Qidong Township, Xingbin District, Laibin City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

Qidong Township

Qidong township is located in the north of Xingbin District, Laibin City, Guangxi, at the junction of Xincheng and Liujiang counties, with beautiful mountains and good water and convenient transportation. Luntao mountain, 686.9 meters above sea level, is the highest peak in Xingbin district. With crisscross streams, it is one of the towns with rich water resources in Xingbin district. Qingshui River (or beisanjiang River), which originated in Xincheng and Liujiang counties, runs through the whole territory from northwest to Southeast and irrigates the fertile fields along both sides of the river.

topographic features

Qidong township is a valley about 18 kilometers long and 2 kilometers wide, with overlapping peaks and hills on both sides, many caves and rich limestone. As there are more mountains and less land, it is still a poor mountainous area.

crops

Rice and sugarcane are mainly planted in the central Sichuan Valley, corn and ginger are mainly planted in the mountainous areas, and soybeans, peanuts and fruit cane are produced.

Location area

Located in the northern suburb of Xingbin District, it spans 23 ° 55 ′ 3 ″ - 24 ° 4 ′ 37 ″ north latitude, 109 ° 1 ′ 11 ″ - 109 ° 8 ′ 2 ″ east longitude, connects with Beiwu office in the East, liangtang Township in the south, Anton Township in Xincheng County in the West to the northwest, and Baipeng Township in Liujiang County in the northeast. The total area is 185.2 square kilometers, accounting for 4.24% of the total area of 4364.18 square kilometers in Xingbin district. The North-South span is 28 km, the township government is located in Qidong Street, the straight-line distance to the urban area is 34.4 km, and the highway mileage is 38 km.

History of construction

Qidong township was originally named Beisan and Gulu. It was renamed seven caves in 1830. In 1941, it was merged with Lianshan township (now the village committees of liwang, Daying and Qifeng in liangtang township) and named Liandong township. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, it was renamed Qidong Township in 1950 and was subordinate to the first district of Qianjiang county. After Qianjiang county was merged into Laibin County in 1952, Qidong Township belonged to the Tenth District. When the district was withdrawn in the winter of 1957, Qidong township was set up from the Tenth District. In 1958, the township was withdrawn and called Qidong commune. When the commune was withdrawn in 1963, it was re incorporated into liangtang district. It was still liangtang commune when the commune was resumed in the autumn of 1968. When the commune was restored in the autumn of 1984, it was once again separated from liangtang Township and restored to Qidong Township, which remains unchanged.

administrative division

In 1933, Qidong Township governed 14 villages (streets) including Qidong Street, Nabo, luanpan, niuche, niuze, Heji, Nongqiao, Zhongshan, Diyang, yisang, Shetou, Chungui, longluo and longgou. Since the founding of the people's Republic of China, from January to August 24, 1958, Qidong township has jurisdiction over seven small townships, namely Qidong, poliu, Shetou, guche, Banli, liwang and qiaole. From August 25, 1958 to 1961, Qidong commune governed nine brigades, namely Qidong, liwang, Chengfan, Banli, Qifeng, Shetou, poliu, guche and qiaole. In 1984, Qidong Township had eight villagers' committees: Qidong, Banli, Chengfan, poliu, Chungui, qiaole and Shetou. In 1987, the village committee was renamed village office. In 1996, the village office was renamed the villagers' committee. At present, Qidong township has 8 village committees and 57 natural villages

Population nationality

In 1990, there were 3463 households and 17889 residents. There are 17627 agricultural population and 262 non-agricultural population. In 2006, there were 5156 households and 21529 people in the township, including 21178 agricultural population and 351 non-agricultural population. There are two ethnic groups, Zhuang and Han. Zhuang accounts for 90% of the total population, and the rest are Han. There are Zhuang dialect in northern Guangxi, Hakka dialect and southwest mandarin.

physical geography

It is located in mountainous area, with steep peaks and steep shapes, wide distribution of karst, beautiful mountains, secluded caves and green water. In the middle, there is a valley of about 18 km long and 2 km wide. The terrain of the whole Township inclines from north to south. The main mountain ranges are the North-South luntao mountain range to the east of qiaole village in the northeast. Luntao mountain is the highest peak in Xingbin District, with an altitude of 686.9 meters. You can see the night scene of Liuzhou city when you climb the peak at night. Located 2.5km to the west of Xintun village, Maohe mountain ranges from northeast to southwest. The main peak of Maohe mountain is 524m above sea level. Qingshui River (formerly known as beisanjiang) originates from the junction of Xincheng and Liujiang counties and runs through the whole Township from northwest to Southeast. Its total length is about 18 meters, with an average flow of 31.7 cubic meters per second and a drop of 1.81:10000. Qingshui River is one of the towns with abundant water resources in Xingbin district. There are seven caves in Qingshui River, which are ganchaoyan, xiongling, Longtong, niula, Xiafu, Zhongshan and Nahu. The installed capacity of Xiayi power station is 500 kW. Baiai reservoir is the only reservoir in the territory, with beautiful scenery and total storage capacity of 6 million cubic meters. Only tunsang village in Qidong Township benefits, and most of liangtang Township benefits. The climate is subtropical (qiaole village committee belongs to alpine mountainous area), with mild climate and abundant rainfall. The average temperature in January is 10.5 ° C, the average temperature in July is 28.4 ° C, the average annual temperature is 20.4 ° C, the average annual rainfall is 1434.5 mm, and the average annual rainfall is 0.5 mm The frost period is 320 days, the annual average sunshine is 1750.4 hours, and the Cold Dew wind appears on October 9. Climate disasters mainly include low temperature and cold in spring, flood, cold dew and wind, frost and so on. the soil is Sandy and fertile. According to the land use survey completed in 1992, the total land area of the township is 207269.25 mu. The eight land types are: cultivated land 45175.8 mu, accounting for 21.8% of the total land area, including paddy field 12528.15 mu, dry land 32647.65 mu; garden land 234.45 mu, accounting for 0.11%; forest land 11683.5 mu, accounting for 5.64%; pasture land 1865.4 mu, accounting for 0.9%; industrial and mining land 3907.056 mu, accounting for 1.85%; transportation land 163.9 mu, accounting for 0.6% 1%; water area 4988.85 mu, covering a total area of 2.41%; unused land 138150.9 mu, accounting for 66.65% of the total land area.

