GLANCE组织中的Floria与Abby同学针对大凉山的农业问题，构建了一片数模研究论文，目的为帮助G村探寻坡地改梯田（种植模式）的优势与可行性，以及潜在作物拓展。希望与当地政府合作后，让G村的人家实现自给自足的方案，真正解决部分经济问题。本文章由Floria同学书写。
Floria and Abby, members of the GLANCE organization, authored a digital modeling research paper addressing agricultural issues in the Daliang Mountains. The paper aims to help G Village explore the advantages and feasibility of converting sloping land into terraced fields (as a farming model), as well as potential crop diversification. They hope that, through collaboration with the local government, they can help the households in G Village achieve self-sufficiency and truly resolve some of their economic challenges. This article was written by Floria.
此次行动于2025年九月初确定，计划于10月国庆假期期间完成。行动之前，我首先回顾了过往的经历，确定我到底“为何而去”。
This mission was finalized in early September 2025 and was scheduled to be completed during the National Day holiday in October. Before the mission, I first reflected on my past experiences to determine exactly “why I was going.”
在2025年4月份，我第一次去到了四川彝族的大凉山自治区。那是我第一次见到真正意义上的“大山”，孩子们穿着不合身的破烂衣服，大人们在地里起早贪黑。这也是我第一次意识到公益组织的重要性，大凉山G村，在公益组织的帮助下，终于在六年前建立了自己的第一个小学，孩子们得到了稳定的教育。
In April 2025, I visited the Daliangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan for the first time. It was my first encounter with what could truly be called “big mountains.” The children wore ill-fitting, tattered clothes, and the adults worked in the fields from dawn till dusk. It was also the first time I realized the importance of nonprofit organizations. In G Village, Daliangshan, with the help of a nonprofit organization, the community finally established its first elementary school six years ago, providing the children with a stable education.
在这一切看似都在往好的地方发展之时，我们采访到了一户人家，女儿热爱学习，但却有重重困难阻碍她前行。在大凉山，女孩多被看成一种嫁人换彩礼，以此为家里减少负担的“工具”。这户人家中，女儿也面临着同样的问题，她的解决方案是利用暑假时间走出大山，打工为自己赚取学费，她一暑假最终赚到了三千元，保住了自己的学业。这户人家仅仅是村子里上百户人家之一的缩影，更是整个大凉山上万个家庭的缩影。
Just when it seemed like things were finally looking up, we interviewed a family whose daughter loved to study but faced numerous obstacles standing in her way. In the Great Liangshan Mountains, girls are often viewed as “tools” to be married off in exchange for a dowry, thereby easing the financial burden on their families. The daughter in this family faced the same problem. Her solution was to spend her summer vacation working outside the mountains to earn her own tuition. She ultimately earned 3,000 yuan over the summer, securing her continued education. This family is just one example among the hundreds in Village—and a microcosm of the tens of thousands of families throughout the Greater Liangshan region.
究其根本，局限在大凉山的彝族同胞们的，是其经济的底层逻辑。经济钱财，回到公益话题上，组织只能在大面上帮助整个村子，例如像G村一样建立自己的小学。但是，对于单一家庭而言，公益捐款下分到每个家庭时，数额缺没有那么充足了。更别提在除大凉山以外的成千上万的公益组织与活动中，不乏为了做活动而做公益，但这真正改变了他们的生活吗？
Ultimately, what limits our Yi compatriots in the Greater Liangshan region is the underlying logic of their economy. When it comes to money and charity, organizations can only provide broad-based assistance to entire villages—such as establishing their own elementary schools, as in the case of G Village. However, for individual families, the amount each household receives from charitable donations is often insufficient. Not to mention the thousands of charitable organizations and initiatives outside the Greater Liangshan region, many of which engage in charity merely for the sake of holding events—but does this truly change people’s lives?
