Tantou Town, longhui County, Shaoyang City, Hunan Province

Tantou town

Tantou town is subordinate to longhui County, Shaoyang City, Hunan Province. It is located in the southeast of longhui County, at the junction of longhui County, Shaoyang County and Xinshao county. It is 22 kilometers away from the county and 9 kilometers away from Zhouwang exit of shangrui Expressway to the town government. It is adjacent to Xiaotang town in Xinshao County in the East, Shaoyang County in the southeast, Zhouwang town and yushanpu town in the south, Taohong Town, hexiangqiao town and Shimen town in the west, and tuyankou town and jukoupu town in Xinshao County in the north.

The town governs 87 villages, 3 neighborhood committees and 671 villager groups, with a total of 63413 people (in 2017), with a total area of 177.4 square kilometers (in 2017), and a cultivated area of 52657.78 mu, including 40166.57 mu of paddy field and 12491.21 mu of dry soil. In 2017, Tantou town won the title of national characteristic cultural ancient town. In 2017, it became a new round of national key towns.

Evolution of organizational system

Tantou has a long history and splendid culture. It was built in the Sui Dynasty and is one of the 72 ancient towns in China. In the Sui Dynasty, Tantou belonged to Duliang County; in 590 A.D., it was merged into Shaoyang County and governed by Tantou. From the Tang Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, they all belonged to Shaoyang, Xinhua and Wugang counties. During the period of the Republic of China, Tantou was called Dongsheng township, belonging to Tongqian. In the 36th year of the Republic of China (1947 AD), it analyzed the eight townships and one town of longhui in Shaoyang, set up longhui County, and administrated Tantou. After liberation in 1949, it was under the jurisdiction of the first district (taohuaping). It was the Fifth District in May 1950 and the ninth and tenth districts in 1952. In 1956, Tantou office was established after the district was withdrawn. In 1958, two communes, Tantou commune and Yankou commune, were established. In 1959, Yankou commune was incorporated. In 1961, Tantou commune was divided into 10 communes. Since the establishment of Tantou district.

administrative division

By the end of 2010, Tantou town had jurisdiction over Zhulin, Baishui, Yuanxi, Shimen, Shidong, Tuoli, sanjiaotang, Tangshi, quercetin, mojiatang, Jingyuan, Dadi, Xizhu, Qili, Jinhu, Shipi, Pingshang, Jingsheng, banyatian, Tangchong, Xiaojia, houtuo, Liuxing, Sanmian, Chenghe, mushui, Xianggu, Santang, lishanpu, muguatang, heting, Dapo, quantang and Dongdong Tou, chengshang, Shenjia, Wuma, xiashankou, shapingli, Qinglong, Tantou, Tangbian, Luomian, zuxia, Chengbei, Xujia, bairuo, Sanxi, Chengjiang, wenxianmiao, Xiangshan, Longshi, Tashi, jingwan, Zhujia, Taolin, Shangxing, Zhongchao, Gaoling, Zhushan, shizishi, Baiju, Yane, Longzhu, Bajiao, Lusheng, Fushang, yangjiachong, Qili, miaomen There are 87 administrative villages in Shuangjiang, Xiaqiao, Yuanshan, Shanxia, Paishang, Yinjia, xintangchong, huangyazhuang, Shushi, Zhuanwu, Tianli, Heji, Shenhe, checao, Tantang, Sutang and Lishan, and the first, second and third neighborhood committees.

geographical environment

Territory location

Tantou town is located in the southeast of longhui County, at the junction of longhui, Shaoyang and Xinshao counties, 22 kilometers away from the county. It is adjacent to Xiaotang town in Xinshao County in the East, Shaoyang County in the southeast, Zhouwang town and yushanpu town in the south, Taohong Town, hexiangqiao town and Shimen town in the west, and tuyankou town and jukoupu town in Xinshao County in the north.

landforms

Tantou town is located in the transition zone from hengshao basin to Xuefeng mountains, with high terrain in the north and low terrain in the south. The three communes of Daguan, Meitang and Tianbi in the north are winding high mountains, belonging to the Jiulong Mountain range. The highest peak rises from the ground, with a high altitude of 1142 meters. The four communes in the South have rolling hills and alternate fields, which are hilly areas with an altitude of about 300 meters. There are many hills and hills in the area, showing the characteristics of karst landform, with limestone as the main rock mass.

climate

Tantou town is a typical subtropical monsoon humid climate, with mild climate, four distinct seasons, concentrated rainfall, dry in autumn and winter, wet and rainy in spring and summer. The annual daily average temperature is 17.5 ℃. The annual average frost free period is 280 days. The annual average precipitation is 1400mm.

natural resources

mineral resources

There are coal, iron, manganese, gold, tianyingshi and other minerals in Tantou Town, among which tianyingshi is a unique mineral in the world with abundant reserves and multiple functions of skin care, beauty and health care. The development prospect is very optimistic.

water resource

By 2009, there are 11 small type I reservoirs and 36 small type II reservoirs in Tantou Town, with a storage capacity of 26.29 million cubic meters. There are 5236 large and small mountain ponds, with water storage of 9.5 million cubic meters, 125 river dams, 89 electric irrigation ports, and 19 teams equipped with sprinkler irrigation equipment, with a total water storage, diversion and extraction capacity of 48.5 million cubic meters. Tantou town is rich in groundwater resources, belonging to the middle rich water area, with groundwater runoff modulus of 200000-300000 m3 / km2 / year.

