Meishan Township, Nan'an City, Quanzhou City, Fujian Province

Meishan Township

Meishan township is located in the northwest of Nan'an City, Fujian Province, at the junction of Anxi County in the west, 15 kilometers away from the urban area. Meishan township has a long history, outstanding people and profound cultural heritage, which is one of the most important towns in China

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Qi Yi and Li gongzang

My hometown.

Meishan has undulating mountains, crisscross mountains, and the terrain inclines from west to East. It is 17 km from east to west and 3.5 km from north to south, forming the ridge of the mountain area, which looks like the "eyebrows" of the human head, so it is called Meishan.

Chaotian mountain, the highest mountain in Meishan Township, is 913.8 meters above sea level, belonging to the Jinjiang River Basin, the watershed of Dongxi river. Due to the ups and downs of the mountains and the different directions, many streams have formed in the high mountains and valleys. Most of them flow from north to south.

It flows into Xixi through Anxi County and Luncang Town, and a small part flows into Dongxi through gaixi village and Zhanshi in Jintao town. It belongs to subtropical marine climate. The temperature is 2-4 degrees lower than that of the plain. There is more fog in spring and cooler in summer. The average annual rainfall is 1661.6 mm.

In 2017, the administrative area was 5264 hectares, with 15732 permanent residents.

General situation of villages and towns

Meishan township is located in the northwest corner of Nan'an City, adjacent to Shengxin town in the East, Anxi County in the west, Luncang town in the south, Jintao town and Shishan town in the north. Meishan township has a long history, outstanding people and profound cultural heritage, which is one of the most important towns in China

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Li gongzang

My hometown.

Under the jurisdiction of 13 villages.

Meishan is located in the mountainous area with an average altitude of 560 meters. It has fog all the year round. It is suitable for planting rice, tea, citrus, Diospyros kaki and Camellia oleifera. There are Chaotian mountain and Sifeng mountain in the north, xiangtianluo mountain, damaozhai mountain and Huangqi mountain in the East and Dingyun village in the south. The mountains are undulating and crisscross. From west to East, they are 17 km long from east to west and 3.5 km wide from north to south, forming the roof of the mountain area. The form of human head "eyebrow" is also one of the sources of "Meishan".

Chaotian mountain, the highest mountain in Meishan, is 913.8 meters above sea level. It belongs to Jinjiang River Basin, the watershed of Dongxi river. Due to the undulating mountains and different directions, many streams are formed in the valleys. Most of them flow from north to south into Xixi through Anxi County and Luncang Town, and a small part flows into Dongxi through gaixi village and Zhanshi in Jintao town.

Historical evolution

There are two sources of the place name "Meishan": one is that the word "Mei" comes from the village name "big Mei" and "small Mei" and the word "mountain" on the hillside and behind the mountain to form "Meishan". Another is the name of the mountain from the big Meishan (also known as the big hat mountain).

In Song Dynasty, it belonged to qingfengli of Huaide Township and rendeli of Jinji township.

The yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties were changed into thirteen, twenty-four and twenty-five capitals.

Meishan township was established in the 17th year of the Republic of China, and in the 35th year of the Republic of China, it belonged to the second district and the first district.

At the beginning of liberation, it belonged to the fourth district.

It belonged to Shishan District in 1956 and Shishan commune in 1958.

It belonged to Jintao District in 1961 and Jintao commune in 1965.

Meishan commune was founded in 1971 by Jintao commune.

In 1984, it was renamed Meishan township. The Township Committee is located in Damei village and has 13 villages under its jurisdiction, namely tiannei village, Taishan village, Qianjin village, Nanhu village, Waizhai village, Gaotian village, Sanling village, Damei village, Xiaomei village, Tianshan Village, Guanyin village, Shanhou village and Guanshan village.

geographical position

Meishan township is located in the northwest corner of Nan'an City, adjacent to Shengxin town in the East, Anxi County in the west, Luncang town in the south, Jintao town and Shishan town in the north.

Meishan is located in the mountainous area, with beautiful peaks and clouds; due to the ups and downs of the mountains and different directions, many streams have formed in the high mountains and valleys. Most of them flow from north to south. It flows into Xixi through Anxi County and Luncang Town, and a small part flows into Dongxi through gaixi village and Zhanshi in Jintao town.

Meishan township has Guanshan village, which is famous for overseas Chinese in Quan Nan'an and is known as the first hometown of overseas Chinese in Nan'an, and it is also the most beautiful leisure village in China. Guanshan village is famous in Fujian Province, and it has become a beautiful name card of Meishan township.

administrative division

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201 Guanshan village 202 tiannei village 203 Taishan Village

204 Qianjin village 205 Nanhu village 206 Waizhai Village

207 Gaotian village 208 Sanling village 209 Damei Village

210 Xiaomei village 211 Tianshan Village 212 Guanyin Village

213 Shanhou Village

population

In 2017, there were 15732 permanent residents.

climate

Meishan township is located in low latitude, belongs to subtropical marine monsoon climate, the climate is superior, the mountains are fertile, the climate is humid, the annual average temperature is 16 ~ 18 ℃, the annual rainfall is 1800 mm, four seasons throughout the year, summer is not very hot, autumn is cold earlier, spring comes later, agricultural crops are often affected by "three cold" (spring cold, plum cold, autumn cold), generally only two crops a year.

Historical celebrities

Meishan rural calendar has been advocating literature and ink since ancient times. There are many celebrities in the history, such as ye Qiyi, Li gongzang, Li Tingfen, Li Gonglin, Li Gongbing, Li Chengqi, Li Chunxi, etc.

