Huoma Town, Cangxi County, Guangyuan City, Sichuan Province

Call horse town

Wuma town is located in the north of Cangxi County, on the shore of East River, connecting Qiping in the East, Lijiang River in the north, Sanchuan and Shimen in the west, and Yuanba in the south. It is 45 kilometers away from the county, covering an area of 42 square kilometers. It has 12 villages, 1 neighborhood committee, 85 Village (neighborhood) groups, 3341 households and 12551 people. It is said that Zhang Fei, the general of Shu in the Three Kingdoms, called the frightened horse here, so it was named Maxi.

The town is 500-1000 meters above sea level, high in the north and low in the south. Based on agricultural economy, it is rich in citrus, crisp sweet pomelo, yellow peach and traditional Chinese medicine, and rich in forest resources. It is a key town for pig and rabbit breeding in the county.

The water and land transportation in the town is prosperous, the communication, electric power, radio and television are networked, the construction of the town is in good order, the market is prosperous, the economy and various social undertakings are booming, the education work is well-known throughout the country, and the folk art activities are rich and colorful. "Horse calling paper cutting" has been listed in the intangible cultural heritage list, and has been awarded "the hometown of Chinese folk art" by the Ministry of culture.

History of construction

In 1910, it was under the jurisdiction of Yuanba town and Sanchuan township.

In October 1934, it belonged to Yutai mountain and Shimen hanjiahe Soviet. Since 1935, it has been called Ma Township (Lianbao).

It was founded in 1951. In 1958, it was changed into the people's commune of Malaysia. In 1984, it was renamed Ma Xiang.

In 1994, the town of Houma was built.

Village Governance

Location context

Wuma town of Cangxi County is located at the south foot of Jiulong Mountain, a branch of Bashan mountain in North Sichuan, and the North Bank of Songjiang River, a tributary of Jialing River. It is the hinterland of Cangxi County, the "hometown of China's Sydney". It goes up the river to Wangcang and Bazhong, down the river to Langzhong and Nanchong, east to Bazhong and Chu, West to Jianmen ancient road..

historical origin

The rippling green water fields of huanma town bear the historical origin, and the undulating mountains and peaks contain folk talents, which outlines a beautiful ecological picture of harmony between man and nature. This place has a long history. When Zhang Fei, a general of Shu in the Three Kingdoms, was stationed in Langzhong, he called for the lost horse by "tasting wine and appreciating art". "Horse calling paper cutting" refers to a kind of folk culture and art originated and spread in the territory of horse calling and Northern Sichuan. It is produced in accordance with the local people's life content and spiritual pursuit. According to county records, called racecourse, formerly known as Zhuxi. During the Three Kingdoms period, Zhang Fei, a general of Shu, guarded Langzhong and went to Hanzhong ancient road. On the way, he took a rest on horseback. He lost his horseback after watching the village girl perform paper cutting. Later, he called the horse back in Zhuxi. At that time, artists used paper cutting to record this historical story. Another folk artist made the story into a shadow play, which was widely praised. The farmer's shop cut his portrait and pasted it on the door, so as to eliminate evil spirits and disasters, and called it "general hufei". Since then, called horse paper-cut has been handed down from generation to generation and propagated into all aspects of social life, resulting in a variety of artistic forms with paper-cut as the keynote, forming its own unique artistic style represented by Li's, Zhong's, Liu's, Gou's and other folk artists.

Call horse paper cutting

The characteristics of "call horse paper-cut" are as follows: 1. It has artistic characteristics, integrates the rough northern paper-cut and the elegant Southern paper-cut. It is good at focusing on the big and starting from the small, with details in the rough, skillful in the clumsy, charming but not vulgar, and its artistic expression is popular, friendly and skillful. 2. It has the characteristics of historical folk culture and art. At the beginning, most of them were rural women's weaving, dyeing and depicting skirt dress striped flowers to beautify life. However, since its inheritance and evolution, its artistic expression is simple, concise, clear, elegant, rich in strong local flavor, showing a long cultural connotation and original ecological folk characteristics. 3. It has the characteristics of mass, self initiated and family inheritance, few fixed apprenticeship, and mass characteristics of popularization of technology and participation. 4. It has strong regional characteristics. It has a long history and belongs to the central town of the surrounding seven townships (towns). Since ancient times, with convenient transportation and prosperous trade and logistics transactions, the cultural and art exchange of "horse calling paper cutting" has flourished, the development and change of style, quality and quantity of art and culture have expanded, and the surrounding areas have been affected. 5. The coexistence characteristics of paper-cut art. With the progress of social civilization, the art of "horse calling paper-cut" has gone out of the "boudoir house" and extended to the rural five artisans (stone, art, clay, pottery, weaving) and other industries. It has been integrated into all aspects and levels of social life, resulting in artistic forms with different styles and characteristics. The art categories complement, improve, promote and develop each other.

