Meishan Island

Meishan Island

Meishan island was built on an island, which was called Meishan Township before 2015. On January 4, 2015, its zoning was adjusted and changed to Meishan street, which is located at 121.8 ° e, 29.6 ° n, facing zhitouyang in the East, tingzui port in the south, and across the sea from Fudu island and Liuheng island in Zhoushan City. The island covers an area of 38.3 square kilometers. 5 administrative villages, 13 (stock) economic cooperatives, 46 natural villages, registered residence population of 1.8 million people.

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Meishan island is divided into its own island and pushe island and Qinglong island in the northeast. The area of Meishan island is 38 square kilometers, pushe island and Qinglong island are 0.11 square kilometers and 0.21 square kilometers respectively, with a total area of 27.22 square kilometers. In addition, there are 240 mu of arable land, 1700 mu of mountainous land and 1000 meters of coastline under the jurisdiction of the street. The topography of the whole island is southwest northeast, 9.37 km long and 4.31 km wide. There are 15 hills with different sizes and heights. The main mountains are consistent with the shape and trend of the island, about 1.5 km from north to South and 2 km from east to west. Yandungang, the highest peak, is 148.8 meters above sea level. The rest are at altitudes ranging from 50 to 90 meters and belong to the Kuocang mountain system, the Tiantai Mountain range and the foot of Taibai Mountain. Affected by the terrain, most of the main residential areas in Meishan island are located in the south of the mountain and in the higher part of the terrain.

geographical position

Meishan Island, located in the east of Ningbo, is only about 500 meters away from the mainland. It is in the core area of the Yangtze River Delta and is the hub block of Ningbo Zhoushan port. Meishan island is adjacent to the international waterway and anchorage in the East, Xiangshan Port in the west, Beilun main port in the north, Zhoushan Liuheng and Fodu islands in the south.

The total coastline of Meishan island is 27.35 km, of which the deep water coastline is 9.3 km, with an average water depth of more than 22 meters. It can berth the fifth and sixth generation container ships.

Meishan island covers an area of 26.9 square kilometers. With the completion of the 9 square kilometers of reclamation project in 2011, the island area can reach 38.3 square kilometers, including 18-20 square kilometers of construction land.

Local records of Meishan

Location and topography

It is located in the southeast of the area, in the shallow sea on the southeast side of Chuanshan peninsula. It is adjacent to shitouyang in the East and Fodu waterway in the south, across the sea from Fudu, Liuheng and Taohua islands in Tuo District of Zhoushan City, Xiangshan Port in the west, Meishan port in the north, Xiayang and Pingyang villages in Baifeng Town, Shangmei ferry and Meidong ferry. It is connected with Shangbai highway and coastal midline in the mainland. The land area of the main island is 26.9 square kilometers, and there are Qinglong island and pushe Island along the eastern coast, fangmen mountain and coastal Tu in the northern mainland. The total area of the rural area is 34.2 square kilometers. The Township People's government is located in Meizhong village, 54 kilometers away from the center of Ningbo and 28 kilometers away from Xinji street.

Meishan island is an open marine plain island in the hinterland of China's islands. Its coastline is 25 km long, 7.6 km long from east to west, and 3.5 km wide from north to South on average. Its terrain is in the form of footprints and tilts from northeast to southwest. The marine plain accounts for 80% of the island area, the coastal tidal flat accounts for 8%, and the low hill accounts for 12%. There are 1140.7 hectares of cultivated land, 831.5 hectares of salt land, 93.6 hectares of rivers and reservoirs, 272 hectares of mountains, and 666 hectares of tideland. The highest hill on the island is yandungang, 148.8 meters above sea level. Rich in soil and products, it is now the only marine wetland island in Ningbo.

Historical evolution

Before the 26th year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1687), there were Meizi mountain, panjiu mountain and other small islands in the east of the township, commonly known as Meishan; Yandun mountain, Nanhui mountain and other islands in the west of the township, commonly known as Xiaan, which belonged to Dinghai county at that time. Since 1688, it was subordinate to Haiyan Township, Zhenhai County, and was administratively called "three capitals and one map". When the township was established in 1914, it was named Meishan Township because of its village name. From 1953 to 1958, it was called Meishan Township and Meixi township of Zhenhai County; from 1959 to 1961, it was called Guoju people's commune of Zhenhai county (Meidong management area and Meixi management area); from 1962 to 1984, it was called Meishan people's commune; from October 1985, it was called Meishan Township of Binhai District; from July 1987 to now, it is renamed Meishan township of Beilun District. Township People's Government in Li'ao village, the original jurisdiction of Li'ao, Meishan, battery, Panshi, Beita, Nanshan, wai'ao, tai'ao, Danshi, Xiaan, Nanhui, tea factory, waidun 13 administrative villages. Since December 2004, the scale of administrative villages has been adjusted. The original Li'ao, wai'ao and Danshi administrative villages have been adjusted to Meizhong village; Meishan, Panshi and Paotai administrative villages to Meidong village; tai'ao, Nanshan and Xiaan administrative villages to Meixi village; Chachang, Nanhui and waidun administrative villages to Meigang village; Beita Village has been reserved. Township People's Government in Meizhong village, under the jurisdiction of 5 administrative villages, 46 natural villages.

