Shuyang Town, Nanjing County, Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province

Shuyang town

Shuyang town is located in the south of Fujian Province. It is the location of the world cultural heritage Fujian Tulou. It is the important tourist town at the intersection of Nanjing, Pinghe and Yongding counties in Fujian Province. The average altitude is above 400 meters, and the highest altitude is 1399 meters. It has a mild climate and abundant rainfall, which is a typical sub hot zone climate.

In 2019, Shuyang town has a total area of 184 square kilometers, including 193000 mu of mountainous area, 25000 mu of arable land, and a total population of about 28000 people. Both of them are Han people, and they use two dialects, Minnan dialect and Hakka dialect. Shuyang town has 18 administrative villages and one neighborhood Committee, with convenient transportation and roads in all directions. There are more than 600 Tulou in the town.

On July 24, 2019, Shuyang town was selected into the list of national strong agricultural towns in 2019.

Historical evolution

Shuyang town has a history of nearly one thousand years since the song, yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. In yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, it belonged to Shuyang General Office of yongfengli. After the revolution of 1911, it belonged to santuan district. In 1943, it belonged to Gaoyang Township and Qujiang Township when the abandoned district was changed to Lianbao township. After liberation, it belonged to the Fifth District. It was changed into Shuyang people's commune in July 1958 and renamed Shuyang people's Government in 1984.

administrative division

Shuyang town has one neighborhood committee and 18 village committees

Shuxing neighborhood committee, Shuyang village, Tianzhong village, shangtianzhi village, xiatianzhi village, shangshuangfeng village, Shuangfeng Village, Chizhou village, Fenglin Village, chukeng village, kuikeng village, Gaoxi village, Qujiang village, Shiqiao village, Wenfeng Village, nan'ou village, tahia village, shangbanliao village, xiabanliao village.

geographical environment

Location context

Shuyang Town, located in the southwest of Nanjing County, is the site of Fujian Tulou, a world cultural heritage. It is adjacent to Chuanchang town in the East, Guzhu Township in Yongding County in the west, Luxi town in Pinghe County in the South and Meilin town and Kuiyang town in our county in the north. It is an important tourist town at the intersection of Nanjing, Pinghe and Yongding counties.

Climate and environment

The average altitude is more than 400 meters, and the highest altitude is 1399 meters. The climate is mild and the rainfall is abundant. It is a typical subtropical climate. It has 18 administrative villages and 1 neighborhood committee.

natural resources

Shuyang town is located in the mountainous area of Southern Fujian, with high terrain and overlapping mountains. The altitude is over 400 meters, and the highest altitude is 1399 meters. It has a mild climate and abundant rainfall. It is a typical subtropical climate, suitable for crop growth, and rich in forestry and mineral resources. The abundant resources of agricultural and sideline products have made Shuyang an important production area of bamboo, fruit, tea, flue-cured tobacco and vegetables in Zhangzhou. The fine processing of bamboo, bamboo shoots, tea, vegetables and other agricultural products has great potential and good prospects, especially the "Tianling Yunwu Tea" oolong tea series. Since it was put into the market, it has good benefits and great market potential. The territory is rich in mineral resources. There is the only magnetite factory in Zhangzhou City, with an annual output of 12000 tons of fine mineral powder. There are rich deposits of Binghua black (diabase), Shuyang black facing (diorite) and rare "seven color stone" (conglomerate) at home and abroad, with a total reserves of about 30 million cubic meters, which has broad development prospects.

Gaoxi kaolin has good quality, large reserves (more than 1 million tons) and easy development, which has great development value. There is a large drop of streams in the mountain area, which is rich in hydropower resources, and can provide 10000 kwh of hydropower development. In addition, rich land resources can provide sufficient and preferential investment conditions for foreign investment

The town is known for China's hundreds of famous townships, the "village of earth buildings". The main features of the houses are square and circular earth buildings. They are unique in shape and collect the essence of the earth building. The country's Tulou can be called "four most", that is, the most "strange" shape of tianluokeng "four circles and one side" Tulou group, which experts call "flying saucers falling from the sky, mushrooms emerging from the ground"; the highest Tulou "Yuchang building"; the largest Tulou "Shunyu building" is 71 meters in diameter, with a total of 288 four floors; it has the largest number of Tulou, with a total of more than 200 larger Tulou. There is also the "little Huangguoshu" waterfall, Shuhai waterfall, the "deyuantang" under the provincial cultural relics protection unit tower, and the wugengliao primeval forest with the national precious Taxus species.

Transportation

With convenient transportation and roads extending in all directions, it is closely connected with Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Longyan and other important tourist source cities. It is 75 km away from Zhangzhou, 100 km away from Zhangzhou Port, 140 km away from Xiamen International Airport and 200 km away from Quanzhou. The provincial highway Shanmei highway and the planned guwu Expressway pass through the territory.

Economic summary

In 1998, the total social output value of Shuyang town was 250 million yuan, the total agricultural output value was 66 million yuan, the total output value of township enterprises was 158 million yuan, the output value of the tertiary industry was 25 million yuan, and the per capita net income was 2650 yuan.

History and culture

Shuyang is a famous hometown of earth buildings. There are more than 6000 Tulou in the whole town, which are of various forms and extraordinary momentum. They are like "flying saucers falling from the sky" and "mushrooms growing from the ground". They are dotted on the beautiful land of Shuyang, forming a wonderful landscape line. They are well-known at home and abroad for their long history, concentrated location, deep foundation and unique shape. A total of 18 Tulou groups, tianluokeng Tulou group and hekeng Tulou group, were listed in the world heritage list on July 7, 2008. Among them, tianluokeng Tulou group, which is shaped like "four dishes and one soup", is the landmark of Fujian Tulou.

Shuyang is a famous cultural town. It has one national famous historical and cultural village tianluokeng village, two national cultural relics protection units tianluokeng Tulou group and deyuantang, four provincial cultural relics protection units hekeng Tulou group, longtanlou, yuchanglou, wugengliao steelmaking furnace site, and 20 county-level cultural relics protection units.

Shuyang is a famous hometown of overseas Chinese and Taiwan. There are more than 50000 overseas Chinese living at home and abroad and compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, mainly in Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar, Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong and Macao. They are the main ancestral home of Chien, Xiao, Lu and Zhang.

Shuyang is a famous agricultural town. The town has tea, vegetables, bamboo and other three major industrial pillars, forming a "one village, one product, one base", "one leaf, one vegetable, one bamboo" development pattern, the town's tea production area of more than 60000 mu, accounting for 60% of the county's tea area, with an annual output of more than 20 million jin of dry tea, the main varieties are Tieguanyin, Dangui, Benshan, hairy crab, etc.

Shuyang is a famous town in the Soviet area. There are 9 old revolutionary villages in the town, and there is a monument to Shangtian revolutionary heroes.

Shuyang is a famous ecological town. The forest coverage rate is 72.6%, and there are four Chinese landscape villages tianluokeng village, tahia village, Qujiang village and Shiqiao village, as well as wugengliao primeval forest, a national precious species of Taxus.

Get honor

On September 24, 2019, Shuyang town (oolong tea) was selected into the list of the ninth batch of national "one village, one product" demonstration villages and towns.

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