Yafan Town, Wucheng District, Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province

Yafan town

Yafan town is located in the south of Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province, on the South Bank of Wuyi River, 4.5 kilometers away from the city center. It is located in the south of Jinhua City, bordering Wuyi County in the southeast, Wuyi River in the northeast, Jiangdong town and duohu street in Jindong District across the river, andI town in the southwest and Sumeng Township in Jinhua Economic Development Zone in the northwest. As of 2017, the town has a total area of 75.9 square kilometers, 37 administrative villages, 112 natural villages and a population of 23022 (2017). There are 21027 mu of cultivated land and 73013 mu of mountain forest. There are more than 20000 mu of economic crops, including 5726 mu of fruit planting area, 7784 mu of flowers and seedlings, and 8219 mu of vegetables. It has the title of "hometown of flowers and seedlings".

Historical evolution

Yafan moved from yecunpeng to gaotaimen jianfangzao village. Because the surrounding villages are located in the center of Xingqi Luobu, and the boats from Fangtian port, Mengzhai port and yaoche port stay there, Yafan became a market for commodity distribution. At first, people called it wafan. Later, scholars changed its name to Yafan. Near yaoche, a commercial port with convenient water and land transportation, the market withered after several floods and droughts. Houchen Village in the West and Lu Village in the South were also affected by floods and droughts The village was moved to Yafan and gradually expanded into a market town. It was once set up as Nanhua Township, and Shuangshan township was set up in the southern part. Later, the South Gate of Jinhua and the original Nanhua Township were merged into Nanping township. During the Japanese puppet period, Yafan township was changed into Yafan Township according to its aggressive forces. Other townships lived in the area of Yafan district. After the restoration, Yafan town established a town government. In 1949, Yafan was liberated and the people's Government of Yafan district was established. There were seven townships, namely Qinghu Township, andI Township, waifan Township, ruoyang Township, Tongshan Township, Yafan Township and Dongmei township. Later, it was changed into an District and the district government was set up in Andi. Soon after, the district office moved back to Yafan town and changed Tongshan Township into Huanan township. When it was demolished and merged, Qinghu township was transferred from Yafan district to Sumeng Township and included in Jinhua Economic Development Zone Dongmei township was separated from Yafan district and merged into Jindong District.

History and Humanities

Yafan town has been full of people and shops since ancient times. Confucianism and Taoism complement each other, and the traffic is busy. Yafan ancient town is the main road from Yongkang and Wuyi to jinhuafu in ancient times. Yuhang xiasanfu ships docked at Fangtian port, mengzhaibu and Yafan port. The crops, charcoal, wood and bamboo products produced in the surrounding counties are transported to Jinhua via the water and land routes of Yafan ancient town. In the fourth year of song shaoding, ye Jingfu, a Maoshan native of Kuocang mountain in Songyang, lived in Yafan Yecun village. Later, because of the flood of the river every year, he chose to settle in gaotaimen of Yafan, and then built Yafan village to breed descendants, build halls, expand streets and develop ethnic groups. According to the direction of water and land, Yafan ancient street was built. The folk thought that Yafan ancient street was a dragon with its head facing east and its tail facing west. Due to the large number of business customers in the past, people surnamed ye, Zhang and Cheng set up shops one after another and stepped into Shiqiao from the East, forming Shangjie, xiajie, Houjie and Changjie. By the middle of Ming Dynasty, the business of the ancient town was very prosperous, and the architectural style of the halls was outstanding. It is said that there were 72 large-scale halls, such as "Yumen hall", "Houlong hall" and "Qijia hall". At present, there are 19 well preserved Ming and Qing Dynasty buildings, such as courtyards, ancestral halls, temples and ancient wells. Therefore, there is a popular saying among the people: "Yafan is not a township, andI is not a mountain.".

Village appearance

The village of Yafan ancient town is simple and beautiful, and the villagers are industrious and honest. There are Tongshan ancient pasture in the East, Meixi River in the west, leiniu mountain in the South and Wuyi River in the north. The ancient town is surrounded by plum trees, peach trees and bamboo shoots. Lihua and Taohua embrace the ancient town. The front stream and the back stream are clear and beautiful.

economic development

After liberation, the party's policy has greatly increased the enthusiasm of the broad masses of farmers in production, building water conservancy projects, developing agricultural production, comprehensively developing agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, fishery and sideline industries, and greatly improving people's living standards. Especially after the reform and opening up, under the leadership of the party and the government, the ancient town is full of vitality. With the rapid economic development of the whole town, the construction of two civilizations has been greatly improved. The project base of "Green family one school" brand is 6000 mu, and the pollution-free Jinya brand taro is 3500 mu, which is sold both inside and outside the province. At the same time, around the goal of scientific development, scientific planning, steady development. As of 2007, there are 128 industrial enterprises, with textile, building materials, chemical industry as the pillar industries. The planning area of Yaxi industrial district is 1500 mu, the early development area is 300 mu, and 13 introduced enterprises have been put into operation.

Urban construction

In January 2020, Yafan town was selected into the list of beautiful town construction models in Zhejiang Province in 2020.