The clouds in the sky are dark, and the raindrops on the ground are heavy. With the clear children singing, "Mountains and Seas" started broadcasting. In the 1990s, under the guidance of the national poverty alleviation policy, the villagers of the impoverished Yongquan Village would rather live in cave dwellings handed down from their ancestors by eating relief grains and live in poverty than move. Move to Diaozhuang Village, a flat Gobi village with vast expanse of yellow sand, and create a beautiful new life.
? Poverty and backwardness are twins. The more stubborn, conservative and backward people’s thoughts are, the poorer and backward their lives will be. Director Zhang went to Yongquan Village to encourage the villagers to leave their hometown. What he saw and heard was nothing short of strange. Many things were ridiculous and unforgettable. An Yongfu from Anjiazhuang came to Yongquan Village to get married. As a result, Li Shuihua ran away secretly on the first day. The whole village was summoned to the village for a gang fight, and a murder was almost committed, which was quite heart-wrenching to watch. Debao bought fried cakes and yellow steamed buns for Mai Miao in a town near Diaozhuang Village. The two of them were chatting and eating happily. Unexpectedly, a naughty peer spied on them and secretly passed them on, which made me laugh.
? When you are poor, you want to change. When your thoughts change, the world will be new. Ma Defu and I are almost the same age. Looking at it, I can’t help but think of the development of Shendong Mining Area more than 30 years ago shortly after the reform and opening up. A tidal flat in the early stages of construction, the first generation of Shendong people endured difficult years. In the eyes of ordinary people, Shendong is Daliu Pagoda, and Daliu Pagoda is Shendong, which is 60 kilometers away from Shenmu County. In October 1989, I went to Daliu Pagoda for the first time. I said I was going to Daliu Pagoda, but in fact I didn’t go to Daliu Pagoda at all. At around six o’clock in the morning, we set off from Shenmu County to the north. After more than 6 hours of walking by bus, we arrived. Genghis Khan’s Mausoleum, we visited the cemetery for more than an hour, and then set off south to Daliu Pagoda, more than 40 kilometers, now 40 minutes’ drive, at that time we walked for three or four hours, and arrived at the live chicken on the west bank of the Ulan Mulun River At the top of Rabbit Mountain, the master stopped the car and said it. We got out of the car and took a look from a distance. We saw a large beach of Huangmaomao, dotted with some construction projects. The master pointed to the big willow tower on the other side of the river and explained to us: The Ulan Mulun River flows into the Yellow River from northwest to southeast, with a total length of about 180 kilometers. It is part of the dividing line between Shaanxi and Inner Mongolia. It originates from Inner Mongolia and flows through the sacred tree. It is the largest sacred tree. The river? Kuye River. The high earth-rock ridge rising along the river is the foundation of the railway under construction. Taking the railway as the boundary, Daliu Tower is divided into two parts: the east part is the aboriginal residents and commercial living area, and the west part is the Huaneng Clean Coal Company. Offices and staff accommodation. To the far south is the Daliuta Coal Mine under construction, and to the far north is the office building of Huaneng Clean Coal Shenfu Company, which is taking shape. Not far away, we saw a newly built bridge, which seems to have not yet been opened to traffic. , there are still some projects under construction, which are the current residential area, cultural and sports center, maintenance center, equipment management center and other units of the South Community. It turned out that the Daliu Pagoda that I was looking forward to was a pure big sand pagoda, and my heart suddenly felt cold. From the county seat to here, bypassing the Wulanmulun River, we have to pass through a town called Zhongji. Next, it takes most of a day one way, that is, seven or eight hours! In 1991, the Shenda Secondary Asphalt Highway was completed and opened to traffic. The shuttle bus takes about 3 hours, and the unit's private bus takes 1.5-2 hours. This is the first door to the world from Daliu Tower.
? In the early 1980s, before the development of Shendong, Daliuta was a tiny village with only more than 200 people. It was separated by the Ulanmulun River into a lonely wilderness with no cross-river. The bridge has difficult transportation, no communication facilities, no connection with the outside world, no industrial electricity, and no industrial or mining enterprises. Everything is original ecology. It is the town with the worst environmental conditions in Shenmu County where cadres are dispatched. Located on the edge of the Mu Us Desert, the climate environment is characterized by more and less, with more yellow sand, more wasteland, more storms, less vegetation, less rain, and less harvest. Because it is the border between Shaanxi and Inner Mongolia, the living habits are similar to those in Inner Mongolia. Although poor, people eat large amounts of meat and drink from large bowls, and intermarriage is frequent and is not tabooed.
