Zhaojiagou Township, Tianzhen County, Shanxi Province

Zhaojiagou Township

Zhaojiagou township is located in the junction of Shanxi and Hebei provinces, under the jurisdiction of Tianzhen County, Datong City. Yanggao County in the west, Yangyuan County in Hebei Province in the south, known as the South Gate of Tianzhen county.

General situation

Zhaojiagou township is located in the junction of Shanxi and Hebei provinces. Yanggao County in the west, Yangyuan County in Hebei Province in the south, known as the South Gate of Tianzhen county. There are 15 administrative villages with a permanent population of 6708 (2017). The total area of the township is 120.16 square kilometers, with 35000 mu of arable land (including 5000 mu of irrigated land distributed in Zhaojiagou and Yangzhuang villages) and 5000 mu of wasteland.

administrative division

Zhaojiagou Township governs Zhaojiagou village, Yangjiazhuang village, nanluoyao village, caojinzhuang village, guojiayao village, houyubao village, gaonanzhuang village, fanniufang village, xueniufang village, Liujiagou village, liuzibao village, YAOGOU village, shekebao village, pen'erjing village, yujiayao village, etc.

Construction and development

Zhaojiagou is the smallest town in Tianzhen. The land is vast and sparsely populated, the land is barren, the mountains are high and the ditches are deep, and the land is large. Each laborer cultivates more than 50 mu on average. The development of rural economy is faced with many difficulties, such as poor natural conditions, weak economic foundation, difficulty in building a well-off society and heavy tasks. In recent years, the township closely around the county Party committee and the county government's development idea of "implementing five strategies and building six bases", takes increasing farmers' income as the goal, structural adjustment as the main line, infrastructure construction as the breakthrough point, makes an issue in adjusting production, finds out the way in the forest and fruit industry, expands the scale in the breeding industry, seeks development in the industry and sideline industry, solidly does a good job in returning farmland to forest and grass, and promotes the development of forestry Great achievements have been made in the economic construction of the township.

mineral resources

It was a vast ocean tens of millions of years ago. During the 1980s, a rare complete dinosaur fossil and some dinosaur eggs were excavated in Zhangjiashan village. This dinosaur fossil was discovered by Professor of Xuanhua Institute of Geology and is now placed in Shijiazhuang geological museum. There are many mineral deposits in the township, the main mineral resources are olivine, agate, charcoal, laterite, iron ore, iron sand and so on.

forage resources

The biggest advantage of the township is its vast land area, rich forest and grass resources, and 5 mu of arable land per capita. Since 2001, 15800 mu of farmland has been converted to forest, 15800 mu of wasteland has been allocated, 12000 mu of grazing has been banned, 12000 mu of artificial grass has been planted, and 21000 mu of alfalfa has been developed. 30 mu of honeysuckle was introduced in Houyu village, and 4500 mu of medicinal materials were planted in the returned farmland of Zhangjiashan, Houzhuang and wangfenggou villages. In recent years, the township has made great efforts to develop breeding industry by taking advantage of forage. The first is to increase the exchange of sheep breeds. In xueniufang village, 10 high-quality breeding sheep and 450 high-quality ewes were bought back. The breeding and breeding are fast. Through the exchange in each village, there are 1500 high-quality sheep in the township. The second is to build a demonstration base of 100 high-quality breeding rabbits and 5000 rabbits in Jiayao village. A total of 200 rabbit houses have been built. Third, there are 20 new cows and 100 beef cattle in the township. Cows are concentrated in Yangzhuang, Zhaojiagou and caojinzhuang villages, and beef cattle are distributed in all villages.

Characteristic industry

In recent years, the township pays attention to cultivating characteristic products and vigorously adjusting the industrial structure, gradually forming a potato base and high-quality millet base with YAOGOU as the center and radiating liuzibao, sheke and Houyu villages; a watermelon base with xueniufang as the main driving force; a vegetable base with Zhaojiagou village as the center and gaonanzhuang as the center, radiating yujiayao village The base of high-quality and pollution-free small coarse cereals and the base of forage raising livestock in the villages of pengerjing, guojiayao, etc.

Special customs

With the development of society, although most of them live in new houses, there are still some kilns in Zhaojiagou. This kind of kilns is not Shaanxi type, but is built by hand. The roof is one meter high and filled by hand. Inside, it's an arch bridge. Therefore, without losing the special design of architecture, it creates a state of warm in winter and cool in summer. In summer, the sun doesn't come in, and in winter, the frost doesn't come in, so it's also a kind of enjoyment to avoid the office in summer. In winter, people here, whether they are big tile roofed houses or caves, are sleeping Kang. Bed in the south, Kang in the north. Kang is an indispensable part of our life, especially in winter. Some have stoves, others have firewood. The Kang structure is composed of mud blocks on the top and a long hole leading to the chimney on the bottom. The family that keeps livestock burns some livestock manure in winter to keep the Kang warm all night and all day. There is an old saying here: "sitting on the hot Kang, drinking children's braised wine", "three acres of a cow, wife and children's hot Kang" is a kind of people's expectation of a better life in the past. It is also the source that some old people would rather keep their own land than go out to work. Always believe that food is necessary for survival, reserve energy. Maybe it was the days when there was no food that taught the people here a lesson deep in their heart. There are more gullies here, so there are more livestock, especially donkeys. The donkey is the lifeblood of the farmers, because the year's harvest depends on the donkey farming, pulling the farmer. The average family has two donkeys. When it's time to plant the field and relax, it's also time for people to release donkeys. Before, it was the time for children and women to release donkeys. Throw the donkey into the ditch, a group of people are playing cards and chatting at the door, waiting to go home. winter is the most leisurely day for people here. Because of the environment here, the makers can only be planted once a year, so people are very leisurely in winter. Men play cards and women visit. The old men chatted and the children ran all over the street.

Distribution of surnames in villages of Zhaojiagou Township

Zhaojiagou Township governs Zhaojiagou village, Yangjiazhuang village, nanluoyao village, caojinzhuang village, guojiayao village, houyubao village, gaonanzhuang village, fanniufang village, xueniufang village, Liujiagou village, liuzibao village, YAOGOU village, shekebao village, pen'erjing village, yujiayao village and other villages, but the main distribution of surnames is different. Yangjiazhuang village is mainly led by Hao and Xia families; nanluoyao village is mainly led by Chu family; caojinzhuang village is mainly led by Zhang family; guojiayao village is mainly led by Guo family; houyubao village is mainly led by Chen family; gaonanzhuang village is mainly led by Gao family; fanniufang village is mainly led by Fan family; xueniufang village is mainly led by Chen family Xue family is the first; Liujiagou village is mainly led by Liu family; liuzibao village is mainly led by Pang family; YAOGOU village is mainly led by GE family; shekebao village is mainly led by Qu family; pen'erjing village is mainly led by he family; yujiayao village is mainly led by Xie family, and Zhaojiagou village's family name is the family name of combination and each village It's a hodgepodge of people. So to each village to know the main surname of each village personnel, general special surnames are moved into the home.