The Origin and History of Shuyang machang town

Machang town is located in the east of Anhui Province, bordering Nanjing in the east and Hefei in the west, which is the core layer of Nanjing metropolitan area. The town covers a total area of 97 square kilometers, governs 12 villages and 1 neighborhood committee, with a total population of 30,000, of which the township area is 2.5 square kilometers and the population is 1.2 million. Machang town is a mountainous town with a history of 100 years. The brand "Racecourse", which is famous for its commercial prosperity, has been deeply embedded in the hearts of Fiona Fang people hundreds of kilometers away. It was approved as a pilot town for the reform of established towns and small towns in Anhui Province. Excellent geographical location and convenient transportation. Hening Expressway passes through the town, 70km from Nanjing in the east, 68km from Hefei in the west and beijing-shanghai railway in the north. The Ningxi electrified railway under construction has a third-class freight station in machang town. Nanjing Lukou Airport and Hefei Luogang Airport are all within an hour's drive. There is a Yangtze River route in the south, and the six-level inland waterway goes directly to the Yangtze River. 400-ton ships can cross the river and go to sea. Machang town, Shuyang County, Jiangsu Province I. Overview "Huaihai Economic Zone Historic Town"-Racecourse is located 23 kilometers east of Shuyang County. It has jurisdiction over 19 administrative villages and 5 neighborhood committees, with a population of nearly 80,000, a town area of 84 square kilometers and a cultivated land area of 70,000 mu. According to legend, the cavalry of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, won the battle in the south. On the way to rest, the team saw that the grass was rich, fertile, sweet and the climate was pleasant. So they keep horses here to rest. When people saw Maduo, they called it "the racecourse", and later it became a "horse factory". It has a history of more than 600 years. Before and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, it was the seat of Racecourse Township, and 1954 was the first town in Shuyang, namely Shucheng Town and machang town. 1958 set up people's commune, 1984 changed to ma chang xiang, 1986 withdrew from villages to build towns. Machang town enjoys convenient transportation and elegant environment. Provincial Highway 326 runs through the east and west, and Liutang River and Chainan River run through the hinterland. East 12km and west 12km are respectively connected with Ninglian Expressway, Beijing-Shanghai Expressway and Xinchang Railway, and it takes only 40 minutes from Racecourse to Lianyungang Airport and Port. The region is rich in natural products and developed in economy. It has always been the economic, political, cultural and transportation center in the east of Shuyang County. It has a long history and a rich collection of humanities. In the Qing Dynasty, Liu Qingyun, a famous poetess and songwriter at home and abroad, and her husband Qian Meipo once lived here. Her 24 masterpieces of lyrics and songs, such as "Copying Poems from Little Penglai Fairy Hall" and "Legend of Little Penglai Fairy Hall", were all written in the "Little Penglai Fairy Hall" in the north of Machangji Town. Modern writer, famous journalist and senior editor of People's Daily were also born in the racecourse. He wrote a lot in his life. Ten Miles of Beauty, with Machang as its theme, was all the rage during the Anti-Japanese War and played an important role in propaganda and agitation for the victory of the Anti-Japanese War. Yang Jiajiang, Black Peony and other novellas created by the public in Yan Yong are also his representative works. Racecourse has a glorious page in the history of China's revolutionary struggle. During the period of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, this was an area with frequent revolutionary activities, and the first party branch in Shuyang County was born in the racecourse. The first county government of Shuyang County was also established in Mapeng Village, Machang Town. Liu Shaoqi once led the underground struggle in the southeast village of the democratic village. Racecourse is a place of heroes and an old revolutionary base area. Chen Yi, Zhang Aiping, Su Yu, Li Yimang and other proletarian revolutionaries of the older generation have all lived and fought here. From 65438 to 0942, the blacksmiths in this area, under the leadership of the Party organization, set up an iron trade union to manufacture homemade steel guns to support the front line of the Anti-Japanese War, which was later called "Machangzao". He made an indelible contribution to the victory of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation. Two, characteristic industries on the basis of stable development of grain and oil, vigorously develop diversified economy, cultivate all kinds of characteristic industries, diversified economy proportion reached more than 60%. At present, machang town has built a ton of rice and wheat field 1 10,000 mu, 44,000 mu of multiple cropping and interplanting of vegetables, and 3.5 mu of high-efficiency demonstration fields. The promotion area of edible fungi in the town has reached 310.3 million square feet. There are 2 special farms and 3 sow breeding bases. Forest/kloc-0.8 million mu, 200,000 cubic meters of standing trees, and the forest coverage rate is 