Zhang Qing Xiang, Yuci District, Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province

Zhang Qingxiang

Zhangqing township is located in Pingchuan, Jinzhong, on the North Bank of Xiaohe river. It governs 21 villages with a total area of 79.2 square kilometers and a total population of 30670. In 2004, the total social and economic income of the township was 1.147 billion yuan, the tax paid was 25 million yuan, and the per capita net income of farmers was 4047 yuan. It is an advanced township (town) for building a well-off society in Shanxi Province. The township is flat, fertile land, sufficient water, food production has a unique advantage. The planting industry (crop cultivation) and breeding industry are developed in the township.

Rural economy

108 National Highway and Yuqing highway pass through the territory. Processing industry has begun to take shape, mainly including machinery, food, plastic products, brewing, smelting, chemical and other projects. Among them, the vinegar of Huairen village is sold all over the country, which is as famous as the vinegar of Liubao village.

Agriculture

Zhangqing township is a strong agricultural township in Yuci District, enjoying the reputation of "Jinzhong granary". In recent years, agricultural development has extended to benefit agriculture, green agriculture and characteristic agriculture. The emergence of Gongcun, Yongkang and other greenhouse vegetable planting villages, Yanwu, beihuqiao and other characteristic large-scale breeding villages, especially the development of breeding industry, makes Zhangqing Township one of the largest breeding bases in the whole region and even Jinzhong City.

Industry

Zhangqing township is a strong industrial township in Yuci district. The township has extended the chain of agricultural and sideline industries to form four major industries: brewing, feed processing, flour processing and livestock products processing. Agricultural and sideline products processing industry has become the main way to transfer the surplus labor force in Zhangqing township. At the same time, the township pays attention to the introduction and expansion of township enterprises, and has a number of large-scale enterprises such as Haiyu biscuit, Hengxing carbon, Tongfeng textile machinery, Jinniu textile, etc. the total output value of township enterprises in 2004 was 831 million yuan. Zhangqing township is a big transportation Township in Yuci district. Zhangqing, xishuoshou, Yongkang and other transportation villages have sprung up in the township. The township has more than 560 large-scale transportation vehicles, with an annual transportation volume of 3 million tons. It has won the trust of customers with its honest and fast service purpose. Zhangqingxiang will seize the opportunity of Yuci industrial park construction and Taichang expressway construction, constantly innovate the development idea of "two leaps" and realize the all-round development of zhangqingxiang's various undertakings.

Rural district

cultural relics and historic sites

Zhangqing township has a history of nearly a thousand years. It has built more than 100 temples, one existing cultural relics protection unit and four cultural relics protection units at district (county) level. Dongyue Temple in Yongkang village has a history of nearly one thousand years. It is a well preserved ancient building of rural opera temple courtyard. It has been popular ever since. In 2006, it was announced as the fifth batch of provincial cultural relics protection units by the Provincial Bureau of cultural relics. Yongkang xujialouyuan in Yongkang village is the only building complex of Shanxi Merchants in Yuci. Zhang Qing in the paintings of Jin Merchants is even more beautiful. Jia Kang, a tea merchant, is famous in Jin Dynasty, and song, a great industrialist in Tongmei and Europe, is famous all over the country. There are well preserved deep houses and courtyards everywhere in Zhangqing, and many temples and halls have reappeared the glory of the past, witnessing the incomparable glory of ancient and famous villages.

local customs and practices

Zhang Qingxiang has a long tradition of folk culture and art. "Xugou's iron bars and Taigu's lamps are not as good as Zhang Qing's Dragon fighting. The ballad "rowing a dry boat, swimming in the Yellow River, carrying iron bars to Jinyang city" has been widely spread. From the first day of the lunar new year to the fifteenth day of the lunar new year, a group of drums, cymbals, dragons and lions danced to celebrate the old year, singing and dancing, and all the people enjoyed the Lantern Festival together. Since the founding of the people's Republic of China, every Lantern Festival has a rich and colorful red fire, and it has become a unique event in Yuci in the 1980s. At present, more than 20 items such as stilt back stick, iron stick, digging stick, dry boat, sedan chair, light horse, lion dance, Yellow River tour and dragon fight have been excavated and sorted out in the whole township. In recent years, the township has developed many new items, such as big Yangko, fan dance, Taijiquan (sword), gongs and drums, which are really "street singing, Yangko praising four modernizations, dragon lantern fighting Golden Lion, stilt walking around the world and fitness" Body building dance, gongs and drums like everything. The flower of art blooms and the culture is fruitful. Different geographical conditions, customs, living standards, cultural accomplishments, beliefs and hobbies determine the ways and forms of mass cultural activities produced in different places, and they are bound to be gorgeous and colorful.

