South American Lahu Township, Linxiang District, Lincang City, Yunnan Province

Lahu Township in South America

Lahu Township in South America is located in the southwest of Linxiang District, Lincang City, 48 kilometers away from the district government. It is connected with Boshang town in the East, Zhangtuo town in the north, Gengma County in the West and Shuangjiang County in the south. The land area of the township is 120.85 square kilometers, between 99 ° 45 ′ - 100 ° 26 ′ E and 23 ° 24 ′ - 24 ° 06 ′ n, with the lowest altitude of 1500 meters and the highest altitude of 2835 meters. The annual average temperature is 14.1 ℃. It is a cold and rainy Alpine mountain area.

At the same time, there are abundant mineral resources in the territory, such as lead-zinc, gold, antimony and other minerals are distributed in the territory. Since the establishment of the township, Lahu Township in South America has entered a period of rapid development, and great changes have taken place in rural appearance and residents' life. Especially through the "Ninth Five Year Plan" poverty alleviation and the "Tenth Five Year Plan" deepening development, the economy and society of the township have made great progress. In 2006, the total income of rural economy was 6.6127 million yuan, and the per capita net income of farmers was 866 yuan.

In November 2017, Lahu Township in South America was awarded the fifth national civilized village.

geographical environment

South America Lahu Township, located in the southwest of Linxiang District, Lincang City, Yunnan Province, is 48 kilometers away from the district government. It is connected with Boshang town in the East, Zhangtuo County in the north, Gengma County in the West and Shuangjiang County in the south. The land area of the township is 120.85 square kilometers, between 99 ° 45 ′ - 100 ° 26 ′ E and 23 ° 24 ′ - 24 ° 06 ′ n, with the lowest altitude of 1500 meters and the highest altitude of 2835 meters. The annual average temperature is 14.1 ℃. It is a cold and rainy Alpine mountain area. The township governs 4 villager committees, 28 natural villages and 33 villager groups. There are 7 ethnic groups, including Lahu, Han, Yi, Bulang, Dai, WA and Hui. At the end of 2006, the total population of the township was 4509, of which 3218 are Lahu, accounting for 71.4% of the total population. the Lahu nationality township in South America was established in December 1987. There are not only mysterious and simple Lahu ethnic customs, but also rich and diverse wild animal and plant resources, such as Alsophila spinulosa, grassland, ancient tea forest, muntjac, silver pheasant and black bear. The natural landscape and cultural landscape complement each other, which makes people reverie. in the new century, the Party committee and government of Lahu nationality township in South America firmly seize the development opportunity, take the construction of "ten thousand mu tea garden and ten thousand mu bubble walnut base and rich Lahu nationality characteristic customs tourism" as the overall goal, and strive to build "Lahu town" and "green forest and fruit town". 12016 mu of pickled walnut, 7320 mu of tea garden and 2910 mu of orchard have been built. At the same time, the construction of Lahu ethnic customs Park in South America is also beginning to take shape. Ethnic customs Park, primeval forest tour and other distinctive ethnic cultural tourism projects are waiting for distant guests with a new look. the Party committee and government of South America township have introduced a series of preferential policies for investment promotion in combination with their own resource advantages and characteristics, and determined the investment promotion projects such as Caoshan grass skiing farm, ecological tea factory, walnut processing factory, and Chinese herbal medicine research and development. the Lahu nationality township in South America is located in the west of Linxiang District, Lincang City, Yunnan Province, between 99 ° 45 ′ - 100 ° 26 ′ E and 23 ° 24 ′ - 24 ° 06 ′ n. It is connected with Boshang town in the East, Zhangtuo Township in the northeast, Gengma County in the West and Shuangjiang County in the south. It covers an area of 120.85 square kilometers (including state-owned forest) (118.32 square kilometers). The total number of households is 1221 and the total population is 4532 (at the end of 2007), including 1100 agricultural households and 4361 people. There are seven ethnic groups: Lahu, Han, Yi, Bulang, Dai, WA and Hui. Among them, the population of Lahu is 3236, accounting for 71.4% of the total population. It has jurisdiction over 4 administrative villages, 28 natural villages and 33 villager groups in South America, Duoyi, Nanhua and Pojiao. Township government in small South America, 48 kilometers away from the city. The lowest altitude is 1500 meters and the highest is 2835 meters.

