Chagan Town, Pingyuan County, Meizhou City, Guangdong Province

Chagan town

Chagan town is subordinate to Pingyuan County, Meizhou City, Guangdong Province. It is located in the northwest of the county, at the junction of Fujian, Guangdong and Jiangxi provinces. It is adjacent to Xiaba Township, Wuping County, Fujian Province in the East, Xiangshan Township, Xunwu County, Jiangxi Province in the west, renju town and Shangju town in the south, and Minzhu Township, Wuping County, Fujian Province in the north, with a total area of 95 square kilometers (2017), including 6544 mu of cultivated land and 120000 mu of mountain forest.

Under the jurisdiction of Xinling, Huyang, Sanda, Chagan, Wenfeng, Jiafeng, Tuanxi and other seven village committees, 42 villager groups, a total of 1823 households, 7846 people, 16 party branches, a total of 386 party members. Wuzhishi, a national AAA tourist area and provincial scenic spot, is located in Jiafeng village.

administrative division

Villages under Chagan Town: Jiafeng village Xinling village Huyang village Sanda village Chagan village Wenfeng Village Wenxi village Tuanxi Village

infrastructure

Fully implement the scientific outlook on development, give full play to the advantages of resources, humanities and location, actively implement the "three strategies" of the county, and "six heads (stone, water head, wood, mountain, field and outside) to seek development and concentrate on construction" to build a tourism town, a hydropower Town and a mineral town. In 2009, it mainly focused on "six ones" construction projects, such as one reservoir (Wuzhishi reservoir), one mine (Polymetallic Mine), one dike (Dizhen river dike), one school (middle school), one hospital (Health Center) and one bridge (Chagan bridge). in recent years, Chagan town adheres to the implementation of the scientific outlook on development, clarifies its thinking, gives full play to its advantages, people-oriented, pays attention to people's livelihood, grasps the key points, tackles difficulties, makes highlights, and creatively carries out its work. It has made great achievements in economic and social construction. It has been rated as the county's "Three Civilizations" construction advanced town or praise town and the county's "five good town Party committee" for consecutive years, and was rated as the county's "five good town Party committee" in 2006 The city's "advanced grassroots party organization" was rated as the city's "civilized town" in 2007. In 2003, the first joint party branch of private enterprises in Henglong county was established, which has become a banner of the party building work of private enterprises in the city and county. the infrastructure of the whole town is relatively perfect. All the roads connecting the towns to the administrative villages have been hard bottomed, and two of the three provincial roads have been hard bottomed. The first town level square was built in 2005. The village sites of seven villages in the town have been completely repaired. The infrastructure of Wuzhishi scenic spot has been improved year by year, and its popularity is getting higher and higher. In 2007, it was rated as the best scenic spot for the second self driving tour in Guangdong Province, and received more than 20000 tourists in the whole year. There are 22 small hydropower stations with 39 units in the town, with an installed capacity of 10565 kwh, accounting for one fourth of the total installed capacity of the county, with an average annual power generation of 32 million kwh; there are two power stations with 4 units of 1070 kwh in the town. The stone production represented by Zhonglian stone is developing rapidly, and the molybdenum based polymetallic ore is being explored and developed, which has a bright future. Tazili navel orange base and dengtoukeng agricultural comprehensive development demonstration park are the main demonstration sites of agricultural production. Tazili navel orange has a planting area of more than 3000 mu and a fruit bearing area of more than 1000 mu. The output value of dengtoukeng agricultural comprehensive development demonstration park has reached 1 million yuan. The town's economic development has achieved GDP of 34.37 million yuan, an increase of 12.4%; the total industrial output value is 38.39 million yuan, an increase of 22.9%; the total agricultural output value is 23.98 million yuan, an increase of 3.7%; the town's financial revenue is 760000 yuan, an increase of 8.6%; and the rural per capita net income is 3971% Yuan, an increase of 3.9%

Economics

By the end of 2007, the total number of households in the town was 1823, 7847 people, including agricultural population of 1638, 7389 people and non-agricultural population of 185, 458 people. In 2007, the town's GDP was 62.97 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 10.8%; the total industrial output value was 96.12 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 20%; the total agricultural output value was 31.53 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.5%; the industrial and commercial tax revenue was 910000 yuan, a year-on-year increase of 24.65%; the town level financial revenue was 900000 yuan, a year-on-year increase of 13%; the village level collective economic revenue was 350000 yuan, a year-on-year increase of 20%; the per capita income of farmers was 36 In 2007, Chagan town was awarded the title of "praise town" by the county government. 6241 (2017).

education

Sanda primary school, Chagan Town, Pingyuan County; Jiafeng primary school, Chagan Town, Pingyuan County; Xinling primary school, Chagan Town, Pingyuan County; Tuanxi primary school, Chagan Town, Pingyuan County; Huyang primary school, Chagan Town, Pingyuan County

folk culture

Chaigan town carrying immortal master

"Carrying immortal master" is a folk worship activity, spread in Chagan Town, Pingyuan County, Guangdong Province.

