Wangmudu Town, Ganxian District, Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province

Wangmudu town

Wangmudu Town, belonging to Ganxian District, Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province, is located in the south of Ganxian District, within the territory of 219 provincial road. The area is 306.82 square kilometers (2018), and the registered residence population is about 49 thousand and 400 (2018). It has 1 residential committees and 18 Village Committees (2019).

Gannan Tea Picking Opera is popular in wangmudu Town, with YONGGU building, a cultural relic protection unit in Jiangxi Province.

In 2018, there were 12 industrial enterprises in wangmudu town and 36 comprehensive stores or supermarkets with a business area of more than 50 square meters.

Historical evolution

In 1958, it became a satellite commune (later changed to Taojiang commune).

In 1961, it was divided into two communes, Li Lai and Wang Mu. Named after the residence.

In 1965, Li Lai and Wang Mu merged and became Taojiang commune.

In September 1983, it was renamed wangmudu commune because of the same name as Taojiang commune in Xinfeng County and Longnan county.

In 1984, the village was changed.

In 1988, the town was established.

administrative division

In 2019, wangmudu town governs 1 neighborhood committee and 18 Village Committees (wangmudu neighborhood committee, Lilai village committee, Jianxi village committee, Zhukeng village committee, Shengli village committee, Nongkou village committee, Hengxi village committee, Zhaixia village committee, Shangpai village committee, xiapai village committee, Tanbu village committee, xiabang village committee, Longtan Village Committee, Taojiang village committee, Dabi village committee, Hefang village committee Qiling village committee, fengshu village committee, Xinxing village committee). The town government is stationed in wangmudu neighborhood committee. New countryside of wangmudu town

geographical environment

Location context

Wangmudu town is located in the south of Ganxian District, adjacent to Dabu Township in the northeast, Hanfang town in the southeast, baolianshan scenic spot and Yangbu Township in the West. The total area is 306.82 square kilometers, 30 kilometers away from Ganzhou City.

terrain

The territory of wangmudu town is hilly and river plain terrain. Taojiang river flows northward from Xinfeng County to the central part of the territory, with a length of 23 kilometers. The area is divided into East and west parts. The South and northwest border are surrounded by mountains with undulating mountains in the East. The highest point is luolongdong, with an altitude of 701 meters, and the lowest point is yuantiankou, with an altitude of 140 meters.

climate

The climate in wangmudu town is mid subtropical monsoon climate.

natural resources

Wangmudu town is rich in natural resources. The mountain is rich in wood, bamboo, Camellia oleifera, pine resin, sour jujube and so on. It has abundant water and large drop, which is very conducive to hydropower generation. Underground there are tungsten, copper, arsenic, coal, rare earth, placer gold, limestone and so on.

population

In 2018, the population of Wangmu town registered residence was 49382.

Economics

In the 1990s, wangmudu town had 29621 mu of cultivated land (27788 mu of paddy field) and 253700 mu of mountainous land, mainly for agriculture and forestry. Rice is the main crop in agriculture, followed by Rushu, soybean, peanut, rape, watermelon and radish. Most of them are Camellia oleifera, Pinus tabulaeformis, Cunninghamia lanceolata and Phyllostachys pubescens. Wangmudu town is one of the main producing areas of grain, tea oil and Chinese fir.

The soil and climate in wangmudu town are suitable for the development of navel orange, which is one of the main production areas of navel orange in Ganxian district.

In 2014, wangmudu town had 1864.6 hectares of cultivated land, including 1833.34 hectares of paddy field and 31.27 hectares of early farmland. Its economy was dominated by agriculture, mainly planting rice, and also planting sweet potato, soybean, peanut, rape, watermelon, radish, flue-cured tobacco and Stevia rebaudiana.

In 2018, there were 12 industrial enterprises in wangmudu Town, including 0 Industrial Enterprises above Designated Size and 36 comprehensive stores or supermarkets with a business area of more than 50 square meters.

social undertakings

In the 1990s, wangmudu town had one junior middle school (Hengxi middle school affiliated to the county), 38 primary schools, 7132 students, two kindergartens and 82 children. There are 1 health center, 1 health center, 30 beds and 31 village medical stations.

In December 2019, wangmudu town has 1 middle school, 16 primary schools and 1 kindergarten (Ganxian District wangmudu middle school, Ganxian District wangmudu Central Primary School (East), Ganxian District wangmudu Central Primary School (West), wangmudu Nongkou primary school, wangmudu Qiling primary school, wangmudu Shangpai primary school, wangmudu Zhongpai primary school, wangmudu Hefang primary school and wangmudu Maple primary school) Wangmudu primary school, wangmudu Hengxi primary school, wangmudu xiabang primary school, wangmudu Shengli primary school, wangmudu New Year's day primary school, wangmudu Jianxi primary school, wangmudu Luolong primary school, wangmudu Xinxing primary school, wangmudu DAPI primary school, wangmudu Town Central kindergarten, Ganxian District, Ganzhou City).

