Shangdang Town, Dantu District, Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province

Shangdang town

Shangdang Town, a town under the jurisdiction of Dantu District, Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province, is located in the southern suburb of Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province. It borders Guyang town in the north, Baoyan town in the south, Danyang City in the East and Jurong City in the West. It is a typical hilly town in Maoshan old district. Shangdang Town, Dantu District, Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province, is located 14 km away from the southern suburb of Zhenjiang, with 48956 people (in 2017). It has jurisdiction over 11 administrative villages, 1 market town neighborhood committee, and the built-up area of the market town is 1.5 square kilometers.

In December 2019, Shangdang town was selected as "civilized town of Jiangsu Province in 2016-2018".

Historical evolution

The origin of Shangdang's place name is said that Shangdang County in Shanxi Province moved to the south to avoid the chaos of war in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and set up the Qiaojun office, so Shangdang got its name. In the Song Dynasty, some merchants, officials and gentry admired Shangdang's beautiful countryside. They came to settle down one after another, and Shangdang gradually rose. Shangdang township was set up in the late Qing Dynasty and changed into a town in 1934. It is said that the transportation of Shangdang came from the painstaking practice of a Taoist. Before the Tang and Song Dynasties, the nearby Maoshan mountain had become a famous Taoist holy land. All the believers "pilgrimage to the mountain" passed by Shangdang. At that time, the road was rough and difficult to walk, so one of them swore to build the road for the benefit of the people. After years of hard work, he finally built a stone road from Guanshan Mountain in the north to Maoshan mountain in the south, which first formed a north-south street running through Shangdang. Later, it extended from the middle end to form a "ten" shaped Street connecting the East, West, North and south, and then formed six important traffic roads in history, namely jinxiangshi Road, Heng Road, Xinbao Road, qianzhen Road, Yaozhen road and Guda post road. in the history of Shangdang, religious activities were more popular, mainly Buddhism and Taoism, as well as Islam and Christianity. There are temples, temples and nunneries in every village of the town. There are at least three and more than a hundred. For example, in the Northern Song Dynasty, there were more than 170 halls in Mingzhen temple. The Laipeng Jinshan Temple in Laicun had 50 halls in 1945, and the Hengshan Xilin temple had 18 halls in 1948. It is said that the original name of Dongtan village was Dongtan village. In ancient times, a scholar surnamed Wu came to Beijing to be an official. He was re elected Prime Minister of three dynasties. Later, he returned home in fine clothes and was succeeded by a fellow villager surnamed Liu. However, after Liu came to power, he was corrupt and perverted the law. Wu repeatedly advised Liu to return to the right, be just as an official, and not insult his hometown. However, Liu insisted on his own way. Therefore, Wu and his family changed Dongtan into "Dongyu" out of righteous indignation to warn future generations. The folk art of Shangdang has its own characteristics. In the Song Dynasty, there was a Tang family immigrant in Yunnan who moved to Shangdang, bringing folk crafts such as cross stitch, embroidery and paper-cut, which has been popular among Shangdang women. peach blossom and embroidery works are natural, simple, gorgeous and lovely. They have been publicized by people's pictorial and central, provincial and municipal TV stations, and have a certain impact at home and abroad. In 1998, Shangdang town was awarded the title of "hometown of folk art" by Shandong Province. In September 2000, the Shangdang folk cross stitch. Embroidery works were selected and sent to Nanjing to participate in the Sixth China Art Festival, and became a rare flower in the countryside. The Shangdang people were used to the self-sufficient rural natural economy. It was not until the Qing Dynasty that there were some small private workshops, such as blacksmith shop, shoe shop, mill and so on. In 1915, the Nationalist government built the xiaojinghe sluice in Yicun by way of "work for relief". It excavated a piece of Tianfu copper coin of the Northern Song Dynasty, and then ordered it to be interpreted as "tianqingxian". In 1937, Zhenjiang county government held the opening ceremony of Zhenbao road in Shangdang, which was completed and opened to traffic at the end of the year, becoming a grand event of Nanxiang at that time. In the same year, Gan Tang, a national capitalist, found a coal mine in dalishan and founded Jianhua coal mine company. During the Anti Japanese War, the coal mines were occupied by the Japanese invaders, plundering the rich coal resources. This is an earlier coal mine in Jiangnan area. In April 1949, the ancient town of Shangdang was liberated and the people became masters. In the "great leap forward" era, the Shangdang people built a Lingtang reservoir with an area of 25 square kilometers under the leadership of the party, which is the largest reservoir in Dantu. Over the past decades, it has made great contributions to the water conservancy in Nanxiang. In the 1960s, Xiaolishan, Funiushan and Gudong coal mines in Shangdang were successively mined, with an annual coal mining capacity of 300000 tons, becoming a coal base in southern Jiangsu. In March 1986, Shangdang was listed by Zhenjiang municipal government as the development township of Maoshan old district, and its industry developed rapidly. In 1990, the total output value of industry and agriculture in dantunan Township exceeded 100 million yuan, and formed an industry dominated by electronics, machinery, chemical and other products. Agricultural development is fast, especially tea, fresh fruit, vegetables, livestock and poultry and other sideline industries attract people's attention. Among them, "Shushan cuiluo" green tea, a high-quality tea product, has won the silver award of "National Agricultural Expo" and the first prize of "Luyu Cup" in Jiangsu Province, and the market sales situation is very good. Shangdang's education has made great progress in the new situation of reform and opening up. In 1965, Shangdang junior middle school added a new high school class, and later renamed "Shangdang senior middle school in Dantu County", becoming an active school for Dancao students in Dantu South Township. Mr. Zhi Xianzong, a patriotic overseas Chinese, went to Shangdang to seek his roots and identify his ancestors, and donated millions of yuan to build a modern "Zhi Xianzong middle school". In 2001, Shangdang town was rated as the standard town of education modernization by the province.

