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“Look, swan!” The swans were in groups in Qingquan Park, Fengfeng Mining District, Handan City, Hebei Province. The sound of “plops and plops” not far away broke the silence. “That’s water hyacinth! They are happy and that’s it,” said the person in charge of the Fengfeng Mining Area Water Resources Office. “The water hyacinth” is a species of water bird. Before it was rarely seen, and now it often flies here. Form a team.
He moved a small horse, installed a camera and a corner of Qingquan Park Plaza. Yang Yuanjie, a retired employee, started shooting. “Since Qingquan Park was built, I have come often. Swans, egrets, gray herons, night herons, herons, paqueflores, kingfishers … All year long.”
With clear water, green shores and beautiful scenery, Qingquan Park is now the favorite leisure park of the surrounding residents. And just a few years ago, there was still a large subsidence area from coal mining, with potholes and shafts filled with sediment with black coal dredging water.
“Black Water Pond” becomes “Clear Water Lake”, reflecting the environmental changes in Handan. With the deepening of mine management and ecological restoration, this former “city of coal” and “city of steel” has undergone a transformation from “black” to “green”.
From mining to mountain control, a good environment is the long-term solution
“In the past, I would go up the mountain to earn a living, and my nose was gray every day; now I go up the mountain to exercise and stay in shape.” Liu Runsheng kept up the habit of climbing the mountain every day. This mountain is now called Nanxiangtang Forest Park. Winding upward along the fitness trail, pine trees, cypress trees, and other evergreens are placed on top of each other, causing people to never imagine the original arid hills.
Liu Runsheng grew up taking care of this mountain since he was a child. “Nanxiangtang Mountain is the remnant of Taihang Mountain. The mountain limestone has a high calcium content and is a good raw material for cement.” Together with Nanxiangtang, several large and small cement plants have been built in the vicinity. There are more than 20 stone factories on the mountain.
A few years ago, Liu Runsheng also opened a small stone factory in association with some friends. “The job is simple, it is to extract the stones, and then transport them up the mountain and sell them to the cement factory.” Liu Runsheng said, Nanxiangtang Mountain was once dug full of holes, and he was on Xiangtang Avenue. and looked to the west. “The mountain is full of holes. ‘Scars’, it hardly looks green.”
The money is made, but the locals are also plagued by environmental pollution.
“There is too much dust, so I don’t dare to open the windows in my house. I need to nail a layer of plastic cloth inside the windows to prevent dust from entering through the cracks.” Liu Runsheng moved the house twice, “but it doesn’t work! Dust is moving everywhere. It can’t be hidden.”
Later, there was no need to move again because the Fengfeng mining area began restoration and ecological management.
According to the person in charge of the Fengfeng Mining District Committee, the mineral resources of the Fengfeng Mining District are rich, and industries such as the chemical industry of coal, iron and steel and ceramics have once enjoyed a glorious time. . However, the extensive exploitation of resources has seriously damaged the ecological environment. “At that time, the sky was always gray. People were afraid to wear a white shirt when they went out. They must be dirty if they walk outside for half an hour.”
“There is no way to go without transformation. Only when you get better can you have a better future.” Fengfeng Mining Area resolutely refrains from “GDP for ecological damage” and spares no effort to repair “ecological scars”: implement a ban on mining in Xiangtang Mountain and stop all private stone factories; repair coal gangue hills and treat subsidence areas; promote “a city, a wetland, a city, a park” …
In September 2018, Liu Runsheng went back up the mountain. The difference is that this time he went from mining to managing the mountain. The arid mountain road is steep and the car is in the middle of the mountain, and then a dirt basket is used to climb the mountain. “Cleaning rocks, covering thick soil, sowing grass seeds, planting saplings … that mountain is our responsibility.” Pointing to the green in the distance, Liu Runsheng was very proud.
Now, Nanxiangtang Mountain has long turned green, and the ecological environment of the Fengfeng mining area is getting better and better. The data shows that the number of days with good air in the Fengfeng mining area has increased from 68 days in 2015 to 158 days in 2019, and more than 195 days in 2020; the average concentration of fine particles (PM2.5) has increased. dropped from 118 μg / m3 in 2015 to the present From 58 micrograms / cubic meter, remove the hat from the heavily contaminated area.
The Fengfeng mining area is a microcosm of the management of the Handan mine. As a former industrial base, there were more than 3,000 mines of various types in Handan. Long-term, heavy-duty mining caused many problems, such as slag occupation of the land and subsidence of the soil. Since 2016, the City of Handan has strongly promoted mine management and ecological restoration. So far, it has invested 362 million yuan in various types of funds, closed 240 solid mines, and restored 250 mines.
