Ziqiu Town, Changyang Tujia Autonomous County, Yichang City, Hubei Province

Ziqiu town

Ziqiu town belongs to Changyang Tujia Autonomous County, Yichang City, Hubei Province. It borders yayakou Township in the East, Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County in the south, Yuxiakou town in the West and Huoshaoping Township in the north. Ziqiu belongs to the subtropical monsoon climate zone, with the ground elevation between 201 m and 2100 M.

As of 2012, Ziqiu town has a land area of 371.9 square kilometers (2017), 19 administrative villages and 1 Community under its jurisdiction, with a total population of 37702 (2017). In 2012, the town's GDP reached 578 million yuan.

Ziqiu town is a subtropical monsoon climate zone. It is located in high mountains and valleys with an altitude of 201 m to 2100 m. It is rich in citrus and tea. On January 9, 2019, she was selected into the list of "hometown of Chinese folk culture and art" from 2018 to 2020 by virtue of sayeerhe.

Historical evolution

In ancient times, Ziqiu area once became one of the trade and logistics centers in southern Hubei due to its superior geographical location. In the first year of Jiaqing in the Qing Dynasty (1796), an uprising of Bailian religion led by Tujia farmers Lin Zhihua, Qin Shihui and Qin Jiayao broke out. In October 1930, the first Soviet government of Changyang County was established. It was stationed in Machi (originally in Ziqiu District), and Soviet township governments were set up in various places. after the outbreak of the Anti Japanese War, the county longzhouping was occupied, and the county government was forced to move westward. Ziqiu became the command center of the county's Anti Japanese and national salvation. In November 1949, Ziqiu was liberated. after the founding of new China, Baojia system was changed to district township system. The county was divided into seven districts and Ziqiu into five districts. After the land reform in 1953, the county was divided into 12 districts and Ziqiu into 7 districts. In April 1956, the county changed its place name to district name, and 7 districts to Ziqiu district. In August 1958, Ziqiu district was abolished and two people's communes, Xiwan commune and linxiangxi commune, were established. In December of the same year, the two communes merged into Ziqiu commune. In April 1961, Ziqiu district was restored and its administrative area was changed into commune. in November 1975, the whole county was withdrawn and merged with Ziqiu District, and Ziqiu district was abolished. Quxi, Huangbaishan, Zhongxi, Tianyan and Ziqiu towns were still Ziqiu communes, which were located in Ziqiu town. in August 1980, Ziqiu Houshan landslide was induced by the earthquake and was relocated to Taoshan with the approval of the provincial government. in January 1981, Ziqiu and Taoshan merged into Ziqiu commune, and Ziqiu town (small town) moved to Taoshan. In 1984, the town and community were divided and Ziqiu district was restored. The communes under its jurisdiction were townships. in the winter of 1985, the actual administrative region was merged, Ziqiu town was integrated, and the jurisdiction remained unchanged. in October 1987, the original Ziqiu district was merged into Ziqiu town and Huangbaishan township; in 2001, the township was merged into Ziqiu town and Huangbaishan Township, which was under the jurisdiction of Changyang County.

administrative division

As of 2012, Ziqiu town has 19 administrative villages including shuilian village, Jiulong village, Tianchikou village, Shibei village, tianheping village, yangjiaqiao village, liusongping village, wufangling village, quanshuiwan village, liangshuisi village, wanlicheng village, xiyangpo village, Ziqiu village, linxiangxi village, chenjiaping village, zhuyuanping village, Huangbaishan village, duiwuxi Village and Zhongxi Village, and one community in Taoshan community.

geographical environment

Location context

Ziqiu town is located in the west of Changyang Tujia Autonomous County, Hubei Province, bordering yayakou Township in the East, Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County in the south, Yuxiakou town in the West and Huoshaoping Township in the north. The total area of the town is 371.9 square kilometers (2017), and the geographical coordinates range from 110 ° 33 ′ - 110 ° 49 ′ E and 30 ° 16 ′ - 30 ° 32 ′ n.

topographic features

Ziqiu town is located in high mountains and canyons. The terrain is mainly three-dimensional canyons, with an altitude of 201 meters to 2100 meters.

climate

Ziqiu town belongs to subtropical monsoon climate zone, with typical three-dimensional climate characteristics, humid and rainy climate, annual average temperature of 18 ° C, annual average rainfall of 1100-1400mm.

natural resources

land resource

as of 2012, the total land area of Ziqiu town is 37426 hectares, including 6048.2 hectares of cultivated land, 784.69 hectares of garden land, 24813.62 hectares of forest land, 33.7 hectares of pasture land, 833.18 hectares of construction land and 4599.66 hectares of unused land.

