Yuankeng Town, Shunchang County, Nanping City, Fujian Province

Yuankeng town

Yuankeng town is located in the southwest of Shunchang County, Nanping City, Fujian Province, adjacent to Jiangle County, Sanming City in the West. It is 16 kilometers wide from east to west and 23 kilometers long from north to south. The town has 13 administrative villages.

In 2010, it was awarded the honorary title of the fifth batch of "famous historical and cultural towns in China" by the Ministry of housing and urban rural development and the State Administration of cultural relics.

In 2017, the administrative area was 17100 hectares, with a permanent population of 9938.

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

History of construction

The town government is located at the foot of the beautiful Yuping mountain. There are nine natural villages around it. The villages are concentrated and flat, surrounded by hills like pits. It was called yuankeng in ancient times, and later replaced by "Yuan" sound, which is called yuankeng.

Before liberation, it was divided into four districts of Shunchang County. After liberation, it was divided into four districts of Shunchang County in 1958. In 1959, it was changed into commune system. In 1984, it was changed into yuankeng Township People's government. In August 1992, it was approved by the Provincial Department of civil affairs to withdraw the township and establish a town.

administrative division

The town has 13 administrative villages, 1 neighborhood committee, 91 villager groups and 36 natural villages. Fufeng, Xiushui, Dongjiao and Jiucun are the seat of the town government.

geographical environment

geographical position

Yuankeng town is located at 117036 / - - 117044 / E and 26041 / - - 26057 / N, in the southwest of Shunchang County in Northern Fujian, adjacent to Jiangle County of Sanming City in the west, 16 km wide from east to west and 23 km long from north to south.

climatic conditions

Most of yuankeng town is located in low hilly and warm areas with mild climate and abundant rainfall. The altitude is generally below 300 meters. Most villages are distributed along the two sides of the stream. The average annual temperature is 180c-18.90c, the frost period is about 80 days, the annual rainfall is 1600-1700mm, the relative humidity is 80%, and the sunshine is 1736 hours.

natural resources

Forest resources

The town has a woodland area of 162200 mu, a total forest stock of 832000 cubic meters, bamboo area of 30000 mu, forest coverage of 70%.

Water resources

The town is rich in water resources, crisscross streams, Minjiang River source Jinxi and Jiaoxi through the territory, the town's six reservoirs, including 2 small type I reservoirs, the total reservoir capacity of 10.19 million cubic meters, 19 large and small power stations, the installed capacity of 4795 kilowatts, annual power generation of 15 million degrees, the territory also has an installed capacity of 30000 kilowatts of Mowu hydropower station.

mineral resources

The town has unique mineral resources. The total reserves of limestone and quartz are 320 million tons and 130 million tons respectively. In addition, the reserves of sulfur, iron, copper, lead and rare earth are also very rich.

tourist resources

The famous couplet "climbing the Xiling mountain, looking at the snow and reflecting the beauty of Wang Rong's tent, reading the youth books of Mai Lang Chang, lying on the Dongshan mountain, listening to the music of pines, flowing ten miles, chengtan meeting with Le Shengping, a peach blossom singer" vividly summarizes the existing scenic spots, ancient dwellings and ancient buildings in yuankeng.

Transportation and communication

All villages in the town are connected with cement roads, the connecting line of Beijing Fuzhou Expressway and provincial highway 204 run through the whole town, and the water transportation directly leads to Minjiang port, where passenger and freight vehicles go back and forth. The seat of the town government is 11 km away from the railway station, with convenient transportation. Program controlled telephone, mobile phone, radio and cable TV cover the territory.

population

In 2017, there were 9938 permanent residents.

economic development

In 2008, the total output value of industry and agriculture was 335 million yuan, the output value of industries above designated size was 192 million yuan, the contracted utilized foreign capital was 1.95 million US dollars, the actually utilized foreign capital was 1.25 million US dollars, the fixed asset investment of the whole society was 83.71 million yuan, the county-level fiscal revenue was 2.3 million yuan, the per capita net income of farmers was 4531 yuan, and the natural population growth was 3.4 ‰.

tourist resources

Yan Shan

Located in the northwest of Fujian Province, it is located in Baozhuang village, yuankeng Town, 954 meters above sea level. Provincial Highway 204 and Jinxi pass through the border, only 20 kilometers away from Shunchang Chengguan and 8 kilometers away from national highway 316. It is only 10 km to Jiangle Yuhua cave, which is located in Jiangle Yuhua cave, Taining Jinhu, Wuyishan and northwest Fujian green triangle tourism circle. It will soon become an important part of Wuyi tourism circle in North Fujian.

Yanshan is a unique natural landscape formed by crustal movement and volcanic eruption 60-90 million years ago. It belongs to Danxia landform. Bishui Danshan is similar to Wuyi Mountain, and is famous for its small and exquisite appearance. Within the scenic area of less than 20 square kilometers, there are Qifeng waterfall, canyon cave, rare birds and animals, famous flowers and herbs. Overlooking the Yan Mountain from the air, it is like a bonsai of wonderful workmanship.

After several years of exploration, Yanshan has found 188 scenic spots, including eagle rock, Xianru peak, Weiren peak, lover peak, shibajie gorge, colorful crystal wall, crystal cave, Pearl Waterfall and Wannian turtle. Among them, there are four most distinctive scenic spots, namely eagle rock, colorful crystal wall, eighteen section Canyon and great man peak.

