Yuanfang Township, Xiuning County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province

Yuanfang Township

Yuanfang township is located in the southeast of Xiuning County. The coordinates of the township government are 118 ° 19 ′ E and 29 ° 36 ′ 30 ″ n. Yuanfang township is adjacent to Baiji Township in the East and Yucun Township in the north, Linxi town in the West and Huangjian Township in the south. The main peak in changlingjian is 1297 meters above sea level, with a total area of 53.33 square kilometers, including 605.9 square meters of bamboo forest, 455 square meters of tea garden, 4915.9 square meters of other forest land and 49.46 square meters of cultivated land.

Historical evolution

During the period of the Republic of China, the name of Fangxiang did not exist. Except wulongkeng and huofengjian formations in wanjintai village, Fangtian village and Xingchuan village, the name of paitian and Sitang in Linxi town in the East was a Bao. After liberation, it was under the jurisdiction of Linxi. It was a brigade with Ziyuan village, Linyuan village and Paifang village The people's Government of Yuanfang township was set up in Xingchuan group of Xingchuan village, which has jurisdiction over Paifang village, Ziyuan village and Linyuan village. In 55, Fangtian village, wugongkeng village and huofengjian village group, which were originally under the jurisdiction of zhengwan, were assigned to Yuanfang township to add an administrative village, The two natural villages were changed into Yuanfang people's commune in 1956, under which there are three senior communes: Yingfeng commune, Lianfang commune and Ziyuan commune. In 1958, it was assigned to the satellite commune (Linxi commune). The senior commune abolished the establishment of Yuanfang brigade. In 61, it restored the Yuanfang people's commune, including Ziyuan, Yutan, jiuqiu, Fangshan, Xingchuan and Yingfeng brigade. In 70, it established the Yuanfang commune reform committee. In 83, it was restored to the people's Government of Yuanfang township. In 92, it was incorporated into Chakou township. In 94, it restored the people's Government of Yuanfang Township again. In August 2003, it moved the seat of the township government To Fangshan village, in 2005, the township of the county was merged and wanjintai village under the jurisdiction of zhengwan township was transferred to Yuanfang township.

industrial structure

Since the reform and opening up, the proportion of farmers' income is increasing year by year, while the proportion of agricultural income is decreasing. The mineral resources of Yuanfang township are fluorite, granite, non-toxic lead-zinc ore, etc. Yuanfang Grand Canyon and Yangshan mountain, which is known as "Lotus Buddha kingdom", are connected together, and the tourism resources are rich.

Other introductions

In December 2005, the rural comprehensive institutional reform merged the cultural radio and television station into the Rural Service Center for the people.

Yuanfang Township Central School

In early 1956, it was set up in tongzishan temple, and then moved to Fangshan and Xingchuan village. In 1968, it set up a junior high school class. In 1982, it abolished the junior high school class in Yuanfang township. Now Yuanfang Central Primary School has one primary school and five junior high schools. In 2005, there were 251 students and 18 in-service teachers. Since the founding of the people's Republic of China, 107 students above technical secondary school have been trained. Among them, two have obtained doctoral degrees. Wang Jianhua of Fangtian village studied at Harvard University in the United States.

Since the founding of the people's Republic of China, Yuanfang township has sent 150 soldiers, three of whom died in the Korean battlefield.

Yuanfang health center was established in 1965. There are two professionals. The level of health center has not been assessed yet. There are four rural individual clinics and four employees in the township.

Yuanfang Credit Union

Founded in 1955, Yuanfang credit cooperative was merged into Chakou credit cooperative when Yuanfang township was merged into Chakou Township in 1992. Then Yuanfang credit cooperative was changed into Yuanfang credit branch. In 2005, Huangjian and Baiji credit cooperatives were merged into Yuanfang credit branch and changed into Yuanfang credit cooperative for independent accounting. By the end of 2005, the total amount of deposits in the township was 11.67 million yuan, and the amount of various loans was 3.51 million yuan.

Yuanfang Township Forestry Station

It was founded in 1981 and now has 2 employees.

In 1977, Yuanfang people's commune, with the strong support of the county Party committee, mainly relied on the whole township to open the 7 km class IV Highway from Chakou to Yuanfang, which was started in the same year and opened in the same year. The highway from Yuanfang to Baiji Township and Huangjian Township passes through Yuanfang. There are five buses from Yuanfang to Tunxi, so the traffic is very convenient. The high-voltage power of Yuanfang township was connected from the original Chakou township to jiuqiu village of Yuanfang Township in 78, and then gradually extended to the whole Township, with an annual power consumption of 420000 kwh; the program-controlled telephone of Yuanfang township was opened in 96, and the number of terminals reached 960 by the end of 2005; with the concern and support of municipal and county Party committees and governments and relevant departments, more than 200000 yuan was invested in 2002 to build Fangshan revetment; In 2003, it invested 160000 yuan to build Xingchuan revetment; in August 2003, it relocated the township government; in October 2003, it invested 150000 yuan to widen the village road from Xingchuan to Ziyuan; it invested 120000 yuan to build Yutan cement bridge; in 2004, it built mobile and Unicom base station in Fangshan village of Yuanfang township; in 2004, it built this Keng cement bridge; in 2004, it built a mobile and Unicom base station; In 2005, the county mobile company built two mobile base stations in wanjintai and Fangtian village; invested more than 500000 yuan to complete the rural power network reconstruction project in wanjintai; realized the blackening of Ziyuan Village Road in 2005; invested 80000 yuan in October 2005 to comprehensively reconstruct the tap water of four villagers groups in Yingfeng village.

