Wenci Town, Chao'an District, Chaozhou City, Guangdong Province

Wenci town

Wenci town is located in the northeast mountainous area of Chao'an district. It borders Raoping County in the East, Guihu town in the west, Yixi town in Xiangqiao District in the South and Fenghuang town in the north. It is 50 kilometers away from Chaoan County, with a total area of 71.46 square kilometers. It belongs to hilly area, surrounded by mountains, with belt Valley in the middle, and the northeast mountain is the extension of Fenghuang mountain range. The main peak is feierdong, 697.8 meters above sea level, which is the highest peak in Wenci town; Feitianyan peak, 576.6 meters above sea level.

In 2005, the town had 5.4 square kilometers of arable land (8147 mu) and 59 square kilometers of mountainous land (88561 mu). There are 22 villagers' committees and 1 neighborhood committee. There are 72 natural villages with 17715 people in 4155 households (including 16594 people in 4087 agricultural households) and 587 people in 147 she households. There are more than 6000 overseas Chinese living in 18 countries and regions.

Evolution of organizational system

At the end of Tang Dynasty and the beginning of Song Dynasty, some ancestors settled here. In the early Qing Dynasty, there was an ancestral hall in Wenci Town, named Wenci, which was later named Wenci.

From the Northern Song Dynasty to the early Qing Dynasty, Wenci belonged to Dengying capital of Haiyang County, which was called dengrong capital from the Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China. After 1914, it was changed to dengrong District of Chaoan County. In 1930, it belonged to Rongyi District of Chaoan County and merged with Yixi. In 1946, it was separated from Yixi and belonged to dengrong township of Chaoan County. In 1949, it merged with Yixi and was called Rongyi district. In 1950, Rongyi district was called the Third District People's government. In 1952, three districts were demolished, and Wenci was established as Wenci District People's government. In September 1958, Yixi people's commune was juxtaposed with Yixi. In April 1961, it was separated from Yixi and established the commune, which has jurisdiction over eight senior communes, including Dongshe, Nanshe, Xishe, Beishe, Zhongshe, Chishui, Yongyi and Shanshan. In 1980, it was called the Management Committee of Wenci commune, which has jurisdiction over 22 brigades. In November 1983, Wenci District Office was established, and the brigade under its jurisdiction was called Xiang. In February 1987, it was changed into Wenci Town People's government, which has jurisdiction over 22 administrative villages and 1 neighborhood committee. After 1992, it belongs to Chaoan County. In June 1999, the village level was transformed into autonomy, and the administrative region was changed into a villagers' committee. The town people's government is located in Wenci market town (commonly known as Wenci city).

Economic overview

Agriculture: Wenci is located in the middle of the mountain area, with more mountains and less land. It is mainly agricultural economy, mainly planting rice and fruit. In 2005, it invested 9 million yuan to transform 11.1 square kilometers (16600 mu) of farmland. From 1988 to 2005, the town leveled most of the cultivated land, filled a large number of waste streams and ditches, and carried out a series of farmland infrastructure construction, laying a good foundation for the development of agricultural production. In 2005, the total output value of agriculture was 54.69 million yuan. The total grain area of the town is 10.5 square kilometers (15793 mu), with a yield of 335 kg / mu and a total yield of 5301 tons.

Water conservancy: from 1992 to 2005, baikeng reservoir, zoumalang reservoir and zhaiding reservoir were continuously repaired. Baikeng reservoir is the main reservoir for drinking water and irrigation in the town. In 2004, 1.75 million yuan was invested to reinforce the reservoir. After reinforcement, the storage capacity is 1.763 million cubic meters, and the effective storage capacity reaches 1.232 million cubic meters, which is 413000 cubic meters more than the original, effectively improving the flood control and flood fighting capacity. Two small reservoirs, 9.61 kilometers of mechanized roads, 12 mountain ponds and 35 water slopes were repaired. Basically solve the problem of drainage and irrigation in the whole town.

Fruit: Wenci town is one of the main fruit producing areas in Chao'an county, with a long history of fruit planting. Traditionally, it is rich in olive, loquat, bayberry, green plum, persimmon, yellow peel and miscellaneous fruit, etc. Fruit planting industry is the leading industry of Wenci rural economy, and fruit income is a large amount of economic income of farmers. In 2005, the fruit planting area of the town was 13.9 square kilometers (20843 mu), with a total output of 2108 tons. Among them, there are 29 tons of raw oranges, 263 tons of bananas and 39 tons of pineapples.

