Chang Xi Xiang, she County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province

Changxi Township

Changxi township has a long history and outstanding people. The village was founded in the Tang Dynasty. It was Cangxi before the Southern Song Dynasty and Changxi after the year of Chunxi in the Song Dynasty. It is known as "the first village in Shenan". Only Jinshi and Zhuangyuan of yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties entered the court as officials, there were as many as 100 people from the second grade to the seventh grade. Among Huizhou merchants, "Wu tea" and "Zhou lacquer" spread all over the country. Cultural celebrities include Wu Chengshi, a master of Confucian classics, Du JinFang, a famous Peking opera performing artist, Wu Shujuan, Wu Qingyin, Wu Shouxian, Wu Xiaoxian, etc.

General situation

Changxi township is located in the east of Shexian County, slightly north, about 118 east longitude. 40 ', about 29 n. It is 30 kilometers away from Shexian, a famous historical and cultural city in China. It is adjacent to Xiakeng town and Tangli Township in the north, Chakou town in the East and Shendu town and Wuyang Township in the south. The land and resources area of the township is 20.33 square kilometers. Changyuan River, a tributary of Xin'an River, passes through the territory. The highest peak in Changxi township is longwangjian, with an altitude of 775.9 meters. The total area of forestry land is 16.88 square kilometers. At the end of 2005, the cultivated land was about 555 mu, including 125 mu of paddy field, 430 mu of dry land, 4741 mu of tea garden, 1615 mu of mulberry garden and 4 mu of orchard. By the end of 2005, Changxi Township had a total population of 8086 and 2473 households (including 396 non-agricultural residents and 1 ethnic minority).

Historical evolution

Changxi township has a long history. As early as the Han Dynasty, some people lived here. Ancient temples, ancient bridges, ancient temples, ancient pavilions, ancient Shuikou, ancient waterwheel, ancient memorial archways and ancient dwellings can be found everywhere. The best ancient buildings include Zhonglie temple in Yuan Dynasty; ancestral temple of Wu family in Ming Dynasty Taihu Lake and Zhou family; ancestral temple of Gong Zhi in Qing Dynasty mupaifang and former residence of Wu Chengshi. Changxi township was established in 1952. At that time, it was a small township with jurisdiction over Hongxin, Hongqi and Changyuan villages. Changxi township was divided into three townships from 1952 to June 1955, namely Changxi Township, Fengqi Township and Waner township. Among them, Changxi Township and Waner township are under the management of Shendu District, and Fengqi township is under the management of Chakou district. In July 1955, the three townships were merged and became Changxi Township under the management of Shendu district. In 1958, a large commune was designated. Changxi township was managed by Beian commune, and Changxi established a management area. In 1961, Changxi people's commune was established. In June 1983, the commune was transformed into a township, with jurisdiction over ten villages including Hongqi, Hongxin, Changyuan, Waner, michuan, Yongli, Yongsheng, Fengqi and bayuan, and Changxi township was established. In April 2008, the village level regional planning was adjusted from the original ten administrative villages to three administrative villages, namely Changxi village, Shuangyuan village and Waner village.

industrial structure

Before the 1970s, the main economic pillar industries of Changxi Township were tea, grain and oil. After the 1980s, especially since the new century, Changxi township has made great efforts to develop agriculture. On the basis of the original economic pillar, it has paid attention to the production and processing of famous and high-quality tea, changed from the original single handmade to mechanical one-stop finishing, and vigorously developed the chrysanthemum planting industry, sericulture industry and breeding industry. A large number of breeding and planting specialized households have emerged, the typical representatives are: large farmers: Wu Wei, Fang Songlin; large farmers: Wu Weiqing (herbal medicine), Wu Shunlin (white tea, Chinese herbal medicine, rare tree species, and breeding). In 2005, it produced 434 tons of grain, 135 tons of oil, 120 tons of tea, 127 tons of cocoon, 9.8 tons of Gongju and 4 tons of fruit. There are 4415 employees, including 2454 agricultural employees, 20 million yuan of industrial output value, 14.73 million yuan of agricultural economic income, 1795 migrant workers, 14.49 million yuan of labor export income, 48.92 million yuan of national economic output value, and 2450 yuan of per capita net income of farmers.

