Zhonghe Town, Liuyang City, Hunan Province

Zhonghe town

Zhonghe Town, a town under the jurisdiction of Liuyang City, Hunan Province, is located in the southeast of Liuyang City on the border of Hunan and Jiangxi. It is 110 kilometers away from Changsha, the provincial capital, and 90 kilometers away from Huanghua International Airport. The town has a total area of 152.55 square kilometers and a population of 25128 (2017).

Zhonghe has a long history, rich human resources and beautiful natural scenery. It is the hometown of Hu Yaobang, former general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, and an important source of Autumn Harvest Uprising. The white walls and grey tiles, cornices and wind and rain corridors of the market town are full of Hakka customs. In January 2012, Hu Yaobang's hometown scenic spot was approved as national AAAA scenic spot, and in 2013, it was listed in the seventh batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

In July 2020, the National Patriotic Health Association decided to name Zhonghe town as a national health Township in the period of 2017-2019.

Regional overview

Zhonghe town is located at the border of Hunan and Jiangxi, in the southeast of Liuyang City, 51 kilometers away from Liuyang City. It is 110 kilometers away from Changsha, the provincial capital, and 90 kilometers away from Huanghua International Airport. It borders Wenjia town in the East and south, Gaoping town in the north and chengtanjiang town in the West. The town has a total area of 152.55 square kilometers, 7 administrative villages and a population of 25128 (2017). The administrative agency is located in cangya Road, cangfang village.

Zhonghe town is rich in human and natural resources. It is the hometown of Hu Yaobang, former general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, and an important source of Autumn Harvest Uprising.

Zhonghe town is a rare gathering place of Hakka people in Changsha area, with simple folk customs and profound Hakka culture. With local conditions, highlighting the characteristics of mountainous areas and continuous optimization of agricultural structure, Jianshan chestnut forest, Nanzhu base, seven level Yuanda Chinese herbal medicine, Tengda Chinese herbal medicine, Jinxing oil tea product reform, agricultural demonstration park and other agricultural demonstration bases have been built successively. With Tengda Chinese herbal medicine base as the leader, the town's Chinese herbal medicine has developed to more than 4000 mu, which is the "hometown of Chinese herbal medicine" in Liuyang, and the planting value of high-quality rice seeds has reached 9000 The demonstration planting of "Xiangyou Two-line Hybrid Glutinous Sorghum" was successful, and 6000 mu Yuanda joint forest poplar was established. The breeding industry is dominated by pigs and black goats, with an annual output of 12000 pigs and 6000 black goats. Special breeding bases for peacock and paddlefish have been established.

There are more than 50 industrial enterprises in the town, one of which is a bamboo art factory, most of which are fireworks enterprises.

Administrative area

geographical position

Zhonghe town is located in the southeast of Liuyang City, Hunan Province, 110 kilometers away from Changsha, the provincial capital, and 90 kilometers away from Huanghua International Airport.

Climatic characteristics

Zhonghe town belongs to subtropical monsoon humid climate zone, with hot summer and cold winter, four distinct seasons and abundant rainfall. In summer, the easterly wind is dominant, and in winter, the northwest wind is dominant.

topographic features

Zhonghe town is a hilly area with high mountains in the northeast. The highest peak is Longwangpai, 886 meters above sea level. The water system is developed, and the surface is clearly cut. The combination of geological structure and lithology in the territory is relatively complex. Under the long-term interaction of internal and external, various geomorphic types are formed. From northeast to southwest, mountainous and hilly areas are in the order of ladder shape.

natural resources

There are 1101 hectares of cultivated land in the town, including 991.2 hectares of paddy field and 109.8 hectares of dry soil. There are 220000 mu of mountain forest in the territory, including 160000 mu of ecological public welfare forest, with a forest coverage rate of 78%. Cangfang (the site of Yaobang's former residence) natural ecological reserve has been established. There are tungsten, copper, molybdenum, gray green carbon, granite and other mineral resources, as well as Jiufeng temple, qingfengting, Wenfeng tower, seven flying stones, Qingjiang reservoir and other natural resources.

Historical evolution

In the 14th year of Jian'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty (206 A.D.), Sun Quan analyzed Linxiang county (now Changsha) and established "Liuyang", and Zhonghe area began to be under the jurisdiction of Liuyang.

Zhonghe has experienced many vicissitudes. During the period of Deyou in Song Dynasty, the soldiers of Yuan Dynasty entered the country and burned and killed wildly. At that time, Zhonghe almost became a no man's land. In the first month of the fourteenth year of Kangxi in Qing Dynasty (1675), the soldiers of Qing Dynasty fought against Wu Sangui's traitors. In order to avoid burning and killing, the Gan family of Zhonghe fled to the desolation of heaven and earth. As a result of the war in history, there are few local permanent residents and most of them are Hakkas.

In June 1956, Xiaojiang Township and shanzao Township were merged into shanzao Township, and Qingxi Township and Zhonghe Township were merged into Zhonghe township.

In August 1958, Zhonghe, shanzao and Yanqian were merged into Qunli people's commune of Wenjia City.

In March 1961, the commune was divided into three parts: Wenjia people's commune, Yanqian people's commune, Zhonghe people's Commune and shanzao people's commune.

After the implementation of the production responsibility system in 1981, the commune was transformed into a township.

In 1995, shanzao Township and Zhonghe Township merged into Zhonghe township.

