Meixian District, Meizhou City, Guangdong Province

Meixian District, Meixian District, is located in the northeast of Guangdong Province, the upstream of Hanjiang River and the middle of Meizhou city. It is between 23 ° 55 ′ - 24 ° 48 ′ N and 115 ° 47 ′ - 116 ° 33 ′ e with a total area of 2483 square kilometers. By 2018, Meixian district has jurisdiction over one street, 18 towns, and another township level unit. The district government is located in Xincheng street.

Meixian district was founded in the Qin Dynasty. In the fourth year of Kaibao in the Northern Song Dynasty (971), Jingzhou was changed to Meizhou. In the first year of the Republic of China (1912), the system of state capital was abolished and Meizhou was renamed Meixian. In October 2013, the State Council approved the removal of Meixian County into districts, and Meijiang district belongs to the jurisdiction of Meizhou City, also known as Meicheng.

Meixian district is a Hakka community of Han nationality, with a history of more than 1500 years. It is known as the "hometown of culture", "hometown of longevity", "hometown of overseas Chinese" and "hometown of football". Guo Moruo once praised "the first-rate origin of cultural relics". It is the former Central Soviet area county, the national cultural advanced county, the hometown of Chinese folk song art, the hometown of Chinese poetry, and the national civilized county.

It has been awarded as "China's strong tourism county", "China's most folk cultural tourism destination", "national Hakka cultural eco-tourism famous brand building demonstration zone", "national tourism demonstration zone" and so on. Meixian district is a pilot county of the national intellectual property project. On October 22, 2018, it was selected into the list of pilot areas for the integrated development of rural primary, secondary and tertiary industries in 2018. On January 9, 2019, Meixian district was selected as the "hometown of Chinese folk culture and art" in 2018-2020 by virtue of Hakka folk songs.

In 2019, the GDP of Meixian district will reach 20.384 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth of 3.8%. The per capita GDP of the whole region was 37484 yuan, an increase of 3.7%.

Historical evolution

Since the founding of new China, dozens of Neolithic sites have been excavated by archaeologists in 22 townships, such as Shuiche, Yujiang, Meixi, Songkou, and so on. The "Hill site" shows that there was human reproduction in Meixian from 4000 to 5000 years ago.

During the spring and autumn and Warring States period (770-221 BC), Meixian was located in Nanyue.

In the 33rd year of Emperor Qin Shihuang (214 BC), Qin sent troops to capture Nanyue, unify Lingnan, and set up Guilin, Xiang and Nanhai counties. Meixian County belongs to Jieyang garrison of Nanhai county.

At the end of Qin Dynasty and the beginning of Han Dynasty, Zhao Tuo ruled Lingnan and established Nanyue state. Meidi belonged to Jieyang County of Nanyue state.

In the sixth year of Yuanding (111 BC) of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, Nanhai county was rebuilt by Pingnan Yue. Meixian County belongs to Jieyang County, Nanhai County of Jiaozhou.

During the Three Kingdoms period, it belonged to Nanhai County of Guangzhou in Wu state.

In 331, Jieyang county was divided into four counties, namely Haiyang, Chaoyang, sui'an (now Zhangpu) and Haining (now Huilai). Meixian County belongs to Haiyang County, Dongguan County of Guangzhou. In the ninth year of Jin Yixi (413), Yian county was divided into Dongguan county and linghaiyang County, Chaoyang County, Suian County, Haining county and Yizhao county. Meixian County is still Haiyang county.

In the Southern Qi Dynasty (479-502), Chengxiang county was set up from Haiyang. It was under the jurisdiction of Meixian County, Jiaoling County, Pingyuan county and one part of Fengshun County. It belonged to Yi'an County of Guangzhou, which was the beginning of the establishment of Meixian County.

During the period of Liang and Chen (502-589), Chengxiang county was successively subordinate to Yi'an County, East Yangzhou (once renamed Yingzhou) and Guangzhou Yi'an county (Note: "Yu Di Ji Sheng" says: "Qi Li, Chengxiang County, belongs to Yi'an County; Liang belongs to East Yangzhou, and then to Yingzhou. Chen abandoned Yingzhou. In the Sui Dynasty, Chaozhou was established in the Chen Dynasty, while Cheng township was subordinate to the county. " "Fang Yu's summary" said: "Qi set Cheng Xiang County, Liang Chen because of it." However, the history of Guangxu Jiaying state records says that the geographical records of Sui Dynasty says: "Chengxiang County, which was set up in the Southern Qi Dynasty, was abolished in the Liang and Chen dynasties." According to the investigation, there is no such record in Sui Shu.

In 590 of the Sui Dynasty, Yian county was abolished and Chengxiang county was abolished. Yi'an county was established in Yi'an County, and Yuancheng township was under its jurisdiction. In the 11th year of kaihuang reign, Chaozhou was set up and Chengxiang county was established, which was subordinate to Chaozhou.

In the Tang Dynasty, Chengxiang county was under the jurisdiction of Chaozhou or Chaoyang County, which belonged to Jiangnan Road, Fujian economic history and Lingnan road.

In the third year of Liu shengqianhe in the Southern Han Dynasty (i.e. the second year of Kaiyun in the later Jin Dynasty, 945), Jingzhou was established in Chengxiang, and only one county was led by Chengxiang, and the state and county were juxtaposed. This is the beginning of the division of Chaomei.