Development and construction

In January 1994, Changxi Township established the post and telecommunications office, and opened the program-controlled telephone in 1995. Now there are about 1450 fixed telephone terminals. Unicom communication base station was opened in September 2001, and mobile communication base station was opened in October 2001. in 1982, high voltage power was put on, and the total power consumption in 2005 was about 700000 kwh. More than 85% of the rural households have clean and hygienic tap water. cultural stations and broadcasting stations were established in 1966, and the level of broadcasting station was 2. In 1995, cable TV was established, broadcasting 21 programs with 850 end users. situation of rural schools: from 1999 to 2005, there are 5 primary schools and 3 junior primary schools in Changxi township. At the end of 2005, there were 511 primary school students and 30 in-service teachers; at the end of 2005, there were 297 middle school students and 20 in-service teachers. From 1950 to 2005, the number of secondary and junior college students in the township is unknown. In 1958, Changxi Township set up a health center with 9 doctors, 4 rural private clinics and 4 rural doctors; in 1984, it set up a nursing home with 5 residents; in 1952, it set up Changxi rural credit cooperatives with 29 million yuan and 18.58 million yuan of deposit and loan business in 2005. Yixiang forestry station was established in 1992. Since 2000, it has undertaken the following main business: Afforestation of 3735 mu in Sino German forestry project, with main forest types including economic fruit forest (mainly including chestnut, hickory, persimmon and Toona sinensis); timber forest (mainly Liquidambar formosana); closing hillsides for afforestation. The forest coverage rate reached 78.81%. 2085 mu of cropland has been converted to forest.

tourist resources

Changxi township is rich in cultural landscape and numerous ancient buildings. It is a famous town of cultural relics in the county and one of the main birthplaces of Huizhou merchants in Ming and Qing Dynasties. Changxi has a profound cultural heritage, including rare folk antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and Huizhou three carving works. Here are the famous "Wu tea" named after the Wu tea merchant of Changxi and "Zhou lacquer" named after the lacquer merchant of Zhou Bangtou, which are sold all over the country. Cultural celebrities are brilliant, including Wu Chengshi, the great educator and No.1 scholar in the late Qing Dynasty, Du JinFang, a famous Peking opera performing artist, and painters Wu Shujuan, Wu Qingyin, Wu Shouxian, Wu Xiaoxian, etc. In 2000, the township party committee and government established the idea of protecting ancient villages and developing tourism. In 2000, the Changxi ancient village protection committee was established, which was composed of the main leaders of the township party and government, cadres of the village committee, retired cadres and cultural relic protection enthusiasts. In 2004, the Tourism Development Service Center was set up, which is responsible for the protection and development of ancient villages. On May 1, 2004, Changxi scenic area of the township was fully opened to the outside world. The working idea of the township party committee and government is to promote the protection and development of ancient villages with tourism, expand the popularity with the help of cultural tourism, develop tourism economy, and drive the virtuous circle of protection and development. With the continuous innovation and improvement of the hardware facilities, the tourism industry is changing with each passing day. the Changxi bridge, built in 1985, is located at the end of Changxi village. It is the most important transportation hub from Changxi to other places. The stone bridge is 80 meters long and 8 meters wide. Yangkeng ancient wooden bridge, built in the late Yuan Dynasty, has a total length of 76 meters and is made of wood and iron chains. It is often destroyed by the flood of Changyuan river. However, after it is destroyed, the people will immediately raise money to recover it. Therefore, it is rare that it has been lying on the Changyuan river for hundreds of years. There are many characteristic folk activities in Changxi Township, such as "red flag Lantern Festival", "grass dragon dance" and "Lion Dance". "Red flag Lantern Festival" and "Lion Dance" are usually held in the first month, while "grass dragon dance" is held in the Mid Autumn Festival on August 15 every year. In addition, Changxi people have a special tradition of loving drama. There is a flower stage at the gate of Taihu ancestral temple, Wu's ancestral temple. During the Spring Festival, villagers gather here from all directions to see, sing and meet friends. It's a pity that the flower stage, which was originally carved with vermilion lacquer, has been destroyed by the cultural revolution.

Changxi Village

Population data

(fifth census data)

Honor record

On June 30, 2020, it will be included in the list of provincial rural governance pilot demonstration towns in Anhui Province.

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