Santai Township, Dayao County, Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province

Santai Township

Santai township is located at the top of Yizhou, between the big and small Baicaoling mountains. The township has a land area of 455 square kilometers, 9 village committees and 116 villager groups, with a total population of 11945 at the end of 2003. Yi, Han, Lisu, Dai and other nationalities live in the township, of which the Yi population accounts for 89% of the total population. The township government is 77 kilometers away from Dayao County.

Introduction to hometown

Santai township is located at the top of Yizhou, between the big and small Baicaoling mountains. The township has a land area of 455 square kilometers, 9 village committees and 116 villager groups, with a total population of 11945 at the end of 2003. Yi, Han, Lisu, Dai and other nationalities live in the township, of which the Yi population accounts for 89% of the total population. The township government is 77 kilometers away from Dayao County. Santai Township, known as "the hometown of walnuts", is the birthplace of the Yi People's "October sun calendar". The annual national traditional festival "saizhuang Festival" attracts a large number of Chinese and foreign experts, scholars and businessmen for sightseeing and collecting customs. Santai township of Dayao County is a mountainous township of Yi nationality, with a forest coverage rate of 80%. It is the origin of "Santai walnut" in Dayao, the hometown of Walnut in China. According to historical records, it has been cultivated for 500 years in Dayao. So far, in Daqing Village of Santai, there are still some walnut trees about 260 years old. Santai walnut is the second largest walnut variety in Yunnan Province. It has thin shell, beautiful shape, white kernel, full and sweet taste. Its oil content is 73.4% and kernel yield is 52%. It is favored by consumers at home and abroad and has a high reputation in China. In recent years, the township party committee and government, based on their own resource advantages and in accordance with the working idea of "one guarantee, two reform and three development", have made great efforts to cultivate the characteristic economy of mountainous areas, and built seven experimental demonstration bases, such as walnut, tree onion, Pinus armandii, white kidney bean, Baicaoling Chinese herbal medicine and Japanese radish. At present, the township has developed more than 410000 walnut trees of 21047 mu, with 35 trees per capita. The annual commodity output is about 800 tons, with an output value of 6.4 million yuan, accounting for more than 70% of the farmers' per capita net income and financial self-income. The township has developed 1500 mu of green onions, with an annual output of nearly 3 tons, with an output value of 40000 yuan. The township has developed 5412 mu of Pinus armandii, with an annual commodity output of 75 tons, with an output value of 375000 yuan. The township has cultivated 1628 mu of traditional Chinese medicine, with an output value of 375000 yuan There are 4000 mu radish in Japan. In 2002, the total industrial and agricultural output value of the township was 13.359 million yuan, and the total financial revenue was 3.38 million yuan, including 668000 yuan of self-income, 4.09 million kg of grain output, 278 kg of grain per capita and 800 yuan of net income per capita. under the leadership of the party, the people of Santai township are working hard to change the face of Yi Township and move towards a well-off life. Terraced fields ended the era of slash and burn cultivation, lighting realized the bright dream; transportation changed the situation of people carrying horses; education raised the hope of the nation; reform accelerated the economic development. "Think about the source of wealth, think about progress when you are rich", the developing Santai will continue to advance in innovation and create new brilliance.

Famous specialty

Walnut

Walnut is one of the four dried fruits. It is the main export commodity of our county and the economic pillar of Santai township. In the early days of the liberation of Santai Township, there were only 1200 walnuts with an output of 3 tons. In 2002, it has developed to 21047 mu, with 35 walnut trees per capita and an output of 800 tons. There are 9 village committees and 116 villager groups in the township. Except for yuduzui, zhiluoping, waluoqing group 1 and group 2 of huangjiawan village committee, which live by the Jinsha River and are not suitable for walnut cultivation due to low altitude and high temperature, the other 112 villager groups have walnut cultivation. Walnut cultivation group accounted for 99% of the village group. Walnut output value reached 6.4 million yuan, and walnut income accounted for more than 70% of farmers' per capita net income and fiscal revenue. walnut has been cultivated for 3500 years, and Santai walnut has been cultivated for more than 450 years. According to the records of Chinese walnut annals, Santai walnut is a natural species, and Santai township is the origin of Santai walnut. At present, there are 17 species of wild Juglans regia that have been growing for thousands of years. In the broad-leaved forest of Santai primeval forest, there are also wild Juglans regia that have been growing for thousands of years in Qingbian and riverside, which is the witness of natural distribution. Santai walnut has been bred for thousands of years, and now there are excellent varieties of Caogou walnut, dacogou walnut and six other varieties of Pao walnut. Santai walnut has a thin shell of 0.8-1.2 mm, smooth hemp thread, light thin, beautiful shape, easy to get kernel, white, full, sweet taste, oil content of 73.4%, kernel yield of 52%, which is favored by consumers at home and abroad. It has a high reputation in international trade. In 1979, it was awarded as the national excellent walnut variety at the national excellent walnut variety appraisal meeting held in Shanxi Province. In 1983, it was exhibited at the exhibition of special construction achievements of national export commodity production base in Beijing. It was praised by foreign economic and trade departments and leaders, and was awarded the honorary certificate of "thin shell walnut"; in 1995, the State Council awarded the honorary certificate of "hometown of Chinese walnut".

