Tuocheng

Tuocheng scenic spot is located in TuoCheng Town, Longchuan County, northeast of Guangdong Province. Tuo City, formerly known as Longchuan City, was the place where the county government was established in 214 BC after the first emperor of Qin Dynasty pacified Nanyue. In memory of Zhao Tuo, who was the "king of Nanyue" after the first magistrate, it is called Tuocheng.

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Tuocheng town

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Tuocheng generally refers to Tuocheng town

TuoCheng Town, located in the southernmost part of Longchuan County, Heyuan City, Guangdong Province, has a history of 2221 years. It is one of the first batch of famous historical and cultural cities in Guangdong Province, and has always been an important political, economic and cultural town in Longchuan County. The town has a total area of 165.13 square kilometers (2017), under the jurisdiction of 17 administrative villages and 1 neighborhood committee, with a total population of 43256 (2017). In 2006, the town's GDP reached 260 million yuan. The city has a long history and many historic sites. The town's agriculture mainly focuses on the development of the three pillar industries of "aquatic products, fruits and vegetables". Rich in natural resources, it also has 14 county-level cultural relics protection units.

brief introduction

Tuocheng town is located in the south end of Longchuan County, one of the four ancient towns in Guangdong Province. It has a history of 2224 years. It is a famous historical and cultural city at the provincial level, the birthplace of Lingnan culture, and one of the ancestors of Hakka people

. It has convenient transportation and prominent location advantages. National Highway 205 and Meihe expressway are directly connected, Guangzhou Meizhou Shantou railway and Beijing Kowloon Railway meet, and Dongjiang River, an important tributary of the Pearl River, runs through the whole territory. At present, the town governs 17 village committees and 1 neighborhood committee, with a total population of 43256 (2017), 179 surnames and an area of 165.13 square kilometers (2017), including 21000 mu of cultivated land and 220000 mu of mountainous area.

history

Tuocheng has a long history and many historic sites. There are many historical relics, such as Zhao Tuo's former residence, Yuewang temple, Yuewang well, kaopeng, Zhengxiang tower, Confucius Temple, ancestral hall of surname, kengzili cultural site, etc. Tuocheng has beautiful scenery and many tourist attractions. Five of the "eight Longchuan sceneries" are in Tuocheng, especially since the restoration and opening of Confucius Temple (Longchuan Academy) and the completion of Hexi hot spring service area With continuous development, the economic income of the tertiary industry has been increasing.

Tuocheng agriculture mainly focuses on the development of the three pillar industries of "aquatic products, fruits and vegetables". In particular, longan planting in the town has become a scale, with a planting area of 8144 mu, known as the "hometown of longan".

resources

Tuocheng is rich in natural resources, mainly including land, forest, water, mineral spring (including geothermal). There are 260000 mu of land resources, 20 million mu of arable land; 230000 mu of forest land, more than 100 kinds of plant species, with a forest coverage rate of 71.8%; the theoretical reserves of water resources are 2180 kW; there are more than 10 kinds of mineral resources, such as limestone, coal mine, tungsten mine, iron cobalt mine, rare earth mine, clay, marble, cinnabar stone, crystal stone, lustrous ore, gneiss, etc., with large quantity and high quality. Hexi hot spring is famous. Each village is rich in grain and sugar, oil crops and aquatic products, livestock and poultry, fruit, tea, vegetables, bamboo, etc.

Cultural Relic

Tuo City, formerly known as the old city of Longchuan, Weituo City, Longchuan city. In the 33rd year of the first emperor of Qin Dynasty (214 BC), Longchuan County was established. Zhao Tuo, the first county magistrate, set up the county government here to build a brick city. Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, Tuocheng Xiang has been an important town in eastern Guangdong and a county seat in successive dynasties. During the Anti Japanese War, after the fall of Guangzhou, some organs of the Guangdong Provincial Government of the Kuomintang once moved to work here. Until the liberation of Longchuan on May 16, 1949, Tuocheng had always been the political, economic and cultural center of Longchuan County. Because it has a long history, the ancient city is full of people and culture, and there are many historic sites and cultural relics. There are 39 ancestral halls with 179 surnames. At present, there are 2 provincial-level cultural relics protection units (kengzili site and Zhengxiang tower), 4 municipal cultural relics protection units (Xuegong, Dacheng hall, Yuewang well and Yuewang Temple), and 14 county-level cultural relics protection units.

