Likou Town, Qimen County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province

Likou town

Likou Town, known as Xinfeng in ancient times, was first built in Song Dynasty, and later changed its name to Likou because of its location in Lishan and Lishui. Located 39 kilometers northwest of Qimen County, the town covers an area of 185.94 square kilometers, adjacent to xiaodaokou town in the East, Zhukou Township in the south, Shanli town in the west, anling town in the north, Guxi Township and Ruokeng Township in the northeast and northwest respectively. It now governs 15 villages and 91 villager groups with a total population of 13460 (2017). There are 232171 mu of forest land, 7216.23 mu of paddy field and 16195.5 mu of tea garden in the town. Tea, edible fungi, grain and forestry are the main sources of farmers' income. In the territory of mountains and beautiful scenery, Likou is the core production area of Qimen black tea.

Brief introduction

Located 39 kilometers west of Qimen County, Likou town is named for its location in Lishan and Lishui. It borders on Guxi, Penglong, Zhukou, Ruokeng and xiaolukou. The Daqing line runs through the town and has convenient transportation. It is an old and important town full of new era atmosphere in Xixiang of Qimen County. It is known as "little Qimen County, dadalikou town". The town has 10 villages and 58 villages under its jurisdiction With a land area of 185.94 square kilometers, it has been the economic and cultural center of Qimen West Road since ancient times.

industrial structure

Since the reform and opening up, under the leadership of Party committees and governments at all levels, the hardworking and intelligent people of Likou have made great efforts to build a strong and arduous business, and the ancient town of Likou has undergone tremendous changes. Agricultural production has begun to take shape, industrial structure has changed, farmers' income has increased significantly, and five major industries have been formed: mushroom industry, tea industry, grain and oil industry, tourism and electronics. "Nine mountains, half water, half farmland" is a natural feature of Likou. All governments have taken afforestation, development of forestry production, and strengthening the transformation of forestry as important measures to improve people's living standards. There are 13 joint-stock cooperative Poplar Forests in the town, with an afforestation area of 23427 Mu and a forest coverage rate of 85%. The unique alpine environment and suitable climatic conditions produce a lot of aroma Famous green tea, a non polluting green health drink with rich flavor, bright color and good quality, enjoys a high reputation in Fanchang, Shucheng, Wuwei, Hefei and eqiao. Through efforts, a tea trading market with a certain scale has been formed. During the tea season, the daily turnover of dry tea in the market reaches 30000 kg, which is an important distribution center for tea trading in the surrounding three townships and one town. Every year in the tea season, a large number of tea merchants gather and play an important role in the development of Likou economy. Unique mountain climate, the output of mushrooms, fungus, persimmon, Ganoderma lucidum, Chinese herbal medicine and so far known

Infrastructure

With the rapid development of culture, education and health undertakings, the number of program-controlled telephones in the town has reached more than 500, and the telephone has been connected to every village. Every household has television, and the coverage rate of cable television has reached more than 85%, which has enriched the cultural and spiritual life of the vast number of farmers. Likou central hospital is a provincial Red Cross Hospital with advanced equipment and supporting personnel. It can timely deal with the common and acute diseases of internal, external, pediatric and obstetrics and Gynecology, so as to ensure the health of the masses. With excellent teaching conditions and strong teachers, Likou middle school and primary school have been successively named as provincial key rural experimental middle school and provincial rural demonstration primary school by the Provincial Education Commission. Moreover, computer rooms have been established, and the teaching methods are developing in the direction of modernization. It is an important window of basic education in our county. The enrollment rate of school-age children in the town is 100%, and the "two basic" work is in the forefront of the county.

tourist resources

Likou town is located in Guniujiang, a National Nature Reserve and a national geopark. At the foot of the town, it has beautiful mountains and rivers, outstanding people, excellent ecology, simple rural style, and rich human and ecological tourism resources. In 2005, the town was rated as one of the top ten tourism towns in the city. the town is the birthplace of "Qihong", the hometown of Mulian opera, the hometown of famous doctors, and has historical heritage resources such as ancient temples, ancient dwellings, ancient woods, Wuling ancient road, ancient bridges, ancient steles, etc. In addition, there are "rootless water", "free pool", "yongban stele", "Fucun bridge", "Shuangxing ancestral temple" and other scenic spots with strong folk culture color, as well as natural primeval forest, especially Mulian opera, which has been listed in the national intangible cultural heritage protection, and so on; Deep excavation, collation and display, to remove the dross and extract the essence, can play an important role in education and advocating virtue and harmonious life. Relying on the advantages of Guniujiang, Likou town takes Tongkeng gorge forest Exploration Tour, Xiangdong, Huansha village "farmhouse", Lixi ancient ancestral temple, ancient folk houses, ancient opera, folk custom appreciation and other human eco-tourism resources, takes deep eco-tourism and big leisure market as the guidance, vigorously develops rural eco-tourism, achieves the goal of "the most prosperous tourism", and strives to build an important and prosperous tourism area in the Dahuangshan tourism circle The unique leisure zone promotes the construction of new socialist countryside in the town with the development of rural eco-tourism.