Population nationality

At the end of 2009, there were 21930 households and 80957 people in Tantou town. By the end of 2017, there were 63413 people in Tantou town.

Economic overview

overview

In 2009, the GDP of the whole town was 420 million yuan, including 120 million yuan of industrial output value, 290 million yuan of agricultural output value and 39.86 million yuan of tertiary industry output value.

primary industry

In 2009, the total agricultural output value of the town was 290 million yuan. The rice planting area is 63000 mu, and the total grain output is 42500 tons. The project of "planting three, producing four" high-yield project is popularized in an all-round way, and it has won the advanced unit of grain production target management in the whole county. There are 8 new scale pig farms, with 82000 live pigs sold in the whole year, 73800 live pigs, 12100 cattle and sheep and 318000 poultry at the end of the year. More than 5389 mu of flue-cured tobacco was planted, 11429 tons of tobacco were sold, and more than 1.2 million yuan of tobacco specialty tax was created. Nearly 3000 tons of flue-cured tobacco were sold in Shizi Baiju flue-cured tobacco slices, and 5 more than 500 tons of flue-cured tobacco villages were added. There were 2 large households planting more than 100 mu of flue-cured tobacco, and 6 households planting more than 50 mu of flue-cured tobacco.

the secondary industry

The traditional industry of Tantou town is mainly paper industry. Tantou Tianying stone is a unique mineral in the world, with abundant reserves. The fragrant paper made from Tianying stone is well-known at home and abroad. Bamboo paper processing has a long history, starting from the Ming Dynasty. It is reported that Tan tou colored paper was a tribute to the imperial court during the reign of Emperor Qianlong.

History and culture

Tantou has a long history and splendid culture. It was built in Sui Dynasty. It is one of the 72 ancient towns in China and is also the "hometown of folk culture and painting" in modern China. Tantou New Year pictures, fragrant powder paper and colored paper are commonly known as "Tantou three unique" and are well-known at home and abroad.

Tantou New Year pictures

Tantou New Year picture is the only traditional wood manual printing new year picture in Hunan Province. It is one of the "four big New Year pictures" in China. It is produced in Longtou Town, Shaoyang. Tantou town is named "the hometown of modern folk New Year pictures" by the Ministry of culture of the people's Republic of China. Tantou New Year pictures were formed in the era of Li Shimin in Tang Dynasty, and have a history of more than 1300 years. From the late Ming Dynasty to the early Qing Dynasty to the early Republic of China, Tantou New Year pictures gradually formed their own unique artistic style: gorgeous and moist colors, primitive, exaggerated, full and personalized modeling methods, pure local materials and unique crafts, which made the works have the artistic effect of relief. From the selection of paper-making raw materials, the manufacture of paper, the bottom brushing, to the engraving, seven times printing and seven times hand drawing, the production of a new year picture in Tantou needs more than 20 processes. From hand-made paper to New Year pictures, they are all produced in one place, which is rare in the production of New Year pictures all over the country. In 1994, Tantou New Year pictures won the silver award in the "exhibition of Chinese folk art" held by the Ministry of culture. Later, due to the sluggish sales of Tantou New Year pictures, there are not many old artists left, and young people are unwilling to learn, so they are on the verge of being lost. In 2002, the county actively appealed to the relevant departments at higher levels to rescue the Tantou New Year pictures, which attracted the attention of the relevant departments at higher levels. The Tantou New Year pictures were listed in the first batch of Chinese folk cultural heritage rescue projects. Gao Lamei, the last descendant of Tantou New Year pictures, has created 29 versions of New Year pictures, one of which is a version of "the mouse marries", which is widely known by the world for Lu Xun's praise of its "extremely lovely" in "morning flowers and evening gathering". Tantou New Year pictures applied for intangible cultural heritage. Mr. Lu Xun described the Tantou New Year picture "the mouse marries" in his collection of morning and evening flowers, and regarded it as a treasure collection, which is also collected in the British Museum. In 2003, Tantou New Year pictures won the gold medal of traditional Chinese crafts in Beijing. In June 2006, Tantou New Year pictures were listed as the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage projects.

Hand made paper technology in Tantou

On December 3, 2014, the notice of the State Council on publicizing the list of the fourth batch of national intangible cultural heritage representative projects (GF [2014] No. 59) was issued. Longtou handmade paper making technology in Longhui County was listed in the expanded list of the fourth batch of national intangible cultural heritage representative projects. It belongs to the bamboo paper making technology in the traditional technology category, which includes three projects: Zhejiang The production techniques of Zeya screen paper in Ouhai District, Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province, Cailun Ancient Papermaking Technique in Leiyang City, Hunan Province, and Tantou manual papermaking technique in Longhui County. the State Council announced the fourth batch of national intangible cultural heritage representative project directory 153 and representative project directory expansion project directory 153, which are classified according to folk literature, traditional music, traditional dance, traditional drama, folk art, traditional sports, entertainment and acrobatics, traditional fine arts, traditional skills, traditional medicine and folk custom. Longtou handmade paper making project in Longhui county is a representative project of provincial intangible cultural heritage. Through the unremitting efforts of the county cultural department, we finally applied for the national project list successfully.

Famous people

Li Jiannong (1880-1963) was born in Tantou, Shaoyang County, Hunan Province. Professor, Department of history, Wuhan University, CPPCC National Committee