Wuzhai Township, Pinghe County, Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province

Wuzhai Township

Wuzhai is located in the southeast of Pinghe County, adjacent to Zhangpu County, and at the junction of Yunxiao County in the West. The niujiu line runs through Wuzhai. It is an important traffic route between northwest Fujian and coastal open areas. It is 27 kilometers away from Pinghe county and 26 kilometers away from Zhangpu County.

Wuzhai now has 9 village committees, 1 state-owned farm, 45 natural villages and 95 villager groups.

In 2017, the administrative area was 9178 hectares, with 18755 permanent residents.

On June 29, 2020, it will be included in the list of provincial rural governance demonstration towns.

Evolution of organizational system

Wuzhai commune was established in 1958 and changed to township in 1984.

administrative division

Wuzhai township: Wuzhai neighborhood committee, Meiyou village, Xintang village, Houmen village, Lianmeng village, Qianling village, puping village, Zhaihe village, Xinmei village, Gaofeng village and Wuzhai farm.

geographical environment

The terrain of Wuzhai is mostly hilly. The township is 175 meters above sea level, with Damaoshan at 1075 meters above sea level in the southeast, Fanshan at 1075 meters above sea level in the West and yuanzishishan at 840 meters above sea level in the north. The main river, Zhongxi, originated from Fanshan, flows from west to East through the trade market and into Zhangpu County. The whole township has a marine monsoon climate with pleasant four seasons. The annual frost free period is more than 350 days, the annual average temperature is 20, and the annual average precipitation is 1750 mm. It is suitable for the development and cultivation of subtropical economic crops and fruits.

natural resources

Rich in mineral resources, mainly quartz ore, bauxite. In particular, there are many reserves of quartz ore. according to the exploration, the geological reserves of the ore used for secondary silica brick are 1.65 million tons, and the geological reserves of the ore used for flux are 4.2 million tons. The average content of silica in quartz ore is 97.12%. It is an indispensable material for electronic and electrical industry, and also an indispensable auxiliary material for ironmaking and casting. Its fire resistance can reach 1690-1750 ℃. It can produce industrial silicon and man-made piezoelectric crystal. It is a high-tech project product. Wuzhai Township

There are also a large number of light flesh red medium and fine-grained cavernous K-feldspar granites and alunite ores.

The origin of place names

There are five villages: huangbaizhai, junzhai, Chizhai, luozhai and fuzhai. Five ridge shaped villages. Hence the name: Wuzhai

It is said that in the ancient times, the five villages were occupied by five strong local aborigines, and five small villages were built in five key terrain areas

Characteristic products

"Pinghe Guanxi honey pomelo" has been recognized as a well-known trademark in China and has been rated as a famous brand agricultural product in China. Its certification trademark has been successfully registered in 17 countries and has become one of the 10 geographical indication products protected by the European Union

tourist resources

Longxu cave

Located in Pukou Neihu reservoir, Houmen village, Wuzhai Township, Pinghe county (Fujian: "xiazhou"), the largest grotesque cave is seven or eight meters above the mouth of the reservoir. According to relevant experts, these grotesque mortar may be produced by glacial movement and formed about 120000-700000 years ago.

Scientific research shows that: glacial mortar is the direct product and important relic of ancient glaciation and ancient glacial climate environment. It is a stone pit formed by glacial melt water carrying ice debris and rock debris, which strongly impacts and grinds the underlying bedrock from top to bottom along the glacier fissure. It is named "glacial mortar" because its shape is very similar to the ancient stone mortar. The discovery of this ancient wonder not only has high landscape value, but also has high scientific research value for the study of peaceful paleoclimate and paleogeomorphology.

In fact, Longxu cave is not a cave, but the name of a section of bare river bed, which is distributed between the river bed and canyon with a length of more than 2000 meters. According to local people, the stone mortar group has been submerged under the water for a long time, and few people know about it. In 1976, when the upstream river was dammed to store water, these stones gradually emerged. At that time, we found that the number of this strange round hole is large, and it has become an eternal wonder.

There are many strange stones, but they are very smooth. It is obvious that they are caused by external forces

Sanzong Temple

(former site of Soviet government in Wunan District)

It is said that in ancient times, Wuzhai was occupied by five strong local aborigines. They built five small mountains (gaojun, chiluo, fuzhai, the existing sites) in five key terrain areas. They lived by one side and plundered for a living. They had many surnames and chaotic social systems. They lived in a turbulent time of struggle and the people couldn't make a living.

In 978 A.D., the Ming emperor sent Han Yu, a court official, to guard Yongzhou City (formerly known as Wuzhai), which is the old city site behind the Guandi temple. A small temple house was built in the front of the city to bring a bunch of incense and talismans from Shanxi Guansheng Confucius to the house. Since then, the five stronghold owners have turned to the enemy and turned to the right. The people live and work in peace. To celebrate the peace, the people expanded the original Yongzhou City in 1403 and renamed it "San Jiao Bao". In 1909, the local villagers, such as Lin Suifeng and Zhuang ruling, mobilized the villagers to build and improve the "San Jiao Bao" ”It was renamed "Guandi Temple of Wuzhai sanzong".