After more than 1700 years of evolution, especially in recent years, the town Party committee and government have taken a series of measures to promote and excavate the folk art treasure of "horse calling paper-cut". Through the establishment of "northern Sichuan paper-cut Association", "Lihua calligraphy and Painting Association", "Songjiang spring Literature Society" and other folk artists' organizations, professional training and academic exchanges have been carried out, and how to learn paper-cut has been published 》"Jihong" paper-cut selection, founded "northern Sichuan paper-cut newspaper", held paper-cut art festival, carried out paper-cut art exhibition, selected excellent works to participate in the competition and other activities, so as to continuously sublimate the community culture and courtyard culture with the paper-cut as the carrier. The folk art works of "horse calling paper cutting" have participated in exhibitions and competitions organized by domestic and international society for more than 20 times, realizing the annual participation and participation activities, and winning awards every year. According to incomplete statistics, among the works created in the past decade, 4 paper cuts and 3 woodcuts have been collected by the National Museum, 713 paper cuts have won prizes in the national competition, 18 works have been included in the fine arts teaching materials of primary and secondary schools in Sichuan Province, 561 paper cuts, 14 woodcuts and 4 woodcuts have been selected in domestic publications, 264 works have been exhibited abroad, and 6 works have been included in the American International Children's painting and calligraphy University Selected works of the competition. The representative works of a number of major folk artists have been included in the dictionary of Chinese artists and celebrities, the list of Chinese folk celebrities, Chinese contemporary paper-cut artists, the collection of Chinese folk paper-cut, the selection of Chinese modern celebrity paper-cut, the collection of Chinese paper-cut books, the complete collection of Chinese paper-cut, etc. More than 10 paper-cut artists have turned their paper-cut works into commodities and put them into market development and marketing. A pattern of developing the culture and art industry is taking shape.

economic development

The annual output value of agricultural and sideline products of the whole town is 41.3 million yuan, the total output value of township enterprises is 23.5 million yuan, and the fiscal revenue is 1.32 million yuan. It is rated as one of the "top 100 financial and tax towns" by Guangyuan Municipal People's government. society and culture

The enterprise has developed in an all-round way and has been rated as "advanced township in Sichuan Province".

Called horse town is located on the coast of the East River. It has a long history of called horse farm. It is said that Zhang Fei, the general of Shu in the Three Kingdoms, called the lost horse here. The land is fertile, the water source is rich, the climate is mild and the rainfall is abundant,

It provides superior conditions for agricultural and sideline production. All round development of breeding industry. The total annual output of the town is 7000 tons of grain, 600 tons of oil and 300 tons of freshwater fish based aquatic products. 22000 pigs sold annually

1, 000 beef cattle. The territory is rich in forest resources, covering an area of 45000 mu, with 28000 mu of forest in Heishan and Yunlong villages in Longkou, rich in high-quality timber such as pine and cypress.

In recent years, the town has made great efforts to adjust the agricultural structure, highlight the scale and characteristics, and strive to develop efficient agriculture, with the grain to economic ratio reaching 5:5. The five major industries of forest and fruit, medicinal materials, aquatic products, nursery and animal husbandry are highlighted,

Every household has built a practical one acre courtyard for their children, created a group of new farmers (1-2 people per household) who master practical technology, set up a marketing team to break into the market and run the circulation, and set up a company plus road

The base is connected with the industrialization path of farmers; 2 000 mu of aquatic products and seedlings have been built in 18 communities of three villages in the Three Gorges Valley, and 3 000 mu of forest, fruit and medicinal materials have been transferred to 22 communities of three villages in Shandi; 6 bases have been built along the East River

Village 43 community 3000 mu famous and high-quality fruit and seedling project. 100000 chestnut trees, 100000 walnut trees, 100000 loquat trees, 100000 Sydney trees, 100000 plum trees, 100000 Phellodendron amurense trees, 100000 tea trees and 300000 tea trees were planted

It has cultivated 2000 mu of nursery and 2000 mu of medicinal materials, and has become a base of seedlings, medicinal materials and fruits in Cangxi.

scenic spot

Wufengxia drifting company was established on August 23, 2013, with a registered capital of 5 million yuan and a total investment of 85 million yuan. The first phase of the project starts on October 16, 2013, and the official business hours are to be determined. The scenic spot has unique resources and obvious geographical advantages. The starting point is 582 meters above sea level, and the ending point is 420 meters above sea level, with a total length of 5 kilometers and a drop of 162 meters. The scenic spot has clean streams, steep canyons, many deep pools, large drop, dense forests and lush vegetation, which is suitable for building a domestic top drifting and Northeast Sichuan water sports base.

Tourism projects

Wufeng gorge rafting scenic area includes passion rafting, canyon suspension bridge, canyon sightseeing plank road, romantic Baihua Valley, small Jiuzhaigou sightseeing, water entertainment and water sports. With green Wufeng mountain, mysterious Ba tribe, cool Wufeng Canyon sightseeing, happy water park, Wufeng Grand Canyon waterfall group, passionate Wufeng gorge drifting, romantic Baihua Valley and other characteristic products, the scenic spot is comprehensively packaged to develop a domestic first-class cultural drifting scenic spot.

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