During the summer vacation, in the activity room of Taoyuan New Village Community in Yaozhuang Town, Jiashan County, Zhejiang Province, a group of students gathered around Zhuang Juhua, the inheritor of Yaozhuang Farmers' Painting in Jiaxing City, earnestly studying the painting techniques of farmers' paintings. Look! This is the PLA uncle I drew! ”During the work exchange session, student Wang Xinyu excitedly showed her peers a peasant painting called "Guardian" that she had created. In the picture, the rice fields are golden, the fish in the pond are jumping, and the soldiers carrying guns are vigorous, guarding the abundance of this area. This is a scene from the summer activity "Youth Painting Military Dress, Farmers Painting Emotions" planned by the People's Armed Forces Department of Jiashan County and the County Cultural and Educational Department. Yaozhuang Farmers' Painting is a representative project of Jiaxing City level intangible cultural heritage. It is an art form that depicts the production and life of water towns in Jiangnan, the changes of the times, and the folk customs, with rural areas as the background and local customs as the creative materials. Starting from January 2024, Taoyuan New Estate Community has collaborated with relevant departments to recruit students from community residents, inviting Zhuang Juhua as a teaching instructor to regularly carry out farmer painting creation and teaching activities. Since July, in order to enrich the holiday life of teenagers and cultivate patriotism, the People's Armed Forces Department of the county has carried out national defense education based on the theme of "Celebrating the 98th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army" and "Commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Anti Japanese War", relying on the inheritance of farmers' painting skills. Farmer painting is a highly vibrant art form, and I encourage everyone to incorporate national defense elements appropriately in the creative process, while also using reasonable imagination to make the picture more rich and harmonious. ”As a military mother, Zhuang Juhua often tells the story of her own journey of sending her son to join the army and the story of her son Yang Binjie joining the army when guiding students in painting. Yang Binjie enlisted in 2005 and was awarded third class merit this year for his outstanding performance. The most right thing I did in my life was to send my son to join the army! "This sentence is often spoken by Zhuang Juhua. The resident who assisted in organizing the event, Lao Gu, is a farmer painting enthusiast and also a retired soldier. Uncle Gu's belly is filled with countless military stories. This summer, this witty and humorous veteran got into a fight with the children. As soon as they had time, they would pester Lao Gu to tell stories, such as "flag raising ceremony" and "queue training", which became the creative materials for children and made them increasingly yearn for military life. To enhance the "military flavor" of the activity room, models of the Long March 2F carrier rocket and deep-sea Thunderbolt depth charges are placed next to the children's canvas. Militia instructors explain equipment knowledge on site, arousing children's interest in military knowledge and inspiring their creative inspiration. Leaders of the People's Armed Forces Department of Jiashan County said that they would focus on representative local intangible cultural heritage projects such as Jiashan Tiange and Paper Cuttings in the next step, so as to broaden the innovation path of "intangible cultural heritage+national defense education". (New Society)