Mianchuan Town, Pengze County, Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province

Mianchuan town

Mianchuan Town, also known as babaozhou, is known as the "star of Chinese villages and towns". It is an island town on a large alluvial continent in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. It is located in the middle of the Yangtze River and surrounded by water on all sides. The whole town belongs to the Yangtze River impact plain terrain. It is located at the border of Jiangxi and Anhui provinces and is under the jurisdiction of Pengze County, Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province.

The upstream of mianchuan town is Xiaogushan of the Yangtze River. The south bank is opposite to madangji of the Yangtze River, and the northwest is across the Yangtze River from Susong and Wangjiang counties of Anhui Province.

The total area of the town is 106.2 square kilometers, 6.5 kilometers long from east to west and 16.8 kilometers wide from north to south. The cultivated land is 42000 mu, and the cotton planting area is 35000 mu. The town has 12 administrative villages with a population of 38136 (2017).

Mianchuan town is a rich land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River. In addition to the vast water surface of the Yangtze River, there is also a 15 kilometer long polder in Jiajiang River, which runs straight from east to west. The river is crisscross and scattered all over the world. It is a unique natural breeding farm.

natural resources

Mianchuan town has a subtropical humid monsoon climate. The annual average temperature is 16.5 ℃ and the frost free period is 247 days. The average annual rainfall is about 1300 mm. The soil is calcareous fluvo aquic soil with deep soil, moderate texture and potential fertility. It is suitable for planting all kinds of crops, especially cotton. Mianchuan town is a rich land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River. In addition to the vast water surface of the Yangtze River, there are 30 Li Long dinei Jiajiang River, which runs straight from east to west. The river is crisscross and scattered. It is a unique natural breeding farm.

economic development

The communications, posts and Telecommunications of mianchuan town are flourishing. In addition to making full use of the golden waterway of the Yangtze River to develop water transportation, there are many ferry terminals for carrying passengers and vehicles in towns and villages. Nantong Madang, Jiujiang, north to Wangjiang, Anqing, the day back and forth. 22 Huali cement highway and 64 Huali ring dike highway have been built in the town. The town, village and group roads are connected to form a three-level traffic network. Cable TV and program-controlled telephone have entered the homes of ordinary people.

The land of civilization

Mianchuan town has made great achievements in the construction of spiritual civilization. There are TV stations, cultural stations, influence hospitals, hospitals, health care stations and homes for the aged in the town. There are broadcasting rooms, elderly, middle-aged, young and juvenile activity centers in every village. There is a senior middle school in the town. There are 4 junior middle schools, 32 primary schools and 99% of school-age children. There are many talented people inside and outside the town. Mianchuan town has been awarded the title of "provincial advanced township party committee" and "provincial advanced township (town) people's government". The civil servants of mianchuan town have been awarded the title of "excellent grass-roots civil servants" by the provincial Party committee and the provincial government. What's more exciting for the cotton boat people is that on March 20, 1995, Comrade Jiang Zemin personally visited the cotton boat, visited the farmers, and had intimate talks with the cotton farmers and grassroots cadres. Cotton boat people have lived up to Comrade Jiang Zemin's ardent hope. They have conquered floods, droughts and insect pests for three consecutive years, and created a miracle of stable and high yield in disaster years, keeping 100000 loads of lint.

Jurisdiction

Mianchuan town has jurisdiction over Jinzhou community, Jiangxin village, Shengzhou village, Guangming Village, Xinhong village, Chaoyang village, Xinzhou village, Xindan village, Rixin village, Liangzhou village, Fupai village, Jinxing village, tingzichen village and mianke Institute.

