Shenhe Township, Zhushan County, Hubei Province

Shenhe Township

Shenhe Township, Zhushan County, Shiyan City, Hubei Province is located in the south of Zhushan County, 30 kilometers away from the county seat. With a land area of 155.88 square kilometers (2017), it is rich in products and specialties, known as the "hometown of Auricularia auricula".

geographical environment

Shenhe township is located in the south of Zhushan County, 30 kilometers away from the county seat. The land area is 155.88 square kilometers (in 2017), the forest land area is 172000 mu, the forest coverage rate is 60%, the cultivated land area is 13531 mu, the paddy field is 3735 mu, the slope farmland above 25 degrees is 4352 mu, and the per capita cultivated land is 1.07 mu. Shenhe township has 8 administrative villages, 63 villager groups and 9843 people (in 2017). It is the best place to develop characteristic industries with broad mountain fields and good climate. It is a natural "oxygen bar" for leisure with good ecology and beautiful mountains and rivers. It is rich in products and many specialties, known as the "hometown of Auricularia auricula". The territory is rich in hydropower resources. Shenhe River and Huohe river run through it. It is an ideal place for hydropower development investors.

Historical evolution

Zhushan County governs the township. It established Shenhe Township in 1949, changed into commune in 1961, and restored to township in 1987. It is located 26 kilometers southeast of the county, on the East Bank of Shenhe river. It covers an area of 155.88 square kilometers (2017) and has a population of 9843 (2017). Zhushen highway and shenfang highway pass through the border. It has jurisdiction over 19 village committees, including Yangou, Shuangwan, Shenhe, Zuojin, tieniugou, Maxian, caihuazhai, Jingquan, Xinlu, Maoba, Longtan, Fengche, Jiuli, Qinjia, Liangdao, huazhai, Qinglong, Gongjia and Huping. Township enterprises are mainly engaged in commerce, building materials, animal husbandry and fungus production, while agriculture is mainly engaged in wheat, corn and rice cultivation.

Infrastructure

1. House renovation requirements: the whole house should be repaired with cement mortar, including the floor and eaves ridge inside the house and the cement field 3 meters wide outside the house. The exterior walls of the house are all powdered blue and white (that is, the walls are snow white and the wainscots are blue). The front and rear edges of the house are made into tile heads. The roof ridges and hilltops are all leveled and straightened with cement and powdered white.

2. Kitchen Transformation: the kitchen requires that the pool, shore board and stove should be unified and complete, all of them should be covered with ceramic tiles, and there should be biogas stoves. All the kitchen utensils should be placed neatly, and the sanitary conditions should be improved.

3. Construction of pigsty, toilet and biogas digester: pigsty, toilet and biogas digester should be painted white, and the interior should be cleaned with cement mortar. The railings of pigsty and toilet should be made of cement board instead of wood. The construction of pigsty, toilet and biogas digester should be combined organically, and feces should not be overflowed. The construction standard of biogas digester should be carried out according to the technical requirements of energy office to implement.

4. Greening standard of residential environment: greening should be carried out in front of and behind the house, and fruit trees should be planted, which has both beautifying value and economic value. The unified purchase of seedlings is implemented. Farmers should plant and work according to the designated place. Where conditions permit, flower pools should be well prepared. For some houses in front of the gate that are too large and need to plant vegetable gardens, all of them should be fenced with Hsinchu.

5. The standard of cement road of Tongyuan: scientific and reasonable department and bureau, unified planning, all in accordance with the requirements of 3M wide and 15cm thick, good quality, individual trunk road in accordance with the standard of cement road of tongcun. All the shore joints along the highway shall be made into strip joints, which shall have beautiful line shape and uniform width, and the shore surface shall be well arranged.

6. Collective entertainment and leisure places: each hospital will build 1-2, which will be shared by everyone, but the management must be clear to the household, and no damage (including propaganda slogans and village signs) is allowed for no reason.

Folk customs

Marriage customs

Before liberation, due to the shackles of the feudal marriage system, the marriage of men and women depended on the words of their spouses and the orders of their parents. Before and after the Republic of China, the main procedures included six links: asking for a name, asking for a relative, accepting a lucky offer, sending for an appointment, asking for a date, and getting married. In advance, the wife's relatives and friends send wedding gifts, commonly known as "send pollen". The man's family prepared a banquet, pasted wedding couplets, decorated lanterns, received gifts and welcomed relatives and friends. In the evening, the bride wears a civilized flower cap, and her relatives and friends give a speech of "four sentences" to congratulate or frolic, which is called "NaoXinFang". On the third day of marriage, the bride goes back to her mother's home, which is called "touhuicuo" and "erhuicuo". On the third day of marriage, the bride returns to her mother's home, which is called "sanhuicuo". In addition, the man to the woman's home to get married, said "Ru Fu.". After liberation, the government promulgated the "new marriage law", the marriage of men and women is independent, the two sides fall in love or other people's introduction, fall in love, get married, and apply to the township government for marriage registration, get marriage certificate, establish the relationship between husband and wife, marriage new do simple become a common practice.

Fertility customs

In the old society, when a boy was born, the husband's family had to "report the birth" to his wife's family. There was no celebration for the birth of a girl. When a boy was born, he had to worship God in 10-12 days, which is commonly known as "worshiping his parents in law" and also known as "opening the fishy". It is a day to cook sweet glutinous rice, send sweet black beans and noodles to relatives and friends, and the recipient will give an egg in return. Rich people hold big banquets. When the child is at the full moon, she will have her hair cut and name it. Grandma's family will prepare clothes, shoes, hats and other gifts to make a full moon for the child, which is commonly known as "chicken pot". At present, all celebrations for the birth of boys and girls are held by Jane.

Birthday customs

Children's birthday, parents let them eat eggs, dry rice. On their parents' birthday, there is always a banquet at home, in which beans and eggs are indispensable. Generally speaking, the birthday celebration is based on the economic situation, and the birthday of the rich people is more grand and lively in their later years.

Resettlement

The resettlement project of Pankou hydropower station in Shenhe township of Zhushan County is progressing rapidly. The 27.7km huanku Road on the left bank of the reservoir area has been completed in only half a month, and the 8km huanku Road on the right bank has entered the stage of comprehensive survey and design.

Shenhe township is one of the key villages and towns in the inundation area of Pankou hydropower station. There are four villages affected by the inundation, with a total population of 3106. According to the natural conditions, resources and willingness of immigrants in Shenhe Township, 60% of the immigrants will be resettled in the township. In order to ensure that these immigrants "can move, live steadily, and gradually become rich", Shenhe township has carried out a unified planning for more than 54000 mu of tea, tripe and wild vegetables in Shenhe township. Relying on these industrial bases, eight resettlement sites have been planned and built. Water, electricity, roads and other infrastructure construction of resettlement sites have been started one after another.

The construction of new market town in Shenhe township will start in the middle of this month. The relocation of 33 households in Xinji Town of Shenhe township has been completed.

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