Shaxi Town, Zhangpu County, Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province

Shaxi Town

Shaxi Town is located in the southwest of Zhangpu County, Fujian Province. In the north of Shaxi Town is the mountain of Liangshan Yumai. It borders on pantuo town across Liangshan Mountain range, duxun town in the East, Dongxia town in Yunxiao County across Lianhua peak (960m above sea level) in Liangshan Mountain range in the West, and Dongshan Bay in the south.

Shaxi Town has a total area of 119.35 square kilometers (2017) and a coastline of 22.5 kilometers, commonly known as "three mountains, six seas and one farmland".

Historical evolution

Shaxi district was established in 1952;

In 1956, it was changed to Shaxi Township, duxun district;

In 1958, it was changed to Shaxi administrative area of duxun commune;

Shaxi commune was established in 1961, and the township was changed in 1984;

The town was changed in 1993;

In 1997, with an area of 76.5 square kilometers and a population of 43000, it has jurisdiction over 14 village committees in Shaxi, Helong, Fanglin, Pengshan, Yuanqian, zhuangqian, Yutou, Xiazhai, Tulou, Gaoshan, Gaolin, Andou, Baiyi and Beiqi.

Human history

1. In 1662, Zhangpu carried out the Qing government's order of "moving the boundary", and the coastal areas of Shaxi were classified as "abandoned soil". In 1662, the Qing army conquered Xiamen, and the coastal areas of the mainland were "restored", and most of the villagers who were moved back to their hometown.

2. In 1924, Yang Shipeng, Huang Baozhong and Chen Qifang, the gentry of Zhangpu, organized the "village pact" people's army to oppose the rule of Zhang Yi, the Northern Warlord. They cooperated with the northern expedition of Guangdong National Revolutionary Army and took part in the "village pact" by the surnames of Chen, Lin, Li and Huang in Shaxi. On January 31, 1925 (the eighth day of the first lunar month), they crossed the old town port from meizhai on the morning of the ebb tide A fierce battle broke out in the old town of Zhang Yibu, who was defeated and fled from the original road to Hong Kong. At that time, the tide had risen, and more than 90 people were killed and drowned. A part of the people's army retreated to shiqiaolou fort to continue to resist, and was finally eliminated. During the battle, 158 people died in the civil army in Shaxi.

administrative division

A list of Shaxi Town

Natural villages or residential areas under the jurisdiction of administrative villages

Shagang, Xishan, Shaxi Village

Tulou village, Tulou, Putou, Danzhou, puzai

Gaoshan village, Gaoshan, Tangnan, Yaoli, Qiandai, Xinxu

Fengshan village, Fengshan, Dashan

In front of the village

Gaolin village, Gaolin, Shali, Xincheng

Yutou village Yutou Xiping, Dongping, xiadun

Helong village, Helong, Xizhuang, Puqian, Shantou

Fanglin village, Fanglin, shangabian, xiaabian

Yuanqian village, Yuanqian village and zhaizai Village

Xiazhai village, Xiazhai, panliao

Andou Village

Baiyi village, Baiyi, Xiapu

Beiqi village, Beiqi, Xiaqi, paotaijiao, luowanjing, Wanxi, sili

geographical environment

Shaxi Town is located in the southwest of Zhangpu County, Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province, with Liangshan mountains in the north and Dongshan neiao in the south. Zhangjiang River mouth in the west, and Gulei Peninsula in the East. Zhangyun line and Zhangzhao Expressway run through the whole territory. There are two 500 ton docks in the territory, so the water and land transportation is very convenient. Here, beautiful scenery, moon rock, stone alum tower and other places of interest are like pearls inlaid in the gold coastline.

Economic summary

Nearly 4000 households in the town cultivate more than 1000 mu of banyan trees, with an annual output of 5 million semi-finished banyan melons, 300000 finished banyan melon bonsai pots, 20000 root carving bonsai pots, and 4000 stump big landscapes, creating an output value of 19 million yuan. Products are exported to all parts of the country and Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and other countries and regions. Banyan bonsai Industrial Zone in Shaxi Town, Zhangpu County is located on both sides of Zhangyun line of provincial road, 45 km away from the main exhibition area of flower expo on both sides of the Taiwan Strait (Fujian. Zhangzhou), Zhangpu Makou, and 10 km away from Zhangpu Xiazhai cargo terminal. There are 60 large-scale flower enterprises in the District, covering an area of more than 300 mu, including 6 members of provincial and municipal flower associations. The industrial zone adopts the way of company plus farmers, gathering all the banyan varieties in Zhangzhou area. It is a functional zone with complete varieties, large quantity, high-grade, high-grade, and integrated planting, carving, packaging and sales. It plays a role as a business link and image window of the whole town.

Shaxi is a town with mountains, sea and fields, and its geographical location is superior.