Since 1988, on the basis of the original planting industry, we have introduced new varieties such as trigonometric olive, "Zaozhong No.6" loquat, "Dongkui" Myrica rubra, baifenmei, etc. The famous, excellent and rare fruits in Wenci include pikeng pear, Yabei persimmon, Yabei bayberry, Chinei loquat and Dongshe "Dongkui" bayberry. In October 2004, Wenci town's first farmer cooperative organization, Wenci town waxberry cooperative, was established. In 2005, with the support of provincial audit department, Dongkui waxberry base was established. By 2005, there are 15 "three high" farms in Chaozhou, including comprehensive agricultural development demonstration farm, Hengyu eel breeding farm and Xiongsheng pig farm. The comprehensive agricultural development demonstration farm in Chaozhou covers an area of more than 2 square kilometers (3000 mu), mainly planting olive, longan, litchi, waxberry and other high-quality and high-yield fruits, and breeding pigs, chickens and eels, forming a three-dimensional planting and breeding pattern.

Forestry: rich in resources, the main tree species are pine, fir, eucalyptus, Acacia and bamboo. Since 1988, Wenci has carried out the work of Closing Hillsides for afforestation and actively protecting forest resources. By 2005, the total area of Closing Hillsides for afforestation in the town was 33.9 square kilometers (50920 mu).

Animal husbandry: in 2005, there were 14232 pigs, 32420 pigs and 476 cattle in the town.

Industry: the foundation of industry and sideline has always been relatively weak. Since the reform and opening up, the township enterprises in Wenci have developed greatly. By 2005, the total industrial output value of Wenci reached 127.49 million yuan, with 78 township enterprises and 810 employees.

social undertakings

Jianqiaotan hydropower station was built in Wenci in 1992. According to the geographical characteristics of Fenghuang river system, the first station and the second station of jianqiaotan were built by stages from the East and west sides. The total installed capacity is 1820 kWh and the annual power generation is about 6 million kwh, which has played a huge role in the economic development and social progress of Wenci town. In 1994, a waterworks with a daily water output of 4000 tons and a 35000 volt substation were built.

Infrastructure: the construction of roads and village roads has developed rapidly. At the beginning of 1992, there were only about 500 meters of cement roads in the town. In 1993, the people of Wangling village independently excavated the Wangling Road, which is more than 3000 meters long. At the same time, set off the upsurge of road construction in the town. Wenci section of Shantou Fenghuang Road, a provincial highway, is 3.17 km long. The whole line was changed. Construction started in January 1997 with an investment of nearly 30 million yuan, and was completed and opened to traffic in January 2000. Chishui road was built in 1999. From 2002 to 2005, Dongshe Zhuyuan Road, Wangling Road, Hetang kengmei Road, pingkeng road and ruyixi road were successively paved with cement. In 2004, chache, the last mountain village, was opened to traffic. So far, the town's important town roads and village roads have been hard bottomed, forming a traffic network extending in all directions.

Drinking water conditions have been improved. Since 2003, with the strong support of the provincial government and relevant departments at a higher level, the drinking water conditions of nearly two-thirds of the administrative villages in the town have been improved by building reservoirs and diverting mountain springs.

Education: education is developing rapidly. In 1992, there were 1 secondary schools and 10 primary schools in the town, and the layout of schools was adjusted later. In 2000, the Li Gong hang school was merged into the upper Rong primary school. The Education Commission was revoked and incorporated into the Wen Temple middle school, called the Wen Memorial Primary School. In 2004, Shangrong Central Primary School was promoted to a county level school. In 2005, songkeng primary school was closed. There are 1 middle school and 9 primary schools with 2114 students and 140 teaching staff. In 2005, a total of 661 students in the town were given preferential treatment and subsidies at all levels.

Culture: the cultural station building was completed in 2000. Other major cultural facilities include radio and television network maintenance station and library. Cultural stations and libraries have a collection of 2000 books. With the rapid development of TV network, every village in the town has access to TV, with 2600 cable TV users.

Health: Wenci town has a health center, which is a class B hospital. The medical equipment of health centers is increasing, and the technical force is gradually improving.

famous scenery

Culture of She Nationality: ligongkeng village is the main settlement of She nationality. The first "recruitment day" with the characteristics of She nationality was solemnly held in 1994, and the second was held in 1997. In 2002, ligongkeng she culture folk village was founded, and a number of important materials, such as she folk culture, she songs and she dances, language, were reorganized and displayed to the outside world. Village roads were paved and sites were built. She culture was inherited and began to be understood by the world.

Cultural relics and historic sites: yonganmen gate, pojieling ancient road, and Putong tower in monk mountain.

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