Gu Fang Xiang, Yuexi County, Anqing City, Anhui Province

Gufang Township

Gufang township is a township under the jurisdiction of Yuexi County, Anqing City, Anhui Province. Located in the western border of Yuexi County, 79 kilometers away from the county seat, it borders taojiahe Township and Yangliu town in Yingshan County, Hubei Province in the northwest, and Baimao town and Hetu town in the southeast. It is located in the south of the watershed on the south slope of the Dabie Mountains. It is a small basin with high mountains. There are Intermountain basins in the northeast and low mountains and hills in the southwest. The average altitude is 600 meters, the highest point is 1044 meters in dongshanjian, and the lowest point is 310 meters in heiyanghe. The main rivers, Gufang River, Lianhua River, Yuexing River and heiyang River, flow southward through Baimao town and join Dianqian River, which is the birthplace of Dianqian River, the main stream of Wanhe river system in the Yangtze River Basin. The average annual temperature is 14.9 ℃, the average annual rainfall is 1500 mm, the climate is warm and cool, the four seasons are distinct, and the climate is subtropical monsoon.

General situation

Gufang Township, Yuexi County, Anqing City, Anhui Province is located in the western border of Yuexi County, 79 kilometers away from the county seat. It borders taojiahe Township and Yangliu town in Yingshan County, Hubei Province in the northwest, and Baimao town and Hetu town in the county in the southeast. with a total area of 47 square kilometers, Gufang Township governs 5 villages, including Shangfang village, Xiafang village, Gufang village, Wangcheng village and Qianjin village, 119 villager groups, 8726 people (2017), mainly Han nationality, with surnames of Liu and Xu. In 2011, the township's financial revenue was 618000 yuan, and the annual per capita net income of farmers was 3360 yuan. The cultivated land area of Gufang township is 6100 mu, and the mountain farm area is 36000 mu. The pace of infrastructure construction has been accelerated. Every village has access to roads and every household has access to electric lights. 80% of the farmers in Gufang township have installed program-controlled telephones. there is a middle school, four primary schools and four teaching sites in the township, with abundant teachers and a strong atmosphere of respecting teachers and valuing education. As early as the 1980s, it was known as the "hometown of style". The township government is located at the junction of Xichong, Xiafang and Changling villages. It was newly expanded in 2002 with an area of 0.3 square kilometers and a population of 2000.

Historical evolution

Gufang was first built in 1950, and after several changes in zoning, it was merged from Qianjin Township and Gufang Township in Baimao District into Gufang Township in 1992.

geographical position

Gufang township is located in the western border of Yuexi County, 79 kilometers away from the county. It borders taojiahe Township and Yangliu town in Yingshan County, Hubei Province in the northwest, and Baimao town and Hetu town in the southeast.

natural resources

Gufang is located in the south of the watershed on the south slope of the Dabie Mountains. It is a small basin with high mountains. It is an Intermountain basin in the northeast and low mountains and hills in the southwest. The average altitude is more than 600 meters, the highest point of dongshanjian is 1044 meters, and the lowest point of heiyanghe is 310 meters. With an average annual temperature of 14.9 ℃ and an average annual rainfall of 1500 mm, the climate is warm and cool with four distinct seasons, belonging to the subtropical monsoon climate zone. there are rich granite resources such as black and white flower, green leopard stone, pearl red, sesame white, leopard eye stone, etc. there are jiuyanzhai, Guanzhen, TAIPINGZHAI sites, yingzuishi, zhongguqishan, rhinoceros Wangyue, Wangcheng four scenic spots (longguisuokou, liyuchaobeidou, leidashi, jiulongxizhu), ancient ginkgo, Longtan River, etc. The main rivers are Gufang River, Lianhua River, Yuexing River and heiyang river. They flow southward through Baimao town and join Dianqian river. They are the birthplace of Dianqian River, the main stream of Wanhe river system in the Yangtze River Basin. Gufang is one of the birthplaces of Dianqian River, the main stream of Wanhe river system in the Yangtze River Basin. The rivers in Gufang are winding around mountains with narrow channel and large slope. The flow is controlled by precipitation. However, there are abundant groundwater resources, including four small reservoirs and one small power station. The surface is mostly bare rock, rich in "black and white", "pearl red", "leopard eye stone" and other granite mines. The soil is mainly yellow brown soil with pH between 0.45-0.65. The soil is fertile and suitable for the growth of various economic crops. Pinus and Cunninghamia lanceolata are the main trees, and Phyllostachys pubescens also has a considerable number. The rare tree species are Ginkgo biloba, Liquidambar formosana, etc. Minsheng village, a 30 meter tall ancient ginkgo tree, nearly 400 years old, diameter at breast height of 1.2 meters, magnificent tall and straight, known as the spectacle. Gufang township is also an old revolutionary base and one of the revolutionary bases of the 25th and 28th Red Army.

