Jinzao Town, Chaoyang District, Shantou City, Guangdong Province

Jinzao town

Jinzao town is located in the northwest of Chaoyang District, Shantou City, Guangdong Province. It is located on the South Bank of Rongjiang river. It is connected with Guanbu in the East, Jieyang in the northwest, and Gulao and Guiyu in the south. Jinzao town is a hilly and plain area at the foot of Xiaobei mountain, with 4 neighborhood committees and 59 village committees, covering a total area of 78.9 square kilometers and 123976 people (2017). The town has a historic Hanyuan tower. At the same time, agricultural products and processing are developing rapidly.

In 2019, it was rated as a provincial "one village, one product, one town, one industry" professional town.

Evolution of organizational system

On October 28, 2003, Chaoyang District government held a meeting to adjust the township administrative divisions in the former Jinyu town government, and deployed the work related to the merger of Jinyu and zaopu towns. With the consent of the provincial people's government, Chaoyang District was approved to abolish the organizational system of zaopu town and Jinyu town and merge them into Jinzao town. Nowadays, Jinzao town is an important part of the construction of ecological agricultural urban belt in the west of Shantou City. It has 4 neighborhood committees and 59 village committees. The town government is located at No. 2 Qunan Road, Yupu community. After 10 years of development, Jinzao people have made a series of remarkable achievements on the road of building a happy new Jinzao.

Jinxi community, Yupu community and surrounding areas are the seat of Jinzao town government and the town business center. There are Shantou Sanxin underwear Clothing Co., Ltd., Guangdong yueshengxing iron and Steel Industry Co., Ltd., Shantou Jiamei technology factory, Chaoyang Xinli food factory, Chaoyang Xingfa oil station and other enterprises in the area. The town's cultural and leisure center is Jinxi Cultural Park.

New rural construction and Jinzao tourism development

Tourist attractions: Qianyang hundred birds Chaohuang ancient building in qiaochen village Wetland Park Jinxi Cultural Park Lutang fruit picking area by Jinzao River

New rural construction in Liudong area (Liugang Dawu Yulin xinxiyang Dongli)

Tourism accommodation

Qiaochen village tourism house (under construction, completed in 2019)

Qianyang village B & B (under planning)

Hotel near Jinzao station

Scenic and historic sites

Hanyuan pagoda

Guishan, on the South Bank of Nanhe River, gangnei village, Jinzao Town, Chaoyang District, Shantou City, is across the river from Jinggang street, Jieyang City. Initiated by Feng yuanbiao, the magistrate of Jieyang in the Ming Dynasty, it was built in Chaoyang. Built in 1627 and 1639, it is an octagonal tower with brick and stone structure. Tower sitting southeast to northwest, 43 meters high, hollow, eight seven layers, there are spiral stone steps can climb the top of the tower, each layer has a gateway out of the tower gallery.

The gate of the pagoda is engraved with the word "Han Yuanbao pagoda". The original copper top of the tower was damaged by lightning in the mid-1940s. Climbing the top of the tower overlooks the Rongjiang river. There are 5 stone inscriptions in Tanan, which are well preserved.

Wang's ancestral hall in Liugang Township

Wang's ancestral hall is located in Liugang village, Jinzao Town, Chaoyang District. It was founded in 1128 by Wang Dabao, an official of the Song Dynasty. The gate of "Wang ancestral hall" is the imperial Pavilion. With granite structure and square double storied Pavilion style, Shengzhi pavilion was built in February 1534 of Jiajing of Ming Dynasty and rebuilt in February 1735 of Yimao of Yongzheng of Qing Dynasty. The ancestral hall has the architectural style of song, Ming and Qing Dynasty. It is the only one in Chaoshan area with Shengzhi Pavilion of double storied Pavilion table structure as its gate. In March 2001, it was announced as a cultural relic protection unit by the former Chaoyang Municipal People's government.

Wang's ancestral hall was built by Wang Dabao, a famous official of the Southern Song Dynasty, who was one of the "eight sages in Chaozhou". It was founded in 1129, the third year of Jianyan in Song Dynasty, rebuilt in 1534, the 13th year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty, and rebuilt in 173, the 13th year of Yongzheng in Qing Dynasty. It is said that Wang Dabao's mother was from Liugang village, Jinzao Town, Chaoyang City. When Wang Dabao was a child, he lived and studied in his grandmother's home. After he became an official, he did not forget his mother's kindness, so he asked for permission to build a temple as a memorial. After maintenance and repair, the architecture of this ancestral hall has the style of Southern Song Dynasty, as well as the characteristics of beam frame and wood carving of Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty. It is a famous cultural relic in eastern Guangdong and a cultural relic protection unit in Shantou City.



