Xizhu Town, Yixing City, Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province

Xizhu town

Xizhu town belongs to Yixing City, Wuxi City. It is located in the southwest of Yixing City, the famous ceramic capital of China. It is located in the hinterland of the economically developed Yangtze River Delta and the center of Shanghai, Nanjing and Hangzhou big delta, with well-developed land and water transportation. With a total area of 66.61 square kilometers (2017), Xizhu town has 10 administrative villages, 289 villager groups, 9204 households and a total population of 27700 (2017). With beautiful environment, rich resources and fertile land, Xizhu town is suitable for industry, agriculture, commerce and living. There are more than 100 industrial enterprises in Xizhu Town, and flax textile, copper and aluminum processing have become the pillar industries of Xizhu town. There are four distinct seasons, pleasant climate, rich agricultural resources, flowers and seedlings, high-quality tea and fruit, ecological breeding, green grain and oil, and sericulture production have become the main industries.

In July 2020, the National Patriotic Health Campaign Committee reconfirmed Xizhu town as a national health township.

survey

It is located in the southwest of Yixing City. It is adjacent to Zhangzhu town in the East, Taihua town in the south, Liyang City in the West and Xushe town in the north. It covers an area of 66.61 square kilometers (2017) and has a population of 27700 (2017). It governs one community in Xinhe and eight administrative villages in Xizhu, Xidong, Hengshan, wusheng, Xixi, Baita, Huangli and Xiaoli. The town government is located at 136 Xizhu Road, Yixing City, Wuxi City.

Historical evolution

The town is located in the lower reaches of 72 Jiantan in Taihua mountain area. It has been raining heavily for days. Looking west from Qiushan mountain, it is a vast ocean. This place is also to the west of Zhangzhu, so it is called xiyangzhu. Later, it was changed to Xizhu.

Xizhu township was established from 1911 to 1949, and Xizhu commune was established in 1959. Xizhu township was changed in October 1983, and Hengshan village, Tuanjie village, Hehua village and sangchang village of Hengshan Township were merged in 1992. In 1996, with an area of 39 square kilometers and a population of 18000, it has jurisdiction over 14 administrative villages, including Hengshan, Tuanjie, Hehua, Xiaowang, wusheng, Jiantou, Baimu, Lingxi, Dajiang, Xizhu, guangqiao, Zhutan, Wuqiao and Wuxi.

In 2000, Xizhu and Yuanshang were merged into Xizhu town. The town government is located in Xizhu Road, 25 kilometers southwest of the city government. On March 11, 2005, the municipal government's reply on agreeing to adjust the two village committee areas including Huangli village in Xizhu town (yizhengfa No. 46) agreed to the following adjustments: Huangli village committee and Caitang village committee were merged, and the merged name was Huangli village committee. The town governs Jinlou, Xizhu, Zhutan, Xidong, Hengshan, Lianyi, wusheng, Xixi, Baita, Huangli, Xiaoli, Houyang 12 villages and Xinhe community. Yuanshang township was changed into Yuanshang Township in 1949, commune in 1959 and township in 1983.

In 1996, it covers an area of 26.4 square kilometers and has a population of 13000. It governs 12 administrative villages of Jinshan, pailou, Xiajiang, Moshan, Baita, pandun, Huangli, Xiaoli, Caitang, houwei, Haoyang and Lushan. In 2000, it merged with Xizhu township to form Xizhu town.

administrative division

Xizhu town is located in the lower reaches of 72 Jiantan in Taihua mountain area. It has been raining heavily for days. Looking west from Qiushan mountain, it is a vast ocean. This place is also to the west of Zhangzhu, so it is called Xizhu. Later, it was changed to Xizhu. Xizhu town

Xizhu township was established from 1911 to 1949, and Xizhu commune was established in 1959. After the system reform in October 1983, Hengshan, Tuanjie, Hehua and sangchang were merged in 1992.

In 2000, Xizhu and Yuanshang were merged into Xizhu town. On March 11, 2005, the municipal government's reply on agreeing to adjust the two village committee areas including Huangli village in Xizhu town (yizhengfa No. 46) agreed to the following adjustments: Huangli village committee and Caitang village committee were merged, and the merged name was Huangli village committee. Xizhu town governs Jinlou, Xizhu, Zhutan, Xidong, Hengshan, Lianyi, wusheng, Xixi, Baita, Huangli, Xiaoli, Houyang 12 villages and Xinhe community.

2011 code and urban rural classification

320282101: ~ 001121 Xinhe community ~ 200112 Hengshan village ~ 201112 wusheng village ~ 202220 Xixi village ~ 203220 Xidong village ~ 204122 Xizhu village ~ 206112 Baita village ~ 207112 Huangli village ~ 208112 Xiaoli Village

Geography and climate

Geography

Xizhu town is located 35 kilometers southwest of Yixing, adjacent to Zhangzhu town in the East, Taihua mountain area in the south, Liyang City in the West and Jingtang town in the north. The territory is surrounded by mountains on three sides, high in the South and low in the north, with half hills and half plains. The total area of Xizhu town is 66.6 square kilometers.

(the former Xizhu Township, with a total area of 24 square kilometers, has 59 natural villages, 11 production teams, 120 production teams and 11 professional teams of forest and sideline industries. Hengshan township has a total area of 29 square kilometers, 35 natural villages, 6 production teams and 42 production teams. Yuanshang Township, with a total area of 26.4 square kilometers, has 70 natural villages, 12 production teams and 141 production teams.)

climate

The annual average sunshine hours are 1942 hours, with the maximum of 2395 hours and the minimum of 1730 hours. The annual average temperature is 15.6 degrees. The average temperature is 14.5 degrees in spring, 26.8 degrees in summer, 17.2 degrees in autumn and 4.1 degrees in winter. The change of wind power is small in the morning and large in the afternoon. From the seasonal point of view, winter and spring is the largest, summer is in the middle, and autumn is the smallest.

