Tutai Township, danjiangkou city City, Hubei Province is located in the center of Danjiangkou Reservoir, and it is the only established township in the city. Farmers mainly rely on planting citrus, raising pigs and going out to work, and their income is generally low.
In the Spring Festival of 2006, a teacher named "Daxiwu" from a university in Wuhan went to danjiangkou city to spend the holidays with his teacher. The teacher told him to visit his old friend Wang in Tutai. "Daxiwu" and Wang hit it off at first sight. Because he didn't buy a ticket, he lived in Wang's house for the New Year. Wang's wife has died, and there is no furniture except a small wooden bed and two wooden boxes at home, but there are many books. This made "Daxiwu" deeply moved. After in-depth understanding, he knew that Wang had taught books, collected folk songs and stories, and also wrote novels and operas. Some of his works have been published or put on the stage.
During the chat, Wang told "Daxiwu" that the key to the development of Tutai Township lies in education. In addition to school education, farmers' education is equally important, but the latter can't keep up. Now the party's policy of enriching the people is good, rural people have more free time, and many people are addicted to gambling. Some children run around after the holiday. He hopes to organize a farmers' reading club in the village to reverse the rural atmosphere.
After "Great Martial Arts" returned to Wuhan, he wrote what he saw and heard as "A Survey Tour of Rural Areas in Danjiangkou, Wudang Mountain during the Spring Festival", which was posted on Tianya and other forums and received strong response from tens of thousands of clicks. "Daxiwu" released the information that Wang wanted to set up a reading club as soon as possible through the Internet. Netizens have followed the posts and thought it was meaningful. Many people expressed their willingness to help. The enthusiasm of netizens strengthened Lao Wang's determination.
There is no place to hold a book club. With the joint efforts of the local government, Wang and his son and netizens, in the summer of 2006, Lao Wangjian built a new brick house, and the book club was temporarily located in his new house. Libraries have been built, but few books are useful to farmers. "Daxiwu" launched a fund-raising activity based on the Internet, which was strongly supported by Hanwang, Jingchu and Hanban in danjiangkou city, and many netizens responded positively.