Wu Tang Zhen, Hanjiang District, Putian City, Fujian Province

Wutang town

Wutang town is located in the Beiyang plain of Xinghua City, Putian City, Fujian Province, also known as shangwutang and Aotang. It is adjacent to Jiangkou Town in the East, Xitianwei town in the west, Baitang town in the south, Guohuan town in the southeast, and many mountainous towns in the north. The provincial highway Hanyong line and Wuxiu line pass through the town.

Wutang town has a total area of 30 square kilometers and 8000 mu of arable land, of which 80% are paddy fields with high and stable yields,

In addition, there are 20000 mu of forest land and 7000 mu of fruit land. Wutang Town, with a total population of 36000, has jurisdiction over 14 villages and 2 neighborhood committees, with 18000 overseas residents. It is the key hometown of overseas Chinese in Fujian Province and the third largest hometown of overseas Chinese in Putian County.

General situation of villages and towns

Wutang town is located in the Beiyang plain in the northeast of Xinghua, Putian City, Fujian Province. It is adjacent to Jiangkou Town in the East, Xitianwei town in the west, Baitang town in the south, Guohuan town in the southeast, and many mountainous towns in the north. The 202 provincial road, Putian Yongtai line and Wuxiu line, and Hanjiang Wutang Road (Gongye Road) pass through the town. It is the main road in central and southern Fujian Province It is the shortest way to Nanping, Sanming, Ningde and Fuzhou, and runs through Putian super long bridge and LiHan avenue of Putian high-speed railway. There are taiziling and Nangshan, the first peak of Hanjiang plain, which is 639 meters above sea level.

Xiangpu high-speed railway is the first railway connecting the west coast of the Strait and the hinterland of the central part of China. Xiangpu high-speed railway was officially opened to traffic. Since then, the fastest time from Fuzhou and Xiamen to Nanchang is only 3 hours 12 minutes and 4 hours 50 minutes respectively. At the initial stage of Xiang Pu railway operation, 18.5 pairs of multiple units were arranged. The passenger capacity of crh1a EMU is 670, and that of crh2a EMU is 610. Before the opening of Xiangpu railway, it will take about 16 hours to get from Xiamen to Nanchang by train. After the completion of Xiangpu railway, the time from Xiamen to Nanchang will be reduced to 4.8 hours. The journey from Fuzhou to Nanchang will also be shortened from 11 hours to 3.2 hours. As an important channel connecting Fujian and Jiangxi provinces, Xiangpu railway is the first high-speed railway with a design speed of 200km / h for both passenger and freight. With a total investment of 51.6 billion yuan, Xiangpu railway project is a fast railway channel from central and Western China to Fujian Province.

Wutang town creates "three crops and three high yields" in grain production and enjoys the reputation of "Putian County". In the 1980s, taking advantage of the first wave of reform and opening up, it became a provincial industrial satellite town. Wutang town has more than 820 enterprises of various types, including 18 foreign-funded enterprises, and 17000 people are employed. It used to be a post road in the water town, with fertile land and rich culture. It is well-known for going out for business and a large number of overseas Chinese. It is the key hometown of overseas Chinese in Fujian Province and the third largest hometown of overseas Chinese in Putian City. It's about 15 minutes' drive from LiHan avenue to Hanjiang railway station.

Wutang town has a large state-owned enterprise "Xuejin brewery", a 110000 volt substation, a 10000 ton daily water supply plant, a 5000 door program-controlled telephone building, 2 middle schools, 13 primary schools, 1 Putian special education school, 1 first-class hospital and 16 village clinics. Wutang town has realized cement roads for every village, water, electricity, roads, education, culture and health facilities are increasingly perfect, and the investment environment is constantly optimized.

Historical evolution

In song and Yuan Dynasties, it belonged to xingjiaoli of Wuhua township; in Ming Dynasty, it belonged to xingjiaoli of three districts of Putian County; in Qing Dynasty, it belonged to Aotang of xingjiaoli of Putian County.

From Song Dynasty to Qing Dynasty, xingjiaoli governed Aotang village, Fengling village, houhuang village, Donghuang village, Dongzhang village, Putou village and Hongdu village.

Houhuang village, Donghuang village and wanyang village were assigned to Xitianwei town only after the end of 1957, and Dongzhang village and Hongdu village were assigned to Gulu town only after 1949

During the reign of Zhenguan in Tang Dynasty, the prefect He Yu chiseled five ponds, among which Taihetang, tunqianhetang and Dongtang were in Wutang town.

In the early Tang Dynasty, in order to expand arable land, the people spontaneously built slopes and embankments.

During the period of Jianzhong (780-783) of Tang Dynasty, the clan of Wu Xing and Wu Yuan, one of the two great ancestors of the Wu family in Putian, reclaimed the land, surrounded the sea and developed the Beiyang plain. They filled 72 mu of land in front of the three mountains and Fengling mountains in front of Jianshan mountain and dug many ponds. They established villages, named shangwutang, and then simplified it to Wutang. Later, other surnames constantly moved to form a large number of villages around. From the late Tang Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, Wu Tang was changed to Ao Tang. In the late Qing Dynasty, people thought that "Ao" was difficult to write, but the Wutong tree was simplified as: Wu Tong. According to the eight min annals, "Yanshou Pi is located in changtaili, north of Fucheng City, with more than 20 hectares of irrigated land (more than 200000 mu). The West Village of Yanshou river is attached to a mountain, which is far away from the sea in the East, and the north and South are connected to (SEA) Pu. The source of the river comes from dukuang and goes to the sea. Wuxing began to build a long dike to stop the large flow from flowing south to shakuangban. Three of them were huge ditches, and nine of them turned into 50 ditches to store water. That is, the mouth of PI is divided into two schools: changshenggang and erxipi. Coastal land ring for 60 (Tumen) to kill water also, its benefit and Putian half.

