Cihe Town, Gucheng County, Xiangyang City, Hubei Province

Cihe town

Cihe town is located on the Bank of the Han River in Gucheng County, Hubei Province, 25 kilometers west of Xiangyang City and 45 kilometers east of Gucheng. It is located in the half-hour economic circle of the main urban areas of Xiangyang and Gucheng. It is known as the "East Gate of Gucheng" and "back garden of Xiangyang". 303 provincial road, 251 Road, Xiangyang Jingzhou Expressway and Hanshi high speed railway are close to each other. It is only an hour's drive from Xiangyang airport. It is one of the 16 satellite towns in Xiangyang City. It is adjacent to Gulongzhong, the cultural capital of the Three Kingdoms in the East, Shennongjia, a primeval forest in the south, Wudang Mountain, the holy land of Taoism in the west, and Han River, the mother river of the Chinese nation in the north. It is located in the golden tourist route of the three Gorges, Gulongzhong, Wudang Mountain and Shennongjia. In March 2017, the country's first "listen to the party's words, follow the party, feel the party's favor" new era farmers' training center, which is the birthplace of new era farmers' training center. Around the beautiful rural construction, targeted poverty alleviation, rural e-commerce, the spirit of the 19th national Congress and other contents, nine sessions of training activities were carried out in many villages of the town, which caused strong repercussions from the masses. Hubei Daily, Xiangyang daily, Jingchu poverty alleviation net, Party members' life net and Gucheng news net reported the development of the institute one after another.

Cihe town is a semi mountainous and semi hilly area, with high terrain in the southwest and low terrain in the northeast. There are more than 100 tourist attractions, such as Chengen temple, Qianfeng temple, wuduo mountain, handtextile Institute in Northwest Hubei, qinganshan folk culture village, Jinniu Temple beautiful village, etc. With organic agriculture, characteristic planting and breeding, agricultural products processing and tourism as the main economic pillars, Chengen Gongmi has won the "national geographical indication" of the Ministry of agriculture and "renrenkang tea oil" has won the "China famous trademark". After several years of continuous development, Cihe "Hubei Tourism Town" brand is gradually starting!

Administrative planning

① Town name: Cihe town. ② Location: it is located at the junction of Xiangyang City and Gucheng County, 25km to the west of Xiangyang City and 45km to the east of Gucheng. ③ Population: 17856 (2017). ④ Specialty: Camellia oleifera and fermented bean curd are known as "the first town in the province". Chengen Gongmi is awarded "national geographical indication" by the Ministry of agriculture, "renrenkang tea oil" is awarded "China famous trademark" and "Chengen mountain spring" by the Ministry of agriculture.

Cihe town

The town government is located in Cihe street, covering an area of 184.4 square kilometers. It has jurisdiction over 1 neighborhood committee and 15 village committees: Cihe street, xiamoshi, taowan, Houzhuang, Qianzhuang, Chengen temple, Shizuizi, Bailong temple, hujiaquan, qietou, majiawan, qinganshan, Yangcun, Miaogong, shijingchong and Jinniu temple. Cihe town governs 15 villages: Bailong temple, xiamoshi, taowan, Houzhuang, Qianzhuang, Chengen temple, Shizuizi, Miaogong, shijingchong, Jinniu temple, hujiaquan, qietou, qinganshan, majiawan and Yangcun. One community: Cihe Street Community Neighborhood Committee.

population

The total population of the town is 17856 (2017). The total output value of the town was 128.47 million yuan, of which 61.74 million yuan was for the first industry, 11 million yuan for the second industry, and 42.48 million yuan for the third industry, an increase of 5%, 8%, and 12% respectively over the previous year; the proportion of the first, second, and third industries was adjusted from 65%, 15%, and 25% in 2005 to 53%, 10%, and 35%. Of the total agricultural output value, grain crops are 33.95 million yuan, per mu is 1212 yuan; cash crops are 880000 yuan; fishery is 3400000 yuan. Total output of agricultural products: 16885 tons of grain (including 5943 tons of wheat and 9138 tons of rice), 469 tons of oil crops, 274 tons of melons and fruits, 2037 tons of meat, 299.2 tons of aquatic products and 885 tons of eggs. The tax revenue of the whole town was 430000 yuan, the fiscal revenue was 4540900 yuan, the expenditure was 4540200 yuan, and the per capita net income of farmers was 3218 yuan, an increase of 11.4% over the previous year. There are 325 individual businesses in the town, with a total business volume of 45.5 million yuan and taxes of 360000 yuan.

