After the frosty season, the Yangtze River Xilingxia cold wind. “China's navel orange hometown” zigui county, hubei province orchard but lively, yellow navel oranges hanging full of branches, guojiaba town xiongjialing village villagers will have ripe navel oranges to pick, hastily loaded into a variety of transportation trucks have been waiting in the side.

“With this '1' road, transportation vehicles can drive directly to the orchard, compared to before, oranges from the loading to the downhill savings of nearly 2 hours it.” Recently, is participating in the “zigui orange farmers skills competition” Xiongjialing village villagers Guo Xingcheng said happily.

Guo Xingcheng said the “1” road, located in the construction of the Xiongjialing tunnel near the entrance, is the China Railway Bureau Room five high-speed 4 standard project to help build a 1680-meter-long, 6-meter-wide road.

“In the past, that road, with many curves and sharp slopes, was muddy every rainy season and dusty on sunny days, making citrus transportation and traffic travel very inconvenient.” Talking about the origin of the “1” road, Xiongjialing village party branch secretary Sun Dalu deep emotion. Villagers shoulder bags of harvest fruits, walking hard on the ridge full of weeds, was Xiongjialing village villagers picking navel oranges at the time of the true picture. Narrow, slippery ridges, shoulder fruit safety hazards, quality navel orange transportation on the way to the serious loss of ...... narrow ridges difficult to carry the harvest of the “burden”, the navel orange picking season transportation has become a pain in the heart of the villagers.

“In the planning of the road before, we will take into account the construction of production and construction and facilitate the local development needs, thinking not only to build the construction of the highway, but also for the local people to do practical things, solve the problem.” Recalling the construction of “1” the initial intention of the right-of-way, China Railway 20 Bureau room five high-speed 4 standard project leader Xiao Hong said, considering the actual needs of the villagers, the project team unanimously agreed to the “Yonglin combination” of the construction concept. That is, in the temporary construction phase, it for the Xiongjialing Tunnel construction materials required for transportation to provide a solid guarantee to ensure the efficient progress of the construction; in the future long-term use of the phase, it protects the local villagers to facilitate transportation, safe travel.

Adhering to this concept, China Railway Bureau 20 builders began the construction of “1” road. After soliciting public opinion and detailed planning, overcoming difficulties and transporting materials, and promoting the construction with the concerted efforts of the road and the land ...... After more than a year's hard work, the spacious and bright No.1 roadway was officially put into use.

“Thank you for the strong support of China Railway Bureau of 20, the new repair of this village highway, a complete solution to the villagers travel and citrus transportation problems.” According to the secretary of Sun Dalu, after the completion of the “1” road, in order to update the road planning, Xiongjialing village party branch specially on the naming of the road to conduct a public opinion survey, “Friendship Road”, “Road to Riches ““Happy Road”...... a cordial name shows the villagers on this road favorite. Finally, after the public election, “Happy Road” this naming with more than 67% support rate topped the list, November 22, in the Xiongjialing village under the witness of all the villagers, “Happy Road” of the big red sign hung high.

Under the blue sky, the completion of the “Happy Road” and the construction of the Xiongjialing Tunnel echo each other, like a wide golden ribbon, inlaid in this land. Mountains of navel oranges, carrying the hope of the villagers' life, and the benefit of this more than 280 citrus farmers, more than 1500 acres of orange groves of the traffic road, so that the navel orange picking after the transportation has become easy and convenient, by the local villagers affectionately referred to as the most beautiful country road.

Now, a vehicle loaded with navel oranges happily traveling in the “happy road”, the sweet transported to distant markets, bringing villagers a substantial income, “1” Road has become a deservedly rich road. “We not only save money on oil, but also reduces the input of artificial transportation, every pound of navel oranges increased income of 30 cents it.” After calculating his earnings this year, orange farmer Sun Dalu's mouth can not suppress the corners of the upward.

“After the emperor Jia Shu, orange Lei Fu Xi. The order is not moved, born in the South.” More than two thousand years ago, the poet Qu Yuan worried about the country and the people at zigui wrote the famous “Orange Ode” that has been passed down through the ages. Two thousand years later, “1” happy road continued Xiongjialing villagers seeking rural revitalization, the pursuit of a better life of the new chapter ......