Gaoqiao Town, Yishui County, Shandong Province

Gaoqiao Town

Gaoqiao Town, located 20 kilometers north of Yishui County, Shandong Province, is adjacent to shantuan Township in the East, Zhuge Township in the west, daotuo Township in the South and Mazhan and Shagou towns on the South Bank of Shuhe River in the north. With a total area of 116.3 square kilometers and 5268 hectares of arable land, it has jurisdiction over 60 administrative villages, 18193 households and 61761 people (2017). Gaoqiao Town Government is located in Gaoqiao village. It is said that Gaoqiao village was built in the late Southern Song Dynasty, and got its name because of a 7-meter-long and 4-meter-high stone arch bridge in the north of the village.

Gaoqiao Town was under the jurisdiction of the Second District of Yishui County before 1942. In August 1949, after the combination of Yibei county and juyibian, it became Gaoqiao District of Juyi county. Gaoqiao commune was established in September 1958. In September 1985, it was renamed Gaoqiao Town.

Historical evolution

Dongyun ancient city site, located in Rongren village of Xujia, is a county-level cultural relics protection unit. In the spring and Autumn period, there were two Yunyi in the state of Lu. In the north of today's Yishui County, it was built by Ji sun Xingfu in 616 BC. Lu, Ju repeatedly fight, known as "Dongyun.". First, in the east of Yuncheng County, it was built in 588 BC by the Duke of Lucheng, which is called "Xiyun". Around 1965, a number of cultural relics such as antlers, stirrups, stone knives, inkstones, jars, plates and bowls were unearthed here. Through textual research, the ancient city site is 400 meters from east to west and 500 meters from north to south. It is said that there was a fierce battle between Qi and Chu for the city.

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It is located in the South and southwest of Tuanshan village, Gaoqiao Town. 500 meters south of the village, there are three tombs in the north and south side by side, which are called "sangudun" by local people. There are seven tombs on the southwest ridge. During the cultural revolution, six tombs were excavated and sealed. Only one remains with a height of 6 meters and a circumference of 150 meters. The people call it "Wang tomb". It has been listed as a cultural relic protection unit at the county level.

There are many round ancient tombs in Song village of Liujiashan, a cultural site of Han Dynasty in Song village of Liujiashan. After textual research, it was once a big village in the Han Dynasty. It is a "cultural relic protection unit at the county level".

Historic sites within the jurisdiction

SHUSHUI Street

Shushuijie village, located on the South Bank of Shuhe River, is close to the North-South canal and Qingyi Avenue in the West. It is said that the avenue was built in 1127, the fifth year of jintianhui. SHUSHUI street is surrounded by mountains and water. There are Lishan in the south, Muzhu mountain in the west, Yantai Mountain and Bijia mountain in the north, and jiutou mountain in the East; Shuhe River in the north, duck Wang in the west, and twelve lotus Wang in a row. There are fountains with thick buckets in the Wang. The water splashes everywhere. Lotus and lotus are matched each other. Geese and ducks are playing in the water. It's a water town scene. From the southwest, water flows through the south gate to the east gate; from the southeast, water flows straight to the east gate. Two streams of water flow through Shuhe waterway under SHUANGLONGQIAO, forming a circle of Hucun river.

There is an ancient post station in the west of SHUSHUI Street Village and "Guandian forest" nearby. There are two coffins hanging by iron cables in one of the large tombs. There are two Hibiscus trees, red and green, on both sides of the cemetery. The trunks are hugged by one person. When the flowers are in bloom, the red and green match. Under the reflection of the rays, the purple sky is full of auspicious scenery. SHUSHUI street has four gates, all of which are large bluestone foundations, green brick door openings, and three urn sized palace lanterns hanging under the eaves of the gatehouse. They can be seen from dozens of miles away at night. There are 12 cannons on the crenels of the gatehouse or on the top of the wall. There are more than 100 stone tablets of song and Qing Dynasties in SHUSHUI street, and there are dozens of them in Guanyin hall alone. There are four stone lions in the south of the village and two stone drums in the north of the village. According to the legend of the old man, in the Yuan Dynasty, the government set up a "small four yamen" here to manage the affairs of SHUSHUI street. Later, this place became the official forage yard.

Shuanglong Bridge

It is well-known in the north and south of the country. It was once written as Xiangma Zhuan, which is widely spread among the people. In one section, Luo Cheng broke the Longquan Temple, yazijiang moved troops across SHUANGLONGQIAO, and fought for three days and three nights. Shuanglong Bridge is named Shuanglong Bridge for its original stone with two Oolong carved on it. It is said that the weather can be predicted by observing the color changes on the surface of oolong. One hundred meters to the east of Shuanglong Bridge is a memorial archway built in 1873. The memorial archway is actually a stele, which is divided into two pieces with a height of 3 meters. The top is engraved with Erlong Xizhu, which is delicate and lifelike; the middle is inscribed with "imperial edict"; the bottom is inscribed with "women Yihui", which is powerful and powerful. The inscription on the left side of the tablet reads: the imperial court appointed the Imperial Academy's assistant director of compilation, Shandong Xuezheng.

Horseshoe spring

On the west slope of jiutou mountain, there is a clear spring called horseshoe spring; on the middle of the east slope, there is a clear spring called Longquan, whose hole is like a bowl mouth, and its water gushes out. It's said that a little white dragon was tied outside the gate of the South Heaven for beheading because of his violation of tiantiao. He was saved by Taibai Jinxing and demoted to this spring, so he was named. A Taoist temple, formerly known as "Bixia Temple", was built near Longquan. The temple worships Bixia fairies, and there are more than ten Taoists. During the Hongwu Period, Yiyou monk came here and changed his name to "Longquan Temple" to become a Buddhist place. After expansion, it covers an area of more than 10 mu, surrounded by red walls, green tiles and towering ancient trees.

