Lotus root pond

Ouchi town

synonym

Ouchi generally refers to Ouchi town

Ouchi town is a central town in Gongan County, Jingzhou City, Hubei Province. The town is located in the southeast of Jianghan Plain, at the junction of Hunan and Hubei provinces, only 80 kilometers away from the ancient city of Jingzhou. It is the South Gate of Gongan County in Hubei Province. It is adjacent to Nankou town of Shishou in the East, huangshantou town in the west, Gaoling town of Shishou in the south, and Zhakou town in the north, to the south of the Yangtze River. Chiduo is famous for its rich lotus root. Ouchi town has been known as "xiaohankou" for its merchants gathering since ancient times

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Ouchi town has been awarded the titles of "Chutian Star Town" and "China's township star" by Hubei Provincial People's government and the Ministry of civil affairs. In September 2001, Ouchi town was designated as the provincial central town by the provincial government. As of January 2014, the town has a total land area of 102.87 square kilometers (2017), 13 administrative villages, 4 communities and 1 fishing ground, with a total population of 37815 (2017)

. Huangshantou liquor, one of the eight famous liquor in Hubei Province, is produced in Ouchi town

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Evolution of organizational system

history

Longxuekou, recorded in shuijingzhu by Li Daoyuan, is the first place name of Ouchi town recorded in the northern and Southern Dynasties (5th century A.D.)

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In the Sui and Tang Dynasties, "Ouchi" became the Yangtze River quay, where official ships and civilian ships came and went.

During the Yuanfeng period of the Northern Song Dynasty, it is recorded that "Ouchi belongs to Shishou town".

Ouchi has long been a dual administrative institution of "town" and "township". There were towns and townships in Ming and Qing Dynasties. West of Ouchi river is Xixiang of Shishou county. During the period of the Republic of China, there were Yanglin district and Ouchi town

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From 1958 to 1961, Ouchi suffered several fires, the most serious of which was the fire in 1961, which engulfed the whole town.

In 1951, Anxiang river was transferred to Gong'an County from Yanglin district. Gong'an County had nijiata district (later nanzha District) and Ouchi was under the jurisdiction of Shishou county.

When Jingjiang county was established in November 1952, it was transferred to Gongan County; when Jingjiang county was merged into Gongan County in April 1955, it was transferred to Gongan County

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In 1965, Ouchi was put under the jurisdiction of Gong'an County. Ouchi town and nanzha District merged at the same time. In September 1965, the Jingzhou District instructed that Ouchi town should be handed over to Gongan County for management.

In 1975, the organizational system of nanzha district was abolished and the new Ouchi town was established.

place name

The origin of "lotus pond". In 208 ad, in the 13th year of Jian'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao's 830000 troops went down to the south of the Yangtze River, where he stationed troops to raise food and prepare for the battle of Chibi. The next year, Liu Bei led Jingzhou animal husbandry, stationed at the mouth of the Youjiang River, where he also cultivated land to collect lotus roots and built a trench. Cao and Liu's army "gathered lotus roots in the pond and gathered them in the fields.". "Lotus pond" comes from this.

The historical facts about Cao Liu's troops are recorded in Jingzhou Prefecture annals and Shishou county annals. Today, there are some places where Cao Cao asked the soldiers whether they ate lotus root, such as "ask Shigang"; some places where Cao tunhu, Cao Shidang and Gongjian were used in tuntian.

The origin of ouchikou in the Yangtze River. According to the records of the Tongzhi edition of Shishou county annals, "in April of the 10th year of Daoguang reign of the Qing Dynasty (1831), the Ouchi dyke of the Yangtze River collapsed more than ten feet, and Hao Chuanyu (magistrate Hao Lingyi) and the gentry built the dyke two Li.". It is also recorded that in the second year of Xianfeng (1852), the Ma Lin workers collapsed (referring to the Ouchi dyke), and the people were in short supply. From then on, ouchikou formed three tributaries, namely, the West Branch (Anxiang River), the middle branch (Tuanshan River) and the East Branch (Nanxian River), into Dongting Lake. Lotus pond mouth was born.

administrative division

As of July 2013, Ouchi town has 13 villages, 4 communities and 1 fishing ground

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geographical environment

geographical position

Ouchi town is located in the South Bank of Jingjiang River in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, at the south end of Jingjiang Flood Diversion Area. Its geographical coordinates are 112 ° 19 ′ E and 29 ° 45 ′ n. It is adjacent to Ouchi River in the East, Nankou town of Shishou City, huangshantou town in the southwest, hudu River in the west, Zhakou town in the northwest and Yugong Township in the north. Ouchi town in Gongan County is located in the south of Jingjiang Flood Diversion Area, which is an important transportation hub of Hunan and Hubei provinces

. Ouchi is located in the south of the Yangtze River, at the intersection of three counties and cities (Gong'an County, Huarong County and Shishou City) of two provinces (Hubei and Hunan). It connects the Yangtze River in the north, Dongting in the south, Bashu in the West and Wuyue in the East

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topographic features

The town is oval in shape, flat in terrain, slightly inclined in the South and North, and low in the northwest.

