Zhanghu Town, Yanping District, Nanping City, Fujian Province

Zhanghu town

Zhanghu town is located in the southeast of Yanping District, Nanping City, Fujian Province, upstream of Minjiang River, 58 kilometers away from the municipal government. It has jurisdiction over 1 community and 14 administrative villages. Zhanghu station is set up along Waifu railway. 316 national highway transit. Along the main stream of Minjiang River, there is a passenger and freight wharf. Scenic spots and historic sites include snake king temple, Huzhong island and Xiangshan cliff carvings.

In 2017, the administrative area was 19901 hectares, with 17990 permanent residents.

brief introduction

Zhanghu town is located in the southeast of Yanping District, Nanping City, Fujian Province, on the upper reaches of Minjiang River. It is 54 km away from Nanping City, the political and economic center of Northern Fujian, and 118 km away from Fuzhou, the capital of Fujian Province. It is the junction of Northern Fujian and Eastern Fujian, the starting point and transfer station of southeast Fujian's economic radiation to Northern Fujian, and the best combination of mountain sea cooperation. It has jurisdiction over 1 community and 14 administrative villages. Zhanghu station is set up along Waifu railway. 316 National Road transit. Along the main stream of Minjiang River, there is a passenger and freight wharf. Scenic spots and historic sites include snake king temple, Huzhong island and Xiangshan cliff carvings.

Details there are 486 enterprises of various types in the town, including 4 Foreign-funded enterprises. In 2000, the total social output value of the town reached 290 million yuan, including 186 million yuan of industrial output value, 104 million yuan of agricultural output value and 3.22 million yuan of fiscal revenue. The excellent and high-quality agricultural production, mainly including aquaculture, small-diameter bamboo, fast-growing and high-yield forest, and edible fungi, has begun to take shape in Shuikou Hydropower Station; the industrial system, led by electric power industry and supported by eight industries, including building materials, tourism and transportation, bamboo and wood processing, food processing, ceramic materials, and paper making, has basically taken shape. The economy of the whole town shows a good momentum of rapid development, forming an economic development trend with science and technology as the driving force, market demand as the guidance, and the unique advantages of the reservoir area as the basis. invest 3.1 million yuan to build a harmless incineration waste treatment plant, with an annual treatment capacity of 3600 tons of waste; Zhanghu middle school is a provincial civilized school, Zhanghu central school is a provincial rural demonstration school; Zhanghu central hospital is a provincial first-class hospital.

Evolution and division

Zhanghu town was established in 1941, changed to Hongqi commune in 1958, renamed Zhanghu commune in 1961, and rebuilt in 1984. In 1997, it governed 14 village committees including Longchi village, Bantou village, Linjing village, SHANGBAN village, Zhonghe village, Zhongban village, Xiaban village, Xikou village, Xinling village, Xiangshan village, Futou village, wubu village, Xitang village, Gaozhou village and Zhanghu neighborhood committee.

Folklore

deity in the form of a snake

The ancestors of the people living in Zhanghu town of Nanping City were all immigrants from the Central Plains. For thousands of years, they have inherited the "Minyue legacy" of ancient Minyue people's worship of snakes and protection of snakes. During the Lantern Festival in the first month of the lunar calendar (from the sixth to the twenty third day of the lunar calendar), the "bamboo snake" is welcome to visit, and the "July seventh night" temple fair in summer is for the live snake. There are also proverbs in the folk, such as "it's guilty to kill snakes and turtles for no reason", "people walk in the way of human beings, snakes walk in the way of snakes" and so on. their worship of snakes shows the "Fujian and Vietnam legacy" and the respect for snakes. This is the hometown of "snake". Snake is worshipped as "God". Many legends about "snake god" are still circulating today.