The quality of traditional industries has been improved and the public’s sense of profit has been increased.
“In the past, waste and garbage left from steel production was piled up here. Where can you see it now?” Said Kong Chao, head of the greening section of Xinjin Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. standing in the Xinjin Ecological Park in Wu’an City. Behind him, all kinds of seedlings are lush. Only a huge tower with white smoke not far away indicates that this is not an ordinary ecological park.
Kong Chao introduced that the ecological park covers an area of more than 500 acres, which was originally an abandoned idle site and barren hills. In 2018, he started managing mountains and landscapes and cofferdams to create farmland, and gradually built this ecological garden with the theme of idyllic landscapes and sea of flowers. “To build the hundred-meter corridor, we used discarded steel pipes from steel mills; the water source of the aquatic botanical garden uses treated industrial wastewater; the fruits and vegetables grown in the garden can also be supplied to restaurants, and all the aspects of the steelworks are organic. Cycle, “Kong Chao said.
“Steel companies must also develop green, and environmental protection is also an investment in the future of companies.” Gao Yang, President of Xinjin Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., presented, taking as an example the transformation of dust removal existing dust extraction points, greenhouse installation, extractor hood installation, etc. 3,200 tons of flying dust. After deep treatment, the flue gas emission concentration of the sintering machine was reduced to 5 mg / m3.
Not only Xinjin Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., Wu’an City has been insisting on developing “green enterprises, green enterprises” in recent years and creating a harmonious and coexisting ecological pattern of “people , steel and the environment “. In the list of the first batch of green manufacturing demonstrations announced by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in 2017, many Wu’an companies were shortlisted.
In Handan City, environmental protection is used to promote transformation, and traditional industries are further improved. The steel and coking industries took the lead to complete the organized transformation of ultra-low emissions in Hebei in June 2019. The transformation of the cement and ceramic industries will be completed by the end of 2019. In 2020, the number of good days in Handan it will increase significantly and the sense of gain among the masses will increase significantly.
Abandoned mines become ecological parks, the cultural tourism industry is booming
In the Jiulongshan Mine Ecological Restoration Park in Handan City, the green hills are surrounded by green water and there is no trace of the original abandoned mine.
“The dirty and untidy mining area has become a tourist attraction.” Li Shuangan, a worker who prunes seedlings in the scenic area, stopped his work and spoke about the changes. Li Shuangan’s family lives in Kangdong Village, Kang’er Town, Wu’an City, next to Jiulong Mountain. “In the past, there were big wells everywhere, and the bargain hill gave off a stench.”
In 2019, Wu’an City will fully implement the Jiulongshan Mine Ecological Restoration Project, which will control the slag mountain, regenerate the water system and increase green plants. The 12 square kilometers of abandoned mine has been converted in an ecological park. After the park opened, the beautiful surroundings attracted tourists from all directions. During the Golden Week “October” of 2020, between 50,000 and 60,000 tourists will be received every day. Li Shuang’an and many villagers also found work in the scenic area.
Liu Junmei, deputy director of the Wu’an Municipal Bureau of Culture, Broadcasting and Tourism, said that the development of the scenic area has also promoted the development of the surrounding catering service industry. Zhang Chunhui, a villager from Xingshengzhuang Village, said that Jiulong Mountain is becoming more and more famous and that he is thinking of opening a farm in the village.
In Zhangjialou Village, Fengfeng Mining Area, many villagers took the initiative and tasted the sweetness of the cultural tourism industry.
Most of the courtyard walls here are made of cage shells and gray bricks that are used to make porcelain, forming the unique architectural features of traditional villages in the porcelain capital of the north. Every public holiday, there is an endless stream of tourists who come to experience the scenery of the old town.
In recent years, as young people went out to work and new villages were built, the old houses in Zhangjialou Village gradually faded away. Local cultural scholar Zhao Lichun couldn’t sit still and came up with a plan to protect the ancient village. He believes that the protection of the ancient town of Zhangjialou should not only protect the ancient buildings, but also preserve the long-standing Cizhou kiln culture here.
As a cultural platform, a group of artists have come here one after another. On the basis of protecting the original appearance of the village, studios, creative rooms and exhibition halls in old houses have been completed. Villagers opened tea bars, ceramic bars and family houses one after another, and the ancient villages once again radiated new vitality. The annual tourist reception of Zhangjialou Village reaches 300,000 people-times, and the global income from cultural tourism exceeds 3 million yuan.
Following the ecological priority and green development, Handan City coordinated to promote ecological restoration and enhancement of rural human settlements, tourism infrastructure construction and cultural tourism and other emerging industries that are booming.Return to Sohu to see more
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