Shangxi Township, Yongfeng County, Ji'an City, Jiangxi Province

Shangxi Township

Shangxi township is located in the southeast of Yongfeng County, Ji'an City, Jiangxi Province, adjacent to Zhongcun Township in the East, Ningdu County, Ganzhou City in the south, Shaxi Town in the West and Shima town in the north. It has 5 village committees, 117 natural villages, 1209 households and a total population of 5189 (in 2017), 178 she households and 774 people (1 provincial named Minority Village).

The township is 78 kilometers away from the county seat. The township is named after the township, with a total area of 99 square kilometers.

General situation of villages and towns

Shangxi township is located in the southeast of Yongfeng County, adjacent to Zhongcun Township in the East, Ningdu County in the south, Shaxi Town in the West and Shima town in the north. it is located in mountainous area with high terrain in the South and low terrain in the north. The township government is located in Shangxi, 78 kilometers away from the county. the land area is 95.88 square kilometers, including 4575 mu of cultivated land (150 mu of dry land), 133500 mu of mountain forest (15000 mu of Phyllostachys pubescens) and 16 mu of water area.

land resource

Shangxi is located in the mountainous area, high in the South and low in the north. There are 128776 mu of forest land, including 8406 mu of timber forest, 23385 mu of economic forest, 30000 mu of Camellia oleifera forest, 10103 mu of Phyllostachys pubescens forest, and 857653 cubic meters of standing timber. The forest coverage rate is 80.3%.

Climatic characteristics

The annual average temperature of Shangxi is 15.8 ℃, and the annual rainfall is 1490 mm. The average temperature in January is 4.4 ℃, the average temperature in July is 25.6 ℃, the maximum extreme temperature is 36 ℃, the minimum extreme temperature is - 9.8 ℃, and the rainfall is concentrated from March to June.

administrative division

Shangxi township is located in the southeast mountainous area of Yongfeng County, the terrain is high in the South and low in the north. It is adjacent to Zhongcun Township in the East, Dagu Township and Xiaobu town in Ningdu County in the south, Shaxi Town in the West and Shima town in the north. Shangxiwei, the township government's residence, is 78 kilometers away from the county. There are six peaks above 1000 meters above sea level, namely liangshandong, mianshandong, gouyaci, huangnigang, niubeiji and goudaozui. Liangshandong, the highest point, is 1313.9 meters above sea level. There are two main rivers, Shangxi River and Xiacun River, with a total length of about 30 km. In 1958, Shangxi people's commune was established, and in April 1984, the commune was withdrawn to establish a township, which was renamed Shangxi township. It covers an area of 99 square kilometers, including 4575 mu of cultivated land and 128800 mu of woodland. It has jurisdiction over five village committees (one provincial named Ethnic Minority Village) and 62 villager groups.

natural resources

Shangxi mountain is rich in natural resources and abundant in natural resources. The forest vegetation of the township is well preserved, covering an area of 88.9%. The territory is densely forested, with a wide range of tree species and rich forest resources. There are rare and precious tree species such as Ginkgo biloba, Photinia spinulosa and Taxus chinensis. There are also rich industries such as Ganoderma lucidum, Lentinus edodes, honey, Phyllostachys pubescens and tea oil. There are also mineral resources such as Yingshi, quartzite, kaolin, iron ore, winter bamboo shoots, dried bamboo shoots, papyrus and maobian Paper enjoys a high reputation, wild Yuanhu, Atractylodes macrocephala, Gastrodia elata, Pueraria and other medicinal materials are also from far away.

traffic

Shangxi has a complete transportation system, with 80% of cement roads connecting villages in the territory, and all the main roads leading to the outside world are paved with cement roads and oil roads.

History and culture

Shangxi township has a long history and a large number of talents. During the Qing Dynasty, the Zhu family in matouzui natural village of Hengxi had a glorious history of "eight Jinshi of one school and being an official of the same Dynasty". Liu Shaoshu, a gentleman of the Qing Dynasty in Shuangling village, was generous, kind and willing to do good deeds. He donated more than 30000 liang of silver in his whole life. The south section of the ancient bridge of Enjiang was one of his good deeds. During the revolutionary war, Zeng Shan and other revolutionary predecessors led the Red Army to fight with the people of Shangxi in the territory. The slogans painted by the Red Army at that time were still clearly visible.