1955年,受当时苏联正掀起的全民垦荒运动的影响,中国也掀起了青年垦荒运动,主要有北京青年到黑龙江,上海青年到江西,山东青年到黑龙江等等,其中有4万多河南垦荒队员到达新疆。与其他地方垦荒队员不同的是,河南垦荒队员主要是农村中的青壮年,而且“是唯一基本上没有倒流回去的一批”[1]57。他们大都扎根在新疆这片土地上,为新疆的各项事业特别是农垦事业奉献着自己的青春和热血,成为20世纪50年代大规 In 1955, under the influence of the National Reclamation Campaign which was being set up by the Soviet Union at that time, China also set off a youth reclamation movement. There were mainly Beijing youths to Heilongjiang, Shanghai youths to Jiangxi, Shandong youths to Heilongjiang, among which more than 40,000 Henan reclamation workers Arrived in Xinjiang. Unlike other reclamation teams, Henan reclamation teams are mainly young and middle-aged in rural areas, and “the only ones that basically do not have to go backwards” [1] 57. Most of them are rooted in the land of Xinjiang and dedicate their youth and blood to all undertakings in Xinjiang, especially to the cause of land reclamation.