Zhoujiadian Town, Dingcheng District, Changde City, Hunan Province

Zhoujiadian town

Zhoujiadian town is located in the northeast of the District, the middle section of changde'an (township) highway, and the southeast of Baiyun Mountain, 30 kilometers away from Changde City. During the eight hundred Li period of Dongting Lake, zhoujiadian occupied the West Branch of Dongting Lake. It is said that during the reign of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty, an old man surnamed Zhou opened a small wine shop on the river slope to attract passing shippers.

On January 9, 2019, zhoujiadian town was selected as the "hometown of Chinese folk culture and art" in 2018-2020 by virtue of percussion music.

history

Before 1949, it belonged to Zhoushi and Tongde townships; in August 1949, it was built Zhoushi township; in 1956, it was built zhoujiadian township; in 1958, it was managed by chongtian people's commune; in 1961, it was built zhoujiadian people's commune; in 1984, it was renamed zhoujiadian township; in August of the same year, it was changed into zhoujiadian town; in October 1995, wawudang township was merged into zhoujiadian town. in the northwest and central part of the town, the hills are continuous, and the terrain in the East is low and flat. Provincial Highway S306 traverses the whole territory, is the throat fortress connecting Hunan and Hubei transportation, the geographical location is very important. With a total area of 134.68 square kilometers (2017), 29788 people (2017), 69000 mu of cultivated land, 48000 mu of forest land and 39000 mu of water surface, it is said that "three mountains, one water, three fields, three roads and manors". It has jurisdiction over three neighborhood committees of Jianshe, fanxi and Minquan, and 12 villages of hengfengyuan, Hehua, Haokou, egong bridge, dazhuangqiao, baihesi, yangpi'an, tuanlanping, xinshiyan, wawulong, Taiping temple and wugangzhai.

Natural resources

It mainly produces grain and cotton. In 2007, the yields of the two crops were 30135 tons and 350 tons respectively, and the specialty products were pearl and turtle. In 2006, the pearl breeding Association of zhoujiadian town won the title of "national advanced unit of science popularization and benefiting farmers"; the development of hilly areas has become a climate. Since 2002, the total area of artificial forestation has reached 18000 mu, forming a big agricultural pattern of grain and cotton, special breeding, forest and fruit. In 2007, the total rural economic income of the town was 120.84 million yuan, and the annual per capita income of farmers was 2872 yuan. As early as 2000 years ago, suona, gongs and drums were popular here, and they are very popular. Cities, districts and towns often carry out all kinds of cultural activities in zhoujiadian Town, and the mass cultural activities are rich and colorful. There are 43 gongs and drums teams (classes), 6 folk art troupes, 2 dragon dance teams, 3 lion dance teams, 2 bamboo horse lantern teams, 4 literary societies, 4 painting and calligraphy clubs, 4 storytelling and reading tea clubs, 3 theaters that can accommodate thousands of people, and 1200 backbone folk artists in the town, covering 9 districts (counties) of Changde City and Jingzhou of Hubei Province, with more than 1500 performances per year and 600000 people Zhoujiadian is one of the most advanced towns in the region, and has been rated as the red flag unit of target management over the years. In 1995, he was awarded the title of "mass culture and art town of Hunan Province" by the Provincial Department of culture. In 2007, it declared as "the hometown of Chinese folk culture and art, the hometown of percussion and percussion music". the territory has beautiful scenery and many places of interest.

honor

Won the title of "safety production demonstration town in Hunan Province"

on the morning of January 11, 2013, the people's Government of Hunan Province held the naming commendation meeting of 2012 provincial production safety demonstration towns (streets) in Xiangtan Jiuhua Industrial Park, and presented awards and awards to the winning unit for a safety supervision and law enforcement vehicle. 98 towns including zhoujiadian town won the award. since the establishment of safe production demonstration towns, zhoujiadian town has taken this opportunity, under the correct guidance of the District Safety Supervision Bureau, improved the organization, established rules and regulations, implemented the responsibility, consolidated the foundation, and carried out the construction of safe production demonstration towns, which has achieved remarkable results, achieved zero accidents in safe production throughout the year, effectively guaranteed the safety of people's lives and property, and promoted the development of safe production The coordinated development of the town's economy. on February 2, 2019, it was named "the hometown of Chinese folk culture and art" by the Ministry of culture and tourism in 2018-2020.

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Population data

(fifth census data) 29788 (2017).