In 2007, Wu Xinren, a 28 year old Miao youth, ended his ten year working life in the city and returned to his hometown, Wuying Miao Village, with his 22 year old lover He Yuqing, to start his own business.
Wu Xinren (left) and his lover He Yuqing (photographed on May 8, 2024).
He Yuqing (right) and Wu Xinren are sorting out their home stay rooms (photographed on May 19, 2024).
Wuying Miao Village is located deep in the mountains at the junction of Guangxi and Guizhou. There are 145 households with more than 700 people in total, of which 104 belong to Dangjiu Village, Gandong Township, Rongshui Miao Autonomous County, Guangxi, and 41 belong to Nancen Village, Cuili Yao and Zhuang Township, Congjiang County, Guizhou Province.Due to the lack of land resources, inconvenient transportation and other reasons, Wuying Miao Village once lagged behind.
Wu Xinren and villagers are carrying stones in the river and building the river embankment (photographed on July 2, 2019).
Wu Xinren's mother, Wu Laimi (left), and father, Wu Guangmei, carry the grain home (photographed on September 3, 2019).
After returning to their hometown, Wu Xinren and He Yuqing bought cars to attract customers and transport goods, ran small shops, farmed and raised fish, and ran homestays to sell specialties, gradually becoming the leaders of Miao Village in becoming rich.For 17 years, the two have stuck to the mountain, working at sunrise and resting at sunset.
Wu Xinren (left) and his lover He Yuqing carry the snail seedlings across the river, ready to put them into the rice fields for breeding (photographed on March 25, 2020).
Wu Xinren said that returning to his hometown to start a business has yielded a lot in recent years, thanks to the help of the Ethnic and Religious Affairs Commission, Women's Federation, Youth League Committee and other departments and institutions in Guangxi and Guizhou in recent years, the Wuying Miao Village has undergone tremendous changes, and the production and living conditions of the masses have been greatly improved.Wuying Miao Village has also built teaching buildings, cultural corridors, wind and rain buildings, Lusheng Square and other facilities with the support of Guangdong Guangxi funds in Lianjiang City, Guangdong Province.The level of local culture and education has been steadily improved by opening night schools for women and setting up education incentive funds.
Wu Xinren holds his 4-year-old son, Wu Liangyou, to participate in the Miao New Year activities (photographed on January 17, 2018).
He Yuqing and the sisters of Miao Village went to the riverside to participate in the Hair Shampoo Festival (photographed on April 19, 2023).
He Yuqing is drying the bright cloth (photographed on October 14, 2023).
Now, Wuying Miao Village is making continuous progress on the road of rural revitalization, and Wu Xinren and He Yuqing are also living a more colorful life. They go to night school, sing Miao songs, play Lusheng, make Miao clothes, take videos, receive tourists, go out to perform... The two people have been together all day, witnessing the change of Miao Village and the development of the times.
He Yuqing and his son Wu Liangyou are singing Miao songs in the evening class (photographed on July 5, 2023).
Wu Xinren (right), He Yuqing and their 6-year-old son, Wu Liangyou, take a group photo in front of the window of the home stay (taken on November 17, 2020).
Wu Xinren (right) and his 19-year-old son Wu Liangyuan are learning to use computers (photographed on September 1, 2023).
With the national marriage customs gradually becoming a cultural and tourism product for tourists to experience, from April 18 to 21, Liping Zhaoxing Dong Village held a variety of activities for the Grain Rain Festival.
