History of Tianzhu County, Guizhou

Tianzhu County - County History Tianzhu County was established in the 25th year of Wanli reign (1597), and was later renamed and restored in 1961. The county is named after the stone mountain "Shizhu Qingtian" in the north of the city. Tianzhu County has a total area of ??2,201 square kilometers and governs 16 towns and 326 administrative villages (neighborhood committees) with a total population of more than 410,000. The ethnic minority population, mainly Dong and Miao, accounts for 98.3%, which is the largest proportion of ethnic minorities in Guizhou Province. one of the counties. In the 25th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1392), Tianzhu Qianhuo was established, which belonged to Jingzhou Wei in Huguang; in the 25th year of Wanli (1597), Tianzhu County was established, and the two counties of Huitong and Suining were analyzed to benefit it, which belonged to Huguang. Chief Secretary Jingzhou; in the 10th year of Chongzhen (1637), he moved to Longtang and changed it to Longtang County. Soon he returned to Tianzhu and restored the name of Tianzhu County. In the fifth year of Yongzheng reign of the Qing Dynasty, Tianzhu County was transferred to Guizhou and belonged to Liping Prefecture; in the twelfth year (1639), it was transferred to Zhenyuan Prefecture.

Tianzhu County belonged to Qiandong Province in the second year of the Republic of China (1913); it belonged directly to Guizhou Province in the 12th year (1923); it belonged to the Tenth Administrative Supervision District in the 24th year (1935); In the twenty-fifth year (1936), it was changed to the Seventh Administrative Supervision District. In 1950, it belonged to Zhenyuan Prefecture. In 1956, it was included in the Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture. In 1958, Tianzhu County was abolished and merged into Jinping County. In 1961, Tianzhu County was restored. Tianzhu has outstanding people and rich cultural heritage. Emperor Qianlong appointed Hanlin Song Renpu, and Dong peasant uprising leader Jiang Yingfang were recorded in history. The famous Northern Expedition general Wang Tianpei, and the famous anti-Japanese general Wu Shaozhou were famous in history. After 1949, Tianzhu became home to many talented people, including Zhang Zuo, Teng Shusong, Su Zhouxiong, Pan Nianying, Yang Changhuai, Yang Baolin, Yang Nianyi, Yang Shaoju and other writers, painters and musicians who were famous in the literary world. Tianzhu County - Population Overview Tianzhu County Tianzhu County governs 10 towns and 6 townships. There are 315 village committees and 11 residents' committees. According to the fifth census data: the total population of Tianzhu County is 348,302, including the population (persons) of each township: Fengcheng Town 52,194, Bangdong Town 37,512, Pingdi Town 18,081, Lantian Town 26,614, Wengdong Town 18,013, Gaoniao Town 27487, Shidong Town 25464, Yuankou Town 23944, Bachu Town 13902, Baishi Town 30607, Shexue Township 19478, Duma Township 16904, Zhuxi Township 5008, Dihu Township 3899, Zhulin Township 13395, Jiangdong Township 15800.

In 2003, Tianzhu County governed 10 towns, 6 townships, 315 village committees, and 11 neighborhood committees. The total population at the end of the year was 409,500, including 28,700 non-agricultural population; the minority population, mainly Dong and Miao, was 402,000, accounting for 98.2%. The birth rate is 10.99‰, the natural growth rate is 5.88‰, and the family planning rate is 93.88%. Tianzhu County - Economic Development Tianzhu County In 2002, Tianzhu County's GDP was 555 million yuan, an increase of 4.8% over the previous year. Among them, the primary, secondary and tertiary industries were 342 million yuan, 72 million yuan and 140 million yuan respectively, an increase of .1.20%, 9.76% and 11.37%. The rural economy has developed steadily. The total output value of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery was 482 million yuan, an increase of 1.10% over the previous year. The total grain output is 123,000 tons, the rapeseed output is 3,680 tons, the flue-cured tobacco output is 254 tons, and the total meat output is 15,000 tons. Except for grain production, which dropped by 4.40% due to disasters, the rest have increased production to varying degrees. At the end of the year, there were 87,400 large livestock and 219,600 pigs. Natural forest protection projects have been actively implemented, and new progress has been made in regenerating natural forests and converting farmland into forests. The total industrial output value was 137 million yuan, of which the output value of industrial enterprises above designated size was 60.75 million yuan, an increase of 13.6% over the previous year. Main industrial product output: 100,000 tons of raw coal, 79,100 tons of barite, 32,400 tons of cement, and 22.2 million kilowatt hours of power generation. Total fiscal revenue was 43.728 million yuan, an increase of 7.8% over the previous year, of which local fiscal revenue was 37.95 million yuan, an increase of 3.10%; fiscal expenditure was 152 million yuan, an increase of 18.2%. At the end of the year, the balance of deposits in financial institutions was 606 million yuan, of which the balance of savings deposits of urban and rural residents was 495 million yuan. Fixed asset investment is 49.7 million yuan. There are 25 investment projects with an agreed capital of 168 million yuan and an actual disbursed capital of 40.955 million yuan. New breakthroughs have been made in the construction of transportation infrastructure. Tianzhu County has 502 kilometers of roads open to traffic, including 149 kilometers of trunk roads and 52 kilometers of newly built and renovated roads. A number of roads connecting villages have been built, and 224 villages have had roads connected, accounting for 71.1% of the total number of villages in Tianzhu County. Remarkable results have been achieved in hydropower construction. We actively secured a number of key projects such as comprehensive agricultural development in mountainous areas, land remediation, and the fourth batch of rural electrified counties. Local power grids and the State Grid completed the first phase of rural power grid transformation. There are 218 villages in Tianzhu County that have realized the same network between urban and rural areas, accounting for 69.2% of the total number of villages. Communications development has advanced by leaps and bounds, with 21,000 fixed-line telephones installed, and 75% of villages in rural areas have access to telephones; a mobile communications network has been formed, with 13,000 mobile phone users. A video and telephone conferencing system and broadband Internet were launched. Urban water supply, greening, markets, electricity, communications, radio and television and other infrastructure have been improved, and the county's built-up area has expanded by 4.4 square kilometers. The total retail sales of consumer goods in Tianzhu County was 206 million yuan, an increase of 4.7% over the previous year.