Land formation

The formation of the land area of the island is the result of the continuous increase of the population and the continuous construction of ponds to reclaim tidal flats over the past 400 years. It shows the regional characteristics of "vicissitudes". According to the chronology of land reclamation in zhutangtang, it can be divided into four stages: first, the initial period of the residents (about 1600-1661): the Shen's and Zhang's zhushatang, lishiqiaotang and libaimutang living at the foot of Yandun mountain at that time; the Hong's and Ji's zhumenkoutang living at hongjiashan at that time, with a total land reclamation of about 500 mu. In 1661, the Qing government issued the "sea ban" and the residents moved to the mainland. 2、 Two island period (1685-1829): in the 23rd year of Kangxi (1684), the Qing government issued an edict to "lift the sea ban" and the residents returned to their hometown. At that time, they lived in meizishan, panzhilitang, xuxingtang, Hetang, taigetang, changhoutang, daxingtang, etc.; at that time, people around Yandun mountain and Nanhui mountain successively built tai'ao Tang, Li'ao Litang, waitang, linghoufan Tang, Shiqiao Tang, waiao Tang, yejiatang, danzhichanghoutang, Wangjiatang, Shenshui Tang, longditang, etc., covering more than 6000 mu of reclaimed land. At this time, two small islands, Meishan in the East and Xiaan in the west, separated by sanjiangpu, have been formed. 3、 During the period of the unification of the two islands (1830-1910): in the year of emperor guangrenchen of the Qing Dynasty (1830), the residents of the East and West islands built 800 Mu ponds at the South and North ends of sanjiangpu. After that, zhongjiatang, yongxingtang, fuchengtang, shalitang and Wangjiatang of tea factory were built, covering more than 9800 mu of reclaimed land. During the period of the Republic of China, there were many disasters and wars. By August 1956, during the "anti taiwan disaster relief" period, the land area of Meishan island was 18.2 square kilometers, which was verified by plane survey and field data sent by Ningbo Municipal People's government. 4、 People's commune period (1958-1980): in March 1958, Ningbo Municipal Bureau of industry and Commerce built a 4950 Mu enclosure outside yongxingtang in the south of the island to establish a Ningbo state-owned Meishan salt farm; from 1968 to 1970, Meishan society and Baifeng commune built a 1695 Mu enclosure outside qixingtang in the south of qixingtang to establish a Meixi joint salt farm; stele tower production team built a 430 Mu enclosure outside daxingtang to establish a stele The Meidong salt farm was built by the three production brigades, Meishan, Paotai and Panshi, which were surrounded by a pond of 950 Mu outside the panlitang, and the fresh water storage pond was built by the two production brigades, Panshi and Li'ao, which were surrounded by a pond of 50 mu outside daotouzui and xiadaotou respectively. From 1977 to 1980, Meishan commune built 4050 mu of salt fields in the northwest of Meishi joint salt field. During this period, a total of 12175 mu of farmland was reclaimed. Such a line of seawall gradually moved out, the land area continued to expand, forming today's island area. By 2006, the land area of the island was 26.9 square kilometers.

The natural environment of the island is quiet and beautiful. In summer and autumn, the monsoon blows strongly, and the wind direction is mainly ESE. In winter and spring, the monsoon wind direction is mainly nm. It has sufficient sunshine, abundant rainfall, mild and humid climate, long frost free period, rare ice and snow, and no disastrous weather such as high temperature and low temperature. It has the characteristics of warm in winter and cool in summer, fresh air, green in four seasons, pleasant and suitable for things. It is known as "Green Island". In 2004, it was honored as "ecological township" by Ningbo Municipal People's government.

District Population

Township jurisdiction Meizhong, Meidong, Beita, Meixi, Meigang five administrative villages, a total of 46 natural villages. At the end of 2006, there were 6249 households with 15306 permanent residents and 572 temporary residents.

economic development

Before the establishment of the zone, it was mainly rich in cotton, fish and salt, and the collective economy and farmers' per capita annual income ranked among the top 8 of the 21 townships in Zhenhai county. After the construction of the District, we should take "economic construction as the center", implement the development strategy of "prospering the island by ecology, enriching the people by green", and speed up the pace of economic development. In 2006, the total social output value was 338.27 million yuan, 8.7 times that of 38.5 million yuan in 1984; the per capita annual income of farmers was 6951 yuan, 2.6 times that of 17 square meters in 1984; and the per capita deposit was 4848 yuan. In 2006, the total output value of agriculture was 117.1 million yuan, and half of the rural labor force has turned to the secondary and tertiary industries.

Since the early Qing Dynasty, Meishan township has not only planted grain, oil and vegetables and a variety of cash crops, but also fished and cultivated a variety of marine fish, shellfish, crustaceans, algae and other aquatic products, as well as the traditional industry of salt drying in seawater. As early as 1836, cotton was planted in the island, which was one of the earliest cotton planting areas in Zhenhai county. one

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