RUBY JADE
荆瑕
荆瑕成立于2021年,是一个非盈利助农公益组织。我们的团队由高中生,家长与杞农组成,通过日常空余的时间构建这个组织,并完成助农工作,网站搭建与宣传推广。
荆瑕旨在帮助宁夏杞农改善工作,生活条件,通过工程设备等研发提高其生活保障水平与工作效率。同时,荆瑕希望能够以构建的平台,记录每一位杞农的故事,并传播出去,以此为这一群体获得更高的社会关注度与意识,为这一群体所面临的困境获得更大曝光。基于以上的行动与目标,荆瑕希望最终能够成为千股绳中的一股,帮助推进更大范围的保障制度改革以及进步。
Established in 2021, Ruby Jade is a non-profit charity agricultural-supporting organization. Our team is composed of high school students, parents, and farmers. We use our spare time to build up the whole organization and complete the work of assisting farmers, website construction and publicity promotion.
Ruby Jade aims to help wolfberry farmers in Ningxia, improve their work and living conditions and promote their living security through research and development of engineering equipment. At the same time, Ruby Jade hopes to build a platform to record and spread the stories of every wolfberry farmer and, so as to gain higher social attention and awareness for this group of hard-working people. Based on these actions and goals, Ruby Jade hopes to eventually become a force among many, helping to promote broader reforms and progress in the social security system.
在记录并传播杞农故事,帮助杞农群体的同时,荆瑕重视宁夏这一区域的自然景色,人文美丽以及特色文化。这片土地的文化,人文背景,深深影响了这里的每一位人民,尤其是杞农。希望通过我们的“眼睛”,能够将这里的山河壮丽,友善多元,淳朴自然传达给您。文化的传承需要传播者与见证者。荆瑕希望能够成为宁夏文化的传播者,更希望您能够成为我们的见证者。
While focusing on helping the wolfberry farmers, Ruby Jade also attaches great importance to the natural scenery, humanistic beauty and characteristic culture of this area of Ningxia. The culture and humanistic background of this land have deeply affected every people here, especially these wolfberry farmers. We hope that through our "eyes" we can convey to you the majestic mountains and rivers, the friendliness and diversity, and the simplicity and nature here. The inheritance of culture requires influencer and witnesses. Ruby Jade hopes to become an influencer of Ningxia culture, and invite you to become the witness of this beauty.
“荆瑕”,寓意“荆棘之中的红宝石“。它蕴含了枸杞种植的不易,和这份丰收对于杞农的珍贵。“想要伸手够到红宝石,则必须越过重重荆棘。” 这是每一位杞农身上最鲜明,最坚定的特质。面朝黄土背朝天,抵御凶悍的蚊虫与高温,留下汗水,终获丰收。我们希望,以这个名字,将属于宁夏杞农的精神带给每一位听过这个故事的人。
“荆瑕”,means ruby behind the thorns. This name contains the hardship of growing wolfberry and the preciousness of this harvest to wolfberry farmers. "To reach the ruby, you must stride through the harsh thorns. " This is the most distinctive and determined trait of every wolfberry farmer. Facing the yellow earth with their backs to the sky, wolfberry farmers must resist fierce mosquitoes and high temperatures, leaving behind sweat and ultimately reaping a bountiful harvest. With this name, we hope to bring the spirit of the wolfberry farmers in Ningxia to everyone who hears this story.
Congyuan Yao 姚淙元
Founder of Ruby Jade, High school Student
荆瑕的发起者与负责人, 高中生
嗨,我是姚淙元,一名上海市华东师范大学第二附属中学的高中生,也是荆瑕项目的发起人和负责人!宁夏是我母亲的家乡,也是我从小到大的第二故乡。对于这片土地,我有着非常深的感情:我记得每一次爬贺兰山,记得每一次在蝉鸣中的夜晚烧烤,记得每一次去沙漠里游览,坐着羊皮筏子在黄河上漂流。宁夏承载了太多我的美好回忆与情感。因此,当我第一次了解到枸杞农业,和其上的杞农群体时,我对这里艰辛工作,坚韧面对生活中苦难的群体非常敬佩,同时也非常同情。我觉得他们是最典型的宁夏人,拥有这里最美好的品质。因此,我决定以自己的力量,为这些杞农做一些实质性的帮助。在高中我学习了许多学科,其中的物理,工程与传媒知识,和我的摄影爱好,都帮助我为这个项目增添了更多色彩,做出更多元的助农计划于行动。
Hi, I am Congyuan Yao, a high school student from No.2 High School of East China Normal University in Shanghai, and the initiator of Ruby Jade! Ningxia is my mother’s hometown and my second home since childhood. I am deeply connected to this land: I remember every climb up the Helan Mountains, every barbecue night accompanied by the chirping of cicadas, every desert exploration, and every drift on the Yellow River in a sheepskin raft. Ningxia holds too many beautiful memories and emotions for me. Therefore, when I first learned about wolfberry agriculture and the community of wolfberry farmers, I greatly admired and sympathized with the hard work and resilience they displayed in the face of life's hardships. I believe they epitomize the best qualities and virtues of Ningxia. Therefore, I decided to use my own strength to provide some substantial help to these farmers. In high school, I studied many subjects, including physics, engineering and media knowledge, as well as my hobby of photography, which helped me add more color to this project and make more diverse plans and actions to help farmers.
Me chatting with the owner of the wolfberry field
Riding a camel under the hot August Sun
Grabbing some dried wolfberry fruits
Shootng a photo on Tengger Desert