Zhoushan She nationality township, Wencheng County, Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province

She nationality township in Zhoushan

Zhoushan She nationality township is under the jurisdiction of Wencheng County, Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province. It is one of the two ethnic townships in Wencheng County. It is located in the southeast of Wencheng County, 23 kilometers away from Wencheng County. It is bounded by Gongyang Township in the East, Shuanggui Township in the South and Jinlong Township in the West. The lowest point is 250 meters above sea level, and the highest point is 742.6 meters above sea level.

The total area is 14 square kilometers, including 13850 mu of mountainous area, 3073 mu of cultivated land and 0.59 mu of cultivated land per capita. 2. The whole countryside governs 9 administrative villages, with a total number of 1469 households and a total population of 5372 (in 2017). The population of She nationality is 1789, accounting for 34.2% of the total population. There are two schools and one health center in the township. In 2004, the rural per capita income was 2104 yuan. After the merger of administrative villages in 2019, the township government will be stationed in Yiqun village. Post code: 325302.

Historical evolution

Zhoushan She nationality township was established on April 4, 1958 with the approval of Zhejiang Provincial People's Committee. It is divided into yanggen village, baoshandi village, shuijingtou village and Jixia village of Gongyang Township, Wulong Village, guankeng village and Zhoulong Village (Xushan Village) of xuekou Township, Zhouyan village, dongshanlong village and shangkeng Village of Shuanggui Township under the jurisdiction of Zhoushan She nationality township. In October of the same year, Zhoushan She nationality township was changed into Zhoushan production brigade; in March 1959, it was changed into Zhoushan management area, where roots were raised; in December 1961, it was changed into Zhoushan people's commune; in April 1984, Zhoushan commune was abolished and renamed Zhoushan township; on April 3, 1985, Zhoushan She nationality township was restored.

Population data

(fifth census data) 2006 (2017).

administrative division

In 2002, with a total area of 14 square kilometers, it has jurisdiction over 11 village committees including yanggen, Wulong, guankeng, zhoukeng, Jixia, jiutiaolong, baoshandi, Zhouyan, shuijingtou, dongshanlong and shangkeng. The total population is 5542, including 1793 of She nationality. In 2003, the original 11 administrative villages in Zhoushan she Township were adjusted to 9 administrative villages. Zhoulong ethnic village is composed of two villages: zhoukeng (Ethnic Village) and jiutiaolong (Ethnic Village); Shuangxin ethnic village is composed of two villages: dongshanlong and Zhouyan (Ethnic Village); Wulong, guankeng, baoshandi, yanggen, Jixia ethnic village, shuijingtou and shangkeng ethnic village remain unchanged. The total population of the township is 5547, including 1820 of She nationality. In 2006, it has jurisdiction over nine administrative villages: yanggen, Zhoulong nationality, baoshandi, Shuangxin nationality, Wulong, guankeng, shuijingtou, Jixia nationality and shangkeng nationality. The population is 5200 (2005). 2006 (2017).

Inheritance of she culture

She nationality is a nomadic farming nationality in South China. For more than a thousand years, she people have migrated from Fenghuang mountain, Chaozhou City, Guangdong Province, to Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and other provinces. She people in Zhoushan came from Fujian Province during the Qing Dynasty. She people are hardworking and simple, and mainly live by farming and hunting. When they moved to Zhoushan Township, they started farming and planted trees. Relying on their hard work, they thrived on this land and made great contributions to the local construction.
The She people have their own language and unique customs, but they don't have their own characters and use Chinese in general. The biggest feature is love to sing folk songs. They usually express themselves with songs in daily life such as marriage, social communication, production and labor. She people not only have joyful duel songs, competition songs, colorful dances, but also have gorgeous and rich crafts, beautiful and elegant costumes and beautiful folk stories.
"March 3" is a traditional festival of She people every year. "March 3" is also known as "WuFan Festival". It is said that in the Tang Dynasty, Lei Wanxing, the leader of the She nationality, led the She people to rebel against the ruling class at that time and was besieged on the mountain by the imperial army. The soldiers lived through the new year by eating a kind of wild fruit called "WuFan". On March 3 of the next year, they rushed out of the encirclement and won the victory. In memory of them, people take March 3 as a festival and eat "black rice" to commemorate. Villagers said that there are many legends about the She people's food "WuFan", which is a kind of commemoration of the experience of the She people in the process of survival. In the past, on the third day of the third lunar month, the traditional activity of the She people in Zhoushan was to cook black rice in the field or by the roadside. Today, this traditional festival is still preserved. Most of the She people eat red bean rice instead of black rice on this day, which is inherited as the custom of this festival.
At the same time, this day is also called "duel Song Festival". At this time of the year, the She people hold grand festival activities. People put on traditional costumes and gather together to express their feelings with songs, use songs as a medium and meet friends with songs. Young men and women take this festival as their wedding day. Today, the festival is still handed down from generation to generation and continues to this day.
"March 3" is the epitome of the She people's humanistic history. The activities also have distinctive national characteristics and strong local flavor, and have irreplaceable important value in building a new countryside and strengthening national unity. Nowadays, with the process of modernization and the change of she's living environment, she's language, costumes, songs and dances are gradually being sinicized, and the traditional festival activities of "March 3" are also shrinking, so it is urgent to strengthen the protection. In recent years, in order to strengthen the protection of she culture, the township government and she people also carry out some corresponding activities to protect and inherit this culture.

