Gurao Town is located in the northwest of Chaoyang District, Shantou City, Guangdong Province, at the southern foot of Xiaobei Mountain, at the junction of Chaoyang, Puning and Jieyang. The provincial highway Red River runs through the whole territory. The town covers an area of 7 1.8 square kilometers, including 24,000 mu of cultivated land and 4.6 mu of mountainous area. It has jurisdiction over 5 residents' committees and 2 1 villagers' committees, with a total population of 1.32 million. It is one of the key hometown of overseas Chinese in Chaoyang District. Rao's township enterprises are very developed, and the knitting underwear industry is even more famous. Since the reform and opening up, the Gurao Town Committee and the town government have implemented the development strategy of "stabilizing the town through agriculture and forestry, enriching the town through industry, and rejuvenating the town through science and education" around the goal of building a modern industrial town, leading the masses to strive to build their own beautiful homeland and achieving fruitful results. [Edit this paragraph] Economic situation The industrial economy has recovered. First, implement measures to help workers, support the development of enterprises, and make the whole town form a big industrial prosperity; The second is to introduce high-tech projects, with an annual investment of 80 million yuan, and put into production six production projects, including computer embroidery and emerging elegant weaving in Mo Lifeng. Introduce large-scale computerized embroidery machine, warp knitting machine and other advanced equipment 140 sets, with an annual added output value of10.50 billion yuan; Third, the brand strategy was implemented, and 30 new trademarks were added throughout the year, including 370 trademarks, among which "Yachao", "Guanghua", "New Step" and "Osland" were the key protected trademarks in Shantou; Fourth, broaden trade channels, organize Xiadaifang Underwear Co., Ltd., Shi Jia Industrial Co., Ltd., Raomei Industrial Co., Ltd. and other enterprises to participate in the 200 1 Chaoshan Famous and Special Products (Beijing) Exhibition and Shantou Commodity Fair, so as to improve the visibility of Gurao enterprises. Agricultural production has developed steadily. The annual grain planting area was 44,900 mu, and the total grain output was 1.897654.38+0 tons. Invest 3 million yuan to build farmland water conservancy facilities and improve agricultural production conditions. Breakthrough progress has been made in urban infrastructure construction. The investment is about 1 60,000 yuan to build the renovation project (cement pavement, 4. 13 km long and 24 meters wide) of the Gulao section of the Red River Line, build a new 35 kV transformer1set, 20 dedicated power supply stations, add 2,500 telecom backbones and 22,500 telephone users. Carry out a series of activities to create spiritual civilization, build educational office buildings, speed up the construction process of Shangbao Middle School and improve the school environment [1]. Edit this historical evolution. Gurao Township, once called Gurao, was built in the 24th year of Ming Hongwu 139 1. Qing Ji's original intention in Red Liao wrote: "Xiabao Huali was renamed Xiajia, and now it is called Huaguang". During the Chongzhen period of Ming Dynasty and Yongzheng period of Qing Dynasty, Zhang Chuangda's fifth grandson moved from Chiliao to Shangjia in the 8th century. Prior to this, Zhang Yujiang, the second first grandson, settled in Wumenlou and Fannie and Freddie Port. After the development and reproduction of the Zhang family, Shangbao in the Western Wei Dynasty is on the rise, and it is gradually called Red Material Township. In the Republic of China 16, "A.D. 1927" was renamed as Gurao Township to show a bumper harvest. Xingren Township in the Song and Yuan Dynasties was the capital of Guishan from the Ming and Qing Dynasties to the early years of the Republic of China, and the sixth district of Chaoyang County from the tenth year of the Republic of China (192 1). 