Meilong town
Meilong Town, a town under the jurisdiction of Haifeng County, Shanwei City, Guangdong Province, is located in the southwest of Haifeng County, 16 kilometers away from Haifeng County and 45 kilometers away from Shanwei City. Lianan town in the East, Houmen town and chishi town in the west, Lianhua Mountain in the north and Honghai Bay in the south. The coastline is 14 km long, with a total area of 152.25 square kilometers. By the end of 2018, Meilong town had a total of 5 communities and 31 administrative villages with a permanent resident population of 135000.
Meilong is named for the fact that Meilong polder is a kind of Shalong which looks like "fallen plum". It has always been the political, economic and cultural center in the southwest of Haifeng.
In 2019, the total industrial and agricultural output value of Meilong town will reach 9 billion yuan, and the industrial output value will reach 7.9 billion yuan, including 4.39 billion yuan of industrial output value and 1.1 billion yuan of agricultural output value.
Historical evolution
It is said that meilongwei is the place of "fallen plum". The head of the plum tree is in Meifeng mountain, the tail of the tree is in meichong mountain, and there is a sand ridge in the middle, which looks like fallen plum. At the end of Ming Dynasty and the beginning of Qing Dynasty, Zou and Cai were called "Meilong" when they built houses on the East and west sides of Shalong. It is also said that meichong mountain is similar to Mei mountain, and there is a sand ridge at the foot of the mountain, so it is called "Meilong".
From the Qin Dynasty to the early Han Dynasty, Meilong belonged to BOLUO County, Nanhai county.
In the sixth year of Xianhe in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (331), Dongguan county was set up, and Haifeng County belongs to Dongguan county.
In the early years of the Republic of China (1912), Haifeng was subordinate to Guangdong chaoxun. In 1930, it was subordinate to the office of the fourth administrative inspector general of Guangdong Province.
In 1957, the district level system was abolished, and Meilong was changed to township system, which was directly under the jurisdiction of Haifeng County.
In 1958, Meilong township was withdrawn to establish people's commune, and Meilong township was changed into Meilong people's commune.
In March 1984, the commune system was abolished and Meilong town was established.
administrative division
By 2018, Meilong town has jurisdiction over 5 communities and 31 administrative villages.
geographical environment
Meilong town is located in the southwest of Haifeng County, adjacent to Fucheng town and Lian'an town in the East, Nanhai town in the south, Haicheng Town in the north and Shenshan special cooperation zone in the west, with an area of 152.25 square kilometers.
population
As of 2018, the total number of registered residence in Meilong town was 100 thousand and 800, with a permanent population of 135 thousand.
Economics
In 2019, the total output value of industry and agriculture in Meilong town will be 9 billion yuan, and the industrial output value will be 7.9 billion yuan, including 4.39 billion yuan of industrial output value and 1.1 billion yuan of agricultural output value, 3.086 billion yuan of fixed assets investment, 3.5 billion yuan of retail sales of social goods, 28.88 million yuan of limited trade, and 75 million yuan of tax revenue.
social undertakings
education
As of 2017, there are 32 primary and secondary schools in Meilong town. There are 3 middle schools (Meilong middle school, Meifeng middle school and Meiling middle school) and 29 primary schools. There are 18630 students in the town, including 5438 middle school students and 13192 primary school students. There are 862 middle school teachers and 539 primary school teachers.
public health
As of 2017, there were 1 people's Hospital, 22 rural cooperative medical stations and 20 individual medical clinics in Meilong town.
Civilization construction
In 2019, Meilong town will build two new waste environmental protection compression transfer stations, expand the team of rural cleaners with more than 250 people, and demolish 30000 square meters of illegal buildings. Eight poor villages in the town have completed the construction of new rural demonstration villages, and 23 administrative villages have basically completed the "three cleaning and three demolition", toilet revolution and greening.
traffic
Meilong town has G324 national road running through the whole territory, with a total length of 19.2 km. Shenzhen Shantou Expressway and Xiamen Shenzhen railway pass through the southern part of the town. The town is 10 km away from the exit of Shenzhen Shantou Expressway and Houmen station of Xiamen Shenzhen railway.
History and culture
Lantern parade
Lantern parade is a folk custom in Meilong town. Lantern parade activities are organized by the leaders of three folk societies in the East, West and east of Meilong town. The performances are rich and colorful, including dancing dragon, holding lion, carrying lantern, playing drum music, carrying lantern, carrying sedan chair, driving float and so on.
Folk houses
The village layout of Meilong town is mainly comb type and fortress type. Generally, the central position of the village is ancestral hall, with shaitong and Mingtang in the front, mountain or Fengshui forest in the back, and Shetou temple in the left. The homestead faces south. In order to adapt to the characteristics of Haifeng and many typhoons, most of the traditional dwellings are built on horseback with hard hilltops and gables, which are called "Pitou". They are divided into five elements of "gold, wood, water, fire and earth" according to their shapes, which are called "wuxingpi".
Famous people
Tsui Ke: formerly known as Xu Wenguang, his ancestral home is houwei Xu, Meilong Town, Haifeng County, Shanwei City. He was born in Vietnam in February 1951. Hong Kong's famous director is famous both at home and abroad for his films such as hero, ghost of a beautiful girl and Huang Feihong, which has opened up a new era for Hong Kong films.
Luo Chuanyin, a calligrapher, was born in 1924 in Tianliao village, Meilong Town, Haifeng County, Shanwei City, Guangdong Province. Honorary chairman of the Chinese painting and calligraphy society, vice president of the national painting and Calligraphy Academy of China, vice president of the Canadian Federation of the world painting and Calligraphy Association, art consultant of the International Confucius Culture Research Institute, etc.
Biography of Cheng Lian: from Xiagang Cheng village, Meilong Town, Haifeng County, Shanwei City, Guangdong Province, he is an outstanding Chinese and philanthropist in the world.
Qiu Dongping: a young revolutionary writer during the Anti Japanese war. Qing Xuantong two years (1910) May 16 was born in Shanwei Haifeng County Meilong town Ma Fulan village.
Lin Shirong: born in Meilong Town, Haifeng County, Shanwei City, Guangdong Province, is a native of guifenglin. His grandfather is engaged in jewelry business.
Specialty food
Meilong lotus root
Haifeng Meilong lotus root is a specialty of Meilong Town, Haifeng County, Shanwei City, Guangdong Province. "Meilong lotus root" produced in Meilong plain is a traditional vegetable in Meilong. As the saying goes: "to eat lotus root, to Meilong.". At present, Meilong has a lotus root planting area of more than 10000 mu, with an annual total output value of nearly 100 million yuan. Lotus root planting has become one of the pillar industries of local agriculture.
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