Zhengguo Town, Zengcheng District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province

Zhengguo town

Zhengguo town borders Longmen County in the northeast, Xiaolou town and paitan town in the west, Licheng town in the South and Luofu Mountain in Boluo County in the southeast. The total area is 239.41 square kilometers (2017). The town governs 31 administrative villages (including 388 economic cooperatives) and 1 neighborhood committee. Among them, she village is the only minority village in Guangzhou.

In July 2020, the National Patriotic Health Campaign Committee reconfirmed the national health city (District) and national health township (county). Zhengguo town is a national health township.

geographical position

Zhengguo town is located 16 kilometers northeast of Zengcheng District, bordering Longmen County in the northeast, Xiaolou and paitan towns in the west, Licheng towns in the south, and Luofu foothills of Boluo County in the southeast. The town is the throat of Zengcheng Longmen, and zenglong highway runs through the whole area.

Historical evolution

The name originated from a Shepherd named Yu Bin. It is said that when he was 8 years old, he was able to herd cattle, which had special functions. Cattle could not go out of their designated circle to eat grass. It is said that he will be "successful" here in the future.

Zhengguo temple was built in the third year of Qingyuan (1198) of the Southern Song Dynasty and developed into a Polder town. It was named "Zhengguo" and later simplified as "Zhengguo". Now there is Ruishan Zhengguo temple, so it is named.

In Ming and Qing Dynasty, it was Jinniu capital of Zengcheng county. At the beginning of the founding of the people's Republic of China, it was the Fifth District.

In 1958, it was renamed Zhengguo people's commune.

In 1983, it was withdrawn and renamed Zhengguo district. It was renamed town in 1987.

Demographic situation

The town has a total area of 239.41 square kilometers (2017) and a total population of 62595 (2017). The town governs 31 administrative villages (including 388 economic cooperatives) and 1 neighborhood committee. Among them, she village is the only minority village in Guangzhou.

Zhengguo town governs: Zhengguo community; 31 village committees including Shuiwei, xihutan, dongfen, wutoushi, Liangxing, Shixi, Dahu, Huangwu, Maicun, FanFeng, huangtang, Langba, Hewu, Huayuan, Zhiwei, Magao, Yinchang, heshuidian, Guihu, Zhiwei, Shuikou, tingtang, Baimianshi, Chitian, zhengguoyang, she, Heping, menghuapu, Yuecun, Zhongxi and Lanxi.

Agricultural situation

In 2002, the total output value of agriculture was 160 million yuan. The main agricultural products are: rice, vegetables, litchi, longan; a number of agricultural products with the characteristics of Lanxi litchi, wutoushi Shatian pomelo, huangtangtou vegetable, Zhengguo preserved meat, scared water dried vegetables, etc.; rich mineral resources mainly composed of granite and rich tourism resources mainly composed of Huxin Island, she ethnic customs, and Shunao forest park. Formed a series of agricultural and sideline products processing enterprises, such as preserved meat, Yuzhu, soy sauce and so on, market response is good.

"Three high" agricultural development momentum is good, the town built a certain scale of "three high" agricultural base, generally achieved good economic benefits.

Natural overview

The town is semi mountainous, subtropical monsoon climate, mountains and hills accounted for 70% of the total area of the town.

The territory is rich in mineral resources, including gold, tin, quartzite, sillimanite, granite and other varieties, of which the reserves of granite are more than 20 million cubic meters, and the colors include black gray, Princess red, etc.

There are abundant forest resources, such as Shunao forest farm and Lanxi forest farm.

The town is rich in tourism resources, including Zhengguo temple, Foye temple, Foye's former residence, chengfo rock, Mingshan temple, Zhengyin temple, Hongsheng temple, Zhongfa Town, Erlong Zhengzhu street, Hewu Xiangu temple, Sanpo stone, Lingbo cave, Lanxi villa, she ethnic customs, Huzhong Island, hydropower station reservoir area, etc.

Social construction

In the face of the international financial crisis in 2008, Zhengguo town combined with the new rural construction, developed the agricultural base, effectively implemented the farmers' income increase from the aspects of tourism operation dividend, land leasing, labor employment, agricultural product sales, so that farmers can get benefits from the development of eco-tourism.

We should vigorously support and encourage farmers to transfer land according to law, develop various forms of moderate scale operation, guide and drive farmers to participate in agricultural industrialization, large-scale and intensive operation, continuously improve the level of land intensive utilization, develop large-scale flower, vegetable and fruit planting bases, enrich tourism landscape, and increase farmers' income even if tourists enjoy rural scenery.

Actively support enterprises and farmers to strengthen the deep processing and fine packaging of agricultural products, and actively build brand of agricultural products to meet the needs of tourists for "food, housing, transportation, tourism, shopping and entertainment". We should give full play to the advantages of natural environment, plan to appropriately develop tourism and leisure real estate in market towns and high-speed intersections, and appropriately develop a number of sports projects to attract tourists for vacation and leisure or long-term residence.

Zhengguo food

Itinerary of Hexian Banquet: walk northward from Licheng, about 15 minutes.

