Futan Town, Zhangpu County, Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province

Fotan town

Fotan is an ancient town with a long history. There used to be a clear pond at the foot of Furong mountain, reflecting a natural rock like Buddha's head on the top of the mountain. It was called Fotan and even became a place name. The bridge across the Hongru river is called Fotan bridge. Later, the name of the bridge became a place name.

As early as the Tang Dynasty, Chen Yuanguang, the "Kaizhang" governor, had written the magnificent poem "Xiaofa Fotan bridge". At that time, Chen Yuanguang decided to set up Zhangzhou and Zhangpu County, and set up the Xingtai in four areas, among which the dongxingtai was located in Fotan bridge in Zhangpu County. From the Tang Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, the official documents and local chronicles all called Fotan town Fotan bridge. The masses mistakenly called it "Funan bridge", and it was abbreviated as Fotan. In the early years of the Republic of China, Fotan was written as Fotan, which is still in use today.

In 2017, the administrative area was 8035 hectares, with a permanent population of 57754.

Historical evolution

Fotan town is a guest town in Song Dynasty, belonging to Changle and Qinxian. The Ming Dynasty was divided into 17 capitals and 23 capitals. The Qing Dynasty followed the division of 17 capitals and 23 capitals. During the Shunzhi period of the early Qing Dynasty, there were seven baos in the seventeen capitals, among which Chishui baos now belong to Chihu Town, Houxi baos, Guantang baos and zhaojiacheng baos now belong to Huxi Township, and shimenshang baos and shimenshang baos now belong to Fotan town. In the 39th year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi, Baojia was reorganized and Shixi No.1 Baojia was added. Shimen Shangbao governs the areas of Shimen, Xin'an, Renping, Yuandong, Baishi, Houshe, Yindou, houxu and Gangtou; Shimen Xiabao governs the areas of Yuandong, Shicheng, antou, Xiakeng, Xianfeng and Gangtou. Today, dongban village, Dongye village, Hualin village and Zhengmei village belong to qinxianli Township in Song Dynasty, the 23rd capital in Ming and Qing Dynasties, and Fuxing and Xinxing Baoji in the 39th year of Kangxi in Qing Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, the inspection department (similar to the border police station) was set up in Jingwei (Zhengmei) and abolished in the Qing Dynasty. Daoguang ten years (1830) transferred in the county, the construction of the original Zhao fan mansion for fotanqiao County Office (commonly known as sub county).

In the 12th year of the Republic of China, Fotan, Maping, qianting, Huxi and Chihu were designated as the outer East District, and the district office was set up in Fotan. It was changed into the fifth autonomous region in the 17th year of the Republic of China, the third region in the 26th year of the Republic of China, and the district office into the district office. Fotan town was set up in 29 years of the Republic of China, which has jurisdiction over banding, Xiazhao, Yuanzhong, Shicheng, antou, Xianfeng, Chengding, Tianxia, Daisong, Baishi, cendou, Shimen, Xinan, Shanping and houhori. In 33 years of the Republic of China, it was incorporated into Xiazhao village, Yuanzhong village, Shicheng village, antou, Xianfeng, Daisong village, Baishi Village, Xinan village, houhori village, Shanping village, Shimen village and cendou village. After Xu, rolling within the jurisdiction of Chihu township. Dongban, Gangtou, Dongye, Hualin and Jingwei are under the jurisdiction of Qianping township. Qianping township is a combination of Maping, qianting, Jiangkou and LindaI, dongban. Gangtou, Dongye and Hualin are located in dongbanbao, and Jingwei in jiangkoupao. Until August 1949 (38 years of the Republic of China), 12 Bao (excluding houxu, ganei, dongban, Gangtou, Dongye and Hualin) in Fotan town.

In the early days of new China, Fotan, qianting and Maping were zoned as the Fifth District. Fotan was set up by the district office and governed 15 townships (towns). Among them, Fotan town (including antou, Shicheng and Yuandong), bazai, Xiakeng, Baishi, dongban, Daisong and other townships are under the jurisdiction of today's Fotan town.

In 1955, it was changed into Fotan District, which has jurisdiction over 14 townships (towns). Today, Fotan town has jurisdiction over Fotan Town, Xiakeng, Shimen, Xin'an, Dakeng (including Baishi), dongban, daihou (including Daisong, Houshe) and other townships.

Fotan commune was established in September 1958, with 39 production teams under its jurisdiction. In today's Fotan Town, there are antau village, Shicheng village, Yuandong village, Xiakeng village, Gangtou, Yindou, Shimen, Renjia, Shanping, Xin'an (the above belong to Fotan management area), Houshe, Baishi, houxu, Jingkou, ganei (the above belong to Dakeng management area), Jingwei, Daisong (the above belong to daihou management area), Hualin and Dongdong YeYe, dongban (above dongban management area) and other brigades.

In July 1961, the management area was abolished and Fotan commune was divided into Fotan commune, qianting commune and Wen'an commune (Maping commune).

In September 1964, Wen'an commune was merged into Fotan commune. Fotan commune has jurisdiction over Yuandong, Shicheng, antou, Shimen, Xiakeng, Xianfeng, xiasu, Yindou, Gangtou, Xin'an, Renping, Houshe, Baishi, houxu, ganei, Jingwei, dongban, Dongye, Hualin, Daisong, Xiandu, maxu, Houkang, Wen'an, LindaI, Jingye, and oucuo and Hushan.

In September 1984, Fotan commune was changed into Fotan Town, and all brigades under its jurisdiction were changed into administrative villages.

