Xitianwei Town, Licheng District, Putian City, Fujian Province

West Tianwei town

Xitianwei town belongs to Licheng District, Putian City, Fujian Province. It is located in the center of Chengxiang District, Hanjiang District and Licheng District. It is surrounded by Hanjiang District in the East, Southeast and North, and Chengxiang District in the West and northwest. It is more than 90 kilometers away from Fuzhou. It is close to the deep water port, 32 kilometers away from Xiuyu port and Hanjiang port. The land and water transportation is convenient. Lihan Avenue and Fuxia Road (National Highway 324) pass through the town. All speak Putian dialect.

It's about a few minutes' drive from Xitianwei town to the main urban area of Hanjiang District. The rivers in the territory are Mulan River and Yanshou River, and the main rivers are Fengxi River, Tinglin River and Qixi river.

It governs 11 villages and 6 communities. In 2017, the administrative area of Xitianwei town was 6135 hectares, with a permanent population of 53441.

Historical evolution

West Tianwei Town, ancient name“

Xiawu

”In the old days, it was the main traffic road of Guangye and changtaili, and the key area of mountain goods distribution. The central and eastern part of today's West Tianwei town did not belong to the West Tianwei area from the beginning, and the division of the territory in the Tang Dynasty was lost.

The central and northern part of Xitianwei is zunxianli, Wuhua Township, Putian County in song and Yuan Dynasties. The southeast part of Xitianwei, houhuang village, Donghuang village and wanyang, belongs to xingjiaoli, Wuhua Township in song and Yuan Dynasties, Wutang town in today's East and northeast. The south part, Chengzhu Village (excluding Donghuang natural village), Donghu village, Longshan Village, Beida village and Wujiang village, is rendeli, Wuhua Township, Putian County.

In Ming and Qing Dynasties, the part belonged to zunxianli, rendeli and xingjiaoli in the Second District of Putian County; in Ming Dynasty, the southeast part belonged to xingjiaoli in the third district of Putian County, Wutang town in the East and northeast of the town today; in Ming Dynasty, the south part belonged to rendeli in the Second District of Putian County.

In the Qing Dynasty, the southeast part belonged to the Aotang area of xingjiaoli in Putian County;

In 1929, it was a district of Putian County;

In the 18th year of the Republic of China, Wutang was one of the main townships in Putian County, which was under the jurisdiction of some affiliated townships. At this time, Wutang began to take charge of the whole of today's Wutang Town, the middle and eastern part of today's West Tianwei Town, the northwest part of today's Guohuan Town, the southwest part of today's Gulu town (including the resident of today's town), and the southwest part of today's Jiangkou Town,

Until the 32nd year of the Republic of China. After 1943, it belonged to Yanshou Township, Rende Township and Wutang Township respectively.

At the end of September 1949, the division was adjusted. At this time, Xitianwei town began to belong to Wutang, the Fourth District of Putian County, which was equivalent to today's Wutang, today's Xitianwei Town, today's northwest of Guohuan Town, and today's southwest of Gulu town until August 1952.

In August 1952, Wujiang township (now Wujiang Village) was designated from the second district (Hanjiang District) to the Tenth District (Xitianwei District).

From this time in June 1956, Xitianwei town once again belonged to Wutang District, the Fourth District of Putian County was changed to Wutang District, with jurisdiction equivalent to all of today's Xitianwei 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 hagilu Town, including most of today's Putian City (all of Xialin street, all of Fenghuangshan street and Longqiao Street) Daodabu, Zhenhai street, Gongchen Street) - at this time, Beiyang plain and Shangcheng, except Chengxiang Town, which had not been expanded at that time, and Hanjiang Town, which had not been expanded at that time, were equivalent to Nangshan mountain range, Damaoshan mountain range and Suanling in the south of Hanjiang District. This period was the largest period in the local history of Wutang.

Until December 1957, Wutang District retained the jurisdiction of Guohuan town and the southwest of Gulu Town, and other original jurisdiction areas were set aside until June 1961.