Eagle rock is located in the center of the scenic area. The three huge rocks are thousands of feet above the ground. They are like fairies with wings and lofty sentiments. Because of their distinct hawk eyes and beaks, they have become the treasures of the scenic area, just like the jade girl peak of Wuyi Mountain. Because of the legend of "official cave" in Eagle Rock, it is so magical that it makes people think about it.

The colorful crystal wall is located on the right wing of eagle rock. Because of the role of crystal ore and other mineral powder in the cliff, the whole cliff presents the color of colorful spots. In the crystal cave under the crystal wall, crystal "cauliflower" is incomparably fresh, and the natural crystal Buddha's shape is lifelike, which is amazing.

Shibajie gorge is located between Baoshan mountain and Yanshan mountain. If you dam the river and take a bamboo raft, you will feel like you are in the nine bends of Wuyi Mountain. The valley water is crystal clear, with frogs, frogs and fish flashing from time to time; the grotesque rocks in the valley are displayed, including ten thousand year old turtles, hippos, dolphins and dinosaur eggs, which are like a natural exhibition hall of grotesque rocks; the fairy in the butterfly, the Phoenix butterfly with golden beak, is flying up and down in the valley; in the dense ecological forests on both sides of the Strait, ancient trees are towering, giant vines are twining, and precious Chinese herbal medicines such as Agaricus, olives and swallow's nest are climbing over the rock walls Leopard, bear, macaque and other rare animals swim among them.

Great man peak and Eagle Rock echo from afar. When you climb to the top of Eagle Rock and look up at the Baoshan mountain, you will see a great man who seems to have known you before. He lies peacefully on the peaks, and the mole on his chin is clear and distinguishable.

Yanshan also has rich material and cultural heritage of human beings, such as the ancestral hall of Wu family, the Taoist monument Zhenjun altar, the cultural landscape copper smelting cave of Song Dynasty, the Buddhist temple Jinlong Temple site, and the ancient plank road left by shidakai subordinates of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Yang Shi and Zhu Xi of Song Dynasty and Xu Xiake of Ming Dynasty were the representatives here The footprints of the visit. All these give Yan Shan profound cultural connotation.

There are six rooms, two exhibitions, two schools, one Pavilion, one garden and other places for entertainment and leisure. There are Lixue hall, Erxian hall, Lixue Pavilion, huiweng study and Liao gang culture research association. There are various cultural relics of the stone age and since the song, yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. Among them are the iron bell of Youwu temple, the stele of Zhuzi temple, the wooden dragon boat head of Ming Dynasty, the stele of forest protection of Qing Dynasty and the genealogy of five historical celebrities. There are four lists: talent list, good example list, capable person list and merit list. There are "Mowu village volume", "Mowu village volume sequel", "Gaofeng anthology".

The famous Ming Wu Yuan court, the essence of Hui ancient and modern culture, integrates the charm of modern civilization, and becomes a model of modern rural culture innovation and spiritual creation. It is praised by the leaders, experts and scholars of provinces and municipalities. In 1996, Wenyuan was designated as "patriotic ideological education base" by Nanping Municipal Party committee and government. In 2001, Wenyuan was awarded the title of advanced unit of cultural work in Fujian Province by Propaganda Department of Fujian provincial Party committee and Provincial Department of culture.

ancestral hall

Yuankeng town has 13 administrative villages, including Mowu, chaxi, Yangfang, Baozhuang, etc. According to the records of Shunchang County annals, "mobu (now Mowu) was the first to Shunchang". Jinxi ran through yuankeng. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was one of the important water transportation channels to Fujian. The busy water transportation made yuankeng a commercial center at that time. There were "Zhu Baiwan" in Fufeng village, "Chen Baiwan" in Jiaoxi village, "Zhang Guangyong" in chaxi village and "Wu Baiwan" in Xiushui village A large number of rich people, such as "Wan" and "Zhang million", built a large number of luxurious houses, and their descendants changed them into ancestral halls in memory of their ancestors. The existing ancestral halls include Wu's, Cai's, Zhu's, Zhang's, Deng's, Chen's, Ye's and so on. Xiao's ancestral hall, which covers an area of 5000 square meters and is the largest, has been rebuilt as a town and district office in the early days of the people's Republic of China, but only the gate of the ancestral hall has been left. Today, the well preserved ancestral halls include the ancestral halls of CAI and Zhu in nine villages and the ancestral halls of Wu in Xiushui village. Most of these ancestral halls were built in the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty (1796-1820), with a history of more than 200 years.

Cai's ancestral hall

Located in nine villages of yuankeng town. According to Cai's genealogy, the ancestral hall was built in the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty (1796-1820). It is an exquisite ancient building with brick and wood structure. It is composed of three main parts: the inner theatre, the cloister (including the patio, with an area of 12 × 12m) and the back hall (with an area of 12 × 14m). The gate of the ancestral hall is magnificent with various brick figures, calligraphy and paintings, animals and plants on the wall. It is vivid and has a high level of technology. The red building is located in the front hall. At the beginning of the "Cultural Revolution", the cloisters on both sides of the theater building were demolished as "four old". The main building is about 7 meters high. There are two rooms (upper and lower floors) on both sides of the single eaves of the middle hall. The ground is paved with square blue bricks with staggered joints. At the beginning of the construction, yuankeng District Office was set up for this year.

Wu's ancestral hall

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