Mabu Town, Jinzhai County, Lu'an City, Anhui Province

Mabu town

Mabu town is under the jurisdiction of Jinzhai County, Lu'an City, Anhui Province. As of 2017, the administrative area is 13479 hectares, with a permanent population of 14961.

Mabu town is the core area of origin of "Lu'an Guapian", one of the top ten famous teas in China.

history

Mabu market town has a long history. Before the construction of Xianghongdian reservoir, it was a prosperous old market town. The famous "Mabu Street" in history is now the inundated area of Xianghongdian reservoir.

In the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534), it was called the border town of Huozhou. Zhennan City upstairs engraved with "border town security" 4 words. Guangfu temple was built in the 19th year of kaihuang (599). During the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127), it was one of the 12 tea markets in China. During the reign of Xianfeng and Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty, the immigrants from Hubei, Jiangxi and southern Anhui gradually entered and settled down, and there were guild halls in Hubei, Jiangxi, Jingde and ningchi.

Mabu town is famous for producing tea hemp. It is surrounded by yueyafan, Zhangjiafan, fengjiafan, yujiafan, dongjiafan, Yangdian and Madian, with a radius of tens of kilometers. It is covered with hemp everywhere. Passers-by feel that every step of the way is hemp, so it is called Mabu or mabuchuan in ancient times. From the Tang and Song Dynasties to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, tea trees were widely planted, and the output increased gradually. They were sold to Beijing, Tianjin, Shandong, Hebei, Shanxi and Inner Mongolia. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, tea cards were set up and protected by the inspection department. At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, Anhui Chali was divided into the north and the south. The South Bureau was located in Tunxi in the south of Anhui, and the North Bureau was located in Mabu Town, while other tea producing areas only set up sub card organizations below the Bureau. In 1942, Mabu produced 1.5 million kg of xianma, 716000 kg of tea and 298000 kg of big tea, ranking first in the west of Anhui Province in terms of tea output and quality.

The business of Mabu town is mainly selling tea and hemp, as well as bamboo, wood, broom and other local products in mountainous areas. During the period of the Republic of China, there were more than 30 tea and hemp shops. They sold tea in spring and hemp in autumn. The town is most famous for its handicraft industry.

"When you first arrive at Mapu, you are well dressed. When you leave Mapu, you're a loser; when you're reluctant to part with it, you look back; when you have money next time, you come to visit." Before and after liberation, it was very prosperous and was once known as "little Shanghai". Mabu town is long from north to South and narrow from east to west. A small river flows into xipi River from north to south. There are three main streets in the town, namely North Street, middle street and South Street, which are about 4 meters wide and paved with stones. It is a commercial center. There are Shunhe street, Xinjie street, Ximen street, Huaqiao street, etc. Most of the houses on the street side are brick, wood and small tile bungalows with some fake two-story buildings with attics. The appearance of the city is neat and simple.

Before 1949, religious activities in Mabu were quite popular. Guangfu temple was the most popular one, with Guanyin hall, di Mu palace, Huo temple, Guandi temple and Lengjia temple. There is a crystal nunnery near the town. It is said that Emperor Wu of Liang came to Chaoshan. In the town, there is a lonely mountain, on which there is a Wenchang palace, behind which there is a Wenchang Pavilion. The pavilion is two stories high, with Kegong cornice, which is antique. Visitors often overlook the city scenery here. In the Qing Dynasty, Lu'an Zhou Tong ("Zhou Tong", assistant official of the local chief executive at the state level) wrote a poem about his place for ten thousand years: "there are two rings of water on both sides, a mountain in the middle, a distant peak competing for the bow, and the City and the Zhou self bending ring."

Mabu town is the base of the western Anhui revolution and the seat of the early county government (Jinzhai County Party committee and county government moved from Mabu to Jinjiazhai in September 1949).

In 1957, due to the construction of Xianghongdian reservoir, Liubo and Mabu towns were in flooded areas. Most of the residents of the two towns moved here. At that time, the immigration Committee, the county government and the district government planned to establish huahualing people's commune.

In 1982, it was changed into huahualing township. In 1985, it was approved to establish huahualing town.

In 1992, Qishan Township, huahualing Township and Xianghongdian Township were merged into Xianghongdian town.

In 1998, four residential groups in Xianghongdian Township and Quanshan village were designated as Xiangqi office.

In October 2008, Xianghongdian town and Xiangqi office were abolished and renamed Mabu town.

