Tuqiao Town, Rucheng County, Hunan Province

Tuqiao town

Tuqiao Town, belonging to Rucheng County, Chenzhou City, Hunan Province, is named after the town government's residence in Tuqiao market. Located in the middle of Rucheng County, 5km away from the county seat, it is the junction of urban and rural areas, bordering haotou Township and Jiyi Township in the East, Luyang town and Nuanshui town in the west, Luyang town in the South and Nuanshui town in the north. The town has a total area of 139 square kilometers and a total population of 10437 (i2017).

In 1961, Tuqiao people's commune was set up. In 1984, Tuqiao township was established. In 1994, Tuqiao town was established. In 2015, the administrative division of Rucheng County was adjusted, and Yongfeng Township and Tuqiao town were merged to establish Tuqiao town. In April 2016, Tuqiao town governed 25 administrative villages and 3 community neighborhood committees.

In 2013, Tuqiao town achieved a GDP of 140.2634 million yuan, an increase of 10.64%. Among them, the added value of the primary industry was 74.5562 million yuan, an increase of 3.33%, the added value of the secondary industry was 20.6672 million yuan, an increase of 25.34%, the added value of the tertiary industry was 45.04 million yuan, an increase of 16.52%, and the per capita income of farmers was 2182 yuan. In 2017, there were 51 Enterprises in Tuqiao Town, with 2312 employees, including 22 industrial enterprises and one above scale.

Historical evolution

In Qing Dynasty, it belonged to Tuqiao group and Jinshan Group of Leshan Township in Guiyang County.

In 1919, it belonged to Dongyi District of Rucheng County.

In 1941, it belonged to Renzhi township of Rucheng County.

In 1950, it was the first district of Rucheng County.

In October 1958, Tuqiao Town, Chengguan town and affiliated urban and rural areas merged to form the happy people's commune.

In 1961, Tuqiao people's commune was set up.

In 1984, Tuqiao township was established.

In 1994, Tuqiao town was established.

In 2015, the administrative division of Rucheng County was adjusted, and Yongfeng Township and Tuqiao town were merged to establish Tuqiao town.

administrative division

In April 2016, Tuqiao town merged 12 villages, including Tuqiao village, Dongao village, Jiafu village, Qinglong village, Aobei village, Huangjia village, Zhoujia village, Yong'an village, Hengjing village, zutian village, Shuikou village, Jingkou village, Jinshan Village, longtanqiao village, Hexing village, Liming Village, Xilin village, Nanlou Village, Xiaokeng village, Jianbu village, shankouedong village, Xitang village, Yongfeng Village, Longfeng village Nei village, BoShiJie village, Wenchangge community neighborhood committee, Tuqiao community neighborhood committee, Yongfeng community neighborhood committee, a total of 25 administrative villages and 3 community neighborhood committees.

geographical environment

Tuqiao town is located in the middle of Rucheng County, 5km away from the county. It is the junction of urban and rural areas. It borders haotou Township and Jiyi Township in the East, Luyang town and Nuanshui town in the west, Luyang town in the South and Nuanshui town in the north. The total area of the town is 139 square kilometers.

natural resources

Tuqiao town has 4 small (I) type reservoirs and 3 small (II) type reservoirs; it is rich in forest resources, mainly including Cunninghamia lanceolata, pine, Alnus cremastogyne, maple, Phyllostachys pubescens, etc.; the economic forest includes Naili, crystal pear, chestnut, jujube, waxberry, etc.; the mineral resources mainly include coal, iron, copper and silver.

population

As of 2017, Tuqiao town has a population of 10437.

Economics

overview

In 2011, Tuqiao town achieved a GDP of 140.26 million yuan, 29.23% higher than 108.53 million yuan in 2008, with an average annual growth of 7.3%; a per capita GDP of 4535 yuan, 22.66% higher than 3697 yuan in 2008, with an average annual growth of 5.7%; a per capita net income of 2182 yuan, 17.94% higher than 1850 yuan in 2008; a new investment in fixed assets of 380 million yuan, 9.2 times higher than 41.13 million yuan in 2008.

In 2013, Tuqiao town achieved a GDP of 140.2634 million yuan, an increase of 10.64%. Among them, the added value of the primary industry was 74.5562 million yuan, an increase of 3.33%, the added value of the secondary industry was 20.6672 million yuan, an increase of 25.34%, the added value of the tertiary industry was 45.04 million yuan, an increase of 16.52%, and the per capita income of farmers was 2182 yuan.

In 2017, there were 51 Enterprises in Tuqiao Town, with 2312 employees, including 22 industrial enterprises and one above scale.

primary industry

Tuqiao town has 14.725 square kilometers of arable land. In the aspect of characteristic agriculture, it develops fruit production and adopts the mode of "association + large households + farmers" to develop ecological agriculture.

