Mashou Township, Shouyang County, Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province

Mashou Township

Mashou township is located in the center of Shouyang County, 7.5km away from the county. It is the "first stop" in the south of Shouyang. It is adjacent to Chaoyang, Danfeng Management Committee, yangtouya, Jingshang, yinlingzhi, Shanghu and nanyanzhu. There are 10 administrative villages in Mashou Township, with 22 permanent residents and 4886 people (2017). There are 15 grass-roots party branches and 570 party members in the township, including 10 rural branches and sound village level organizations. In 2009, the total rural economic income of the township was 72.6742 million yuan and the per capita income was 4220 yuan.

brief introduction

Mashou township has the following characteristics: first, it has a long history. The ancient county was built in Mashou, and Shouyang was called Mashou city in the spring and Autumn period. In 1936, the first branch of Shouyang County was founded in mashoufei village. Second, the location advantage is obvious, which is a typical suburban town. Third, the transportation is convenient. Shitai railway runs from east to west, Shouyang highway runs from north to south, only 5 minutes from the entrance of Taijiu Expressway. It is adjacent to jiuyu line in the South and national highway 307 in the north. The reconstruction of the grade 3 highway from Mashou to taianyi, which is about to be completed, will greatly improve the production and life of the people in the south of the road, and the transportation will extend in all directions. Fourth, the industry is relatively single, agriculture is the leading industry of the township. The township covers an area of 84 square kilometers, with nearly 40000 mu of arable land, 32000 mu of grain field, and nearly 6 mu of arable land per capita. It is a typical agricultural township. It mainly produces corn, minor cereals and vegetables.

geographical position

Mashou township is located between 113 ° 9 ′ e to 113 ° 16 ′ E and 37 ° 46 ′ n to 37 ° 5 ′ n, with Chaoyang town in the north, Jingshang Township in the south, yinlingzhi town in the East, Shanghu Township in the west, and yangtouya Township and nanyanzhu Township in the southwest and Northwest. Mashou township is a hilly area, with sandstone mountain type cinnamon soil and red loess. The altitude is between 1120m and 1240m, the annual average temperature is 7.6 ℃, the annual accumulated temperature is between 2860 ℃ and 3000 ℃, the frost free period is about 120 days, the annual precipitation is about 570mm, and the sunshine hours are between 2500 and 2600 hours. It is a warm, cold and humid climate.

Historical evolution

Mashou has a long history. It was founded in 514 BC in the 12th year of Qinggong of Jin Dynasty. It has a history of more than 2500 years. In the Han Dynasty, it belonged to Yuci border and set up counties. After Yongxing in the Late Jin Dynasty, wars were frequent. Since Tang Zhenguan, the society has been stable and the people have lived and worked in peace and contentment. In 1836, Qi Junzao, a famous teacher of the three dynasties in the Qing Dynasty, wrote the famous farming words of Mashou after investigating the cold and dry farming conditions in Shouyang, forming a unique farming culture. In 1907 (the 33rd year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty), the Zhengtai railway was opened to traffic, which opened a convenient door for the people of Mashou to go out. In 1958, the construction of double lines of Shijiazhuang Taiyuan railway was started, which made the economy of Mashou more active. For half a century, the horse head is not what it used to be. In the early 1980s, Shouyang highway began to take shape, but the pavement was still gravel. In the 1990s, the pavement was hardened and paved with oil. With the opening of Taijiu Expressway and jiuyu line one after another, Shouyang highway was widened and reconstructed. The district and traffic advantages of Mashou were obvious, and the real dry dock had been formed. With the transformation of social development and the adjustment of industrial structure, the agricultural culture has been impacted. The characteristics of suburban and industrial type are becoming increasingly clear. The characteristics of cultural diversity and multi-level economy are obvious.

local customs and practices

This is a true portrayal of Lunan's natural environment and people, including Mashou. The spirit of the people of Mashou is simple and kind, honest and trustworthy, hardworking and brave, striving for glory, which is the concrete embodiment of the humanistic spirit of Shouyang. Mashou village is the most populous village in Nanxiang. In fact, it turns out that the horse head is not big. The people of horse head are open-minded, accept people of insight who are willing to come to horse head, and jointly build this ancient and young geomantic treasure land. The people of Nanxiang and other villages in Nanxiang settled down in Mashou and lived and worked in peace and contentment. In the 30 years of reform and opening up, the number of settled people has increased rapidly, forming the first village in Lunan. The people of Mashou have formed a situation of unity and fraternity, mutual assistance, neighborhood harmony and social harmony. culture is the carrier of people's feelings. Street literature and art is the manifestation of national traditional culture. The dragon dance at the head of the horse is a scene. Before the lunar new year, the village organized the masses to make or buy dragon lanterns. Every year, on the fifth day of the first lunar month, the dragon dance teams of each village gathered at the head of the horse. According to the custom, every year before the first dragon dance, all the people and horses went to the river to drink the dragon with a long dragon, which heralded a smooth weather and bumper harvest. Every year, the dragon lantern team has been in a hot spot. After the 15th day of the first lunar month, it's not counted. Until February 2, the dragon looks up. Ma Shou's dragon lantern performance has repeatedly won the first prize in the county's Spring Festival performance. the lion dance in Shiquan village is also traditional. At the end of the lunar new year, men, women, young and old gather in the village. Lion dancers are all young men's work. Others enjoy dancing and making fun of watching. During the Lantern Festival, Shiquan's lion dance team is indispensable in Shouyang, and has won many performance awards.

