Danfang Town, Longshan County, Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Hunan Province

Indigo house town

Located 103 kilometers south of Longshan County, Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture, Hunan Province, and at the junction of Yongshun County and Baojing County, the town is inlaid in the border of Yongshun, Baojing and Longshan counties, 59 kilometers away from Baojing City, 77 kilometers away from Longshan City, and 58 kilometers away from Yongshun city. Yongshun County in the southeast, miao'ertan town in the west, and rural vehicle Township in the north. It is the center of Tujia inhabited area, the hometown of folk art in China, and the hometown of mass culture and art in Hunan Province. Only one of the areas where Tujia's national language can be found here. The main peak of Wangyun mountain is 1038.4 meters above sea level.

On December 29, 2018, danfang town was named the Sixth Batch of national demonstration areas (units) for national unity and progress by the State Ethnic Affairs Commission.

Historical evolution

During the period of the Republic of China, it belonged to Pojiao township. In 1950, it belonged to four districts of indifang township. In 1958, it became the indigo house commune. In 1984, the commune was withdrawn and the indigo house township was restored. In December 2000, the township was removed to build a town. In 2005, Pojiao Township and danfang town merged to set up danfang town (the town people's Government stationed in danfang), with an area of 189 square kilometers (in 2017), 431 hectares of paddy fields and 266 hectares of dry soil.

administrative division

There is a neighborhood committee and 23 villages of Liaoyuan, Xianfeng, Yongming, Shanfeng, Baixing, Lianhe, bizhaiping, Zhongxin, Wanlong, Lianxing, Suzhu, Shidi, Wula, Songlin, Baoge, Tasha community, with 25143 people (2017). Ethnic groups are mainly Tujia ethnic minorities.

Economic overview

The main products are rice and corn. The economic crops are mainly flue-cured tobacco and the forest is mainly pine. because there are many mountains and few fields, farmers have the habit of raising goats. In order to develop animal husbandry industry and increase farmers' income, according to the requirements of goat farmers, the goat breeding Association of danfang Town, Longshan County was established in January 2004. The association has been established for more than three years. In accordance with the principle of "private, private management, and private benefit" formulated in the "constitution", the association has been developing year by year with strict internal management. By the end of 2006, the number of members of the association has reached 104, the number of goats has reached 15000, and the number of large households with more than 200 goats has reached 9 5100 goats were sold, and the income was 4 million yuan. Excluding the cost, the net income was 2.8 million yuan, with 26900 yuan per household and 5980 yuan per capita. in the past three years, with the continuous expansion of the scale of goat breeding, the number of goats has doubled. In 2006, the number of goats in stock reached 15000, and goat sales have become the top priority in the work of the association. In order to promote the sale of commercial sheep, the association has sent many people to the old market to provide members with market information, price quotations, and more importantly, to contact merchants to the Association for transportation. In December 2006, the association took the lead in attracting Guangzhou merchants to purchase 3000 commercial sheep from the association, which was 0.5 yuan / Jin higher than the market price of Longshan and Yongshun. The association's commercial sheep market has expanded to large and medium-sized cities such as Guangzhou and Chongqing. Longshan and Yongshun are well-known for their local mutton.

social undertakings

At present, there is one middle school, two central primary schools, seven villages and one health center.

Chinese PinYin : Hu Nan Sheng Xiang Xi Tu Jia Zu Miao Zu Zi Zhi Zhou Long Shan Xian Dian Fang Zhen