Yuntan Town, Gaozhou City, Maoming City, Guangdong Province

Yuntan town

Yuntan town is a gateway town in the eastern border of Gaozhou City, Guangdong Province. Yuntan town is 40 kilometers away from Gaozhou City, bordering Nahuo and Huangling towns in Dianbai District in the East and south, and Yangchun City in the northeast. The fertile land of 84.91 square kilometers (2017) in the town breeds 44009 (2017) people. The landform of the whole town is basin like, surrounded by mountains on all sides. The terrain is high in the northeast and gentle in the southwest. It is a cornucopia with good weather and plenty of food and clothing every year. Since the reform and opening up, the people of Yuntan have made full use of their intelligence, grasped the business opportunities, planted various economic crops and expanded the market, and their living standards have been booming; the local government has made great efforts to develop infrastructure and social undertakings, making Yuntan better and better.

General situation of villages and towns

A tour of hometown

Yuntan town is the gateway town in the eastern border of Gaozhou City, Maoming City. It is more than 40 kilometers away from Gaozhou City. It borders Nahuo Town, Dianbai District, Maoming City, and is an old revolutionary base. The town has 13 administrative districts (administrative villages) with a total area of 84.91 square kilometers (in 2017) and a total population of 44009 (in 2017).

Magic legend

It is said that in ancient times, there was a big pond in the north of the town, and there was a big stone flat in the middle of the pond. Every morning, an auspicious cloud rises above Shiping and reflects into the pool, so it is called Yuntan. Yuntan township was set up in the period of the Republic of China. Yuntan commune was established in 1959, Yuntan district was changed in 1983, and Yuntan town was established in December 1986.

The administrative areas (administrative villages) under its jurisdiction include:

Resource status

The landform of the town is basin like, surrounded by mountains on all sides. The terrain is high in the northeast and low in the southwest. Sanguanding, the highest peak in the north, is 1257.8 meters above sea level. It is the birthplace of Meihua River, a tributary of Jianjiang River. The mountains stretch for more than ten miles and are rich in forest resources and water resources. It is an ideal habitat for all kinds of wild animals. More than 20 small hydropower stations are located in them. The Yuntan reservoir, with a capacity of more than 6 million cubic meters, is rippling with blue waves and moistening thousands of hectares of fertile fields. the town is rich in granite, mica, kaolin, river pebbles and other mineral resources. Special products are high-quality "fried skin yellow" sweet potato and bamboo shoots. three ancient cultural sites have been found in the territory, among which the huangyipo site is a Neolithic site, with three batches of Neolithic unearthed, such as stone axes and stones.

Economic situation

In the early stage of reform and opening up, Yuntan people took advantage of local water and soil climate, grasped the business opportunity of no vegetables in the north in winter, and changed the single rice production of traditional agriculture. In the past, the single string bean was developed into beans, green melon, string bean, pepper, tomato, eggplant and other varieties, and they can supply the market all the year round. With the support of the town, the local specialty of high-quality "fried skin yellow" sweet potato and bamboo shoots have expanded their development scale, attracting a large number of merchants to purchase. In 2004, the total social output value of the town was 760 million yuan, the total industrial and agricultural output value was 630 million yuan, and the per capita net income reached 4189 yuan. The whole town pays close attention to the development of agriculture through science and technology, vigorously promotes good varieties and methods, adjusts the layout, and optimizes the structure of agricultural products, so as to achieve a good harvest of fruits, vegetables, grains, fish, poultry and livestock. In 2004, the town produced 13322 tons of grain, 49508 mu of fruit, 9983 tons of output, 28 million yuan of output value of beiyuncai and 40.68 million yuan of output value of breeding industry. In the construction of industrial enterprises, we should vigorously develop water resources, do a good job in the construction of industrial parks, and comprehensively develop water and electricity, building materials, paper products, plastic processing, wood processing, wool weaving, leather gloves and other industrial enterprises. In 2004, the operating income of township enterprises was 690 million yuan, and the annual tax profit was 39.57 million yuan. Yuntan town pays close attention to the development of agriculture through science and technology, vigorously promotes good varieties and methods, adjusts the layout, and optimizes the structure of agricultural products, so as to achieve a good harvest of fruits, vegetables, grains, fish, poultry, livestock, etc. In 2008, the whole town produced more than 13000 tons of grain, nearly 50000 mu of fruit area and more than 9900 tons of output, more than 30 million yuan of output value of beiyuncai and more than 40 million yuan of output value of breeding industry. as of 2009, the town has applied to the Provincial Department of agriculture for project approval, invited relevant experts to make on-the-spot investigation, and made suggestions for the comprehensive agricultural development of the town. According to the standard of building a new socialist countryside, the town's mountains, water, fields, forests and roads are planned and developed in a unified way. According to the idea of "one village, one product", three agricultural production bases of sweet potato, fruit and vegetable have been established step by step.

