Tongguan Town Millennium Ancient Town

The ancient Tongguan is a treasure house of historical and cultural heritage. From Shigang in Tongguan to Shizhu Lake, along He Shili on the east bank of Xiangjiang River, dozens of ancient kiln sites in Tang Dynasty have been formed. Ancient kiln sites that are well preserved or have sites are: Changsha Tongguan Kiln (classified as Shutang Township in July 196 1 year, and now belong to Dingzhen), Fanjiayao, Yaotou Yao Chong and Guo Hua Kiln. Mr. Zhou Shirong, an expert in ceramic archaeology, visited Tongguan Town. He said: "According to the analysis of the cake shape of the blue glazed bowl unearthed from Jia Fan kiln in Tongguan, this kiln is longer than Tongguan kiln in Changsha, especially the Waixing kiln in Cai Jia section, which has been firing pottery since the Tang Dynasty, which is really rare in the world." During the Spring and Autumn Period, Wu Chu Bridge in Shigang was the dividing line of Wu Chu, and there are still merit monuments on the bridge site when Wu Chu Bridge was rebuilt during Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty. Tongguan Old Street was basically formed in the Tang Dynasty. Most of the buildings on the street are brick and wood structures, and the streets are paved with granite. There are more than 100 old shops and manual workshops. Now that the old street is still there, the market is more prosperous. Tongguan Temple was built at the southern end of Tongguan Old Street in the 13th year of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty (1674), and was converted into Dongshan Temple in the 30th year of Guangxu (1904). It has a stone-wood theater with a large scale and exquisite craftsmanship. Sizhou Temple in Shigang is the place where ceramists of all previous dynasties offered sacrifices to Shun Di, the ancestor of ceramics. On the sixth day of June every year, representatives from various kilns come to worship, March and sing operas, which is very lively. Dufu Shoufeng Pavilion is the most famous building in Tongguan Town. It is a two-story brick-wood pavilion, decorated with wood carving and ceramic relief technology, with figures, landscapes, dragons and phoenixes, birds and animals, giving people artistic enjoyment. Liu Jia Building is located in Yuanjia Lake. Mao Zedong stayed in this house for two nights when he came to Tongguan to inspect the workers' movement in 1923. It is the only place where Mao Zedong in Wangcheng County has lived. Tongguan is rich in groundwater and numerous ancient wells, which are inexhaustible in four seasons, most of which have a history of hundreds of years. Shawan ancient well, Liujiachong ancient well and Dujiachong ancient well are well preserved. The water quality of these three ancient wells is crystal clear, cool and sweet. They moisten thousands of households with sweet "milk" for many years and are praised by the masses as "white sand wells" of bronze officials. At the same time, there are many ancient residential buildings, folklore, legends, folk customs, folk songs and couplets in Tongguan Town. Bronze official is a red hot land.

1923 1 Accompanied by Guo Liang, Mao Zedong inspected the Tongguan Workers' Movement, and with the approval of Mao Zedong, Tongguan Ceramics Trade Union was established. 1in the summer of 923, the party branch of ceramic workers was established, which was the earliest grass-roots party organization in the province and opened a magnificent new chapter in Tongguan revolution. 1In August, 930, the Hunan Provincial Party Committee moved to Tongguan. In the winter of the same year, the liaison offices of Nan 'an County Committee and Xiangyin County Committee moved to Tongguan, and Tongguan became the command center and red cradle of the revolutionary struggle in the whole province at that time. 1In May, 935, with the approval of the Hunan-Hubei-Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee, the Xiangjiang Special Committee was established in Tongguan to lead the revolutionary work in Changsha, Yiyang and Xiangyin. 1944, the eighth route army south detachment set out from Yan' an, broke through the enemy's heavy blockade, traveled thousands of miles, and arrived in Tongguan on July 24 1945. That night, the troops boarded the ship and crossed the Xiangjiang River through Hongjiazhou, which was blocked by the reactionary Kuomintang authorities. The former detachment guards were ordered to fight back and repel them. The troops successfully crossed the Xiangjiang River and continued south. Copper officials also trained Guo Liang, Wen, Yuan Zhongxian, Li Canying, Yang Donggui, Xie and other proletarian revolutionaries of the older generation. Guo Liang Martyrs Cemetery and Guo Liang Martyrs Memorial Pavilion have become red tourist attractions.

Prosperous bronze officials are fertile ground for ceramics.

Ceramics is the rhythm of water, the language of the earth and the art of fire. It is an epoch-making symbol in the development history of human society and a great contribution of the Chinese nation to world civilization. Tongguan Town Shili Taocheng, surrounded by mountains and rivers, is full of traffic. Its houses are plastered with glazed tiles, its chimneys are strewn at random, its production machines roar day and night, and its ceramic products are colorful, which has formed a unique style of pottery beans in the long years. According to the song dynasty's "prison note", "Shun Tao is by the river, and the utensils are not bitter." Shun Di once organized pottery production along the Xiangjiang River. Tongguan potters still regard Shun Di as their father. There is also a record in the Notes to Shuijing: "Tongguan Mountain, also known as Mica Mountain, is suitable for pottery, and there are more than a thousand Taoist priests living along the river ..." It refers to the pottery industry from Tongguan Town to Shizhu Lake. After entering the Republic of China, due to the melee of warlords, the rule of Kuomintang reactionaries and the cruel exploitation of capitalists, the production of bronze official porcelain declined, ceramic workers lived in poverty and the people lived in poverty. After the founding of New China, Tongguan ceramics industry moved from individual to collective through handicraft cooperation. 1987, Hunan Tongguan Ceramics Company was established with more than 6,200 employees. The main products are daily-use ceramics, building ceramics, industrial ceramics, artistic ceramics and stoneware 1700 varieties. Products sell well all over the country and are exported to 27 countries and regions such as the United States, Japan, the Netherlands, Australia and Hong Kong. In 2005, the output value of Tongguan ceramics exceeded 1 100 million yuan. Tongguan is a city full of hope.

