Gutian Town, Liancheng County, Longyan City, Fujian Province

Gutian town

Gutian Town, belonging to Liancheng County, Longyan City, Fujian Province, is located in the east of Liancheng County. The total area of the town is 307.19 square kilometers, and the registered residence population is 21725 (2018). It has 1 communities and 14 administrative villages (October 2019), and 205 national highway and Yong Wu Expressway pass through.

In 2018, there were 38 industrial enterprises in Gutian Town, including 6 Industrial Enterprises above Designated Size and 4 comprehensive stores or supermarkets with a business area of more than 50 square meters.

Historical evolution

Song Dynasty, for Gutian regiment.

Ming and Qing Dynasties, for gutianli.

In the Republic of China, it was Gutian town.

After 1949, it was Gutian district.

In 1958, Gutian commune was established.

In 1984, Gutian town was built.

administrative division

In 1996, Gutian town governed 15 administrative villages: Hualong village, Shangbao village, Zhongbao village, Xiabao village, Houyang village, dayangdi village, Guokeng village, Xikou village, Chengdou village, Changxiao village, Shangyu village, Xiayu village, Donghua village, Bailian village and Jiedao village.

As of October 2019, Gutian town has jurisdiction over one community and 14 administrative villages: Yongxin community, Hualong village, Shangbao village, Zhongbao village, Xiabao village, Houyang village, dayangdi village, Guokeng village, Xikou village, Chengdou village, changjiao village, Shangyu village, Xiayu village, Donghua village and Bailian village. The town government is located in Zhongbao village.

geographical environment

Location context

Gutian town is located in the east of Liancheng County, at the junction of Longyan and Sanming, and adjacent to Yong'an City. It is the east gate of Liancheng County, 36 kilometers away from the county in the west, with an area of 307.19 square kilometers.

climate

Gutian town has a subtropical monsoon climate with an average annual temperature of 18.3 ℃ and a frost free period of 220 days.

hydrology

Gutian river is one of the four major streams in Liancheng, which belongs to the upper reaches of Yanjiang River in Shaxi basin of Minjiang River.

natural resources

Gutian town is rich in forest, water and mineral resources, with 28700 hectares of forest land, known as the part of oasis and gene bank in the Tropic of cancer zone. It has 16000 hectares of timber forest, 100000 mu of Phyllostachys pubescens forest, and 12 million bamboo shoots per year. It is adjacent to Laiyuan, Quxi, Xiaotao and other towns, with more than 260000 mu of Phyllostachys pubescens forest, which is the main production area of Phyllostachys pubescens in Western Fujian More than 20000 kilowatts of hydropower resources have been developed, and there are minerals such as silicon, tungsten, copper, molybdenum, iron, fluorite, quartzite, granite, etc.

population

In 2017, there were 20561 permanent residents in Gutian town.

In 2018, the registered residence of guntian town was 21725.

Economics

The agriculture of Gutian town is mainly rice, planting water bamboo and other vegetables. Many villages belong to selenium rich belt, and the crops planted are rich in trace element selenium. Sanhuang chicken and Muscovy duck are cultivated in Gutian town.

During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, Yuban paper, writing paper and memorial paper were produced. It is one of the largest Xuan paper bases in China. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, Gutian handmade paper inherited and developed the traditional crafts, and produced Xuan paper, Lianshi paper, Yuban paper, writing paper, Fenlian paper and other products.

In 2018, there were 38 industrial enterprises in Gutian Town, including 6 Industrial Enterprises above Designated Size and 4 comprehensive stores or supermarkets with a business area of more than 50 square meters.

traffic

Gutian town has 205 national highway and Yongwu Expressway (G25) passing through.

social undertakings

education

Gutian Central Primary School in Liancheng County

Science and technology

The manufacturing method of Lianshi paper won the national invention patent.

medical and health work

History and culture

Hakka culture

Gutian town has profound Hakka folk culture. On the Lantern Festival in 2012, you Dalong of Gutian successfully declared the Guinness world record with a total length of 791.5 meters, and Gutian Dalong is known as "the first dragon in the world"; Gongwang temple, Xishan Zhuzi temple, cliff carvings, peasant poetry society, Guandi Temple of Ming and Qing Dynasties, which is known as "the first temple of Hakka Gongwang", and the seventh batch of county-level cultural relics protection units in Zhongbao village, are the third in Liancheng County A total of 23 immovable cultural relics in Gutian town were investigated and registered within the geographical and time limits specified in the second national cultural relics survey.

Production technology of rice paper in Liancheng

Liancheng Xuan paper production process is listed as the second batch of provincial intangible cultural heritage by Fujian Provincial People's government.

famous scenery

There are Ziyang academy and sanlongjing in Gutian town.

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