（1） Ye Qiyi, the five grade magistrate of Qianlong in Qing Dynasty

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In 1738-1791, he was born in Tianshan Village, Meishan Township, Nan'an. In the 38th year of Qianlong reign of Qing Dynasty (1771), he led Xiang Jian and successively served as the magistrate of Xihua county in Henan Province.

In the 45th year of Qianlong reign (1780), the world was very big and the magistrate of Xihua county in Henan Province was elected. At that time, ye Qiyi vowed to "live up to the monarch, the people and what he has learned". After he took office, he was lenient and strict. He took calming things down as the foundation and did not demand too much. In case of floods and droughts, he always asked his boss to give him rent free tax and grain and silver for relief. He angered his boss several times and didn't care.

Due to several burst of the Yellow River, the local examinations of guimaoke (48th year of Qianlong) and wushenke (53rd year of Qianlong) in Henan Province could not be held as scheduled. It was not until 1789 that all three subjects were tested. Xie Yuan, Meng Zao, Zhang Keguang, and Zhou Kaimo are all from Xihua, and they are called Qiyi, who teaches well. Governor Liang KENTANG presented a plaque to praise him.

He served as magistrate of Xihua county for ten years, and his people's livelihood was secure and respected. In the 55th year of Qianlong (1790), Qiyi was ordered to protect the pay and went back to Gansu Province after three months. After hearing the news, the people of the county rushed to the suburbs to welcome him for dozens of miles, and set up wine and music to welcome him. Soon after, he was transferred to Xuanwei Prefecture of Qujing Prefecture.

（2） Li gongzang, a constitutional official in the four grades of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of Qing Dynasty

Li gongzang

He was born on May 9, 1860 in xiangengshen County, Funan County, Quanzhou (now Guanshan Village). He was the founder of pond lake in Guanshan village. His ancestral home is Longxi yanpai, and is the second descendant of Indonesian overseas Chinese Li Tingfen It's a little bit hard. He is a famous business leader in Indonesia and a famous family in wurongzhou. During the reign of Emperor Guangxu of Qing Dynasty, he was granted the title of Zhongxian official by the emperor.

In the old business, in Batavia (now the capital of Indonesia, Jakarta) of Holland, my father, Tingfen, took charge of the business for more than ten years. He was very diligent and diligent, and his interest in business was several times that of others. After more than ten years, he set up a new business office called Dehe to expand its material resources. His capital increased, and he still kept to his family tradition, worked hard and thrifty, was rich and courteous, and had great credit. The reputation of all the Dutch, Chinese and foreign salt for the imperial service.

Li Gong is rich and valuable. His good deeds are not close to his fame. He is afraid of being known by others. He doesn't care if he donates thousands of yuan to public welfare, but he is as rich as his life at home. Seeing that he is diligent and thrifty, he criticizes his family for eliminating extravagance. He suspects that he is too thrifty and doesn't know what you should do. He tries his best to do it.

With Chen Gongren, thrifty to help people, and Junde, Junzhi was born outside, Gongren internal management of housework for more than 30 years In the bar, married Kang. In the Qing Dynasty, he was awarded the title of "four grades" to Zhongxian official He was a student of zizhongyuan (Li Chengqi) County, and Xuantong had elected a scholar.

When Li gongzang was in his hometown, his family of 100 people, big and small, had a good relationship with each other. He is hard-working and thrifty. Love the country, be enthusiastic about public welfare, advocate culture and propriety, and help the world and the country. Disaster relief donation, Shandong and Henan. Donate the coffin and apply the medicine, and sympathize with the lonely cold.

Bridge and road construction, wind mountain pearl abyss; spring of Shunji, city of Aojiang. Zhang Xia railway, dare to be the first, donated to build schools, hometown of Jinshan Qiaoguang, Xiamen Tongwen Yinghua, spring of civilian new corner, Peishi Peiyuan and so on. He built Quanzhou Confucian temple and pan palace, which made him famous. During the reign of Emperor Guangxu of Qing Dynasty, he was granted the title of "lose wealth and be anxious for the public" to the Chinese constitutional official.

In the 17th year of the Republic of China, on November 13 in Jiushu, Li Gong hid the fruit of the perfect Buddha on Gulangyu Island in Xiamen. He woke up from his dream and drove his crane westward to travel in the fairyland. He was sixty-nine years old (69 years old). Sun Zeng had five dynasties, and was a great master of Buddhism. He taught his son, became a moral successor, and was filial to sun Xian.

On September 14 next year, when he died, he was buried at the foot of Gucuo mountain in Houpu District of Xiahe mountain, where he was buried. He had a cave in the direction of Hai and Bingren. In the place of Yunfeng, there was a winding dragon vein. In the south pole, there was a flat field falling off. He opened a barrier to the sky, where officials were happy. In the embrace of dragons and tigers, there was a mystery of sand and water.

Li gongzang only contributed to the construction of bridges, roads, embankments and ancestral temples. Mr. Chen Zuze praised in Wen Ling Tan Gu Ling, which was compiled by him: "so after the rise of the army, it was occupied by Qiu Ba Ye many times, but it was inevitable that the ruins of Qiu could not be avoided. This is the power of the king!" He spoke highly of Li gongzang's donation to rebuild the Confucian temple in Quanzhou.

（3） Patriotic overseas Chinese Li Tingfen

Li Tingfen

Li Heyong, an overseas Chinese from Indonesia, was born in xincuojiao, a village on the hillside of the 245 capital (today's Guanshan Village). It is rich and righteous to donate tribute to the overseas Chinese merchants. All kinds of good deeds did not donate money in favor of it. They once built Fengzhou Academy with a thousand gold medals. The year of birth and death is unknown.

（4） Li Gonglin, a student of Qingguang Xufu