Gucheng Town, Changting County, Longyan City, Fujian Province

Ancient town

Ancient town, located at the junction of Ruijin, Jiangxi Province and Changting, Fujian Province, is an ancient town under the jurisdiction of Changting County, Longyan City, Fujian Province. It is adjacent to Datong town in the East, Sidu town in the south, Jiangxi Province in the northwest, 22 km away from the city and 18 km away from Ruijin City, Jiangxi Province. Xiamen Chengdu expressway, Ganlong railway and national highway 319 pass through the town. The ancient river flows into Ganjiang River, which is the only river flowing into Fujian Province The current of the Yangtze River.

In 2019, the town covers an area of 236 square kilometers, with 17 administrative villages, 144 villager groups and 18119 people.

Tingzhou, capital of the United States

Historical evolution

In the Five Dynasties, the city was built here, which was called "ancient town". The 13th district was set up in 1949, the ancient city was changed in 1956, the ancient city commune was changed in 1960, the township was changed in 1984, and the town was built in 1993.

There is an ancient road, which used to be an important traffic route between Minxi and Ganzhou, and an ancient post station for exchanging documents. In ancient times, it was always guarded by heavy soldiers. At that time, due to the exchange of officers and soldiers, the economy was very prosperous, and the buildings were also unique. It is the material distribution center of Fujian Jiangxi border area.

Uprising in the ancient city: during the second Civil Revolutionary War, Mao Zedong and Zhu De led the Red Army to "uprising in the ancient city" and set up a revolutionary base here. At 8:00 p.m. on November 20, 1929 (October 22 of the lunar calendar), Duan fenfu, Secretary of the county Party committee, Li Guoyu, head of the Tingxi Party committee, and more than 200 people directly led the peasant uprising team, together with more than 40 people from the uprising team of the Gucheng Youth League defense Bureau, held a riot, intercepting and killing Qiu Yaoli, head of the Changting County of the Kuomintang, Guo Ruiping, director of public security, judge Zeng Guanqun, director of education, Lin Yongzhang, Ju Ren, Zhang Xuanqing, and Xie Zhang, President of the chamber of Commerce Hou, vice president Qiu hailou, tax director you nanxuan, etc. On the 23rd, a mass meeting was held to establish the Tingxi Revolutionary Committee. At the meeting, the provisional revolutionary court publicly sentenced the above eight people to death. After the meeting, the Tingxi Revolutionary Committee led the peasants to fight against local tyrants and distribute grain and wealth. More than 500 tons of millet were distributed. At the same time, Hu Haiqing (monitor of Chiwei) and others of the riot team went to Tingzhou to report victory to the Fourth Red Army. Mao Zedong and Zhu De awarded the riot team 15 five ring daily cap guns and a yellow maned horse. Under the concern of Chairman Mao and commander Zhu, the Tingxi workers' and peasants' armed forces soon developed into a guerrilla group with hundreds of people and more than 100 guns. Liu Yihui served as the leader and Huang Jilie served as the party representative.

administrative division

It has jurisdiction over 17 village committees and 142 villager groups in Gucheng, Zhongdu, Jingtou, Changyu, xiazeng, Liuxia, Qingshan, kuzhu, liangkeng, huangniping, yuankeng, Nanyan, Dinghuang, Yuankou, Huangpi, yangmeixi and Matoushan.

Population data

Population data: fifth census data:

In 2019, the total population will be 18119.

Economic industry

In 2019, the total social output value of the whole town is expected to reach 1045010000 yuan. Among them, the total output value of the primary industry is 286.02 million yuan; the total output value of the secondary industry is 643.93 million yuan; the total output value of the tertiary industry is 115.06 million yuan. As of December 2019, the fiscal revenue is 3.9981 million yuan, including 2.382 million yuan of local level revenue and 118.12 million yuan of social fixed assets investment.

Local specialties: edible fungi, bitter bamboo, red bayberry, rice, potato, vegetables, tobacco. Agricultural production of rice, potato, vegetables, and tobacco, bamboo.

tourist resources

Ecological resources

Ancient town is a national ecological town, with 5 provincial ecological villages such as liangkeng and Nanyan, and 10 municipal ecological villages such as Gucheng and Dinghuang. The forest coverage rate of the town was 88.9%, and the forestland greening rate was 99.0%. Bamboo forest area of 157800 mu, Longyan city is the largest bamboo town. The scale of ecotourism has begun to take shape. DINGWULING scenic spot of Hakka village has been built, and Dinghuang village has been listed in the provincial traditional ancient village list. A number of farmhouses, represented by liangkeng Cuizhu farmhouse, a provincial forest family, have been built.

Cultural tourism resources

The ancient cities and towns were established in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. They have always been the commodity gathering places of Fujian and Jiangxi provinces, known as "40 Li Zhou, 30 Li county". It is the site of the "ancient city uprising" that shocked Fujian and Jiangxi, the main place of the guerrilla activities in Tingxi, the establishment and activities of the underground secret branch directly under the ancient city of Tingrui county Party committee, and the hometown of the founding major general Peng shengbiao. There are 12 revolutionary base villages in the town.

The ancient post station is located at the junction of Fujian and Jiangxi in the ancient town of Changting County. It is an important gateway from Fujian to Jiangxi and the west gate of Fujian. Not far from here, there are big and small passes, and the situation is dangerous. As early as the Song Dynasty, there was a post station, which was an ancient transportation post road organization. There was a post Cheng to convey and welcome the grassroots chief executive.

The ancient post station site, commonly known as Luokeng pass, was built in 1280, the first year of Jiading in Song Dynasty. It was repaired in Ming and Qing Dynasties. The existing masonry arch is 3 meters high, 2.5 meters wide and 5 meters long. On the top of the arch, there used to be a Pearl Tower, which has been destroyed for a long time. There are dozens of shops and inns around, and the traces of the remains can be identified, covering an area of about 1.500 square meters. It is a pity that the contents are not complete, so it is impossible to verify more historical materials. The existing ancient road is an official road made of river pebbles, extending from the valley to Jingtou village beside the ancient town. Luodao is 3 meters wide and about 2 kilometers long. It is a "Che Ma Dao" and can be used by vehicles. The discovery of the ancient post station site provides another witness for the study of the traffic history between ancient Fujian Province and other provinces, which has high textual research value.

Changting ancient city, according to the research, has been built in the Song Dynasty, according to the mountain pass, there have been barracks since ancient times, "the ancient city" is named here. According to the research, the post road from Qujiang (Shaoguan, Guangdong) to Tingzhou in Tang Dynasty passed through the ancient city. Therefore, the ancient city has always been a trade town between the military center and the border of Fujian and Jiangxi.

In 1990, Guyi station of Gucheng town in Changting County was listed as the third batch of county-level cultural relics protection units.