MytenthjourneyinNingxiawillhavebeenthelongestandtheoneIwillhavecompletedwiththemostmeticulousobservation,asthistimeitwasamatterofcollec-tingstoriesandaccountstosharewithyou,thereaders.
AfterintroducingthewonderfulpeopleofChina'slargestregion,Xinjiang,lastyear,Ifocusedonthesmallestoneofthecountry'scontinent.HowricharethehumanresourcesandhowgreatandmovingwerethestoriestheNingxiapeoplehadtotellme!FromthearmyveteranDuLicheng,whobecameengagedat16intheLiberationWar,totheimamofNanguanMosquewhere,onJuly1,1997,severalHongkongMus-limscametocelebratetheirreturntothemotherland;fromthefamouswriterZhangXianliang,whosetupa"ChineseHollywood,"tothefourHuiorHanuniversitystudentswho,eventhoughveryyoung,havealreadyperformedkindandmemorableacts;fromBaiChunlan,anilliteratepeasantwho,in28years,planted100,000treesbyherself,toWangYoudewho,since1985,hasledteamsofworkersintransformingthedesertintoorchardsandforests,whileimprovingatthesametimehundredsofpeo-ples'lives.Somanyotherpeople'sstorieswillsurprise,entertain,andmoveyou.
Byroad,rail,orair,Ningxiahasbecomeeasilyaccessible,anditsconcentrationofspecialmuseumsandtouristsitesmakesitanidealdestinationforlearning,havingfun,andenjoyingthepleasureofdeliciousfood.Onceyouglancethroughthesepages,youwillnotbeabletoresisttheurgetogoanddiscoverthesewonderfulpeopleofNingxia,rightwheretheyare.