"Puyang Bishi" says: "Wu Xing in Tang Dynasty (705-706) Daihai as a field, PI Yanshou to irrigate, Jiao for evil, Xing resolutely said:" Jiao harm my affairs, will be poor hole cut Yan (Xing had learned Taoism, there are trees, can go into the water), but lift a knife to cut off the water to kill Jiao, fighting in the water for a few days and nights, Jiao was cut off, Xing also died in the war, after 2 li from the east of PI, got Xing's knife in Chunni, because of its name It said, "Wu Dao", which is Wujiang village in Tianwei town in the West today, also said: "the jiaolongtou, which was cut off by Wuxing, was found in Wutang. Its name is" liutou ", which is now liutou village in Wutang town. Since then, there have been no floods or droughts, and no more dragons. Later, the villagers set up a temple to worship Wu Xing, which was originally named Wu Gong temple. Later, it was changed to Wu Gong temple, praising Wu Xing and Wu Yuan's brothers and sisters for their deeds of water control and benefiting the people. In the second year of Yuanfeng, Shenzong of Song Dynasty (1079), local people raised funds to expand the temple, which was renamed wugongjun temple.

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the population increased rapidly. The ancestors reclaimed land in front of the wasteland formed by the scouring and silting of streams. At that time, the sea tide reached the foot of Nang mountain, Qianhuang mountain and Jianshan mountain. Huang Tao, a Jinshi in the second year of qianning (895) of the Tang Dynasty, wrote in his poem yongnang mountain: "the sound of the stream is cold, the sea is white and the sand is flowing." this is the vivid portrayal of the sea tide reaching the foot of the mountain, and the beach is now and then. There is also a folk saying: "first there is Wu Tang, then there is Bai Tang." It is a true portrayal of the gradual development process of the Beiyang plain. During the period of the Republic of China, some people from Wutang town migrated to Xindu town and Huangshi town to establish villages. Because they missed their hometown Wutang Town, they named it nanwutang village, while Wutang town was commonly known as beiwutang. Some people migrated to the center of Huangshi town. Because they missed their hometown Wutang Town, they named it Wucheng. Now, cunwucheng street in Huangshi town is located in the middle of Xingmei street. During the period of the Republic of China, some people from Wutang town migrated to the southeast suburb of Xinghua Fucheng to build a village. Because they missed their hometown Wutang, they named it Wudun village. Now it is Wudun area of xiahuang community, Xialin street, Chengxiang District, and it was originally Wudun natural village of Huangcun in the suburb of Putian County. During the period of the Republic of China, some people from Wutang town migrated to Baitang town and other places to establish villages. Because they missed their hometown Wutang town (shangwutang and shangwutang), they named the place Wujiao village and Shangwu village. Now they are Shangwu area and Wujiao natural village of Shangwu village, Baitang Town, Hanjiang District. Originally they were Shangwu village, Shangwu natural village and Wujiao natural village of Hanjiang people's commune, Putian County, Some people from Wutang town moved westward to Gongchen street and other places to build villages. Because they miss their hometown Wutang Town, they named the center of the village Wutang village, the east of the village Jiaowei village, and the west of the village Jiaoxi village. They are now Wutang village, Jiaowei village and Jiaoxi village, Dongyang village, Gongchen street, Licheng District, formerly Putian County Dongyang village, Wutang natural village, Jiaowei natural village and Jiaoxi natural village.

In the 18th year of the Republic of China, Wutang was the main Township and had jurisdiction over some affiliated townships. At this time, Wutang began to have jurisdiction over all of today's Wutang Town, the northwest of today's Guohuan Town, the Middle East of today's West Tianwei Town, the southwest of today's Gulu town (including the current town's residence) and the southwest of today's Jiangkou Town,

Until the 32nd year of the Republic of China.

In the 34th year of the Republic of China, the northwest of Guohuan town was assigned to Hanjiang town,

At the end of September 1949, the division was adjusted. At this time, the Fourth District of Putian County, Wutang, was under the jurisdiction of today's Wutang, today's West Tianwei Town, today's northwest of Guohuan Town, and today's southwest of Gulu town until August 1952.

In June 1956, the Fourth District of Putian County, the place of Wutang, was changed to Wutang District, which has jurisdiction over all of today's West Tianwei Town, all of today's Baitang Town, all of today's Guohuan Town, all of today's Sanjiangkou Town, all of today's Jiangkou Town, all of today's southwest of today's hagilu Town, including most of today's Putian City (Xialin street, Fenghuangshan street, Longqiao street, Zhenhai street, Gongcheng Street) At this time, all of Beiyang plain city except Chengxiang town and Hanjiang town were equivalent to Nangshan mountain range, Damaoshan mountain range and Suanling mountain range in the southern mountain area of Hanjiang District. This period was the largest period in Wutang local history.

It was not until December 1957 that all Huanzhen and the southwest of hagilu were retained, and other places under the original jurisdiction were set aside until June 1961.

In 1958, it belonged to Hanjiang commune,

In June 1961, it was changed into Wutang commune, and all Guohuan town and the southwest of Gulu town were designated. Its jurisdiction has not changed until now. It was changed to township in 1984 and established a town in 1985, which is subordinate to Putian County. In 1997, with an area of 30 square kilometers and a population of 35000, it has jurisdiction over 14 village committees in Xialou, liutou, Dongnan, Xilin, qinhou, Fenglin, Songdong, Jiufeng, Songxi, Xiyou, Xinfeng, houdongpo, qiandongpo and Wuzi, and 2 neighborhood committees in Dongfu and Xizhuang. In May 2002, Putian County was put under the jurisdiction of Hanjiang District.

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