四月外出调研途中，我和另外两位同行伙伴一同进入深山。在实地走访的过程里，我留意到同行带队者的一个显著倾向：他总在说，要去遇见 “有故事的人”。我心底由此生出疑惑：那那些没有戏剧化故事的普通人呢？
这份疑惑，在后来一次寻访中变得更加沉重。那天我们翻越一道宽阔的土坡，想要去找此前到访时偶遇的一位当地女性。上一回交流时，带队的人在对话里突兀问到她丈夫的下落。自那以后，这位女性便闭口不再言语。直到采访结束，大家才知晓，她的丈夫在一个月前的高压作业事故里离世，家中还留着未满一岁的孩子。
During a field research trip in April, I entered the deep mountains with two fellow companions. While conducting on-site visits, I noticed a striking tendency among our guide: he kept saying we needed to meet "people with stories." This made me wonder: what about ordinary people without dramatic tales?
That question grew heavier during a later visit. That day, we climbed over a wide earthen slope to find a local woman we had met by chance on a previous visit. During our last conversation, the guide abruptly asked her about her husband's whereabouts. Since then, she had remained silent. It wasn't until the end of the interview that we learned her husband had died in a work-related accident just a month earlier, leaving behind a child under one year old.
雨后山路泥泞湿滑，我们远远在山坡瞥见疑似她的身影，一行四人携带着拍摄器材快步冲过去，到了位置，人却已经不见。我们向周边正在务农的村民打听，得到的答复充满戒备：“你们找她干什么？”
The mountain path was muddy and slippery after the rain. From a distance on the hillside, we caught sight of what looked like her figure. The four of us quickly rushed over with our filming equipment, but by the time we arrived, she had already vanished. We asked nearby villagers who were working in the fields, but their responses were guarded: "Why are you looking for her?"
同行的带队者称我们是过来提供帮助的。村民眼里掠过一丝期盼，反问：“那你们可以帮帮我们吗？” 带队者表示会尽量施以援手，同时说明了我们几名外地学生的身份。始终没能找到那位女性，我们只好折返，准备前往下一户走访。就在此时我恍然察觉，方才那些关于帮扶的话语，大多只是客套场面话，我们大概率不会再重返此地，也不会再和这些当地人产生交集。
Our group leader explained that we had come to offer help. A flicker of hope passed through the villagers' eyes as they replied, "Then could you actually help us?" The leader promised to do what he could, while also explaining that we were students from out of town. Still unable to find the woman, we turned back, preparing to visit the next household. At that moment, I suddenly realized that most of the talk about assistance had been mere polite formalities—we likely wouldn't return here again, nor would we ever cross paths with these locals once more.
这次旅途回京后，我一直在思考，什么能真正帮助到他们？钱，是最重要的，可持续依赖于公益组织或现有策略，并无法进行实质上的改变；只有家庭做到自给自足，才能够真正解决部分问题。
Since returning to Beijing from this trip, I’ve been thinking about what can truly help them. Money is the most important factor, but relying on charitable organizations or existing strategies in the long term won’t bring about any real change; only when families become self-sufficient can some of these problems be truly resolved.
带着这层思考，我在十月份与Cindy、Bella再一次踏上了前去大凉山的征程。考虑到对当地村民隐私信息的保护，以及我采访样本的不足，我无法准确概括全村的状况，所以只能略微笼统地讲述我所采集到的信息。
With these thoughts in mind, I set out once again for the Greater Liangshan Mountains in October, accompanied by Cindy and Bella. Given the need to protect the privacy of the local villagers and the limited size of my interview sample, I am unable to accurately summarize the situation of the entire village; therefore, I can only provide a somewhat general account of the information I gathered.
走访当地几家后，我发现当地村民收入多集中于一万至两万五人民币左右，且因其生活中的必要支出很高（如送礼、购置作物种子、农药、饲养牲畜等），大多处于以物易物的状态。四月份的旅途，我们品鉴了当地居民自己腌制的腊肉，看着网上的腊肉售卖，我萌生出了一个想法：为什么不在这个村子里也试试呢？可询问过后发现，售卖腊肉需要食品安全证，且当地交通不便，以我高中生的身份，无法推进整条产业链的发展。
After visiting several local households, I found that the villagers’ incomes were mostly concentrated between 10,000 and 25,000 RMB. Moreover, because their essential living expenses—such as gift-giving, purchasing crop seeds and pesticides, and raising livestock—are quite high, most of them rely on bartering. During our trip in April, we sampled the cured pork that the locals had prepared themselves. Seeing cured pork for sale online gave me an idea: Why not try selling it in this village too? However, after inquiring, I learned that selling cured pork requires a food safety certificate, and given the poor local transportation infrastructure, as a high school student, I was unable to drive the development of the entire supply chain.