Houhuang village, Donghuang village, wanyang village and other villages in the central and eastern part of today's West Tianwei town were assigned from Wutang town to West Tianwei town only after the end of 1957,

In 1958, it belonged to Hanjiang commune,

During the reign of Zhenguan of Tang Dynasty, he Yu, the prefect of the county, 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 Jianzhong period of the Tang Dynasty (780-783), the clan of Wu Xing and Wu Yuan, one of the two largest branches of the Wu surname in Putian, reclaimed 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 the Dajian mountain (Wutang). They built a large-scale village, named shangwutang, and then simplified it to Wutang. Later, other surnames moved in and formed a new village around them A large number of villages. 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 to 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. The place where Wuxing blood flow passes is called Chixi village, which is now Gongchen street. The place name has not changed for thousands of years since the Tang Dynasty. Since then, the local floods and droughts can not be suffered, and there are 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.

In August 1965, it was changed to the West Tianwei commune,

In October 1984, it was changed to West Tianwei township,

In December 1986, it was changed from township to town, which is still under the jurisdiction of Putian County.

In August 2002, Putian County was transferred to Licheng District when it was abolished.

administrative division

As of 2014, Xitianwei town has jurisdiction over 2 communities and 15 administrative villages, including Dongxing community, houhuang community, Longshan Village, Wujiang village, Beida village, Donghu village, houzhuo village, Xibai village, Chengzhu village, wanyang village, Sanshan village, Weiyang village, Houpu village, Linfeng village, Xiangfeng village, Xialong Village and Linshan village.

geographical environment

Xitianwei town is located in 119 ° 01 ′ 59 ″ - 119 ° 03 ′ 35 ″ E and 25 ° 27 ′ 54 ″ - 25 ° 33 ′ 18 ″ n. Located in the northeast of Licheng District, it connects Wutang Town, Baitang town and Gulu town in Hanjiang District in the East, Gongchen street and Longqiao street in Chengxiang District in the south, Changtai town in Chengxiang District in the west, Baisha Town and Gulu town in Hanjiang District in the north. The people's government is located at 333 Tongxin West Road, houzhuo village, 5km away from Putian City.

Xitianwei town is located at the junction of Xinghua plain and mountainous area. The terrain is composed of low mountains, hills and plains. In the north, there are mainly mountains and hills, with undulating hills. There are nine peaks over 500 meters, and the main mountains are Jiuhua Mountain and Zixiao mountain. In the south, there is the Beiyang plain, with flat and open surface, crisscross river branches, and the altitude is about 10 meters. The terrain is high in the north and low in the south. Jiuhua Mountain, the highest peak in the territory, is located in the northwest, with an altitude of 741.8 meters; the lowest plain is 2.6 meters above sea level.

Wutang Town, near the east of the territory, has taiziling and Nangshan, the first peak of Hanjiang plain, which is 639 meters above sea level.

The climate is characterized by abundant sunshine, abundant rainfall, warm and humid. The annual average temperature is 20.9 ℃, and the annual average precipitation is 1288.8 mm.

The rivers in the territory are Mulan River and Yanshou river. The main rivers are Fengxi (downstream also known as houzhuoxi), Tinglin and Qixi, with a total length of 32 km. Fengxi is the largest river in the territory, and the downstream is also called houzhuo river. The whole river flows through houzhuo, Donghu, Chengzhu, Beida, Xibai, Longshan and Dongxing from northwest to Southeast, with a length of 11.2 km and a drainage area of 31.1 square kilometers.

natural resources

Biological resources

There are 4000 hectares of litchi, longan, loquat, olive and other famous fruits, trees and moso bamboo in Xitianwei town. There are 13 hectares of freshwater aquaculture base and more than 1000 mu of water area.

mineral resources

Xitianwei is rich in kaolin, stone and other mineral resources, which creates favorable conditions for the establishment of ceramic, stone and other enterprises.

economic development

primary industry

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