Yuanshan Town, Lianping County, Heyuan City, Guangdong Province

Yuanshan town

Yuanshan Town, a town under the jurisdiction of Lianping County, Guangdong Province, is located in the middle of Lianping county. It is the resident town of the county people's government and the political, economic, cultural, educational and transportation center of the county. It covers an area of 285.32 square kilometers. By the end of 2017, it has a total population of about 84000. It has 15 village committees and 5 neighborhood committees, and the built-up area is 5 square kilometers.

Yuanshan town is located in the subtropical monsoon climate area, Lianping River and Daxi River pass through the town. With ecological agriculture and green agricultural and sideline products as the industrial pillar, Shilong Industrial Estate is set up in the territory. It has won the titles of "national civilized county", "health town of Guangdong Province" and "civilized county of Guangdong Province".

Lianping river originates at the foot of Huangniushi mountain in Yuanshan Town, flows southwest through Yuanshan, Xishan and Longjie, and then flows into Xinfeng River at the mouth of Zhentang River in Longjie town. It has a total length of 71 km, an average width of 28 m, a drainage area of 589 km2, an average gradient of 0.0078, a natural drop of 818 m, and an average annual runoff of 18.28 m3 / s. There are 18 tributaries.

Evolution of organizational system

Yuanshan town was established in 1634 (the seventh year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty), which was the seat of the state and county administration.

details

In May 1966, Yuanshan town was renamed Hongyang town.

In June 1982, it was renamed Yuanshan town.

The origin of the town's name: Mou Ying, the first magistrate of Lianping, was also known as Yuanshan. During his term of office, he was deeply loved by the people and later died in office. In order to commemorate his achievements, a "Muye Temple" was built in the north of the city, and the location of the state government was renamed "Yuanshan town".

administrative division

It governs 15 villages, including Xingshi, Qianfeng, Jingxiong, Donghe, Shilong, dengcun, Dabu, Jiangmian, liutan, Xinlong, Donglian, Hehu, mixi, zengba and Heba. The five urban communities are East, South, West, North and South Lake.

geographical environment

Summary: Yuanshan town is adjacent to Zhongxin town in the East, Xishan town in the south, Potou town in the West and Shangping town in the north, covering an area of 285.32 square kilometers (2017). The terrain is high in the north and low in the south, with mild climate, abundant rainfall and abundant forest, mineral and water resources.

Main rivers:

① Lianping River: it originates at the foot of Huangniushi mountain in Yuanshan Town, flows southwest through Yuanshan, Xishan and Longjie, and then flows into Xinfeng River at the mouth of Zhentang River in Longjie town. It has a total length of 71 km, an average width of 28 m, a drainage area of 589 km2, an average gradient of 0.0078, a natural drop of 818 m, and an average annual runoff of 18.28 m3 / s. There are 18 tributaries.

② Daxi River: it originates from Jianfengling (732.9 m above sea level) in Zhongcun village of Shangping Town, flows through Shangping, Neiguan, Yuanshan, Tianyuan and other towns, and flows into Xinfeng County about 2 km west of Tianyuan Hetou village and Shikeng. The river is 59 kilometers long and the drainage area is 530 square kilometers. The average gradient of the river is 0.0398, the natural drop is 1070m, and the average annual runoff is 15.95m3/s. There are 15 tributaries.

Population data

In November 2000, the data of the fifth census of Yuanshan town in Lianping county are as follows:

83886 (2017).