Historical evolution

In December 1987, the Lahu nationality township in South America was set up from Zhangtuo district. In 1997, it covers an area of 126.4 square kilometers and has a population of 4000. It governs four administrative villages, namely South America, Duoyi, Nanhua and Pojiao.

administrative division

530902202: ~ 201 South America village ~ 202 Duoyi village ~ 203 Nanhua village ~ 204 Pojiao village 530902202: ~ 201 South America village ~ 202 Duoyi village ~ 203 Nanhua village ~ 204 Pojiao village is located 17 kilometers north of South America township government, with an altitude of 1800-2300 meters. It has jurisdiction over 7 villager groups, 267 households and 1110 people (about 2006). is the only pure Lahu village in South America. It is located 3 kilometers north of the township government and is distributed between 1800 and 2200 meters above sea level. Covering an area of 30 square kilometers, it administers 10 villager groups, 260 households and 972 people (about 2006). located 5km south of the township government of South America, it is distributed between 1700-2300m above sea level. It governs 9 villager groups, 367 households and 1475 people (about 2006). located in the south of Lahu Township in South America, it is a mountainous area, 10 kilometers away from the township government. It is connected with Nanhua village in the north, Wanxian village committee of Boshang town in the East, Mengku town of Shuangjiang County in the south, and Daxing Township of Gengma County in the West. The average altitude of the village is 1710 meters. There are five natural villages and seven villager groups. At the end of 2007, there were 198 households with a total of 783 people.

Indigenous people

It belongs to the Diqiang ethnic group. It originated from the Bank of Qinghai Lake and calls itself "the man who jumps out of the gourd". In the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, it moved to South America for survival needs. Due to the geographical isolation, it formed a unique national cultural style through long-term development. Today, it still retains more mysterious and primitive clothing, diet, religious belief, customs, dance and handicraft production The national cultural tradition of China. Clothing is the most representative symbol of the Lahu nationality. The Lahu compatriots like to take black or navy blue as the keynote, supplemented by dark red and dark green stripes. Lahu is a nationality with many festivals. There are Spring Festival, Tuzhu Festival, bridging Festival, Qingming Festival and other festivals throughout the year. The food is more characteristic, mainly roast food, more like spicy, and men and women of all ages like wine and smoking. The main recipes are roast fish with fishy vegetables, bee with asparagus cotyledons, Auricularia auricula with cooked ground hair, spareribs with Huangjing, black bone chicken with asparagus. Lahu people are good at singing and dancing. No matter men, women, old and young, they all like to sing.

infrastructure

In South America Township, there are 6 rivers more than 5 kilometers, with runoff area of 56.4 square kilometers, 245 water conservancy projects, and no reservoirs or ponds. There are 15 natural village access roads, 13 natural villages are electrified, 4 natural villages are electrified, 5 natural villages are electrified, 2 mobile communication towers and 389 fixed line and mobile phones are built in the township.

legend

According to legend, a long time ago, an unprecedented flood broke out on the earth. The flood engulfed everything. In the face of the huge waves, in order to save some hope of human reproduction, the ancestors of mankind put 50 pairs of men and women into 50 big gourds respectively, and put the gourd into the water to let it drift with the waves. One of the gourds, with the current, reached the altitude of nearly two meters On a plateau of 1000 meters. When the flood receded, the gourd was divided into two parts. A couple of men and women who came out of the gourd became the ancestors of the Lahu people, the ancestors of the people who live in this land today. Therefore, up to now, the Lahu people call themselves "the people born in Hulu". From their various totems handed down from generation to generation, as well as the legends handed down to this day, we can see the influence of the Lahu people "Gourd" infinite gratitude and respect.

New rural construction

In 2006, South America village was established as the second batch of 100 "three villages" project demonstration sites in the region by the district Party committee. Under the correct leadership of the district Party committee and the district government, under the high concern and attention of the township party committee and the government, under the careful guidance of the District New Rural Affairs Office and the strong support of all related departments, South America village vigorously promoted the construction of new socialist countryside according to the unified deployment of the district Party committee and the district government Focusing on the core of industrial cultivation, focusing on infrastructure construction, taking ecological construction as the basis of development, civilization construction as the spiritual power, realizing a well-off society as the goal, developing rural economy and increasing farmers' income; through the formulation of "one plan, three plans" and the implementation of various measures, the construction work has been carried out smoothly and achieved phased results. the construction of one mu of farmland per capita. South America village has 2524.8 mu of farmland, 2.6 mu per capita, which has reached the target. economic forest and fruit construction per mu. There are 6045 mu of economic fruits in South America village, including 1785.13 mu of tea (961 mu for picking), 2683 mu of walnut, 1499 mu of white papaya, 77.87 mu of others, 6.22 mu per capita, reaching the target. the living conditions of each family with one hospital. There are 239 safe houses in South America villages, accounting for 91.6% of the total number of households. There are still 8.4% of the villagers without safe houses, some of them are "five guarantees households". clean energy construction and safe drinking water. There are 10 biogas digesters in South America village, but because of the low temperature and the lag of breeding industry, the biogas materials are insufficient and other factors, it has been unable to use. Considering this actual situation, biogas has not been promoted in the new rural construction; there are 30 households with 125 people using safe drinking water in South America village, and there are still 230 households with 847 people not using safe drinking water. each household has a technology savvy person. As of November 2007, 33 scientific and technological training sessions have been conducted, with more than 4300 participants, basically reaching the level of one person per household

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