Qucun Town, Quwo County, Linfen City, Shanxi Province

Qucun town

Qucun town of Quwo County is located in the northeast of Quwo County, covering an area of 45.2 square kilometers. It governs 21 administrative villages and 81 villager groups, with a total of 565o households and 24186 people (2017). The existing cultivated land is 40950 Mu: in 2OO4, the town's GDP was 174 million yuan, the business income of township enterprises was 455 million yuan, the added value of township enterprises was 144 million yuan, the total agricultural output value was 7o38 million yuan, and the per capita net income of farmers reached 3480 yuan; Baiqi, a famous war general in the Warring States period, died here, and the jinhou cemetery group and Dabei courtyard are national cultural relics protection units, xiawu village Zheng Yue, a folk artist, is famous at home and abroad. Qucun town is a historical town, a famous cultural town and an important economic town.

In January 2019, Qucun town was selected as the seventh batch of famous historical and cultural towns in China.

brief introduction

Qucun town is located in the northeast of Quwo County, with towering Tashan in the north and Tangfu River in the East and south. The provincial Dayun road stretches from north to south, covering an area of 45.2 square kilometers. It governs 21 administrative villages, 24186 people (2017), 25 party branches, 81 villager groups, and 40950 mu of arable land. It is a historic town, a cultural town, and an important economic town.

Small town construction

In 2004, the rural per capita net income of the whole town reached 3480 yuan. 80% of the farmers in the town have built new houses, and 30% of them have built two-story buildings, with a per capita building area of 2O square meters, greatly improving the living environment. 90% of the farmers bought high-grade furniture and electrical appliances, and some farmers also installed computers. There are all kinds of modern means of transportation and communication equipment, and five links (electricity, mail, telephone, highway and tap water) have been realized in an all-round way. Some farmers have basically reached the urban living standard. In 2004, more than 2 million yuan was invested to complete the cement road project for every village in the town, which completely changed the living environment of farmers in sunny days and rainy days.

Spiritual civilization construction

Since 2001, more than 10 million yuan has been invested in the construction of five teaching buildings and six garden style schools in rural primary schools. All the 14 primary and secondary schools in the town have achieved the goal of "one without two with three supporting facilities". The enrollment rate and consolidation rate of school-age children have reached 100%. The town government has established a farmer's cultural and technical school, a town's cultural activity center, cultural activity rooms, folk drumming propaganda teams, and cable TV, It enriches the cultural life of farmers. The township health center invested a large amount of money to build the outpatient building of traditional Chinese medicine hospital, equipped with advanced medical equipment, installed emergency telephone and purchased service vehicles; family planning service stations and health centers were established in villages, which improved the medical environment and conditions of farmers.

Industrial construction

On the basis of the original ironmaking plant, mineral processing plant and agricultural and sideline products processing plant, the town Party committee and government invested 1.8 million yuan to carry out technical transformation, product upgrading and realize circular economy; according to the unique famous, excellent and special products of Qucun, such as Qucun beef, xiawu roast chicken, Xiachen tofu and Beirong sweet potato, they invested 400000 yuan to improve product quality, enhance market competitiveness and create Qucun products With an investment of 12 million yuan, Qucun unburned brick factory, recycled rubber factory and beixincun cotton processing factory have been put into operation. This year, another 20 million yuan will be invested to build an active calcium processing plant in Beixin village.

agricultural development

At the same time, we should actively guide the farmers to adjust the planting structure, vigorously promote the construction of Industrial Park, and adopt the working measures of "based on three early, reflecting three high, focusing on three strict, focusing on three combination, ensuring three implementation". We have successively built three Hongdi grape Parks, namely sanzhang, Fangcheng and xiawu, with an area of 50 mu; 15 villages in eight districts, planted 220000 jujubes, and built Chenghong The area of jujube garden is 5000 mu, and the area of goupo and huosuanzao is 10000 mu. Strengthening and expanding the jujube industry makes jujube a new bright spot for farmers to increase their income.

Cultural tourism

Address location

The area has a state-level key cultural relics protection unit Jin Hou cemetery. Located in the Tianma site of Qucun, the tomb of Marquis of Jin is a tomb of the nobility of Marquis of Jin in the early Western Zhou Dynasty, and its burial time almost runs through the whole Western Zhou Dynasty. A total of 19 tombs of Jin Marquis and his wife were found in the tombs of Jin marquis. A large number of gorgeous and exquisite jade, bronze ritual vessels and other funeral objects were unearthed. It is the highest level jade found in the Western Zhou Dynasty so far. The discovery of tombs in the state of Jin has been rated as one of the "top ten archaeological discoveries in China", "major archaeological discoveries in the people's Republic of China" and "archaeological discoveries in the 20th century in China". Approved by Shanxi Provincial Development and Reform Commission in 2008, a new Jin State Museum with a total area of 101265 square meters will be built on the basis of Jin Hou cemetery. The project is under implementation. It will be completed and open to the outside world in 2012. After completion, it will be the largest Jin State Museum in Shanxi so far, which will greatly promote the development of tourism in Qucun.

Introduction to scenic spots

Dabei courtyard, a national key cultural relic protection unit, is also located here. Dabei courtyard is located in the center of Qucun Town, covering an area of 0.4 hectares, with a construction area of 615.49 square meters, facing south. It was built in the Tang Dynasty in 1067, and rebuilt in 1180. The existing Xiandian in the courtyard was built in the song and Jin Dynasties. On the west side of the hall, the hall and the East and West Wing rooms were built in 1758. Architectural style is of great scientific value to the study of the structural style of architecture in song and Jin Dynasties.

Special village

Xiawu village folk artist Zheng yueba gourd art is famous at home and abroad. Folk artist Zheng yueba was awarded the title of "folk craft artist" by UNESCO and China Folk Artists Association. Shanxi Provincial People's Government awarded the title of "master of folk arts and crafts". Its gourd art products use various artistic techniques, such as carving, ironing, relief, line carving, gilding, die-casting and so on, to make various gourds, such as treasure gourd, wine gourd, talisman gourd, antique gourd, longevity gourd, Babao gourd, colorful mask gourd, odd gourd and so on. In particular, the root gourd, once praised by Comrade Peng Zhen, was given to Bo Yibo, Ren Jianxin and other comrades as precious gifts in our province. Now it is famous all over the country and has become the most valuable gift with local characteristics and high grade. Zheng's gourd art has not only the childishness and beauty of folk art, but also the sense of human and nature of Oriental culture, as well as the long history of heavy dust, mystery and thought-provoking, which is more and more valued by people.

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