In spring and summer, there are Southeast winds, in autumn, easterly winds and in winter, northwest winds. The number of days with wind force above 7 is 12 days, and it is more in July. The average annual precipitation is 1197.3 mm. June is the month with the most precipitation, accounting for 14% of the total annual precipitation, and December is the month with the least precipitation, accounting for 3.9% of the whole year. The annual frost free period is 239 days, the general first frost period is November 15, and the final frost period is March 20. According to climatology, the time of entering spring, summer, autumn and winter is March 20, June 12, September 16 and November 18. The precipitation in mountain area is about 10% more than that in plain area.

cultural relics and historic sites

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Xizhu town has a long history. According to the research of experts from Nanjing Museum, as early as the spring and Autumn period and Warring States period, Zhupo mountain was once a residential area for people, and its ceramic fragments have been collected by Yixing cultural administration. In 1984, an 8-meter-long and 1-meter-wide Han Dynasty canoe unearthed in Wuqiao village was collected by Nanjing Museum.

Ancient kilns in Xiaowang Village

It is mainly distributed in Xiaowang, Dadi, Zhongyao, wusheng, panshanyi, Baojia and other natural villages of wusheng administrative village. More than 20 kiln sites have been found. The kilns are about 30 meters in diameter, nearly 100 meters in diameter and 5-10 meters in height. The ancient kilns were built in the Song Dynasty, and some of them lasted until the early Ming Dynasty. Its products mainly include four series jars, four series cans (commonly known as Korean bottles), small jars, holding pots, bottles, pots, etc. It's grayish brown. Because of the deep color of the glaze, the surface of the glaze is slightly brown, and the glaze layer is thin, so the glaze is often inferior to the bottom. In the process of drawing, the trimming of some utensils is not fine enough, and there are swirling lines on the surface. Flow, tie and handle are all bonded. It is said that there are more than 90 kilns. Besides wusheng administrative village, they are also distributed in Shenshan, Donggan and Youli of Daibu, Liyang. From the point of view of accumulation, it has a long burning time and a huge output. It is one of the important producing areas of Yixing daily ceramics in Song Dynasty. He once made great contributions to Yue Fei's resistance to Jin. In October 2002, the ancient kilns in Xiaowang Village were declared as provincial cultural relics protection units by Jiangsu Provincial People's government. In May 2006, it was identified as a national cultural relics protection unit. Xizhu town

Bulong Bridge

In Xiangli village of Xizhu Town, it was built in the first year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1573 AD). It is said that Zhenlong Tianzi passed by the bridge. So it's called Bulong bridge. Bulong bridge is a single hole stone arch bridge, with north-south direction, bluestone masonry, 4 columns and 5 sections of railings, and lotus pattern carved on the top of the column. The bridge is 19 meters long, 3.3 meters wide and 3.7 meters wide. The clear span of the bridge opening is 4.6m and the rise height is 3.55m. The stone under the bridge is inlaid with the famous stone of the bridge and engraved with the words "Bulong bridge". The inscription is: Bulong bridge, headed by Ren Yugui, Ren Yuyu, Ren Zhoufeng and Ren Huo. It was made by Meng Chun on the auspicious day of the first year of Wanli. In November 1996, bulongqiao was declared as a municipal cultural relic protection unit by Yixing Municipal People's government.

Enrong square

Located at the east end of pailou village, Xizhu Town, it was specially built by Emperor Qianlong of Qing Dynasty. The front of Enrong square faces south, and the North Village faces the river. It was built in the ninth year of Qianlong reign of Qing Dynasty (1744 AD). It is a stone archway with three four pillars and three floors. Except for the four pillars of bluestone, the others are all carved with granite, with a total height of 10 meters and a width of 9.8 meters. The upper layer is engraved with "ziyunli" in the South and "Enrong" in the north. In the middle of May 1979, all the floors were knocked down by lightning. Existing bottom stone square, residual height of 5 meters, stone column 0.9 meters square. Six groups of reliefs on the north side of Shifang are: Magpie climbing plum, double lion playing pearl, double deer Ganoderma lucidum, macaque picking peach, double phoenix Chaoyang, hippo playing water; six groups on the south side are: Swan flying, double lion playing pearl, pine crane evergreen, double deer galloping, Phoenix Peony, unicorn giving birth. They are all made of high relief and local hollow carving, with fine carving. Due to the long-term erosion of wind and rain, the carving has been slightly damaged. There are two blue stone tortoise shaped steles near the river in the south of the square. The steles are missing. In June 1983, enrongfang was announced as a county-level cultural relics protection unit by the people's Government of Yixing City.

Characteristic industry

Enterprise structure

There are 138 industrial enterprises in Xizhu Town, including 120 flax textile enterprises, 80 weaving enterprises, 25 spinning enterprises, 8 sizing enterprises and 7 loosening enterprises, accounting for more than 85% of the industrial enterprises in Xizhu town. There are 20 large-scale enterprises. Such as Yixing Shunchang linen textile factory, Yixing Huayu Textile Co., Ltd., Yixing XINDELI Textile Co., Ltd., Yixing Jinyun Textile Co., Ltd

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