Rural areas in old revolutionary base areas

Zhoushan She nationality township is not only a minority Township, but also a revolutionary base township. According to reports, in 1940, Lei Weiqing, a rural resident of Zhoushan, established a relationship with the party organization of the former Pingxi district (Shanmen) in xiaolingtou, Pingyang. Pingxi district is close to Zhoushan. During the revolutionary period, it was the place with the hardest environment and the most fierce struggle. The former district Party committee developed Party organizations in Xushan, Zhoushan, guankeng and other areas. By the winter of 1943, more than 20 party members had been developed and two party branches, Xushan and shuikeng, had been established. By 1948, there were 124 party members.
Villagers say that many revolutionaries shed blood for the underground revolutionary work in those years, including LAN Xiangyan in zhoukeng village, Zhoushan. In the spring of 1940, LAN Xiangyan met Kong Jinhua and other comrades of the former Pingxi District Committee, received revolutionary education, and soon joined the Communist Party. After joining the party, LAN Xiangyan worked hard for the revolution and was an experienced underground traffic man. Around the Spring Festival in 1946, the fifth Zhejiang Baotou regiment of the Kuomintang sent troops to his hometown for many times to clear up, and several she township party branches nearby were seriously damaged. Only his Xushan Party branch could still persist in the covert struggle. In April of the same year, he was arrested on the way to contact the Pingxi district Party committee. The fifth Zhejiang Baotou regiment tortured him with tiger stool and pepper water. He didn't get any information from his mouth. Finally, the enemy became angry and killed him cruelly. In 1985, with the approval of the people's Government of Zhejiang Province, LAN Xiangyan was chased as a revolutionary martyr.
Chen ayou of baoshandi village also joined the Communist Party in 1942 under the guidance of Kong Jinhua. That year, he was 16 years old, mainly responsible for delivering letters, purchasing materials and other important tasks. Every time he receives a task, no matter how high the mountain is or how far the road is, he can finish it smoothly. He is a reliable young traffic officer of the party. On March 5, 1946, Chen ayou was arrested and subjected to various kinds of torture. He was seriously injured and did not reveal his identity. He was shot dead in fengshutan, lindianwei, Dagao Town, when he was 20 years old. In 1988, with the approval of the people's Government of Zhejiang Province, he was chased as a revolutionary martyr.
Like LAN Xiangyan and Chen ayou, many revolutionary comrades sacrificed for the revolution. Therefore, Zhoushan She nationality township was approved by Wenzhou Municipal People's government as "old revolutionary base Township during World War II" in 1986.
"During the revolutionary period, the activities of Party members in Zhoushan Township were very frequent, and Wulong Village was also the activity place of revolutionaries." When we visited Wulong Village, the old people in the village introduced us to the revolutionary activities and showed us the caves at the foot of Jiulong Mountain. The cave is located under the cliff of Jiulong Mountain. There are many caves in it. The old people in the village said that there are four or five caves in the cave. The largest cave is about 3 meters high, 4 meters wide and 4 meters deep. It is warm in winter and cool in summer. It is a natural cave. One of them is the deepest, winding cave. It is said that it can enter the village. Before liberation, in order to avoid the capture of the Kuomintang, Communist Party members once took refuge in this cave. One of the villagers said that when he was a child, he often played hide and seek with his friends in the cave. Now the cave is dark and humid, and no one dares to go in.

Complete ancient dwellings

The culture of a place is mostly symbolized by landmark buildings, important historical and cultural relics, natural and cultural landscapes, etc. Zhoushan township is no exception, yanggen village still retains a complete ancient architecture of the Qing Dynasty.
The building is a residence of the surname Shi in yanggen village. It is located in yanggen village, Zhoushan Township, facing south. It was built in the Xianfeng Period of the Qing Dynasty (1851-1861). It has a history of more than 160 years. The house is a wing type two-story wooden structure building of siheyuan, which is composed of gate house, east-west wing house and main house. The main house is built on the stone foundation of steep slate masonry, with granite steps on top, two-stage vertical belt treads in front of the open space, and the beam frame is a mixed structure of bucket and beam lifting, with seven columns and seven purlins in depth. The front eaves and columns are supported by bluestone square foundations, the corridors are set between the columns, and the open room at the bottom of the room is the open hall. In front of the second room, it is closed with a partition, with flower windows and embossed figures, flowers and plants. On the second floor, there is a corridor and a beautiful woman's seat. The old house still retains its antique style.
In the ancient house, there is also a plaque of "Qingxi Qiyi" written by sun Yiyan for Shi's mother's 90th birthday, 12 years ago

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