Economics

The town's economy is dominated by agriculture. In 1996, the total industrial and agricultural output value of the town reached 160 million yuan. There are more than 30 enterprises under the town. The main industrial sectors include machinery, electricity, food, clothing, textile, pharmaceutical, feed processing, wood processing, etc. In 2010, the sown area of grain was 41800 mu, the grain output was 12578 tons, and the sown area of other crops was 9034 mu. It mainly produces vegetables, fruits, peanuts, soybeans, Dutch beans and other crops, as well as tea, Lentinus edodes, three birds, livestock, aquatic products and other production bases. Citrus, Shatian pomelo, bamboo shoots, green plum and chestnut have been developed into bases. The town is well-known for its tea, mushroom, fungus, bamboo and wood products, honey, Sanhua Plum and other local products. Among them, aodu tea is one of the famous Jiulianshan teas with exquisite production and mellow taste; mushrooms are thick, fragrant and refreshing, which are exported to Southeast Asia every year; guanjing "Sanhua Plum" in Jingxiong village has rich flesh, sweet and refreshing, which is the best of plum.

social undertakings

infrastructure

By the end of 2011, the road network, power grid, communication and other facilities in the town were relatively perfect, and the cement roads in the town were connected: the roads were connected to the villages, and the electricity, postal, radio and television were connected to the villages. Convenient transportation, national highway 105 and provincial highway Guanshan line (Guandu to Shantou) cross the border here. The village road has been connected to every village. Telecommunications are well developed, reaching the level of village to village telephone.

education

In terms of culture, education and health, before the founding of the people's Republic of China, Lianping county (state city) enjoyed the reputation of "being an official in science and technology". The Yan family is famous for "one family, three generations, four governors, five ministries, ten provinces and eight flowers". After the founding of the people's Republic of China, the cause of culture, education and health has developed rapidly. As of the end of 2011, there are 1 county Party school, 1 radio and Television University, 4 ordinary middle schools, 1 teacher training school and 1 library , 1 Museum.

Spiritual civilization

The township party committee and government always adhere to the principle of "two hands, two hands must be hard", and put three civilization construction into the agenda of the Party committee and government. First, we should conscientiously carry out educational activities of "patriotism, law-abiding, honesty, courtesy" and "Eight Honors and Eight Disgraces". Two, education on Party members' advancement should be carried out in an all round way to improve the quality of Party members. Third, under the guidance of the public security management policy of "Party committee leading, relying on the masses, prevention first, strict management, timely strike hard, and ensuring safety", we should implement the joint prevention of public security in towns and villages, the mass prevention and mass policy, and the combination of prevention and control. Through discipline education, social morality, professional ethics and family virtue education, we actively guided the masses to change customs, bid farewell to ignorance, advocate science, bid farewell to bad habits, and move towards civilization, thus improving the overall civilization of the town. In 2005, Yuanshan town was named "civilized town of Guangdong Province".

History and culture

The cultural relics include Huangtan Temple site and Dongshan tower, which are key cultural relics protection units at the county level. In the old days, there were five "Lianping eight sceneries" (Xishan waterfall, Danzao qiusong, Wufeng Qiaochang, xianta trace, nanlouye view) nearby.

From the first day to the fifteenth day of the first month of every year, there are activities of dancing incense fire dragon in the town. Incense fire dragon is made into dragon shape by wooden frame, then wrapped with straw on the wooden frame, and then inserted incense fire on the straw. As the name suggests, it is called "incense fire dragon". According to the records of Lianping county annals, since the founding of Lianping in 1634 (the seventh year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty), Yuanshan town in Lianping county has had the traditional art of dancing incense and fire dragon, which has been loved by the masses for more than 300 years. Therefore, incense fire dragon has become a popular folk entertainment activity in Yuanshan town of Lianping County for hundreds of years.

Fire dragon dance can be divided into "worship four doors", "you long", "overturn", "grab the ball", "tuanlong" and other five plots, performing skills are more difficult. In addition to gongs and drums, music, people also lead the singing of "dragon song". "Dragon song" is some new year's greetings. When dancing the incense fire dragon, the masses will throw firecrackers into the dancing incense fire dragon. The "dragon" lowers its head and uses incense to light firecrackers. The atmosphere is very warm.

The outstanding feature of the incense fire dragon is that it always contains delicacy and delicacy in the "fire", which is permeated with agility and lightness, dexterous activities, and changes. Lai Juguang summarized the incense fire dragon as a unique folk art that integrates beautiful dancing posture and skills.

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