Population migration

In recent 100 years, most of the immigrants in Pengze County were from Tongcheng county and Zongyang County. the first large-scale immigration took place in the early years of the Republic of China. In Tongcheng county annals (1995 edition), there is such a record in the column of memorabilia: "in 1913, Fang Lvzhong, an industrialist, bought wasteland and reed fields in Dongliu, Pengze and other places, recruited farmers from his hometown to reclaim 100000 mu, and immigrated tens of thousands of people." (see 18 pages of Tongcheng county annals). Fang Lvzhong (1864-1939), the word Yushan, the word hire business. Nanxiang (now belonging to Zongyang County), a famous industrialist in the late Qing Dynasty and the late Republic of China, was the main leader of Tongcheng School in the struggle against British and Japanese merchants occupying copper mines in Anhui Province. His works include "Zhen Min Bu Zhen", "Tongcheng Mingxian poetry collection" and so on. In Pengze County, there are mainly taipo Lake Basin, fanghu Lake Basin and along the Yangtze River, such as mianchuan, Yangliu of Madang, Yuejin and boat shape, Baiwei of Langxi, Yongle of Taiping, Furong Taizi, Hongguang and so on. Among the immigrants, Zongyang County is the most. Zongyang County has always been divided into Nanxiang and Dongxiang. Because Fang Lvzhong is a native of Yijin in Zongyang County and belongs to Nanxiang, Nanxiang people (Zongyang accent heard most in Pengze) are the most popular, followed by Dongxiang People (mianchuanchaoyang accent). The immigrants of Tongcheng county are mainly close to the districts of Zongyang County, such as kongcheng. The second large-scale migration occurred after the flood in 1954 and during the great leap forward, with tens of thousands more. This time it was caused by natural and man-made disasters. The second large-scale migration is based on the first one, which is to seek for a life and turn to relatives and friends, leaving home. According to the annals of Zongyang County, "in 1959, the population density of the county was 297 people per square kilometer, and it dropped to 270 people in 1960." It implicitly explains the miserable experience of the common people in our county during the great leap forward. In just one year or so from 1959 to 1960, the population per square kilometer decreased by 27. The total area of Zongyang is 1808.1 square kilometers, and the total population has decreased by more than 48800 people (even if the natural birth rate and the ordinary death rate can offset each other). Of course, most of these people died of hunger and disease, but there are also a few people who left their hometown. Pengze is probably the place with the most immigrants. The first group of immigrants has experienced about five generations, and the second group has more than three generations. Only the second batch of them are alive, but they are still in their twilight years. Their sweat accompanied by tears irrigated the fertile fields of harvest and opened up a new world for their children and grandchildren. Their descendants live happily in Pengze, but we must remember the courage and diligence of our ancestors, let alone the hardship and bitterness of our ancestors! Most of Langxi Town, taibohu Development Zone, Hongguang factory speak Zongyang dialect, half of Madang town speak Zongyang dialect, and a small part of Longcheng Town, Huangling town and Dingshan town speak Zongyang dialect. Most of Zongyang dialect is concentrated in the more developed areas along the Yangtze River, but to be honest, the overall living standard of Zongyang people in Pengze is not as good as ours . There are many "Tongcheng men" in Pengze County, but in fact most of them are from Zongyang (Zongyang was the Dongxiang and Nanxiang of Tongcheng at that time), which of course has something to do with Fang Lvzhong being a Nanxiang of Tongcheng. Few people pay attention to the history of Zongyang people immigrating to Pengze. There are only a few figures in the annals of Zongyang County. history, what is history? I said that the history buried in the dark and cold land is the real history, the history with flesh and blood that can cry and laugh. At present, Pengze County has a population of only 340000, but its ancestral home is Tongcheng (more than Zongyang), which is close to 100000. If we add the Tongcheng people who are now in Wangjiang county and Susong County (formerly Pengze County Administrative Division) of Anhui Province (the "tongchenglao" in these places are no less than Pengze's "tongchenglao", then we can calculate by this category), There are at least 300000 "Tongcheng men", of which at least 200000 are "Zongyang men", who have lived hundreds of miles away from Zongyang. For nearly a hundred years, these Zongyang people still retain the dialect and customs of Zongyang, and "Zongyang dialect" has been widely used here. Ha ha, their ancestors left their hometown and transformed the barren land into good farmland, How many people have to transport that bone back to their hometown before they die. Which family of Zongyang people in Pengze doesn't have a bitter past? Which family has no story of joys and sorrows? in Chinese history, there were many times of immigrants caused by war, famine, economy and other reasons, but there are few records in official history in countries with such rich historical works. Zongyang dialect is one of the four major dialects in Pengze, which is second only to the local dialect. Mianchuan, where Zongyang people are concentrated, is the place where Pengze's contemporary celebrities are most abundant.

Historical sites

The formation of cotton boat began in the middle of Ming Dynasty, and the village was built in the end of Ming Dynasty. So far, it has a history of more than 600 years. In history, there are many appellations such as Emeizhou, babaozhou, Liangzhou and babaozhou. In October 1912, Dr. Sun Yat Sen inspected the waters of Pengze section of the Yangtze River and specially mentioned the importance of "Liangzhou island" (that is, cotton boat) in the part of "the general plan for the founding of the people's Republic of China" on the regulation of the Yangtze River. Mianchuan town is a patriotic education base at the county level. The battle of crossing the Yangtze River started here on April 21, 1949. The "Lingzhi" ferry (located in Jiangxin village, mianchuan town) is known as "the first ferry to liberate Jiangnan", and is an important scenic spot in the main scenic area of the rape flower tourism and Culture Festival. After the founding of new China, Jiangbei District was established here. In 1958, Jiangbei people's commune was established. During this period, cotton planting began to spread in a large area and formed a large scale. The number of immigrants gradually increased, forming the first wave of immigrants after the founding of the people's Republic of China. In October 1962, Shao Shiping, then governor of Jiangxi Province, visited Jiangbei commune. He saw that the place was surrounded by water, the terrain was like a boat, and it was rich in cotton. So he proposed to change its name to mianchuan commune, and wrote the title of "mianchuan people's commune" in his own hand. The title of mianchuan has been followed up to now. In 1984, mianchuan township was changed, and in March 1994, mianchuan town was established.

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