Dongcheng Town, Linhai City, Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province

Dongcheng Town

Dongcheng Town, subordinate to Linhai City, Zhejiang Province, is located in the east of Linhai City, a national famous historical and cultural city. It is adjacent to Niutoushan Reservoir in the East, Datian street in the south, Huixi town in the West and Sanmen County in the north. With an area of 165 square kilometers and 62544 people (in 2017), it is a big mountain town with seven mountains, one water and two fields. Dongcheng is a place of outstanding people and convenient transportation.

By 2018, Dongcheng Town has jurisdiction over 36 villages.

Dongcheng is a place of outstanding people and convenient transportation. In ancient times, there were such celebrities as Qu Yingguang, Wang Wenqing and Zhou zhirou. Today, there are Dongcheng people who dare to make great achievements, be the first and compete for the first class.

administrative division

By 2018, Dongcheng Town has jurisdiction over 36 villages.

geographical environment

Economics

Since its merger in 1993, Dongcheng Town has become famous from a mountainous town with "no geographical advantage and no resource advantage". Its comprehensive strength ranks at the top of Linhai City. The three pillar industries of "colorful lamps, outdoor tourism and leisure products, and aluminum profiles" are gradually showing their characteristics. Dongcheng Town is the fourth largest town in Linhai City in terms of total economic volume. At the end of 2009, Dongcheng Town was officially identified as the central town of Taizhou city. In October 2010, the provincial Party committee and the provincial government confirmed Dongcheng Town as the second batch of provincial central towns in Zhejiang Province. The central town is one of the comprehensive pilot projects to change the mode of economic development, and it is the second support point of county economy. With the support of strengthening the central town policy at all levels of provinces and cities, the central town has expanded its power and "released" greater development vitality, and Dongcheng Town is facing unprecedented development opportunities. Dongcheng Town is an important industrial town of Linhai City, a strong education town of Linhai province and a strong sports town of Linhai province. It is one of the largest festival light bulb production bases in China and an important aluminum profile production base in China. the town covers an area of 165 square kilometers, with 63 administrative villages, 62544 permanent residents (in 2017) and nearly 20000 immigrants. In 2011, the town achieved a total industrial output value of 5.9 billion yuan and a total financial revenue of 170 million yuan.

Characteristic agriculture

Dongcheng soybean noodle has a history of hundreds of years. It is made from fresh sweet potato starch, through six times of eight layer cleaning and filtration, and refined by traditional manual technology combined with modern advanced technology. The sweet potato produced in the high mountain loess land with abundant sunshine is pure green food. Dongcheng bean noodles are crystal clear, smooth and refreshing, with the characteristics of long storage and long cooking. They are favored by the masses. In fact, they are indispensable food for hotels, restaurants and families. They are good gifts with good quality and low price. In 2004, Dongcheng Dongqiao Doumian cooperative was officially established.

investment environment

Characteristic industries have gradually become advantages. Lantern, sun umbrella and aluminum profile are the three pillar industries of Dongcheng: China's largest festival bubble production base, important sun umbrella export base and aluminum profile production base. In 2003, the industrial output value of the town was 183500 yuan, the industrial and commercial tax was 44.66 million yuan, and the self export was 27.7 million US dollars. in the 12th Five Year Plan period, the Party committee and government of Dongcheng Town give full play to its location and industrial advantages to promote the construction of provincial central town. Speed up infrastructure construction, improve the service function of cities and towns, and enhance the image and quality of cities and towns. build an industrial development platform, speed up the construction of Shizishan Industrial Park, focus on the color lamp and LED industry, and promote industrial transformation and upgrading. Promote the development of modern and efficient ecological agriculture. We should pay more attention to harmony, strengthen the guarantee of people's livelihood, further coordinate economic development and urban construction, and strive to build Taizhou into a modern small city with distinctive industrial and trade characteristics and a new growth pole for the economic development of central coastal areas..

History and culture

Dongcheng Banlong was handed down in the Qing Dynasty. Banlong is composed of dragon head, dragon segment (body) and dragon tail. It is made of wood, bamboo and various kinds of paper. The number of dragon segments varies, ranging from more than ten to forty, and the longest is about forty or fifty. The dragon dance team should be composed of at least ten people, with six people holding the dragon's head, one person holding the dragon's body and three people holding the dragon's tail. It usually occurs on the 14th to 17th day of the first lunar month. In addition to local activities, Dongcheng Banlong also went to the city many times for Lantern Festival, which made the people of Linhai feast their eyes.

famous scenery

Tongkeng

Tongkeng is located about 10 miles southeast of Dongcheng Town, with three natural landscapes: rock, waterfall and cave. Rock is mainly high rock head, about 100 meters high, surrounded by open, strange rocks and rocks, there are immortal pier, immortal stove, pumice and other landscape. The waterfall is unique, with a wide width (about 30 meters) and a wide water flow area (about 80 meters), just like the water curtain cave in journey to the west, which can be compared with dalongqiu in Yandang Mountain. The cave, known as "Jinman cave", can only accommodate more than 30 people, but it is a dangerous cave with "one man in charge of the pass, ten thousand men can't open it". The cultural landscape is mainly the most influential peasant uprising in Zhejiang Province in the late Qing Dynasty. Jin man, the leader of the uprising, was stationed in Tongkeng area to revolt and make a big noise in Taizhou city. The stories of "making trouble in Taizhou" and "fighting Tongkeng" are widely spread in Taizhou, and have become legendary figures known to all the people in Taizhou.