As of January 2020, Tuqiao town has completed land transfer by defining the main body of large household industrial development, implementing four major industrial bases, with Aobei and Jiafu as the radiation and continuous development areas of more than 1000 mu of pepper, Shankou East Village as the main area, many large households gathering together and continuous development areas of more than 1000 mu of pepper, more than 500 mu of small fruit base relying on the characteristics of South Building, and Jingkou village as the center More than 500 mu of medicinal materials. At the same time, on the basis of 2000 mu of the original coniferous millet base, more than 500 mu of coniferous millet will be added, and the whole town will continue to consolidate and develop more than 3000 mu of high-quality rice.

the secondary industry

From 2001 to 2005, Tuqiao town introduced 69.25 million yuan of capital and 13.99 million yuan of profit tax, forming a "mineral industrial park" centered on Yong'an, Zhoujia, Hengjing and other villages and a "building materials Industrial Park" centered on Tuqiao, Yong'an and other villages. In 2007, Tuqiao town has more than 20 large and small enterprises.

Tuqiao Town, based on its actual situation, has formulated a three-year development plan of "industry is king", built 13 industrial chains of three industrial clusters, and focused on six industries.

the service sector; the tertiary industry

Focusing on the development goal of "logistics center, new county area", Tuqiao town focuses on business logistics, ecological agriculture, cultural tourism, industrial undertaking and new rural construction.

social undertakings

education

Tuqiao town has two township level schools.

hygiene

Tuqiao town has one county-level hospital and one town level hospital.

traffic

Tuqiao town has G106 national highway and g357 national highway across the whole territory, and G76 Xiamen Chengdu Expressway Rucheng interchange in Shuikou village.

History and culture

overview

There are more than 80 ancient ancestral halls in Tuqiao Town, among which Jinshan ancient ancestral hall group and bajiaolou are listed as provincial cultural relics protection units in Hunan Province. Tuqiao town has zutian Qi opera and national intangible cultural heritage Dragon Dance (Rucheng fragrant fire dragon).

Ancient ancestral hall of Jinshan Village

There are six ancient ancestral halls in Jinshan Village, including the dunbentang (commonly known as ye's family temple) in the upper and lower Kan groups, which was first built in the first year of Hongzhi (1488) of Ming Dynasty, and was made up of chaomen and family temples, all of which are of brick and wood structure; the xuluntang (commonly known as Lu's family temple) in the upper lane, lower lane and lower Jie groups, also known as the famous family of Southern Chu, was built in the 33rd year of Wanli (1606) of Ming Dynasty In the poems of Lu's ancestors given by the emperor ye, the name comes from "all famous masters are in the south of Chu"; Longxi Hall (commonly known as Li's family temple) in Jingtou group 1 and 2 was built in 1620, with two rooms and three rooms. It is of brick and wood structure, composed of front hall, back hall and patio; Dade hall in brick house and xiangxingwan group; Xianzheng hall in shangyejia group 1 and 2; Tianxin hall 1、 The two groups of "Longxi hall", attached to the ancient ancestral hall, have preserved large-scale ancient dwellings with the characteristics of Jiangnan ancient dwellings. Most of the buildings were built in the Ming Dynasty and are basically well preserved. Moreover, the maintenance of the ancestral hall has exact chronological inscriptions, which has important historical, artistic and scientific value.

Ancient buildings in Tuqiao Village

Li's ancestral hall was built in 1424, the 22nd year of Yongle reign of Zhu Di, the emperor of Ming Dynasty. It faces east and faces west. It is three wide and three deep. It is of brick and wood structure. It is composed of a front hall, a middle hall, a back hall, a patio and a kitchen. After six times of maintenance in Qing Dynasty. In 2003, with the approval of Hunan Provincial People's government, it was listed as a provincial cultural relic protection unit together with bajiaolou 1.

Located on the left side of Li's ancestral hall, the octagonal tower was built to reward Li Xing and Li an for their contributions. It is a kind of gate building. It sits in the northwest and faces southeast. The four corners of the eaves and the four corners of the bottom eaves echo each other, so it is called "octagonal building". The general layout and architectural type system are the typical representatives of gate buildings in Ming Dynasty.

Tuqiao civilization tower was built in the Ming Dynasty and collapsed in the late Qing Dynasty. It was rebuilt in 1940.

Fire dragon

Xianghuolong is mainly made of rice straw, brown leaves, bamboo slices, bamboo poles and special Longxiang produced in Rucheng. It is made by local traditional binding process.

Most of the Dragon Dance ceremonies are held during the Lantern Festival every year to pray for a smooth new year's weather, a bumper harvest and the peace of the country and the people. The incense fire dragon and its related dragon ceremony in Rucheng are integrated with traditional crafts, music, dance and folk rituals, which vividly shows the wisdom of the local people and their ardent expectation for a better life.

In 2008, Dragon Dance (Rucheng fragrant fire dragon) was selected into the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.

famous scenery

In Tuqiao Town, there are seven dragon arches, qingfengyan and other natural landscapes. Seven dragon arches are seven stone peaks arranged in the shape of "one" from high to low. They look like giant dragons leaping to fly from side to side, so they are named after them. During the Anti Japanese War, qingfengyan once became the activity point of Qiming branch of the Communist Party of China in Rucheng, and carried out revolutionary activities here.

Honorary title

In 2011, Tuqiao town was awarded the title of "national folk culture and art town" by the Ministry of culture and tourism.

In 2018, Tuqiao town won the title of "the hometown of Hunan folk culture and art from 2018 to 2020".

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