Li Luo Zhang River

The long wind rustles the pear leaves, and the autumn light fills the original port. The glory lasts for thousands of years, and the new frost falls on the old soil. The autumn wind in southern Hebei in 1985 was different from the tepid and desolate winds of previous years. It carried the hustle and bustle of the market in the seventh year of reform and opening up, and swept through the thousands of leaves of Baili Pear Township in the North China Plain. The century-old pear branches are full of fruits, and the vigorous and curved branches are bent heavily. The sweet fruit fragrance permeates the rivers, ports, fields and villages. It is the grand remnant of Wei County's millennium tribute pear that continues to this day. The glory of farming in the old era has not completely faded away, and the market difficulties in the new era have already taken root. When the ancient ingenuity of adhering to the right time and striving for excellence meets the profit-seeking businessmen; when the self-sufficient and scattered small farmers work hard, they encounter the market trend of survival of the fittest. The ups and downs of the autumn harvest of a pear orchard are the painful transition of a local land across the ages.