In the fourth year of Kaibao in the Northern Song Dynasty (971), it destroyed the Southern Han Dynasty. Jingzhou was changed to Meizhou because its "Jing" offended Zhao Jingzhi, the grandfather of Zhao Kuangyin, the Taizu of Song Dynasty. It still led a county in Chengxiang and belonged to Guangnan road. In 1073, Meizhou was abolished and Chengxiang county was subordinate to Chaozhou. Song Yuanfeng five years (1082), the restoration of Meizhou, Lingcheng county. In 1120, Meizhou was named Yi'an County, belonging to Guangnan East Road. In 1136, Meizhou was abolished and Chengxiang county was subordinate to Chaozhou. In the 14th year of Shaoxing, Meizhou was restored, still leading Chengxiang County, belonging to Guangnan East Road.

In 1279, the state was changed to Lu. Meizhou was promoted to the office of the general manager of Meizhou Road, subordinate to the Department of propaganda and consolation of Guangdong Road in Jiangxi Province. In the 23rd year of the Yuan Dynasty, it was reduced to a prefecture and led to a county. In the first year of Yuanzhen (1295), Meizhou was subordinate to Chaozhou road; in the fifth year of Yanyou (1318), it was changed to Xuanwei Department of Guangdong Road in Zhili.

In 1369, Meizhou was abolished and Chengxiang county was subordinate to Chaozhou Prefecture.

Huichao road was set up in the reign of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty, and Cheng township was subordinate to Chaozhou Prefecture of Huichao road in Guangdong Province. In March of 1733, Chengxiang was upgraded to Jiaying Prefecture of Zhili. It led Xingning, Changle (now Wuhua), Pingyuan and Zhenping (now Jiaoling) counties, and Jiaying belonged to Yuancheng township. In the 12th year of Jiaqing (1807), Jiaying Prefecture was promoted to Jiaying Prefecture and Chengxiang county was established again. Chengxiang was under the jurisdiction of Jiaying Prefecture. In 1812, Chengxiang county and Jiaying prefecture were abolished and restored to Jiaying Prefecture, still leading Xingning, Changle, Pingyuan and Zhenping counties. In 1911, Jiaying was renamed Meizhou.

After the establishment of the Republic of China, the system of state capital was abolished. In the first year of the Republic of China (1912), Meizhou was renamed Meixian, which was under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province. In 1914, chaoxun was established in Guangdong Province, and Meixian County was under the jurisdiction of chaoxun. In the ninth year of the Republic of China (1920), chaoxun was abolished, and Meixian County was directly under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province. From 1925 to 1936, he was subordinate to Dongjiang administrative region and Eastern appeasement District of Guangdong Province. From May 13 to 19, 1927, the Committee of Meixian people's government was established. In 1936, the eastern appeasement office was abolished, and Meixian County was under the jurisdiction of the sixth administrative supervision district of Guangdong Province. From April to may 1949, Meixian County was under the jurisdiction of the ninth administrative supervision district of Guangdong Province.

On May 17, 1949, Meixian was liberated, still known as Meixian, under the leadership of the CPC Meizhou prefectural committee. On May 24, the people's democratic government of Meixian County was established (changed to people's Government in August). On July 28, the Chaomei people's Administrative Committee was established, with Meixian County under its jurisdiction.

On October 1, 1949, the people's Republic of China was founded. Meixian is still under the leadership of Chaomei administrative region.

In January 1950, the office of Xingmei Commissioner of Guangdong Province was established, and Meixian County was under the jurisdiction of Xingmei district.

In November 1952, Xingmei district was abolished, and Meixian County was under the jurisdiction of eastern Guangdong administrative office.

In January 1956, the eastern Guangdong administrative region was abolished and divided into Shantou and Huiyang. Meixian County was subordinate to Shantou.

On November 20, 1958, the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China issued a document to abolish the organizational system of Jiaoling County and enter Meixian County. In December, Jiaoling County was officially incorporated.

In March 1961, Jiaoling was separated from Meixian County.

In June 1965, with the approval of the State Council, Shantou Special District set aside Xingmei 7 counties under the jurisdiction of the former Xingmei District, and established Meixian regional administrative office. Meixian County was under the jurisdiction of Meixian special district (renamed Meixian District in 1970).

In December 1978, with the approval of the State Council, Meizhou Town, formerly under the jurisdiction of Meixian County, was separated from Meixian County and set up as Meizhou city at the county level. In March 1979, it was officially put into operation. Meixian County and Meizhou city belong to Meixian area.

In June 1983, Meixian and Meizhou City merged and named Meizhou city. In September, it was renamed Meixian city (approved by the State Council on December 22, 1983), which is still under the jurisdiction of Meixian Prefecture.

In January 1988, the system of city governing county was implemented in Guangdong. Meixian district was changed into prefecture level Meizhou city. Meixian district was divided into Meixian district and Meijiang district, which was under the jurisdiction of Meizhou city.

On September 28, 1999, Meixian people's government moved from Jiangnan to Chengjiang town.

In September 2012, the Guangdong provincial government officially approved that the town of Xiyang in Meixian County should be under the jurisdiction of Meijiang district.

In October 2013, the State Council approved the removal of Meixian County from Meizhou city into districts, which became the jurisdiction of Meizhou city. Meijiang district and Meixian County belong to Meizhou city and are also called Meicheng.

administrative division

In July 2004, Meixian district set up Meixian district (Fuda) Park Management Committee of Meizhou high tech Industrial Development Zone, and abolished Fuda town and merged it into Chengjiang town.

At the end of 2017, Meixian district set up Xincheng street, Fuda high tech Zone Management Committee, and Chengjiang, Nankou, Shejiang, Shuiche, Meinan, Meixi, Shikeng, Daping, Chengdong, Shifan, Baidu, Bingcun, Yanyang, Songkou, Longwen, Taoyao, Songyuan 17 towns, with 35 towns under its jurisdiction