geographical position

Shangdang town is a combination of the former Shangdang town and the former Shanghui town. The former Shangdang town is located about 5 kilometers south of Dantu New District, adjacent to Heyang township of Danyang City in the East, Situ Town of Danyang City and Baoyan town of Dantu District in the south, Baitu town of Jurong City and Gaozi town of Dantu District in the west, and Guyang town of Dantu District in the North. It is one of the important towns in the middle of Dantu District. The former Shangdang town is high in the southwest and low in the northeast, with plain polder in the northeast and hilly land in the southwest, with an average altitude of 34.0 meters. The former Shanghui town is a hilly area with a height difference of 25-80m. the town is located in 119 ° 21 ′ - 119 ° 27 ′, east longitude and 32 ° 02 ′ - 32 ° 06 ′, north latitude. It has a North tropical climate with abundant rainfall, sufficient light, abundant heat resources, and a pleasant climate with an average annual temperature of 15.4 ° C. The town covers an area of 113.72 square kilometers (in 2017), with jurisdiction over 15 administrative villages and 2 Town neighborhood committees. The total population was 48956 (in 2017), with an agricultural population of 42500 and a rural labor force of 24700. There are 57600 mu of cultivated land, 25000 mu of dry land and 11000 mu of reservoirs. The town is located 14 km away from the southern suburb of Zhenjiang (belonging to the old Maoshan District of Jiangsu Province), close to Dantu new town, with 48956 people (in 2017), 11 administrative villages and one neighborhood committee of market town. The built-up area of market town is 1.5 square kilometers. Superior natural conditions, convenient transportation and pleasant environment.

Climate and hydrology

The climate of Shangdang town is humid and mild, belonging to the north subtropical monsoon climate zone. The annual dominant wind direction is southeast wind. The annual average rainfall is 1059 mm, the annual average temperature is 16.4 ℃, the annual average sunshine is 2100 hours, and the frost free period is 230 days.

Transportation

Shangdang town is located in the intersection of Zhenjiang City, Jurong City, Danyang City and Dantu District. Shanghai Nanjing Expressway, Runyang Bridge South connecting line, Xinzhen (Jiang) Rong (Bing) highway pass through, and Shangdang interchange is set in the northwest corner of market town. It is only 14 km from Shangdang to Zhenjiang City, 30 km to Dagang Port, 57 km to Nanjing, 220 km to Shanghai, and 80 km to Nanjing Lukou Airport. Shanghai Nanjing Expressway, Yangli expressway, 122 provincial road, Zhenrong highway and other traffic arteries pass through the territory, and the traffic is very convenient. superior geographical location, obvious regional advantages and developed transportation have provided a strong driving force for the economic development of Shangdang. Backbone enterprises such as Suyuan Zhenguang and Jinggong automobile have settled in Shangdang, which has injected new vitality into the economic development of Shangdang. However, as a big agricultural town, there is still a big gap between Shangdang and other developed areas, especially in the development of agricultural industrial structure After adjustment, the development of agriculture above designated size is still very slow, and the income level and living standard of farmers still need to be improved. Therefore, seizing the opportunity to develop agriculture, doing everything possible to increase farmers' income and change the backward situation are the top priorities of the party's development. From Zhenjiang City, you can take bus 21, K21 to the bottom station and get off to Shangdang town. The Shanghai Nanjing Expressway passes through the south side of the town and is being widened with a width of 41m; the Zhenjiang (Yangzhou) Lishui Expressway passes through the west side of the town with a width of 28m; the planned riverside Expressway passes through the north side of the town.

First class highway

Zhenrong highway and 122 provincial highway are widened on the basis of the current situation, and controlled according to the requirements of first-class highway (24-30m). Meanwhile, 15-20m wide protective green belts are controlled on both sides of the highway. The development of town land should deal with the relationship with transit traffic.

Village Road

The planning takes Zhenrong road as the main skeleton, and the village roads are connected with it respectively to form the town village road system, so as to achieve the basic requirements of connecting town and village. The road standard shall refer to the guidelines for village construction planning in Jiangsu Province. for the connecting roads between villages and towns, the red line of roads is controlled by 12 meters, and for the connecting roads between villages, the red line of roads is controlled by 7 meters.

Economic overview

Under the strong leadership of Dantu District Party committee and government, the town Party committee and government closely focus on the general tone of "striving to be the first and comprehensively improve", sing the main melody of "building a strong economic town and creating a charming Shangdang". They focus on the project wholeheartedly, go all out to implement it, adhere to the principle of rate first development, scientific development and harmonious development, and the town economy and society presents a positive development trend

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