国内英语资讯:China Focus: Leaving their cave dwellings behind, Ningxias ecological migrants embrace a b
<p><span word="YINCHUAN">YINCHUAN</span>, <span word="Aug">Aug</span>. 12-- <span word="Hai">Hai</span> <span word="Guobao">Guobao</span>, 62, <span word="an">an</span> <span word="ethnic">ethnic</span> <span word="Hui">Hui</span> <span word="minority">minority</span> <span word="farmer">farmer</span>, <span word="suffered">suffered</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="lack">lack</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="water">water</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="rural">rural</span> <span word="Xihaigu">Xihaigu</span>, <span word="northwest">northwest</span> <span word="China">China</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Ningxia">Ningxia</span> <span word="Hui">Hui</span> <span word="Autonomous">Autonomous</span> <span word="Region">Region</span>, <span word="until">until</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="volunteered">volunteered</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="relocated">relocated</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Minning">Minning</span> <span word="Township">Township</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2017.</p><p>"<span word="When">When</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="young">young</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="heard">heard</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Yellow">Yellow</span> <span word="River">River</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="elders">elders</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="never">never</span> <span word="seen">seen</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="myself">myself</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="imagine">imagine</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="yellow">yellow</span> <span word="color">color</span>," <span word="he">he</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="Xihaigu">Xihaigu</span>, <span word="an">an</span> <span word="impoverished">impoverished</span> <span word="mountainous">mountainous</span> <span word="region">region</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="south">south</span> <span word="Ningxia">Ningxia</span>, <span word="is">is</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="uninhabitable">uninhabitable</span> <span word="places">places</span>, <span word="renown">renown</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="harsh">harsh</span> <span word="environment">environment</span>.</p><p>"<span word="Droughts">Droughts</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="summer">summer</span>, <span word="floods">floods</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="autumn">autumn</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="freezing">freezing</span> <span word="cold">cold</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="winter">winter</span>. <span word="We">We</span> <span word="lived">lived</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mercy">mercy</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="climate">climate</span>." <span word="Hai">Hai</span> <span word="said">said</span>, <span word="poor">poor</span> <span word="harvests">harvests</span> <span word="plunged">plunged</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="villagers">villagers</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="severe">severe</span> <span word="poverty">poverty</span>.</p><p><span word="From">From</span> 2017 <span word="to">to</span> 2017, <span word="about">about</span> 10,000 <span word="residents">residents</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="six">six</span> <span word="villages">villages</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="mountainous">mountainous</span> <span word="areas">areas</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Xihaigu">Xihaigu</span> <span word="chose">chose</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="relocated">relocated</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Minning">Minning</span>, <span word="over">over</span> 300 <span word="km">km</span> <span word="away">away</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="ancestral">ancestral</span> <span word="homes">homes</span>.</p><p><span word="Minning">Minning</span>, <span word="located">located</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fertile">fertile</span> <span word="plains">plains</span>, <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="whole">whole</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="villagers">villagers</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="remote">remote</span> <span word="mountains">mountains</span>.</p><p><span word="Before">Before</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ecological">ecological</span> <span word="relocation">relocation</span> <span word="program">program</span> <span word="began">began</span>, <span word="government">government</span> <span word="officials">officials</span> <span word="showed">showed</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="around">around</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="township">township</span>. <span word="Standing">Standing</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="bridge">bridge</span>, <span word="Hai">Hai</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="neighbors">neighbors</span> <span word="saw">saw</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Yellow">Yellow</span> <span word="River">River</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="muddy">muddy</span> <span word="waters">waters</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="time">time</span>.</p><p>"<span word="In">In</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="hometown">hometown</span>, <span word="our">our</span> <span word="biggest">biggest</span> <span word="concern">concern</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="lack">lack</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="water">water</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Hai">Hai</span>. <span word="Relieved">Relieved</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="determined">determined</span>, <span word="all">all</span> <span word="the">the</span> 67 <span word="households">households</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="village">village</span> <span word="volunteered">volunteered</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="move">move</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Minning">Minning</span>.</p><p><span word="Months">Months</span> <span word="later">later</span>, <span word="motorcades">motorcades</span> <span word="loaded">loaded</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="villagers">villagers</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="belongings">belongings</span> <span word="headed">headed</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="homes">homes</span>. <span word="Upon">Upon</span> <span word="arrival">arrival</span>, <span word="Hai">Hai</span> <span word="immediately">immediately</span> <span word="turned">turned</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="taps">taps</span>, <span word="listening">listening</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sound">sound</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="running">running</span> <span word="water">water</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="delight">delight</span>.</p>
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