In 2000, with the approval of Changsha Municipal People's government, Zhonghe township was abolished and Zhonghe town was established.

Administrative area

The town covers a total area of 152.55 square kilometers, governs 7 administrative villages and has a population of 25128 (2017).

The villages under its jurisdiction are: Zhonghe village, Qingjiang village, shanzaotan village, Chang'an village, Jianghe village, cangfang village and Yashan village.

Human resources

The style of a great man

Hu Yaobang (November 20, 1915 - April 15, 1989), a native of Liuyang, is a Chinese proletarian revolutionist and politician. In January 1933, he joined the Communist Party of China and won the Anti Japanese war

During the period, he served as deputy director of the Political Department of the Anti Japanese military and Political University and deputy director of the Organization Department of the General Political Department of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China. During the second KMT-CPC civil war, he served as political member of the fourth and third columns of the Shanxi Chahar Hebei field army, and director of the Political Department of the first field army. He was elected member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and general secretary of the Central Committee at the Fifth Plenary Session of the eleventh CPC Central Committee in February 1980, chairman of the Central Committee at the Sixth Plenary Session of the CPC Central Committee in June 1981, and general secretary of the central Committee at the first plenary session of the twelfth CPC Central Committee in September 1982.

Hakka customs

Most of the permanent residents in Zhonghe town are Hakkas. In Zhonghe Town, not only Hakka style houses but also Hakka customs are preserved.

There are two languages, local and Hakka, in Zhonghe town. The local dialect has become Liuyang dialect, which is slightly different from Jiangxi Huangmao dialect in shangdongxiang and Xianan, but is consistent with adjacent Dongxiang Shiwan dialect, Gaoping dialect, chengtanjiang dialect and Wenjia dialect. Hakka is a popular language in Guangdong and Fujian. The descendants of the Hakkas in Fujian Province, such as Dingjiang, Xiaoqiao, Zhonghe and so on, are concentrated in Fujian Province.

tourist resources

Former residence of Hu Yaobang

Hu Yaobang's former residence is located in cangfang village, Zhonghe Town, Liuyang City. It is surrounded by mountains and beautiful scenery. A quiet Minxi river passes through the village and around the house. The former residence was built in the Xianfeng Period of the Qing Dynasty. It has a history of more than 160 years. It has a northeast southwest civil structure, covering an area of more than 450 square meters, with a total of 19 rooms in size. Bounded by the central hall, nine rooms in the West are Yaobang's houses, and nine rooms in the East are his clan's houses. Hu Yaobang was born on November 20, 1915 in a small ear room with an area of more than ten square meters in the West. He left home in 1930 and began his 60 year revolutionary career. From the famous "red imp" in the Central Soviet area to the deputy director of the Political Department of the Anti Japanese University, from the Secretary of the Communist Youth League Central Committee to the general secretary of the party, he made an unfortunate contribution to the cause of China's Liberation and socialist construction. In January 2012, Hu Yaobang's hometown scenic spot was approved as a national AAAA scenic spot. In 2013, it was listed in the seventh batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

Yaobang former residence exhibition hall

The exhibition hall of Hu Yaobang's former residence is on a hill opposite his former residence. The exhibition hall was built in 2006,

Covering an area of more than 13000 square meters, the building area is 3800 square meters, and the exhibition hall covers an area of more than 2100 square meters. Using sound, light, electricity and other modern display means, more than 330 pictures and more than 170 cultural relics are displayed, and nine scenes reflecting Hu Yaobang's life are displayed with cultural relics, sculptures, wax statues and other restoration.

The exhibition hall of Hu Yaobang's former residence is a national three-level Museum, a patriotism education base in Hunan Province, a party member education base in Changsha City, and a clean government education base in Hunan Province.

Hakka town

Through the implementation of facade reconstruction and road quality improvement projects, Hu Yaobang's hometown is becoming a Hakka town. White walls, grey tiles, cornices, wind and rain corridor, walk into Zhonghe, full of strong Hakka customs everywhere.

According to the Hakka style, the quality improvement and reconstruction project of Zhonghe town will build the whole Zhonghe town into a tourism town integrating folk sightseeing, catering and shopping, with strong ancient Hakka style and modern red memory. It forms a tourism circle with the former residence of Hu Yaobang, a 4A scenic spot, to realize the integrated tourism development pattern of integrating the town into the scenery, scenery in the town and scenery in town.

In 2015, Zhonghe town launched Baigongfang · tourism specialty and handicraft shop Street, Baihe corridor · Hakka culture exhibition corridor, bailianhui · Zhonghua couplet exhibition, Baijing exhibition · meimeizhonghe photography competition, bailihang · great people's hometown bicycle cross-country race, people's stage · mass literature and art performance, Baiguoyuan · modern farm, baishoupu · Zhonghe Shouxing story collection and health care for the aged Cultural exhibition and other cultural tourism industry to enhance the "800" project, further enhance cultural taste, enrich tourism projects, promote tourism town brand.

Traffic location

Zhonghe has convenient transportation, including Wenzhong highway, Wenshan highway, Shanya highway, Yading highway, Wencang highway, louding highway, etc. The Hewen highway, built at the end of 2015, intersects with g319, G106 and other roads. It is a red tourism highway connecting Hu Yaobang's former residence and Wenjia City Memorial Hall of Autumn Harvest Uprising. The driving distance from Liuyang City to Zhonghe town is shortened to

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