Three historical events

1. In January 1932, the revolutionaries represented by Lin Lu, Zhuang Qishi (Zhuang chunxie) and Bian Qifa announced the establishment of the "Wunan District Soviet government" in three Guandi temples in Wuzhai. Since then, a large number of revolutionaries, such as Deng Zihui, Lu Sheng, Huang Huicong, Yin Linping, Feng Jifei, Li Keji, Zhang Changshui, Zhu Manping, Song Ping, Yi Jiayou, Lin loach, Chen Tiancai, Liang Peide, he Wende, Zhang Yuying, Lin Sulan, and Wu Ruihua, have carried out revolutionary activities based on the Guandi temple in Wuzhai. Many important meetings of the Fujian Guangdong special committee of the Communist Party of China have also been held in the three Guandi temples in Wuzhai Hold.

2. September 17, 1949, peaceful Zengcheng armed uprising, a Xi, Zhuang begging

And other revolutionaries organized Wuzhai anti expedition brigade in sanzong Guandi temple to welcome the national liberation.

General's inscription

Attached: inscription of general Lu Sheng:

"Former site of Soviet government in Wunan district"

Lu Shengti

January 1995

Inscription of Comrade Song Ping:

"Never forget the heroes of Wunan for the country and carry forward the revolutionary spirit of Wunan Soviet Area"

November 1995 of Song Ping

Brief introduction of ancient kiln

Clark porcelain

(some of the old porcelain kilns are now under the yannei reservoir in Zhaihe Village)

In 1602, the Dutch East India Company captured a Portuguese merchant ship, Clarke, on the sea. The ship was loaded with a large number of blue and white porcelain from China. Because the origin of the porcelain was unknown, the Europeans named it Clarke porcelain. In the mid-1980s, a large-scale auction was held in Amsterdam entitled "Chinese porcelain 400 years later". The items for auction were all Chinese porcelain salvaged from the shipwrecks from the 16th century to the 17th century, including blue and white porcelain known as "Clark porcelain". In recent years, the Philippine "San Diego" sank in 1600, the "white lion" buried in 1613 in the waters of St. Helena Island in western Africa, the fosta site in Egypt and the Kansai area in Japan have all found a large number of "Clark porcelain". What is puzzling is that this kind of porcelain, which is rich in China, is rarely collected in China. According to its craft, style and decorative features, archaeologists once speculated that it was blue and white porcelain produced in Jingdezhen or Wuchang in Ming and Qing Dynasties.

From 1519 to 1633, a total of 13 people from Jiangxi Province were in charge of peace. At that time, the maritime trade between Yuegang and Hong Kong was very prosperous, and porcelain was also a bulk commodity for export. In order to benefit the people and obtain huge profits, these prefectures granted preferential tax policies to the porcelain industry, supported it, and organized non-governmental production and firing to participate in market competition. From the specimens collected by Pinghe, we can see that although the fetal glaze is different from other kilns, its die printing or engraving techniques and composition are the same as those of Jingdezhen kiln products, which is also the reason why it is sometimes confused as Jingdezhen porcelain.

At that time, the capitalist development in Western Europe was in the stage of primitive capital accumulation, and the demand for Chinese porcelain in the West was increasing. According to historical records, the Dutch East India Company alone transported 16 million pieces from China in the 80 years of the 17th century. Such a large number of porcelains are of different grades, and it is hard to bear the burden of Jingdezhen kiln alone. On the one hand, the operators of the west east india company hope to have local kilns with certain strength, and of course, they hope to open up kilns near the port for local production, so as to reduce the pain of transportation and a lot of damage in the process of handling. At this time, in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty (1573-1620), there was a crisis of raw materials in Jingdezhen porcelain industry. As a result, the production of Jingdezhen export porcelain was reduced or even stopped. The managers of East India Company are looking for suppliers with Jingdezhen porcelain samples and Western favorite patterns. As a result, Fujian coastal folk kilns have become the production base for a large number of Jingdezhen porcelain substitutes. Under this background, the folk kilns in Pingsheng, Wuzhai and other places came into being and developed. According to literature records: from 1621 to 1632, the Dutch East India Company purchased porcelain from Zhangzhou three times, the number of which was tens of thousands. At the same time, the Japanese also bought porcelain from Zhangzhou, including a considerable number of Nansheng and Wuzhai kiln products, which has been proved by archaeological data.

At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the Qing government carried out the "sea ban", the Yuegang declined, and the Pinghe porcelain industry was also decadent due to the blocked market. "Clarke porcelain" basically disappeared at home and abroad, bringing a series of distant and beautiful reverie to future generations.

Clark porcelain is characterized by wide edge, blue and white porcelain for more, in the plate, bowl edge

Painting grid and round Kaiguang landscape, characters, flowers, fruits and so on. Clark porcelain production can be divided into ten thousand years

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