Liuku Town, Lushui City, Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province

Liuku town

Liuku town is located in the capital of Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture and the seat of Lushui municipal government in Yunnan Province. It also straddles the east foot of Gaoligong to the West foot of Biluo snow mountain. It is adjacent to Laowo town in the East, Myanmar in the west, luzhang town in the north and Shangjiang town in the south. The total area of the town is 376 square kilometers, with high mountains, deep valleys and ravines, with the highest altitude of 3100 meters and the lowest altitude of 800 meters.

The annual average rainfall is 1115 mm, and the annual average temperature is 23 ℃. It is a typical subtropical mountain three-dimensional climate. The mountains are generally concave, with high east-west and low middle. It is cold in the high mountains, cool in the middle, and hot along the river. The forest coverage rate of the town is 56%.

brief introduction

Liuku Town, located in the south of Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, is the seat of the state government of Lushui city and Nujiang Prefecture. It is located on both sides of Nujiang River from the eastern foot of Gaoligong to the Western foot of Biluo snow mountain, adjacent to Laowo Township in the East, Myanmar in the west, luzhang town in the north and Shangjiang Township in the south.

It is 561km away from Kunming, the provincial capital, and it takes 10 hours by car. The total area of the town is 376 square kilometers, with high mountains, deep valleys and ravines. The highest altitude is 3101 meters, and the lowest is Nujiang River Valley, with an altitude of 803 meters.

The annual average rainfall is 1015.5 mm, and the annual average temperature is 19.6 ℃. It is a typical three-dimensional climate in Subtropical Mountainous Area. The mountain regime is generally concave, with high east-west and low middle,

The forest coverage rate of the whole town is 70%. At the end of the year, the town has 31016 mu of cultivated land, including 3990 mu of paddy field, accounting for 12.86% of the total cultivated land,

The dry land is 27026 mu, accounting for 87.14% of the total cultivated land area, and the per capita cultivated land is 1.27 mu. In 2007, the total rural economic income of the town was 40.3461 million yuan, and the per capita net income of farmers was 1556 yuan.

administrative division

Liuku town has 12 villagers' committees and 3 community residents' committees.

Population nationality

The total population is 55273 (2017).

There are 12 ethnic groups, including Lisu, Nu, Pumi, Dulong, Bai, Tibetan, Han, Yi, Naxi, Dai, Hui and Jingpo, with Lisu as the main ethnic group and ethnic minorities accounting for 92% of the total population. In the total population, Lisu nationality accounts for 50.93%, Bai nationality 28.39%, Han nationality 7.95% and other nationalities 12.7%.

tourist resources

There are many tourist attractions in the territory, including Nujiang Grand Canyon, laimao river waterfall, etc.

Nujiang Grand Canyon Nujiang River originates from jirepage in the south of Tanggula Mountain. The upper reaches of Nujiang River are called "Naqu" in Tibetan, which means "Heishui River". After it flows through the qinatong in Gongshan County, it is called Nujiang River, which is also the meaning of black water.

The Nujiang River flows through Gongshan, Fugong and Lushui in Yunnan Province. After entering Myanmar from Luxi, it is called the Salween river. Its final destination is the Indian Ocean, and the flow in Nujiang Prefecture is 316 km.

The whole Nujiang River is sandwiched by Biluo snow mountain with an average altitude of more than 4000 meters and Gaoligong Mountain with an average altitude of more than 5000 meters, which makes it form a gorge of more than 300 kilometers.

The relative height difference of the canyon is 2800-3800 meters, mostly in the shape of "V". The river flows through the sharp bottom of the "V". On both sides, there are mountains and ridges with an average slope of more than 40 degrees. Many people call this canyon "Oriental Grand Canyon" or "Mysterious Grand Canyon".

There are more than 10 ethnic groups in this grand canyon, including Lisu, Nu, Dulong, Bai and Zang. Gaoligongshan Nature Reserve, a National Nature Reserve, is an area with the richest species and a "gene bank" of all things. The Grand Canyon of the East stretches nearly a thousand miles from north to south, connecting nearly 300 kilometers of highways, and is also the largest in the world. There are ninety-nine rapids and seventy-seven dangerous beaches in the Nujiang River. It is said that this is the footstep left by the Nujiang girl who is eager to see her brother Dahai.

The origin of place names

Liuku town has a famous "yuejinqiao hot spring", which is famous for the annual Spring Festival "bathhouse meeting". Liuku is located in the east of Biluo snow mountain, the west of Gaoligong Mountain, and the Nujiang River runs through it. The east of the river is the political and commercial center, Jiangxi is the cultural area, and the head office of Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture is located here.

