Guan Dong Town, Congjiang County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province

Guandong town

Guandong town is located in the northeast of Congjiang County, 31 kilometers away from the county seat, adjacent to Meilin and Fulu townships of Sanjiang County in Liuzhou, Guangxi. National Highway 321 and provincial highway pass through the town. The town governs 26 administrative villages, 1 neighborhood committee, 72 natural villages, 197 villager groups and 5291 households. There are 22139 people of Dong, Miao, Zhuang, Hui, Shui, Han and other nationalities living in the town. The main ethnic group is Dong, accounting for 93%. On 119.95 square kilometers of land in the town, the mountainous and hilly areas account for 95%, the cultivated land area is 15184.665 mu, and the per capita cultivated land is 0.75 mu. The town has a mid subtropical climate, with an average annual temperature of 17.5-8.3 ℃, an annual rainfall of 1246 mm and a frost period of 320 days. It is the most developed and constructed treasure land.

On May 26, 2020, Guandong town was selected into the list of strong agricultural towns in 2020.

geographical environment

Guandong town is located in the northeast of Congjiang County, 31 kilometers away from the county seat. The geographical coordinates are 109 degrees to 109 degrees 05 minutes east longitude and 25 degrees 47 minutes to 25 degrees 51 minutes north latitude. It is adjacent to Qingyun Township in the East, Gaozeng Township in the southwest and northwest, luoxiang in the north, Duliu River in the South and langpao village across the river. The town government is located in the middle of the town. Guandong town has a "golden soil, silver climate", and its crop cultivation is more prominent. Among them, citrus area has developed 14000 mu, with more than 10 varieties including Ponkan, congmi pomelo, navel orange, Wenzhou orange, summer orange, etc., especially Ponkan, with an area of more than 12000 mu. It is the economic pillar industry of Guandong town.

tourist resources

It is rich in tourism resources, including Guandong town to Longtu karst cave group, karst mountain and Longtu Shili Ponkan sightseeing scenic line, cow wells in Guandong and Longtu, and karst stalactites, stalagmites, pillars and stone mantles. Ethnic costumes and embroidery are unique, rich and colorful bullfight, cockfight, mountain song competition, Lusheng competition. The folk customs of "eating Acacia", "looking for the bride", "stepping on the song hall", "Drum Tower robbing chicken" and "walking on the moon" are the most distinctive Dong festivals in Longtu, which are held every year in the mature season of Ponkan. there are many kinds of mineral resources. The reserves of coal mine and limestone are large, especially the reserves of limestone reach more than 20 million tons, which has high mining value. Congjiang County cement plant was built in the territory, with an annual output of 8 tons. The refined white lime plant has been built and put into operation, with an annual output of 5000 tons. infrastructure construction is improving day by day. National Highway 321, Lichong highway, Guanqing highway and Duliu river run across the whole area, covering 10 villages. Five village roads have been fully opened to traffic. Baluo wharf has been completed and put into use in 1994. 25 villages in the town are connected to the State Grid, 19 villages have tap water, and 23 villages have installed cable closed circuit television, program control and mobile phones. The town is an advanced township in Congjiang County, an "advanced township party committee", "advanced unit of national unity and progress", "pioneering township of science and technology" and the first batch of "six good township party committees" in Qiandongnan Prefecture, an "advanced township" in Guizhou, and an "advanced unit of legal education" in China.

social undertakings

water conservancy facilities

Water conservancy facilities: in 1984, the construction of the water supply project in Longtu village was completed; in 1987, 300000 yuan was invested to complete the construction of the town water supply project; in 2003, 470000 yuan was invested to transform the town water supply project; in 1998, 4 million yuan was invested by the state to build the water diversion and irrigation project in Badao; in 2000, the reconstruction project of the 2.5km canal of "yayang" in Longtu was completed; in 2003, the water diversion and irrigation project was completed Panjin gunren drinking project construction; completed in 2004 the renovation of the "Daohong canal" which is in disrepair and serious leakage, involving Jinying village, Shunong village, youtuan village and gantuan village, covering an area of 1500 mu; completed the construction of 3 km farmland irrigation channel of "Jinnan" in longtuzaimen and 1 200 m channel of taoxiang. By 2005, there were 23 drinking water projects in the town, involving 26 villages, solving the problem of drinking water for 18000 people; there were 28 irrigation channels with a total length of 19.5km, making 7800 mu of farmland irrigated.