In June 2010, village level zoning was adjusted, and the original 12 villager groups and 2 neighborhood committees of Mabu town were merged into 5 villager groups and 1 neighborhood committee.

administrative division

It has jurisdiction over 5 administrative villages (Quanshan village, Qishan village, Jinzhuang village, Xianghongdian village, Guihua Village) and 1 neighborhood committee (huahualing neighborhood committee).

Geographic transportation

Mabu town

Mabu town is located in the northeast of Jinzhai County, at the junction of Jinzhai, Huoshan and Yu'an counties, in the middle and lower reaches of Xianghongdian reservoir, with convenient land and water transportation and prosperous commerce. Starting from huahualing and Xianghongdian, there are more than 20 bus trips and more than 1000 water ships between Hefei, Lu'an and Meishan every day. Xianma (huahualing to Madian) highway and Meixiang Zhanbei Road (Mabu town) connect huahualing with Xianghongdian. It is only 15 km away from Jinzhai railway station for passenger and freight transportation in Madian, 120 km south to Tiantangzhai National Forest Park and Mazongling National Nature Reserve, 60 km away from Lu'an City and 35 km away from Meishan County. Waterways can reach all towns in the reservoir area.

Economic Specialty

The territory is rich in tea, bamboo, wood, aquatic products, wild green food and mineral resources. At present, there are more than 6000 mu of famous and high-quality tea bases, 10000 mu of high-quality bamboo bases, more than 5000 net boxes, and the forest coverage rate is more than 95%. Jintong Mining Co., Ltd., Jiasheng group tourism development company, Qishan organic tea factory, yixiaotang tea factory, Antai tea factory, qibat tea factory, Fujia tea industry, Qishan tea workshop, Ruiming fishery farm, Zhongming waterworks, Jinyu bamboo industry and other enterprises have invested in the town.

Mabu town is the origin of "Lu'an Guapian", one of the top ten famous teas in China. Qishan brand "Lu'an Guapian" won the title of "tea king" at the 2001 Wuhu (International) Tea Expo. 80% of the tea in the town is pollution-free organic tea, and the front line of the reservoir area is pollution-free tea protection area. The tea production is operated in the mode of "company + base + farmer". A number of professional cooperatives and tea associations have been established. The organic green tea produced in the town has been certified by the European Union IMO for many years.

Get honor

In June 2020, it was awarded the title of "the fifth civilized village in Anhui Province".

Travel

Mabu town is rich in tourism resources, natural landscape, historical sites, myths and legends. There are not only Xianghongdian reservoir, a large-scale water conservancy project with flood control and irrigation, but also Xianghongdian hydropower station with an installed capacity of 40000 kW and secondary storage power station with an installed capacity of 80000 kW. Hongshigu scenic area, invested and developed by Jiasheng group, covers an area of 80 square kilometers. Hongshigu park is located in the north foot of Dabie Mountain, which is a low mountain area. There are two types of landforms: Qiyun mountain and reservoir lake. Qiyun mountain (also known as Qitou mountain and Qishan mountain), the highest peak of the park, is one of the eight ancient Lu'an landscapes recorded in the annals of Lu'an Prefecture. It is also the origin of Lu'an melon slices. It is the first mountain in the east of Jinzhai, with an altitude of 804.1 meters. The scope of tourism includes three sections: hongshigu National Geopark, Jiangjun Lake (Xianghongdian reservoir), and the ecological tourism park of the origin of China's top ten famous tea "Lu'an Guapian". The Qiyun mountain scenic spot in Mabu town covers an area of 30 square kilometers, surrounded by strange peaks and rocks, precipice caves and Longtan waterfall. Xianghongdian reservoir in the town has a total area of about 20 square kilometers, a lake surface of 80000 Mu and a storage capacity of 2.6 billion cubic meters. Surrounded by mountains, there are lakes in the mountains, mountains in the lake, vast forests along the coast, towering ancient trees, beautiful lakes and mountains, unique landscape and pleasant climate. It is an eco-tourism scenic spot integrating tourism, sightseeing, vacation, summer vacation, leisure, recreation and trade.

There is an old tree in Guihua Village of Mabu town

Over 1200 years old

Osmanthus fragrans is a kind of Osmanthus fragrans. It produces about 150 kg Osmanthus fragrans every year. It is the king of Osmanthus fragrans in Anhui Province. It is also the largest and oldest Osmanthus fragrans tree found in China. It is rare in the world. It was this old tree that gave birth to new buds. The villagers in this village planted osmanthus trees, forming a characteristic osmanthus industry, and the place name was changed to "osmanthus village".

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