Taosi Township, Xiangfen County, Linfen City, Shanxi Province

Taosi Township

Taosi township is located at the foot of Ta'er mountain, 10km northeast of Xiangfen County, Shanxi Province. It is adjacent to Yicheng in the East, Quwo in the south, Xincheng in the West and Dadeng Township in the north. The land area of the township is 66 square kilometers. There are 20 village committees, 64 natural villages, and 54428 mu of arable land, mostly mountainous.

General situation of Taosi Township

Taosi township is located at the foot of Ta'er mountain, 10 kilometers northeast of the city, adjacent to Yicheng in the East, Quwo in the south, Xincheng in the West and Dadeng Township in the north. The land area of the township is 66 square kilometers. It has jurisdiction over 20 administrative villages and 64 natural villages, with a total of 5861 households and 23141 people. The cultivated land area is 54428 mu, most of which are mountainous areas. Huohou road passes through the countryside and Linxiang line passes through the territory. In terms of natural resources: there are abundant mineral resources such as gold, iron and gypsum in Taershan. In terms of history and culture, it has the site of Yaowang City, the first imperial capital of China (Taosi cultural site), the oldest Observatory in the world, and the national non material cultural heritage "Tianta lion dance".

Historical evolution

The Yuan Dynasty belongs to Anze Township, Xiangling county. In Ming Dynasty, Li Zhuang, an Chai, an Xiliang, Nan Anliang, Liu Jia, Zhong Liang, Wang Yun, Tao Si, an Li, Zhang Zuan and an Shanzhuang were 11 Li. The Qing Dynasty is located in Yunshan, Chaideng, Erliang, Liangsi, Anzhuang and Zhangliang. In 1918, it belonged to the Second District of Xiangling county. In August 1953, it was set up as a township, located in Taosi village, with jurisdiction over seven villages. In September 1954, it was subordinate to Xiangfen county. In March 1956, Anli township was incorporated into the Township People's Committee. It is adjacent to zhangchong and Pandao townships in the East, Chengguan Township in the south, zhaoqu Township in the west, Dengzhuang and Dadeng Township in the north, and has jurisdiction over 10 villages. In October 1958, it was incorporated into Dongfeng people's commune (Management Committee). In March 1959, it was separated from Dongfeng commune and set up Taosi people's commune, which belongs to Linfen county and is located in Taosi. Jurisdiction Taosi, zhangchong, Anli, Pandao four management areas. It is adjacent to the Dragon King Temple commune in the East, Chengguan commune in the South and West, and Dengzhuang commune in the north. July 1961 belongs to Xiangfen county. In May 1967, it was renamed the Revolutionary Committee of the people's commune. In December 1981, it was renamed the people's commune management committee, which has jurisdiction over 20 brigades. In February 1984, it was renamed Township People's government.

Demographic situation

The fifth census data of Taosi township:

The countryside governs the village

Taershan in Dongshan is rich in gold, iron, gypsum and other mineral resources. Huohou road passes through the countryside and Linxiang line passes through the territory. It has a profound historical and cultural heritage. The famous Taosi cultural site in its territory, started more than 4800 years ago, is one of the birthplaces of Chinese civilization.

Climatic characteristics

It belongs to temperate continental monsoon climate, with large temperature difference between day and night, dry and windy in spring, hot and humid in summer, more frost in early autumn, and dry and cold in winter. The average annual temperature is 10.4 ℃, the average annual precipitation is 454mm, and the average annual sunshine is 2522 hours.

Structural adjustment

In the adjustment of agricultural structure, Taosi Township focuses on the core of increasing farmers' income, focuses on the scientific outlook on development, locates in the characteristic industries, and reasonably adjusts the industrial structure according to the actual situation. In Chongshi, Zhangxiang, Lizhuang and other villages, the project of intercropping jujube and grain was carried out with an area of 10000 mu, and the wild jujube was grafted with 300000 jujubes; in 5 villages of Nanshan, the walnut base with an area of double 10000 mu was planned and implemented, so as to find a new way for people in mountainous areas to get rich;

Aquaculture industry

Vigorously develop the breeding industry, on the basis of a solid grasp of livestock and poultry epidemic prevention, relying on the geographical advantages of mountainous areas, vigorously develop the large-scale breeding of native chicken, and form a pollution-free characteristic breeding industry of native chicken + native eggs. Taosi township will use 3-5 years to highlight the scale and economic benefits of agriculture, promote agricultural efficiency with characteristic industries and increase farmers' income.

Emerging industries

In terms of industrial restructuring, we should make traditional industries bigger and stronger, and actively develop emerging industries. actively upgrade traditional industries. On the basis of doing a good job in the mining industry, we should help enterprises extend the industrial chain, expand the scale of production, promote industrial upgrading, and increase the added value of products. Vigorously develop emerging industries and optimize the environment, injecting new vitality into the sustainable development of industrial economy.

economic construction

Taosi Township closely around the county Party committee, the county government set "to ensure the province's leading, into the national top 100" goal, keep pace with the times, pragmatic innovation, and constantly expand the rural economic strength, by the end of 2006, the township's GDP reached 2.38 billion yuan, the per capita net income of farmers reached 4060 yuan, the people's life is rich, social harmony and stability, everywhere showing a happy and peaceful atmosphere It's a wonderful sight.

archaeological discovery

Taosi site Taosi site is a national key cultural relic protection unit. It is a Longshan culture Taosi site in the middle reaches of the Yellow River in China. It also includes Miaodigou phase II culture and a small number of remains from the Warring States, Han, Jin and Yuan Dynasties. It is located in the south of Taosi village, Xiangfen County, Shanxi Province, covering an area of about 3 million square meters. According to radiocarbon dating and correction, the age of the temple is about 2500-1900 BC. More than 70 similar sites have been found in the lower reaches of Fenhe River and Huihe River in southwest Shanxi. Taosi site is of great academic value to the restoration of the history of ancient Chinese class and country and the exploration of Xia culture. the archaeological excavation of Taosi North cemetery in 2016 made great achievements, with a total of 5 tombs excavated in the late spring and Autumn period. Among them, two large-scale tombs are in the late spring and Autumn period. They are also the tombs of aristocratic ladies with the rank of senior officials. There are 35 bronze containers such as Ding, Dou, Jian, Hu, Gu, Zhou, Gu, Gu, pan and Gu, as well as 8 musical instruments such as bronze Gu, 9 bronze bell, 4 sets of stone chimes and 20 jade ornaments unearthed, which provide valuable materials for the study of the 800 year history of Jin.