Zhaochen Town, Ruichang City, Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province

Zhaochen town

Zhaochen town is located in the western border of Ruichang City, Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province, bordering Huayuan Township in the East, Paradise Township in the south, Shiling Township in the north, Yanggang town in Yangxin County, Hubei Province across the river in the west, with a total area of 53.01 square kilometers. There are Hengling mountains around the town, Dashan mountain in the south, Dayang mountain in the West and Shishan mountain in the north, forming a large basin in the middle, inhabiting 80% of the residents in the town The altitude is high in the East and low in the West. The three small rivers all flow westward into the bamen River and into the Yangtze River through Yangxin Fuchi.

Historical evolution

The name of zhaochen town can be traced back to the Southern Song Dynasty. According to the records of place names of Ruichang County, in the first year of Kaixing in the Southern Song Dynasty, Chen you moved from guoguozhuang, Hubei Province (now Shangbao village, Yanggang Town, Yangxin County, Hubei Province) to the north entrance of Ruichang paradise and settled down in the west of feifeng cave. His residence was named "zhaochenkou" for the purpose of Zhaoxiang Chen family. Zhaochenkou was renamed as "eight gates" in Hongwu year of Ming Dynasty. During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, Hunan, Hubei and Jiangxi provinces set up the arrest mansion here. The name of the mansion still uses the word "zhaochen" for good luck. In the Qing Dynasty, "Tongzhi Ruichang county annals" recorded as honger township.

geographical environment

In the 1980s, when the commune and its subordinate organs moved from huafangpu to huafangnao, there was only a sandy street of more than 100 meters. After the township was built, the town government encouraged villagers, especially those in remote mountainous areas, to move to market towns, attracting neighboring industrial and commercial households to start businesses. Now the market town is connected with zhangshuxia village in the East, henglupu village in the south, menkouwu village in the West and huafangpu village in the north, covering an area of 18 square meters It's 36 times that in the 1980s. There are 6 hardened streets in the town, 2470 meters long, with 720 households and a population of 3654. It is now the trade and material distribution center of zhaochen, Hongyi, Yueyuan and Yanggang, 56 kilometers away from the urban area.

Economic overview

According to the spirit of (GFF {2003} No.5) "opinions of Jiangxi provincial Party committee and provincial people's Government on further promoting the supporting reform of rural taxes and fees", in the winter of 2003, the original henglupu village was merged into Jianping village, shuiduan village into Huafang village, and there were 8 and 6 village committees. There are 103 villager groups and 61 villager groups, one forest farm and 78 natural villages. The total number of households in the town is 8029, including 2951 agricultural households and 672 non-agricultural households. The existing cultivated land area is 9533 mu, including 4732 mu of water area, 4801 mu of dry land area, 43335 mu of mountain farm area and 16620 mu of mountain forest area.

The expansion of the scale of the town and the development of economy have brought prosperity of Commerce and trade. There are 8 Industrial Enterprises (brick factories) and 1 electronic factory in the town, with an annual output value of 6 million, 300 employees, 138 individual or joint-stock commercial shops, an annual sales revenue of 8 million yuan and 260 employees. Among them, there are 4 large and medium-sized supermarkets with an annual sales revenue of 3 million yuan. Zhennian deposit is mainly composed of coal, which is distributed in the surrounding foothills. It belongs to Leping coal series (smokeless). Its calorific value is more than 6000 kcal, and its surface limestone is inexhaustible. Its storage capacity ranks first in the city.

In 2018, the total agricultural output value was 65.78 million yuan, the total fiscal revenue was 34.2263 million yuan, and the per capita net income of farmers was 10298.86 yuan.

social undertakings

Zhaochen middle school was founded in 1967, following Ruichang No.2 Middle School (formerly Ruichang middle school). In 1969, the high school department was established and became a complete middle school. In 1999, the city's teaching network was adjusted and the high school department was abolished. It became a junior middle school, with 2 primary schools and 5 village primary schools. The town has 120 teaching staff, 2100 students and 97% of school-age children. The town cultural radio and Television Service Center has realized the transmission of TV optical cable, and can receive 34 sets of TV programs.

Zhaochen now has a hospital with 16 medical staff, 18 beds, X-ray machine, gastroscope, B-ultrasound, ECG and other equipment, 7 rural medical rooms and 21 medical staff.

Scenic Spots and Historical Sites

Ancient Architectural Buildings

The ancient building in the town has a rock arch bridge. According to the genealogical records, it was built in the Ming Dynasty. Now it is well preserved. The ancient ruins include the residence of the Soviet people's Government on the border of longyangrui during the land revolution in Tanjia section. There are nine ancient temples, including Longevity Palace, Pengtang temple, Bole temple, Hengling temple, and Notre Dame temple. A large number of rare tree species have been found in dahetang village. Among them, Taxus chinensis, a rare ancient tree over two or three hundred years old, has a height of 20 meters, a diameter of 1.8 meters, and a crown of 190 square meters. It is estimated that the tree age is about 840 years. There is an ancient ginkgo tree in qujiajing village, which is 16 meters high, a diameter of 1.1 meters, and a crown of 110 square meters The tree is about 300 years old.

limestone cave

There are many karst caves in zhaochen, such as feifeng tunnel, Wanfu cave, Guanyin cave, Tianmen cave, Yanshan cave, etc. However, it was not developed. The flying wind tunnel is one of the eight sceneries of zhaochen. The entrance is about Zhang high, and the height of the cave is more than ten meters, with an area of about 100 square meters. The top of the cave is slightly lower, but it is wide, about 200 square meters. The grotesque rocks in the cave have three sceneries in one step. The "stone mound", "mushroom cloud" and "crown umbrella" formed by dripping water are natural and lifelike. In particular, the "wind wings" stone seal on the top of the first cave, which is clearly visible so far, attracts ancient and modern tourists to linger. Sun Weilong, a famous person in the Ming Dynasty, traveled here. He inscribed "Longfeng cave" on the stone wall at the entrance of the cave, and the inscription "the title of sun Weilong, king of Chu in the Ming Dynasty" can be seen clearly.