Longtan Town, Jiexi County, Jieyang City, Guangdong Province

Longtan town

Longtan Town, belonging to Jiexi County, Jieyang City, Guangdong Province, is located in the middle of Jiexi County, adjacent to Nanshan Town in the East, hEPO town in the west, Pingshang town in the South and Dabei mountain in the north. The total area is 77.96 square kilometers. As of July 2020, Longtan town governs 1 community and 15 administrative villages, and the town government is located in longtanwei. By the end of 2019, Longtan had 38 thousand and 900 registered residence and 27 thousand and 200 permanent residents.

In the early days of the people's Republic of China, it belonged to hEPO District of Jieyang county. In 1950, it belonged to Hejiang District of Jieyang county. In 1957, it belonged to Longtan Township of Jieyang county. In 1958, it belonged to hEPO people's commune of Jieyang county. In 1961, it belonged to Longtan people's commune of Jieyang county. In 1965, it belonged to Longtan people's commune of Jiexi County. In 1983, it belonged to Longtan District of Jiexi County. In 1986, it belonged to Longtan Town, Jiexi County.

In 2019, the accumulated revenue of state land tax in Longtan town is 5.1651 million yuan. The total agricultural output value reached 381 million yuan, accounting for 107.83% of the annual plan. The total output value of industries above designated size has reached 515 million yuan, 101.2% of the annual plan. The total retail sales of social consumer goods totaled 533 million yuan. The total investment in social fixed assets was 137 million yuan. There is a rural commercial bank with 394 million yuan of deposit balance and 9.74 million yuan of loans.

Historical evolution

In the early days of the people's Republic of China, it belonged to hEPO District of Jieyang county.

In 1950, it belonged to Hejiang District of Jieyang county.

In 1957, it belonged to Longtan Township of Jieyang county.

In 1958, it belonged to hEPO people's commune of Jieyang county.

In 1961, it belonged to Longtan people's commune of Jieyang county.

In 1965, it belonged to Longtan people's commune of Jiexi County.

In 1983, it belonged to Longtan District of Jiexi County.

In 1986, it belonged to Longtan Town, Jiexi County.

administrative division

As of July 2020, Longtan town governs 1 community and 15 administrative villages, and the town government is located in longtanwei.

geographical environment

Location context

Longtan town is located in the middle of Jiexi County, adjacent to Nanshan Town in the East, hEPO town in the west, Pingshang town in the South and Dabei mountain in the north. The total area is 77.96 square kilometers.

topographic features

Longtan town is surrounded by mountains, with a long and narrow hilly area in the middle. The terrain is high in the northwest and low in the southeast.

climate

Longtan town has four distinct seasons and plenty of light.

hydrology

Longtan River originates from Guishan hillside, flows through eight administrative villages, and flows into the South River of Rongjiang River from north to south.

population

By the end of 2019, Longtan had 38 thousand and 900 registered residence and 27 thousand and 200 permanent residents. There are more than 30000 overseas Chinese and more than 8000 compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. The natural growth rate of population is 9.2 ‰.

Economics

overview

In 2019, the accumulated revenue of state land tax in Longtan town is 5.1651 million yuan. The total agricultural output value reached 381 million yuan, accounting for 107.83% of the annual plan. The total output value of industries above designated size has reached 515 million yuan, 101.2% of the annual plan. The total retail sales of social consumer goods totaled 533 million yuan. The total investment in social fixed assets was 137 million yuan. There is a rural commercial bank with 394 million yuan of deposit balance and 9.74 million yuan of loans.

Agriculture

In 2019, the total agricultural output value of Longtan town will be 381 million yuan, an increase of 1.3%, including 171 million yuan of planting output value, 53 million yuan of forestry output value, 138 million yuan of animal husbandry output value and 19 million yuan of fishery output value. The town has 1070 hectares of arable land and 1369 hectares of grain sown area, with a total grain output of 7960 tons. The main planting industry is rice, sweet potato and vegetables. The rice planting area is 1300.5 hectares, with a total output of 7431 tons; the vegetable planting area is 491.7 hectares, with a total output of 17300 tons; the fruit planting area is 357.3 hectares, with a total output of 4204 tons. The forest area is 7183.3 hectares, and the ecological forest area is 1028.3 hectares. Throughout the year, 42000 pigs and 495200 poultry (chickens, ducks and geese) were sold, and the total output of aquaculture was 1803 tons.