望向刚刚大丰收过后的土地，我又想到了蔬菜。我询问当地几家居民：你们有试过卖蔬菜吗？他们给出了否定的答案，在这片土地上，大家种植的菜，种类近乎一样，即使年年都有多出来的，大多也都喂给了牲畜，并无市场。如果现有的蔬菜种类没办法实现销售，那试试别的作物呢？凉山的高海拔与昼夜温差，以我片面的理解，很适合种植像葡萄这类作物。可走访更多家庭后，我发现当地人们的种植习惯多为不灌溉，只依赖天然降雨，在坡地这一种类的耕地上，将会造成巨大的水土流失，并不能种植此类作物。
Looking out at the fields fresh from a bountiful harvest, my thoughts turned once again to vegetables. I asked several local residents, “Have you ever tried selling vegetables?” They replied in the negative. On this land, everyone grows nearly the same varieties of vegetables; even though there’s a surplus every year, most of it is fed to livestock, and there’s no market for it. If the existing vegetable varieties can’t be sold, why not try other crops? Based on my limited understanding, Liangshan’s high altitude and significant day-night temperature differences seem well-suited for growing crops like grapes. However, after visiting more households, I discovered that local farming practices generally rely on natural rainfall rather than irrigation. On sloping farmland like this, that would lead to severe soil erosion, making it unsuitable for growing such crops.
带着采访信息和满心疑虑，我回到了北京。经过不断观看研究资料，我想到了坡地改梯田这一方式。可具体的效益还需进行多方面验证。我找到了Abby同学，一起进行这篇研究性论文的撰写。下方是本篇论文的摘要。
Armed with the interview information and a mind full of doubts, I returned to Beijing. After repeatedly reviewing the research materials, I came up with the idea of converting sloping land into terraced fields. However, the specific benefits still need to be verified from multiple angles. I reached out to Abby, and we collaborated on writing this research paper. Below is the abstract of this paper.
（此为论文的摘要）
(This is the abstract of our paper.)
我们带着这篇论文走到了评委面前，却被此方案的可行性浇了一盆冷水。坡地改梯田的成本，是我们一开始不曾考虑到的。在更多的资料搜寻后，考虑到交通不便，大型起重机械及其余梯田构建的成本平均到一亩地至少需要一万元。我首先联系了G村的朋友与部分家庭，他们均表示并没有这么多钱进行试验。可政府批准的资金需要经过层层考核，我们几个高中生，又能做些什么呢？
We presented this paper to the judges, only to have our enthusiasm dampened by doubts about the feasibility of our proposal. The cost of converting sloping land into terraced fields was something we hadn’t considered at the outset. After conducting further research, we found that—given the poor transportation infrastructure—the cost of large lifting equipment and other terraced field construction, averaged out per mu, would amount to at least 10,000 yuan. I first reached out to friends and several families in G Village, but they all said they didn’t have that much money to fund the experiment. However, government-approved funding must go through multiple layers of review—what could a few high school students like us possibly do?
综合而言，此篇文章不仅是我个人的思考与陈述，更想让更多人看见我们的行动，提出你们宝贵的建议。正如GLANCE一位成员的座右铭，没有行动的保证是没有价值的。之所以在论文完成后许久才发布这篇文章，是GLANCE在讨论后希望能有更多人看见我们，为凉山贡献自己的一份绵薄之力，我们坚信，团队的力量是最强大的！
All in all, this article is not only a reflection of my personal thoughts and views, but also an effort to showcase our actions to a wider audience and solicit your valuable suggestions. As one GLANCE member’s motto goes, “A promise without action is worthless.” The reason we waited so long to publish this article after completing the paper is that, following discussions within GLANCE, we hoped more people would learn about our work and contribute their own modest efforts to Liangshan. We firmly believe that the power of a team is the greatest!