The Fujian-Taiwan Township Construction and Creation Team helps Fuzhou Dianyang Village revitalize the countryside with new vitality

China News Service, Fuzhou, October 3 (Ye Qiuyun) During the National Day holiday, Dianyang Village, Rixi Township, Jin'an District, Fuzhou City welcomed many citizens and tourists. There is a gurgling stream in the village, where children play in the water and adults fish, each having their own fun. This quaint village is glowing with new vitality, and its changes are inseparable from the arrival of a Fujian-Taiwan township construction team.

In October last year, Lin Yiqi, a Taiwanese architect and chairman of the Taiwan Innovative Architecture Association, led a Fujian-Taiwan township construction team to settle in Dianyang Village. When he first arrived, he shuttled between rural roads and ancient houses, stopping from time to time to chat with the villagers and carefully jot down their ideas for the renovation of their homes.

Lin Yiqi said in a recent interview with China News Service that the focus of the early work is to understand the environment, understand the villagers, explore the local culture, and find resources that can be used for transformation. "The landscape here is rich in water resources, the natural ecology is very good, and there are many ancient dwellings, which impressed me deeply."

The Fujian-Taiwan Township construction team followed the local customs, drinking the same water and eating the same meals as the villagers. Lin Yiqi said that every villager is very polite and hopes to show the best side to the team. "They are really polite and considerate, and we are also working hard to become villagers."

Dianyang Village is about an hour's drive from downtown Fuzhou, with a forest coverage rate of 91% and an average altitude of nearly 700 meters. With the rise of short-distance travel, this "ecological pearl" in the suburbs of Fuzhou has become a destination chosen by citizens and tourists to get out of their homes.

In order to provide convenience for tourists, Dianyang Village has implemented a number of livelihood projects such as drinking water improvement projects, lighting projects, and construction of public toilets. It has built a 4.1-kilometer road around the village and a 2.3-kilometer entrance road, and added cultural and tourism supporting facilities such as waterfront trails, pebble trails, wind and rain pavilions, and leisure parks. Wu Xiuyong, director of Dianyang Village Committee, said that farmhouses, homestays, farm picking and other business types are constantly enriched, and the integrated development of agriculture, culture and tourism is getting better.

Currently, the Fujian-Taiwan Township Construction and Creation Team is promoting the management of the natural environment and the revitalization of ancient dwellings in Dianyang Village. Lin Yiqi believes that the overall work should be based on the resource endowment of Dianyang Village, with villagers as the main body, and guide them to independently protect and operate their homes. "Our team teaches operation and protection methods, and the villagers cultivate the rural tourism industry around sustainable development goals."