Paidiao Town, Danzhai County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province

Paidiao town

Paidiao town is located in the east of Danzhai County, 43 km away from the county seat and 113 km away from the state capital. It is adjacent to Leishan County in the northeast, Yahui Township in the south, Changqing Township and Yangwu Township in the West and Xingren town in the northwest.

Paidiao town has a total land area of 24592 hectares, which governs 37 administrative villages, a neighborhood committee, 256 villager groups and 188 natural villages. At the end of 2003, the total population of the town was 24294. There are seven nationalities living in the territory, including Miao, Dong, Buyi, Yao and Han.

The gross domestic product of the whole town is 23.73 million yuan. Paidiao town has ancient and simple ethnic customs, rich, elegant and unique ethnic customs. It belongs to subtropical monsoon humid climate, rich in natural resources, high development value and great potential.

General situation of villages and towns

The town covers a total area of 293.63 square kilometers, with 16865 mu of arable land, including 12714 mu of farmland and 3851 mu of soil. It has jurisdiction over 37 administrative villages, 1 neighborhood committee, 156 villager groups and 188 natural villages. At the end of 2007, there were 6431 households with a population of 25210, including 5854 agricultural households and 24369 people, accounting for 96.7%. Ethnic minorities account for 84.7% of the total population.

Paitiao town is located in the slope section of Guizhou Plateau to Guangxi hilly transition, and is located in the southern foot of Leigong Mountain in the eastern part of Miaoling mountain system. It belongs to "Jiangnan platform uplift" landform. The terrain is high in the northwest and low in the southeast. The surface mountains are crisscross, the valley is deep, and the vertical drop is large. It belongs to subtropical monsoon humid climate with abundant rainfall, mild climate, no severe cold in winter and no cold in summer. The annual average temperature is 12.6-17.2 ℃, the average temperature in January is 2.1-7 ℃, the average temperature in July is 21.4-25.3 ℃, the annual rainfall is 1260-1510 mm, and the frost free period is 228-283 days.

The landform of Paidiao is middle and low valley, with large elevation difference and great microclimate change. The highest altitude is Niujiao mountain, 1701 meters, and the lowest is the exit of paitiao River, 370 meters, with a relative elevation difference of 1331 meters. Most of the cultivated land is distributed in the area of 450-1200 meters above sea level. The temperature varies greatly, and the difference is 3.3-5.7 ℃. The altitude decreased by 100 meters and the temperature increased by 0.52 ℃ on average. The seasonal difference is also very obvious. Majianao is warm in spring and the swallows are in full bloom, while Niujiao mountain is still full of jade trees and branches, frozen, and the farming season is more than 30 days different.

natural resources

Natural resources are very rich, with high development value and great potential. Paidiao town has beautiful environment, no industrial pollution, and all kinds of animals and plants multiply naturally. The territory is rich in various minerals, including antimony, lead, polymetallic ore, clay and clay. There is also selenium, which has the function of health care, anti-cancer and anti-aging. Its advantages have been located in the Sun Hotel, selenium and zinc series of green instruments and important products have been ignored by people. The early maturing vegetables, oranges and watermelons that have been developed have become popular in the market, such as Myrica rubra, bamboo shoots, Pteridium aquilinum, Osmunda japonica, ginger, leek, Litsea cubeba seed oil, wild medicinal herbs Gastrodia elata, Eucommia ulmoides, Bletilla striata, Ganoderma lucidum, one legged lotus and honeysuckle. Potato, sweet potato, water taro, lily, konjac and so on, which are of great production, have been developed into starch series. They are not only food, but also health care products. Bambusa Bambusa, Bambusa tetragona and Bambusa can be used as walking sticks for leisure and civilization, as well as fishing poles. They are not only simple and elegant, but also economical. Brown chips are not only materials for weaving ropes, but also high-quality raw materials for mattresses. Other products from nature are of great development value. Loach and snails in aquatic products and domestic black grouse are very expensive in the market and have extremely broad prospects.

natural condition

Paidiao town is located at the southern foot of Leigong Mountain in the eastern part of Miaoling mountain system in Guizhou Plateau. It belongs to the landform of "Jiangnan uplift". The terrain is high in the northwest and low in the southeast. It has a subtropical monsoon humid climate with abundant rainfall, mild climate, no severe cold in winter and no severe heat in summer. The average annual temperature is 12.6-17.2 ℃, 2.1-7 ℃ in January and 21.4-25.3 ℃ in July. The annual rainfall is 1260-1510 mm, and the frost free period is 228-283 days. Within the territory of rolling mountains, valleys intertwined, ridge vein vertical and horizontal.

socioeconomic

Due to the restriction of historical and natural factors, Paidiao town's economic and social development speed is extremely slow, the development of culture and education lags behind, and the productivity is extremely low. It is one of the extremely poor towns in the "two mountains" area of Southeast Guizhou, and is listed as the second class of key poverty alleviation towns in the new stage of Guizhou Province.

folk culture

Paidiao town has ancient and simple ethnic customs, rich, elegant and unique ethnic customs. There are ancient Miao folk "Ganlan" style houses and Diaojiaolou with unique wounds; there are colorful, exquisite and gorgeous traditional brocade, ribbon, embroidery, batik and other ethnic costumes, as well as bamboo rice bags, which are daily necessities and collectibles; there are elegant and popular ethnic paper-cut crafts, and beautiful silver ornaments. They all record the historical relics of Miao Nationality in different forms and reflect different cultural connotations. National festivals such as "March 3", "June 6", eating guzang, celebrating the year of Miao, dancing bronze drums and stepping on Lusheng are well-known, attracting friends from home and abroad to visit.

Honors

In August 2020, it will be included in the National Health township (county) naming list of 2017-2019 cycle.