In October 18th, the villagers were singing and dancing, and performing the directed programs in the "Half the quilt" Memorial Plaza of Shazhou Village Rucheng County to celebrate the successful convocation of 19th National Congress, attracting many visitors to watch.

The "Half the quilt" story not only promoted the red tourism in Rucheng, but also brought great change to Shazhou Village.

On October 2016, General Secretary Xi Jinping fondly told the red classics story of "Half the quilt" in the 80th anniversary memorial ceremony of the long march victory. The story was quickly spread throughout the whole China and warmed all Chinese. More and more people came to Shazhou Village to visit and learn, receiving thousands of tourists per month.

Shazhou red tourism scenic construction started in March this year and will be finished soon. The Shazhou Village likes a beautiful village picture now. The sides of Chu River take on a new look, a smooth road through the village. The old houses on the left of the road were made a unified exterior decoration; the Red Museum, "Half the quilt" Memorial Square, Red Culture Exhibition Hall and tourist service center were shaped; the new modern residential area in the right of the road was built in graceful disorder. A new bridge connected both banks and the garden under the bridge was transformed into the landscape, which Red Army soldiers help the masses to develop production with vivid image of Red Army soldiers.

Shazhou Village is a scene of bustling construction and the scenic project will be completed as soon as possible to welcome the China (Hunan) Red Tourism Cultural Festival held in November here. According to reports, Shazhou Village is being built into the model of red tourism, beautiful countryside, poverty alleviation, organization construction and practicing the mass line.

"Till now, 300 million yuan has been invested and the Shazhou rural complex construction project has started." Vice Secretary of Rucheng County Party Committee He Qingsong introduced that Shazhou Village introduced the red tourism products, native products, tea culture and other 8 entity owners, and introduced Hunan Zero Grade Organic Ecological Agriculture, Shenzhen travel agency and other enterprises to invest the construction of ecological farms, high-end tea gardens and organic fruit demonstration bases.