Famous specialty

Yam egg

Shouyang's Yam egg is famous for its large planting area, high yield and good quality. Planting yam eggs in Mashou is the first to bear the brunt. Scientific name potato, local people call it yam egg. Shouyang people are proud of this, so are Mashou people. Yam egg is one of the main crop varieties in Mashou, and it is also a project to increase farmers' income. The planting area of the whole township is about 3000 mu every year. Yam eggs have high nutritional and medicinal value. Not only the starch content is high, but also the protein, fat, crude fiber, iron, calcium, phosphorus and other trace elements needed by the body are appropriate. The vitamin content is high but the calorie is low. Moreover, it is easy to grow, store and transport, so it is the preferred crop for farmers in Mashou.

Almond apricot

The development of almond apricot in Mashou was started in the early 1990s by learning from zongaigou West Village and carrying out the project of "mountain reclamation". The scale has been expanding year by year and the output has been increasing. The planting areas are mainly in Shiquan, Bishi and zhaomazhang of Dongliang. The total planting area is 4000 mu, the yield of apricot kernel is 400 Jin per mu, and the income is about 2000 yuan per mu. mashouren apricot has big kernel, thin kernel skin, many seeds and no pollution, which is one of the best in Shouyang. Nowadays, the old trees become mature and bear fruit, and the countryside is green again. In Hedi, Guyu and Yangcun areas, 103000 almond apricots are planted again, which has continued to increase the income of local farmers.

Watermelon, muskmelon

Mashou's watermelon planting has long been famous in Shouyang. Large scale planting began in the 1990s. Mashou watermelon has high water content, high sugar content, delicious sweetness, refreshing taste, heatstroke prevention, diuresis and fire elimination. The planting area has increased year by year, reaching 500 mu at the most, with a yield of 12000 Jin / mu and a maximum total yield of 6 million jin / mu. with the year by year adjustment of planting structure, continuous improvement of planting mode, diversification of varieties and three-dimensional mode, the peak period of Wai sweet potato entering Shouyang has been set aside, and it has been listed in the period of consumption climax from mid autumn, late autumn to mid autumn. It has gained a larger sales market and achieved better economic benefits.

Moon cake, tea

Mashou's tea and moon cakes are quite famous in Shouyang. Tea and moon cake still adhere to the pure manual and traditional manufacturing process. In addition to the similar appearance and taste, the stuffing of these two kinds of food also presents the characteristics of diversification. the skin of tea is crisp and thin as cicada wings. The thickness of each layer is only 0.2 mm, and the whole skin is less than 5 mm thick. The skin of moon cake is a whole piece, but the degree of crispness is no less than that of tea, which is broken and melted as soon as it is eaten. There are many kinds of fillings for tea and moon cakes, including white sugar, brown sugar, and the flavor is different in details. Adding more auxiliary ingredients into white sugar or brown sugar, such as green red silk, Rose Silk, peanut kernel, walnut kernel, sesame, jujube mud, garlic, honey jujube, etc., each kind of auxiliary ingredients has different taste, sweet and soft, oily but not greasy, and delicious. in the past, every family used to make tea for family and friends on New Year's day. Moon cakes are baked during the Mid Autumn Festival. Nowadays, tea has become people's home food, and moon cakes are not only eaten in Mid Autumn Festival. These two kinds of delicious desserts can be bought at any time and anywhere in big supermarkets and small shops.

Cake pressing

The history of horse head pressing cake has been nearly half a century. At the end of the 1950s and the beginning of the 1960s, people were short of food. They used to press cakes with millet flour, but the taste was very poor. During the period of agriculture learning from Dazhai, the pressed cakes made of corn flour were slightly better in color and taste. with the development of society and the improvement of living standards, people pay more and more attention to the diversity, health and nutrition of food. Therefore, the pressed cake of small coarse cereals is also favored. In addition to previous corn flour, buckwheat flour and wheat flour are also produced. There are many types with the same name. Such as corn flour pressure cake, there are yellow corn flour, white corn flour, coarse (sieve) surface, fine (sieve) surface. Pressed cake production has gradually developed from every household in the last century to the scale, market, supermarkets and restaurants.

Under the jurisdiction of

Mashou Township

Jurisdiction: Hedi village, Puli village, Zhiyu village, Yang village, Shiquan village, zhaomazhang village, leijiazhai village, daluopo village, Fucun village, niujiazhuang village committee, shuerling village, yujiamiao village, Mashou village, Bishi village, Dazhao village, Beiguo village, wuyunao village, Sancha Village, feicun village, etc.

economic development

The township party committee and government focus on the "three major goals" of total rural economic income, per capita net income of farmers, and total financial income, and implement industrial restructuring, returning farmland to forests, animal husbandry development, and water conservancy construction

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