mineral resources

There are manganese ore, calcite (dolomite), fluorite ore, marble, crystal stone, stone and so on. Manganese ore is mainly distributed in the hilly area of Qidong, Shetou and Chungui village committee. The ancient chemotianling is rich in marble. Stone mining and processing is a major economic pillar of Qidong township enterprises. The stone is mainly white marble and black marble, white marble is mainly distributed in Guchun, guicun, Gaoxiang, Nahu and other villages. According to the forecast, the reserve is about 200 million cubic meters. The raw material of Hanbai jade is excellent in quality and easy to be mined. It has hard and fine texture, high strength, good polishing performance, strong earthquake resistance, good pressure resistance and other physical and mechanical properties and chemical properties. It has the characteristics of wind resistance, acid and alkali resistance, no fading, no deformation, simple and elegant. The township is equipped with more than 40 stone sawing machines and more than 30 quarries. The annual output of raw materials is about 10000 cubic meters, and the output of processed products is more than 100000 square meters. The products are not only sold in Xingbin District, but also exported to Liuzhou, Guilin, Nanning and other places. There are many kinds of products, which can be used for tablet, engineering building decoration, park decoration, cemetery stone, floor, paving, steps, wharf, stone column, etc. at the same time, they can also be used as furniture art.

Cultural relics

From 1545 to 1577, Tan Gongbing, the chief of the Zhuang Nationality in the northern three, led the peasant uprising. He built a training ground in Shannong, Li Dynasty and guche, covering an area of 5400 square meters. The training ground is surrounded by walls, which is magnificent and about 1000 meters long. the Memorial Pavilion for revolutionary martyrs was built in July 1992. Located at the foot of Shetou village, Yuting is more than 9 meters high.

Important events

On October 5, 1903, 148 villagers were killed by bandits in Shetou village. Later, the government sent troops to encircle and suppress 240 bandits. On April 24, 1949, Wei yemang of Shetou village, Huang Yanjiang of Qiaogong Xialiao village and Chen Deguang of Laiyuan village organized the "people's Liberation southwest six column" (later renamed Guangdong Guangxi border column Qianjiang independent brigade). At that time, a riot was held at 4 am. The first battalion captured the Kuomintang's Liandong Township Office and seized 9 rifles and a batch of bullets from the special formation. Under the leadership of the underground organization of the Communist Party of China, this team has made contributions to the liberation of Guangxi after more than 20 battles. On May 15 of the same year, the Kuomintang Liuzhou security regiment and Chen Fanguo, the head of Qianjiang County, led a county team of 500 people, equipped with 22 heavy and heavy machine guns and 2 guns, to "encircle" the people's Liberation southwest sixth column in Liandong township. The guerrillas lured the enemy in and ambushed in Mawang street. After more than an hour of fierce fighting, nine Kuomintang soldiers were killed and wounded, and they were defeated in liangtang. In late June of the same year, Qin Yaoting, a member of the Party of the fifth independent regiment of the people's Liberation Army of the Guangdong Guangxi track and field competition area, who was sent to Qianjiang area to take charge of leadership, held an underground work conference in guantiantun, Heji village, Liandong Township, to study the establishment of the people's political power, the rectification of the guerrilla troops, and the expansion of the guerrilla area. The meeting unified the leadership of the revolutionary struggle in the Qianjiang area, defined the key direction and tasks, and pushed forward the work in the new and old areas. In July of the same year, the general branch committee of the CPC moving to the Yangtze River (no branch below) was established in Liandong Township, with Secretary Qin Yaoting (also organizing member), propaganda member Wei yemang and military member Huang Yanlong. The general branch is under the leadership of the central and southern Guangxi Working Committee of the CPC. On December 9 of the same year, the general branch committee of Qianjiang County of the Communist Party of China was abolished and transformed into a special branch of Qianjiang County of the Communist Party of China. There were 16 party members, including Secretary Qin Yaoting, members Wu shouxiao, Wei yemang and Huang Yanlong. The residence was moved from Shetou village to the county seat. In August of the same year, the Qianjiang independent brigade and the people's Liberation Armed Forces working team of liulaixiang track and field competition area met in Liandong village

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