Fangzhao Town, Taijiang County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province

Fangzhao town

Fangzhao town is a town under the jurisdiction of Taijiang County, Qiandongnan Prefecture, Guizhou Province. It is located in the southeast of Taijiang County, at the foot of Miaoling mountain, where Leigong Mountain is in transition to Qingshui River. Fangzhao town borders Gedong town in the north, Taigong street in the county in the west, Nangong town in the South and Jianhe County in the East. Taijiang Nangong highway passes through.

History of construction

On January 14, 2016, Guizhou Provincial People's Government approved the revocation of fangzhao township system and the establishment of fangzhao town;

administrative division

As of January 2016, the town has nine administrative villages, namely fangzhao village, Jijia village, Fanpai village, Wusuo village, Jiaowang village, Xiangyang Village, wengjiao village, yangwang village and Qifu village.

geographical environment

The terrain of the town is mainly mountainous, with high mountains and deep valleys, steep slopes and steep mountains. It is a typical erster landform, most of which belong to the middle mountain type with deep erosion and low cutting. The relative elevation difference is more than 200m, and the slope angle is more than 25o. Fangzhao is located at an altitude of 1100 meters. It belongs to the temperate and humid climate zone in the middle subtropical zone. It has abundant rainfall. It is wrapped in silver in winter and has no severe heat in summer. The annual average temperature is 12.5 ℃ and the annual average precipitation is 1806.2 mm.

ethnic customs

Fangzhao town is inhabited by the Miao nationality, of which the Miao compatriots account for 99% of the total population of the township. The territory is rich in folk customs and is endowed with unique advantages, such as the residential buildings near mountains and rivers, the exquisite Miao embroidery, the exquisite silver ornaments, the magnificent craft products, the thrilling bullfight competition, the passionate Sheng drum dance, the melodious multi voice love songs, the unique marriage customs, and so on; the "world's longest Festival" - ancestor worship Festival (also known as ancestor worship Festival) "The most popular in the world", only once in 13 years, each time for 3 years). There are the world-famous "Oriental disco" - anti Pai Mu drum dance, which is often toured around the world, and the Miao major Song - anti Pai multi voice and fangzhao love song, which won the gold medal in the 2003 western folk song competition. Here is a sea of songs and dances, a world of love and affection. It is said that "culture is hidden in the body, and history books are read from the beginning".

places of historic figures and cultural heritage

The cultural landscape is a major product of fangzhao tourism. Fanpai village in fangzhao town is a Miao wooden stilted building village with a long history. With an average altitude of 1080.4 meters, it is 26 kilometers southeast of the county. It is surrounded by mountains on all sides, and a stream passes through the village. The area is rich in biological resources, with a forest coverage rate of more than 70%. The main vegetation includes Cunninghamia lanceolata, Pinus massoniana and broad-leaved evergreen trees, with a total of 241 species of 54 families and 147 species of ornamental trees. Taxus chinensis var. mairei and Taiwania flousiana var. taiwanensis belong to the first level of national protection, and 6 species belong to the third level of national protection. The folk literature and art of fangzhao town are rich and colorful in various forms. The vocal music includes flying song, middle tune, love song and liquor tune. Vocal music has wooden drum, Lusheng, mang tube, wood leaf and so on. There are mainly wooden drum dance and Lusheng dance. There are cross stitch, embroidery and so on. The main festivals are: Miao new year, Jingqiao Festival and Drum Festival. Anti Pai wood drum dance and multi voice music are included in the national intangible cultural heritage. Fangzhao town is also located in Jiaowang Miao village, an ancient village with more than 600 families, which still retains the ancient, simple and primitive flavor. It is a good place for tourists. 5、 Natural resources: the mountains are verdant, the trees are green, the vegetation is well preserved, the forest coverage rate is 58.2%, the tree species are mainly pine and fir, needle, broad-leaved and other rare trees and plants coexist; there are several thousand mu of honeysuckle planting base; Wangyi reservoir covers an area of 75 mu, the 320 National Road runs across, the scenery along the reservoir is charming, surrounded by green trees, the water is natural, and the fishery is abundant Rich, is the development of water farmhouse, leisure fishing good place.