Because of the harsh living environment, there are few people living along both sides of the river. In the winter of 1985, the clarion call for development came here. With Daliuta as the center, the proven reserves of underground clean coal were one of the eight largest coal fields in the world. The state planned to invest in the construction of coal production, integrating mining, electricity, roads, ports and shipping, and the country's Insightful people from all over the country came here in droves. I heard from the local elder sister Yang that when they were young, there were carbon towers all over the mountains and plains, the courtyard walls were made of carbon, and the pig pens, sheep pens, and cowsheds were all made of carbon blocks. In summer, flash floods broke out, and water floated on the Ulan Mulun River. It was all carbon, and the villagers made an appointment to salvage it collectively. In 1987, construction of No. 1 Bridge, the predecessor of the current Shendong Bridge, began. It was completed and opened to traffic at the end of 1989.
? Under the great attraction of the grand blueprint for the development and construction of Shenfu Coalfield, in May 1993, I was transferred as a family member to the Power Supply and Communications Department of Huaneng Clean Coal Mining Area, which is now the Guodian Daliuta Power Supply Station. There is a coal platform in Houliuta not far away. Every day when I go to and from work, the yellow wind carries coal dust. I wash my face at home and wipe my face with toilet paper when I go to work. The toilet paper is black. The windowsills in the office and at home are covered with coal dust. It was dark to the touch, and the water mopping the floor was pitch black. Sandstorms hit from time to time, lasting for three to five days. The sky and the earth are connected into one, and it is impossible to distinguish, open your eyes, open your mouth to talk and laugh, which makes it even worse. I couldn't help but sigh, it's obviously a big wind tower, why is it called the Big Willow Tower? I remember one time I went to Yulin to take an exam. On the way back, there was a sandstorm. The shuttle bus we took went near Sunjiacha. The sky was dark and the visibility was too low, only about ten meters. The wind was strong and the resistance was too strong. The shuttle bus He couldn't drive anymore, so he had to park on the side of the road for more than an hour. After the strong wind passed, the master drove the car and continued moving forward. One hundred and sixty-seven kilometers, the train normally departs at 6 a.m. and can arrive at around 12 noon. On that day, the wind was blowing, so the speed was even slower, and we didn’t get home until after 4 p.m. That sandstorm scraped off three transformers placed on stone platforms on the sandy slope, and knocked down 19 20-meter-high cement telephone poles. The power was restored to normal after three days of power outage, and the entire mining area centered on Daliu Tower was instantly restored to its original shape. , fell into trouble for a while.
? I have no choice but to go out after the rain. When I come back, I will be covered in mud and the uneven road will form countless puddles of different sizes, scattered like pearls on the ground, on the road, and in the corners. Corner, no matter how careful you are, you will inevitably slip and slip into a small puddle. Needless to say, you will splash muddy water when you walk. If there are many people on the road, splashing each other is unavoidable, and if a car, tricycle, or motorcycle comes over, it is inevitable. It's even worse if you don't use similar means of transportation. Mud water sprays directly into your face, and your clothes are stained instantly, so you must wash them.
The son who grew up in Daliuta said, you have built a modern small town in the desert. Yes, we have created Shendong with the spirit of hard work, pioneering pragmatism and striving to be first-class. There are many miracles, including the Daliuta Coal Mine, which was originally designed with an annual production capacity of 3 million tons. For more than 10 consecutive years, it has achieved the remarkable achievement of a single well output of more than 20 million tons. The company's annual production capacity exceeds 200 million tons, and it is a national leader in the field of coal production. , the world’s attention. Under the guidance of the five-high policy: high starting point, high technology, high quality, high efficiency and high benefit, generations of Shendong people have not forgotten their original aspirations and forged ahead. The Shendong community, which houses tens of thousands of people, has been rated as a national civilized community. In order to alleviate traffic congestion in the community, five large buses were built within 5 kilometers running from east to west, north to south, and inter-provincial buses were pioneered here. Shendong has now become the backbone coal production enterprise of the National Energy Group, with an annual production capacity of more than 200 million tons, a mining mechanization rate of 100, and the company's main indicators reaching the first domestic and world-leading level. It has created more than 100 new records among Chinese enterprises, obtained 1,210 authorized patents, and won 8 National Science and Technology Progress Awards. At the same time, the company was awarded the National May Day Labor Certificate, China Environment Award, National Quality Award, National Civilized Unit, Advanced Grassroots Party Organization of Central Enterprises and other honorary titles.
? Outstanding people, wherever the spring breeze of reform blows, it exudes vitality. Today, Daliuta, driven by Shendong Company, has become the largest town in northern Shaanxi with a permanent population of more than 80,000 people. It was once envied by the surrounding people as "Little Hong Kong".
