearly 300,000 yuan through planting crisp red li fruits. Compared with before, it’s about five times as much.’ Li Ji Gong said to the reporter, ‘It’s almost the same as before, so I don’t want to leave home and work.’
After many years, Three Dao Shui Village has transformed from a typical poor village into a livable and business-friendly ‘star village’.

Gulixin County Publicity Department staff told reporters that Gulixin Town is located in the Umon Mountains area, belonging to the typical karst landform. Early on, transportation was inconvenient, which was the main constraint on the village’s development. Three Dao Shui Village’s young people chose to work outside for ‘making a living’. Three Dao Shui Village became a typical ‘empty village’ as a result.
Thanks to the planting of crisp red li fruits, in 2016, Three Dao Shui Village helped 79 poor households to be completely lifted out of poverty, and the average annual income per household doubled or tripled.
From ‘monoculture’ to ‘integrated development’… When industry flourishes, all businesses flourish. To achieve rural revitalization, industrial prosperity is the foundation.
Gulixin County Party Secretary He Yi Yong told reporters that in the next step, Gulixin Town will actively explore the mechanism, path, and method of rural revitalization, and focus on building ‘industrial development type, leisure tourism type, and ecological protection type’ rural revitalization demonstration construction ‘Gulixin model’. With points to cover the whole area, comprehensively promote it, and vigorously cultivate various types of rich models.
‘We are now copying the experience of Three Dao Shui Village to surrounding villages.’ Gulixin Town Party Secretary He Yi Yong said. ‘Beautiful countryside is not only in scenery. How to turn ‘beautiful scenery’ into ‘beautiful economy’ is what they have been thinking about.’
‘From ‘single planting’ to ‘integrated development’… When industry flourishes, all businesses flourish. To achieve rural revitalization, industrial prosperity is the foundation.”
‘Beautiful countryside is not only in scenery. How to turn ‘beautiful scenery’ into ‘beautiful economy’ is what they have been thinking about.’