Guanyintang temple is majestic. The Bodhisattvas in the hall face north and back south, which is called inverted Guanyin. There is a large square stone hall in front of the painting. It is said that the level data of the East China Sea can be recorded, and the old people are called haizhizi. The clay sculpture relics of Longquan Temple and Guanyintang temple in SHUSHUI Street are extremely rare and of high artistic value. In the old days, SHUSHUI street had mountain fairs twice a year, and merchants gathered all over the city. Products are Suzhou and Hangzhou silk, Jiangsu and Zhejiang combs, gouache, Heilongjiang ginseng, velvet, Qinghai, Sichuan, Xinjiang medicinal materials.

Mengmu Temple

Located in the southeast of Longquan Temple, there is an umbrella shaped rare pine. It is said that Mencius mother chose her neighbor and came here to cultivate her son and plant a gourd in front of the mountain. The gourd has deep roots and luxuriant leaves, and the seedlings are all over the mountain. A practitioner in the ancient cave of baizhangya in Yishan mountain, when he meditates at night, he sees purple air coming down from the southeast and knows that there is a treasure. When he comes to Mencius' mother, he sees a gourd shining and pinches it with his hand. Before he reaches maturity, he returns to Yishan mountain. A few days later, tie Guai Li passed by. He saw that the gourd was full of breath. He felt it just ripe. He took it off and hung it on his waist. He floated away.

Folk characteristics

Opera Culture

From the Qing Dynasty to the 1950s, SHUSHUI street was an important distribution center for goods and materials. There were dozens of merchants in the East and west streets. The merchants gathered popularity by singing opera, promoted products, and developed and prospered opera culture. After the lunar new year, from the fifth day of the first lunar month to the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, it will be sung every festival since then. Only SHUSHUI Street troupe can perform 60 Peking Opera. Biography of the White Snake, butterfly lovers, fishing and killing family, beauty trick, Du Shiniang, Jianjiang post, Feng Huanchao, Su sanqijie, santanghuishen, shiyubangle, etc. Lu's plays include xiaoguxian, wangdingbao jiedang, and notes on the wall.

SHUSHUI hand embroidery

It is a traditional handicraft, originated in Nanling village, SHUSHUI, 3.5 kilometers north of the town. For many years, local girls and daughters-in-law who are good at needlework have taken out their needles and stitches to sew some traditional toys such as Hydrangea, lotus, swallow, carp and centipede when they have a rest in the field. Every new year's day, give it to relatives and friends. From young women to old women, they can fly a needle. Local children grew up with hand embroidered works. At the time of birth, friends from the neighborhood sent tiger head pillows to celebrate, with red lines for boys and green lines for girls. Children's favorite dolls are made by their mothers and aunts. In recent years, women's embroidered ornaments with cloth heads and colored money have entered the market. As rural women join the hand embroidery team, there are more and more varieties of hand embroidery, and the quality is getting better and better. In 1991, there were more than 2000 women engaged in hand embroidery in Gaoqiao Town. Every year, Gaoqiao mountain fair on the eighth day of April and the eighth day of October of the lunar calendar becomes an exhibition of hand embroidered handicrafts. Today, Gaoqiao hand embroidery technology has formed more than 180 varieties in 20 categories, including Qilu, dragon, Phoenix, tiger, purse, peony, peach, swallow, butterfly, sheep, rabbit, flower basket and Chinese knot, with an annual output of 1.2 million pieces. The town hand embroidery processing households developed to 27 villages, more than 8000 employees. Products are exported to Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Russia, the United States and some domestic provinces and cities. Gaoqiao Town was named "the hometown of Chinese folk art (hand embroidery)" by the Ministry of culture at the "naming and experience exchange conference of the hometown of Chinese folk art" in Fuzhou in March 2003. In 2007, Gaoqiao hand embroidery was announced by the municipal government as the first batch of municipal intangible cultural heritage in Linyi city.

economic development

In 2011, the town's GDP reached 1.58 billion yuan, an increase of 31.6% over the same period of 2010 and 203% over 2006; the local fiscal revenue continued to grow, reaching 20.469 million yuan, breaking through 20 million yuan for the first time, an increase of 663% in five years; the per capita income of farmers increased from 4200 yuan in 2006 to 7900 yuan in 2011, an increase of 14% over 2010 and an increase of 90.8% in five years. These five years have witnessed the best economic development, the fastest annual growth, and the largest growth in indicators since the reform and opening up.

——These five years have witnessed the accelerated transformation of the mode of economic development and a strong breakthrough in the industrial economy. In the past five years, the whole town has paid close attention to attracting investment and industrial technological transformation. A total of 43 investment projects have been introduced outside the town. The contracted utilization of foreign capital is 2.418 billion yuan, and the available capital is 2.01 billion yuan, including 5 projects with more than 100 million yuan, 8 projects with more than 5000 yuan, and 12 projects with more than 30 million yuan. In the past five years, the industrial economy of the whole town has grown at a high level. Industrial projects have changed from small to large, from weak to strong, from quantity to quality. A number of large and good projects have been cultivated, such as weips rubber, Shenhai coal, Jinghe plate making, etc. local leading enterprises, such as Lunan lacquer, Lvsen plastic wood, Hongtai wood, have also further grown. Through attracting investment, the town's industrial enterprises continue to develop, the industrial layout is more reasonable, and gradually formed a panel, chemical, food, mineral resources and other industrial clusters. Established the position of the important town of plate industry. After five years