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According to the latest data released by the Italian Ministry of Health on March 23, local time, there are currently 50418 cases of New Coronavirus patients in Italy, 6077 deaths, 7432 cures, and a total of 63,927 confirmed New Coronavirus infections.
As the epidemic in Italy continues to escalate, many people have noticed that one province in China has become closer to Italy, and that is Zhejiang.
On March 16, China Civil Aviation opened a temporary flight from Milan, Italy to Wenzhou, Zhejiang. At 13:50 on the same day, Air China Flight CA082 carried 125 passengers to Wenzhou Longwan Airport. Most of the passengers were overseas Chinese and students from Wenzhou and Lishui. Relevant departments have carried out health quarantine on all passengers, and adopted measures such as medical inspection and centralized observation.
On the afternoon of March 17, Zhejiang’s first batch of medical experts from Italy flew from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Italy, carrying 30 ventilators, 200,000 masks, and a total of 9 tons of materials to assist the local community in the treatment and prevention of new coronary pneumonia. 控 工作。 Control work.
On March 18, China Eastern Airlines chartered a medical expert team sent by the Chinese government to Italy to assist in the response to the epidemic, including 13 new crown pneumonia medical treatment experts in Zhejiang.
On March 17, 2020, a 12-member Chinese expert group on anti-epidemic medical treatment set up in Zhejiang Province set off for Italy to help cope with the epidemic. Source: Zheng Mengyu | Xinhua News Agency
“Floating clouds, meaning of the hometown of the moon”, the staff affixed a label to the Italian medical aid box in Zhejiang.
In Zhejiang Province, Qingtian County of Lishui City has attracted much attention. It has been on Weibo with Italy due to the return of thousands of overseas Chinese.
In mid-2019, the Italian National Bureau of Statistics census report showed that the Italian population continued to decline in 2018, and the proportion of immigrants rose to 8.7% of the total population, of which 300,000 were Chinese.
Of the 300,000 Chinese, about 100,000 are from Qingtian County, Zhejiang.
So, why are there so many Qingtians in Italy? Why did Qingtians choose Italy?
1. Beautiful stones, let the world know Qingtian
Qingtian County is located in southern Zhejiang. It was founded in 711 AD (Tang Ruizong Jingyun two years) , named after Qingtian Mountain.
Although there are “green” and “field” in the name, in fact, there are few mountains and fields, and it is known as “nine mountains, half water and half fields”. It can be imagined how difficult it is to develop agriculture here.
The picture shows the terraced fields overlooking Xiaozhoushan Township, Qingtian County.
The picture shows the red field fish in the terraces of Xiaozhoushan Township, Qingtian County.
Historically, Qingtian “has no farmland to grow from Pingtian, no weaving from mulberry and vines, no fisher and salt merchant to Jiali, no torture from animal husbandry”, and the soil is also “a loam in the Southeast.” (Note: 硗 读 qiāo, barren) The locals have been working hard for food, “they are hardworking and not full at all ages.”
There is a proverb in Qingtian, “Three treasures in Qingtian: fire cages are cotton puppets, fire stalks are bastards, and sweet potatoes are old” is a portrayal of the local poverty situation.
The predicament created the hard-working and hard-working personality of Qingtians, and forced them to go out to discuss life.
The Minjiang River passes through the county from west to east.Directly reach Wenzhou, which has a strong commercial atmosphere. With this waterway, the Qingtian people began to walk out of the mountains and brought out the local specialty Qingtian stone.
Note: After the founding of the PRC, Qingtian was placed under the jurisdiction of Wenzhou and began to be under the jurisdiction of Lishui in 1963.
Photo source: China’s self-driving geography
Qingtian Stone is unique to Qingtian County and ranks first among the “Big Four National Stones”. Its texture is warm, colorful, and moderately hard. (Note: The four major national stones are Qingtian Stone, Fujian Shoushan Stone, Zhejiang Changhua Bloodstone, Inner Mongolia Bahrain Stone.)
As early as the Song Dynasty, Qingtian stone was used to make stone seals; in the Qing Dynasty, the carving art became more mature, and Qingtian stone carving was the most popular. Many Qingtians turned from Wenzhou to Ningbo, and then to Shanghai, Tianjin, and even the Northeast to open stores all the way.
The picture shows the Qingtian stone carving.
During this period, some people traveled to Europe via Siberia, and some arrived eastward to Japan.
According to the census of overseas Chinese in Qingtian County in 1991, “the second year of Jiaqing in Qing Dynasty