On March 17, as the vernal equinox approached, General Secretary Xi Jinping visited Zhaoxing Dong Village, Liping County, Qiandongnan Prefecture, Guizhou Province for inspection and investigation.

The thousand-year-old Dong village, a fire pit is warm and several benches are closely connected. General Secretary Xi Jinping sat together with village cadres and village representatives to discuss the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside. Everyone, with your words, rushing to tell the General Secretary about the changes in villages and happy lives in recent years.

General Secretary Xi Jinping said happily that from your narration and your expression, it can be seen that the villages are thriving over the years. Tourism is a big industry now, and rural tourism is in full swing. Ethnic areas should retain their own unique culture and further highlight its brilliance in the integration of culture and tourism. I wish your days will become more and more prosperous!

This scene reminds people of the fact that on November 3, 2013, in Shibadong Village, Xiangxi, Hunan, the General Secretary cordially held the hand of Miao elder sister Shi Basan, asked the family about their life and calculated the income and expenditure together.

The left picture was taken by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xie Huanchi; the right picture was taken by Xinhua News Agency reporter Lan Hongguang.

At that time, the goal of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects was proposed less than a year. "Without a well-off society in poor areas, there will be no comprehensive building of a well-off society." Poverty alleviation is the key word of that inspection.

Now, the five-year transition period has reached the last year to effectively connect the consolidation and expansion of poverty alleviation achievements with rural revitalization. "The most difficult and arduous task is still in the countryside." How to open the "New Countryside Chapter" has attracted much attention.

The General Secretary went deep into ethnic areas for investigation and investigation, and sat around and exchanged with local people, which was full of profound meaning.

Sitting around and talking, warmth is the deepest feeling of the villagers.

The villagers of Shibadong Village cannot forget it, and General Secretary Xi Jinping came to the village along the rugged mountain road. "I am the people's servant", "You are the eldest sister"... A cordial exchange of love fills the Miao village and warms people's hearts.

The villagers of Zhaoxing Dong Village were still immersed in excitement, and the General Secretary and everyone sat shoulder to shoulder with each other and had a close exchange. "The guy is very warm in his heart." said the person who participated in the exchange.

Two traveled thousands of miles, twice to ethnic areas, and sat with the villagers. In the happy picture of Chinese modernization, there are not only high-rise buildings and cutting-edge technology, but also rural warmth and fireworks on earth.

Sitting around and talking, we are planning a more and more prosperous life.

"The General Secretary opened my granary and asked me if I had enough food? Do I plant fruit trees? Do I raise pigs? He also walked to the pig pen to see if the pigs I raised were fat." To this day, Shi Basan still remembers the scenes of the General Secretary coming.

"Let's get you a few legs." During the exchange with the villagers, General Secretary learned about the specific situation of Shibadong Village. The General Secretary proposed countermeasures, "A household raises a few black pigs, a yellow cow, and a few goats, which can always be done." During that inspection, General Secretary Xi Jinping first mentioned "targeted poverty alleviation." The spring breeze blows from the Miao villages in the deep mountains and the villages.

This time in the Dong village, there were the inheritors of the Dong nationality songs who organized a youth performance team, the batik craftsman who brought embroidery girls to become rich, and the college students who returned to their hometown to start a business who brought their hometown specialties to the broad market... We are the "main force" of the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside, and the "testers" of the "three rural" policies of the Party and the country.

Left picture: Recently, tourists have experienced intangible cultural heritage batik art in Zhaoxing Dong Village, Liping County (photo provided by the Propaganda Department of Liping County); right picture: This is the 2024 filmed embroidery girl making Miao embroidery products at the Miao embroidery rural revitalization demonstration base in Lizizhai, Shibadong Village (photo provided by the Propaganda Department of Xiangxi Prefectural Committee).

"The General Secretary is very kind", "The General Secretary listens very seriously to what we say", "Everyone says, the General Secretary responds"...

Ask questions clearly, take accurate measures, and plan far. Dong ethnic songs, batiks, drum towers... Inherit and carry forward these Dong ethnic cultures, there will be a steady stream of motivation for industrial development and rural comprehensive revitalization.

Sitting around and talking together is the strength to unite and work hard.

In Zhaoxing Dong Village, the place where General Secretary Xi Jinping communicates with his fellow villagers is an octagonal drum tower that has a history of hundreds of years.

We need to discuss our affairs and work hard for our cause.

From deeply impoverished villages to "national model for poverty alleviation", people in Shibadong Village say that it is the guidance of the General Secretary's thoughts that it has made the village "awaken". Everyone is working hard, without waiting or relying on others, and moves the poor mountains by themselves.

Now, in the drum tower in Dong Village, everyone is very excited and full of energy.

Left picture: Recently, people have sang a big song of the Dong ethnic group in the countryside of Zhaoxing Dong Village in Liping County (photo provided by the Propaganda Department of Liping County); right picture: This is the Shibadong Village Chief Table Banquet taken in 2023 (photo provided by the Propaganda Department of Xiangxi Prefectural Committee).

"From the Spring Festival to now, the sales of the Dong pipa we made have exceeded 100,000 yuan, which is expected to hit a new high." "Manage the batik experience store better, and drive more villagers to have work and make money." "Create a richer tourism format, increase the collective income of the village, and solve the employment at home."... Small visions connect the big picture of the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside.

The spring is chilly deep in the mountains, and this unique "symposium" is getting more and more enthusiastic, and everyone's heart is warm and bright.

Planning: Zhao Xinbing, Zhang Xiaosong

Chief writers: Gao Lei, Hu Mengxue, Wang Jun

Visual: Zhang Aifang, Bao Yuhan

Co-produced by Xinhua News Agency domestic and Guizhou Branch

Produced by Xinhua News Agency's First Studio