Shijiabao Township, Songpan County, Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province

Shijiabao Township

Shijiabao township is under the jurisdiction of Songpan County, Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province. Shijiabao township is located in the upper reaches of Fujiang River, 110km southeast of the county, connected with Xiaohe Township in the East and Huanglong Township in the west, Huya Tibetan Township in Pingwu County in the south, huangyangguan Tibetan Township and Baima Tibetan Township in Pingwu County in the north, and the township government is 91km away from the county. In December 2019, the people's Government of Aba Prefecture decided to abolish shijiabao township.

General situation

Shijiabao township is under the jurisdiction of Songpan County, Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province. Shijiabao township is located in the upper reaches of Fujiang River, 110 km southeast of the county, connected with Xiaohe Township in the East and Huanglong Township in the west, Huya Tibetan Township in Pingwu County in the south, huangyangguan Tibetan Township and Baima Tibetan Township in Pingwu County in the north, 91 km away from the county and 85 km away from Pingwu County. The total area is 340.69 square kilometers, including 198.4 hectares of forest, 113.2 hectares of shrub, 85.3 hectares of grassland, 22.7 hectares of bare rock and other areas. The area is located in high mountains and valleys with rich resources and vast territory, with an altitude of 1600-5000 meters. The township governs four administrative villages, namely Shuanghe (jiubaozi), Fengping (shijiabao), siwangbao and Xinguang, with 20 villager groups, a total population of 2141 (2017), a total economic income of 7.581 million yuan, a per capita net income of 2593 yuan, 3200 mu of arable land, 710 tons of grain production and 321 kg of grain per capita.

Population data

(fifth census data) total population 2141 (2017).

geographical position

Historical evolution

In 1951, Songpan county set up shijiabao township; in 1959, it was divided into Pingwu County and Songpan County; in 1963, it returned to Songpan county and changed its name to Shuanghe township; in 1974, it was changed into a commune, which was called Shuanghe commune; therefore, the local people used to call Shuanghe Village (jiubaozi) and Fengping Village (shijiabao) as Shuanghe village. The Songping earthquake occurred in 1976, and shijiabao and Xiaohe areas in Songpan county were the hardest hit areas. In 1981, shijiabao commune was established; in 1982, shijiabao suffered the largest flood disaster in history, and many houses and government departments were seriously affected. Therefore, the government departments of shijiabao Township were moved from shijiabao (Fengping Village) to the middle of Xinguang village. In 1984, shijiabao township was rebuilt. after the Wenchuan earthquake on May 12, 2008, with the care of people from all walks of life and the approval of the people's Government of Songpan County, a beautiful government comprehensive office building was built in the abandoned siwangbao primary school. The Party committee and government of shijiabao Township were moved from Xinguang village to siwangbao village. due to many changes in history, there is no large-scale town in shijiabao township. in December 2019, the people's Government of Aba Prefecture decided to abolish shijiabao township.

economic development

Shijiabao township is a production Township mainly based on agriculture and supplemented by animal husbandry. It mainly produces corn, wheat, potato, buckwheat, highland barley and other crops. There are 85.3 hectares of grassland in shijiabao Township, where yak, yak, cattle, goat, horse and other animals are raised. there are rare animals and plants such as giant panda, golden monkey, takin, takin, Davidia involucrata, Paris polyphylla, Phoebe kirilowii, Magnolia Xikang and so on. Meanwhile, shijiabao township is also a key protected area for giant pandas in China, which is designated as the core jurisdiction of the Giant Panda Corridor by WWF. there are Cordyceps, Gastrodia elata, Codonopsis, angelica, Fritillaria, notopterygium, walnut, eucommia, lacquer, chestnut and other medicinal materials and local products. All over the mountains and fields, there are many wild vegetables, such as Spinosaurus, pteridophytes, Artemisia, deer leeks, fungi and so on. rich in mineral resources, including scheelite, iron ore, manganese ore, crystal stone and other ores. Songpan fansituo Biological Technology Co., Ltd. relies on the superior natural environment of shijiapu Xigou to grow blueberries, and has achieved remarkable results. the territory is rich in water resources, mainly including Fujiang River, Xigou River, Longdishui River and other rivers. Sichuan Huahua Electric Power Co., Ltd. has built Xiaohe Hydropower Station Reservoir at the confluence of Fujiang River and Xigou river. Some immigrants have moved to jiupuzi River Dam at the end of the reservoir, and now Shuanghe new village is built.

complete set service

Walking into the villages of shijiabao Township, Songpan County, we can see that every house is equipped with solar water heaters. This unique beautiful scenery is the "two capital projects of Songpan county", which makes people feel the flavor of the new socialist countryside. Shijiabao township is an important channel from Songpan to East Sichuan. Songpan Pingwu highway passes through and connects four administrative villages. There are two road maintenance stations (shuangheban and sanlukou Daoban). safe drinking water projects have been installed in all villages, all streets have been hardened, garbage landfills have been built in all villages, village cleaners have been set up, and public facilities have become increasingly perfect. there is one central primary school in shijiabao Township, two village level kindergartens, one health center in shijiabao Township, and health stations in each village. China Telecom, China Unicom and China Mobile have full coverage of communication signals; Telecom optical fiber broadband and digital radio and television have been opened.

