Tangkeng Town, Fengshun County, Meizhou City, Guangdong Province

Tangkeng town

Tangkeng Town, belonging to Fengshun County, Meizhou City, Guangdong Province, is located in the southeast of Fengshun County, at the junction of Fengshui and Jieshui. The total area of the town is 233.23 square kilometers. As of 2018, Tong Keng town had 10 communities and 32 administrative villages, with 147 thousand registered residence population.

Tangkeng town is an important traffic place between Meizhou city and Shantou City. It is known as "historical town", "hot spring town", "electroacoustic town" and "overseas Chinese town". It is the political, economic and cultural center of Fengshun County and a window for Meizhou to open to the outside world.

In 2019, the total output value of private enterprises in tangkeng town is 9.8 billion yuan, with a year-on-year increase of 1.9%, of which the total industrial output value is 8.9 billion yuan, with a year-on-year increase of 2%, the industrial added value is 1.4 billion yuan, with a year-on-year increase of 2%, and the total output value of electroacoustic enterprises is 6.5 billion yuan, with a year-on-year increase of 5%.

Historical evolution

During the spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period, Fengshun County was a place of Baiyue. Qin belongs to Jieyang County, Nanhai county. After Zhao Tuo became the king of Nanyue, Jieyang County belonged to Nanyue. In the sixth year of Yuanding (111 BC) of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, Nanyue was unified. Fengshun County still belonged to Jieyang County, Nanhai county.

In 590, Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty abolished Yi'an county and set up Chaozhou Prefecture. After several changes, most of Fengshun belonged to Haiyang County, Chaozhou Prefecture. In the early years of Tang Tianbao's reign, Chaozhou Prefecture was changed into Chaoyang County, and Chaozhou Prefecture was restored in the early Qianyuan period. In 1121, Jieyang county was set up in part of Haiyang County, and still belonged to Chaozhou.

In 1280, Chaozhou government was changed to Chaozhou road. Haiyang and Jieyang still belonged to Chaozhou. In the second year of Hongwu (1369), Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, Chaozhou road was changed into Chaozhou Prefecture, which governed eight counties, including Haiyang and Jieyang.

In October 1949, Fengshun County was liberated. The county was moved from Fengliang to tangkeng Town, which was the economic, cultural and political center of Fengshun County.

administrative division

By 2019, tangkeng town has jurisdiction over 10 communities and 32 administrative villages. Government Residence: No. 308, Yanjiang Road

geographical environment

Location context

Tangkeng town is located in the southeast of Fengshun County, at the junction of Fengshun and Jiedong. It is 58 km away from Meizhou city and 85 km away from Shantou City. It is an important traffic place between Meizhou and Shantou, with a total area of 233.23 square kilometers.

topographic features

Tangkeng town is surrounded by mountains, low and flat in the middle, high in the north and low in the south, inclined from north to south, and belongs to hilly area.

climate

The climate of tangkeng town belongs to the south subtropical marine monsoon climate zone, with warm climate, abundant rainfall, sufficient sunshine, rich heat, long frost free period and evergreen all the year round. The annual sunshine hours are up to 2003 hours, and the annual total solar radiation is 119.9 kcal / cm2. The annual average temperature is 21.4 ℃. July is the highest temperature of the whole year, with an average of 28.3 ℃; January is the lowest temperature of the whole year, with an average of 13 ℃.

The average annual rainfall in tangkeng town is 1816 mm, which is unevenly distributed and mainly concentrated in summer and autumn. The annual rainfall begins to increase from April, and June to September is the season with the most rainfall in the whole year. The average rainfall in June is 364 mm, with frequent typhoon, rainstorm and flood. Winter and spring are relatively dry and rainless. The annual average frost day is 5.3 days, and the frost free period is more than 318 days. There are low temperature and rainy in early spring, typhoons in summer and autumn, "dragon boat water" in May and June, cold dew wind in September and October and frost and low temperature in winter.

population

By the end of 2018, the population of Tong Keng town registered residence was 147 thousand.

Economics

In 2019, the total output value of private enterprises in tangkeng town is 9.8 billion yuan, with a year-on-year increase of 1.9%, of which the total industrial output value is 8.9 billion yuan, with a year-on-year increase of 2%, the industrial added value is 1.4 billion yuan, with a year-on-year increase of 2%, and the total output value of electroacoustic enterprises is 6.5 billion yuan, with a year-on-year increase of 5%.

traffic

Guangzhou Meishan railway, 206 National Highway and Meishan Expressway pass through tangkeng town.

History and culture

dialect

Tangkeng town is a mixed town of Hakka and Chaozhou. Quite a few people can speak Hakka and Chaozhou. The local residents of tangkeng town mainly speak two dialects: banshanhe (tangkeng accent) in Hakka accent and Xianshui (learning from the old) in a small part of Fulao accent. Banshanhe, also known as banshanke, is a branch of Hakka influenced by Chaozhou culture.

The skill of combing "big turtle tail"

Tangkeng town comb "big turtle tail" technique is a representative project of Meizhou intangible cultural heritage, "big turtle tail" is a hairstyle introduced from Chaoshan area to Fengshun 200 years ago. The hairstyles of "big turtle tail" are mainly divided into six types: knot maid type, twist and turn type, disk fold type, knot vertebra type, reverse rope type and double hanging type. No matter what kind of hairstyle, the production process is very cumbersome, it takes about 3 hours to make a hairstyle. First of all, the hair should be tied on the top of the head, then tied with silk rope, bent into a servant girl holder, fixed at the back of the head, combed successively by combing, winding, servant girl, knot, plate, folding and other techniques, and finally decorated with jewelry. The whole process needs at least two people to cooperate.

Tangkeng beef balls

Tangkeng beef ball, one of the local snacks in Fengshun, is a traditional food with hundreds of years of history in tangkeng town. On the basis of Hakka meat ball, Chaoshan meat ball is integrated, which greatly improves the taste and has better taste. The shape of beef balls in tangkeng is similar to that of lychee fruit, and "Yuan" and "Yuan" are homonymous. Sending "Rouyuan" means to be attached to each other, which has become a local custom in tangkeng today.

According to the local elders, tangkeng has been used to making beef balls since ancient times. Today, some producers have been making beef balls from the beginning to the present, and have been passing on their family businesses, gradually forming a unique local flavor.

In March 2007, tangkeng beef balls were listed in the first batch of county-level intangible cultural heritage protection list of Fengshun County. In July 2013, tangkeng beef ball was listed in the fifth batch of municipal intangible cultural heritage protection list of Meizhou city.

famous scenery

Jianzhen Park

Jianzhen Park, located in tangkeng Town, Fengshun County, Meizhou City, Guangdong Province, is a red patriotic and clean government education base built in 2007 in memory of Li Jianzhen, a proletarian revolutionist from Fengshun. The venue covers an area of 117500 square meters. The main buildings are Jianzhen Memorial Hall (including Jianzhen honest conduct hall added on the second floor), Jianzhen square, theme sculpture garden, Jianzhen Memorial Pavilion, etc. Around the main hall, there are Jianzhen folk song corridor, anti-corruption public welfare light box and Lian Shi landscape; the main hall is an exhibition of Li Jianzhen's life story; Jianzhen honest operation hall covers an area of 180 square meters, with exhibition line of 65 meters. In the form of plane display, holographic digital acousto-optic, video display, etc., it comprehensively displays Li Jianzhen's anti-corruption thought and his lofty spirit of setting an example, being honest and working hard Fan.

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