Social security has developed steadily, with an investment of 2.15 million yuan in minimum living security and 42,000 insured persons; an investment of 3.05 million yuan in enterprise employee pension insurance, with 1,300 insured persons. The per capita net income of farmers was 1,416 yuan, an increase of 5.4% over the previous year. The quality of basic education has improved. The enrollment rate of school-age children is 99.4%, and the net enrollment rate of junior high schools has increased from 77% in the previous year to 84%. The annual dropout rates of primary school and junior high school students dropped by 0.33 and 0.09 percentage points respectively from the previous year. The college entrance examination achieved another good result, with 827 people admitted to colleges and universities, and the number of students admitted to key colleges and universities exceeded the 100 mark. Actively carry out scientific and technological innovation work, and 5 towns have been selected as advanced towns for scientific and technological progress by the state government. Tianzhu County has 24 health and medical institutions, 810 health technicians, and 447 hospital beds. 93.3% of villages have established clinics, and rural health care work has been strengthened; there are 21 cultural service facilities, and 114 amateur literary and art groups. There are rich and colorful cultural and entertainment activities for the team and the masses. In April 2002, Tianzhu County was awarded the title of Advanced Cultural County in Guizhou Province by the Provincial People's Government. The number of cable TV programs has increased to 6, and the radio and television coverage rates are 83% and 88% respectively. In 2002, Tianzhu County focused on the goal of enriching the people and building a strong county and city, focused on the construction of financial resources and ecological environment construction, implemented the strategy of revitalizing the county through science and education, opening-up and sustainable development, and promoted agricultural industrialization, urbanization, industrialization and marketization. , achieve new breakthroughs in infrastructure construction, development of characteristic economy, development of small towns, poverty alleviation and development, non-public economy, etc., develop energy industry mainly focusing on the development of water resources, mineral processing industry mainly processing barite, The animal husbandry based on artificial grass planting, the forestry and fruit industry based on navel oranges and camellia oleifera, the tertiary industry based on tourism, and the township industry based on agricultural product processing have effectively promoted the comprehensive and coordinated development of the national economy and social undertakings. . Tianzhu County - Administrative division Tianzhu County governs 10 towns and 6 townships:

Fengcheng Town, Bangdong Town, Pingdi Town, Lantian Town, Wengdong Town, Gaoniao Town, Shidong Town, Yuankou Town, Bachu Town, Baishi Town, Shexue Township, Duma Township, Zhuxi Township, Dihu Township, Zhulin Township, and Jiangdong Township. Administrative divisions of Tianzhu County Tianzhu County - historical celebrities Wang Tianpei Wang Tianpei:

Wang Tianpei (1888-1927), male, formerly known as Wang Lunzhong, nicknamed Zhizhi, was the manager of Tianzhu in Guizhou. His father, Wang Daying, served as the commander of the "Green Camp Army" in the Qing Dynasty. When Wang Tianpei was a boy, he studied the Five Classics privately. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, when the imperial examination was abolished, he first attended the Tianzhu County Government Primary School and then the Guiyang Army Primary School. In 1909, he entered Wuchang Army No. 3 Middle School. In 1911, he participated in the Wuchang Uprising and served in propaganda work. In 1912, he entered Baoding Army Officer School for further study. After graduation in 1914, he was sent back to Guizhou and served successively as a trainee platoon leader, company commander, battalion commander, regiment commander, and division commander in the Guizhou Army.

