Chen Dong Xiang, Yongding District, Longyan City, Fujian Province

Chen Dongxiang

Chendong township is located in the southeast of Yongding County, Longyan City, Fujian Province. It is connected with Guzhu Township in the East, Hulei town in the west, Qiling Township in the South and Fushi town in the north. It has jurisdiction over 10 administrative villages and 139 villager groups.

In 2017, the administrative area was 7520 hectares, with a permanent population of 6198.

General situation of villages and towns

Chendongxiang is an old revolutionary base area and the birthplace of "Jinfeng -". There are 71 revolutionary martyrs in the township, including Lu Zhaoxi, Lu Zhong and other revolutionary martyrs, and two generals, Luke and Xiong Kui. Chen Dong is also a hometown of overseas Chinese, with more than 20000 overseas Chinese. In the 1990s, overseas Chinese donated more than 1.6 million yuan to build schools, pave roads, build bridges and other public welfare undertakings. Fusan line, a provincial road, passes through five village committees in the township. Rural roads interweave with each other, and every village has access to roads.

Evolution of organizational system

In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it belonged to jinfengli, and in the Republic of China, it was called qiongdongxiang. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, it belongs to the second district (Xiayang District). 1958 belongs to Qidong Township, Qidong people's commune. In 1960, it belonged to the foreign people's commune. Chendong people's commune was established in 1961. It was incorporated into Qiling people's commune in 1970. In 1984, it belonged to Qiling township. In 1993, Chen Dongxiang was separated from Qiling township. In 1997, it had jurisdiction over 10 village committees, namely Yantai, Shiling, gulong, Yuandong, Jiaokeng, rongjiao, Chendong, Gaofeng, Chengdong and Xingxing.

Population data

(data from the fifth population census in November 2000)

In 2017, there were 6198 permanent residents.

natural resources

Forest resources are abundant. The forest area is 87800 mu, of which the area of quasi virgin forest is 1770 mu, and the timber volume is 179000 cubic meters. There are 9 large and small hydropower stations (including those under construction) with a total installed capacity of 1300 kW.

Climate products

It is a typical agricultural township with many mountains and mild climate. Since the establishment of the township in 1993, Chen Dong has taken stabilizing agriculture and increasing farmers' income as his goal. Through the adjustment of agricultural industrial structure, the implementation of the strategy of invigorating agriculture through science and technology, the scientific adjustment of field planting structure, and the vigorous development of breeding industry. In 1999, in cooperation with Taiwan's Jiaguo group, a 21 Mu Fujian Taiwan agricultural science and Technology Cooperation Demonstration Park was established in rongjiao village, which led to the adjustment of the rural agricultural structure, changed the previous situation of single grain cultivation, and formed a diversified industrial pattern. The mountainous areas have been comprehensively developed and utilized. In Gulong, Chendong, Chengdong, Gongxing and Yuandong villages, golden persimmon, fast-growing and high-yield chestnut and American black plum with good economic benefits have been planted. In addition, Lu Guangfu orchards in Chendong village breed "three yellow chickens", with an annual output of more than 20000, becoming a well-known large grower.

traffic

convenient transportation. The third line of Fujian provincial road runs through the five main administrative villages of the township. Rural roads interweave with each other, and every village has roads. In 2000, 70% of the rural roads were hardened, and the cement pavement in Yantai village was being paved.

infrastructure

All social undertakings have made great progress. Since 1993, an investment of 1.125 million yuan has been invested in the construction of the dormitory building of Chendong middle school, the teaching building of Gongxing hope primary school and the teaching building of Central Primary School, which has improved the teaching conditions of the whole township.

In 2000, there was one junior middle school with 658 students, 17 primary schools with 1243 students, and one health center with 12 medical staff and 25 beds. The transformation of radio and television network has been completed, and cable TV has covered seven main administrative villages in the township. It invested 460000 yuan to build the flood dike of the bazaar, and 440000 yuan to build 60 garbage pools and a garbage dump in the township. Nearly 7000 people in more than 2100 households have access to tap water.