Characteristic industry

There are abundant forestry resources in Likou Town, with the forest coverage rate of more than 90%. The abundant forestry resources provide unique conditions for the development of mushroom industry. The town vigorously adjust the agricultural industrial structure, the mushroom industry has been rapid development, become one of the main sources of farmers' income. in 2000, farmers in the town began to introduce edible fungi from Zhejiang Province. Under the active guidance of the government and professional edible fungi cooperatives, they developed from 50000 rods to 4 million rods. 15 villages in the town were planted with more than 270 farmers, including more than 90 farmers with a production scale of more than 10000 rods. The net income was more than 6 million yuan, and the per capita income increased by more than 400 yuan (according to the market price in 2005). In particular, Xitang mushroom characteristic village is more prominent. The wuyiqiao mushroom trading market in the village has 7 fresh-keeping warehouses for edible fungi, with a cold storage capacity of more than 500 cubic meters, attracting merchants from Zhejiang, Nanjing, Shanghai, Fujian and other places to trade. the development of mushroom industry has led to the rapid development of local fresh-keeping, storage, transportation and marketing industries, and the development of local farmers' brokers. More than 20 people are engaged in mushroom trading, forming an integrated service of production, supply and marketing. Every time the mushroom market is listed, the mushroom market in this town presents a prosperous scene of merchants gathering and goods flowing freely.

The birthplace of Qihong

The birthplace of Qihong is Likou, which is located in the west of Qihong. The ancient name of Xinfeng was built in Song Dynasty. Later, it changed its name to Lishan and Lishui. The village is divided into two parts: Hedong and Hexi. The Liji bridge crosses the Lishui River and connects the East and the West. The bridge, formerly known as Jifu bridge, was built in 1772 by Yiyun, a monk of Jifu temple. It is not far from the upstream of the bridge. Later, it was destroyed three times and repaired two times. The existing 5-hole stone arch bridge was built by Wang Guangying, the owner of the tea shop in tonghechang, in 1898. It is 85 meters long, 8 meters wide and 11 meters high. It is made of bluestone. It is the longest stone arch bridge in Qimen in the old times. It has a simple style and grand momentum. The four holes on the waterway are named "Wan", "Gu", "Qian" and "Qiu" respectively, which means "forever and forever". There are four Tathagata columns on the bridge deck, which are not only decorations, but also reinforced railings. It turns out that there is Guanyin Temple in the East and Xizi stove in the West. Xizi stove is a cube, with paper burning stove on the upper and lower floors. The top of the stove is covered with rafters and tiles. The eaves are high and the bells and bells are jingling. It is antique. There is a couplet written on the bridge, saying: "the cave is divided into four parts, the Qing Dynasty uses three boundaries, and the force flows to the middle of the river.". The temple and furnace were destroyed, the stone steps at both ends were demolished, and the bridge was changed into a highway bridge. Although it changed greatly, the ancient style still exists. in the old days, the two surnames Xu and Feng were the main surnames in likiqiao. To the east of lijiqiaohe, there were many surnames Feng. They lived at the confluence of the stream and Lishui, which went down from Wuling. A winding street formed the periphery of Likou. Hexi is the main street of Likou, and there are many Xu surnames. The Xu surname is the most important surname in Likou. Dali water in the west of the river around a big circle, surrounded Xu village into a boat shape, Xu family gathered in this boat shape circle. It is said that a long time ago, it was the residence of the Fang family. "Fang" is homonymous with "fan" in Qimen dialect. According to the local people, Fang's surname was on a boat, and the boat capsized and killed, but no one left. In the Southern Tang Dynasty, a man named Xu Ruyi, who was unwilling to be an official, fled to the boat land in the mountains and lived in seclusion. The sound of "Xu" is the same as the dialect "Shui", and water can go boating, so the Xu family regarded it as a treasure land of geomantic omen. Sure enough, the family is prosperous, the descendants are prosperous, and there are many celebrities. Xu GUI, the son of Xu Ruyi, is famous for studying in Xuanzhou and Shezhou. Xu Ti, the son of Xu GUI, was appointed as a school scholar and imperial censor at the end of the Southern Tang Dynasty. He was still highly valued by the imperial court in the early Song Dynasty. He wrote to Emperor Taizong many times and proposed the northern border defense strategy. Later, he was promoted to the Posts of governor of Dingzhou (now Changde City, Hunan Province) and doctor of Guozijian. with a large population and prosperous economy since ancient times, Likou is an important commercial town in Northwest Qi. At that time, there were several hundred meters long streets on both sides of the river, all paved with big Bluestone slabs. There are many shops on both sides, such as cloth shop, medicine shop, restaurant, wine shop, sedan car shop, tea shop, etc. The famous local cloth in Qixi also takes Likou as its distribution center and is sold to four townships in various counties. At that time, it was very prosperous. People from four townships and eight neighborhoods all came here to purchase and trade. People came and went, so busy that there was a saying that "a small Qimen County, a big Likou town". Likou is also known as the birthplace of Qihong. Yu Ganchen, one of the founders of Qihong in the late Qing Dynasty, came here to open a tea shop and trial produce Qihong. Since then, the Likou tea industry has developed rapidly, with numerous tea brands, becoming an important production area of Qihong. Li koudi is the key point of the thoroughfare of Anhui and Jiangxi. It is a place for military strategists to fight for, and because of its economic prosperity, it has become the object of bandits' plunder. When Zeng Guofan confronted with the Taiping army, he set up the commander-in-chief's office in Qimen. His troops were deployed in the area of Likou and chilingkou, and used to go back and forth in Qimen

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