Shallot wood

Allium fistulosum is a kind of precious plant, and also a kind of precious traditional Chinese medicine. It is suitable for growing in a wide range, generally between 1800-2800 meters above sea level, with an average temperature of 4.8 ℃ - 16 ℃, annual precipitation of 600-1000 mm, and an average annual relative temperature of 75-80%. It likes to grow on wet hillside, wasteland, woodland, gully or sunny hillside. It is mainly distributed in Northeast China, Korea, Japan and the Soviet Union. congmu, a plant of Acanthopanax senticosus family, is also known as cimutong, shutoucai, cinenya, cilaobao, cilaoya, quebuzhan, etc. It was first recorded in the collection of Materia Medica. It has long been used to strengthen the body and treat rheumatic low back and leg pain, arthritis, nephritis and other diseases. Expert research shows that the content of total saponins in the root bark of Allium fistulosum is 8.8%, and the content of total amino acids is 5.11%. There are 15 kinds of amino acids in total, and 7 kinds are essential amino acids for human body; the content of total saponins in tender buds is 2%, and the content of amino acids is 26.3%. It has the functions of Tonifying Qi and calming the nerves, strengthening the essence and nourishing the kidney, dispelling wind and activating blood circulation, stopping dysentery and relieving pain. It is used to treat neurasthenia, rheumatoid arthritis, hepatitis, diabetes, gastrospasm, constipation, traumatic bleeding, Yang deficiency and kidney deficiency. It is also a promising anti-aging drug and has a good effect on treating senile diseases. At the same time, it is a kind of traditional green health forest dish. Now, Santai township has adopted asexual propagation method to develop 1500 mu, with an annual output of nearly 3 tons. Moreover, the output is increasing year by year, and the market prospect is very broad.

Traditional Chinese Medicine

Pinus armandii, or Pinus armandii, is a kind of tree species growing at a specific altitude. Its fruit is a green organic food favored by consumers. At present, our township has developed 5412 mu, with an annual commodity output of 75 tons and an output value of more than 370000 yuan. There are many wild Chinese herbal medicines in our township. In recent years, 31 varieties of Eucommia ulmoides, rhubarb, Radix Aucklandiae and Radix Isatidis have been planted in our Township according to local conditions. Among them, rhubarb has been listed as one of the three key medicinal materials in the province according to the national medication standards. Now, our township has promoted the cultivation of rhubarb, Aucklandia, Gentianaceae and other varieties of Chinese herbal medicine more than 1600 mu.

ethnic customs

Santai is a mountainous village where Yi people live together. The Yi people live and multiply in this hot land and create many excellent national cultures. As early as in ancient times, the ancestors of Yi people here created the "October solar calendar". It has 10 months in a year, 36 days in a month, and 5 days at the end of the year as the "New Year's Day", a total of 365 days. The new year's day from every three years to the fourth year is 6 days, and the whole year is 366 days. The October solar calendar is built on a three platform shaped platform surrounded by stones. It sets the winter solstice and summer solstice by observing the movement of the sun in the morning, and sets the winter solstice and summer solstice by observing the direction of the big dipper handle in the evening. The summer day is the "Torch Festival", and the five days after the winter solstice is the "New Year's Day". Today, the site of the observatory still exists and has been restored and protected. Yi people have gradually formed some ethnic customs in their daily production and life. In Santai Yi village, you can see simple and quiet wooden houses everywhere. You can always taste the small pot wine brewed by Yi family, original buckwheat Baba and all kinds of natural mountain treasures and wild vegetables. In Santai Yi village, funeral and marriage are full of ethnic flavor, with strong ethnic customs.

tourist resources

The Baicaoling mountains in Santai township are full of emerald peaks and beautiful scenery. The highest peak is 3657 meters on the roof of Yizhou, and the lowest elevation is 1200 meters on the Bank of Jinsha River. There is always a saying that there are four seasons in a mountain and different days in ten miles. The climate is pleasant. There are cherry blossoms, camellia and Dujuan flowers all over the mountain. Here, there is an annual national tradition of March 38 of the lunar calendar Uniform Festival -- costume competition Festival. It is an ideal place for tourism and exploration of Yi culture.

infrastructure

Water conservancy facilities have been continuously improved. Through years of efforts, the whole township has invested 1.02 million yuan in the construction of water conservancy infrastructure, including the construction of sand retaining dam, the erection of water diversion steel pipe, the plastic pipe, the irrigation of three smooth ditches, and the construction of water storage tanks. The new irrigation area of 1200 Mu has solved the problem of drinking water for 2211 people and 1158 large livestock. the transport infrastructure has improved significantly. While guiding the masses to maintain the rural roads, they tried every means to excavate the village group roads. By providing technical services at the township level, 31 village group roads with a total length of 65.8 km, including weiqi, Damaidi and Muhai, were excavated through the form of financing and labor. The access rate of natural villages in the whole Township reached 47.9%. Along with the traffic

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