In 1991, Tuocheng was one of the first batch of 12 famous historical and cultural cities in Guangdong Province announced by the people's Government of Guangdong Province.

The mystery of Tuocheng's surname

In the 33rd year of the first emperor of Qin Dynasty (214 BC), Zhao Tuo, the first magistrate of Longchuan County, set up the county government in Tuocheng. Among them, Tuocheng village, where Zhao Tuo set up the county government, was estimated to have at least 130 surnames at that time before careful investigation was made in winter. It should be well deserved to name "Tuocheng" as the real "first village of Chinese surnames".

To this end, Tuocheng town government began in November to send a number of working groups to investigate the historical data of surnames in 18 local administrative villages. After more than a month of door-to-door special investigation, the results show that: Tuocheng town has gathered 179 surnames, of which Tuocheng village contains 140!

As for the significance of Chinese surname culture, Yuan Yida, an associate researcher of Institute of genetics and developmental biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and an expert on surname culture, believes that the distribution of Chinese surnames and surnames is a unique national condition in China, which involves the origin of the Chinese nation, the distribution of genetic resources left behind by ancestors, the root seeking at home and abroad, and the population development trend in the future There are many problems.

According to the fifth national census in 2000, there are 3000 surnames commonly used by the Han population in China, and 438 surnames are collected in "Hundred Surnames", while 179 surnames in Tuocheng town account for almost one third of "Hundred Surnames".

According to the investigation, the discovery of Tuocheng surname is unique in China, which is a unique and important historical and cultural phenomenon.

It is reported that Tuocheng town in Longchuan County is preparing to apply for the Guinness world record for Chinese surnames, and build Tuocheng village in the town into the "No.1 village with Chinese surnames".

A reporter interviewed Huang Weizong, counselor of Guangdong provincial government, Professor of Sun Yat sen University and President of Guangdong Pearl River Culture Research Association. When Professor Huang Weizong learned from reporters that Tuocheng town had found 179 surnames, he was very excited. Huang Jiaoshi said that as early as 2002, when he was investigating the source of the culture of the Pearl River system, he found 37 ancestral temples with surnames, which are important symbols of the Qin army's folk culture, in TuoCheng Town, Longchuan County. This has important historical reference value for determining the whereabouts of 500000 Qin troops. However, at that time, the local government did not provide accurate data of local surnames, so it is not possible to fully confirm the 50 The whereabouts of wanqin army. The discovery of 179 surnames "completely solved this historical mystery".

Professor Huang affirms that the discovery of these 179 surnames and 37 ancestral temples is a historical witness to the fact that the southern Qin army stationed, lived, multiplied and even scattered in Lingnan and other parts of the world, thus making Tuocheng the birthplace of the combination of Lingnan culture and Central Plains culture. Its cultural and historical value and political significance are very important.

tourism

Promote the economic development of the tertiary industry with tourism. Since the establishment of Longchuan County in 214 BC, Tuocheng has a history of more than 2000 years. There are cultural relics and handed down allusions in the past dynasties. It is a genuine historical kaleidoscope. For example, the Yue Wang Jing, which was excavated by Zhao Tuo himself, is still in the face of the modern people. The phase pagoda built in the Tang Dynasty, which once built in the Tang Dynasty, used to cover the wind and rain for the famous Southern Song Dynasty Wu Qian. The "SUDI" into the city under the tower was built by Su Song, a Northern Song Dynasty writer, and the brothers Subei once wrote poems on wine. By the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were more Town God's Temple, Confucian Temple and Kao sheds, which recorded the folk customs of those dynasties. Love, history and culture. Tuocheng also has good ecological resources and hot spring resources, and has the natural conditions for the development of tourism. The tourism industry of Tuocheng is gradually improving and is committed to becoming a national 4A scenic spot. Tourism will become the pillar industry of Tuocheng.

Address: beside the school palace, TuoCheng Town, Longchuan County, Heyuan City, Guangdong Province

Longitude: 115.19289335449

Latitude: 24.06474474

Ticket information: 35 RMB

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