Yuanfang township was hit by a rare flood on June 26, 2001, which destroyed 100 mu of grain fields and 2 houses. All the villages from Xingchuan village, the original township government's residence, to Yantu village, the original Chakou Township were flooded. The roads were damaged for several kilometers, and a stone bridge was destroyed, resulting in a loss of more than 10 million yuan.

Population data

(fifth census data)

The total population is 4776 (2017).

Legend of Yangshan Temple

Yangshan temple is located at the source of Yuanfang Grand Canyon. It was originally located in Huangjian township. Before liberation, it was under the jurisdiction of she county. After liberation, it was under the jurisdiction of Yuanfang Township when the forest rights were divided. The elevation of Yangshan temple is more than 1000 meters, and there is a flat land of more than 100 mu. It is rare to see it on this high mountain. In the surrounding col, there are streams of mountain springs, all of which gather at Yangshan estuary, and they are protected all the year round With a certain amount of flow, there is a perennial wetland on the opposite side of the Yangshan Temple site. The rare reed in the South can be seen in Yangshan. Yangshan's natural safflower Camellia oleifera is a rare variety in Huangshan City. It is only found in Lingnan of Xiuning County and Yangshan of Yuanfang Township in the city. The whole tree blooms in spring every year, and the red is very beautiful.

Yangshan temple is surrounded by green hills, especially the natural forest, which is evergreen all the year round. When you walk into the forest, it's gloomy and dignified, but most of the trees are very old and have considerable commercial value.

The architectural form of Yangshan temple, we have visited some elders, according to their memories, Yangshan temple has two halls, the main hall is very similar to the Shaolin Temple in the movie "Shaolin Temple", brick and tile structure, the bay is more than 30 meters, the width is more than 40 meters, the main hall gate faces south, the main hall gate in the middle of the top is a plaque with "Yangshan Temple" three characters, the main hall has two front and back Jin (also called Shangtang Xiatang) is a typical ancient building. It has four tall columns, two forward and two backward. There are many small columns around the wall. The thick wax gourd beam needs two people to embrace. The top of the main hall is basically some magical sculptures. The ground is made of blue stone slabs. Entering the main hall, there is a large platform in the middle, Sitting on both sides of the statue are the eighteen Arhats and the twenty-four Chaotian. A big bell in the temple is made of bronze, with a weight of more than 200 kg. After the Yangshan temple was burned in 1950, farmers broke it up and sold it as scrap iron. Another small bell, with a weight of 5 kg, was used as a magic weapon at that time, and is still used as a bell in the Central Primary School of Huangjian township. The front and back entrance are separated by a partition wall. Beside the wall are three tall statues, facing the gate. There are two passageways on both sides of the partition wall. There is a large statue in the middle of the partition wall. Sitting against the wall, it faces a patio. On the right side of the patio is a big clock, on the left side is a big drum, and on the top is a censer. On the top is a case table, and on the side is an open space for monks to chant sutras. There is a row of small Buddha statues on the top of the table, Further up, there are statues of Baogong, Jigong and Zhigong. Behind the statues, there is a storage room for Buddhist utensils, which is a half platform. On the right side of the platform, there is a large standing statue of dizang Buddha. On the left side, there is a standing statue of Guanyin. On the side wall of dizang, there is a large printing plate, which is equivalent to the official seal of the unit, so that visitors can reply. There are also some prescriptions for people to draw lots and check numbers to get prescriptions.

In the middle of the main hall, there is a door leading to the auxiliary hall. The auxiliary hall is slightly smaller. It is a two-story structure at the back and a one-story structure at the front. It is basically a guest room for people from afar to live. There is a large patio in the middle. There is a large Buddha statue at the top right of the patio. It is standing in the living room. There is a guest room on the side and two stairs on the wall, leading to the second floor of the auxiliary hall, There is also a staircase, two guest rooms and a Fachang below the patio. To the right is the kitchen and living room. There is a small canteen inside. During the Anti Japanese War, the Patriot Yao Wencai (from Shexian county) and the Kuomintang provincial Senator Jiang tonghou came for them to use. (the original temple has been sketched)

Xiong Kaiyuan, an official of the Ming Dynasty University, once lived in seclusion in Yangshan. There are detailed records in the Museum of Xiuning County,

There is a playground and a fishing pond at the gate of Yangshan temple. The playground is used as a sacrifice, which can accommodate 5000 people. Some ornamental fish are raised in the fishing pond. There is a Wuchang temple in Shuikou of Yangshan. A ginkgo tree in front of the gate needs two adults to embrace it. Later, it was cut down. There are also some statues at each intersection leading to Yangshan temple

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