Zherong County, Ningde City, Fujian Province

Zherong county is under the jurisdiction of Ningde County, Fujian Province. Zherong county is located in the northeast of Fujian Province, adjacent to Fuding in the East, Fu'an in the west, Taishun County in Zhejiang Province in the north, Xiapu in the south, between 27 ° 05 '- 27 ° 19' (27 ° 209 ') n and 119 ° 43' - 120 ° 04 '(119 ° 897') e. the main streams are Longxi, Jiaoxi, Xixi and Dongxi. The soil in the area is mainly red and yellow soil, which is slightly acidic and can be developed in large mountainous areas. There are iron, quartz, lead and zinc, alum and sulfur in the deposit. Scenic spots include east lion mountain scenic spot, Xianyu Park, Ming you Pu tomb, jiulongjing, Fengqi ancient residence, Yuan Tianlu memorial hall, etc. The memorial sites include the former site of the Mindong independent division Arsenal and the martyrdom site of Ma Lifeng, chairman of the Mindong Soviet government.

Zherong County, formerly known as Zheyang, is an inland mountainous county in Northeast Fujian. Its ancestors lived here as early as Neolithic age and before Shang and Zhou dynasties. Since ancient times, it has been the commodity distribution center at the junction of Fujian and Zhejiang, known as the "throat of Fujian and Zhejiang". The county area is 538 square kilometers, with 2 towns, 7 townships and 117 established villages (communities). The registered residence population of the whole county is 110041. It is the county with the least population in Fujian province. Since ancient times, it has been the border trade point of two provinces in Fujian and Zhejiang provinces, and is one of the 55 counties and cities in the country that has been approved by the State Council to open to the outside world. It is a national ecological demonstration area. Zherong paper-cut window has become the only provincial cultural industry demonstration base in Ningde City. It is also known as "the hometown of Chinese prince ginseng", "the hometown of Chinese folk culture and art" (paper cutting), and "the hometown of longevity".

On September 25, 2018, it won the honorary title of "2018 e-commerce into rural comprehensive demonstration county" of the Ministry of Commerce. In December 2018, it won the title of the second batch of national ecological civilization construction demonstration cities and counties. In April 2020, Zherong county will reach the exit conditions for poverty alleviation and exit from the provincial poverty alleviation and development key counties in Fujian Province.

Historical evolution

The name of the county seems to be Zheyang. According to the summary of history reading Fang Yu, "Zheyang east mountain looks hundreds of miles overseas."

Zherong county was located in zheyangli, Linghuo Township, Changxi County in Song Dynasty, and zheyangshangli, Linghuo Township, Funing Prefecture in Yuan Dynasty. It belongs to Funing County in the early Ming Dynasty and Funing Prefecture in the ninth year of Chenghua (1473). In 1734, it belonged to Xiapu County of Funing Prefecture. The Song Dynasty set up the inspection department of Kuxi (today's Fuxi). Zheyang inspection department was set up in the sixth year of Zhengtong of Ming Dynasty (1441), abolished in the 39th year of Kangxi of Qing Dynasty (1700), and restored in the fourth year of Qianlong of Qing Dynasty (1739).

From 1909 to 1931, it was Zheyang District in Xiapu County. In 1932, it was the Sixth District of Xiapu County. In 1933, it was the Fourth District of Xiapu County. In April 1934, the Communist Party of China opened up the Soviet Area in Zheyang, and established the Soviet government of Xiapu Shangxi Zheyang. From May to October of the same year, the Soviet government of xiadingtai county was established in Zheyang Soviet Area, belonging to the Soviet government of eastern Fujian. In June 1935, Zheyang special zone was established, directly under the first administrative supervision district of Fujian Province (the office of the inspector general was stationed in Changle County, moved to Minhou in 1938, and moved to Fu'an in 1942). In September 1943, it was the eighth administrative supervision district (the office of the commissioner was located in Fu'an county).

On October 1, 1945, Zherong county was established as the eighth administrative supervision district. In April 1947, it was the first administrative supervision district (the office of the commissioner was located in Fu'an county). Zherong county was liberated on June 15, 1949, belonging to the third special district (the office of the commissioner was stationed in Fu'an County, which was renamed Fu'an special district in March 1950). On August 12, 1956, Zherong county system was abolished, and the original county was incorporated into Fu'an county.

On October 15, 1961, Zherong county was restored and still belongs to Fu'an district. On July 1, 1970, the organizational system of Zherong county was abolished again. Seven people's communes in the original County, Chengguan, Dongyuan, Zhaizhong, Huangbai, Fuxi, Chuping and Yingshan, were under the jurisdiction of Fu'an County, and zhayang people's commune was under the jurisdiction of Fuding county. On March 15, 1975, Zherong county system was restored again, belonging to Ningde area. On August 18, 1989, with the approval of the State Council, Zherong was listed as one of the 55 cities and counties open to the outside world.

administrative division

In the early days of the founding of the people's Republic of China, the people's Government of Zherong county set up a double town and two districts, the first (Fuxi) and the second (Shixian). The old Baojia system was temporarily used to implement the new policy.

In January 1950, Shuangcheng Town was abolished and the whole county was divided into three districts. In June, the old Baojia system was abolished, democratic administration was implemented, and the township government was established. The whole county is divided into three districts, with jurisdiction over 24 townships.

In April 1952, the land reform was completed, and the county was divided into three districts, one town and 35 townships.

