Zhaohua ancient town

Zhaohua town

synonym

Zhaohua ancient town generally refers to Zhaohua town

Zhaohua town belongs to Fushun County, Zigong City, Sichuan Province. It is located in the lower reaches of Tuojiang River in the south of Fushun County. It is built along the river bank, 40 km away from the county, covering an area of 41.91 square kilometers. It governs 13 villages (communities) with a total population of 39200. Zhaohua town is the hometown of Mr. Liu Guangdi, one of the "Six Gentlemen of 1898". It is also an important post station and water wharf for transporting salt in Zigong "dongdaxiachuan road" since ancient times. Zhaohua town has been rated as the provincial pilot town of small towns, the fifth batch of Chinese historical and cultural towns.

Zhaohua town has a long history. It was built in Song Dynasty, Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty. There are "seven streets and four Alleys", "nine palace temples", "six docks" and "nine entrances and eighteen beaches" in the ancient town. The streets are quiet and far-reaching, and the dwellings are high and picturesque. Zhao's "six arts" - Baijiu, bamboo weaving, orange painting, cocoon silk, Dragon Boat carving and earth paint are all called the Dragon Boat Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, dragon lantern and dragon lantern.

On August 31, 2019, Sichuan Provincial People's Government approved Zigong to adjust the administrative divisions of some towns and townships: Wanshou town was cancelled, and the administrative areas of Hongyuan village, Guilin village, Tashui village, laopo village, Yangsi village, Lianhua village and wanshouchang community in Wanshou town were put under the jurisdiction of Zhaohua Town, and Zhaohua Town People's government was stationed at No. 69 Pu'an Road.

Historical evolution

The origin of the name

It is said that in the Northern Song Dynasty, an official surnamed Zhao visited here and saw that the river was surrounded by a dam and the back was close to the Castle Peak, saying that "this place should be civilized.". In the Song Dynasty, a town was set up here, named "Zhao Hua", which means the land of Zhao's civilization.

Division evolution

In Sui and Tang Dynasties, it was Jiangyang county;

Zhaohua town in Song Dynasty belongs to Luchuan county;

In the early Ming Dynasty, Yongle (1403-1424) was assigned to Fushun County;

Zhengtong nine years (1444) set up inspection department of Zhaohua

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In the Qing Dynasty, Zhao Huabao was set up in Honghe township;

In the first year of the Republic of China, it was called Zhaohua regiment; in the 23rd year of the Republic of China, it was renamed Zhaohua town;

After liberation, the villages belonged to Aoshan, Nonglin and Zhinong;

In 1958, Zhaohua commune was established by merging towns and townships;

In 1987, Zhaohua township was merged in Zhaohua town;

In 1995, Pingfeng township was merged in Zhaohua town.

In 2019, Hongyuan village, Guilin village, Tashui village, laopo village, Yangsi village, Lianhua village and wanshouchang community of Wanshou town will be under the jurisdiction of Zhaohua town.

History of construction

Zhaohua town in Song Dynasty belongs to Luchuan county. In Yongle period of Ming Dynasty, it belonged to the inspection department of Zhaohua Town, Fushun County. In the Qing Dynasty, zhaohuabao and wanshoubao were set up in Honghe township. The first year of the Republic of China (1912), known as Zhaohua regiment. In 1934, it was renamed Zhaohua town. In 1950, the rural areas were divided into Aoshan, Nonglin and Zhinong townships. In 1955, it became Aoshan township. In 1958, Zhaohua commune was established by merging towns and townships. In 1961, it was divided into Zhaohua town and Zhaohua commune. In 1984, it was changed into a township. In 1987, he joined Zhaohua Township in Zhaohua town. In 1995, Pingfeng township was removed and merged into Zhaohua town. By the end of 2017, it had jurisdiction over 11 agricultural administrative villages, 153 villager groups, 2 community neighborhood committees and 16 resident groups.

economic development

In 2015, the GDP was 630 million yuan, the investment in fixed assets was 289 million yuan, the per capita disposable income of farmers was 11900 yuan, and the disposable income of urban residents was 23800 yuan.

In 2015, the first industry introduced investment to build intelligent chicken farm, sweet orange industry demonstration park and fruit planting family farm, with 66.67 hectares of vegetables, 100 hectares of longan and 666.67 hectares of sweet orange, which was listed as the national production base of standardized raw materials for green food pear orange. The annual sown grain area is 2921 hectares, and the output is 20400 tons; 32800 live pigs, 15700 sheep, 608600 rabbits and 349900 poultry are sold; the aquaculture area is 607.4 hectares, and the output of aquatic products is 903.8 tons.

In the 1980s, there were dozens of township enterprises in the secondary industry, including flour processing, printing, wine making, brick and tile manufacturing, agricultural machinery manufacturing and so on. Among them, Zhaohua silk factory and Zhaohua distillery are the two state-owned enterprises with the largest scale. In the next 20 years, township enterprises closed, transferred, merged and stopped. By 2015, there were more than 10 industrial enterprises such as wine making, food processing and building materials. Among them, there are 5 Industrial Enterprises above Designated Size in agricultural and sideline products processing, paper making and other industries, with an output value of 478 million yuan and a profit of 7.221 million yuan.

