Songxia Town has a long history, which can be traced back to the Eastern Jin Dynasty before 1600. At that time, the civil history of Yuan and Wuxian was also responsible for Songxia. He died on the battlefield fighting against bandits. He built the Yuan Gong Temple as a precept and called the city he built "Song Cheng". Later renamed Songxia City, Songcheng City, Songzhen and Songxia Street. Dao 1936 was recorded as Songxia Town in the Dictionary of Ancient and Modern Place Names in China, and it has been used ever since. The ancient Songxia has a profound historical imprint and reflects a long history. Since the Song and Xia dynasties, talents and celebrities have come forth in large numbers. Songxia is not only influenced by cross-border culture, but also has the unique talent of Songxia people. The two blend quietly and naturally come out from generation to generation. Yu's three stages in the Song Dynasty: in the Ming Dynasty, there were Yu's father and son, who were all generals in the Ming Dynasty and made meritorious deeds to seal the capital, and Yu was a famous anti-Japanese star in the Ming Dynasty; In the Qing Dynasty, industrialist Lian Zhongyu built water conservancy projects to help his neighbors. Xia Tongshan was born a scholar and was promoted to Shangshu, known as "Qingtian"; Modern educators include geographer Tu Sicong, revolutionaries Yan and Zhang Fu; Jin Jin, a contemporary children's literature writer, and He Jin, former president of the Chinese Olympic Committee.
With convenient transportation and obvious location advantages, Songxia is the economic, cultural and transportation center of 230,000 people in Yubei area. Songxia is adjacent to Shanghai-Hangzhou-Ningbo Expressway in the east, and National Highway 329 passes through Zhennan. Hangzhou-Ningbo Canal runs through the east and west, and Xiao Yong Railway, National Highway 104 and Shangsan Expressway are close at hand. It is only 50 minutes' drive from Beilun Port in Ningbo and Xiaoshan Airport in Hangzhou. The north-south passage of Shaoxing sea-crossing bridge under construction runs through the whole territory. Soon, the traffic from Hangzhou-Ningbo Expressway and Shangsan Expressway to Shanghai, an international metropolis, will shuttle through the land of Songxia.
Before the Jin Dynasty, Songxia was once a barren sea area, but generations of Songxia people fought against the sea. The people of Songxia in the past dynasties adhered to the spirit of self-improvement of their ancestors, resisted foreign enemies, intensively cultivated and worked together to build a beautiful home and a beautiful scenery. Since the reform and opening up, the industrious and intelligent Songxia people have sized up the situation, faced opportunities and challenges, dared to "eat crabs" and opened up new fields. Through their own efforts and perseverance, they have propped up the umbrella industry and the construction industry. In the umbrella industry market in China, Songxia has made "a quarter" of umbrellas, making it a veritable "China Umbrella City". The performance of the construction industry is also amazing. From coastal metropolises to western towns, from domestic to international, Songxia people elaborately build urban buildings, adding luster to the "hometown of architecture".
The ancient and young Songxia attracts many investors at home and abroad with its simple customs and excellent investment environment. The provincial umbrella industry professional area is full of vitality, which not only expands the umbrella industry's massive economy, but also benefits the people of Songxia. With a total investment of 800 million yuan, "China Umbrella City Commercial Plaza" is a large-scale multifunctional modern commercial base in Zhejiang, including theme shops, property-style hotel apartments, large supermarkets, service and leisure chains and other formats, fully serving the markets in Hangzhou Bay, East China and even the whole country. Songxia is becoming a national umbrella product research and development, brand gathering and sales distribution center.
Education, culture, health, sports and other social undertakings in Songxia Town have developed in a coordinated manner. 1999 was named as a provincial education town, a provincial sports town in 2006, and a Shaoxing cultural demonstration town and an ecological town in 2007. There are 1 provincial key middle schools and provincial demonstration junior high schools, 2 provincial rural demonstration primary schools and 3 Shaoxing rural demonstration primary schools in the town. There is also the Second People's Hospital of Shangyu with a history of more than 50 years. There are all kinds of offices and stations in politics and law, industry and commerce, finance and taxation, finance and insurance, which effectively guarantee the healthy and harmonious development of the town's economy and society. In-depth development of the top ten "safe construction" series of activities, for several consecutive years by the superior as the advanced collective of safe construction. Family planning has achieved high-quality services, and the natural population growth rate is controlled within 2‰ every year. It was rated as the advanced collective of family planning work in the tenth five-year plan by Shaoxing city. The development of charity and public welfare undertakings has been continuously promoted. The public welfare fund 1 1, with a total amount of 48 million yuan, covers education, culture, public security, old-age care, disabled people, migrant workers, family planning, maternal and child development, etc., with an average of more than 10,000 yuan per year.
In the new period and situation, 1 10000 Songxia people are full of passion. Inspired by the "spirit of relaxing summer", they devoted themselves to entrepreneurship, proved the "spirit of relaxing summer" with actions, expanded the "spirit of relaxing summer" with actions and wrote a new era with actions.