Based on the advantages of location, transportation, industry and resources, Tongguan highlights the central position of economic work, and pays close attention to economic restructuring, financial resources project construction, environmental protection and spiritual civilization construction around the three key points of strong industrial town, lively commercial town and stable agricultural town, and has made great progress in economic and social development. In 2005, the built-up area increased by 0. 17 square kilometers, the population of the built-up area increased by 1200, the urbanization level was 62.3%, the total investment in small town construction increased by 20%, the urban green coverage increased by 80%, the GDP increased by 32.4%, and the per capita net income of farmers reached 4,485 yuan, up by 3/kloc year-on-year. The proportion of tertiary industry is 30%, the coverage rate of new cooperative medical care is 90%, the public safety index is 90%, the per capita entertainment and cultural expenditure accounts for 15% of consumption expenditure, the graduation rate of high school graduates is 45%, and the natural population growth rate is 0.8%. The per capita green area is 65㎡/ person, the tap water penetration rate in urban built-up areas is 100%, the sanitary qualification rate of rural drinking water is 100%, the emission standard rate of key industrial pollution sources is 90%, the harmless treatment rate of domestic garbage is 80%, the density of flush toilets is 5 per square kilometer, the clean energy penetration rate is 60%, and the "fifteen small" and "new five" are implemented. In 2006, Tongguan Town was included in the core area of Wangcheng County's "Eleventh Five-Year Plan", and the county party committee and government made a decision to speed up the protective development of Tongguan Town, Tongguan Kiln and Heimifeng and realize the rise of Hedong. In order to implement the spirit of the decision of the county party committee and the county government, the following work has been mainly done: First, the leadership has been strengthened, and a leading group working organization with the town party secretary as the team leader and the heads of relevant departments as members has been established. The second is to designate a special person to set up an office, carry out a general survey of historical and cultural heritage, and establish special files. The third is to formulate protection management measures to protect key cultural relics through listing. Fourth, carry out extensive publicity to mobilize the masses to participate in the protection and development of Tongguan Town's historical and cultural heritage. Fifth, the overall planning has been completed. The Medium-term Plan for the Protection and Development of Tongguan Ancient Town in Changsha City, Hunan Province, compiled by Tongji University in Shanghai, was reviewed and finalized at the end of March. In a word, through hard work, substantial progress has been made in the protection and development of Tongguan Town's historical and cultural heritage, laying a solid foundation for the protection and development of Tongguan Town's historical and cultural heritage. We will further strengthen the protection and development of Tongguan Town's historical and cultural heritage, increase capital investment, and strive to build Tongguan Town into a national ceramic industry base, an important energy base in Changsha, an industrial gradient transfer base in Changsha, a ceramic cultural tourism base, a red tourism base and a famous historical and cultural town in Hunan Province, so that Tongguan Town, a bright pearl, will shine even more brightly on the banks of Xiangjiang River in Wangcheng. Bronze officials are a blessed place for talented people.

Tongguan was Linxiang County in ancient times. For more than two thousand years, literati in history have a special liking for bronze officials, leaving many excellent works. In the Tang Dynasty, Du Fu, Gao Monks protected the country; in the Ming Dynasty, Zhan Shiyi and Wang Fuzhi; and in the Qing Dynasty, Yi Zongying, Tang, He Xiling and Wu all left well-known poems here. The most famous poet is Du Fu, a poet in the Tang Dynasty. In his later years, he went out to Shu, rebelled against Xiangjiang River and Leiyang, and was blocked by strong winds. He moored with a copper official and wrote the poem "A copper official keeps watch over the wind". In order to commemorate Du Fu, the bronze official built Du Fu's lookout pavilion on the Xiangjiang River in Tongguan Street. The profound humanistic spirit of bronze officials has been passed down from generation to generation, and talented people have come forth in large numbers. During the Great Revolution, Guo Liang, Wen and Yang Chunlin gave their precious lives for the revolutionary cause in China. Zhou Hanqing, Zhu and other comrades responded to the call of "Resisting US Aggression and Aid Korea and Defending the Country", went to the DPRK to participate in the war and died in a foreign country, and were regarded as revolutionary martyrs. Zhang Chun, a soldier of China People's Liberation Army, was killed by bandits when he participated in the anti-bandits in Guizhou. Liu Zizhen, a "clay figurine", Zhou, a folk artist, Yong Qilin and Liu Xiwu, masters of ceramic arts and crafts, Feng Bingkun, master of ceramic modeling and mould, Liu, a descendant of "clay figurine", and Hu Wuqiang, a descendant of Tongguan kiln, are the elites of Tongguan ceramic art and the pride of Tongguan officials.