infrastructure

Starting from the reality of the construction of the old revolutionary base areas, and with the support of the relevant departments at a higher level, the leading groups of Yuntan town Party committee and government have made great efforts to solve the problems of people's living, transportation, drinking water, irrigation and drainage, and communication in the old revolutionary base areas, so as to improve the infrastructure of the whole town, such as market towns, transportation, water conservancy, communication, education, and sanitation, and improve the production and living conditions of the people in the old revolutionary base areas. The market town covers an area of 2.5 square kilometers. All the streets are hard bottomed. Street lamps, street landscaping and various supporting facilities are basically perfect. The market is prosperous and active. By the end of 2008, 12 of the town's 13 village committees had realized the hard bottom of village roads, rural residential buildings had been built, life had been electrified gradually, motorcycles had become a means of transportation for the masses, and the number of farmers buying cars had gradually increased. At the same time, there are 8000 program-controlled telephones, and mobile phones and cable TV networks cover the whole town.

social undertakings

In 2008, there were 2 middle schools, 13 primary schools, 1 provincial demonstrative adult technical school and 5 kindergartens in the town. The facilities of the school were continuously improved and the teaching quality was continuously improved. the number of students who are admitted to key middle schools every year ranks the first in the city's rural primary and secondary schools, with the emergence of the well-known "champion village" and "teacher Street". In 2003, it became the first strong education town in Maoming City. the medical and health conditions have been upgraded, and the construction of township hospitals and village clinics (stations) has made great progress. The township health center has won the trust of the masses with its good medical ethics and exquisite medical skills. In 2008, the service population of the township expanded from more than 40000 people to more than 100000 people including the surrounding towns. Education and medical treatment have become two brands of innovation and development in the town. Yuntan town is located in the border distribution center of the three counties (cities). Its relatively convenient transportation and central geographical location have contributed to the prosperity of the local logistics and trade industry. Its fairs often attract people from the local and surrounding towns such as Xindong, Nahuo, Huangling, etc. To this end, Yuntan Town Committee and government have made efforts to raise funds to build two new roads around the town to ease the traffic pressure of the town. At the same time, it is planned to transform a dangerous house in the town health center as a new inpatient building and epidemic prevention center, and purchase a new batch of medical equipment to meet the needs of new rural health and epidemic prevention.

Local specialties

"Pop skin king" sweet potato is produced in Dongtou village committee, Yuntan Town, Gaozhou City. It is named for its red skin, yellow meat, delicious meat, cracked skin and pungent aroma after steaming. "Pop king" sweet potato has a long history of planting. In 2003, the "pop king" planting association was established in the village to implement unified purchase and marketing, unified packaging, and registered the trademark in 2004. Since then, the green health food "pop king" has been widely known.

"The king of skin exploding"

According to legend, hundreds of years ago, a couple from Dongtou village, who was doing business in foreign countries, took a bag of the best local sweet potatoes with them to go back to their hometown for trial planting, but they were intercepted by the customs. The woman had an idea. She inserted a small piece of sweet potatoes into her hair to avoid searching. Only in this way could she become the famous "king of popping".

Spleen of "king of skin exploding"

"Pop skin king" sweet potato is very delicate, young lady character, not everywhere. It likes semi dry and wet, semi sand and mud, and grows in places with beautiful scenery, no pollution and suitable temperature. If you move to another place, but you can see potato seedlings, you can't see potato lumps. In Zhaoqing, Yangchun, Dianbai, Huazhou, Xinyi, Maonan and other areas, there were many cases of introduction failure. For hundreds of years, Dongtou people have grasped the temperament of the "king of skin exploding" and are good at management: 1) planting the best sweet potato seeds in previous years; 2) spreading lime before planting and after digging to prevent insects; 3) accumulating farm manure (such as wood ash, oil bran, turf mud, etc.) without chemical fertilizer and pesticides. It has applied to the Ministry of agriculture for green food certification. In addition, there are some practices that should not be publicized. At the beginning of its excavation, the "king of exploding skin" was both powdery and fragrant, and turned sweet after more than 20 days. In addition, the village has developed a kind of herb powder without side effects, which can be removed from the potato pile to keep insect control for more than half a year.

"Skin exploding king" is green food

Modern people's material life is becoming more and more rich. Every mouthful of fish and meat makes people have a big stomach and constipation. There are more and more people who don't think about food and tea. Therefore, experts call on people to eat coarse grains properly. Sweet potato has become one of the recommended products, and "king of fried skin" has become the best food. After 2005, toxic agricultural products were frequently exposed in newspapers, so we all tend to eat pollution-free food.

Medicinal value of "king of skin exploding"

The king of skin exploding has great medicinal value. According to the records of Li Shizhen in Ming Dynasty: tonifying deficiency, tonifying Qi, strengthening spleen and stomach, strengthening kidney Yin function. According to the people's eating practice for many years, it has a great effect. In addition to the functions of relieving heat, relieving constipation and increasing appetite, the "king of fried skin" sweet potato has the following uses: 1. Peeling together with mung bean can clear the heart, moisten the lung, soothe the liver and improve the eyesight; 2. Peeling together with white skin can remove jaundice and water dampness; 3. Peeling together with Verbena can treat dysentery (chills). it is the "king of fried skin" that is delicious, storable, pollution-free and multi-functional. It is favored by more and more people, from officials, capitalists to civilians. "Skin exploding king" really goes into the homes of common people.

"The trend is like a wild one"

due to the "king of skin"

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