Xiaomengtong Town, Yongde County, Lincang City, Yunnan Province

Xiaomengtong town

Xiaomengtong town is located in the northwest of Yongde County, between 99 ° 17 ″ E and 24 ° 12 ″ n, 770 km away from Kunming, 210 km away from Lincang and 52 km away from dedang. With water on three sides and soil on one side, it is an important post station of the ancient Silk Road and an important passage from Yongde to Baoshan and Myanmar in history.

summary

Huitong bridge (also known as Hongqi bridge), a famous ancient railway cable bridge built in Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty in xiaomengtong Town, is located four kilometers to the east of lameng Township, Longling County, Baoshan City. It crosses the mengboluo River (Nujiang River), which is the only place for the passage. The total area of the town is 584.14 square kilometers, accounting for 18.1% of the total area of the county. It is a typical agricultural town. The annual rainfall is 1205mm and the annual average temperature is 18.3 ℃. The altitude of the territory ranges from 566 m to 2395 m, with a relative elevation difference of 1829 M. the highest altitude is 2395 m at nanmucanhou mountain, the lowest is 566 m at the intersection of Nanla River and Nujiang River, the highest altitude is 2040 m at cunhaobalin, and the lowest is 700 m at cunwandian. The total cultivated area is 70631 mu, including 17375 mu of paddy field and 53256 mu of dry land. It has 16 village committees, 136 natural villages and 222 villager groups. At the end of 2006, it had a total population of 48679 and 10806 households, including 1671 non-agricultural people, living in Han, Bulang, Bai, Yi, Hui and other ethnic groups. The road in the town has formed a traffic network system with banwan (Banpo to WanDian), Yonglong (Yongkang to Longling) and Xiaobang (xiaomengtong to Banghai) as the skeleton, Zhenlian village, cunlian group and sugarcane garden. There are three relatively prosperous markets in the town.

Historical evolution

Xiaomengtong town has a long history. According to historical records, in 206 BC, it was under the jurisdiction of Yongkang. In 69 ad, Yongchang County (Baoshan) was set up, and its governance was set up in Shiwei county (Shidian). Xiaomengtong town was under the jurisdiction of Baoshan. In 1276, zhenkang road was set up and Yongkang county was under the jurisdiction of Xiaomeng. In 1907, after the reform of the land to flow, the head of the group and the inspection team were set up. Since 1913, Xiaomeng was under the jurisdiction of zhenkang County, Baoshan special district. In addition to the current jurisdiction, Xiaomeng also had jurisdiction over guihuashu, Huangcaoba, bainitang, mengbanbizhang and Lishu townships in Changning County, Chaoyang and Wan in Yongkang Yao Liangxiang. In 1950, the 31 regiment of 7 detachment of Yunnan Guangxi Guizhou border column of the Chinese people's Liberation Army was ordered to enter xiaomengtong, which was the prelude to the liberation of Yongde. Therefore, xiaomengtong became the first liberated area in the county. On May 12, 1953, xiaomengtong was under the jurisdiction of Lincang area, three townships of Changning, two townships of Mengban and two townships of Yongkang, and mangniushui of Shidian County was under the jurisdiction of xiaomengtong. The people's Republic of China was founded. Xiaomengtong district was established in April 1950, which is called the North District. It has nine townships under its jurisdiction. In August 1950, it was renamed the Fifth District and xiaomengtong District, with jurisdiction over 13 townships; in 1952, it was renamed 30 townships; from 1953 to 1955, it was renamed Wuxing people's commune, with jurisdiction over 5 management districts; in 1961, it was renamed xiaomengtong District, with jurisdiction over 6 townships; in September 1962, it was abolished and xiaomengtong district was re established; in October 1968, it was renamed xiaomengtong district In May 1969, xiaomengtong district was renamed Shengli commune, and the district reform committee was changed into commune Reform Committee; on December 6, 1969, the core group of commune party was established; in July 1971, the commune Party committee was established. In 1984, xiaomengtong commune was changed to xiaomengtong district; in March 1988, xiaomengtong district was changed to xiaomengtong Town, with 16 offices under its jurisdiction; since 2000, it has been under the jurisdiction of 16 village committees.

Administrative area

Under its jurisdiction, there are 16 village committees, 137 natural villages and 222 villager groups. Seven village committees belong to cold and poor mountainous areas.

human geography

Xiaomeng unified the Han nationality, not only retained the traditional customs of the Han nationality, but also absorbed some customs of the local ethnic minorities.

nation

There are 2030 ethnic minorities living in the territory, including Han, Bulang, Dai and Hui. Among them, the minority living in groups are Bulang in Dazhai formation of xiaomengtong village and Dai in nanjietian formation of muguahe village.

diet

The majority of Han people in the area traditionally live in mountainous and mid mountain areas. Therefore, the main food is corn and rice, followed by beans and potatoes. Since the 1960s, wheat planting area has expanded year by year, and pasta has accounted for a certain proportion. Meat, mainly pork, chicken, duck, sheep, beef, followed by the traditional custom of killing pigs. Eating habits, mostly two meals in leisure, three meals in busy. Drinking is relatively common, mostly for their own use, commonly known as Xiaozhen wine. Hospitality is a traditional virtue of the local people. When guests get home, they first pass on cigarettes, make tea, and then offer a cup of wine to show friendship.