Folk Art

A group of folk artists full of wisdom and spirituality, Wu Duoyin and his Dui brocade craft painting, provincial master of Arts and crafts, Wang Hao village farmer painter Wu Duoyin, after ten years of painstaking research, finally make the lost hundred years of Dui brocade craft reappear today. He combines folk art techniques such as paper-cut, painting dough sculpture and seal cutting, and adopts more than ten processes of cutting, carving, picking, weaving, cutting, scraping, sewing, ironing, folding, painting and pasting. He combines hundreds of different sizes of fabrics, or simple and rich, or bright and elegant colors of fabrics to make them colorful and vivid. Wu Duoyin's pile brocade craft paintings can be roughly divided into ancient architecture series, lady series, god Buddha series, flower, bird, insect and fish series, children's interest series, modern abstract paintings, animals and landscape paintings. The shapes can be changed according to the requirements, small can be displayed, large can be decorated, which is highly ornamental and interesting. It is not only a good gift for relatives and friends, but also a collection treasure. Chen Bin's works of art and life Chen Bin loved art when he was a child. When he was 17 years old, he was called the current counter revolution because he said a few words of truth. From then on, he began his rough but legendary art life. When he was doing the most important kiln work, he kneaded all kinds of small animals and figures, made a number of clay sculptures and even worked in brick factories They work for master Chen one after another in exchange for these lovely little works. When he couldn't get registered permanent residence and had no life, he used charcoal sticks to draw pictures for people. If he didn't draw like it, no one would buy it, and life would be unsustainable. His exquisite painting skills were tempered. The existing charcoal paintings Zhou Enlai and Qi Baishi were often admired by experts. Based on clay sculptures and paintings, he made paper pasted art paintings, and the four beauties pasted paintings. The craftsmanship of these paintings was unique When he was employed as the deputy director of the arts and crafts factory, he not only took all the work of the city, but also won the customers with a large number of Ideological and artistic arts and crafts paintings. The enterprise turned losses into profits, and his tortuous but colorful life made Chen Bin able to afford everything. No matter he was a collective or a farmer, he had to find him for painting, making palace lanterns and building colorful buildings during the Spring Festival His representative works, such as clay sculpture "smile Maitreya", "cow" craft painting "Shi Mei Tu", charcoal gold painting "Zhou Enlai" and "Qi Baishi", embody his noble quality and simple and elegant artistic style. Gao Xiaojun's photography, painting and carving works 30-year-old Gao Xiaojun graduated from college of fine arts. His photography works cover a wide range, so that every plant in nature is full of affection. The works "fusion, ridge, rest, root" all present a profound and simple style. Most of his oil paintings are based on the Loess Plateau, which is full of honest and spiritual feelings. His sculptures show the dual characteristics of vernacular and academic school. Influenced by his parents' art since childhood, he was fascinated by folk art such as sculpture and craft pasted painting. His further study in University also made his sculpture produce artistic sublimation, which formed his basic style of delicate, realistic, handsome and elegant, either concrete or abstract. No matter relief, round carving or hollow carving, it's hard to put it down. He was once popular at the Sixth National Folk Art Festival To peer praise. All kinds of folk arts are in full bloom in Zhangqing. Song Sanwa's paper-cut --- flowers and birds holding double happiness, red half of the sky, said that flowers, pomegranates, lilies, peonies are full of precious, on birds, magpies, peacocks and Phoenix are full of auspicious, cut dozens of pieces at a time, not heavy sample, every wedding is a paper-cut art exhibition. Xu Hongping's colorful embroidery inherits the traditional style of the older generation's colorful embroidered insoles, and has made a new breakthrough in the combination with modern art. There are auspicious flowers and birds, lovely animals, and all kinds of beautiful landscape paintings with lace. The embroidery needle goes with dragons and snakes, and the exquisite and meticulous handicrafts are no worse than those made by machines. Zhang Xiangfeng's handicrafts, Xu Fuyu's clay sculptures, and Zhao Chunde's dough sculptures are in full bloom. Local snacks and unique medicine: hongmaying's Nantang, Huairen's Jiao and Zhangqing's youmian are well-known. Speaking of zhangqingxiang's snacks, Yongkang peas, which have been handed down for hundreds of years, can be compared with Jiexiu guanpie, Xinxian waffle, Qingxu Mengfeng cake, Wenxi steamed cake, Taigu cake, etc. Guangyaner in Yongkang ancient town is a round cake made of pea flour mixed with vegetable oil and flour. It is coiled, round hole shaped in the center and roasted in a local oven. It is crisp and delicious. Because it is made of pea flour, if you eat it too fast, you will often choke. Only guangyaner can swallow it hard, so it is named "guangyaner". According to Li Xilin of Yongkang village, the technology of making traditional snack guangyaner was introduced to him from his grandfather Li Gensuo through his father Li Liangzhi. Li guangyaner has been handed down from generation to generation and is more and more popular among people. This food is especially good for diabetics. It is also a delicious dish for visiting relatives and friends and family dinner. closely related to people's life is Zhang Qing's unique medicine "Wuxiang Jubao Dan", which is developed by a variety of Chinese herbal medicines and folk traditional Chinese medicine. Although it is only the size of mung bean, its efficacy is magical. It is suitable for men, women, the elderly and the young

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