地处天山北坡经济带黄金地段的沙湾县,在西部大开发10年时间里,连续多年跻身中国西部百强县排行榜,成为拉动塔城地区经济快速增长的引擎。沙湾是经济强县,自古有文化传承,县委书记谢强写了一首县歌,各族干部群众广为传唱。记者日前在这里采访,发现沙湾乡土文化之脉,已成发展凝聚人心的“软实力”。 Shawan County, located in the prime economic belt on the northern slope of Tianshan Mountains, has been ranked among the top 100 counties in western China for years in the western development over the past 10 years and has become an engine driving the rapid economic growth in Tacheng. Sandy Bay is a strong economic county, ancient culture heritage, county secretary Xie Qiang wrote a county song, cadres and masses of all ethnic groups widely sung. The reporter interviewed here a few days ago and found that the veins of local culture in Shawan have become the “soft power” that unite people’s hearts.