Niujie town

Niujie town

Niujie town has a history of more than 1000 years. It is located in the northeast of Yiliang County in Yunnan Province, 78 kilometers away from the county. It is located in the border between Sichuan and Yunnan, and has convenient transportation. It is the "North Gate" of Yiliang.

Business is booming, so far it has the reputation of "Little Hong Kong".

Niujie is 520 meters above sea level and covers an area of 176.5 square kilometers. It belongs to subtropical humid climate zone.

History and culture

Niujie ancient town was first built in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Hongwu of Ming Dynasty flourished and Qianlong of Qing Dynasty flourished.

Because every lunar cattle, sheep day to catch up with big, small field, and get this name. Therefore, the "endless Zhaotong goods" are concentrated here, and the "dissatisfied xufucheng" is shipped from here. Up to now, it still retains the reputation of "Little Hong Kong", which is an important commercial town. Here, we can fully experience the unique geographical phenomenon of "up Yunnan, down Sichuan", and the beautiful feeling of the interaction of Shu culture and ancient Dian culture.

Time changes and things change.

Today, there are still more than 400 houses built in Ming and Qing Dynasties with two streets and wooden and bamboo structure. There are also more than 10 places with regional architectural style, such as "Diaojiaolou", "Siheyuan" and famous Chinese and Western courtyard houses. Their architectural style is very different, layout is reasonable, craftsmanship is exquisite, and cultural charm is deep. More than 10 ancestral halls, guildhalls and temples are mostly built in Beijing During the reign of Emperor Qianlong, only Guanyin hall was still full of incense. "Niujie Flower Shadow shake the moon, white water song with the sunset.". In the town, there are small bridges with flowing water, trees with fragrant shade, green waves everywhere, and every family is in the shadow of the water; in the ancient streets, fishermen sing late, lights are shining, wine is elegant, beautiful women are around, and beautiful men and women are on the bridge. People in the meantime, suddenly Taoyuan Qiongyao, I do not know whether it is people in the painting, or painting in the heart.

Excellent traditional customs, good moral standards, delicious dishes, culture and art are inherited here; poetry chanting, painting and carving, handicrafts are scattered in the neighborhoods and courtyards; playing, singing, opera and dancing are all over the ancient town; good geomantic environment, geographical advantages and profound cultural heritage have bred many talented people and beautiful women to make contributions in all parts of the motherland.

Because Niujie is an ancient town with multi cultures and talents and beauties, if you have spare time, you may as well go to the old house of a quadrangle with you. You will be immersed in a wonderful story with the old man who smokes leaves and whose face is full of vicissitudes

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Population nationality

By the end of 2016, the total number of households in Niujie town was 15002, and the total household registered residence in the town was 43630, of which 19891 were female, 14368 were non agricultural population, and the natural population growth rate was 7.134 per thousand. There are nine ethnic groups, including Han, Miao, Yi and Hui, among which 2778 are ethnic minorities, accounting for 6.52% of the total population.

As of 2017, there were 39403 permanent residents.

Economics

In 2016, Niujie town achieved a GDP of 550 million yuan, a local public budget revenue of 7.61 million yuan, and a per capita disposable income of 6027 yuan for rural permanent residents. By the end of 2016, there were 5 567 poor people in 1316 households in the town.

business

In the 10th year of the Republic of China, a mail agency was set up. The telephone was opened in the 33rd year of the Republic of China. During the reign of Yongzheng, Niujie became the distribution center of bamboo shoots, other mountain products, medicinal materials and other commodities. Local products trading promoted the exchange of daily necessities such as oil, salt, grain, rice and department stores, forming a market. In the 34th year of the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty (1769), he went to the market every ugly day. In the late Qing Dynasty, merchants in Yibin and Zhaotong set up trestle houses and business houses in Niujie. From the south to the present Banpo society, and from the north to Ma'anshan, shops were arranged along the street, which promoted the development of Niujie catering service industry. At that time, commerce was in a relatively prosperous period. From the 1960s to the mid-1970s, business shrank. Daily commodities were purchased and sold by supply and marketing cooperatives, grain management offices, and food stations. Grain, oil, and other daily commodities were supplied by securities. Seven out of ten containers were empty. In 1961 and 1968, the total purchase and sale of Niujie supply and marketing cooperative, which was the main channel of domestic commodity circulation, was 429000 yuan and 463000 yuan respectively, only 29% and 32% of the total annual purchase and sale from 1958 to 1992 respectively. Since 1978, the reform and opening up, the market has become increasingly active. Today, there are 214 state-owned, collective and individual businesses, catering and service businesses, and 10 foreign businesses in the streets alone. On the day of the market, Jackie Chan, a street stall, has a wide range of goods, from daily necessities such as rice, oil and salt to home appliances such as color TV sets and washing machines, with a large supply of goods. Before the stall, there are a lot of people, and there are a lot of sales.