Bai people said that in the past, it was a cave dwelling place for rare birds and animals. Chieftains often beat deer here, so it was called "deer buckle". "Lu Kou" is the homonym of "Liuku", which is a comparison of popular etymology. Han people say that there are six peaks around here, all of which have treasures. There are six Treasuries, so they are called "six Treasuries".

The Lisu People, who lived here earlier, said that there was always water everywhere, and there was a Longtan underground, so it was called Longdong. Different statements have different bases, but they can only prove that Liuku is an ancient place name.

Resources and environment

Liuku town is located in the Nujiang Prefecture, which spans from the eastern foot of Gaoligong to the Western foot of Biluo snow mountain. It is a typical mountain town. The Nushan mountain range, Yunling mountain range and Nujiang river run through the town from north to south. The whole town is located on both sides of Nujiang River.

Affected by the complex landform, the territory has formed a three-dimensional climate with four seasons in one mountain and ten miles in different days. Distinct dry and wet, rainy and hot season, dry and cool season, winter and spring drought is the outstanding characteristics. The average annual temperature is 19 ℃, and the average annual rainfall is 1115 mm. The annual average sunshine is 2020 hours. The main disastrous weather is drought, flood and low temperature.

Liuku town is rich in natural resources. There are seven tributaries of Nujiang River. The water energy is very rich and needs to be developed and utilized. There are tin, tungsten and other mineral deposits. There are 31016 mu of cultivated land, including 3990 mu of paddy field and 27026 mu of dry land; there are 20466 hectares of woodland, 56% of forest coverage, nearly one million cubic meters of standing trees, and a wide range of animals and plants.

Science, education, culture and health

Liuku town has one middle school and 29 primary schools, with 215 teachers and 3252 students. There are 3252 students in rural compulsory education, including 2321 primary school students and 931 middle school students. There are 1 cultural station, 12 cultural activity rooms, 7 literature and art propaganda teams and 15965 square meters of school buildings in the town, which greatly enrich the amateur cultural life of the villagers.

Liuku town has one central health center, 64 medical staff, 12 village level health centers, 23 rural doctors, and 22574 people participate in rural cooperative medical care, with the participation rate of 92.09%.

infrastructure

In 2007, 32 rural infrastructure projects were completed in the whole town. The total investment is 2.6683 million yuan, of which 160000 yuan is invested in the thatched house reconstruction project of menkenwaji and tuomiwadi villages of shuangmidi village committee;

210000 yuan will be invested in the access project of waduoluo village, damikou Baihe Village and Baishuihe bailongtang village of Xinzhai village committee;

The investment of 435000 yuan is used for drinking water project of livestock, such as waduoluo village of Xinzhai village committee, menkenwaji village of shuangmidi village committee, tuomiwadi village, bailongtang village of Baishuihe village committee, etc.; the investment of 1863300 yuan is used for planting industry, scientific and technological training, labor export.

By 2008, 12 village committees and 88 villages had access to roads, 5561 households had access to electricity, 37 small water cellars, 1233 households had access to cable TV, and 4774 telephones.

economic development

At the end of the year, Liuku town had 29910 mu of cultivated land, including 4180 mu of paddy field and 25730 mu of dry land, with 1.3 mu of cultivated land per capita. The main food crops are corn, rice, wheat, beans, potatoes, etc. during the year, certain achievements have been made in food production, farmland water conservancy construction, agricultural science and technology promotion, science and technology education of livestock production, culture and health.

Characteristic culture

Five amateur literature and art propaganda teams have been set up in the whole town. During major festivals, the activities are mainly carried out by the Communist Youth League and women's organizations. The literature and art propaganda team has performed in the village committee by composing and singing its own songs. It has performed in Liuku light stadium for many times. It is deeply loved by the masses and has won the affirmation of Party committees and governments at all levels.

"Pendulum time" has always been the specialty of Lisu People in Liuku town. Every year in the "broad season", all ethnic groups gather together to participate in "pendulum time" all night, which adds festive atmosphere to Liuku city and makes it full of joy. At the same time, the crossbow is the patent of Liuku town people. It has participated in the provincial, state and county competitions for many times and ranked among the top.

In these activities, both men and women participate. Among the Han and Bai people, suona and Kouxian are popular. They have pleasant sounds and beautiful tunes. Especially in Bai People's families, they always use suona to show their excitement and joy when they do wedding events.

Characteristic products

Liuku town has folk embroidery, handicraft weaving backpack, each with its own characteristics, deeply loved by the local people and tourists to Liuku. Cloth shoes and sandals sewn by rural women are in short supply in the Liuku market. A woman entrepreneur in the province also came to order the products in person, but they can't reach the scale. According to the town's situation, some products are being excavated.

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