marriage custom

At the beginning of a man's marriage proposal, when the woman's parents betrothed him, the man chose a couple of months and days to kill two castrated chickens at the woman's house to show his engagement. On the day before the wedding, the man sends rice, tea, wine, meat and other gifts to the woman's home, which is commonly known as a gift. The man greets the bride, and a welcoming team is composed of the best man, the bride's family, the pick-up box and the pick-up. In the evening, the bride will wash her face and feet for the groom's relatives and elders, and invite them with big gifts, while the elders will present gifts to the bride. In the evening, there will be a ceremony to meet and see off the old people from both sides. They will address each other after the ceremony. Visitors are singing in the courtyard to celebrate, and some even make a new house that night. The next day, the newlyweds, accompanied by relatives and friends, return to their mother's home, which is called "return home"; some return home seven days later.

Funeral customs

The Han nationality is traditionally buried in coffins. When an elder is in critical condition, his children and relatives should be at his side to receive his breath, feed him silverware, take a bath, put on his shroud and hat, go to the mortuary, and then go to the mortuary. He usually hires his husband to hang the dead, and on the day he leaves the mountain, he entertains the guests.

festival celebration

Spring Festival is the main traditional festival of the Han nationality, which usually lasts from New Year's Eve to the fifth day of the lunar new year. During the festival, various entertainment activities are organized. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival is used to offer road trips. On the eighth of February, the married girls return to their mother's home to eat Tuanzi and yellow rice. On the Qingming Festival, they sweep graves and worship their ancestors. On the Dragon Boat Festival, they wrap zongzi and plant flowers and trees. On the 24th or 25th of June, the torch festival is used to kill chickens in the daytime Slaughtering sheep and throwing torches at night to drive away pestilence and pestilence; slaughtering chickens and sheep in July and half to transport the dead; on August 15, Mid Autumn Festival, family reunion and eating moon cakes.

Urban construction

Urban development presents the pattern of "one center, two basic points". "One center" is xiaomengtong central town. Xianggui was approved by Prefecture and county in August 2004, and "two basic points" are WanDian street and banlao street. There are 268 individual industrial and commercial households, including 175 in trade, 14 in repair, 18 in service, 13 in manufacturing, 15 in catering, 33 in transportation, and one sugar factory (Yongdian sugar factory).

In 2008, the "one plan, three plans" for new rural construction in 137 natural villages and the construction of 14 model houses in xiaolongtang natural village were completed. A total of 14.22 million yuan has been invested, including 4.2186 million yuan of subsidies at all levels, 9.1751 million yuan raised by the masses, and 831000 yuan of loans. The new rural cooperative medical system compensation was fully implemented. In 2008, the whole village promotion project of five natural villages including guangbaozhai was completed, and the implementation of riverside village, riverside village and other natural villages was started

Xiaolongtang

Four natural villages and Seven World Bank funded village clinics, including yumingzhu. Completed the land coordination and dispute mediation involved in Xiaobang highway patency project, Xiangjiu Dagou, Dehong Boshang 500kV high voltage transmission line erection, and ensured the smooth implementation of the project on schedule.

More than 20000 yuan was invested to build a large-scale billboard for Party building. It has invested more than 80000 yuan, equipped with 168 sets of tables and chairs, 5 bookcases and 4 VCD players, built and standardized the software system of 16 village Party branches and 5 organ party branches, recommended and reported 5 party construction demonstration sites, 2 municipal outstanding communist party members, 2 county-level advanced grassroots party organizations, 3 Advanced Party workers and 11 outstanding communist party members.

In 2007, through the joint efforts of provincial state-owned enterprises, cities, counties, towns, villages, the masses and relevant units, the investment increased from 600000 yuan to 1.22 million yuan, the number of people in 236 households increased from 1136 to more than 3000 in 365 households, and the number of livestock increased from 500 to 1100. A total of 14.2 million yuan was invested in the construction of new countryside, of which 12.1 million yuan was invested by the masses.

education

Yakou state owned assets hope primary school was started in 2002, and was fully completed and put into use in March 2004. A 403 square meter brick concrete structure teaching school, a 235.75 square meter brick concrete structure teachers' dormitory, a 60.75 square meter brick wood structure teachers' kitchen, a 60 square meter brick wood structure toilet, a 230 meter 1.8-meter-high brick wall, a flag raising platform and a 60 cubic meter water tank were built A total of 598.28 square meters of cement floor were laid, 300 books were donated, and a total investment of 685900 yuan was completed, of which 430000 yuan was supported by the provincial state owned assets company. The completion of Yakou state-owned hope primary school has thoroughly improved the educational environment and solved the problem of learning difficulties for more than 400 students

infrastructure

In 2008, xiaomengtong river dredging project was basically completed. The investment of 860000 yuan has been completed, and 8 km of river course has been dredged and treated. Six village committees, 63 villagers' groups and 1694 villages have been ensured, including xiaomengtong, Quercus, riverside, Yakou, Banpo and Mugua river

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