Yanxi Town, Xiajiang County, Ji'an City, Jiangxi Province

Yanxi town

Yanxi town is located in the northwest of Xiajiang County, Ji'an City, Jiangxi Province. It is 37 kilometers away from Shuibian town. Geping in the East, Luotian in the south, Baqiu in the southeast, Jinjiang in the southwest and Xinyu in the northwest. Covering an area of 119.96 square kilometers, it governs 10 villagers' committees in Yanxi, Pengxi, Hongqiao, juexi, Yinshan, JinFang, Buxi, Pingtou, Zhuoling and zhuoxi, with a permanent population of 12560 (2017).

Brief introduction of villages and towns

Yanxi town is located in the northwest of Xiajiang county. When the county was established in the Ming Dynasty, it belonged to Duanjin Township and Yangming Township respectively. It was called Longjiang Township in the 27th year of the Republic of China, Hongqiao Township, Yanxi Township, Buxi Township and Zhuoling Township in 1950, Yanxi commune in 1958, Zhuoling commune and Buxi commune in 1961, merged in 1963, Shuidong commune merged into Yanxi in 1968, Shuidong commune separated out in 1972, and Yanxi Township in 1984 In 1993, the township was changed to a town, and the organizational system was changed to Yanxi town. the town covers an area of 119.96 square kilometers, with 10 village committees, 82 natural villages, 114 villager groups and a permanent population of 12560 (2017). The cultivated land area is 31391 mu, the per capita cultivated land is 2.6 mu, and the forest land area is 115873 mu. Characteristic agricultural products include tobacco, waxberry, Artemisia, etc.; industrial products include iron ore powder, tungsten ore, quartz powder, granite, etc. Hongqiao, Yanxi, Pengxi and Buxi are relatively flat, and other places are located in low hills. Dashan (338.1 meters) is located in the south of the territory, which is the highest point in the territory. The main mineral resources are quartz, tungsten, granite and iron ore. The quality of Pengxi mojingyu granite is the best. the main runoff in the territory is Panlong River and its tributaries. Among them, Panlong River flows about 16 kilometers in the territory. Water resources are abundant. At present, there are 1 small (1) reservoir, 10 small (2) reservoirs, 143 mountain ponds, 18 water diversion channels and 21 pumping and irrigation equipment in the town. In the fourth year of Shaosheng reign of Song Dynasty, he Changyan, the number one scholar, was born in Qingshui prefecture (now abandoned, near Hongqiao); JinFang was the hometown of Zeng Ying, the Minister of history at the end of Ming Dynasty, the crown prince, Taibao and bachelor; Liao Ziqing and Hu Guannan, the pioneers of Xiajiang revolution, were born in Pengxi and Lingjiang respectively. In June 1930, the first workers' and peasants' Congress of Xiajiang county was held in Yanxi village, and Xiajiang Jiangsu Soviet government was established. Yanxi native Hu Qiyun was the first chairman of Xiajiang Soviet government. so far, Yanxi town has thoroughly implemented the scientific outlook on development, showing a good trend of rapid and coordinated development of economic construction and social undertakings. Characteristic agriculture has been developing steadily, and tobacco production has been more than ten thousand tons for six consecutive years. Breakthroughs have been made in infrastructure construction. More than 60 kilometers of village roads have been reconstructed. Farmers' markets, town government offices and streets have been rebuilt. Passenger stations and homes for the aged have been built. Beautiful rural construction sites such as Pengxia group and Pengxi group have been built. 100% of administrative villages and more than 98% of village groups have concrete roads. Provincial ecological towns have been created and rated as national ecological towns in 2012. The construction of grass-roots organizations has been strengthened. 10 village level venues have been newly built and rebuilt, and village level leading groups have been well equipped. The combat effectiveness of grass-roots organizations has been effectively improved, and the quality of cadres has been significantly improved.

Historical evolution

In June 1930, the first Congress of workers, peasants and soldiers of Xiajiang county was held in HuanGong Temple of Yanxi village, and the Soviet government of Xiajiang county was established. The former site of the conference is now a cultural relic protection unit at the county level. He Changyan, the number one scholar of the Song Dynasty, was born in qingshuizhou, Hongqiao; JinFang village was the hometown of Zeng Ying, the Minister of the Ministry of officials, the crown prince and the great scholar of wenyuange. Modern historical figures include Liao Ziqing, Hu Guanlan, etc.

geographical environment

Yanxi town has excellent geographical location and convenient transportation. It is adjacent to Geping Township in the East, Luotian town in the south, Baqiu town in the southeast and Xinyu City in the northwest. The town government is 37 km away from Xiajiang new County, 105 National Highway and Beijing Kowloon Railway, 7 km away from Xiajiang exit of Jiangxi Guangdong Expressway, and only 30 km away from Xinyu City. Xiahong highway, a provincial secondary oil road, passes through the town. At present, there is one junior middle school, one primary school and one health center.

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