Zhelin Town, Yongxiu County, Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province

Zhelin town

Zhelin town is a town under the jurisdiction of Yongxiu County, Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province. It is located in the northwest of Yongxiu, embracing Zhelin Lake in the west, 316 National Highway in the East and jiaowu highway in the south. There are buses to Nanchang, Jiujiang, Wuning, De'an and Yongxiu every day. The town has a total area of 172 square kilometers and a population of 10000.

Historical evolution

Zhelin town is a new market town. The old Zhelin street is on the Bank of Xiuhe River, which is the northwest of Zhelin town. It is said that there is a natural Zhelin in this place. The existing roads in the town are arranged in branches, including 4 main roads (Yanhe Avenue, nongnong Fang Jie Road, Donghu Road, Zhelin Jie Avenue), 9 branch roads (Hongqi Road, Yongfu Road, Mingzhu Road, Baqian Road, Yanhe Road, Yongkang Road, etc.). The main roads are 15-16m wide and 3120m long The width of the branch road is 5-7 meters. Except for the main road along the river, there are carriageways and pedestrian roads, the rest of the roads are of one slab, and the roads are of cement pavement. The main and branch roads of Zhelin town were built successively in the 1980s. The historical development of Zhelin town also has ups and downs and changes. During the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, the old Zhelin street was well-known in the surrounding areas. During the reign of emperor Tongzhi of Xianfeng, commerce and trade flourished and then gradually declined. In the early years of the Republic of China, there were still more than 200 shops. In 1959, Zhelin reservoir was built. Because the old Zhelin town was located in the reservoir area, most of the land was flooded. The people's government and residents of the town all moved to the current site (where Lianfeng neighborhood committee is located). At that time, it only governed Liangtou village. In 1970, Zhelin reservoir was rebuilt again and completed in 1974. In 1975, Zhelin Town People's government was established. Yijiahe village, Sima village, Xiacheng village and Huangjing village were under the jurisdiction of Zhelin town in 1992; Xiacheng village was merged with Yijiahe village in 2003, Huangjing village was merged with Sima village, and Liangtou village was abolished; In 2003, Zhelin town was merged with the former Zhelin Lake Scenic Area Administration Bureau and renamed as "Zhelin Lake Scenic Area Administration Bureau"; in early 2006, Zhelin lake was under the jurisdiction of Jiujiang City, and Zhelin Lake Scenic Area Administration Bureau was renamed as "Zhelin administration bureau", still exercising Township functions, and the original staffing remained unchanged. In November 2006, Zhelin Administration Bureau was restored to Zhelin Town, and its administrative area was the original one.

geographical environment

Zhelin town is located in the northwest of the county. It is located at the foot of Zhelin reservoir, the first earth dam in Asia. There are national key scenic spots and national forest parks in the territory. It faces Yangzhou township of Wuning County across Zhelin Lake in the west, sanxiqiao town in the north, jiangshang Township in the East and Yunshan mountain in the south. The town covers an area of 172 square kilometers, including 9067 hectares of mountain forest (2000 hectares of Moso bamboo), 7000 hectares of water area and 327 hectares of cultivated land. It is a typical mountain town with the landform of "five mountains, four rivers, half fields, half roads and manors". The highest altitude is more than 960 meters. It has 2 administrative villages, 2 neighborhood committees, 1 fishing team and 29 villager groups, with a total number of 2812 households and a total population of 9399. Traffic is very convenient, 45 kilometers away from the county, jiaowu line through the territory. In 2004, it was listed in the national key small town construction.

tourist resources

Zhelin town has a long history and superior location. It is called the west gate of Yongxiu. It has rich resources, profound cultural heritage and many places of interest. Yijiahe village has the tombs of Weiyuan, the Minister of punishment of Ming Dynasty, hot springs, Taohuaxi, xiaolushan, huangjingbajing, taohuajian and other historic sites. In 2004, 10 million yuan was introduced to develop Taohua river rafting, which made Huangjing eight sceneries deeply developed. In 2005, gangheng Tourism Co., Ltd. was successfully introduced to develop Yijiahe hot spring with a capital of nearly 600 million yuan. In November 2007, Lushan Xihai international hot spring resort was officially opened to the public, driving the development of Yijiahe rural tourism and "Nongjiale" catering industry. Zhelin tourism development has strong advantages. In addition to Zhelin lake, the Yijiahe hot spring in Yijiahe village, the hometown of citrus, is an ideal hot spring bathing place. The water temperature is 59 ℃, and the daily water yield can reach 360 tons. In particular, the water is rich in minerals such as zinc, iron and sulfur, which has good curative effect on the treatment of cardiovascular diseases and skin diseases. Other scenic spots also have their own advantages: the newly developed Huangjing waterfall will make you enter a "fairyland"; the thousand year old luohansong will bring you the association of ancient times; visit the Three Kingdoms period Sun Quan's mother's sky burial grave and the Ming Dynasty Wei Yuan tomb and other scenic spots, you can also hear many beautiful and magical legends. Yijiahe village hot spring group, built in 2009, is located next to the famous scenic spot - Lushan Xihai resort. It is named hot spring group because of its rich underground hot springs. There are 54 households and 251 people in this group. Relying on the exuberant popularity brought by Lushan Xihai resort, this group actively develops agritainment tourism and forms a certain scale.

Local products

Zhelin has many local products, such as oranges, chestnuts, waxberry, juicy peach, red heart plum, kiwifruit, Monai plum, loquat, etc. among them, oranges cover an area of more than 10000 mu, which are well-known all over the world. The specialty of the mountain is Luohan vegetable, pollution-free tea, etc. The characteristic fish in the lake area include mandarin fish, perch, silver carp, mullet, etc. Livestock and poultry products on shore include beef cattle, Ma sheep, geese and ducks, etc.

The construction of new social and rural villages

In recent years, the new rural construction in Zhelin town has achieved great success, and a number of new rural construction demonstration villages have emerged. Yijiahe new village group was built in 2006, with 76 households and 325 population. Yijiahe Yitang group was built in 2007 with 50 households and 256 people, Xinjian group with 45 households and 216 people, Zhangjia group with 58 households and 285 people, and Sima village Racecourse group with 186 people was built in 2008, with 45 households in total. Racecourse group is located in the middle and west of Sima village, distributed on both sides of jiaowu highway, with beautiful scenery and convenient transportation. Yijiahe new village group and Sima village happy horse farm group won the title of advanced pilot village in Jiujiang City in 2006 and 2008 respectively. Yijiahe new village group was rated as "the most beautiful village" and won the best living environment award in 2008. in the construction of new socialist countryside, we made every effort to carry out the rectification and construction of "three clean, seven changed and five popularized" and strive to improve farmers' production and life style. The popularization rate of cable TV, telephone and tap water reached 100%, achieving the goal of "walking on a flat road, drinking clean water, going to the toilet, living in clean rooms and using clean energy". Relying on the advantages of ecological tourism and rural tourism, Zhehu has become a unique place for the development of agricultural tourism.

Chinese PinYin : Jiang Xi Sheng Jiu Jiang Shi Yong Xiu Xian Zhe Lin Zhen