social customs and habits

Shijiabao township is a mixed township of Han nationality, Hui, Tibetan and Qiang nationalities, and its language is Sichuan dialect in Northwest Sichuan. traditional houses are usually wooden houses with one floor on the second floor (now mostly of brick and wood structure), and they are used to sitting around the fire pool, heating and cooking on the fire pool. (nowadays, with the change of living conditions, most families are replaced by iron stoves burning coal, while families with better conditions are heating and cooking with cleaner, convenient and beautiful electrical equipment. during the meal, the woman in charge of the family will deliver the food first to the male, then to the female, and then to the child. Shijiabao people eat corn, potatoes and buckwheat as their staple food. They like mixed food. The most distinctive mixed food is "gold wrapped in silver". religious belief most of their religious beliefs are Buddhism (except Hui nationality). Each family has a shrine, which reads "heaven and earth King's parent teacher" or "heaven and earth country's parent teacher". All year round, they offer fruits and other items. The Hui people mainly live in shijiabao (Fengping Village). Because they believe in Islam, there is a mosque behind the primary school, where imams stay all the year round. there is also the habit of playing Dragon Lantern every Spring Festival, and there is the custom of "hanging red" for those who return home after military service and prison service. marriage in the past, most marriages were arranged by parents. Nowadays, young men and women enjoy a wide range of social freedom, most of them choose their spouse and love freely. In the process of marriage, we usually have to go through the steps of "consent", "engagement" and "marriage". that is, after young men and women have the intention to fall in love, the man should prepare certain gifts to visit the woman's home, and after obtaining the consent of the woman's parents, the relationship between the two sides can be made clear; through communication, when they have the intention to get married, the man should find a matchmaker --- Hongye to lead the way, and prepare colorful gifts to the woman's home. The woman's home invites some neighborhood relatives to hold an engagement ceremony, and the neighborhood relatives are invited If the marriage fails in the future, the bride's family will truthfully return the betrothal gifts given by the man. After the engagement ceremony, the two sides have an open love relationship, which is closer. After further communication, it is time to discuss marriage. With the consent of the woman's parents, after the birth of a child, the date of marriage can be determined by Duangong. The wedding ceremony is quite grand. The man will prepare a big gift to meet the bride at the woman's home. Both men's and women's homes will entertain their relatives and friends, and they will also prepare a certain amount of money for blessing. in traditional weddings, there is also the ceremony of "recognizing the size", that is, introducing the elders of the man to the bride one by one, and the introduced elders will give the bride different cash (red envelopes), which is called "meeting gift". With the change of the times, this ceremony gradually fades away. a series of introductions about the wedding held in shijiabao township: 1) red Lord "matchmaker" when young men and women are mature in love, if they are ready to get married, it is the matchmaker - the enthusiastic red Lord who will lead the way, let the parents of both sides promise to get married, and the two families will put into the grand wedding preparation stage. "Flower Night" is held at the woman's home the day before the wedding. The day before "Flower Night", the man's home will send a talkative welcoming team to the woman's home. 3) ancestor worship the custom of shijiabao village is that before getting married, the bride should go to the grave of her ancestors, burn incense and worship them, and bid farewell to the ancestors who have given her surname. With the sound of firecrackers, the bridegroom carries the bride around, and new people come into the hall to worship heaven and earth, ancestors and parents. Parents will give the bride a change of mouth fee (red envelope), and the bride will officially become a man after the ceremony. 5) regular wine (banquet) the first person to attend the banquet is the regular guests. During the banquet, the two newlyweds, accompanied by the accompanying guests (best man and bridesmaid), are toasted and smoked by zhikesi or the respected elders of the man. In the process of toasting and smoking, the bride and groom not only knew their relatives, but also received people's blessings. 6) bonfire party in the evening of the main banquet, the host's family lights a prosperous bonfire in the yard, roasts the whole sheep on the shelf, and entertains the guests with "Huahua" (a kind of fried pasta), fruits, peanuts, melon seeds, etc., and the visitors sing around the bonfire one after another. When people finish singing, the host cuts the whole roast sheep and puts it on the table. People begin to enjoy it. After enjoying roasted whole sheep, people continue to jump around the bonfire in the happy Guozhuang village. They don't care until late at night, and gradually leave. 7) "thank you" on the second day of the wedding, the host will prepare two more tables to thank the neighbors for their help. 8) "return door". "Return" depends on the distance between the two families. Those who return after three days or nine days apart. At that time, the wedding ceremony will be concluded. funeral aspect funeral aspect is mainly based on earth burial (if the child dies unfortunately, it is wrapped in sheets and discarded in caves or riversides, so far

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