Biogas construction

Biogas construction: the town Party committee and government always take biogas construction as an important measure of ecological agriculture construction and civilized health village construction. Since 1999, the construction of biogas project has been implemented. By 2005, 2100 biogas projects have been completed in the town, which is an important biogas town in the county. Farmers who have implemented biogas construction have improved their toilets, circles and kitchens. The level of civilization and sanitation has been improved, and the "pig biogas fruit" agricultural planting and breeding mode has been effectively implemented. industrial adjustment: relying on the advantages of local resources, hybrid rice and hybrid corn varieties have been promoted since 1984, and the extension area has increased year by year. In 2005, the extension area of hybrid rice was 10980 mu (including 5300 mu of high-quality rice), accounting for 80% of the paddy field area in the town, and the grain yield showed an upward trend year by year. Resettlement: gaogeng village was originally a second-class key poverty-stricken village in the whole town. In 2005, the county poverty Alleviation Office identified it as the target of resettlement, Under the guidance and help of the town Party committee and the government, we arranged full-time personnel to take charge of the project. The project was started in 2005 with an investment of 520000 yuan. In 2006, we completed the relocation of 20 households, including the construction of Village Road, water supply project, lighting power and biogas construction and other supporting projects. At the same time, correctly guiding and actively supporting the relocated households to develop the secondary and tertiary industries relying on the advantages of new houses has achieved initial results.

Science and technology cultivation

Science and technology cultivation: after the introduction of Ponkan cultivation in 1986, we actively carried out technical training, and successively held training classes in Zaimen, laquan and lashui, with local talents Liang Huabin and Liang Songnan as training teachers. Then, the livestock, agriculture and fruit tree departments of the town went deep into each village to carry out scientific and technological training and set up agricultural night school classes. At the same time, the town government runs three to five training courses for agricultural technicians every year. In 2004, the implementation of rural modern distance education, the town has 2 information stations, 12 receiving stations, 14 broadcast points. In the past 20 years, 600 local talents have been trained and 450 "green certificates" have been issued. construction of civilized and healthy villages: since 2000, the construction of cement roadways in lashui, laquan, Zaimen, Deka, youtuan, Guandong and Layang villages along the highway has been completed successively. All the farmers in the town use fire upstairs instead of downstairs. The first floor of farmers with conditions is built with bricks, which changes the unsanitary situation of livestock on the first floor and people on the second floor. As of 2005, 26 administrative villages in the town have built village committee office buildings, and 24 villages have access to radio and television and telephone.

Folk customs

The first month: during the Spring Festival, the Dong language "hits the new year". From the first day to the third day of the first month, they don't go far away. On the fourth day of the first month, they begin to pay New Year's greetings. During the Spring Festival, farming activities are generally stopped. The 15th "Lantern Festival" and the Dong family's "shi'e" are the most important festivals of the year. February: the "land society", which is held on February 2, is a day for worshiping the land God. It is generally a worship activity for the elderly. Couplets were put up at the gate of the ancestral temple, lamps and wax were lit, paper money was burned, and the God of land was prayed for peace. The old people of the village gathered to eat in the drum tower. March: Qingming Festival, the main activity is "Tomb Sweeping", also known as "hanging relatives". The day is not fixed. Generally, the Qingming Festival in March must be married before the Qingming Festival. If the Qingming Festival is in February, it must be married after the Qingming Festival. It's very ceremonious to hang up relatives, usually in family groups. "Rice seedling Festival": it is generally celebrated after the Qingming Festival. This festival mainly focuses on eating fish in the fields. If you put water into the fields to clean up the rice seedling fields, there will be fish, because eating "fish" will bring "surplus". may: the Dragon Boat Festival is held on May 5. Activities include wrapping rice dumplings, killing chickens, ducks and burning incense paper. The calamus is finely cut and mixed with lime powder. The calamus and wormwood are hung on the door to expel ghosts and evil spirits. July: "new eating Festival" is celebrated in the period when rice is about to mature. This festival is more grand. Men, women and children wear new clothes during the festival. The first day is sour and the second day is sweet. Sour fish and sour meat are the main sources of sour food. Beef, pig, sheep, chicken and duck are the main sources of sweet food. Guandong district is set to pass on the second day of July, while gantuan district has no fixed date to watch the day, but it must be Xu day. On the day of the festival, it is also very lively to kill cattle, chickens and ducks, invite each other to drink, and fight with each other. September: "September 9" Double Ninth Festival belongs to the old people's day. During the day, the old people of the whole village concentrate on activities and have dinner at night. Farmers used to make wine with glutinous rice on this day. October and December: the "guzang Festival" is held in every village of Guandong district on October 28 and every five years. In the dragon picture area, it is held every one year. On December 28, the activities include playing Lusheng, bullfighting, cockfighting, singing Dong songs and performing Dong opera.

Economic culture

Guandong town used to be the economic and cultural center of the county. As early as the late Qing Dynasty, "private schools" and "Learning Societies" had been set up in Longtu area of Guandong town. In 1919, in the spring of the eighth year of the Republic of China, Longtu opened public primary schools, and students from all over the country went to Longtu to study. Now there are 2 middle schools, 5 primary schools and 5 teaching sites in the town. In 2011, there were 1413 middle school students and 1862 primary school students. The enrollment rates of primary and secondary schools were 97.13% and 99.07% respectively, achieving the goal of "universal nine year plan". In recent years, the Party committee and government of Guandong town have closely focused on Deng Xiaoping Theory and "Three Represents"