Taoyuan Town, Xiaxia Town, Dapu County, Meizhou City, Guangdong Province

Taoyuan Town

Taoyuan town is subordinate to Dapu County, Meizhou City, Guangdong Province. It is located in the southernmost part of the county, connecting Guangde town in the East, Gaopi town in the north, Fengshun County in the West and Raoping County in Chaozhou in the south. It is 57 kilometers away from the county, covering an area of 77.02 square kilometers (2017). It has six village committees and one forest farm, more than 3000 households and 11762 people (2017). It has 4725 mu of cultivated land, 9581 mu of mountainous land and overseas Chinese With more than 5000 compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, it is known as the "hometown of culture, overseas Chinese and ceramics".

Historical evolution

Taoyuan, known as "mud source" before the Qing Dynasty, is covered by rich porcelain clay. After the founding of new China, it was changed to "Taoyuan". Taoyuan Township was established in 1957, Taoyuan commune was established in 1958, Taoyuan District was renamed in 1983, and Taoyuan District was changed from district to town in 1986.

Taoyuan town has a glorious revolutionary tradition. During the great revolution, revolutionary ancestors such as Li Jingquan, Fang Fang and Gu Dacun organized revolutionary activities here. In 1994, it was confirmed as an old revolutionary base area by the Department of civil affairs of Guangdong Province.

infrastructure

Taoyuan town has convenient transportation and communication. All villages in the town are connected with highways. There are rural roads in natural villages, and the provincial road "Keng Hai line" runs through Taoyuan. Six villages connect Raoping Haikou. It is the first "telephone town" in Tai Po to open program-controlled telephone in the whole town. The communication signals of China Mobile and China Unicom cover the whole town. The cable TV realizes the networking of cities, counties and towns and covers the whole town.

Characteristic industry

Taoyuan town has always been the main ceramic production area of Dapu, with a history of more than 700 years. More than 80% of the local labor force is engaged in the production of ceramics. Ceramics is a major economic pillar of the town. It produces more than 4000 kinds of blue and white, five color underglaze and willow glaze porcelain products, such as daily use, arts and crafts, antique, etc., with an annual export of 100 million pieces. Its products are exported to more than 60 countries and regions in the world. At present, there are 42 professional ceramic factories in the town, mainly distributed in Beikeng industrial district, Dongkeng industrial district and Doumen industrial district. Among them, there are 11 ceramic enterprises with an annual output value of more than 5 million yuan, and more than 6000 people are engaged in the ceramic industry. Rice is the main agricultural crop. In 2006, the total social and economic income of the town reached 345 million yuan, including 290 million yuan from ceramic industry and 16 million yuan from state and local taxes.

social undertakings

details

Taoyuan town has one junior middle school (tianjiabing No.9 middle school), six primary schools, one health center and 16 health centers, 739 middle school students and 2375 primary school students. Since the reform and opening up, a large number of overseas Chinese and fellow townsmen in the town have loved their hometown and been enthusiastic about public welfare. They have donated nearly 10 million yuan for the education, medical and other welfare undertakings in their hometown. The streets and other infrastructure of Weizhen town are becoming more and more perfect. A new main street of 1.8 km has been built, with more than 350 shops. The living environment of residents has been improved. New posts and telecommunications buildings, financial offices, family planning and education stations, industrial and commercial offices, Jiabing hospital, homes for the aged, waterworks, cable TV stations and other facilities have been built. The social security of the whole town is stable, and the people live and work in peace and contentment.

Origin of nickname

In 1936, Zeng Dayu (originally from Wenfu, Jiaoling County, Hakka), the head of a military corps in Raoping County, was very concerned about the fate of seafood and agricultural and sideline products in Raoping County. Later, he learned that it was Taoyuan Township, Dapu County, which was less than 60 li away from Raoping County, that attracted Raoping people to continuously transport seafood and agricultural and sideline products to this small mountain area Villages and towns. At that time, Taoyuan was rich in porcelain clay resources, which were inexhaustible; the energy of firewood in the mountains was endless; the water in the streams was abundant; the central square (formerly a good place, now a supply and marketing agency store) gathered to pray for gods, danced lions and played operas, and set up stalls for business, which was extraordinary; the streets were neat, divided into Shangjie, xiajie and Xinjie, with pawnshops, pharmacies, photo studios, tea shops, teeth inlaying and teeth filling, and small restaurants Food, seasonal cloth merchants, salty department stores, rice market pasta, dried and fresh seafood, vegetable candy, three birds of mountain goods, pig and beef stalls There are all kinds of things; poetry, calligraphy, Confucianism, and humanities are popular; houses and dwellings are generous and orderly. Those who make a living at home and abroad love their homeland, work hard and wisely, and create Hakka Earth Buildings: Xianghe building (at the foot of Xindong mountain), Xiangfa building (at Tuanjie), Fuqing building (at huangnitian), Hefa building (at caishangping of Taoxing), Zhongs ancestral hall (dunben Hall) at the foot of the mountain, Chen's "guanghemei" Da Shuang hall in hengfenyang, Xie Sanyu's Dragon House in muqianzi, Jiwei and Shen The Third Military hall and the second Guo Heshun hall are half new tile roofed houses Taoshan is emerald, pingchou is ten li, and the economy is prosperous. This scene here was applauded by commander Zeng Dayu, who called it "little Nanjing".

Soon after, commander Zeng Dayu moved the regiment headquarters and three companies from Raoping to Taoyuan. He was personally stationed in the regiment headquarters of Chen's "guanghemei" Hall in hengfenyang. The three companies camped in Guo Heshun's dawafang, Xie Sanyu's Weilongwu, and Shanxia's Zhong's ancestral hall. The health team and communication platoon were stationed in zhongtuan's jiuxinwu. During the garrison period, commander Zeng had a close relationship with Taoyuan people, leaving a well-known story. He invested in the reconstruction of the original wooden bridge connecting hengfenyang on the street into a concrete arch bridge (named ordinary bridge, which is still in its charm today), and opened up three training grounds in heding, Tonggang and huangwubei (the former site still exists today). The health team treated the people for free, and the telephone and telegram were often used by the people Public service. In the winter of 1939, commander Zeng obeyed the military order, reluctantly moved troops and left Taoyuan, a three-year-old "little Nanjing".

Since then, the reputation of Taoyuan "little Nanjing" has been handed down.

Taoyuan celebrity

Guo qianzhen (1900-1980) was born in Taofeng village, Taoyuan town. In his early years, he joined the Socialist Youth League and served as an executive member of the local committee of the league. In 1924, he joined the Communist Party of China. In the following year, he served as the academic affairs officer of Guangzhou Agricultural Movement Academy. Later, he served as the Deputy commander-in-chief of Dongjiang industrial and agricultural army, leading and organizing armed riots. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, he served as the Secretary of the Counselor's office of Guangdong Provincial People's government and the librarian of Guangdong Provincial Library of culture and history.

Guo Dongcai (1893-1969) was born in Taoyuan town. He is a member of the Communist Party of China. In 1926, he was the first Secretary of the CPC Dapu County Committee. The next year, he served as director of the Political Department of the first division of the national revolutionary army. After the Nanchang Uprising, he took part in leading the armed uprising in Tai Po and served as the vice chairman of the workers' and peasants' revolutionary government.