Jicun Town, Dayu County, Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province

Jicun town

Jicun Town, Jiangxi Dayu County, Ganzhou Province, is located in the upper reaches of the county, and is located in the upper reaches of Zhang Yu. The area is 205.32 square kilometers, and the registered residence population is about 17 thousand and 900 people (2018). It has 9 administrative villages (2019). There are intangible cultural heritages such as Gannan Tea Picking Opera, Hakka folk songs and Jicun New Year songs.

In 2018, there were 82 industrial enterprises in Jicun town and 30 comprehensive stores or supermarkets with a business area of more than 50 square meters.

Historical evolution

In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it belonged to Youxian, Jicun, Shacun and Youyuan.

Republic of China, the third district and Jicun, Youxian 2 township

Before liberation, it belonged to Yuling, Zhangyuan and Hedong,

At the beginning of liberation, Jicun Township, Youxian Township, Shacun Township, Shanmu Township, Minzhu Township, Jiefang Township in the Sixth District and Youyuan Township in the seventh district.

In 1952, Shiyuan was divided into the Sixth District, belonging to Shiyuan, Jicun, Jisheng, Youxian, Minzhu, Jiefang, Hengzao, Shanmu and Shacun.

In 1956, it was changed into three villages: Jicun, Youxian and Shacun.

In the autumn of 1958, four senior communes in Sha Village were assigned to heshikeng reclamation farm, and the other seven established happy commune.

In 1959, it was renamed Jicun commune.

In 1961, it was merged with heshikeng reclamation farm.

In 1962, heshikeng farm was abolished and divided into three communes: Jicun, Shacun and Youxian.

In 1964, it was merged into Jicun commune.

In May 1984, it was changed to Jicun township.

In November 1993, Jicun township was abolished and Jicun town was established.

administrative division

In 2019, Jicun town has nine administrative villages: Zhongcun village, Shacun village, manbu village, Youyuan village, Jiefang village, Youxian village, Minzhu village, Shangcun village and Jicun village. The town government is stationed in jicunwei.

geographical environment

Location context

Jicun town is located in the west of Dayu County, upstream of zhangshui. East even Meiguan township (now Nanan town) and Fujiang township. It borders Nanxiong County, Guangdong Province in the south, Hedong Township and neiliang Township in the west, Dangping town (now Fujiang township) and niedu Township in Chongyi County in the north, with a total area of 205.32 square kilometers.

terrain

Jicun town is a mountainous area, high in the northwest and low in the southeast.

natural resources

There are coal mines in Jicun town.

population

In 1985, there were 2540 households and 13739 people in Jicun township.

In 2018, the registered residence of Ji village was 17940.

Economics

In the 1980s, Jicun had 14306 mu of arable land, mainly for rice. In 1985, the total grain output was more than 6050000 kg. There are 4 small (II) reservoirs, 41 ponds and dams, 120 water diversion projects and 6 water lifting projects. The effective irrigation area is 10668 mu, accounting for 74.57% of the cultivated land. There are 10 small hydropower stations, 12 installed units, 401 kW installed capacity and substations. There are more than 260000 mu of forest land, accounting for 80.73% of the total area, producing pine, fir, miscellaneous wood, bamboo and so on. The forest by-products include rosin, native paper, mushrooms, fungus and so on. Dongzhuang paper is exported to Hong Kong and Macao. There is maomaomaofeng state-owned forest farm in the territory. Township run enterprises include management department, trading company, power station, lime plant, bacterial fertilizer plant, motorcade, forest farm, floor plant, foundry, construction team, etc. In 1985, there were 93 employees and the total income of rural enterprises was 1.249 million yuan.

In 2018, there were 82 industrial enterprises in Jicun Town, and 30 comprehensive stores or supermarkets with a business area of more than 50 square meters.

social undertakings

education

In the 1980s, there were 2 middle schools and 23 primary schools in Jicun, with 2778 students and 100 teachers. The enrollment rate of school-age children reached 91.09%.

medical and health work

In the 1980s, Jicun had a township hospital with 14 beds and 17 medical staff, 12 rural medical stations and 26 rural doctors.

Jicun town has Dayu County Jicun Town Central Health Center, address in Dayu County Jicun town Zhongcun village qiaoxialong 12.

Polder construction

Jicun polder is 24.6 km away from the county, and the polder period is the second, fifth and eighth lunar calendar. In the 1980s, there were Youxian, Shacun, Youyuan and Sanwei.

Transportation

Since the completion of the highway in 1970, it has been open to traffic with neighboring villages and counties, and there are simple highways connecting every village.

History and culture

Gannan Tea Picking Opera

Gannan Tea Picking Opera is a native opera in Gannan, which originated from the late Ming Dynasty and the early Qing Dynasty and has a history of more than 400 years. It used to be called "Lantern play", "tea basket lantern" and "triangle class". The epidemic areas are Ganzhou, Ganxian, Anyuan, Xinfeng and Shaoguan, Qujiang, Wuhua, Xinfeng. After the Jiaqing period of Qing Dynasty, tea picking societies in Jiangxi and Guangdong provinces had frequent contacts. There were also many tea picking troupes in southern Jiangxi, which flowed into Wuping, Changting, Fujian, and southern Guangxi, Hunan in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. After the founding of the people's Republic of China in 1956, it was officially named Gannan Tea Picking Opera. In 2006, Gannan Tea Picking Opera was listed in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage protection list.