Natural climate

The climate belongs to the north temperate zone and is affected by the subtropical climate. The annual average temperature is 17.3 ℃, frost free period is 270 days, annual rainfall is 1211 mm, annual average rainfall days is 127 days, and annual sunshine is 1827.5 hours

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natural resources

water resource

In 2005, the water area of the town was 805.73 hectares, accounting for 99.98% of other land areas.

There are three tributaries below ouchikou, ouchihe river

Tuanshan River and Anxiang River, which flow through Nanxian, Yueyang and Anxiang of Hunan Province respectively, are connected with Dongting Lake and xiangziyuanli river. They are the water throat of the border area between Hunan and Hubei Province

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land resource

In 2005, the total land area of Ouchi town was 10287.13 hectares, including 8292.04 hectares of agricultural land, accounting for 80.61% of the total land area; 1189.16 hectares of construction land, accounting for 11.56% of the total land area; and 805.93 hectares of other land, accounting for 7.83% of the total land area.

Agricultural land

In 2005, 6465.00 hectares of cultivated land, accounting for 77.97% of the agricultural land area; 2.04 hectares of garden land, accounting for 0.02% of the agricultural land area; 264.23 hectares of forest land, accounting for 3.19% of the agricultural land area; 1560.77 hectares of other agricultural land, accounting for 18.82% of the agricultural land area.

land used for building

In 2005, 988.44 hectares of urban and rural construction land, accounting for 83.12% of the construction land area, 185.99 hectares of traffic and water conservancy land, accounting for 15.64% of the construction land area, and 14.73 hectares of other construction land, accounting for 1.24% of the construction land area. In urban and rural construction land, 182.99 hectares of urban land, accounting for 18.51% of urban and rural construction land; 805.45 hectares of rural residential land, accounting for 81.49% of urban and rural construction land. In 2005, the natural reserve area of the town was 0.20 hectares, accounting for 0.02% of other land areas

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Population nationality

The total population of the town is 37815 (2017)

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Ouchi town is inhabited by Han, Hui, Mongolian, Zhuang and Tujia Nationalities.

Economic overview

overview

In 2011, the total output value of industries above Designated Size reached 620 million yuan, accounting for 114.7% of the county's plan; sales revenue was 570 million yuan, accounting for 106.3% of the county's plan; profits and taxes were 110 million yuan, accounting for 109.9% of the county's plan. The total output value of agriculture was 330 million yuan, and the per capita net income of farmers reached 7993 yuan, an increase of 23%. A total of 477 million yuan was invested in fixed assets in the whole year. The local tax revenue was 1.868 million yuan, and the national tax revenue was 50.103 million yuan, including 25.81 million yuan of VAT and 18.87 million yuan of consumption tax

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primary industry

Agricultural production the agricultural production of Ouchi town is mainly rice, cotton and oil. It can produce more than 20000 tons of rice, more than 5000 mu of cotton, 250 tons of lint and 3471 tons of high-quality rapeseed every year.

The breeding industry mainly focuses on raising pigs, fish and three birds. Each year, it produces more than 25000 pigs, 1300 tons of fish and 2500 tons of other aquatic products, 500000 three birds, 2476 tons of fresh vegetables and 5000 tons of fruits. Make full use of the riverbank grassland to breed large livestock such as cattle, sheep and horses.

On June 17, 2007, the second livestock cooperative, Tianzhu livestock cooperative, was established in Ouchi town.

the secondary industry

By the end of 2010, there were 67 enterprises of various types in Ouchi Town, ranking first in the public security county in terms of industrial tax revenue for more than 20 years, and 19 products won the titles of provincial, ministerial and national excellence. A series of wine of "huangshantou" brand

"Gucheng brand" linoleum, etc. Ouchi town has Qu distillery, paper mill, cotton mill, hemp mill, machinery plant and waterproof material plant. It has formed five pillar industries of textile, wine making, machinery, building materials and paper making, and can produce more than 50 kinds of products. The products sell well in 20 provinces and cities in China. It has been awarded the titles of "Chutian Star Town" and "China Town Star" by the people's Government of Hubei Province and the Ministry of civil affairs of the people's Republic of China. In September 2001, it was designated as the provincial central town by the people's Government of Hubei Province.

On September 21, 2007, runzhida new agricultural development Co., Ltd. officially settled in Fengfeng modern agricultural demonstration park in Ouchi town. After Xinzhong company's dairy farming project was completed and put into operation, runzhida company settled down.

In 2012, Ouchi town achieved the goal of the whole year

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