Wucheng Town, Xiuning County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province

Five towns

The five towns are located in the south of Xiuning County, 26 kilometers away from the county seat and 18 kilometers away from the central city of Huangshan Tunxi District. It is an important market town at the intersection of Anhui, Zhejiang and Jiangxi provinces, and a fortress from Huangshan City to Wuyuan, Jiangxi Province. Wucheng market town is the political, cultural and economic center of Wucheng area (formerly one district, one town and seven townships), and it is also the distribution center of agricultural products in the mountainous area of Southern Anhui. It is full of people, prosperous shops, prosperous market, active economy, and an endless stream of merchants and tourists from home and abroad. "Wucheng dried tea" and "Wucheng rice wine" are the special products and intangible cultural heritages left by history and culture. In the history of the five cities, Huang Geng, Huang Xuan and Huang Siyong were the three top civil and military scholars. Xiuning County Township ranked the most. Built in the Ming Dynasty, Yulin bridge lies in Qingyi for 500 years. Therefore, the five cities have the reputation of "three number one scholars in one town" and "one bridge and two stone squares". The record in Xin'an Zhi written by Luo Yuan in Song Dynasty is that "five cities and villages are ancient big towns".

natural resources

Wucheng town is a typical ecological town, with a forest area of 1334.35 hectares and a forest coverage rate of 86.3%, including 50000 mu of Phyllostachys pubescens. It is one of the four largest towns of Phyllostachys pubescens in the province and is known as "the first bamboo town in the south of the Yangtze River". The green water flows through the territory all the year round, moistening the soil and water and nurturing the "outstanding people". The main peak of the ecological kingdom "Wulong mountain" is 1668.5 meters high, with dense forests on the mountain, more than 20 species of precious trees, more than 1300 kinds of plants, and dozens of protected wild animals. It is a virgin land for leisure, tourism and vacation.

Honor of Township

Since the reform and opening up, the five towns adhere to the implementation of the strategy of "revitalizing the town through science and education", play a good "ecological card, cultural card, tourism card", increase the strength of civilization and the pace of market town construction, keep pace with the times, forge ahead, and maintain a sustained, rapid and healthy development of social economy. In 2005, the five towns were awarded the title of "civil servant collective satisfied by the people" by the municipal Party committee, and were listed in the provincial comprehensive evaluation system by Anhui Province It is a pilot town for reform. Yuetan and Shuanglong villages have been listed as the model villages of rural tourism in Xiuning County, and Wucheng town has become a friendly town with Qiandeng Town in Jiangsu Province.

Infrastructure

Since 1950, the five cities have been the political, economic and cultural centers of the districts and townships. There are middle schools, primary schools, hospitals, radio stations, cinemas, posts and telecommunications, Xinhua Bookstore, etc. in the town, and there are two TV turntables. In 1984, the old streets of the market town were renovated and paved with about 1 km long cement pavement. In 1985, the first farmers' Park in Xiuning County was built beside Gulin bridge, covering an area of 10 mu. The ancient trees covered the clouds and the sun, and the stone carvings, pavilions and rockeries were hidden among the precious flowers. There is still a stone archway and three Ming Dynasty buildings in the town, which are key cultural relics protection units at the county level.

Population data

(fifth census data)

The total population is 22424 (2017).

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