However, 10 cm diameter gravel and large granular flake of coarse sand over the mountain pastures of these once, in September of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region has shown that fishes mountain cold, gray sand and gravel everywhere, however, revealed at life.
Dotted taupe these vast lands are a green watermelon. By the end of September, Zhongwei City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region are selenium sand melon melon farmers sell the final days, although Guardia only in some low-quality small melon, but these lives are still green so that this piece of barren land vitality.
Today, 70 million mu of selenium reached a sand melon harvest this year is expected to reach sales of one million tons, 800 million yuan output value of implementation. Not much open all the year round开锅the peasant family built a new house, acquiring new furniture, and some have even become a million households, 100,000 yuan households, millions of households. Selenium zhongwei sand melons, has become a veritable desert steppe local "new God of Wealth."
Centuries of practice "真经"
Zhongwei in Ningxia is located in the central arid zone, less than 200 millimeters of annual precipitation, evaporation of up to 2300 millimeters,墚hilly ups and downs, gully aspect, has the typical loess hilly and the climate and topography. In particular, shouting Xiangshan District, represented by region, belong to the geographical characteristics of desert steppe, ten decades drought, hard drinking water, food often are erected, the local long-term livelihood of farmers rely on government relief and subsidies to maintain.
The plant has a history of centuries of selenium sand melon (formerly pressure sand are melon) has been the case at this piece of land nomads live and work in silence on the. Until 2003, these peasant watermelon or spontaneous acts of small-scale plant, and occasionally let go pro series Friends of friends or go to market尝尝鲜on pocket money-for-point, plant area of more than 10 million mu, however, no one thought a small small watermelon out of poverty will become their own, to prosperity, "the new God of Wealth", a lot of people even plant a few years later, they find it troublesome to give it up.
Turn for the better things happen in 2004. The original is only a Zhongwei County in Ningxia's economic development has encountered new opportunities - City County evacuated. Zhongwei City in 2004 was first established, in view of the mountains located in arid Central Zhongwei Xiangshan poverty of the region, the newly appointed party secretary Liu at the city's cadres on the General Assembly said: "either immigrants or people here to run for a way out Fu Road COME! "
In fact, including the City, including the leadership, has just begun at a time when everyone did not get what the traditional model met, but here the peasant is too poor, barren land and harsh climatic conditions make it almost What are all erected, the only continuation of centuries of pressure on dry sand plant model using historical experience seems to tell the reality of power, trust and respect for the practice of mass production are correct.
Thus, the promotion side while groping experience. 20 mu, 30 mu, 50 mu, 70 mu - the villagers by suspected to wait and see by wait and see to grown from a large area planted to the promotion of local farmers have tasted the sweetness of finally convincing the government's advocacy, has been to promote the success of the City Leaders worry about finally heaved a sigh of relief.
"Central Xiangshan area more than 70 million mu from the stones grown in selenium sand melons, selling more than 20 provinces and municipalities, industry growing in volume, creating arid agriculture wonder, for the western region masses break poverty a new path. "party secretary Liu said.
Stones in Jhonggua
In arid land, verdant瓜秧climbed out from the stones in the tenacious, pillow in the rubble of selenium on melon dense sand to lie down over the hill.

"I heard that the new homeland of the barren hills covered with last year, and selenium漫山遍野sand melons and transported to Chongqing 0.85 yuan could sell catty!" This spring, migrant workers shouts peasant village water white circle杨彦忠return to their homeland, said.
In 2006, Farmer shouted from selenium sand water melon revenue of more than 1400 million, the township alone Farmer per capita net income reached 300 yuan more per mu pressure sand to create a direct economic profit at 500-1000 yuan not and so on, and some even exceeded 1,200 yuan, one of the circle of the village of White township selenium sand melon revenues exceed 440 million yuan, more than 2100 yuan per capita income near.
However, with the enthusiasm of farmers growing Jhonggua, selenium sand melon plant growing area, the new comes the thorny question: If there are no follow-up industries, large-area pressure sand to one day be unable to weaken due to fertility Jhonggua. To this end, in the County last year tried to pressure at Sand Lane sets of economic belt-sik drought. Dates they will be as the preferred tree species, development Calligonum melon intercrop of alternative industries. It is understood that the city of Zhongwei county area will be at 1.5 million last year, melon jujube on Intercropping foundation area, to continue to take瓜农subsidies for nursery stock, organized field training support measures to enable the pressure within the jujube Sabina sik scale sets to further extend the 2.3 million mu .
Shout water presentation Door Village 62-year-old Zhou Yuqing Hui villagers are selenium melon sand one of the beneficiaries of the new God of Wealth. Before Beginning in 2004, Zhou Yuqing have planted 40 acres, 70 acres, 100 acres of selenium sand melons and earn the current year to 3 million. "This year in the fall of rain is good, next year I want to 120 acres or more species." Zhou Yuqing said with confidence.