Huzhen

Huzhen, formerly known as "Huchen", is located in the northeast of Jinyun County, 25 kilometers away from the county seat, and on the Haoxi alluvial basin at the northwest foot of Kuocang mountain. In front of the Ma'an barrier and behind the stone dragons, there are many factories and shops.

A good stream is green, like an elegant jade belt, going through the south of the town. Huzhen is located in the hinterland of the intersection of "three prefectures" (ancient Chuzhou, Wuzhou and Taizhou, namely Lishui, Jinhua and Taizhou) and four counties (Jinyun, Yongkang, Pan'an and Xianju). Cangling ancient post road, which connects Xianju in the East, Yongkang in the West and the county in the South, has a post shop here.

Huzhen

It is located at the foot of Kuocang mountain in the northeast of Lishui City and the upstream of Haoxi, a tributary of Oujiang River. It is located in the intersection hinterland of "three cities (Lishui, Jinhua, Taizhou) and four counties (Jinyun, Yongkang, Pan'an, Xianju)". It has been known as "the North window of southern Zhejiang" since ancient times. The town has a total area of 228 square kilometers, 55 administrative villages, 5 neighborhood committees and 86080 permanent residents (2017). The town government is located at 108, xidongbei road. Huzhen is the vice central city of Jinyun County and the famous "industrial town" of Lishui City.

In October 2019, Huzhen town was selected as one of the "Top 1000 towns with comprehensive strength in China in 2019".

Historical evolution

Introduction to Huzhen

Huzhen town is located in the northeast of Jinyun County, 25 kilometers away from the county seat, on the Haoxi alluvial basin at the northwest foot of Kuocang mountain. In front of the Ma'an barrier and behind the stone dragons, there are many factories and shops.

A good stream is green, like an elegant jade belt, going through the south of the town. Huzhen is located in the hinterland of the intersection of the four counties (Jinyun, Yongkang, Pan'an and Xianju) of the three prefectures (Chuzhou, Wuzhou and Taizhou in ancient times, namely Lishui, Jinhua and Taizhou in modern times). Cangling ancient post road, which connects Xianju in the East, Yongkang in the West and the county in the south, has a post shop here. Jinhua Taizhou and Pan'an highways intersect here, and Jinyun Jiaojiang is high Huzhen exit is set on the expressway, only 20 km away from Jinwen railway and Jinliwen Expressway in the south. Huzhen has been developed and prosperous since ancient times. It is an important trade center in central and southern Zhejiang.

The existing town area is 228 square kilometers, of which the market town area is 4.5 square kilometers. It governs 55 administrative villages, 8 neighborhood committees, and has a permanent population of 86080 (2017).

In 2007, the total industrial and agricultural output value of the town was 5.023 billion yuan, accounting for more than one third of the county's total industrial economy, and the fiscal revenue was 155 million yuan. In 2009, the industrial output value was 7.55 billion yuan, and the financial revenue was 230 million yuan. In 2010, the industrial output value was 9.234 billion yuan, the total financial revenue was 305 million yuan, and the per capita income of farmers was 7356 yuan.

Since the end of 2010, Huzhen has been listed in 27 pilot towns of small city cultivation in the whole province. With the promotion of various policies and measures, Huzhen's economy and society has shown unprecedented vitality. In 2011, the total industrial output value of the whole town reached 11.7 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 28%; the fiscal revenue reached 471 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 54%; the total GDP reached 3.2 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 28%. The cultivation of small cities shows a very good development prospect of Huzhen!

There are 26 enterprises with over 100 million yuan, 1 national patent demonstration enterprise, 5 provincial high-tech enterprises, 4 well-known trademarks in China, 7 provincial famous trademarks and 4 famous brand products in Zhejiang. It has formed a massive industrial cluster of sewing machines, band sawing machines, cutting tools, building materials, metals and cooking utensils. It is "an important production base of domestic and industrial special sewing machines in China" and "the largest production base in China" Belt sawing machine production base, Zhejiang machine tool brand trademark base, in which the belt sawing machine and characteristic machinery and equipment industry are listed in 21 pilot areas of transformation and upgrading from massive industry to modern industrial cluster.

Huzhen town has won more than 20 national, provincial and ministerial honorary titles, such as "national advanced town in village and town construction", "provincial top 100 towns in comprehensive economic strength", and is one of the first batch of small town construction pilot towns in China, national comprehensive economic development demonstration towns, and the first batch of provincial central towns in Zhejiang Province. In December 2010, Huzhen was listed in the first batch of small city cultivation pilot towns in Zhejiang Province, and it is the only selected key town in Jinyun County and Lishui City.

Historical records

The Northern Song Dynasty "Yuanfeng jiuyu Zhi" (Note 2) contains: "Shangxian Jinyun, ZhouChu 110 Li northeast, Wuxiang (Wan'an, Jingfu, Guanzheng, Xiandu, Meihua), Huchen town." This "Hu Chen" - town refers to today's Hu town. At that time, Chuzhou Prefecture was in charge of six counties (Lishui, Longquan, Songyang, Suichang, Jinyun and Qingtian). Only Hu Chen of Jinyun and Jiu Long of Lishui County were the "towns" in the "town" system. The neighboring Wuzhou Prefecture governs seven counties, of which only Jinhua County has "Xiaoshun town".