The total area of Wang's ancestral hall is about 1904 square meters, with shell ash wooden frame structure. The gate of the ancestral hall is a double storied pavilion with stone structure. At the top of the pavilion, there is a stone emblem in the shape of the sun. In the center of the top platform, there is a "imperial edict" stone tablet with a height of 0.61 meters and a width of 0.22 meters, so it is called "imperial edict Pavilion". Wang's ancestral hall was carved in Tongliang of the pavilion gate. It was erected in February of 1534, the 13th year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty, and rebuilt in February of 1735, the 13th year of Yongzheng in Qing Dynasty. The word "Shi Si" is engraved on the back of Liang Dynasty. The plaque is 0.31 meters high and 1.43 meters long. On the front, it is engraved with "Kedi", "Tang Jiedu envoy Wang Shenzhi", "Song Jianyan ranking Wang Dabao, Jianyan Jinshi Wang Dading". On the back, it is engraved with "Song granted Jinshi Wenlin Lang, Huizhou official Wang Ren" and "Qing Kangxi Ding Youke Jinshi Lang Wang". The gate of the pavilion is 2.23 meters high and 1.51 meters wide. The gates on both sides are 2.1 meters high and 1 meter wide. On the doorframe of the gate, a spring festival couplet has always been pasted, that is, "Qingchun Wang Zhengyue, wish the emperor ten thousand years.". It is said that this couplet was written by Wang Dabao, which seems to be related to the "memorial tablet" set up by Wang Dabao in Lingshan temple in Chaoyang. It is 3.51 meters long, 2.55 meters wide, 5.73 meters high and 1.91 meters high. Standing in front of the gate of Wang's ancestral hall, you can see the lush peaks. The top of the mountain is facing the gate. There used to be a small hill behind the ancestral hall connecting the hills, so it has the reputation of hanging golden bells on silk thread. Because Wang's ancestral hall was built according to the decree and had an imperial edict plate, the officials of the Song Dynasty who passed by had to get off the sedan chair and the saddle to kowtow.

The architectural structure of Wang's ancestral hall consists of three entrances and four wing rooms. The entrance door is Yangcheng, and then the middle hall, patio, worship Pavilion and back hall with two symmetrical wing rooms. The porcelain sculptures on the worship pavilion are colorful, with delicate and beautiful peonies of Shuangfeng Dynasty and vivid characters. There are many woodcarvings on the beams of the pavilion and the back hall. The figures, lions, pines and deer, horses and flower baskets are composed of vivid and interesting images in different shapes. The carvings are simple, natural, vivid and fluent with exquisite skills. In the old days, more than ten wooden plaques with the words of Wenkui, Wukui, Zhuangyuan and Jinshi were hung in the back hall and worship Pavilion of the ancestral hall. However, in the movement to break the feudal superstition at the beginning of liberation, these plaques were given to the poor peasants as firewood. There is still a wooden plaque in the ancestral hall, which is 0.7 meters high and 1.9 meters wide.

The inscription on the plaque is "Wenkui", "Shangshu of Daibing department and governor of Youdu of dujianyuan, Liangguang and other local governors, military affairs and grain and salary, Li Hanzhang's minister of Daibing department and governor of Youdu of dujianyuan, lingtouding and Guangdong and other local governors, military affairs and grain and salary, Gangyi Wei" and "Wang tingxianli, the 19th person in Guiyou Enke rural examination in 1893". There are two stone tablets on both sides of the ancestral hall. One is the "Ming Wang family" tablet, and the other is the "Chengming County zhule stone" tablet. Unfortunately, after the vicissitudes of life, the inscription has been blurred.

Guanyin Temple

Guanyin temple is located in gaodou village, Jinzao Town, Chaoyang District. It was founded in the early Ming Dynasty and has been inhabited by monks. The stone path is horizontal and inclined, and it is on both sides of the stream. Through the green shade of the fruit forest, two huge stones stand on both sides. There is a gap in the middle, just like a natural stone gate. Through the stone gate, there is a flat land built with cement in front of us. On the right side of the flat land is the cliff, and on the left side is the gate of Guanyin temple. Standing in front of the temple, you can see that there are many peaks and mountains all around, and the atmosphere is myriad. It is like entering a fairyland with dense clouds.

After the outbreak of armed struggle in the whole country in 1927, it affected Chaoshan area in 1939. At that time, Anah, ale (Huilai people) and Ma Yiyou (Heping people) organized revolutionary struggle in Dananshan. Ma Yiyou came to gaodou village to mobilize Luo Youhao, he Muqin, Luo Wenge and he Minglin to participate in the revolution, and joined with Ye Wushu, ye Xiangyi and ye Chenxing in houtang village of Puning Led by Ye Xiangyi, he lived in Guanyin temple for a long time in gaodou and houtang villages. Since then, ye Chenxing, a traitor in the party, betrayed the underground party and revolutionary comrades, causing the revolutionary comrades to be killed and the Guanyin temple to be robbed and burned, and the revolutionary work stopped halfway. After the third domestic revolution in 1945, sun Mingjun led the guerrilla war in gaodou village. He lived in Guanyin temple until the victory of the revolution.

In 1958, Jinyu people's commune founded Guanyin farm. In summer, farmers like to enjoy the cool in Guanyin temple. After the reform and opening up, a woman in Yuhu town of Jieyang city came to Guanyin temple to play thirsty. She took the water from Shixia spring behind Guanyin temple to quench her thirst. She felt that it was sweeter and more delicious than natural mineral water. Since then, the reputation of Guanyin Temple spring has spread.

After entering the Guanyin temple, I found that the temple was actually built by several natural boulders. Even in the hottest dog days, it was cool and pleasant. There was a shrine in the middle of the temple. There were two or three futons on the top and two or three compassion Avalokitesvara on the bottom, with incense candles in the middle, which made the Guanyin more solemn. We a group of people with a devout heart to guanyinniang worship, then through the back door.

Behind the small door is a stone chamber, in which there is a divine platform of the landlord, but behind it is a deep tunnel of stone caves. From the next gap, there is a small corridor, which is the "one line sky": there are huge stones on both sides, with a gap in the middle, just to accommodate one person. The stone joint is about 20 meters long, with a natural stone house at the end and some artificial steps on both sides. The boulders on the left side are jagged and stacked like waves, running straight down the mountain. We have no way to walk around the boulders. When we look back, we climb the stone steps on the right. Looking up, we see thousands of boulders pouring down from the peak. Looking down, the whole stone mountain seems to be a natural fountain, and the peak is the spring

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