Township Development

Gufang Township used to be one of the poorest areas in Yuexi County. After the reform and opening up, under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, the people of Gufang developed in an all-round way in spiritual civilization, political civilization and material civilization. The per capita income of farmers in Gufang Township increased from more than 50 yuan in 1978 to 1760 yuan in 2005. Since the merger of Gufang Township in 1992, the pace of infrastructure construction in Gufang township has been accelerated. Every village has access to roads and every household has access to electric lights. 80% of the farmers in Gufang township have installed program-controlled telephones, cable TV and clean tap water. The construction of market towns in Gufang township has made rapid progress, and has initially formed the development pattern of Xiafang old street and Xichong new street.

economic development

Gufang is a pure agricultural town with underdeveloped industry. Tea, vegetables and rice are the main agricultural products. Tea and vegetables account for more than 50% of the crop planting area. It is a famous town of tea and vegetables. By 2011, the tea garden area of the township is 4728 mu (including 1800 mu of high standard tea garden), with an annual output of 95 tons of high-quality dry tea and an annual sales revenue of 9.5 million yuan; the area of Alpine vegetables is 3000 mu, with an annual output of 4500 tons and an annual sales revenue of 9 million yuan. Other cash crops include Chinese herbal medicine, chestnut, etc. The main Chinese medicinal materials are Poria cocos, Gastrodia elata, Eucommia ulmoides, Platycodon grandiflorum and Ganoderma lucidum. In 2011, 550 mu of Chinese medicinal materials were cultivated with an output of 300 tons and an output value of 920000 yuan. However, there are too many mountains and too few land, so the food production can not be self-sufficient. It mainly relies on the tea industry and the traditional Chinese medicine industry. Animal husbandry is also one of the important industries in Gufang. Gufang township is located at the junction of Anhui and Hubei in the hinterland of Dabie Mountains. Based on its comparative advantages, Gufang Township focuses on the development of modern agriculture and accelerates the pace of new rural construction. Based on the actual situation of Gufang Township, we should select the right breakthrough point, speed up the construction of advantageous industries, expand the production scale of Alpine organic tea, alpine Zizania latifolia and authentic Chinese herbal medicine. On the basis of consolidating the existing 5000 mu tea garden, we should strive to establish 10000 mu famous tea base, develop 6000 mu organic Zizania latifolia and expand 4000 mu authentic Chinese herbal medicine during the "Eleventh Five Year Plan". Around the three production bases, with quality and safety as the goal, we should take the intensive and standardized development path, comprehensively improve the quality structure of agricultural products, implement the green and assured project, and realize the transformation of agriculture from "quantity growth" to "quality benefit". Gufang Township focuses on the development of "Shankou" border trade economy. While vigorously building the advantageous industrial base, it establishes professional associations such as famous tea, Zizania latifolia, authentic Chinese herbal medicine, etc., and takes the path of "branch + association + farmer", so as to promote the large-scale development of characteristic agriculture. In view of the rich labor resources, Gufang Township vigorously develops labor economy, improves the scale level of labor economy, focuses on organization and training services, and organizes and guides the orderly export of surplus labor to other provinces. At the same time, the implementation of "fenghuanchao" project. We will actively encourage migrant workers to return home to start their own businesses, and increase the labor income by 20 million yuan. We will strive to transfer more than 3000 rural labor force locally within five years. At the same time, through market operation and policy guidance, Gufang Township encourages farmers in shenshanggou to build houses in Shangfang and Xiafang market towns. Nearly 100 farmers have settled in the market towns, and a characteristic "Shankou" border trade town has initially formed.

Public utilities

Gufang Township Party committee and government take the opportunity of striving for high-quality service Township to vigorously carry out quality service activities of family planning in Gufang township. In order to do good and practical things for the masses quickly. In July 2008, Gufang Township issued a family planning understanding paper to the masses of the township, making public the procedures and time limits of the family planning office and the service office, carrying out extensive publicity through the villagers' congresses, Party members' meetings and group cadres' meetings, and setting up a report and supervision telephone. When the masses reported the family planning office's shirking and rude behavior, the township party committee and government immediately dealt with it. To provide the most comfortable, reassuring and satisfactory service for the family planning objects around the follow-up service of birth control and reproductive health activities.

famous local specialties

Tea

Gufang township has always been the hometown of famous tea. Gufang tea has a high reputation in the county and is one of the main producing areas of Yuexi tea. The township has a tea base of 5000 mu (including 1000 mu of high standard organic tea garden), more than 20 tea refining plants, with an annual output of 50 tons of dry tea and a revenue of 2 million yuan. Products include "Changling LANYA", "Yuexi cuijian", "Yuexi Cuilan", "Yuexi cuichun", "xiaolanhua" and "Yuexi green tea". After brewing, the soup is fragrant, bright green, and the quality is excellent. "Changling orchid bud" in the fifth "tea cup". China's famous tea also won the "special award" in the competition, enjoying a good reputation in China. Chinese herbal medicine has a base of 1000 mu, with more than 100 varieties, mainly including lily, Atractylodes lancea, Gastrodia elata, Poria cocos, Eucommia ulmoides, jujube peel, Erhua and Salvia miltiorrhiza, with an annual output of 20 tons.

Granite plate

There are two granite plate stock yards (Changling and Lianhe) in the territory, which are extremely rich in plate resources with a reserve of 20 million cubic meters. The transportation of the stock yard is convenient and the mining is convenient. At present, there is a processing factory, yuewan plate factory in Yuexing village, with an annual output of 20000 m2 and an output value of 1.2 million yuan. The product series include emeralds, black and white flowers, etc. they are all rare varieties in the market, with smooth sales, short supply, strong competitiveness and optimistic prospects.

Linlan brand famous tea machine

The new fully automatic famous tea machine invented by Liu Youlin of Linlan tea factory in Changling village has won the national patent (patent number: 2l002081776, 2l002081768). After the fresh tea is put into production, the full-automatic flow process is carried out from green killing, slitting to drying and molding. It is easy to operate and saves manpower. The dry tea produced has good shape and color, remarkable production efficiency and high mechanical efficiency

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