Zuoba Town, Dayu County, Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province

Zuoba town

Zuoba town is located in the northwest of Dayu County, Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province. The area is 97.85 square kilometers (2018), and the registered residence population is about 8 thousand and 500 (2018). It has 1 communities and 4 administrative villages (2019). There is the most ancient Hakka walled house in Gannan, Cao's.

In 2018, there were 11 industrial enterprises in Zuoba Town, including one industrial enterprise above Designated Size and one comprehensive store or supermarket with a business area of more than 50 square meters.

Historical evolution

In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it belonged to Yunshan pass.

During the period of the Republic of China, it was the hometown of Zuo Buddhism.

On the eve of liberation, it belongs to Yunshan township.

At the beginning of liberation, Zuoba Township and Dajiang Township belonged to the second district.

In the autumn of 1958, it belonged to Liaoyuan commune.

In 1959, it belonged to Qinglong commune.

In 1961, Zuoba commune was established by Qinglong commune.

In the winter of 1968, Piaotang town was merged.

In 1972, Piaotang town was separated.

In May 1984, it was changed to Zuoba township.

In May 2000, Piaotang town and Zuoba Township were abolished and merged to form Zuoba town.

administrative division

In 2019, Zuoba town governs one community and four administrative villages: Piaotang community, Zuoba village, Yunshan village, Dajiang village and Piaotang village. The town government is stationed in zuobawei.

geographical environment

Location context

Zuoba town is located in the northwest of Dayu County, with Zhangdou town in the northeast, Qinglong Town in the southeast and Huanglong town in the southwest. Yunshan in the northwest borders Chongyi county. The total area is 97.85 square kilometers.

terrain

Zuobadi is a mountainous area with undulating mountains. There is a wide and flat valley in the middle.

climate

The temperature in Zuoba town is relatively low, with an average annual temperature of 17.2 ℃.

rivers

Zuoba town has zuota River and Dajiang river. Left tug of war into Yuejin reservoir, dajianghe into longjianli reservoir.

population

In 1985, there were 918 households and 4699 people in Zuoba Township, mainly Han nationality.

In 2018, the population of Zuo - pull registered residence was 8493.

Economics

In the 1980s, Zuoba had 3163 mu of arable land, which was fertile and mainly planted with rice. In 1985, the total grain output was 1.77 million kg. Rich in tea, to Yunshan tea, produced in the territory of Yunshan mountains. Most of the farmers take mining as a sideline, and the business is also relatively prosperous. There are 66105 mu of forest land, mainly producing pine, fir, bamboo, miscellaneous wood, etc., which is one of the main timber producing areas in Dayu county. Local paper and mushrooms are also well-known.

Zuoba mining industry has a long history, and there are many mining enterprises in the territory. Yunshan tea, which is produced in Yunshan, is famous in southern China.

In 2018, there were 11 industrial enterprises in Zuoba Town, including 1 industrial enterprise above Designated Size and 1 comprehensive store or supermarket with a business area of more than 50 square meters.

social undertakings

In 1985, Zuoba had one middle school and four primary schools with 1085 students and 35 teachers. There is a township health center, 9 medical staff, 3 beds. There are rural medical stations and 5 rural doctors. Xiangying theater and cultural center station were advanced units in Ganzhou. There are also supply and marketing cooperatives, banks, credit cooperatives, grain management, forestry stations, posts and telecommunications and other economic departments.

The main public institutions in Zuoba town include nine-year school, public central kindergarten, health center, finance office and nursing home of Zuoba town in Dayu county.

Transportation

In the 1980s, there was a branch road leading to piaohuang highway and a simple road connecting the villages.

History and culture

dialect

Zuoba town residents use Hakka language in xinpian Dayu dialect.

Cao's enclosure

Cao's enclosed house in Dayu county is located in a small basin about one kilometer west of Zuoba town government. It is a large Hakka enclosed house. It was built in 1564, the 43rd year of Jiajing period in Ming Dynasty. The enclosed house is surrounded by a three meter high dry base wall, forming an irregular circle, with a total area of 50000 square meters and a construction area of 40000 square meters. There are about 40 yards and 500 rooms in the enclosure. The whole building complex of the enclosed house is surrounded by the dry base wall, and the front and back doors are built with lofts, which is magnificent, thus forming a typical pattern of Hakka residential complex in southern Jiangxi. Most of the people living in Cao's enclosed houses are Hakkas of Cao's family name, with a total of more than 700 people. On November 18, 2014, Yunshan village, where Cao's house is located, was selected into the third batch of Chinese traditional villages list by the "seventh department of the CPC Central Committee", which has been listed as a national protection unit.