Xihuo Town, Shangdang District, Changzhi City, Shanxi Province

Xihuo town

Xihuo town belongs to Shangdang District of Changzhi City. It is located in the southern boundary of Shangdang at the eastern foot of xiongshan mountain, bordering Huguan County in the East, Gaoping City and Lingchuan County in the south. The town covers an area of 41.47 square kilometers, governs 30 administrative villages, has a permanent population of 24592 (in 2017), and has a cultivated area of 22000 mu. The transportation is convenient. Provincial highway Changzhi Lingchuan highway, county highway Henghe Yangcun highway and Yincheng Xihuo tourist highway run through the town, 10 km away from the entrance of Xichi Expressway and 35 km away from Changzhi urban area (there are airports and high-speed railways under construction). The shuttle bus from the town to the urban area runs every 10 minutes.

The town is "the best destination of rural tourism in China", "the national advanced township of ecological civilization", "the provincial advanced collective of rural Party style and clean government construction" and "the cultural advanced township of Shanxi Province". The territory is rich in mountains and rivers, rich in resources, splendid humanities, simple customs, profound cultural heritage, rich in tourism resources and many places of interest. It is known as the "hometown of myth, holy land of blessing and ancient folk capital". The famous "City God of the world" is located in the town.

Evolution of organizational system

Xihuo town has a long history and profound accumulation. As early as in ancient times, human beings have been living here. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the coal and iron industry flourished, and it was the largest market town outside the South Gate of Shangdang at that time. There were many shops, prosperous streets, complete pavilions, platforms, buildings, pavilions, nunneries, temples, and courtyards in the town. Among the people, it had the reputation of "five prefectures and eight West fires" and "small Pingyao". In the seventh year of Zhengde (1512), Luzhou government was ordered to build Sizhen temple in zhongbaxiang of Xihuo town; in the 29th year of Qianlong (1764), there was a yamen (commonly known as the second yamen of Lu'an prefecture) in the North Street of the town. Xihuo commune was established in 1962 and the town was established in 1984. Located in the southeast of the county, 22 kilometers away from the county government. With an area of 31 square kilometers and a population of 17000, Changling highway and guanlingshan branch line cross the border. It has jurisdiction over 17 administrative villages and new market neighborhood committees, including xihuodong village, xihuozhong village, xihuoxi village, Qiaotou village, Nanzhang village, Guanjia village, Xiangyang Village, Xiyuan village, Shanhou village, Xizhang village, liangjiazhuang village, hongtaizhang village, gaozezhang village, ximanzhang village, dongmanzhang village, fengbeidi village and pingjiazhuang Village.

Donghuo Township

Donghuo commune was established in 1962 and changed to township in 1984. Located in the southeast of the county, 15 kilometers away from the county government. With an area of 18 square kilometers and a population of 8000, Changling highway passes through. It has jurisdiction over 16 administrative villages, including Donghuo, Dongzhuang, Dingzhuang, duanlu, Xizhuang, Nanhe, Yangchuan, Mahu, Jingdong, nandazhang, beidazhang, zhuangzihe, Cherry Valley, shiquanling, shangzhaojiazhuang and xiazhaojiazhuang. after the division adjustment in 2001, Donghuo township was incorporated.

administrative division

By 2017, Xihuo town has 30 administrative villages: Zhongcun, Dongcun, Xicun, Qiaotou village, Nanzhang village, liangjiazhuang village, hongtaizhang village, Xizhang village, ximanzhang village, dongmanzhang village, Xiyuan village, fengbeidi village, pingjiazhuang village, Shanhou village, Donghuo village, zhaojiashangzhuang village, zhaojiaxiazhuang village, nandazhang village, zhuangzihe village, beidazhang village, cherry ditch village, Jingdong village, Duan village Lu Village, shiquanling village, Nanhe village, Dongzhuang village, Dingzhuang village, Mahu village, Xizhuang village, Yangchuan village.

Industrial Development

In recent years, under the correct leadership of Shangdang district Party committee and district government of Changzhi City, Xihuo town Party committee and government have established the working idea of "five towns joint creation" of "Prospering town by industry, stabilizing town by agriculture, benefiting town by people's livelihood, living town by culture and beautiful town by ecology" according to local conditions. It has actively promoted the construction of 3 ᦇ coal and 9 ᦇ Coal Co mining project in xiongshan No.2 coal mine, focused on accelerating the development of coal extension industry, introduced YIHAITONG trading, suwang trading and other coal washing and processing enterprises, and carried out subcontract operation for Changrun transportation and other coal storage and transportation enterprises, which has lengthened the coal industry chain and further improved the added value; second, there are many bright spots in the transformation industry. The project of distributed photovoltaic power generation in the barren hills of Xicun, with an estimated investment of 500 million yuan, covering an area of 1000 mu and an annual power generation capacity of 50000 kW, has officially signed a letter of intent for investment; the project of protective development of the former site of the Anti Japanese democratic government of Shangdang District, Changzhi City, Xicun has signed a letter of intent with Beijing Zhongqiao agriculture, rural areas and farmers group, with an estimated investment of 120 million yuan; the agricultural science and technology development of Senhai Lvyuan is coordinating the land transfer; Huapeng aluminum plastic has realized leasing operation, further improving the production capacity of the enterprise and expanding the marketing channels; Jinke breeding, Dongsheng breeding, Kunpeng feed and other agricultural leading enterprises have a good product market and significant benefits. The town's small and micro breeding enterprises have developed to more than 120, with an annual output of 40000 pigs, 2300 sheep and 72000 chickens. At the same time, under the drive and radiation of Dongzhuang, liangjiazhuang and other key villages, 300 mu of protected vegetables, 2000 mu of walnut economic forest, 200 mu of dry land tomatoes, 50 mu of peony and other flowers were developed.