Transportation

Before the founding of the people's Republic of China, the traffic in wangmudu was mainly water transportation. In 1966, Tongsha (stone) and Xiaoping (Ping) highways were built, with a length of 33 kilometers. Wang (Mudu) DA (BU) highway, 10 kilometers long. Tanbu, Dabi, xiapai and other villages are connected by simple highways, with a total length of 26 kilometers. Hengxi to yinzhangshan forest road, 12 kilometers long.

Water transport: Xinfeng - Taojiang River in Ganzhou.

Land transportation: 219 provincial road.

History and culture

dialect

The residents of wangmudu town use Hakka dialect.

Gannan Tea Picking Opera

Gannan Tea Picking Opera is one of the native Han operas in Gannan. It originated from the late Ming Dynasty and the early Qing Dynasty. Its birthplace is Jiulongshan in Anyuan County. It is a local opera gradually evolved from the folk "tea basket lamp", "tea picking song and dance" and "three legged class". It has a history of more than 400 years.

At the end of Jiaqing period in Qing Dynasty, after the drama Jiulongshan picking tea was spread to wangmudu in Ganxian County, under the influence of Donghe opera, a local drama, it gradually developed into a whole drama with a complete plot after being processed by Li Teng and Li Ping. In 2006, Gannan Tea Picking Opera was listed as the first batch of national "intangible cultural heritage" representative projects.

In history, Gannan Tea Picking Opera once spread out in four routes. To the northeast, it flows into the west of Fujian through Wuyi Mountain; to the southeast, it flows into the east of Guangdong; to the southwest, it flows into the north of Guangdong, into Yulin and Qinzhou in the south of Guangxi; to the north, it flows into the border of Jiangxi and Hunan through Luoxiao mountains. Therefore, Gannan Tea Picking Opera has historical origins with northern Guangdong Tea Picking Opera, Guangxi Tea Picking Opera, Yunnan Huadeng opera, Hunan Huagu opera and other local operas.

Chinese New Year customs

The custom of celebrating the new year: the Hakkas in Gannan drive cattle into the mountains on the first day of the first month

At midnight on the first day of the first lunar month, people rush to burn incense and fire guns to welcome the new year, which is called "Spring Rush". They think that the earlier they get up, the better their luck will be. The head of the household opens the door and goes in the direction of "auspicious", which is called "travel". In the early morning of the first day of the new year, the man and the little boy carry a basket to prepare tea, wine, fish and meat for the society and Dragon God; the child invites all the people to drive the cattle into the mountain and set off firecrackers all the way to send them off, which is called "sending the spring cattle.". This day, pay attention to breakfast vegetarian (Ganxian wangmudu area all day vegetarian), intended to avoid disaster and protect health. On that day, adults and children play all day, but they can't get out of their homes. Especially, children are not allowed to sit on the doorsill of other people's homes. Women play wool on the sun terrace or their own yard, and accept the soles and insoles. Men play cards or count beans, and children like to set off firecrackers. The whole village is very lively. On the second day of junior high school, I began to visit relatives and friends to celebrate the new year. At the beginning of the new year, I said "congratulations on getting rich" to each other. In each family, an adult took children to pay New Year's greetings to the elders. In the old days, the younger generation knelt down to the older generation, and the older generation gave the children red packets of lucky money and said some auspicious words. The amount of lucky money varied according to their blood and friendship. Most families begin to prepare "Jiulong dishes" from the second day of junior high school, which contain preserved duck, pig liver, sausage and other snacks, plus peanuts, melon seeds and fruit plates, until the Lantern Festival comes out on the 15th day of the first month.

YONGGU building

Yonggulou, located in Taojiang village, is a cultural relic protection unit in Jiangxi Province. Walking up the steep steps for more than 200 meters, you can see a blockhouse with a long history. The word "YONGGU building" can be seen clearly in the middle. The bunker is well preserved and divided into two layers. Dozens of shooting holes are set around the interior. Looking out from the top, you can see everything. In June 2010, Shi Zhongquan, former deputy director of the Party History Research Office of the CPC Central Committee and famous party history expert, inspected the "YONGGU building" and praised it as the best preserved blockhouse on the long march road.

famous scenery

In wangmudu Town, there is shilinshan temple, a religious resort in Ming Dynasty. In 1932, it was listed as a key cultural relic protection unit in southern Jiangxi. The ancient trees around the temple are towering, incense is burning every day, and there are many believers. It echoes with jigongshi reservoir nearby.

Specialty food

overview

Local specialties of wangmudu town include salted duck, red melon seeds, Yuzhu, radish, etc.

Wang Mu Du red melon seeds

Wangmudu red melon seeds are rich in Lilai, Jianxi, Tanbu and other villages along Taojiang River in wangmudu Town, Ganxian county. Red melon seeds have a long history of cultivation and enjoy a high reputation, and are exported to Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Southeast Asia.