Jixin town

Different from other villages and towns, Jixin Town, located in the East and north of Fenghuang County, is a multi-ethnic area inhabited by Tujia, Miao, Han and Hui. In the ancient town, there is Santan academy, one of the four existing academies in Hunan Province.

Jixin town is an ancient town inhabited by many ethnic groups. Every month on the fifth, tenth, fifteenth, twentieth, 25th and thirtieth day of the lunar calendar, a fair will be held here to gather the characteristic elements of various ethnic groups. It is a necessary humanistic activity for tourists to come to Xiangxi.

Jixin town

Jixin town (Miao: zenb jib Xinb) is located in the northeast of Fenghuang County, 21.5km away from Fenghuang County. In 2005, the original huoluping Township and Liangtouyang Township were merged into Jixin town. With a total area of 117.11 square kilometers (2017), the town governs 21 administrative villages and 1 neighborhood committee, with a total of 16915 people (2017). It is a multi-ethnic area inhabited by Miao, Tujia, Han and Hui.

Geographical location

Jixin town is located in the northeast of the county, 21.5km away from the county in the South and 31km away from Jishou City in the north. National Highway 209 runs through the north and south of the town, With a total length of 13.5km and convenient transportation, it is the main channel connecting Huaihua City and Tongren area of Guizhou Province. It is adjacent to Jiefangyan Township and Mujiangping town of Luxi County in the East, Tuojiang town in the south, Muli Township in the west, Heku Township in the northwest, ganziping Township and sanqiaoxiang Township in the north.

Climatic characteristics

The mountainous terrain is high in the West and low in the East, with an average altitude of 310-430 meters. It belongs to the humid climate of the mid subtropical monsoon, and the whole town belongs to the warm area and alpine mountainous area.

industrial structure

Around the three pillar industrial structures of ginger, citrus and labor export, the radiation industrial structure model supplemented by tobacco leaf, navel orange, chestnut, kiwi fruit, watermelon, sour beans, honeysuckle, pear and pollution-free vegetables will be developed.

Remove villages and merge towns

Jixin town is divided into three parts: huoluping, Liangtouyang and Jixin. The ethnic minorities in Jixin town are the majority. Huoluping and liangtouyangpian are pure Miao areas, while Jixin is a multi-ethnic area. Wanrongjiang village, Shouyun village and Sanjiaoping village are pure Miao villages.

Regionalization adjustment

The Miao and Tujia people in Jixin town have preserved their own customs and traditions, especially the Miao people's traditions. They have kept their own unique language, costumes, various national customs and handicrafts. Tujia people also maintain their own unique traditional customs, especially love Yang opera.

Rural cooperative medical system

Jixin town of Fenghuang county is carrying out the work of new rural cooperative medical system. In order to carry out the project better and faster in Jixin, and let the villagers understand the new changes of "rural cooperative medical system" and the more convenience it brings to the villagers, the cadres of the town are very busy with their suggestions and cooperation.

In order to carry out this work smoothly, the cadres of Jixin Town, Fenghuang County, based on their past work experience and the actual situation of the town, took the form of making simple publicity materials, visiting village cadres and village group cadres, organizing the former "rural cooperative" beneficiaries to appear and persuade them, organizing villagers to make their own songs and dances, so as to let the villagers know more about support and join the new year More and more villagers will become the beneficiaries of the new year's rural cooperative medical system. This way is generally welcomed and supported by the villagers.

Cultural relics

Santan academy is located in Jixin town (formerly known as deshengying) in the northeast of Fenghuang County, 22 kilometers away from the county. In 1874, Wu Zhizhi, a military officer in Qiandong, Guizhou Province, built a pension bank for soldiers of the pingman army who died in battle. The main building of the academy is majestic and stands on the top of the mountain. The eaves are tilted, the beams are carved and the buildings are painted. Behind the main building is a courtyard, surrounded by galleries, classrooms and dormitories. The architecture of Santan academy is symmetrical in front and back with rigorous layout. In the courtyard, the flowers and trees are sparse, quiet and elegant; outside, the ancient cypresses are towering, and the golden osmanthus is fragrant. It is the largest Academy in the great wall of South China, the largest Academy in the Miao area of China, and one of the four existing academies in Hunan Province.

In 1874, Wudao, a military officer in Qiandong, Guizhou Province, returned to his hometown to visit his relatives. Wu deeply regretted that he did not read much while chatting with his relatives and friends. At the same time, he was deeply worried about the backwardness of Miao and Han people's culture in his hometown. He decided to set up education in his hometown to cultivate talents and improve the cultural quality of his children.

The Qing court once issued a pension for the soldiers who died in battle, some of which were not received. At the end of the Tongzhi reign of the Qing Dynasty, Wu spontaneously transported him back to Fenghuang and built an academy named "Santan academy" on the hill above Wanrongjiang Santan (yangliutan, luobutan and qishutan) in deshengying. He also bought 160 mu of land for the academy as the school property.

In 1914, to commemorate Wu Chengzhai, the people of deshengying changed the Academy into "Cuncheng school". After the county office was ordered to restructure, the tenth primary school was set up in this school. Therefore, the "ten small counties" and "Cuncheng" stand side by side. Due to the increase of students and the shortage of school buildings, more than ten school buildings were added. Students are divided into two parts: higher and elementary. At that time, teachers' salaries, students' books, lamp oil, and poor students' subsidies were all provided by the school. In the spring of 1937, the county No. 10 primary school, Cuncheng primary school and the county No. 2 girls' primary school in the same area merged into the county No. 4 primary school, which is still located in Santan Academy. In 1940, the "four primary schools" was changed to "Weiwen Township Central Primary School". After liberation, it was renamed Jixin complete primary school.

Since the establishment of Santan academy, education has been fruitful and talents have emerged in large numbers. Xiao Jimei, a professor of Tsinghua University and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, once enlightened here.

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Santan academy is located in Jixin Town, Fenghuang County, Hunan Province

In 1872, Miao squire Wu Zizi donated 80000 taels of silver to build the Academy, named Xinwu. It was completed in 1874. In 1880, Wu Zizi went back to visit his relatives and visited the Academy. There were three bitans at the foot of the Wanrong River, which was renamed "Santan academy". The Academy covers an area of 12000 square meters, with an existing building area of 600 square meters

Over the past hundred years, the academy has cultivated a large number of talents. Santan academy is an important material to study the origin and development of the cultural and educational undertakings of ethnic minorities in Western Hunan and the architecture of ethnic minorities

Address: Jixin Town, Fenghuang County

Longitude: 109.610503

Latitude: 28.107531

Traffic information: the fare from Fenghuang to Jixin is 3 yuan

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