Hakka folk songs

Youyuan folk songs have been handed down for hundreds of years. Liang Ruqiu, Lao chaidou, Zhou Shuishui and other cultural elites in Dayu music circle have quietly stuck to the traditional Hakka folk songs culture, collected one folk song after another, discovered one by one mountain singers, refined and reconstructed the original folk songs, and re created them. There are more than 1000 popular folk songs, including more than 300 male and female singers and fans such as Li Kaide and Wei Xianfa. The Hakka folk songs adapted from the music elements of Dayu Hakka folk songs, such as "don't let the rain fall so much", "elder sister has a lot of time", "elder sister wants to go out to sing" and so on, have won the first prize, Gold Award and silver award in excellent Hakka folk song competitions in Jiangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, Hunan, Zhejiang and Pan Pearl River Delta.

New year's song of Jicun

Jicun New Year's song embodies the cultural characteristics of Hakka. It has a history of more than 600 years. It is evolved from Taoist song, with orthodox music pedigree, beautiful singing, simple emotion, easy to understand, and rich in strong flavor of life. Every Spring Festival, in every village of Jicun Town, Dayu County, people hold a grand performance of new year's songs. In 2013, Jicun New Year song was listed in the intangible cultural heritage protection list of Ganzhou City.

traditional custom

Sanding: digging tungsten sand on the mountain, commonly known as sanding or pouring bucket. In the past, we had to choose an auspicious day and build a shed near the sand. When the construction starts, two short bamboo tubes should be inserted in front of the shed door, incense candles should be lit, three sacrificial animals (fish, pig and duck) should be set on the ground, a black dog should be killed to get blood to sacrifice to the God of heaven, and if you don't go to work on the first and the fifteenth day of the first lunar new year, you should also make a tooth sacrifice. When you go to the gate of Longzi, you need to smoke to ward off evil spirits before you can enter. Don't whistle, shout and eat half cooked rice when you're looking for ore, so as to avoid evil.

Engagement: commonly known as Xiapin or xiacha. After the marriage, the man will choose the date and send the three animals, cakes and eggs to the woman's house with a five color carrying box. On that day, the woman's house will invite her relatives to eat the wedding wine and share the wedding gifts according to their relatives. When they get married, their relatives will double their gifts. You can't change it after engagement. You can exchange with each other in case of red and white events.

Marriage: that is, marriage, commonly known as the door. In advance, the man must choose the date of auspicious omen, write a red letter, and inform the woman of the date. If the woman has no objection, the date of marriage will be decided. On the day of passing by, the man's family should send five Animal gifts to the woman's family the day before, and the family members and friends of the woman's family should prepare their gifts in the morning of the wedding day to celebrate the wedding. At noon, the man's family will pick up the bride's dowry from the sedan chair (or horse in the old days, or car now). The bride will get on the sedan chair (horse or car) surrounded by the bridesmaids to get married. When they meet, a man carries two bamboo shoots tied together, with big red cloth on the top. Accompanied by drums, trumpets and firecrackers, they rush to the man's house. The man's bridegroom greets them in front of the door. After entering the door, they hold a wedding ceremony, worship heaven and earth, enter the bridal chamber and entertain guests.

Red Culture

Youyuan and Minzhu villages in Jicun are old revolutionary bases. Since 1934, guerrillas have often carried out revolutionary activities in the area of maomaomaofeng (Beishan) until liberation.

Local specialties

Glutinous rice and Dioscorea cirrhosa wine

Glutinous rice and Dioscorea cirrhosa wine is a traditional hospitality dish with strong local flavor in Dayu. This wine is sweet and delicious. It can promote blood circulation and invigorate Qi. The raw materials used are Dioscorea (dioscoreaceae) and local glutinous rice wine. Production method: wash the fresh Dioscorea cirrhosa, brush the Dioscorea cirrhosa into paste with Dayu Hakka traditional appliance "net brush", put it into oil pan and bake it until it is yellowish and massive, then put the roasted Dioscorea cirrhosa into glutinous rice wine and cook it, and then put it into ginger, brown sugar and so on to eat.

He Bao Zan

Hebaozan, also known as hebaorou, is a traditional specialty of Dayu. It has the fragrance of lotus leaf, pork, glutinous rice, and several seasonings. It tastes oily but not greasy. The fragrance can fill the stomach and combine the food. To make this dish, first pick the fresh lotus leaves, wash and dry them, then mix them with glutinous rice and japonica rice. Stir fry the rice until yellowish and fragrant. Then add some fennel, star anise and other spices to grind the flour. Cut the pork into a square of about one inch, marinate it with salt, soy sauce and cooking wine for one hour, and boil the pork bones into soup, Make the pork, rice flour and water evenly, dry and wet moderately, then use lotus leaf to wrap the meat and flour into a cone, and steam for several hours according to the amount of Zan in the pouch (subject to the rotten meat).

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