Sixia Town, Shangyou County, Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province

Sixia town

Sixia town is located in the north of Shangyou County, Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province. The area is 93.90 square kilometers, and the registered residence population is 15737 (2018). It has 1 communities and 9 administrative villages (2019).

The economy of Sixia town is dominated by agriculture. The agriculture is mainly rice planting. The mountain area is mainly pine, fir, bamboo and Camellia oleifera. The tea fruit is developed and planted on gentle slope land. Large scale economic crops include traditional rice seed production and newly developed edible fungi cultivation.

In 2018, there were 5 industrial enterprises in Sixia town and 9 comprehensive stores or supermarkets with a business area of more than 50 square meters.

Historical evolution

In the spring and Autumn period, it belonged to Wu and Yue, and in the Warring States period, it belonged to Chu.

Qin is Jiujiang county.

In the early Jin Dynasty, it belonged to Nankang county.

In the second year of Tongguang (924) of the Tang Dynasty in the Five Dynasties, it belongs to shangyouchang.

Baoda decade of the Southern Tang Dynasty (952), the territory of Shangyou County.

In 1984, it was transferred to the countryside.

In 2013, Sixia town was established instead of Sixia town.

administrative division

In 2019, Sixia town governs one community and nine administrative villages: Sixia community, Sixia village, Xinhua Village, Yangmei village, fufu village, Xinwei village, Zhenzhu village, Longtan Village, nikeng village and TanQian village.

geographical environment

Location context

Sixia town is located in the north of Shangyou County. It is adjacent to Anhe Township in the East, Youshi Township, Meishui Township, Shuiyan Township, Shuangxi Township and Ziyang Township, and Suichuan County of Ji'an city. The total area is 93.90 square kilometers.

natural resources

land resource

Sixia town has 628.6 hectares of cultivated land, 6656.9 hectares of forest land and 170.9 hectares of tea and fruit land.

Forest resources

Sixia town has the most abundant forest resources, with a state-owned Sixia forest farm and a standing stock of 110000 cubic meters.

mineral resources

Sixia town has tungsten, tin, copper, gold and other minerals.

population

In 2018, the registered residence of the town was 15737. TanQian village, Sixia town

Economics

The economy of Sixia town is mainly agriculture. Rice is the main planting industry, and rice is famous for breeding hybrid seeds. It is the breeding base of hybrid seeds in Shangyou County, from which farmers get more benefits. Camellia oleifera forest area of 50000 Mu is one of the main oil producing areas in Shangyou County. There are mainly Cunninghamia lanceolata, Phyllostachys pubescens and Camellia oleifera in the mountains, which is the main production area of Camellia oleifera in Shangyou County. It is conducive to the development of bamboo and wood processing industry, and the handicraft industry is relatively developed.

According to the information released by Shangyou County Government Network on October 18, 2008, there are two hydropower stations, one foundry and two wood factories in Sixia town.

In 2018, there were 5 industrial enterprises in Sixia Town, and there were no industrial enterprises above scale. There were 9 comprehensive stores or supermarkets with a business area of more than 50 square meters in Sixia town.

social undertakings

education

Sixia town has Sixia middle school, Central Primary School, central kindergarten and Longtan Village Kindergarten in Shangyou County.

medical and health work

Sixia town has a central health center in Sixia town of Shangyou County.

Construction of polder towns

In sixiawei Town, people from Shuangxi, Ziyang and Anhe rush to the fair on the first, fourth and seventh day of the lunar calendar (fair day), or set up stalls, or trade local products, or buy daily necessities or means of agricultural production.

Transportation

It's only 50 minutes' drive from Sixia town to Shangyou County. From Yangmei and fufu to Ziyang and Suichuan in the north, to Meishui and Shangyou in the south, and to Yingqian and wuzhifeng in the West.

History and culture

Temple House car lantern

Sizhouzhouwu cart lantern originated in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasty. It is an entertainment program for the descendants of kedaogong, the "Houde hall" of sizhouzhouwu village, to commemorate the history of kedaogong. At that time, Duke Kedao of the Zhou family was an inspector of the imperial court. He was honest, impartial, and fearless of power. He offended some treacherous officials. When he announced the return of the old man, he was injured by the treacherous people, and only BMW ran home to report the news. In memory of Ke Daogong, they raised the horses and bred them well, which were handed down from generation to generation. People combined the process of raising horses and having fun with horses with the local customs into a song and dance, and later evolved into a car lantern. From the Spring Festival to the Lantern Festival, lantern dance and dragon and lion dance were performed together in the ancestral hall, which has been handed down for more than 600 years, It is a unique traditional drama loved by the local people.

"Temple House car lantern" is composed of a red horse and a white horse, a small wooden car, a large row lamp, a clown, a coachman, a horse boy and a tea lady; The tunes of Suona include "do shoes to send off lovers", "gongs and drums to make a noise", "the first month is the new year", "do shoes to send off New Year", "dripping water from high mountain", "goose feather snow", "Baijiang stage", "Bashan step", etc. the performance team is not large, but lively, easy to understand, with unique rural flavor. During the performance, the driver and the tea lady sing horse lanterns to each other The song also has the tune of gongs and drums, suona and so on. It has its unique folk music and musical instruments accompaniment, with many libretto, a small number of dialogues, and proper dancing and modeling. Dance movements appear repeatedly, especially the short step, which is the essence of the original tea picking opera.