It's still the same mountain, the same river. The bare "big sand tower" of the past has disappeared, and the wild sandstorm has nowhere to escape and nowhere to stand. The last time I had dinner with some friends, when we talked about sandstorms, everyone said in unison that they hadn't seen sandstorms in several years. That was something they remembered more than 20 years ago. A stranger who first arrived in Daliuta would never associate this small town with the "Coal City". If you don't go underground to visit, even if you stay here for three years, it will be difficult to find any trace of coal. There was no coal dust, and there was no prospect of seeing a lump of coal the size of your palm.
? Thousands of years have passed since the past, and looking back on the company’s reforms, plans, and breakthroughs over the past 30 years or so, it makes people excited and unable to calm down for a long time. My youth developed, grew and matured together with the hot land of Shendong. I closed my eyes and could vividly remember which unit was in which area from north to south, from west to east, and what buildings, trees, flowers and plants were around. Now, here is an office building that I am familiar with, colleagues and friends that I know well. Walking in the small garden, I can meet acquaintances inadvertently. The first generation of Shendong people, retired old workers, happily entered the University for the Elderly. Some learned dance, some learned calligraphy, some learned vocal music, and some learned Tai Chi, and lived a very elegant senior life. If there is a festive holiday, they gather together and form a voluntary performance troupe to provide the people in the mining area with a cheerful festive atmosphere and become unique scenery. The second generation of Shendong people are full of energy and enthusiasm. They drive their own cars and run freely in the land of Shendong every day, showing off their youth and showing off their talents. One night two years ago, I was coming out of the guitar class at the cultural and sports center. I met a colleague who was born in the 1980s and was walking in a hurry. She said that she had just finished learning Hulusi and went to the swimming pool to pick up her child. The child was studying in the "Blue Dolphin Project" free training class. swim. I can’t help but sigh with emotion. How lucky I am to be a Shendong person! The cultural life of the people in the small town is so rich! How happy the people here are! The water overflowed, and in their spare time, the employees used poems, songs, prose and novels to sing praises to Shendong, praise the motherland, and praise the party's kindness. On the big stage of Shendong, everyone is wonderful. Every little bit here has merged into my deep love for Shendong. I will never give up for decades. Shendong people are working hard to start a second business and are creating a world-class company with global competitiveness. We are making great strides on the road of becoming a demonstration enterprise, and we hope that Shendong’s sky will be bluer, the mountains will be greener, and the water will be clearer.
? Looking back on the past, we can see that in Xihaigu, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, with the support of the corresponding poverty alleviation policy, Ma Defu and others actively responded to the party’s call and overcame various difficulties, and just put the Gobi beach that had been sleeping for thousands of years It has turned into a vibrant vineyard, and has been deeply processed to produce famous pure and fragrant wine. The immigrants' income has increased day by day, and they have jumped from poverty in the past to leading a well-off life. Who would have thought that the grand scene in front of us was a prosperous scene that was unimaginable in our dreams 30 years ago. Ms. Zhang Yanling from Shendong Literary and Art Circles wrote this in her essay "Eternal Glory": Every day, rows of roaring locomotives carry black coal, sending power to the people who need it, and setting new records one by one to the world. Showing its vitality, at the same time, patches of green vegetation wrapped in quicksand's expectations extend green dreams to the outside world? Today, a barren land where quicksand was once flying has become the yearning of many people with ambitions. Sometimes, looking at the beautiful night view of Shendong, I can't believe it. Is this really a place called a mining area? Is this modern green mining area that is famous in China and very beautiful, and this national energy base with an annual output of nearly 200 million tons of coal what we originally wanted to build? Have we always adhered to our original intentions here? The 100th anniversary of the founding of the Party is celebrated by everyone. The 100th anniversary of the Communist Party of China is the 100th anniversary of the Communist Party of China’s determination to fulfill its original mission, the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, and the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. The Chinese people of all ethnic groups led by the Communist Party of China have gone through many hardships and continued to struggle, achieving the first centenary goal, building a moderately prosperous society in all respects on the land of China, historically solving the problem of absolute poverty, and moving towards a comprehensive development with high spirits. The second centenary goal of building a modern and powerful socialist country is moving forward.
The country is prosperous, the nation is rejuvenated, and the road to poverty alleviation and prosperity is broad, and no one is missing on the road to well-off society. My great Shendong, like Xihaigu, is the thousands of poor areas that are composing beautiful myths like black chickens turning into phoenixes. Standing at the intersection of two 100-year periods, I firmly believe that the people across the country who study the history of the Party, praise the Party’s grace, and follow the Party will surely move towards a more brilliant tomorrow.