Wu Tun Xiang, Wuyishan City, Nanping City, Fujian Province

Wutun Township

Wutun township is located in the north of Wuyishan City, bordering langu Township and Pucheng County in the northeast, Shangmei Township in the south, Chengdong Township and Yangzhuang Township in the West. There are many mountains in the territory. The elevation of the main Linggang in the north is 1471 meters, and the elevation of Dawang mountain in the East is 1554 meters. The main river is wutunxi, which is a tributary of Chongyang river.

In 2017, the administrative area was 24421 hectares, with 18842 permanent residents.

Evolution of organizational system

From the early Northern Song Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, Wutun township was called Xinfeng township (commonly known as Beilu). After that, Peng, Weng, Wu, Chen and Yue took charge of one village respectively, and each village was named after its surname, namely pengtun, wengtun (Weng chengzan, the Prime Minister of Wang Shenzhi, the king of Fujian, once settled here in his later years), Wutun, chentun and yuetun.

Wu's family name is very prominent, so it is called Wutun. In the Song Dynasty, the local people Peng Lu and Weng Deyu ranked first in the special subjects. In the past dynasties, there were 24 Jinshi in the township. In the 24th year of the Republic of China, Wutun belonged to the Sixth District, and the district office was stationed in Dahun. In the 25th year of the Republic of China, it was the residence of the second district office. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, Wutun set up the Fifth District Office. In October 1955, the Sixth District, langu, was merged into Wutun. In 1958, it was transformed into happy people's commune. In June 1961, it was divided into two people's communes, Wutun and langu. It was changed to Wutun Township in 1984.

social undertakings

There are 1 middle school, 73 primary schools, 1 cultural center and 1 central health center in the township.

Wutun township is one of the old revolutionary bases. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, the construction of old districts has been strengthened, which has changed the old appearance of traffic congestion. Shangcun, Xiaohun, Dahun, Linggen, Hongyuan and other old base villages are all connected with highways.

Location traffic

Wutun township is located in the north of Wuyishan City, which is usually arrived by transfer from the urban area of Wuyishan. There are two places to take a bus from Wuyishan City to Wutun township: the first is located in Wujiu Middle Road (ximentou), where it is more convenient to take a bus and there are regular buses every day; the second is Wuyishan short distance bus station next to the long-distance bus station on Wujiu Road, where you can take the rural bus from Wuyishan to langu.

administrative division

It has jurisdiction over 17 village committees: ～ 201_ Wubian village, ～ 202_ Paitou village, ～ 203_ Jielu village, ～ 204_ Pengtun village, ～ 205_ Xiaohun village, ～ 206_ Dahun village, ~ 207_ Shangcun, ~ 208_ Hongyuan village, ~ 209_ Daji village, ～ 210_ Xiaoji village, ～ 211_ Xiaosi village, ~ 212_ Yangjiao village, ～ 213_ Houyuan village, ～ 214_ Linggen village, ～ 215_ Mali village, ～ 216_ Houqian village, ～ 217_ Ni Li village.

Economic overview

In 1993, the total grain output of the township reached 12.535 million kg, the total income of industry and agriculture was 52.135 million yuan, and the per capita income of farmers was 577 yuan. Township run enterprises are prosperous, with 11 factories. Textile equipment factories are listed as second-class enterprises of the state. The products produced by them are rated as excellent products of the Ministry and exported to 7 countries including Japan, the United States and Hong Kong. In that year, the total output value of township run enterprises was 29.5 million yuan. Agriculture is mainly grain production. Special products are mushrooms, dried bamboo shoots, straw paper, Shun Tai paper, etc.

famous scenery

Ruiyan Temple

At the foot of Ruiyan mountain to the north of Wutun township government, in the first year of Guangming of Tang Dynasty (880), the eminent monk Pizhi monk (commonly known as Weng Caiguang, 844-928) was born

）The temple was built at the foot of the mountain, named Ruiyan temple. The layout of the temple is ingenious and unique. The Pizhi lived here for dozens of years

Wang Yanjun, the king of Fujian, was invited to Fuzhou, where he received a great deal of courtesy. Ruiyan temple has a construction area of 4065 square meters and 300 mu of forest. Outside the temple, there is an ancient ginkgo tree with a chest circumference of 7.1 meters, which can be called the king of Ancient Ginkgo in Fujian. There are also historic sites such as the ice bridge.

The temple covers an area of 1175.2 square meters, with a construction area of 4064.74 square meters and more than 300 mu of forest. In front of the temple, there is an ancient ginkgo tree with a chest circumference of 7.1 meters, which can be called the king of Ancient Ginkgo in Fujian. There are three old camphor trees. There is a stream in front of the temple. On the stream, there is a hundred meter long corridor bridge of ancient architecture for shelter from wind and rain. Glass cover top, carved dragon phoenix, lifelike. The stream under the bridge is clear and the fish can be counted. It is said that monk zaoguang once bathed in the ice in the stream in winter, so he was named the ice river and ice bridge. At the back of the temple, there is Ruiying pagoda and the remains of ancient Buddha in Anfeng.