Guang Temple

Guangfu temple was founded in 811, the sixth year of Yuanhe in Tang Dynasty. It was created by monk Chongji and was formerly known as "Zirui". It was built in the first year of Jingde (1004) in the Northern Song Dynasty, a statue in the ninth year of Dazhong Xiangfu (1016), a bathroom in the first year of Jingyou (1034), a confession hall in the second year of Jingyou (1035), a monk's hall, a Mountain Gate and a Luohan's Hall in the eighth year of Qingli (1048), and 70 monk's houses. It was changed in the first year of Longxing (1163) in the Southern Song Dynasty In 1835, the abbot Seng Shi'an rebuilt the Vajra hall. In the Republic of China, the abbot Yingshen repaired it. Now it is a Buddhist reservation in Linhai City. Guangfu temple has three main halls, five diamond halls, seven Abbot buildings, eleven Jingyu halls and seven Xixiang rooms. The main hall is built on a hard hilltop, with a mixed structure of beam lifting and bucket piercing. there are three rooms in the plane, seven beams in the room, no central column in the Ming room, and two collections of flat body on the forehead. The other beams and beams in the hall have Dou Gong, which still keeps the characteristics of the wooden oblique arch structure of Taizhou and Linhai ancient buildings. In addition, the temple also preserves the cornerstone of "the tower of the first generation of benefactor Chan Master of Song Dynasty"; the plaque of "Zhiyue Changyuan" in the ninth year of Qianlong (1744); the plaque of "Daxiong hall" in the 15th year of Daoguang; and the inscription of rebuilding Guangfu Temple in the Republic of China

Dongxi Danshui Pavilion

The Shuige hall was first built in the Xianchun period of the Southern Song Dynasty (1265-1274). It is not known whether it was renovated in the past dynasties. It is only known that it was renovated in the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty (1875-1908). Today, there are two complete courtyards. Facing east, they are gatehouse, stage, front hall, Chuanfang, Liangxiang and Daxiong hall. The gate house has five rooms, with a building area of 83.5 square meters. the stage is basically square in plane, with a single eaves on the top of the hill, with a construction area of 19.09 square meters. The four column capitals on the stage are carved with mythological and opera characters, with exquisite and complicated shapes. There are curly clouds and mythical figures carved between the brackets and fangs, irregular checkered patterns made by sparrows, and "the auspicious day of January, the 18th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty" inscribed on the purlin. Caijing is carved with pavilions, bats, rolling grass and other patterns in low relief, and the carving technology is extremely exquisite. There are three front halls with a construction area of 81.18 square meters. On the stone cases left in the hall, there are the words "eight years of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty". There are 18 courtyards in front of and behind the wing room, with a construction area of 369.95 square meters. The main hall has three rooms on the plane and two hard mountain slopes, with a construction area of 104.86 square meters. It is 10.7 meters wide and 9.8 meters deep, including 4 meters wide in the open space and 2.85 meters wide in the secondary space. In the open space, there are four purlins in the open space and six purlins in the secondary space. The hall is made of stone pillars, the gold pillars are columns, and the two mountains are square pillars. In the middle of the front eaves, two columns pass through the column, with high relief dragon. Dougong sculpture is rich and artistic. In addition, there is still a tablet and two stone pillars in the courtyard. At the end of the tablet, it says "the first year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty, longfeiyihai". One of the pillars has been embossed with dragon and cloud patterns, and the other one is still rough. It is estimated that it is a flat dragon pillar that has not been completed at the time of renovation. Dongxi Danshui Pavilion Hall is located at the south entrance of Dongxi Dancun village, Dongcheng Town, Linhai. Its small name is Shuige hall. On December 5, 2003, Linhai Municipal People's government announced it as "Linhai cultural relics protection unit".

Famous people

Zhou zhirou

Zhou zhirou (1899-1986), formerly known as Bofu, was born in Dongcheng. He graduated from the Sixth Middle School of Zhejiang Province. He joined Baoding military academy and graduated from it in 1922. In 1925, he served as instructor of Huangpu Military Academy and chief of staff of Humen fortress command. In 1926, he took part in the northern expedition, served as the commander and chief of staff of the 21st division of the National Revolutionary Army, commander of the 33rd brigade, and took part in the campaign against Yan Feng. Later, he served as deputy commander of the 14th division and deputy commander of the 18th army. In 1936, he was the director of the Aviation Commission. In 1937, since the Anti Japanese War, he also served as the former commander in chief of the air force. In 1945, he also served as the first director of the "Chairman's Chamberlain room". During the negotiations between the KMT and the CPC in Chongqing, he was ordered by Chiang Kai Shek to meet the CPC delegation at the airport and shake hands with Mao Zedong. In 1936, the Aviation Commission was reorganized into the air force general command. Zhou zhirou was re appointed commander in chief of the air force. In 1948, frightened by the momentum of the Chinese people's Liberation Army, Chiang Kai Shek withdrew his air force to Taiwan. In 1950, he served as the chief of staff and commander-in-chief of the air force at the "army" level in Taiwan. In 1954, he organized an international conference and served as secretary general. In 1957, he served as chairman of the Taiwan provincial government. In 1962, he joined the army as president

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