Zhang Cun Zhen, Anji County, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province

Zhangcun town

Zhangcun town is located in the north foot of Tianmu Mountain, southwest of Anji, at the junction of Zhejiang and Anhui provinces and three counties. It covers an area of 89.2 square kilometers (in 2017) and governs 9 administrative villages with a total population of 13506 people (in 2017). The Han nationality is the majority, while the She nationality is the minority (mainly distributed in langcun Village). The town highway mainly relies on the Northeast Wangzhang (Wangjiazhuang Zhangcun) highway, and the zhongkong (Zhongzhang kongfu pass) highway is the main skeleton of the highway. Zhangcun town has beautiful environment, fresh air, good water quality, pleasant climate, and forest coverage rate as high as 85.4%. Longwang mountain, a provincial nature reserve known as "plant kingdom gene bank", is located in the town. In 1999, it was confirmed by the expert group of Shanghai geographical society that it is the source of Huangpu River. Therefore, Zhangcun town has the reputation of "the first town of Huangpu River source". Zhangcun town government is located in Puyuan New District of Zhangcun Village (special residential community in the county).

General situation of Zhangcun town

Zhangcun town is located in the north foot of Tianmu Mountain, southwest of Anji, at the junction of Zhejiang and Anhui provinces and three counties. It is bounded by Lin'an District, Hangzhou City, Anhui Province in the south, Ningguo County, Anhui Province in the west, hanglong town in the north and Baofu town in the East. It is about 45 kilometers away from the county, 113 kilometers away from Huzhou, 108 kilometers away from Hangzhou and 309 kilometers away from Shanghai. It covers an area of 89.2 square kilometers (in 2017) and governs 9 administrative villages with a total population of 13506 people (in 2017). The majority of them are Han nationality and the minority is She nationality. The town highway mainly relies on the Northeast Wangzhang (Wangjiazhuang Zhangcun) highway, and the zhongkong (Zhongzhang kongfu pass) highway is the main skeleton of the highway. Zhangcun town has beautiful environment, fresh air, good water quality, pleasant climate, and forest coverage rate as high as 79.8%. Longwang mountain, a provincial nature reserve known as "plant kingdom gene bank", is located in the town. In 1999, it was identified as the source of Huangpu River by the expert group of Shanghai geographical society. Therefore, Zhangcun town has the reputation of "the first town of Huangpu River source". Zhangcun is located in Zhangcun. Zhang's clan is called Zhang village. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it belonged to Jinshi Township, known as Zhangcun town. According to the Guangxu edition of Xiao Feng Zhi, "Yong tuzhang village in Jinshi township" is mainly planted with forest, rice and wheat. In 1949, it belonged to Jinshi township of Xiaofeng county. In the autumn of the same year, it was withdrawn from the township to build a district, belonging to Jinpeng district. in recent years, Zhangcun town has shown a good momentum of social and economic development, and is driving into the fast lane of rapid, stable and healthy development. Based on the scientific concept of development and under the premise of ecological protection, Zhangcun town takes "Puyuan brand", "she brand" and "Gaoshan brand" as the starting point, strives to create a town with ecological economy, ecological culture and the best living environment, forms a social and economic structure supported by eco-tourism and ecological industry, and continuously develops, improves and extends the construction of ecological towns, With the continuous optimization of the natural ecological environment, great achievements have been made in the protection of resources in scenic spots and nature reserves; the overall development of urban and rural areas has been effectively promoted, the rural modernization construction has been strengthened, and the urban construction has been strengthened, and the tourism reception center in southwest Anji has been formed, so as to realize the sustainable development of population, society, resources and ecological environment.

Urban construction

Based on the scientific concept of development and under the premise of ecological protection, Zhangcun town takes "Puyuan brand", "she brand" and "Gaoshan brand" as the starting point, strives to create a town with ecological economy, ecological culture and the best living environment, forms a social and economic structure supported by eco-tourism and ecological industry, and continuously develops, improves and extends the construction of ecological towns, With the continuous optimization of the natural ecological environment, great achievements have been made in the protection of resources in scenic spots and nature reserves; the overall development of urban and rural areas has been effectively promoted, the rural modernization construction has been strengthened, and the urban construction has been strengthened, and the tourism reception center in southwest Anji has been formed, so as to realize the sustainable development of population, society, resources and ecological environment.