Cultural undertakings

Niujie has a long history and culture, rich cultural heritage and rich humanities. During the reign of emperor Jiaqing of the Qing Dynasty, Confucian temples and academies were set up. In July 1880, a free school was set up. In the 34th year of Emperor Guangxu, a small school was set up. In the 26th year of the Republic of China, a simple normal school grade was established in Yiliang County, Yunnan Province. Students from Zhenxiong, Yiliang, Weixin and Yanjin counties went to Niujie to study, and Niujie became the center of the school district of Yiwei and Yanjin counties. In the 31 years of the Republic of China, the county-level Junior Middle School of Taoism was founded in the county. In the 36 years of the Republic of China, early childhood education began. After 1950, the party and the government took various measures to run schools, such as public, private, private public aid, night school, literacy and so on, which made primary education rapidly spread to rural areas. Secondary education ceased in 1951 and resumed in 1958. There are 55 years of primary schools and one county-level middle school. With the development of education, Niujie has a large number of talents and a prosperous culture. In the 49th year of Qianlong's reign, the governor's office was established, and then Zhenxiong Prefecture annals was compiled. During the Jiaqing period and later, there were more than 10 carved temples and temples in the streets and outskirts of Wenchang palace, Wanshou Palace and Town God's Temple. From the late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, scholars gathered in Niujie. Mao Yiliang (a scholar of the Qing Dynasty), Chen Ximing, Yun Zhenfan, Chen Shouren, Chen zuwu, etc. are not only proficient in poetry and ode, but also good at calligraphy and painting. In particular, Chen Shouren's ivory carvings are well-known at home and abroad. They were exhibited in Nanjing art exhibition in the 26th year of the Republic of China. In the 35th year of the Republic of China, Niujie xunjiao was founded on New Year's day, with 119 issues. Since 1950, Niujie's literary and calligraphy works have been published in local and county-level publications for many times, and its literary performance has won the first place in the county for many times, as well as a good place in the region. Niujie has become one of the towns with high level of literature and art activities in the county. In the 1980s, Niujie culture was once again in a prosperous period. He has held poetry, calligraphy, painting competitions and artistic performances for many times. Literary journals such as jieergen and Baishuijiang came out one after another. In 1982, the first cinema at the township level in the county was built, and differential TV was opened. In 1983, he won the first prize in the county's peasant art performance. Satellite TV was launched in 1987. After 2000, under the leadership of the government, great progress has been made in all aspects of economy and society, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. Especially in recent years, the Party committee and government of Niujie town have considered the construction of small towns in the strategic pattern of the town's economic and social development, closely centering on the construction core of "ancient town Niujie, cultural Niujie, commercial Niujie and modern Niujie", and taking accelerating the construction of small towns as a long-term and overall project, so as to protect the cultural heritage of Wenxing street and Nanhua street On the basis of mining folk culture, we strive to reproduce the style of Niujie ancient town.

Development prospects

Tourism, commerce, cultural industry, industry and agriculture are open to Zhaotong, Yibin, Kunming, Chengdu, Chongqing, Guiyang and other key cities.

famous scenery

It is 78 kilometers away from Jiaokui Town, a key red tourist attraction in Yunnan Province, 50 kilometers away from Xiaocaoba, a provincial scenic spot, 143 kilometers away from Zhaotong City, 200 kilometers away from Shunan Bamboo Sea, 180 kilometers away from Western hot spring Grand Canyon, more than 40 kilometers away from doushaguan, the first pass to Yunnan, 100 kilometers away from Daguan Huanglian River, and more than 100 kilometers away from Weixin Zhaxi conference site. Now many tourists go to Niujie to look for the past and feel the charm of the ancient town.

Existing problems

First, the protection of resources is not effective, there are potential safety hazards, arbitrary construction. Second, the lack of professionals, has not yet formed a mining plan. Third, the protection and development planning lags behind. Fourth, the lack of capital investment, infrastructure is not perfect. Fifthly, some excellent traditional cultures are facing the situation of disappearing due to their poor inheritance and development.

countermeasure

Based on the development strategy of "prospering the town with cultural tourism", we should carry out the research and excavation of the tourism culture of Niujie ancient town, and re recognize and evaluate Niujie ancient town. Niujie is a well preserved ancient town in Northeast Yunnan. Our county should organize special forces, increase capital investment, strengthen the research and excavation of ancient town culture, organize and compile, and build a new tourism brand of Yiliang with Niujie's unique ancient town culture.

（1） Integrating the surrounding tourism resources, Niujie ancient town and the eco-tourism represented by Baishuijiang River Basin and the red tourism represented by the former site of zhenyiwei underground Party branch can be planned and publicized as a whole, and the cultural tourism, eco-tourism and red tourism of the ancient town can be packaged together to build the tourism pattern of the ancient town. （2） We should protect historical relics and enhance the awareness of protection. Through extensive publicity, it will become a household name and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. From cadres at all levels to the masses, the protection of ancient towns has been formed to overcome shortsightedness and one-sided ideas. Find out the resources. It is necessary to conduct a thorough inventory of the human and natural resources in the town, establish archives and have a clear idea. Determine what to protect. First, cultural relics at all levels; second, various historical relics in the town; third, the style, spatial pattern and architecture of the ancient town

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