In August 1987, Maping township was set up in Fotan Town, which was divided into six villages: maxu village, Houkang village, Xiandu village, Wen'an village, Jingye village, LindaI village and hushanchang. So far, Fotan town has jurisdiction over Shimen village, Yuandong village, Shicheng village, antou village, Xiakeng village, Xianfeng village, xiasu village, Daisong village, Yindou village, Gangtou village, Xin'an village, Renping village, Houshe village, Baishi Village, houxu village, gangnei village, Zhengmei village, dongban village, Dongye Village, Hualin village, 20 villages, oucuochang village and residents committee.

administrative division

Xiakeng village, dabaishi village, Daisong village, dongban village, Jingmei village, Dongye village, Yindou village, xiasu village, Hualin village, Gangtou village, nianei village, Yuandong village, Xianfeng village, Houshe village, Renping village, Shimen village, houxu village, antou village, Xin'an village and Shicheng Village

Location context

Futan is an important town in the northeast of Zhangpu County. It is adjacent to the Taiwan Strait in the East and is called Futan Bay in the coastal area. Its coastline is 2.5 km long. Oucuo, Hualin, dongban, xiasu, Xianfeng, Xiakeng, antou, Shicheng, dabaishi, Houshe, houxu and Zha are on the inner coastline. Daisong is an island and Jingwei is a peninsula.

In the north of the town, oucuochang is at the junction of Dashe village of qianting town across Huxing mountain (at an altitude of 129 meters), and Dongye village is at the junction of Wen'an village of Maping Town across Xishan Mountain (at an altitude of 103 meters). Northwest to Xiakeng village, Gangtou village, next to Dahui mountain (142 meters above sea level) and Maping Town LindaI village. West to Xin'an village, across the Taishan (240 meters above sea level) and Huxi Township Houxi village. Southwest to songziling, at the junction of baishuhu farm Gushan operation area. South to the village of rolling, rock mountain, lotus hill and Chihu town Banshi village at the junction. Hongyuan River, which originates from shiguopi mountains, flows through LindaI, Hongru River in the town, Gangtou, Xiakeng, Xianfeng, antou, Shicheng and other villages, and into Fotan Bay. Another one flows through Shimen and Yindou to dabaishi village and joins fotanwan sea area. In the south, there is a river flowing into Fotan Bay.

Infrastructure

In 1931, Zhangpu government supervised private automobile road company, with overseas Chinese Yang Chunmei as its chairman, built the road from Fotan to Jiuzhen. Chen Zhaoxin presided over the road from Xiakeng to Maping, and LAN Qiujin presided over the road from Fotan to Huxi. It was opened to traffic and was damaged during the Anti Japanese War. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, in January 1955, a highway was built from the old town to yuzaiwei via Fotan and qianting, and then to the urban area of Xiamen. In the second half of 1986, the highway from Xiangcheng District of Zhangzhou to Futan via Shima, Fugong, fengcundouling and qianting was built, connecting with the highway from Futan via Jiuzhen, duxun to Yunxiao and Dongshan, which is called Zhangdong line and belongs to provincial highway. There are also many county roads connecting Fotan with the whole county. One is the "San fo line" from Fotan through guanxun to Sangu, which is connected with National Highway 324. It was built in 1968. The first is the huofo line, which is connected with Shanjiu line from Fotan through Huxi and Chitu to Huoshaopu. It was built in 1975. One is the "Foma line" from Fotan to Maping, which was built in 1979 and opened from Maping to Baishui town in 1990. Fotan also has many other rural roads connecting all parts of the town and neighboring towns. In 2000, the sea crossing highway from dongban to Daisong was built, 900 meters long. In 2001, a 3 km long highway was built from the Huxi interchange of Zhangzhao Expressway in the town.

From the Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, the transportation of Fotan was mainly water transportation. Originally, it was sailboats. Later, there was a steamship "Tanjiang" with a load of 100 loads, which made a daily trip to Xiamen. In May 1938, Xiamen was occupied by the Japanese army. A blockade line was built in Haikou, Southern Fujian. Tanjiang was requisitioned by Fujian military and political authorities of the Kuomintang and sunk in Sanjiangkou, Hanjiang, Putian. After the victory of the Anti Japanese War, the merchants of Fotan purchased the steamer liuao, Hemei and Qiaotong to resume the sea transportation, and were requisitioned by the Kuomintang army at the time of liberation. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, Fotan wharf trade union formed a transportation service company in 1950 to engage in maritime transportation. It developed to five wooden sailboats and one motorized cement ship. Most of them sank in typhoons, and the transportation service company turned to bus transportation. In the 1980s, the construction of fish and shrimp breeding ponds was on the upsurge. Fotan port has become a breeding area, and the port road is blocked, so it can no longer be transported by ships. In 1992, the province invested 420000 yuan, and the town invested 290000 yuan to build a wharf in dabaishi, Daisong and Zhengmei respectively, so as to facilitate the docking of fishing boats and ferries.

The farmland of Dongye, Xiakeng, dongban and other villages in this town and the villages in qianting town have been irrigated by the combined irrigation channels of shiguopi and chilanxi type 2 reservoirs built in March 1959 and November 1966 respectively. More importantly, since the completion of Yangmei reservoir in September 1972, it has a storage capacity of 55.3 million cubic meters. It is connected with shiguopi and chilanxi reservoirs to form an irrigation network. It has become a key water conservancy project in Futan and qianting towns, changing the lack of fresh water in the past. Futan town especially relies on the right irrigation canal of Yangmei reservoir for irrigation. In 1992, the right main canal extended from houhori to Dongxiong community of houhori village. There are two small (II) reservoirs in the town: Shuihou reservoir, built in dongban village in July 1958, with a capacity of 210000 cubic meters; kengni reservoir, built in Shimen village in May 1960, with a capacity of 720000 cubic meters.

In 1988, the tap water town government set up a self-service water supply system with a daily water supply of 3000 tons

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