1、 The mountain is the south slope of Liangshan Mountain and other hills, winding from south to North for tens of miles, containing the advantages of forestry and water resources to be developed and the advantages of developing tea and fruit.

2、 The sea is the inner bay of Dongshan, with Gulei Peninsula in the East, Dongshan Island in the south, and Yunxiao mountain, Lieyu, Chendai and Dongxia in the southwest as the barrier. Zhangjiang River is a natural tidal estuary from west to East, entering the sea at Xiapu and Xiazhai of the town.

There are 9 administrative villages in front of dongqizhuang in the East and Beiqi in the West. They are located on the coastline more than 20 kilometers away from the north coast of Dongshan Bay (7 villages belong to half fishing and half farming, 2 villages are mainly agricultural, and fishery is secondary). The coastal shallow sea is flat, the intertidal zone is wide, the beach soil is dark brown argillaceous soil, the sea water is pollution-free, and the microbial algae and plankton are rich. It is suitable for all kinds of fish and algae in the coastal zone Shellfish and crabs breed and grow (this is the reason why Charybdis Charybdis and Tegillarca granosa in Zhangjiangkou are famous for their excellent quality, and also the reason why Shaxi Town takes fishery as its economic pillar).

3、 Most of the existing cultivated land is coastal plain, which is a combination of estuarine alluvial and artificial reclamation. After several or more generations of cultivation, water conservancy construction and improvement of irrigation conditions, it has become coastal good land. The people's Government of Zhangpu County has selected ten thousand mu of arable land in duxun and Shaxi coastal areas as the comprehensive agricultural development demonstration park of Zhangpu County, which is still being improved. Since the reform and opening up, the cultivation of banyan seedlings and banyan bonsai, which are mainly based on high mountains, zhuangqian and Gaolin, has quietly risen and become a promising industry. There are more than 1700 households in these three villages, which cultivate more than 2000 mu of banyan trees, and more than 160 households have built bonsai gardens, of which 65 have developed into large sales households. Banyan bonsai corridor along Shaxi road section of Zhangdong line has an annual sales volume of more than 10 million yuan. Its products are sold to Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia and the Netherlands. It is known as "the root of China".

In June 2000, Shaxi Town was named as "the hometown of banyan bonsai in China" by the State Forestry Bureau and China Flower Association. The town government has made plans for this industry: building "Ten Mile banyan flower corridor", developing 120 large cultivation and marketing households, increasing the planting area to 4500 mu, producing 1.2 million banyan bonsai per year, with an output value of 35 million yuan.

The main agricultural products are rice, sweet potato, soybean, peanut and asparagus, cabbage, cauliflower, kidney bean, lotus bean, pepper, tomato and other vegetables. Fruits are litchi, longan, bayberry, loquat and so on. (the newly developed Dongkui Myrica rubra has an area of more than 800 mu, with good economic benefits) the main seafood products are fish, shrimp, red crab, oyster, sea worm, mud clam, clam, blood eel, green eel, etc. the red paste crab and mud clam are well-known.

Three funded enterprises are Chenguang paper plastic Co., Ltd. and Quanhong aquaculture Co., Ltd. There are 155 individual businesses.

Mineral: granite, omphacite reserves of nearly 100 million cubic meters.

famous scenery

There are haiyueyan, shifanta, luowanjing Ganquan, luowanjingshe Song Dynasty porcelain kiln group sites, etc.

Banyan industrial zone of Zhangpu County warmly welcome customers from home and abroad to visit, discuss business, invest and develop. Shaxi Town is located in the southwest of Zhangpu, adjacent to Dongshan neiao in the south, Yunxiao County in the West and Liangshan mountains in the north, with a total land area of 76.5 square kilometers. It now governs 14 administrative villages with a population of 45000. The coastline is 22.5 kilometers long, and the shallow sea beach aquaculture area is 30000 mu. It has about 100 million cubic meters of granite and a large number of bluestones, and a 1000 ton Xiazhai wharf. The freighter leads to Hong Kong and Macao Xiamen, Taiwan, Ningbo, Shanghai, Qingdao, etc. There are famous tourist attractions at home and abroad, such as haiyueyan, Shifan tower, luoyuanjing and other historic sites, with nearly 100000 tourists per year. The provincial highway Zhangyun line and the National Ninth Five Year Plan Project Zhangzhao Expressway run through the whole territory. The sea and land transportation is very convenient, the communication is developed, and the computer network has entered the home life.

Honor of Township

Shaxi Town has been awarded many honors by the Party committee and government at higher levels, such as "advanced unit of seawall reinforcement and standard construction in the whole province", "advanced unit of marine construction in the whole province for 20 years", "advanced township of poverty alleviation and prosperity in rural areas" and so on. In June 2000, Shaxi Town was awarded the reputation of "hometown of banyan bonsai in China" by the State Forestry Administration and the national Huahui Association.

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