Source of Huangpu River in Zhangcun

The source of Huangpu River is located in Longwang Mountain Nature Reserve (National Forest Park) in Anji, Zhejiang Province, with a main peak of 1587.4 meters. It is the highest peak in the Yangtze River Delta of Northern Zhejiang and eastern China. Longwang mountain is rich in primeval forest, Fengyan stream, Bitan and other natural landscapes, with fresh air, pure water, elegant environment, ecological environment resources, landscape customs, historical sites, myths and legends and other human landscape resources. It is characterized by richness, wildness, clearness, danger, beauty and broadness; it forms a unique "Dragon King nine landscapes"; Huangpu River source, SONGFENG graben, Youxia fairyland, etc. In modern times, world art Master Wu Changshuo once toured Longwang mountain and wrote a good sentence in Xiling Seal engraver's society: "the sky and the ground are covered, the mountains are high and the waters are long.".
In 1999, through the investigation of experts, Longwang mountain was confirmed as "the source of Huangpu River" by Shanghai geographical society. Mr. Wang Daohan, the former mayor of Shanghai, inscribed "the source of Huangpu River" in his own handwriting.
Longwang mountain is rich in ecological and environmental resources, with 156 species, 654 genera and more than 1400 species of plant species. There are 10 new records of plant distribution in Zhejiang Province, 23 national first and second class protected plants, 200 ornamental plants and 162 medicinal plants. Cherry blossoms and azaleas all over the mountains in spring, strange clouds in summer, mountain red in autumn and ice and snow world in winter are the four "scenic spots" of Longwang mountain. Longwang mountain also has leopard, sika deer, big tree frog and other national and provincial protected animals. In addition, there is an endemic species in the world - Andrias davidianus in Longwang mountain.
Longwang mountain originated from the ancient legend of "dragon born nine sons". At that time, the daughter of the queen mother (Xu Gu) fell in love with the Third Prince of the Dragon King of the East China Sea and gave birth to nine sons. Finally, she got the God blanket from the queen mother and benefited the common people. Since then, Longwang mountain has been well-known.

Historical evolution

Zhangcun town is located in Zhangcun. Zhang's clan is called Zhang village. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it belonged to Jinshi Township, known as Zhangcun town. According to the Guangxu edition of Xiao Feng Zhi, "Yong tuzhang village in Jinshi township" is mainly planted with forest, rice and wheat. In 1949, it belonged to Jinshi township of Xiaofeng county. In the autumn of the same year, it was withdrawn from the township to build a district, belonging to Jinpeng district. In the spring of 1950, it belonged to Zhangcun township. In October 1958, the township was withdrawn and the commune was established, belonging to Baofu commune. In September 1961, it belonged to Zhangcun commune. In December 1983, the commune was removed and villages and townships were established. On February 21, 1997, the people's Government of Anji County issued an Zheng Zi (97) No. 5 document, which changed Zhangcun Township into an established town and implemented the system of town governing village.

Memorabilia

From 1978 to 1994, a total of 1.55 million yuan was invested to build 29 kilometers of roads from Changtan village to Lengshuitang, from Zhangcun village to tongwangshan, from Gaoshan to shuijiali, and from baimaling to Lutang granite mine, with an investment of 4.239 million yuan to lay 28.65 kilometers of sand to oil roads. In 1982, the household contract responsibility system and the mountain forest contract responsibility system were fully implemented. In February 1983, the shuangyutang reservoir with a total investment of 1.36 million yuan and a reservoir capacity of 1.72 million cubic meters was built. At the same time, one primary and one secondary power station was built with an installed capacity of 910 kW and an annual power generation capacity of 4.5 million kwh. From 1987 to 1998, a TV relay station, closed-circuit television and network were built, with a total investment of 1.36 million yuan and a TV coverage rate of over 90%. from 1992 to 1997, program-controlled telephone, wireless paging and mobile phone were opened. During this period, Zhangcun middle school education building, nursing home, Zhangcun Economic Development Zone, farmer's market and zhongjieqiao were successively built, with a total investment of 2.31 million yuan. From 1993 to 1995, the power supply building and 350000 kV substation were built successively. from 1994 to 1998, five hydropower stations were built with an installed capacity of 3795 kW, an annual power generation of 9.036 million kWh and a total investment of 10.7 million yuan.

Standard place name

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