Industry

In 2019, the industrial production of Longtan town mainly focuses on electronic parts processing, garment manufacturing and musical instrument manufacturing. There are 10 industrial enterprises with more than 10 employees and 540 employees, including 1 industrial enterprise above designated size. The total industrial output value of the whole year reached 515 million yuan, an increase of 26.5%.

traffic

Longtan Town National Highway 235 line (the original provincial highway 335 line he Mian highway) through the territory. Shantou Zhanjiang Expressway S14 opened Longtan export, through the Pearl River Delta and Shantou Jieyang. Caiziyuan Road, nanfutian Road, Longyue Avenue, Tangba Shenhua Avenue, Jingjing Road, Piwei Nanhui Avenue and other village main roads and natural village roads have been built.

social undertakings

education

In 2019, there are 5 kindergartens in Longtan Town, including 1 public kindergarten, 2 attached kindergartens and 2 private kindergartens, with about 500 children and 30 kindergarten teachers; 13 primary schools, with 1560 students and 186 teaching staff (146 primary school teachers and 85 undergraduates and above); 1 middle school, with 735 students and 97 teaching staff (7 senior middle school teachers and 7 middle school teachers) There are 75 first-class teachers, 77 with bachelor degree or above). The enrollment rate of school-age children in the whole town is 100%, the consolidation rate of primary school is 100%, the gross enrollment rate of junior middle school is 100%, the enrollment rate of disabled children is 100%, and the enrollment rate of Kindergarten (class) three years before school is 98%.

targeted poverty alleviation

In 2019, 513 households and 1262 people will be registered in Longtan town. Among them, there are 485 poor households in 117 households, 561 poor households in 199 households with subsistence allowances, 216 poor households in 197 households with five guarantees, 806 poor households in 196 households with labor ability, and 456 poor households in 317 households without labor ability. There are 7 relatively poor villages (caiziyuan village, Longdong village, Longyue village, Jingtian village, Jingjing village, Jingjing village, beilian village and Guanshan Village) and 8 Mianshang villages in the town. Among them, there are 371 households with 988 people in 7 relatively poor villages and 142 households with 272 people in 8 Mianshang villages. In December 2019, a total of 510 poor households met the exit criteria for poor households, and a total of 1252 people withdrew. At present, the per capita disposable income of poor households in the town is 13300 yuan.

History and culture

The origin of place names

There is a waterfall in the north of Guanshan village in this town, which is called Longtan River. The stream runs through the hinterland and is called Longtan River, so it is called Longtan town.

dialect

The residents of Longtan speak Hakka.

Hakka tea

The custom of drinking Leicha is popular in JieXi and Puning Hakka areas. In the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, pan Renmei was ordered to attack the Southern Han Dynasty and sent a small team to attack Guangzhou through JieXi. When they arrived in hEPO, the soldiers were not satisfied with the situation and vomited. Later, they were instructed by the local people to drink Leicha to treat the disease. The soldiers who fell ill drank a big bowl of tea and recovered the next day. Later, a part of the people from the southern part of the expedition left to settle down in the fields. Therefore, Leicha was handed down not only in JieXi, but also in northern Guangdong, Western Hunan, southern Jiangxi and other places where Hakka people lived together, and became a major feature of Hakka food customs.

JieXi Micheng

Micheng, also known as "Mi Hua Cui", is a classic tea material popular in JieXi Hakka area. Micheng, in JieXi Hakka area, is a traditional food as famous as Leicha. According to the records of Jiexi County annals, Micheng is a local specialty food popular in Hakka areas such as hEPO, Longtan, Pingshang, Wuyun, Shangsha, Liangtian, etc. it can be used as refreshment tea or as a gift. In the era of material poverty, a bowl of Leicha and a piece of rice are the highest standards of hospitality in JieXi Hakka area.

Famous people

Cai YingYuan

In 1904, he was born in jingxialou Village (now Longtan Town, Jiexi County). General of the Kuomintang government. He graduated from Huangpu Military Academy in 1925 and took part in two expeditions. He took part in the famous song Lu campaign, made great contributions and was promoted to captain. During the Anti Japanese War, Cai YingYuan later served as commander in chief of the Luohe garrison headquarters, commander in chief of the general staff of the 37th group army, and participated in the Taierzhuang campaign and the Wuhan battle. He died in Taipei in the autumn of 2004 at the age of 102.

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