In April 2002, Shaanxi newspaper reporter Wang Xuehuai passed through Nijiaying and met Lei Xingyi by chance. Lei Xingyi enthusiastically took Wang Xuehuai into the colorful mountain at the foot of Qilian Mountain.
Lei Xingyi, who had been herding sheep with his father since childhood, traveled for dozens of kilometers to every ravine in Fiona Fang, Hongshanwan Village, and the mountains and rivers around the village were all in his mind.
When Wang Xuehuai stepped into the hill behind Hongshanwan Village in Nijiaying, colorful hills came into view, and the beautiful scenery in front of him amazed him. He doesn't care about the fatigue of the journey. He ran from hill to hill, kept pressing the camera shutter, trying to take enough pictures of everything in front of him until the sun went down and he couldn't take any pictures. He asked the simple and honest shepherd why he didn't develop and utilize such precious tourism photography resources. Lei Xingyi replied: "We have never been far away, thinking that all the mountains in the world are as colorful as us." When leaving, Wang Xuehuai told Lei Xingyi: This is a very valuable tourism resource, so we should make good use of it. You can build a road first and let the car in. I believe that within three years, this place will definitely become a hot spot for tourism photography.
Wang Xuehuai's words touched Lei Xingyi, and he began to understand that the mountains here are not ordinary mountains, but a treasure trove of feng shui to get rid of poverty and become rich. So regardless of the opposition of his wife and children, he decided to develop the colorful mountain in Hongshanwan Village of Nijiaying by himself.
Lei Xingyi used to be a village official, with certain organizational skills and work experience. However, it is not easy for individuals to develop tourist attractions. It only costs 50,000 yuan to hire someone to design a 4-kilometer simple highway and a forklift to dig the subgrade. Lei Xingyi sold his beloved sheep without hesitation, got 20 thousand and borrowed 30 thousand again. After the design and subgrade were completed, there was really no money to ask people to fill the whole pavement, so Lei Xingyi worked day and night by himself. Seeing that her husband had made up his mind, the wife had to help him build the road together. Lei Xingyi and his wife rely on pickaxes, shovels and four-wheeled tractors. It took them two years to finally build a 4 km sightseeing road from the entrance to the observation deck.
After the completion of the highway, Lei Xingyi leveled the sightseeing platform, set up signs, road signs and other infrastructure, and set up "Linze Caiqiu Photography Villa" (now renamed "Danxia Laolei Farmhouse") to receive the guests who came here one after another.
20 10, Lao lei loaned 400,000 yuan, built a small hotel by himself, and put it into use on 20 1 1. Now a two-story single-sided building is really beautiful, with more than a dozen standard rooms and ordinary rooms, complete TV and network, 24-hour hot water supply, neat and clean. The roof is a balcony overlooking the colorful mountains, which is comfortable and comfortable.
In the process of development and operation, due to the distribution of interests of all parties, although there were twists and turns and bumps, Lao Lei laughed it off, and his simple and honest smile always hung on the face of this burly northwest man. Now, ambitious Lao Lei has set up his own website and let his son who graduated from college join his team. Mainly receive friends from photography circles all over the country, and leave other affairs to my son.
Lao Lei's sincerity and enthusiasm have left a good reputation in the national photography industry. Many netizens wrote articles promoting Zhang Ye's colorful Danxia and Danxia Laolei. Mr. Qin Huang, Dean of School of Geographical Sciences and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University, China, made a special trip to inspect the Danxia landform in Nijiaying, praised Lao Lei's work, and wrote an inscription for Lao Lei "Developing colorful mountains to benefit the people", encouraging Lao Lei not to forget to lead the villagers to get rich together.