Scenic Spots and Historical Sites

Zhaohua town is a famous historical and cultural town in China. Liu Guangdi, one of the "Six Gentlemen of 1898", has many relics. In addition, there are county-level cultural relics protection units "Baobao Southeast" cliff inscriptions, peicun hall "two lakes guild hall", Millennium ancient temples - Luohan temple, Zengjia Temple plaque group, Pu'an, Aoshan and other ancient village sites, Longwangtuo, shilongguojiang, Jiguan mountain, yaohaozhongba, "niutuzi", Bajia mountain, Pingfeng mountain, niuxin mountain and other natural landscapes. At the end of 2015, there were 1 provincial-level cultural relics protection unit, 3 municipal level cultural relics protection units and 3 county-level cultural relics protection units in the town.

Liu Guangdi's former residences include Liu Guangdi's former residence, former residence, mingyuelou and the original site of Liu Guangdi's cemetery, which are listed as provincial cultural relics protection units. The former residence of Liu Guang is located in group 4 of Pu'an village, covering an area of 73.1 square meters. The former residence is the place where Liu Guangdi lived and studied during his lifetime. It is a single eaves suspended Hill building with small green tile roof and bucket structure. It is 5.6 meters high, 3 rooms wide and 6.2 meters deep. Mingjian door wall skirt board, flower window decoration. Mingyue building is located in guixiangchi street, zhaohuachang town. It was built in Qing Dynasty with a construction area of 141.67 square meters. This house belongs to Liu Guangdi's private school when he was a teenager. It is a brick and wood structure with one floor and one floor. It is a quadrangle layout. It has a suspended Hill roof, a small green tile roof and a bucket structure. Liu Guangji's former residence is located at No. 22, West Street, Changzhen, which was built in the reign of Emperor Guangxu of Qing Dynasty, covering an area of 89.5 square meters. The former residence is the residence of Liu Guangdi's childhood and youth. It is of wood structure, bamboo wall, small green tile roof, suspended Hill roof and bucket structure. Some panes, attics and skirt boards are preserved, which has the typical architectural style of southern Sichuan dwellings. The original site of Liu Guang's tomb is located in group 4 of Pu'an village. In September 1898, after the failure of the reform movement of 1898, Liu Guangdi died generously. His coffin was transported back to his hometown and buried here. In 1987, after the relocation of the martyrs cemetery in the county seat, the clothes and crowns were preserved here. The cemetery covers an area of about 18 square meters. It is built by mounds of earth. Two signboards are erected in front of the tomb.

tourist resources

Zhaohua town is a famous historical and cultural town in China. It has a municipal cultural relics protection unit, one of the "Six Gentlemen of the 1898 movement", Liu Guangdi's tomb, and other relics, including Liu Guangdi's birthplace (Fujian property public house), mengxueshuguan (guixiangchi "mingyuelou"), former residence (Pu'an village "sanxingtang"), Shiyou gathering place (Longxing Temple Sutra building), coffin placement place (Longxing Temple Hall). Peicun middle school built in memory of Liu Guangdi has a white marble statue. There are county-level cultural relics protection units "protect Southeast" Moyan stone inscriptions, peicun hall "two lakes hall". There are also a thousand year old temple, Luohan temple, Du Zhiheng's "Du's tomb" (later renamed Du's garden and Huayuankou), the plaque group of Zengjia ancestral temple, as well as the natural landscape of Longwangtuo, shilongguojiang, Jiguan mountain, yaohaozhongba, "niutuzi", Bajia mountain, Pingfeng mountain, niuxin mountain, etc. In 2017, Zhaohua town won the title of characteristic town in Sichuan Province. Zhaohua town was established as a national health Township in 2018, and passed the preliminary inspection by the secret visit group.

economic construction

Zhaohua town has been listed as a provincial pilot town since 1996. It has worked out the detailed planning map of the overall urban construction plan and the overall land use plan. According to the planning requirements, through investment promotion, 13.9 million yuan has been invested in the reconstruction of transit roads, the construction of new ferry terminals, the construction of 5 kW transformers, the expansion of the installed capacity of program-controlled telephone, drinking water projects, optical fiber closed-circuit television, natural gas and other infrastructure, so as to make all villages and communities in the town have electricity and cars. With an investment of 8 million yuan, 20000 square meters of commercial and residential buildings and 10 million yuan, two 24 meter wide streets and 40000 square meters of commercial and residential buildings will be built, expanding the market town area from 0.6 square kilometers to 1.15 square kilometers.

In 2003, the town Party committee and government made great efforts to adjust the agricultural structure, developing 6500 mu of high-quality bamboo shoots, 500 mu of high-quality mulberry, 1000 mu of pollution-free vegetables, 500 mu of high-quality lychee and longan, developing 4 breeding villages (mainly pigs, chickens, ducks, white geese, silkworms and fish), 2 biogas villages, township enterprises and private economy, and orderly flow of rural labor More than 8000 workers were transferred, and the labor income was 31 million yuan.

Scenic Spots and Historical Sites

Zhaohua town is a famous historical and cultural town in China. Liu Guangdi, one of the "Six Gentlemen of 1898", has many relics. In addition, there are county-level cultural relics protection units "Baobao Southeast" cliff inscriptions, peicun hall "two lakes guild hall", Millennium ancient temples - Luohan temple, Zengjia Temple plaque group, Pu'an, Aoshan and other ancient village sites, Longwangtuo, shilongguojiang, Jiguan mountain, yaohaozhongba, "niutuzi", Bajia mountain, Pingfeng mountain, niuxin mountain and other natural landscapes. At the end of 2015, there were 1 provincial-level cultural relics protection unit, 3 municipal level cultural relics protection units and 3 county-level cultural relics protection units in the town.

Former residence of Liu Guangdi

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