Towards our well-off life: enjoy watching Tongjiang sing new songs

"There are hardworking and brave Hezhen people in Jiejinkou. And I stand on the high street, facing the East, facing the sun, singing imakan, welcome your guests from afar... " At 9:58 on July 4, the k7113 train arrived at Tongjiang station on time. The Hezhe people in traditional ethnic costumes sang Yimakan and welcomed the "sunset red" tourist group from afar.

Tongjiang City is located in the South Bank of the intersection of Songhua River and Heilongjiang Province in the northeast of Heilongjiang Province. Here lives an ancient and mysterious nation - Hezhe nationality. The unique natural environment gave birth to the unique and colorful fishing and hunting culture of Hezhe people.

"On July 14, 2016, Tongjiang ushered in the first passenger train, ending years of history of no passenger train." Wu Baochen, the representative inheritor of the national intangible cultural heritage, imakan of Hezhe nationality. The convenient transportation makes many people from other provinces come to Tongjiang to learn from imakan. Now, Wu Baochen has enrolled more than 20 students, some of them from Liaoning and Jilin, the farthest from Guangzhou.

The railway connects Tongjiang with the outside world. It not only spreads the beautiful melody of imakan to all parts of the motherland, but also promotes the development of Tongjiang characteristic tourism and national culture. In 2019, China Railway Harbin Bureau Group Co., Ltd. will upgrade the passenger trains to Tongjiang from green cars to air-conditioned ones, so that passengers along the line will have a more comfortable riding experience. The days are getting hotter and hotter - the Hezhen people, who are increasingly prosperous because of the rise of tourism, are deeply aware of this.

CEN Lijie, the inheritor of Hezhen fish skin art, opened a fish skin painting shop in the village to make fish skin crafts. "More and more people are coming to visit us by train now," he said. I can sell more than 500 crafts in the peak season. "

The head of a local travel agency told reporters that most of the tour groups they received arrived at Tongjiang by train because they could experience the unique experience of the train traveling through the vast Sanjiang Plain. "The Harbin Jiaxing railway will be put into operation in 2018, and tourists from outside the province can directly transfer to ordinary buses to Tongjiang after arriving at Jiamusi by train," he said. At present, our travel agency receives more than 200 tourists to Tongjiang by train every day. Railway transportation has added a lot of highlights to the development of Tongjiang tourism. "

"At the end of 2018, we cooperated with the railway to let the unique Hezhe culture enter the train, so that more passengers can feel the unique charm of Hezhe national culture on the train." Tongjiang City sports, radio, television and Tourism Bureau said. According to incomplete statistics, in 2019 alone, nearly 100000 tourists from home and abroad arrived in Tongjiang by rail transportation.

Once Tongjiang, "a street, a lamp, a loudspeaker, the whole city listen.". Nowadays, with the smooth flow of the railway artery, Tongjiang is becoming more and more popular. The unique Hezhen culture attracts more and more attention. With the development and progress of railway, Tongjiang is showing new vitality.

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