1、 Historical origin

According to the folk custom chapter of Pingyuan County Cultural Relics annals, it is said that when Xie family of Chagan town moved from Shanghang, Fujian Province, they carried the immortal master Bodhisattva with them. Every July of the lunar calendar, they chose the day to carry the immortal master. There are five places to hold the immortal master in the town, namely Chagan village, Jiafeng village, Huyang village and Tuanxi village. The dates are different everywhere. It is hoped that the statue of the immortal master will be welcomed from the immortal master's palace to his home, and the wizard will be invited to pray in order to expel the evil disease. It is very lively for relatives to come and go in Japan. " According to legend, in the second year of the reign of emperor Weizong of Song Dynasty (1112 AD), Renchen suffered from natural disasters in Shanghang and Wuping of Fujian Province, and the demon "manwang" played a mischievous role. The people were in dire straits, and the imperial court sent officers and soldiers to fight against them for many times. At that time, Huang Shilang, Huang Shilang, Xinggong balang and their son (son-in-law) came back from Maoshan (southwest of Jiangsu Province) to learn Taoism. They realized that their magic skills were excellent, so they went to the imperial court and were willing to eliminate demons to ensure the safety of one side. They were given Lingqi, horsewhip, Jinyin, fashuiwan, yinhaojiao, Baodao and other books and scrolls. The three fought with the demon for seven days and nights. The demon retreated to shizhentan at the foot of Zijin Mountain in Shanghang, where he was buried in a stone cave and said that he would not leave for a thousand years. Huang Laoxian then leaned back against the cliff and left a human figure, which means that he would not leave for a thousand years. It is said that the human form and footprints can still be discerned. Unfortunately, a power station has been built in shizhentan, and the human form and footprints have been submerged in the water. From the beginning, people lived and worked in peace and shared peace. the next year, the queen suffered from metrorrhagia. After a long time of treatment, she made a list all over the world. If she could be cured, she would be given a reward. Father and son (son-in-law) went to the capital to cure the queen. The emperor felt that he had made great achievements in eliminating demons and curing diseases. He was granted the title of "three great immortal masters" to protect the country and granted many "three immortal palaces" to build Taoist temples. A hundred years later, the people felt their kindness, so statues and steles were often sacrificed to commemorate and pray for peace and prosperity. Especially in the case of drought, insects and other disasters, it is quite effective to offer sacrifices and pray for the elimination of disasters. the Han nationality in the Central Plains moved southward several times, and the descendants of the Xie family also moved from Henan to Zhejiang, and then from Zhejiang to Fujian. Among them, the 75th chengmaogong (named Yue) first lived in Wan'an, Wuping, Fujian. During the reign of Emperor Shun of the Yuan Dynasty, he was apprenticed to gaowu, Shangshe, Shanghang and other places in Fujian. Later, in 1383 A.D., he went from Shanghang, Fujian Province to chagankaiju, Pingyuan County, Guangdong Province with Zhuo's family and Shaozi temple. He offered incense and memorial tablets in the palace of "three great immortal masters" for the first time at dashengang Temple (Temple) in Shangfang, chagancun village, and later at xiaanzi Temple (the side of today's chaganzi primary school). He offered sacrifices every year to pray for the prosperity of people and a happy life. during the Wanli period of Ming Dynasty, with the multiplication of the Xie family of Chagan and the increase of population, the villages of Chagan had been distributed and settled down. Therefore, it was proposed to build the "three immortals Palace" and carve five statues of the three immortals master, the Dragon King and the land uncle. Wenchang Pavilion was first built in the middle of Lifang river. Later, due to the flood, it was inconvenient to offer sacrifices. It was rebuilt at the foot of ma'anshi in jiaogangling, Qixi. Later, the "three immortals Palace" was built in Tuanxi village, Huyang village, and Wenyu village of Shangju town. The sacrifices have been carried on to this day.

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basic content

since the "three immortals Palace" was built, people can worship at any time. Every village makes vows in the middle of the first lunar month, and makes vows before the beginning of spring at the end of the lunar year. In the summer of the lunar new year, the representatives of the elders gather to discuss that they can carry the statue of immortal master to visit every village in the town on the 10th day after the beginning of autumn. The contents are as follows: "carrying immortal teacher" village square in the lunar calendar summer draw a good order, and down "Shun Gao" set the specific time. Then, from the Lifang village of Chagan village, the incense of "Sangong king", which was worshiped by the "three immortals master" first, was invited to hang beside the sedan chair to patrol and sacrifice together. The rituals include "going out of the palace", "touring", "meeting the gods" and "offering sacrifices", and "offering sacrifices" carries out "three sacrifices". In the old days, it lasted seven days and seven nights, and there were performances such as "climbing the sword mountain" and "crossing the fire pit"; in the present, there are nine performances such as "riding on the horse", "recruiting soldiers and ordering generals", "ordering wine from an Shi" and "pretending to be a disguise". When it was a village's turn to carry the immortal master, relatives and friends kept coming and going. There are also vendors nearby who come to sell special products, such as "Dongshi peanut" and "Jiangxi Chengjiang pear". Merchants gather and invite troupes to perform every five years, which is quite lively. When offering sacrifices, the inscription is: on the good day of the festival, Mu en's disciple (the one who wrote the money) and all the believers in Fang (Village) together with their family members, etc And so on. From Fujian to Guangdong, our ancestors have been blessed with great kindness for a long time. Today, we are in the spring and autumn. We should welcome Dharma drivers with a little sincerity. We should be in harmony with the situation, protect one side, eliminate disasters and reduce the rate of decline, and enjoy eternal well-being. There are couplets on the inner hall and pillars at the gate of "sanxianshi Palace", which are inscribed by scholars. The main couplets are: "good weather, peace and stability of the country", "two rivers and three peaks, long bridge leading to the bank", etc

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