culture

The Janggyo Farm in Kangnam County, Pyongyang, has taken on a new appearance of civilized and enlightened village.

New cosy and modern farmhouses, which fully provide farmers with all conveniences for their life, were built in June in the wake of last year and farmers moved into those houses. 

“The new houses built in succession rejuvenate not only the farm villages but also farmers,” said Kang Yong Phil, manager of the farm.

Looking at the farm undergoing a great change under the benevolent care of the country, farmers feel the amazing speed of rural development, he noted.

Seen at the farm villages are the cosy and stylish single-storey farmhouses decorated in different colours, low-storey houses affectionately called “apartment houses like handsome man or beautiful woman”, fruit trees planted in the gardens and open spaces and parks and flower beds built here and there. 

In the village householders and children clean their houses and do exercises every morning full of vigour.

“I feel ten years younger as I live in the wonderful new house I only imaged in a dream. Really, as mountains and rivers change, so do the people,” said Yun Tong Nam, an old man living in the village.

And he added that cameramen and artists often visit his village to take pictures of or depict in their works the new landscape of the wonderfully changed village and all villagers are full of pride.

Farmers enjoy a proud life not only in their dream houses.

Along with the new era of rural development, people lead a fulfilling and exciting life in the agricultural sci-tech learning space, which is packed every day with farmers full of enthusiasm to become masters of scientific farming by acquiring advanced farming methods and techniques, and on the stage of the ri hall of culture which is not inferior to art theatres in town.

According to Manager Kang, the sources of pride of the farm have also increased since the new villages were built and one of them is that it overfulfilled the national grain production plan last year.

“Stroking straw bags of rice piled up in my house after reaping an unusual bumper crop, my family members shed tears of gratitude to the country that gave us a new life,” said farmer Im Jong Suk.

The agricultural workers of the thriving farm are working hard to reap a bumper harvest full of enthusiasm to repay the favour shown by the country by filling the country’s rice granaries.