Guanqian Town, Changting County, Longyan City, Fujian Province

Guanqian town

Guanqian town is located in the northeast of Changting County, adjacent to Ninghua County, Qingliu County and Liancheng County, Qingliu County in the East, Tongfang town in the south, Anjie Township and Xinqiao Town in the west, and Ninghua County in the north.

In history, a post station was set up, and Tingdong county was set up during the second agrarian revolution, known as the "important town of Tingdong". 26 kilometers away from the county seat, provincial highway 205 passes through the town, which is an important hub connecting Changting with northwest Fujian. In 2019, the town governs 14 administrative villages and 114 villager groups, with 16762 people in 4647 households. Guanqian town is a national ecological Township, and Pingpu village is one of the first batch of Chinese traditional ancient villages. The town covers an area of 166.5 square kilometers.

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General situation

Located in the northeast of the county, 28 kilometers away from the county. Chang (ting) San (Ming) highway transit. It has jurisdiction over 14 village committees in Tingdong, Fuxing, Chikeng, Maping, Yanfang, chenlian, Dongzhuang, Yijia, Nancai, Shankeng, Huanghu, Yunfeng, Xiaoyang and Pingpu. Agricultural production of rice, wheat, vegetables, and tobacco, watermelon, mushrooms, bamboo. In the second Civil Revolutionary War, "Tingdong county" was set up. Located at the junction of two cities, four counties and eight townships, it is an important transfer station connecting Changting with northwest Fujian; Guanqian is the largest flue-cured tobacco planting town in Changting County, and also the "hometown of rice noodles" of Changting.

Guanqian town is a national ecological Township, and Pingpu village is one of the first batch of Chinese traditional ancient villages. The town covers an area of 166.5 square kilometers, with 25500 mu of arable land, 220000 mu of mountainous area and 202400 mu of forest land. The average altitude is above 520 meters, with 84.7% of forest coverage and 30000 mu of Moso bamboo. The annual average temperature is 17.8 ℃, the frost free period is 296 days, and the annual precipitation is more than 1700mm. The main rivers are Tingdong River, chenlian River and Yijia River.

Historical evolution

It was upgraded to Guanqian post in Hongzhi period of Ming Dynasty. It was the seat of the Soviet government of Tingdong County in 1933. Guanqian township was set up in 1949. The town was built in 1956. The commune was changed in 1958. The town was rebuilt in 1984.

infrastructure

With convenient transportation and well-developed communication, the provincial highway Yangwan line runs through the whole town, 28 kilometers away from Changting County and 180 kilometers away from Sanming City. The highway from Guanqian to Nanshan connects the provincial highway with national highway 319. All the 14 administrative villages in the town have access to roads and telephones. The town's cable TV has been connected with the county. Education, culture, health and other social welfare undertakings have made great progress. There are 1 cultural center management station, 1 cinema, 1 junior middle school, 14 primary schools and 2 kindergartens in the town. There is a health center in the town, 25 medical staff, 8 beds, 14 villages have set up health and medical stations, basically achieving the goal of rural primary health care.

natural resources

The forest and mineral resources are very rich. The reserves of pine, fir, bamboo and miscellaneous wood are rich. There are 5400 mu of pine resin base, with an annual output of 500 tons of pine resin and an annual supply of 100000 moso bamboo. The mineral resources include purple placer, tungsten ore, basaltic ore, etc. the quality of purple placer is good and the reserves are large. The basalt in daxueling has good color and dense structure, which is a rare material for developing slate crafts.

tourist resources

Guanqian town has a pleasant climate, abundant light and rainfall. There is great potential for tourism development. There are many scenic spots available for development, such as Dongyang mountain, hero reservoir, Huanghu waterfall, Yunxiao mountain, etc. Guanqian town has a very superior investment environment.

economic construction

New development and breakthrough have been made in the economic construction and social undertakings of Guanqian town. In 2001, the total social output value of the town was 114 million yuan, the total agricultural output value was 73.96 million yuan, the total industrial output value was 19.74 million yuan, the per capita net income of farmers was 2868 yuan, the financial income was 2.74 million yuan, the total grain output was 8427 tons, the mountain was closed for afforestation of 8000 mu, the bamboo forest was reclaimed of 7000 mu, the tobacco planting area of the town was 13700 mu, the tobacco was purchased of 23000 units, and the cultivation of pollution-free vegetables was transferred from experimental demonstration to promotion and expansion In the second stage, the area has grown from more than 100 mu in 1999 to 2200 mu in 2002. The main vegetables, such as peas, tomatoes and carrots, have passed the national and provincial green standard test and obtained the green product mark. There are four breeding farms for pollution-free lean meat pig production, with 2500 commercial pigs and 200 sows on hand annually. A 1000 mu contiguous Younai fruit farm, 240 Mu chestnut fruit farm and 6000 mu fruit planting area have been established. There are 10 county and town orchards, 16 village orchards and 210 household orchards.

Town and village enterprises and private economy are developing rapidly. Support and technological transformation have been carried out for old enterprises such as wood products factories and paper mills to develop marketable projects and products. At the same time, it has developed and expanded the Zhenban purple sand pottery factory, which has developed and produced more than 100 varieties in three series, including imitation bronze, purple sand daily necessities and black pottery.

Characteristic industry

In front of Changting restaurant is the famous hometown of Chinese rice noodles. Ma Rongfu, a leading figure in the catering industry, is a native private entrepreneur in front of Changting restaurant. Ma Rongfu actively guides farmers to make "malaoqi" rice noodles a local traditional industry bigger and stronger, making "malaoqi" rice noodles popular in Longyan, Xiamen, Fuzhou and other places. There are more than 200 rice flour processing plants in the town, with an annual output of more than 1000 tons of rice flour, bringing economic benefits of more than 10 million yuan, effectively promoting the increase of farmers' income. At the same time, Ma Rongfu took the people in front of the consulate out of the mountain village to become well-off, and donated funds to build his hometown for many years.

Cultural characteristics

Hakka culture

There is Huanghu village, the only base point village of She Minority in the county. Pingpu village is one of the first batch of Chinese traditional ancient villages. There are traditional large-scale folk cultural activities such as "March 3" temple fair, Pingpu village harvest festival farmers' fun sports meeting, Nancai Village dragon dance, etc.

Red Culture

During the period of the Soviet Area, Guanqian (Tingdong county) was one of the important revolutionary centers in the west of Fujian Province, which connected Fujian Province and Fujian Jiangxi Province. It established the Soviet regime earlier and made great achievements in the expansion of the red branch and social and economic construction. There were 14 administrative villages in Guanqian town and 8 revolutionary base villages in Guanqian town.

Population data

(data from the fifth population census in November 2000)

In 2017, there were 7350 permanent residents.