In September 1954, the county was adjusted to three districts, one town and 43 townships.

In 1955, one district office was abolished, and 15 townships of one town under its jurisdiction were under the direct leadership of the county; the second district was renamed Fuxi district; the third district was renamed Chuping District, and the former district office was moved from Shixian to Chuping.

In April 1956, 43 townships in one town were reorganized into 30 townships in one town.

In August 1956, the organizational system of Zherong county was abolished and the whole territory was merged into Fu'an county. Zherong district was established by merging 11 townships of 1 town directly under the jurisdiction of Zherong county and 9 townships under the jurisdiction of Chuping district. The name of Fuxi district and its Township remain unchanged.

In August 1958, Fuxi district was merged with Zherong District, and the original one town and 30 townships of the two districts were readjusted to one town and 8 townships.

In October 1958, the management system of "communization" was implemented, and the rural people's commune of "integration of government and society" was established. Zherong rural people's commune union of Fu'an county was established in the reconstruction of the former Zherong district. It has four rural people's communes (Zherong, Fuxi, Chuping and Qiyang) and 42 production teams.

In December 1959, Qiyang commune merged with Zherong commune.

In 1960, Fuxi commune set up two production brigades, Dongxi and Shanzhang.

In July 1961, the commune system was decentralized and the district system was restored. The original three communes were changed into three districts of Zherong, Fuxi and Chuping. The original 44 production brigades were reorganized into 23 people's communes (small communes for short). Under Zherong District, a double town was set up to deal with non-agricultural population affairs. On October 15, the system of Zherong county was restored, with three districts, one town and 23 communes still under its jurisdiction. The former Zherong district was renamed suburban district (the district office was moved from Xiacheng to Qianshan).

In 1964, Shuangcheng Town and Xincheng commune in suburban area merged to form Chengguan town and Chengguan commune with two brands and one set of people.

In February 1965, the district was withdrawn and the commune was merged. From 23 communes (towns) merged into 8 communes, under the jurisdiction of 83 brigade.

In 1966, the Dongyuan commune set up a brigade in Yangbian.

On July 1, 1970, the organizational system of Zherong county was abolished again, and seven communes (Chengguan commune, Dongyuan commune, Fuxi commune, Huangbai commune, Zhaizhong commune, Chuping commune and Yingshan commune) and their 73 brigades were incorporated into the jurisdiction of Fu'an county (after incorporation, Chengguan commune was renamed Zherong commune); and 11 brigades under zhayang commune were incorporated into the jurisdiction of Fuding county.

In 1972, Yingshan commune set up a new brigade named Tian touyang.

In 1973, Huangbai commune was added to a brigade in Xiaping.

On March 15, 1975, Zherong County resumed its organizational system again. The eight communes originally assigned to Fu'an and Fuding were all assigned to Zherong. At the same time, during the withdrawal of Zherong County, Tan tou commune of Fu'an county was under the jurisdiction of Huangbai commune, and Xiaping brigade was also under the jurisdiction of Zherong along with the restoration of Zherong county. Zherong commune was restored to Chengguan commune after the county was restored. At this time, the county had a total of 8 communes and 86 brigades.

In July, Chuping commune added Chawan (separated from Wanli Group) and bootling tail (separated from jinjiayang group), and the heshangyang group of Yingshan commune was renamed Fengyang group. The county has a total of 88 brigades under its jurisdiction.

On August 16, 1980, Chengguan commune separated out four brigades: North Street, South Street, Xiping and Shangcheng, and restored Chengguan town. The former Chengguan commune was renamed Chengjiao commune. At the same time, the Xianshan brigade of zhayang commune and the jinjiayang and laolingwei brigade of Chuping commune were under the jurisdiction of Chengjiao commune.

In December, the Revolutionary Committee of the people's Commune and the revolutionary leading group of the brigade were abolished, and the Management Committee of the people's Commune and the brigade was restored.

In 1981, Huangbai commune added a brigade of shanghuangbai (separated from Huangbai brigade). The county has 114 brigades under its jurisdiction. In November of this year, the original name of Shuangcheng Town was restored to Chengguan town.

On October 23, 1984, the government and society were separated, the township system was restored, and the Township People's government and villagers' committee were rebuilt. The county has jurisdiction over 9 townships (towns), 3 streets and 114 administrative villages. The administrative division remained unchanged until the end of 1990.

In 2003, Zherong county had jurisdiction over two towns and seven townships: Shuangcheng Town, Fuxi Town, Chengjiao Township, zhayang Township, Dongyuan Township, Huangbai Township, Zhaizhong Township, Chuping Township and Yingshan township.

geographical environment

Location context

Zherong county is located in the northeast of Fujian Province, connecting with central Fujian in the South and southern Zhejiang in the north. The county covers an area of 538 square kilometers.

topographic features

Zherong county is located in the inland mountainous area of northeast Fujian, with high terrain in the southeast and low terrain in the northwest. The main peak of Taimu mountain is 1480 meters above sea level, which is the highest point in the county; qingshuikeng in Yingshan country is only 78.8 meters above sea level, which is the lowest point in the county. It belongs to the middle and low mountain area, with an average altitude of about 600 meters. County ups and downs within the territory of the terrain is high in the East and low in the West. The mountainous area is 509.16 square kilometers, accounting for 94.6% of the total area of the county, with an average altitude of about 600 meters.

Climatic characteristics

air temperature

Climate temperature in Zherong County

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