Therefore, Huchen, Jiulong and Xiaoshun are the three ancient towns in central and southern Zhejiang since ancient times. The above information shows that the number of "towns" in Tang and Song Dynasties is indeed small; it is not difficult to imagine that in ancient times, a place must have a long period of difficult development if it wants to be bred into a market town; and it is irrefutable proof that Huzhen has been a developed and prosperous ancient town and important town since ancient times. As a millennium old town, Huzhen has accumulated a strong history and culture, and there was a market in the Tang Dynasty. There are a thousand year old ancient road, Jiusong temple built in Wuyue period, Huiming temple and meihua Academy in Song Dynasty, Ruan Gongdian Jiangtai and shangshufang in Ming Dynasty, Chongzheng academy monument in Qing Dynasty and other ancient buildings, which show the past glory of Huzhen.

name

Why did Huzhen ancient town begin to be called "Huchen"? The village is named after the family name, which has been common since ancient times. There are 134 villages in Jinyun County, accounting for one tenth of the total number of villages in the county. It is said that the name of "Hu Chen" town was also named because the two clans of "Hu" and "Chen" lived here at that time, which should be believed. Huzhen, where the place name has been changed, still has "huzhaikou" (there is "Zhaikou", there should be a bigger "huzhaikou"), "Huchuan", "tangzhaichen" and other village names, which can also explain this problem from one side.

However, the existing explanations on the origin of the name of Huchen should be corrected.

In the local materials, the earliest origin of the name of "Hu Chen" is Jinyun County annals in the 23rd year of Kangxi, in which the section of "Liuyu" contains: "Hu Sen, the word Yunlin, from Suzhou, Ren WuJie, the first general in Southeast China. He moved from Gaozong to Meihua township of Jinyun (today's Hu Town, Yanling Township, Baizhu Township, Lengshui Town, Renchuan town and Shuangfeng township of Pan'an County), where the Chen family moved together at that time, and was named Huchen because of his name. " From this passage, we can see the origin of Hu Chen's town name at a glance, but if we compare it with other materials, we can see that it is wrong. "Gaozong's southward journey" was in 1129, the third year of Jianyan in the Southern Song Dynasty. Yuanfeng jiuyu Zhi was published in 1080, the third year of Yuanfeng.

Therefore, it was pointed out in the section of "distinguishing errors" in Jinyun County annals in the 29th year of Daoguang (1849) " There are five townships Huchen town in Jinyun County of Chuzhou. According to this, the famous town of "Hu Chen" has been established in the Northern Song Dynasty, not since Hu Sen's exile. " Hu Sen (958-1030) is a senior official of martial arts. He passed by huangbi in Jinyun, where he heard that the tiger in fenggongling hurt people. His wife, Chen, was shocked, so he lived in huangbi Dongshan. He was the first ancestor of Hu's family to move to Jin in Dongshan

Hu Sen passed away in 1030. It can be seen that Hu's family moved to Jinyun in Dongshan before the publication of Yuanfeng jiuyu annals, but he lived in huangbi Dongshan (the second capital of Wan'an Township in ancient times, and now in Xinbi Yu area), rather than beautifying the township. The descendants of Husen did move to the present Huzhen area later, but that was after the fourth generation. In addition, the Chen family of Huchen town moved in, which is recorded in Jinyun surname annals: "gongze's ancient name is tangzhaichen In the first year of Jiayou (1056), Shi Cong (the third son of Chen Zhizhong, Prime Minister of Renzong Dynasty in the Northern Song Dynasty) took his family to Meihua township of Jinyun. Hearing that the place had the word "Mei", he settled in Keng Kan TOU (now on the Yangzhai bridge in Huzhen).

As mentioned earlier, in ancient times, there were few people who wanted to be called "towns", and it took a long time for them to grow into "towns". From the above situation of Hu and Chen people moving into Huchen ancient town, we can see that the surname of Chen is earlier than that of Hu. Even if Chen Shicong moved in the first year of Jiayou (1056) in the Northern Song Dynasty, it was only more than 20 years until the third year of Yuanfeng (1080), and it could not be developed to the degree of "town" by surname. It can be considered that the "Hu" and "Chen" ethnic groups in Huchen town moved to Huchen area at that time. They made great efforts and contributions to the early prosperity of Huzhen town at the beginning of the Northern Song Dynasty (960) at the latest. However, they must have left Jinyun for a new regional development.

Economic situation

Factory construction

With Huzhen people's spirit of "dare to venture, dare to venture, dare to work, dare to be the first", Huzhen's economy and society has developed rapidly, all kinds of enterprises have sprung up, and all kinds of matching markets have also prospered. In 2005, the total output value of industry and agriculture in Huzhen reached 3.686 billion yuan

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