米粮川

guò qù qióng shān gōu jīn rì mǐ liáng chuān

过去穷山沟，今日米粮川。

The barren gully of yesterday has become a granary.

huāng tān biàn wéi mǐ liáng chuān

荒滩变为米粮川。

Large tracts of wasteland have become a granary.

yǐ qián de shā tān rú jīn biàn chéng le mǐ liáng chuān

以前的沙滩如今变成了米粮川。

What was formerly a sandbank has now become fertile paddy fields.