Animal and plant resources

The main plants in Ziqiu town are Davidia involucrata, Ginkgo biloba, Bauhinia, Duzhong, papaya, Phellodendron amurense, etc.; the main animals are Swertia, hare, boar, badger, porcupine, fox, etc.

mineral resources

the mineral resources of Ziqiu town include coal mines and iron ores, among which the coal mines are mainly distributed in yangjiaqiao, Tianchikou, duiwuxi and xiyangpo, with geological reserves of 150 million tons.

population

37702 (2017)

economic development

overview

In 2012, Ziqiu town achieved a GDP of 578 million yuan, a local public budget revenue of 6.65 million yuan, a fixed asset investment of 92.7 million yuan, a national tax of 3.4664 million yuan, a local tax of 7.8735 million yuan, and an annual per capita net income of 3073 yuan.

primary industry

In 2012, the agriculture in Ziqiu town was mainly planting and breeding. The annual rural economic income was 258 million yuan, and the total output value of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and sideline fishery was 490 million yuan. The main agricultural products are: tobacco, tea, alpine vegetables, medicinal materials, Ponkan, etc.; the sown area of grain is 800 hectares, with a total yield of more than 6000 tons, 7500 kg per hectare; the sown area of oil is 1071 hectares, with a total yield of 1478 tons; there are 120000 pigs, 70000 goats, and more than 120000 domestic birds; the area of other economic crops is 4249 hectares, with a total yield of 64432.3 tons.

the secondary industry

The industry in Ziqiu town is mainly mining and processing of mineral products and deep processing of agricultural products. In 2012, the total industrial output value of the town was 66.86 million yuan, with 24 industrial enterprises and 537 employees. The main industrial categories are coal, hydropower, etc., and the main industrial products are coal, iron ore, high pour point soil, etc.

the service sector; the tertiary industry

In 2012, there were 2 financial outlets in Ziqiu Town, with the end of the year deposit balance of 200 million yuan in credit cooperatives and 150 million yuan in postal savings; the total retail sales of social consumer goods was 66.21 million yuan, including 7 hotels, hostels and guest houses, 200 beds; and 3 designated tourist vehicles with a certain scale and reception capacity.

social undertakings

infrastructure

In 2012, Ziqiu town built 7 docks, including one for passenger transport and one for freight transport, two for automobile ferry and three for pedestrian ferry; 650 km of village road can reach 100% of natural villages, 450 km of village group road hardening mileage, 70% hardening rate; 7 bridges; 1500 program-controlled telephones, 1200 broadband users, 25000 mobile phones of China Mobile and China Unicom, 780 cable TV users, comprehensive TV coverage The rate is 100%. The town has laid 8000 meters of water pipeline, with a daily water supply capacity of 2000 tons, 1745 households, and 15 km of water supply pipe network; excavated 2 km of sewer; 1 liquefied gas station; 1 Park, 2 landscaping sites, covering an area of 2 mu, with a greening rate of 20%; installed 90 street lighting lamps; equipped with 30 garbage cans, 19 garbage pools, and 1 garbage disposal site.

cultural education

In 2012, there were 1 senior high school, 1 junior high school, 5 primary schools, 1 kindergarten, 258 in-service teachers and 3188 students in Ziqiu Town, including 1016 middle school students, 1320 primary school students and 852 kindergarten children (including 180 preschool students). The enrollment rate of school-age children was 100%, and the proportion of primary school to primary school was 100%. The enrollment rate of junior middle school age population is 100%, the enrollment rate of junior middle school is 100%, and the coverage rate of nine-year compulsory education is 100%.

medical and health work

In 2012, Ziqiu town had one central health center, 78 hospital staff, 52 village clinics and 55 doctors; 12629 households participated in the new rural cooperative medical insurance, 32898 people, with the coverage rate of 92%; the family planning rate was 100%, the birth rate was 8.25 ‰, and the sex ratio at birth was 111:100.

social security

In 2012, a total of 3069 households with 3611 people in Ziqiu town were provided with the minimum living allowance of 3104808 yuan; 159 elderly people with five guarantees in rural areas were provided with centralized support of 44 people, with an expenditure of 92400 yuan, while 115 people were provided with scattered support, with an expenditure of 184000 yuan.

traffic

Ziqiu town is located in mountainous area, and its external traffic mainly depends on mountainous roads. There are 83 kilometers of county roads and 345 kilometers of township roads.

Folk customs

festival celebration

There are many Tujia people in Ziqiu Town, and the most distinctive Festival is "Celebrating the new year", that is, the time of celebrating the new year is one day earlier than that of the Han nationality.

faith

The folk belief in Ziqiu town is prosperous, people respect animism and ancestor worship. It is the common creed of Ziqiu and even the whole Tujia people to believe in the white tiger. There is a folk saying that "the white tiger sits in the hall, and the God of the family sits in the hall". There has always been a primitive ancestor worship in the local area, that is, the worship of the king. He is the ancestor of Ba people. People set up a temple for him, which is called Xiangwang temple.

diet

The more traditional dishes in Ziqiu town include steamed pork with flour and Maoxue, stewed tofu with mutton, bacon and lazy tofu. Residents in the town like spicy food, pickles and drinks. Ziqiu people pay attention to wine culture, in the past, there was eating ZA

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