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VILLAGES | 村寨

Shangzhai, Funing:

“beautiful economy”

invigorates border village

富宁上寨村：

边境村寨绿美“蝶变”

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Shangzhai, an unincorporated village in Tianpeng Town, Creative murals, colorful Today, Shangzhai has planted
Funing County, Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous footpaths, newly furnished folk more than 3,000 mu of Chinese
Prefecture, is known among surrounding villages as a village residences scattered at the foot of medicinal herbs such as dendrobi-
of happiness and common prosperity. the mountain... When you come to um, sealwort, and Paris polyphylla,
Shangzhai, you will see the slopes as well as more than 650 mu of
文山壮族苗族自治州富宁县田蓬镇上寨村小组声名在外，被周 covered with green fir trees, me- apples and pears. Liao Shibing told
dicinal herbs growing under the fir our reporters, “To date, our village
边村寨羡慕地称“幸福村”“共同富裕村”。
trees, and farmlands well irrigated. has achieved an economic income
In the pastoral beauty, you can also of more than 10 million yuan (US$
sense a modern touch. Here, you 1.4 million). The villagers have
can not only experience farming cumulatively received dividends of
pleasure in the greenhouses and more than 7 million yuan (US$ 1.08
fruit picking areas, but you can also million), and the size of our village
spend some quality time with your collective economy has reached
children in the vast parent-child more than 4 million yuan (US$
amusement area. 0.56 million).” In September 2022,
In 2018, following the example of Shangzhai turned a plot of its idle
Party branch secretary Liao Shibing, land into a parent-child amusement
who became rich by planting Chi- area, which has received more than
nese medical herbs, other villagers 20,000 visits by the 2023 Spring
also began to plant Chinese medical Festival, bringing in more than 27
herbs. Soon, Shangzhai incorporated million yuan cumulatively.
Funing Shangzhai Agricultural De- “These years we’ve been pursu-
velopment Co Ltd and built public ing the ‘beautiful economy’, and we
facilities such as hotels, restaurants, are full of confidence for the future!
supermarkets, and bacon workshops, As more and more tourists come
all of which have brought in consid- to our village, the size of our col-
erable profits. lective economy continues to grow.
Now, the countryside is becoming a
strong magnet for people,” said Liao
excitedly.