26%. It has formed a pattern of township industrial enterprises with complete categories such as timber, chemicals, building materials, printing, casting and grain processing. Many varieties and specifications, strong mass production capacity, and its products sell well at home and abroad. Lin Nan Wood Industry Co., Ltd. was awarded the National Spark Plan Project, and the laminated veneer lumber produced by it sold well in many countries. Wood processing products produced by private enterprises such as Sulu Wood, Zhongtian Wood and Fuji Wood enjoy high popularity in Korea, Japan, the United States, Hong Kong, Qingdao and other countries and regions. Machang town, Taikang County, Henan Province is located in the southeast of Taikang County, east of Zhecheng County and south of Zhangji and Fucaolou. Maozhuang and suburbs are in the west, and Gaolang is in the north. The regional length from north to south is10km, and the width from east to west is12.5km, with a total area of100.4km2, including 99,200 mu of cultivated land, and the town government is14km away from the county seat. The town governs 43 administrative villages and 182 natural villages with a population of 77,000, including 75,000 agricultural people, and is rich in labor resources. In recent years, the infrastructure and construction of our town have developed rapidly, and the whole town has basically achieved the goal of "four links". Five township highways, Ma (Factory) Tai (Kang), Ma (Factory) Zhang (Ji), Ma (Factory) Fu (Caolou), Ma (Factory) Zhu (Kou) and Ma (Factory) An (Ping), meet here with convenient transportation. The whole town has basically achieved asphalt roads for every village. More than 1200 program-controlled telephones have been installed in the whole town, and wireless communication network stations have been installed, realizing the telephone service for every village. The power grid transformation of our town has ended, and the whole town has realized electrification of every village; There are * * * 1 1 rivers flowing through our town, and every village in the town has tap water, which is rich in water resources. The Wohe River crosses the Racecourse, and the West Bridge connects the north and south of the Racecourse. The construction of Machang Street has begun to take shape. My town is a typical agricultural town with rich agricultural resources. Xiaoping, cotton, corn and soybean wrote that crops have been harvested year after year, and wheat output has ranked first in the region for many times. 1997 was awarded the advanced unit of summer grain production by the provincial government. Animal husbandry is booming. The town has built 25 farms of various types, with a scale of farmers 1300 households, with an annual output of more than 50,000 pigs. 654.38+700,000 goats; 300,000 poultry. 1996, was named the top ten cattle-raising towns in the whole region. There are abundant forestry resources. 1997, our town was awarded the standard town of high-level plain greening by the region. There are 10,000 mu ginkgo forest network and forestry seedling base, and the 10,000 mu ginkgo forest network is praised by provincial leaders as "a rare plain in eastern Henan". The triploid hybrid Populus tomentosa jointly developed by our town and Beijing Forestry University, with annual seedling raising 1 10,000 plants, is exported to Hebei, Tianjin and other places. Limai Administrative Village was awarded "Thousand Villages of Forestry Seedling" by the Ministry of Forestry. Li Ziyuan, a thousand seedlings in Chen Xingzheng Village, Buffalo, produce 1 10000 kilograms of plums every year and sell them all over the country. The production of mistletoe has achieved remarkable results. There are more than 2,000 mu of mulberry fields and a cocoon drying factory in this town, with an annual output of10.5 million tons. It has been rated as an advanced unit of mistletoe production by the county party Committee and government for many times. The production situation of Chinese herbal medicines is gratifying. The town has planted more than 2,000 mu of Chinese herbal medicines such as Erhua, Banlan and Baishao, and the average income per mu has reached more than 1.500 yuan. The town has set up a Chinese herbal medicine development office, which is responsible for technology and sales services. There are 56 large and small enterprises in our town. The PVC transparent plastic developed by Dafu Plastic Factory in cooperation with Zhengzhou University has invested 1 10,000 yuan in the project of Party secretary, which fills the gap in the province and creates benefits of more than 400,000 yuan annually. Parathion powder produced by Racecourse Branch of Taikang No.1 Chemical Plant is exported to both inside and outside the province. In addition, there are many furniture factories, foundries, prefabricated factories and rubber bean factories in our town, all of which have certain production and sales capabilities. In recent years, our town has actively carried out investment promotion, and established an investment promotion office in the town and an investment promotion office in Taikang County. Beijing Great Wall Advanced Lubricating Oil Project, with an investment of 6.5438+500,000 yuan. Shandong Lubao Group's washing powder production line with an investment of 400,000 yuan and Nanyang Zhenping jade carving production project with an investment of 900,000 yuan have settled in the private economy starting area of our town.