Ruiyan temple is built on the back of the mountain according to the situation, with ingenious layout and scattered friends. There is a "Dragon Well" in the temple, which can float copper coins. It is called "drinking well water to cure diseases". It is said that when the temple was built, all the wood came out of the well and was inexhaustible. There is still a section left in the well, which will not rot for a thousand years.

The temple has mountains, water, rocks, caves, towers, bridges, pavilions, pavilions, buildings and halls. The ancient trees are Cui Wei, which is a grand sight. Celebrities such as Zhao Yi, Zhu Xi, Liu Yi, Liu Ziyu, Li you and Huang Jingbin have written dozens of praise poems. Zhao Zhen, who once participated in political affairs in the fourth year of Zhiping (1067) of the Northern Song Dynasty, paid a visit to the temple when he was the magistrate of Chongan County, and wrote a poem with seven rhythms: "the fragrant garden of Baojie is connected with Cuiwei, so it's empty and far away. The ancient swords are hidden in the valley. Water and stone murmur, wandering in the path of tourists, and pine clouds fall to protect the door of Zen. I'll laugh at the name of the rein lock. I'll ride my horse back in a hurry Zhu Xi, a great Confucian, loved the temple very much and wrote nine poems, such as "accompany yanjike's father to visit Ruiyan, and I'd like to leave the rhyme of Putian's envoy": "stepping through a thousand forests and yellow leaves, the temples in the forest are magnificent, the valleys and springs are thin, the autumn is loud, and the mountains are green and empty. A ravine only now hides the concept of victory. In the past, I remember Zeng Yi. When I undressed, I was making a plan to stay, but I came back before I could make a mountain spirit. "

Ruiyan temple is a famous temple. It was founded in the middle age when it was famous in seven Fujian provinces. It has a magnificent scale and a prosperous fragrance. It can be called a famous temple. It is said that it can stand side by side with Tiantai and Caoxi. Zhao Puchu, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference and President of the Buddhist Association of China, inscribed the plaque "Ruiyan Chan Sen" for the temple, which is a true portrayal of the temple's long history and prosperous incense.

Ancient Buddha on ice

Koubing ancient Buddha, with a common surname of Weng and a legal name of zaoguang, was born in Wutun, Wuyishan, on February 8, the fourth year of Huichang (844) in Tang Dynasty, the son of Weng Chengqin, a Hexi Festival envoy. At the age of 13, he was a teacher of Qingtan temple in Wutun. He helped his teachers build Qingtan temple and Xingfu temple.

In the first year of Tang Guangming (880), King Peng should raise a large sum of money to build Ruiyan temple at the foot of Wutun mountain and invite Weng Caiguang to be the abbot. In his later years, he was invited to the royal court by Wang Yanjun, the king of Fujian Province. He meditated in Yongquan Temple of Gushan in Fuzhou, and finally died in Yongquan Temple of Gushan.

Ruiyan temple is located among Dongpan mountain, Jiangjun mountain and Malian rock. The idyllic mountains make up a beautiful scene. Many literati in the past dynasties have traveled far and wide, come here with admiration and wrote poems to praise them. Zhu Xi, a great Neo Confucianist and educator of the Southern Song Dynasty, once made a visit with his staff and wrote a poem "yongruiyan Temple". If you want the spring to be thin and the autumn to be louder, you can't open the mountains. A ravine prays for the present and the past of Sansheng. "I'm trying to make a plan to stay here, but I'll come back before I can make a mountain spirit." In addition, he also left a title praising general Tang, general Ge and general Zhou.

In Song Dynasty, Wutun was also influenced by Cheng and Zhu's Neo Confucianism. Cai Yuanding, Zhu Xi's favorite student, came to Ruiyan temple to pay homage to the throne of the ancient Buddha. Then he chose a piece of Dongshan space near Ruiyan temple to build a Dongshan temple, corresponding to his own name of "Xishan", in order to promote the mutual compatibility of Koubei Buddhism and Zhu's Neo Confucianism.

The first day of the second month of the lunar calendar is the busiest traditional folk custom day of greeting Buddha and praying for peace in Wutun every year. Villagers go to Ruiyan temple to welcome the statues of the ancient Buddhas and their Dharma protectors Tang, Ge, Zhou and song generals to tour Wutun Township Jiuhui (Wutun township is divided into nine small assemblies according to the natural village, commonly known as Jiuhui). Wherever the team went, the villagers set off firecrackers to greet them, praying for Bodhisattva's blessing on the family's health and grain harvest.

Time flies, a thousand years in the twinkling of an eye. The incense of Ruiyan temple is still flourishing. Moreover, Shanxin's merits and virtues are in constant flow. Shanmen, Zhaobi and other buildings were built with Shanxin's donation. With the attention of Wuyishan municipal government and Wutun township government, Ruiyan temple and koubing ancient Buddha, as part of Wuyishan's "world cultural and natural heritage", and as the peripheral cultural landscape of Wuyishan's main tourist scenic spot, will be more and more favored by the world together with Wuyishan, and thus go to the whole country and the world.

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