Caota Town, Zhuji City, Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province

Caota town

Caota town is one of the three ancient towns in Zhuji City, located in the west of Zhuji City, 10 kilometers away from the city center. The town covers an area of 84 square kilometers, with jurisdiction over 60 administrative villages, 1 neighborhood committee and 4 management offices.

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

survey

Zhuji is a town under the jurisdiction of the city. Located in the southwest of the city. It has jurisdiction over a residential area in Caota and 18 administrative villages in Chuntang East, Chuntang West, Dadi, Hangjinqi, Lingshui, longzhuli, Nanshan, Pingwu, Pudai, Qiaotou, Qingshan, Wenyi, Shangyu, Xinan, Xinglong, yangjialou, Zhangjia and Zhujia.

evolution

It is one of the three ancient towns in Zhuji City. Caota town was established in 1950. It was abolished in 1958 and belonged to Dongfeng commune. Caota commune was established in 1961 and rebuilt in 1981. In 1996, it covers an area of 51.8 square kilometers and has a population of 34000. It has jurisdiction over 44 administrative villages including Dafang, xiasanfang, Chenjia, gujia, baozhuqiao, yanzhitang, wuquanan, Houcun, Nanqian, Nanping, Xinzhai, lingshangfan, zhuangyuxia, Meishan, Longzhu, dashanxia, Hexing, Xiawang and one Caota neighborhood committee. By the end of 1999, it had jurisdiction over 44 villages and one residence, with a population of 33711 and an area of 51.83 square kilometers. At the end of 2000, it had a population of 33392 and an area of 51 square kilometers.

In 2001, Qingshan township was abolished and merged into Caota town. The town governs 60 villages, 1 residence and is located in Tianyuan Road (original site). By the end of 2001, it had jurisdiction over 60 villages (divided into four rural management offices), with a population of 45555 and an area of 81 square kilometers; by the end of 2002, it had a population of 45311 (including 2971 residents), and by the end of 2003, it had a population of 44896.

At the end of 2005, it covers an area of 84.29 square kilometers and has a population of 44700. It has jurisdiction over a residential area in Caota, including Dafang, Manzhou, xiasanfang, zhongfangfen, Dufu, Chenjia, Shau, shangshifan, qingchenfang, Zhanghuai, Mayuan, QianDian, Yangfang, gujia, hengfantang, xiashitou, pingkuo, xiafanding, Wangcun village, baozhuqiao, lijiawu, Shangzhang, yanzhitang, houshanzhi, wuquanan Yantou, Houcun, Nanqian, Nanping, Xinzhai, lingshangfan, Xinqiao, zhuangyuxia, Meishan, Longzhu, zhangyiwu, dashanxia, houdawu, suoyitangding, Hechun, Hexing, douwu, huizhoushe, Xiawang, Duxi, Kantou, Zhengwu, langwu, Miaoli, Zhangcun, Xiaxia, Shangshang, beijiawu, Pingshan, Shenwu, juanwu, Yanghuan, Hezhong, Leishan and Mingjiao Zhengcun, the town government in Tianyuan road.

Geography

Caota town is one of the three ancient towns in Zhuji City, Zhejiang Province. It is located in the west of Zhuji City, 10 kilometers away from the city center. The town covers an area of 84 square kilometers, with jurisdiction over 60 administrative villages, 1 neighborhood committee and 4 management offices. The total population was 44418 (2017). In 2004, the town's GDP was 930 million yuan, the total output value of industry and agriculture was 5.7 billion yuan, self export was 25 million US dollars, the per capita income of farmers was 9858 yuan, and the fiscal revenue was 45.74 million yuan. Caota has been successively named as "national sports advanced town", "provincial comprehensive strength top 100 town", "provincial health town", "Provincial Ecological Town", "provincial education advanced town", "provincial first batch of sports strong town", "provincial first batch of famous building town", "Provincial Sports characteristic town" and "Shaoxing City comprehensive strength top 30 town"

industrial economy

Caota Town, with socks and spring industry as the main body, is known as "the first town of China's socks industry" and "spring town". Also has three net environmental protection, automatic screen door and other high-tech industries. There are 2409 industrial enterprises in the town, with fixed assets of 650 million yuan, 13000 employees, annual output value of 2.22 billion yuan, profits and taxes of 320 million yuan, and 11 enterprises with sales revenue of more than 10 million yuan. In 2010, the total output value of the town was 2.6 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 12%; the total industrial output value was 12.2 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 12%; the sales revenue was 12.12 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 11.2%; the self export was 187 million US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 30.1%; the financial revenue was 191 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 20.1%; the per capita net income of farmers was 20859 yuan, a year-on-year increase of 9.

1. Stockings massive economy: stockings massive economy is the pillar industry of the whole town, with more than 2000 stockings enterprises, 15000 sets of stockings machines, and nearly 10000 employees. It mainly produces more than 200 series and more than 300 kinds of stockings, including men's and women's cotton ammonia stockings, children's stockings, leisure stockings, thin men's and women's stockings, Capri pants, and pantyhose. The products are not only sold to more than 100 large and medium-sized cities in China, but also exported to the United States, France, Russia, Japan and other European, American and Southeast Asian countries. The output value of hosiery enterprises is nearly 1.8 billion.