legend

It is said that one year there was a flood in zhanghuban, and the plague was rampant after the disaster. Hundreds of villagers were killed by the disease, and the people were in dire need of living. There was a scene of "thousands of bleak ghosts singing". When the local government Yin Liangong went deep into the disaster area, he went to the door to cure the sick people. And lead the villagers to drain and dredge the river, promote the advantages and eliminate the disadvantages, eradicate the flood, and teach the villagers to use all kinds of industry technology, to strengthen the people, and save the common people from suffering. The disease evil water devil was expelled and treated, and the villagers learned a skill from Lian Fu Yin. The production resumed development, and the villagers lived and worked in peace and contentment. it's back to the previous bustle and bustle. Lian Gong worked hard for the people and died in Zhanling, Gutian County on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. Feeling that Liangong was kind to the villagers, the villagers built a small temple by the river. They took fire from the temple of Liangong Daodi in "Zhanling" and set up a shrine in the temple. Until now, there is still the custom of taking fire and distributing incense in Zhanling, Gutian County before the temple fair in July every year. It's said that Liangong school famaoshan has excellent skills and specializes in the treatment of ghosts and ghosts in the water. There are lots of poems in the temple for people to draw lots for divination. There are some words in the poems, such as "if a boat goes down the beach", "a lonely boat meets the wind", "a smooth future", "a boat crossing the sea", "a snake changing, Jackie Chan outside the sky". When people go boating on water and release wood, they must first go to the temple to burn incense and worship, praying for "Shifu Gong" to bless peace. It is said that if you are in danger on the water, you can save yourself from danger by calling "Shifu Gongzuo Xian" three times. Lian Gong reposes the wishes of the people on the water and beside the water, and takes the couplet in the temple as a proof: "all the people in the town are willing to meet their needs, and they will spare no pains to keep the water and land safe.". It is said that on the night of October 14, the 13th year of Yongli reign in the Ming Dynasty, when Zhao Tianshi recovered Baimajing and passed by zhanghuban, Lian Gong showed the original shape of a boa constrictor. When Zhao Tianshi wanted to kill him, the villagers called out "Lian Gong Qinglongshan! Good Seeing this, master Zhao didn't do harm. the worship of snake totem by the ancient Min Yue people is a legacy, and Lian Gong shows his original form again. The villagers worship "snake god" more. Lian Gong is a boa constrictor. He was reincarnated in Gutian Zhanling, and the local saying "the Tao is in Gutian Zhanling, and the spirit is in Zhanghu Liangong Temple" has been handed down to this day. Since then, "snake" has become the "God" of zhanghuban people, and the custom of worshiping snake in Fujian and Vietnam has been inherited. In the summer of the next year, there was another flood in the Minjiang River. The flood brought piles of wood to gather in front of the temple. When the villagers saw so many wood gathered in front of the temple, they were called Liangong Xianling. All the wood will be carried ashore, planning to use this batch of wood to build large-scale "Lian Gong Temple". The villagers raised a large amount of money and built a big temple on the original site of Liangong temple, which is called Fuqing hall. in the temple, there are three golden bodies of the snake king. The three snake kings, surnamed Zhang, Xiao and Lian respectively, are brothers. Lian Gong is the "snake king" and also known as "master Lian Gong, the master of nine days thunder". Therefore, people call Lian Gong Shifu Gong. Up to now, people still call "Fuqing hall" Shifu hall. On the seventh day of July every year, the villagers carry out the statue of Lian Gong to travel around the village, praying for peace and plenty of food and clothing. people praise Lian Gong's achievements from generation to generation and respect him for thousands of years. There is a couplet in the temple as evidence: "after all the vicissitudes, how can we ask for the merits and virtues for thousands of years? Despite the hardships, we only seek the common happiness of all the people." "the legacy of Fujian and Vietnam is only for the benefit of our lake peak (namely zhanghuban), and the Dragon Cave in Xiandu is the treasure hall of the snake king.". Today, the people of zhanghuban have moved to the new town for the construction of Shuikou Power Station. The original snake king temple has been demolished and rebuilt. Now it is repaired by the lakeside at the south end of the new town. Thousands of years of snake worship culture has a profound accumulation, "snake worship" has injected new cultural connotation. The "Zhanghu snake Culture Festival" has been held here for 15 consecutive years, forming a unique custom of Fujian and Vietnam. The legend of "snake god" and the folk culture of "worshiping snakes" have been well-known at home and abroad.

Snake Festival

The snake festival in Zhanghu town is held on the seventh day of the lunar calendar and the seventh day of July every year. It is a unique folk custom of worshiping snakes in Zhanghu area. "There is a snake king temple in zhanghuban with a long history. Every year on the seventh day of the seventh month of the seventh lunar month, the people of the town hold a grand activity to visit the snake god. Every man in the town has a live snake wrapped around his body or in his hand and parades in the procession carrying the big live snake and the statue of the snake god. During the procession, banners were surging, drums and music were singing together, and firecrackers and firecrackers were thundering in the sky. The content and scale of the procession arrangement were rare in China. It was a typical embodiment of the totem worship of the snake worship tribe of Minyue nationality in folk cultural activities. In contrast, snake lantern activities are another vivid manifestation of the variation of snake totem worship in Northern Fujian folk cultural activities: during the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month, snake lantern activities are held in Nanping zhanghuban Town, Jianyang Huangkeng Town, Wuyishan, Guangze and other counties and cities. "

infrastructure

The infrastructure construction of market towns is complete, and the service function is improving day by day. There are one 500 ton cargo terminal and one automobile ferry terminal each; the width is 18 meters and the length is 1.55 km; the main street, cross street and roadway are paved with cement pavement, and the road hardening rate is 95%; there are three water plants, with daily water supply of 3000 tons, and the household water inflow rate is 99%; there are three small hydropower stations, including Gaozhou, wubu and Xinling, with a total installed capacity of 5150 kW / h, and the local annual power supply capacity is 38 million kwh; the program-controlled hydropower station has the advantages of low cost, low cost, low cost and high cost More than 3000 telephones have been opened, China Mobile and China Unicom networks have covered the whole town, with more than 1500 mobile phone users; cable TV can watch 19 channels, with a coverage rate of 100%; a cultural and technological building with complete functions covering an area of 2200 square meters and a farmers' market covering an area of 3600 square meters have been built, with commercial and service outlets distributed throughout the town; 3.1 million yuan has been invested in the construction of harmless incineration in 2008 There is a waste treatment plant with an annual treatment capacity of 3600 tons. in 2007, we will further optimize the development environment, focus on the improvement of the administrative environment, legal environment and market environment, and create a strong atmosphere of "Pro business, pro business, love business and protect business" throughout the town. We should resolutely stop the infringement on enterprises, protect the legitimate rights and interests of investors in accordance with the law, ensure that the project can be introduced, retained and developed, and strive to create a new image of openness and integrity. Strengthen cooperation between mountain and sea and introduce foreign capital. Establish industrial development fund, encourage and support entrepreneurship, implement various policies to support enterprises, and effectively help solve the problems of financing, land use, employment and project promotion in the development of enterprises. 1. Resolutely investigate and deal with the behaviors that hinder the development of enterprises, such as arbitrary apportionment, arbitrary charges, arbitrary fines, etc. take the town chamber of Commerce as the carrier, establish industry associations, strive to strengthen economic exchanges and cooperation, and create a good atmosphere to encourage and support the development of industrial economy in the whole society. Speed up the construction process of key projects. My town is listed in District 200

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