People's livelihood construction

The first is the steady implementation of the new rural construction. The construction of Xizhang new village has been solidly promoted. More than 160 new houses have been completed, and all the houses have been allocated to households. More than 50 households have moved into new houses, and the rest are under construction. Two new buildings with an area of more than 7000 square meters have been built in Xiyuan new village, which can accommodate 189 people in 43 households. In 2017, supporting facilities such as road hardening, heating and water supply will be implemented. Second, the infrastructure has been constantly improved. We have promoted the implementation of centralized water supply projects in fengbeidi and Nanhe, which benefit 1800 households in 9 villages; renovated and renovated the sewer network in Xiazhuang and pingjiazhuang villages; renovated and upgraded 25 village level organizations and activity sites in Dongzhuang and fengbeidi; renovated and maintained the Xiaokang gate and road stone bank in ximanzhang, Xicun and Jingdong villages; renovated and renovated the town's anti-corruption culture In Huahua square, xihuokou of Changling highway, Qiaotou Village intersection, beidazhang, nanddazhang, Huapeng aluminum plastic and other places, enterprises have carried out village enterprise greening, and rural infrastructure has been further consolidated. Third, the cause of people's livelihood security was promoted in an orderly manner. Luyuan Agricultural machinery professional cooperative was established to attract poor households to get out of poverty in the form of shares, and promote the process of poverty alleviation in the whole town. In the verification of urban and rural low-income families, annual review and door-to-door visits have been carried out. The rural low-income families have been reduced from 580 families (916) to 295 families (558), and the urban low-income families have been reduced from 81 families (88) to 28 families (31). On the basis of full coverage, the "human relationship insurance" and "relationship insurance" have been effectively eliminated. The new rural social security insurance and the new rural cooperative medical insurance have reached 98.4% and 99.94% respectively, both of which are in the forefront of the whole district More than 1.51 million yuan of winter warm subsidies were given to more than 20 farmers, and day care centers for the elderly were built in Donghuo, nandazhang and other villages. At the same time, the work of rural land registration and certification was solidly promoted, and the whole town inventory and on-the-spot surveying and mapping were basically completed.

Cultural tourism

In recent years, the Party committee and government of Xihuo town have focused on tourism development, continuously integrated and developed the tourism resources of the whole town, and made efforts to build Xihuo into the best tourism destination in Shanxi and even in the whole country. Official account for the small town, the WeChat public and the "big West Fire" were registered today. The trademark was signed, the "World City God" trademark was signed, and the "Chinese channel" signed. The cultural communication platform for the sale of agricultural products, the dissemination of tourism culture and the service of small and micro businesses in West Fire Town was established, which opened the door for the West Fire Town to go all over the country and to the world. The gate. At the same time, we have vigorously carried out the construction of beautiful villages, actively implemented mountain greening, road lighting, village beautification, sightseeing agriculture and other livelihood projects, and on the premise of elaborately Creating Provincial Scenic Spots -- the city god of the world, we have successively developed and improved shiquanling leisure villa, the former site of Anti Japanese democratic government of Changzhi County in Xicun, Donghuo small imperial city and other scenic spots (spots), Zhuangzi River and Donghuo small imperial city New villages and new sceneries such as Chuang and ximanzhang. With the care and support of the county and the joint efforts of the whole town, the first "Golden Autumn Rural Cultural Tourism Festival and one-day tour of old Xihuo" was successfully held in 2016, which demonstrated the unique folk customs, cultural landscape and natural landscape of Xihuo, and enhanced the reputation, reputation and influence of Xihuo town. At the same time, the "Xihuo grandstand" speech, singing, paper cutting, folk music, calligraphy, food and other competitions were held, and ten cultural inheritors were selected. Cultural activities flourished and cultural tourism flourished, which effectively promoted the rapid development of all undertakings in the town. in 2017, the Party committee and government of Xihuo town will aim at the goal of "building a" great American Xihuo ", creating a global tourism, and realizing the revitalization and rise of Xihuo". Around speeding up the protective development project of the former site of the Anti Japanese democratic government in Changzhi County, we will improve the construction of Dongzhuang cultural tourism square, open up the hiking route from Dongzhuang to the capital of the world, implement the river regulation and upgrading project from the West Village to Zhenxing, build the Xihuo River landscape belt with high standards, plan and implement and start the East Village Yangchuan green corridor, and create a collection of agricultural production, rural life and farming culture Experience as one, cultural tourism, agricultural tourism and other goals of the national agricultural park, launched the "great American West Fire", "China's best rural tourism destination", "national ecological civilization advanced township" brand, to promote the sound and rapid development of the town's various undertakings. there are Shangdang's famous Xihuo ten bowls, royal jelly, and special farm snacks

Scenic Spots and Historical Sites

In the seventh year of Zhengde (1512), Luzhou government was ordered to build Sizhen temple in zhongbaxiang, Xihuo town. In addition, there are more than 300 temples and various ancient buildings in the town and surrounding villages and mountains. Among them, the hometown of Shangshu, yimenqiufu, Cuiyan temple, Dongshan academy, huangniang tomb, Dongyue Temple and Dongcheng pavilion are the most famous. The existing ancient buildings include Chenghuang, donghuoxiaohuangcheng and Shicheng Quanling Zhang

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