1956 gurao township 1958 Hongfeng people's commune 1959 gurao people's commune 1983 gurao district 1986 gurao town. Edit the geographical location of this section: Gurao Town is located at the southern foot of Xiaobei Mountain, east longitude116 24 _, north latitude 23 21_. It is adjacent to Xilu Town in the east, Tongyu Town in the south, Guiyu Town in the west, Jinyu Town and Zaopu Town in the north, 26 kilometers away from Chaoyang City and 4 miles away from Lingshan Temple, a provincial key cultural relics protection unit. [Edit this paragraph] The natural environment gradually inclines from northwest to southeast, belonging to the semi-hilly plain area. The winding water originates from the southern foot of Xiaobeishan Zaopu Qingpai Mountain, from Heyuan to the west side of Xidongzai in Tongyu Town, and reaches the middle reaches of Lianjiang River, with a total length of 24.438+0 km. It has a subtropical monsoon climate, with an annual average temperature of 265,438 0.4℃ and an annual average precipitation of 65,438 0.820mm.. Editor's Note: The population in this section is132,000, with the Han nationality accounting for 99.88% and the Zhuang, Li and Miao ethnic minorities accounting for 0. 12%. There are 654.38+million overseas Chinese and compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. It is one of the key hometown of overseas Chinese in Chaoyang District. Administrative structure: Gurao Town has five neighborhood committees: Shangbao, Guang Mao, Huaguang, Xinpo and Xinxing, as well as Dakeng, Messi, Xincuo, Toupu, Dongming, Dongxing, Hengshan, Gounan, Hougou, Wujiao, Guantian, Li Antang, Nestorianism, Tunnei, Xiandi, Yang Shen, Gan 'an and Xinxian. [Edit this paragraph] Cultural activities The mass cultural activities in Gurao Town are active and large in scale. Especially on holidays, organize various cultural and sports activities to enliven the entertainment life of the masses. There is an amateur literary and artistic creation team in the town, which is active in literature and painting. It's called Little Red Flower at the foot of Xiaobei Mountain. Sometimes they hold large-scale literary evenings with relevant units, and sometimes the neighborhood committees hold exhibitions of paintings and calligraphy. 1995 During the Spring Festival, an exhibition of calligraphy and painting by Zhang Yongli, Zhang Xiaobin and Zhang Yingping was held. Including the works of famous painters and painters in Ming and Qing dynasties and contemporary times. 1May 1997, "Painting and Calligraphy Exhibition to Commemorate the May 4th Movement and Welcome Hong Kong's Return" was held, with 68 old, middle-aged and young writers and 135 works. During the Spring Festival in 2004, an exhibition of photographs by Chen, He and Zhang Haipeng was held. In order to promote the development of cultural undertakings, the town contacted Chaoyang Propaganda and Culture Department, organized some writers to interview relevant enterprises in the town, made in-depth reports on the development of township enterprises, and made special reports in newspapers and magazines to reflect the development of large and medium-sized enterprises since the reform and opening up. In terms of literary creation, the essays and novels of amateur writers Lin Xiangxiong and Zhang Yiying have made their mark in Beijing, Guangzhou and Hong Kong, and they are quite famous in Chaoyang literary world in eastern Guangdong. Lin Xiangxiong has published Soul of the Ancient City and Walking in the Clouds. Zhang Yiying's creation is in the ascendant. In recent years, she has published a collection of essays, such as not only remembering, the fork in the road of life and yesterday's story. Among them, the prose "Father and Book" won the first prize of "Literary Newspaper" and "People's Daily", and was awarded the first prize of amateur creation by the Literary Federation of Chaoyang Cultural Bureau for many years. Rao Town's cultural activities can be actively carried out because it has a mass creative team. In the amateur calligraphy and painting exhibition, Zhang Yingping, Zhang Baosheng and Zhang Chuping from Shangbao, Huang Jianzhou, Zhang Luo, Zhang Yingshun and Zhang are pioneers of Gu Rao's cultural work. Gu Rao's folk cultural activities will continue to develop over time. Several villages (residences) in this township hold sacrificial activities every ten years. By commemorating the anti-Yuan activities of Wen Tianxiang and other subordinates in the Southern Song Dynasty, the masses are encouraged to carry forward national integrity, create two civilizations, and mobilize overseas Chinese at home and abroad to join in the construction of their hometown, singing and dancing. 