Guangtai Town, Puning City, Jieyang City, Guangdong Province

Guangtai town

Guangtai Town, belonging to Puning City, Jieyang City, Guangdong Province, is located in the northeast of Puning City, 21.3 kilometers away from Liusha North Street. It is adjacent to Xianqiao town of Rongcheng district and Jinzao town of Chaoyang District in the East. The total area of the town is 37.3 square kilometers. In late 2018, the registered residence population of Guangzhou city was 65270. As of June 2020, Guangtai town has jurisdiction over 1 community and 21 administrative villages.

On April 26, 1949, Guangtai town was liberated. In December 1958, Huilai County and Puning County merged, and Hongxing commune was under the jurisdiction of Puning county. In October 1986, the district was withdrawn to build a township, and Guangtai town was changed again. The cultural customs of Guangtai town include Chaozhou Opera, Sanshan king, camp master, Puning Yingge dance, etc.

In 2018, there were 16 industrial enterprises in Guangtai Town, including 3 Industrial Enterprises above designated size.

Historical evolution

Before the Qing Dynasty, it belonged to Longxi department and was called Guangtai township.

In the 29th year of the Republic of China (1940), it was called Guangtai town and set up Guangtai District, including Guangtai Town, xindongxiang, Quzhong Township, Yuenan Township, Xinan Township and dongdun township.

In 1942, it was renamed the Fourth District, including Guangtai Town, Yuenan Township, Nanxi Township, Xindong Township, dongdun Township, kuilong Township, Meifeng Town, Nanyang Township, Songyang Township, Yunluo Township and Gaopu township.

Guangtai town was liberated on April 26, 1949. After Huilai County People's government was established on August 1, 1949, Guangtai District governed one town and 14 administrative villages, including Guangtai town and Yuanqing, Tunxi, Xibei, Linghou, Lingnan, Xinhu, hengpo, Shijiao, kuichang, Xuanwu, Changchun, Jicheng, Xinan and other administrative villages.

In May 1952, it was renamed the third district of Huilai County, which governs Guangtai town and ten townships.

In April 1953, the third district of Huilai County governed Guangtai Town, shisan Township and 73 natural villages.

In December 1956, the district was removed to build a township and changed to Guangtai town.

On September 14, 1958, the county abolished the township system, implemented the integration of government and society, merged the areas of Guangtai town and QingKeng Town, and established Hongxing people's commune.

In December 1958, Huilai County and Puning County merged, and Hongxing commune was under the jurisdiction of Puning county.

In 1961, after Huilai County was restored, it was renamed Guangtai commune.

In November 1983, the government and society were divided into districts and townships, which was changed into Guangtai District, with jurisdiction over Guangtai town and sixteen townships.

In October 1986, the district was removed to build a township and changed to Guangtai town. Guangtai town

administrative division

As of June 2020, Guangtai town has jurisdiction over 1 community and 21 administrative villages. The town government is located in Guang'an Road, guangtaiju community.

geographical environment

Location context

Guangtai town is located in the northeast of Puning City, 21.3 kilometers away from Liusha North Street. It is adjacent to Xianqiao town of Rongcheng district and Jinzao town of Chaoyang District in the East. The total area of the town is 37.3 square kilometers.

topographic features

Guangtai town is located in semi hilly area, with high terrain in the South and low terrain in the north. It is to the south of Tropic of cancer.

climate

Guangtai town has a subtropical monsoon climate with an average annual temperature of 21.2 ℃ and an average annual precipitation of 1672 mm.

population

At the end of 2017, there were 58094 permanent residents in Guangtai town.

In late 2018, the registered residence population of Guangzhou city was 65270.

Economics

In 2018, there were 16 industrial enterprises in Guangtai Town, including 3 Industrial Enterprises above designated size.

In 2018, Guangtai town achieved tax revenue of 1.9173 million yuan, accounting for 148.84% of the task, and overfulfilled the tasks of its superiors for two consecutive years; the output value of industries above designated size was 204.02 million yuan, accounting for 95.34% of the task; the investment in fixed assets was 402.93 million yuan, accounting for 59.35% of the task; three new commercial enterprises above designated size were added; the per capita annual net income of farmers reached 8406 yuan, an increase of 6.01% year on year.

traffic

The traffic of Guangtai town is mainly by land. Chi (Wei) Zhang (Lin) highway passes from northeast to southwest, Chaolai port to Jiaonan highway runs through southeast from north to north, and forms a traffic network with rural roads in each management area, so that every village can be connected with cars.

History and culture

Puning Yingge dance

Puning Yingge is a folk art which integrates drama, dance and martial arts. The performers are all male, and its origin can be traced back to the early Ming dynasty or even earlier. It deduces the story of "the Lantern Festival makes a big noise in Daming mansion" in Outlaws of the marsh, and a group of Liangshan heroes rob Lu Junyi and others from prison. The majestic and vigorous performance style and the bold and heroic spirit of Yingge and dance are regarded as the symbol of positive and negative, auspicious and safe. English song and dance in Puning

Chao opera

Chaozhou Opera, also known as Chaoyin opera, is an ancient local opera performed in Chaoshan dialect. It is a branch of southern opera in song and Yuan Dynasties. It has a history of more than 430 years, mainly distributed in eastern Guangdong, Southern Fujian, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia. Guangzhou Taichao Opera

King of the three mountains

Sanshan King originated in Chaoshan area of Guangdong Province, with a history of more than 1400 years. It is rooted in the hearts of millions of people and is the oldest and most influential God in the area. In the first month of every year, there are activities for the Three Mountain Kings to meet the gods and visit the gods. In some villages, the gods sing big operas and dance lion, dragon and lantern. King of the three mountains

Camp master

Yinglaoye is a kind of Han folk sacrificial activity in Chaoshan area of Guangdong Province. Yingshenying is a word in Chaoshan dialect. In Chaoshan area, "Laoye" refers to the patron saint of a town or village. Generally, it is held in the first month of the lunar calendar every year. In a town, every village takes turns to be "noisy" every day.

famous scenery

Hutoupu ancient kiln site

Hutoupu ancient kiln site is located in the south slope of hutoupu, Mianyuan village, Guangtai Town, Puning City, Jieyang City, Guangdong Province. The provincial, local and county cultural and Museum departments jointly excavated 15 pottery kilns and unearthed a large number of printed pottery pieces, including 3 pottery pots and 7 pebbles.

Pottery and pottery pieces are muddy gray pottery, most of which are pot shaped. The main features are high collar, drum belly, circle bottom, short circle foot, and all kinds of printing patterns on the outer wall, including stripes, discontinuous stripes, rectangular grid patterns, curved ruler patterns, circle patterns, leaf vein patterns, weaving patterns, etc. Kiln shape can be roughly divided into three types: plane gourd shape, plane round shape and plane square shape.

There are nine plane gourd shaped kilns in total, which are transverse cave kilns with "8" shape in plane. They are built according to the mountain situation, with grass mixed mud as the bottom and wall of the kiln. This kind of kiln is generally about 3.50 meters long and 1.50 meters wide. It is divided into three parts: kiln chamber, fire chamber and fire passage. The kiln chamber is on the top, the fire chamber is on the bottom, and the fire passage is connected in the middle. There is a red clay platform in the middle of the kiln chamber, which is used to place pottery. Hutoupu ancient kiln site

Honorary title

In 2015, Guangtai town was rated as "Guangdong science and technology innovation town" and "Jieyang science and technology innovation town".

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