Chendong, Gongxing and Chengdong villages have improved their living environment. In 1999, Gongxing village was awarded "advanced civilized village" by the municipal Party committee and municipal government, and "spiritual civilization village" by the provincial Party committee and provincial government. The rural power grid transformation of 10 administrative villages in the township has been completed in an all-round way. Two mobile communication receiving stations and one Unicom communication receiving station were established, and the mobile signal basically covered the whole township.

economic development

Grain, tobacco and fruit are the main economic crops in Chendong. In 2000, the total cultivated land area of the township was 9786 mu, and the total grain output was 5066 tons, an increase of 39.290% over 1993. In 2000, 4149 mu of flue-cured tobacco was planted, with a total output of 443 tons and an output value of more than 2 million yuan, becoming the main source of farmers' income. The township also provides more than 4000 tons of high-quality fruits to the market every year, including red persimmon, plum and peach. In particular, the successful introduction of golden persimmon in Taiwan has injected vitality into the development of fruit planting industry in the township. Since 1993, we have paid attention to the development of industry, made great efforts to improve the investment environment, and increased investment attraction. By 2000, more than 20 million yuan of funds from outside the county have been introduced to set up enterprises. Among them, Xinhe agricultural products industry and Trade Co., Ltd., which is located in the dam of Gulong village, has invested 15 million yuan to establish Xinhe Industrial Park. In 2000, the first phase investment of 6 million yuan has been completed. Seven hydropower stations will be built with an installed capacity of 1100 kW. In addition, commercial trade rose steadily. In 2000, there were 246 business services and 94 mobile vendors. Since 1998, the surplus rural labor force has been going out to work, gradually becoming a new force of economic growth. By 2000, the total social output value of the township was 71.46 million yuan, 3.38 times higher than that of 16.32 million yuan in 1993. Among them, the total output value of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery was 37.24 million yuan, 2.84 times higher than that of 9.7 million yuan in 1993; the total industrial output value was 8.02 million yuan, 2.18 times higher than that of 2.525 million yuan in 1993; the per capita net income of farmers was 2953 yuan, 3.1 times higher than that of 723 yuan in 1993; and the township financial income was 2.21 million yuan. The people of the whole village have got rid of poverty.

tourist resources

Places of interest include Jinfeng riot memorial hall, Guangsheng temple and Yantai earth building. The natural landscape includes shuangjidong, donghuashan and Yantai terraces.

Folk customs

Chen Dongxiang's "April 8"

"April 8" in Chendong township is a traditional folk activity for hundreds of years. From the seventh day to the ninth day of the fourth lunar month, it takes three days for relatives and friends to gather, which is more lively than the Spring Festival. The main activity of "April 8" is to welcome Shenyou village. It has two origins: one is that its God is xie'an. Xie an is a famous minister in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He once led the army to control Fu Jian, king of Qin. He is famous for his victory in the battle of Feishui. In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, there were four famous families, Cui, Lu, Wang and Xie. Later, Lu Xun uprised and rebelled. Lu's family was involved in the extermination of the family. They accepted xie'an's rescue and fled to the south to open a foundation and breed. In memory of xie'an, the descendants of the Lu family worship him as a God. They gather to commemorate xie'an's birthday on the eighth day of April every year. It is said that the eighth day of April was originally called "Buddha Bathing day". On this day, Buddhists chanted Sutras in memory of the birth of Sakyamuni and bathed them with various famous perfumes to wash the statue of the birth of Sakyamuni. There is no way to find out whether the people of Chendong welcome xie'an or Sakyamuni. During the three-day activities, in order to welcome the gods out of the temple on the seventh day of the lunar new year, they first stood at the altar in the city, then went to Gaodong, Gaofeng and Shangcun, and finally spent the night in pitoujia. Go to Jiaokeng, rongjiao and Jiaotang on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year and spend the night in Gongxing. Altars were set up in villages along the way. Two days for the fasting period, for the fruit, cake Zi Bo. All catering businesses in Chendong were closed, and the masses all consciously fasted. On the ninth day of the lunar new year, altars were set up in xiapingpu and Chengcheng villages to offer meat such as pigs, chickens and fish. During the three days, the procession of welcoming the gods was full of banners and banners, drums and gongs, cigarettes and floats. The crowd was packed and the atmosphere was extremely warm. It was not until he sent Shenjia back to the temple that the activity ended.