2. Spring block economy: spring block economy is a big advantage industry. Many spring enterprises can produce all kinds of cylindrical springs with steel wire diameter of 0.1-80mm and all kinds of leaf springs with steel plate thickness of 0.1-30mm. The main varieties are car suspension spring series, motorcycle and valve spring series, rectangular mold spring series, motorcycle shock absorber spring and clutch spring series, amplitude special-shaped spring series and more than 5000 specifications and models The spring products of "3A" and "ShuangDi" have passed the ISO9002 quality system certification, and are sold in the international market. The domestic market share of rectangular mold spring, car suspension spring and shock absorber spring reaches 80%, and the product quality has reached the international advanced level.

Famous local products

There are three treasures in Caota since ancient times: ramie, sericulture and turtle glue. Behind Caota Town, there is a wasteland Pagoda with thousands of Mu on the Bank of Wuxie River, which was called Chuntang Pagoda in ancient times. It is said that every night when the moon is high and the wind is blowing, the sound of "Ho - Ho -" comes from the tower. People in the village said that it was the golden tortoise in Chuntang. Whoever catches it will make a fortune. Because the golden turtle can pull gold and silver. But the local people can only hear it, but can't see it. No one can catch it. That year, Huizhou Chaofeng passed through the ancient town Caota overnight, and happened to hear the call of the golden turtle. He realized that it was a treasure, so he lived down to catch the golden turtle. But he could not find the golden turtle. The next year, the Huizhou court brought a large ramie net to catch the golden turtle. When the net is spread to the East, the cry of "Ho" goes to the West. When the net is spread to the west, the cry of the golden turtle goes to the north. When the net is spread to the north, the cry of "Ho" goes to the East again. Still can't catch the golden turtle. In the third year, the pilgrim still did not give up, not only brought the big net, but also a lot of silk and cotton. He spread silk and cotton on the ground tower of Chuntang, sticking to the toes of the turtle, and then catching it with a big net. But the Chuntang pagoda is too wide. The silk and cotton it brings is only a small pagoda. Where can I catch the turtles? After three years in vain, he returned empty handed. Before leaving the Caota, he said that if he wanted to catch the golden turtle, he would have to plant hemp and mulberry in the ground tower of Chuntang and raise silkworms and silkworms in his family. Although it is a folk story, it makes a philosophical interpretation for the traditional economic products of ancient town Caota. According to the local records, the ramie in Caota is the highest in the county and one of the "three ru" in Zhuji (i.e. ramie like silk, chestnut like fist and mulberry like brocade). In the old days, the grass pagoda and the ground pagoda of Chuntang were all hemp, and the hemp was strong and long. Hemp is cooked three times a year. There are local Proverbs: the first ramie should not be over may, the second ramie should not be over July and the third ramie should not see frost. It can be seen that its yield is high. When it comes to the harvest season, ramie leaves all over the land are flying like butterflies in spring. Every man peels hemp, and every woman washes and scrapes hemp. Ramie is dry in the sun and white as silk. It is a good material for weaving cloth, making accounts and repairing ships. Every year, many merchants come to Caota to purchase and sell to Jiangsu, Fujian, Guangdong and other coastal areas. By the mid-1980s, new hemp fabrics were once popular in the world. Sericulture, according to the book of pictures: "Zhuji out of the mulberry like brocade." In particular, it is a kind of mountain mulberry planted in Zhushan (the area of jincaotanan mountain). It is said that his "literary talent is like Bo Qi, square and parallel, picturesque, and can be made into shoes", which is of high value. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the farmers usually raised and reeled the silk, and then sold it to the commercial firms. Commercial banks resell to other places. Because caotachun pond is rich in high-quality five discharge groundwater, the silk reeled is white and crystal clear, with excellent grade, which has always been valued by foreign businessmen. By 1938, modern silk reeling technology was introduced into Zhuji. Some people invested to set up Zhuji's first silk reeling factory, Jingcheng silk factory, near Shifan village in Caota Town, and reeled better silk than native silk. After liberation, the government opened up thousands of mu of high-quality mulberry garden and set up sericulture farm to develop sericulture economy.

Turtle glue. Turtle glue is a kind of precious Chinese patent medicine which can nourish yin and strengthen Yang, tonify kidney and replenish qi. In the past, the "renqintang" drugstore in Caota was famous for its refined turtle glue. This drugstore has a history of several hundred years, and its seventh generation descendants are still alive today. The tortoise plate glue of Caota is made from wild turtles. It is purchased by pharmacists in spring and summer, washed and retted. After the beginning of winter, use the fire stove to steam out the tortoise plate juice, and then add some precious Chinese medicine to the tortoise plate juice and boil it into glue. Because the tortoise plate glue of Caota is exquisite in material selection and unique in formula, plus high-quality wuxiesha seeping and frying, it is transparent and authentic. Since the early Qing Dynasty, it has been favored by customers from north and south. No wonder there is a record in the local records of "taking turtle plate, Du Jian and Cao TA as works".

There are 8 schools with 415 teachers and more than 7000 students in the town. The enrollment rate of school-age children is over 99%, and a high standard nine-year compulsory education has been implemented. There are 98 basketball courts, of which more than 80% are concrete light courts. There are dragon dance, lion dance, calligraphy and painting

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