Historical evolution

On July 7, 1937, the Anti Japanese war broke out. Wuhan fell in October 1938. In order to lead Hubei's Anti Japanese War, the Central Plains Bureau of the Communist Party of China decided to set up the Party committee (provincial Party committee) of Northwest Hubei. In April 1939, the Party committee of Northwest Hubei was transferred from Xiangyang to Cihe in Gucheng. Wang Han, Secretary of the Party committee, lived in Niangniang Temple 2 li away from Cihe in his public capacity as cultural instructor of the hand textile Training Institute in Northern Hubei. Zhang Zhiyi, head of the United Front Work Department of the Party committee, lived in a peasant party member's home behind Niangniang Temple and set up a secret contact station in the lower street of Cihe. Here, comrade Tao Zhu visited the Party committee of Northwest Hubei. During the period of Cihe, the Party committee of Northwest Hubei led the Anti Japanese and national salvation activities in 15 counties of Northwest Hubei Province. The party organizations in the central counties and counties of Northwest Hubei should be restored and established rapidly, and the leadership over the local party groups should be strengthened. Four central county committees and one special party branch have been established successively in 15 county districts of Jingmen, Dangyang, Yuan'an, Nanzhang, Yicheng, Baokang, Xiangyang, Guanghua, Gucheng, Junxian, Yunxian, Yunxi, Fangxian, Zhushan and Zhuxi, which has cultivated a large number of Anti Japanese cadres and armed backbone for the party and laid a solid foundation for carrying out extensive Anti Japanese national salvation movement and establishing Anti Japanese base areas behind the enemy Foundation. Hu Peizhou is a magnificent city. Hu Peizhou, born in Yicheng in 1904, joined the Communist Party of China in 1925. In June 1930, he served as secretary of Yicheng County Party committee. In April 1931, he was selected by the special commission of Northern Hubei to work in Xieshan, Gucheng. At first, he was engaged in the secret work of the party under the cover of his open identity as a teacher. After the establishment of the Gucheng Soviet regime, he turned to the work of the peasant movement. In November 1931, the enemy madly encircled Xieshan Soviet Area and assisted Li Tinglan, Secretary of the county Party committee, to organize a breakthrough. After a breakout, when he moved to the Xiaogou area, he fell into the devil's hands because of the traitor's betrayal. Due to the special status of the Secretary of the county Party committee, he was treated as a "distinguished guest" by the enemy and invited to the Jiangxi guild hall of Shengkang and held a banquet to "shock" him. But he didn't get the love. The enemy became angry and tortured instead. Hu Peizhou's eyes were full of anger, and he always had only one sentence: "if you want to ask a communist, Laozi is one. If you want to know how much more, it's all over the country! " The enemy's skills were poor, so they took him to Gucheng County to kill him. In April 1941, the Party committee of Northwest Hubei established the North Hubei hand textile Training Institute in Cihe by using the relationship with Li Zongren, commander of the Kuomintang's fifth war zone, and established a special party branch in the Institute. Under the direct leadership of the district Party committee, Cihe special branch, on the one hand, organizes underground party members to live an organized life and arrange the party's work; on the other hand, it trains and develops outstanding members among the students to join the party. In order to improve the knowledge level of Party members and cadres. At his residence, Zhang Zhiyi, head of the United Front Work Department of the district Party committee, specially held a training class for Party members and key members to tell the history of the party and the current situation of the Anti Japanese war. Cihe hand textile institute was founded in April 1939 and left Gucheng at the end of 1940. In less than two years, it successively held three training courses, trained more than 200 Anti Japanese backbone members, developed more than 30 party members from the students, and transported a large number of cadres for the Anti Japanese war behind the enemy. In addition, the training institute also set up weaving factories, iron factories, woodworking factories and other branch factories in miaotan, Shengkang, Chengguan and Shihua streets, producing a large number of Anti Japanese materials such as cotton cloth, cotton yarn, quilts, etc. It can be said that this is another cadre training school in Hubei Province during the Anti Japanese War, following the cadre training classes founded by the party organizations in Tangchi, Hongan Qiliping, and Jigongshan, Hankou. Li Dingchen, who is not afraid of beheading in a revolution. Li Dingchen was born in Xinglong, Nanhe in 895. He joined the revolution in March 1927 and the Communist Party of China in the same year. In 1928, he took part in the uprising in Shengkang, Shihua and the county seat, and later carried out underground activities in the area of Xieshan. In 1931, he joined the Xieshan Red Army guerrillas and served as deputy political commissar. Zeng led his team to take part in many battles, seized six rifles from the kucheng squadron of the Kuomintang, and captured Chen Bozhang, the commander of the Kuomintang battalion, alive in daoyangou. In October 1931, he served as chairman of the Soviet government in jiuliping township of Nanhe and member of the county Soviet government. In November of the same year, during the anti encirclement and suppression struggle in Xieshan Soviet Area, he was arrested by Longtan "shovel Communist volunteer team", along with his two young sons. In prison, the enemy used all kinds of punishment to force him to hand over the whereabouts of the leaders of the underground party. He was unyielding and did not say a word. On December 10, 1931, he was killed by Kuomintang reactionaries on the riverside of the dock in the county town.

Important scenic spots

① Chengen temple Chengen temple is located in the north of wuduo mountain in the southeast of Gucheng County. It was built in the Daye period of Sui Dynasty (605-617) and has a history of nearly 1400 years. It is said that Sui Yangdi's daughter once drank and bathed in sweet spring here to cure epilepsy, regenerate black hair and make her face more beautiful. Emperor Yang ordered the temple to be built and named it Baoyan temple. It was renamed Guangde Temple in Tang Dynasty. Since the song and Yuan Dynasties, the rise and fall have been frequent. It was rebuilt in 1423, and changed to Chengen temple in 1457-1464. In addition, the Qing Dynasty and later also carried out varying degrees of maintenance. The architectural layout of Chengen temple is based on the North-South central axis, with main buildings and subsidiary buildings on both sides. Step into the mountain gate and walk up the stone steps covered by ancient trees to the temple of heavenly king. The hall is 5 rooms wide, 3 rooms deep and 11.4 meters high. Enter the temple of heavenly king, pass through the courtyard, climb the "Shui'an zhaoti" gate, and enter the main hall. The hall is 5 rooms wide and 5 rooms deep, 19 meters high, with double eaves. In the hall, there is a clay and gold statue of Pilu Buddha, 10 meters high, graceful and vivid. There is a bell tower in front of the heavenly king hall. It was built in 1475 of the 11th year of Chenghua of the Ming Dynasty. Inside it, there is a bronze bell of 10000 Jin, 2.3 meters high and 1.57 meters in diameter, which was given by Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty. The body of the bell is decorated with dragon and phoenix patterns. The clock is well cast. When it is struck gently, the sound is crisp and pleasant

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