The local people especially recommend a kind of fish to us. Its name is very strange. It's called "jiulu", but it's a name we've never heard of. The size of the fish is smaller than that of two fingers of an adult, and the size of the big one is only three fingers. Although this kind of fish is small and exquisite, sparrow is small and delicious. After steaming, it's best to order it with soy sauce.

Recommended place: you can eat it everywhere.

Tourism characteristics

The customs of She nationality

In history, the She people moved around, and their material life was especially simple. They "Jielu Valley, Zhumao for tile, bamboo for fence, cutting grass for household", living together. They usually live in thatched cottages and wooden tile houses. With the change of She people's living standard, more and more people build small buildings. Huolong and Huotang are indispensable to the family life of She people.

Because of the cold climate in the mountain area, the whole family sat around the fire pool to warm themselves. In the mountainous area of She nationality, there are less paddy fields, more dry lands, less rice planting and more coarse grains. They generally take sweet potato rice mixed with rice as their staple food, pure rice is only used for banquet, and like to eat shrimp, kelp, tofu and so on. Especially like to drink "rice wine" and "wheat wine".

The traditional costumes of She nationality are colorful. She nationality's clothing is blue and its material is self-woven linen. After liberation, men's clothing of She nationality is no different from that of Han nationality, while some women's clothing of She nationality in eastern Fujian and southern Zhejiang still has distinct national style. The collar, cuffs and right placket are decorated with lace, and it is customary to wear shorts to wrap leggings.

Especially women's hair style is different from Han nationality. Girls like to use red wool and hair wrapped together, woven into a long braid, pan in the head. Married women usually wear a phoenix crown, that is, a small refined bamboo tube, wrapped with a red cloth handkerchief, and hung with a red silk one foot long and one inch wide. Women of different ages, old, middle-aged and young, also have black, blue or red wool in their hair.

The crown is decorated with a round silver medal with three small silver medals hanging on it. Hanging in front of her forehead, she people call it Longji, which means that it is the Phoenix crown worn by "three princesses" (it is said that Gaoxin emperor betrothed his three princesses to Panhu who cut off the head of Hourong fan king. A silver hairpin, silver collar, silver chain, silver bracelet and earrings are also inserted on the crown, which makes it very gorgeous.

Before liberation, monogamy was widely practiced in the marriage and family of She nationality, and the primitive marriage customs were still preserved. Generally, the same surname does not marry, and the four surnames of pan, LAN, Lei and Zhong in the ethnic group marry each other.

Originally, the clan exogamy is the traditional marriage custom of She nationality. However, due to the ethnic pressure and discrimination policies of the rulers of the past dynasties, intermarriage between the she and Han nationalities was strictly prohibited, which was once a clan rule within the She nationality. After liberation, with the implementation of the policy of national equality and unity, intermarriage between she and Han nationalities has been increasing. In ancient times, young men and women of She nationality had the tradition of free love, and it was the custom of her ancestors to marry each other by singing songs.

However, with the development of the feudal landlord economy, it was influenced by the concept of marriage of the Han nationality. Before liberation, the feudal business arrangement of she marriage was very serious. After liberation, young men and women of She nationality were basically free to love and marry independently. The form of funeral is earth burial, with the custom of collecting bones and re burying.

Egret's paradise

"Two Orioles Singing green willows, a line of egrets on the sky.". We used to feel the beauty of egrets in ancient poems. Now, we can see the true face of egrets in Gongjing cooperative from Zhengguo town to Yucun village. In the mountain forest behind the village, there are thousands of egrets, which are the national second-class protected animals, all year round. It can be called "egret's paradise".

Standing at the entrance of the village, from a distance, you can see egrets with snow like feathers. Sometimes they stand on their own branches, sometimes they hover low, sometimes they spread their wings and fly. From time to time, you can hear their courtship, calling and singing Chirp, just like a touching country music. These white elves bring people joy and pleasure, and become a beautiful scenery between green mountains and green waters.

Gongjing cooperative is a cooperative from Zhengguo town to Yucun village, with a permanent population of only over 200. In front of the village is a large area of farmland and ponds, and on the back of the village there are banyan and camphor maple trees that have been growing for hundreds of years. The unique ecological environment has attracted a large number of egrets to fly here from afar to inhabit and breed. I don't know how long it has been passed on.

According to the old people in the village, it has a history of more than 200 years. Today, it has never stopped. The whole Gongjing cooperative presents a picturesque beauty of "grass slanting, water far away, smoke micro, a little Cangzhou egret flying". "Every morning and evening, the treetops on the back mountain are white, and the cheering calls of egrets come and go, and the scene is very spectacular."

Zhengguo Temple

Zhengguo Foye temple is one of the eight sceneries of Zengcheng. Yu Binggong, a native of xiangputang, Jinniu capital of Zengcheng (now FanFeng, Zhengguo town), was born in 1003, the second year of Jingyou of Song Dynasty. When he was born, he knelt down on his hands and worshiped in heaven. In order to avoid pestilence, he moved to the foot of today's chengfo rock (Ruishan, about three kilometers away from the temple) and herded cattle. At the age of eight, he became a monk in Mingshan temple. He practiced hard and achieved good results. Local gentry called it "cowboy Buddha"

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