Author(s)

Zhiguang Wang, Qiong Wu, Yun Jiang, Ying Gao, Tangsheng Wang

Corresponding Author

Ying Gao

Abstract

With the accelerated ageing population in rural areas, the shortage of talent resource is a bottleneck that restricts all-round rural revitalization, while local ethics, social participation of the elderly, integration of medical treatment and elderly, digital construction and pension planning provide the possibility of transforming aging into a driving force for rural revitalization. Based on the ethnographical investigation of X Town in J City, Jiangxi Province, this study finds that the elderly in rural areas are not only the objects of support, but also assume the roles of inter-generational rearing, housekeeping and farming, preserving the culture and maintaining social stability. Ecological advantages of rural areas can be used to attract senior citizens in urban areas to help rural revitalization, thus the bottleneck of it will be broken through with active ageing.

Keywords

Rural Revitalization, active aging, ethnography