1April 1998 and1February 1998, cultural performances were held in five villages in the township, 13 male and female English singing teams, 15 Chaozhou flute and drum team and 20 dance teams performed in the streets. At the same time, cultural groups from Shaanxi, Liaoning, Guangxi, Fujian and other places participated in tourism performances, which were very popular. There are many cultural activities in Rao town, such as library, cable TV station and cultural activity center for respecting the elderly. Cultural rooms are generally built in villages (residences), and mass cultural activities are very active. There are 20 teams in the hometown of singing and dancing, among which the performance of Dongming Ying Ge Team in' 97 Chaoyang Song and Dance Festival was well received. The Youth English Singing Team of Shangbao Second Village participated in the '99 Chaoyang Spring Festival Parade. Youth teams and gongs and drums teams participated in Shantou 99 Spring Festival cultural parade; Xianbo Junior Flute Orchestra Music Team won the second place in the first Flute Orchestra Music Competition in Chaoyang City; In 2003, organize teachers and students of the education system to participate in the National Day cultural performance in the whole region; In 2003-2004, China Chess Competition was held. According to the introduction of the elderly villagers in Gurao Town, the "2008 Folk Culture Festival" in Gurao Town evolved from the development of the sacrificial society in Gurao. Sacrificial society has a history of more than 600 years since the Ming Dynasty. It was originally to commemorate the soldiers who died in Wen Tianxiang and the Southern Song Dynasty. There are many legends about Wen Tianxiang circulating around Gurao Town, Chaoyang District. Legend has it that at the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, Yuan soldiers invaded. Wen Tianxiang, the right prime minister, attempted to restore the country in Chaoyang, and was captured in Haifeng County during the campaign. Commander-in-Chief Chen Yi colluded with rebel Zhang Hongfan and fought bloody battles with Song Jun at the foot of Xiaobei Mountain. Because of the disparity in strength between the two sides, most people in Song Jun died here. Ming Taizu named the soldiers who died in the Anti-Yuan War at the end of the Song Dynasty as "Marshal", and designated the villages adjacent to the Anti-Yuan War, such as Kameyama Chiliao (formerly known as Gu Rao), to regularly offer sacrifices to the soldiers who died that year. Gu Rao and other places began to offer sacrifices to society. The folk repair of the solitary burial of soldiers killed in the late Song Dynasty is called "Marshal Song's Tomb", and all ethnic groups in each township pay homage in time by stages. According to the investigation, there are 9 tombs of Song Dynasty in Gurao and surrounding villages. [2][ Edit this paragraph] Gurao, a tourist resource, is located at the southwest foot of Chaoyang, Shanxi. During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, it was under the jurisdiction of Guishan Capital, with a vast territory, rich resources and rich cultural heritage. Zhang Xun (1686- 1760) in Chiliao Township, Liu (1894- 1975) in Xianpo Township, and Chen Meisheng (1894-/kloc-0) in Shenyang Township, a national hero of the Southern Song Dynasty. And cultural relics of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism are scattered all over the world. Among them, Guishan Academy founded by Zhang Xun (Zizhen), Marshal Song Cemetery to commemorate the national heroes who fought against Yuan Dynasty at the end of Song Dynasty, Chiduling (Ganhuang Temple), 1927 He Long, the former site of the Red Army Revolution led by Ye Ting, and Xiaoke Building founded by the father of patriotic overseas Chinese leaders 1937 in Wuchang, etc. , have received higher education. In addition, there are Wu Meng, Wu Wenzhen Temple, Guandi Temple in Huaguang Township, Rao Qing, Puji Temple in Xinliao, and Kannonji in Guang Mao. , is a historical relic of Buddhism and Taoism. What is even more impressive is that on the first day of the Spring Festival this year, CCTV launched Mazu family ancestral temple in Shenyang Township, Gurao Town with the theme of "Folk Art Hall", which is a private ancestral hall covering an area of 1500 square meters and integrating traditional folk crafts such as stone carving, wood carving and porcelain inlay. It was built in 192 1 year by Mr. Chen Meisheng, a famous sage in his hometown during the Republic of China. 1929 The project was not completed when Mei Sheng died. It was built by Chen Zuwu (then the county magistrate of Puning County) and lasted for nearly ten years. Hire all kinds of artists with unique skills in Chaoshan to create them carefully. More than 300 pieces of wood carvings and more than 200 pieces of stone carvings and decorative works have been preserved, which embodies the hard work of folk artists and leaves very precious artistic materials for future generations.