For details, see: Wang Tianpei and Yang Changhuai:

Yang Changhuai’s pseudonym is Hu Shi. He is from Tianzhu, Guizhou. He was born in 1938. He graduated from the Fine Arts Department of Guizhou University in 1963 and studied under the guidance of the older generation in Guizhou. Painters Song Yinke, Meng Guangtao, Wang Yufu, etc. have been engaged in landscape painting creation and art organization work in Guizhou Artists Association for a long time after working. His works mainly take the scenery of Guizhou mountains and rivers as themes, and his representative works include "Spring Water Coming from a River", "Drunk Jade Full of Spring", "Smoke and Cloud of Dong Township", etc.

For details, see: Yang Changhuai

Wu Shaozhou:

Wu Shaozhou Wu Shaozhou (1902-1966) Deputy Commander of the 12th Corps of the Kuomintang Army and the 85th Army long. His school name was Wu Jiandeng, whose courtesy name was Zibin. He was of Miao nationality and was born in Kezhai Village, Wengdong Town, Tianzhu County in February 28, 1902.

For details, see: Wu Shaozhou Jiang Yingfang:

Jiang Yingfang (1833-1862) was the leader of the Dong peasant uprising army. In May of the 13th year of Daoguang's reign (1833), he was born into a poor peasant family in Zuoxizhai, Bangdong Town, Tianzhu County. He hated evil and had a chivalrous spirit since childhood. In the process of resisting the feudal rule of the Qing Dynasty, he was brave and skillful in fighting, charging into battle, and intimidating the enemy. In the 20th year of Daoguang's reign (1840), his father Jiang Laomao was imprisoned and died in prison because the landlord Hu Xingfa colluded with the county magistrate Pan Guangtai on the grounds of defaulting on "imperial grain".

For details, please refer to: Jiang Yingfang Tianzhu County-Cultural Overview Tianzhu County belongs to the northern Dong dialect area. The northern Dong Miao people who thrive here have always inherited the tradition of focusing on teaching and establishing schools, so culture and education are relatively developed. It is known as "Cultural County". Among the historical, cultural and historical sites, it has the most representative ethnic ancient building in the Dong region in northern Guizhou and Hunan - the family ancestral hall. These ancestral temples are mainly distributed in Tianzhu County in the lower reaches of Qingshui River. Tianzhu Clan Ancestral Hall has extremely profound culture, typical architecture, long history, quite local and national characteristics, and has high artistic and ornamental value. Among them, the Yuankou Wu Clan Ancestral Hall and the Baishi Yang Clan Ancestor Ancestral Hall are magnificent in scale and have exquisite carvings and paintings on the walls; the Liu Clan Ancestral Hall in Sanmentang at the pass is even more colorful and has become a fascination of national culture. The group of ancestral temples in the lower reaches of the Qingshui River, full of magical colors, has become a beautiful cultural landscape and a unique and charming scenery in Tianzhu. There are 17 ancestral temples in Tianzhu County that have been listed as county-level cultural relics protection units. Tianzhu County has one provincial-level cultural relics protection unit and 110 county-level cultural relics protection units. Sanmentang Ethnic Cultural Village, Yuankou Wu Clan Ancestral Hall, and the former residence of General Wang Tianpei are in the process of applying for provincial cultural relics protection units.

Tianzhu ethnic folk culture is rich and colorful.

"Everyone of the Dong people can sing." Dong folk songs have a long history. Whether there are festivals, harvest celebrations, weddings, funerals, or religious ceremonies, they must all be celebrated with singing. Dong folk songs have various forms, rich content and wide range of themes. Folk songs in the northern region include folk songs, folk songs, riverside songs, good deeds songs, wedding songs, etc. Playing in the mountains and singing songs are the main ways for young Dong men and women to have fun and build marriages and families. Apo'ao in the bamboo forest, Pingmang and Sanmentang in the bamboo forest still maintain the tradition of singing venues. The scene is bustling and lively, truly like an "ocean of song."

The cultural unit of Tianzhu County has the County Culture, Radio and Television Bureau as its administrative department. The subordinate units of its system include: cultural center, art team, library, cultural relics management office, film company, Xinhua Bookstore, Cultural Radio and Television Section Inspection Team, and radio and television stations. The county publicity and cultural center with an investment of more than 4 million yuan is under construction. Every town and town has a cultural service center. Tianzhu County has 187 village-level literature and art (waist drum) teams. Tianzhu County's urban and rural mass cultural activities are frequently carried out. Presenting an extremely hot scene. In April 2002, Tianzhu County was awarded the title of "Cultural Advanced County" by the Guizhou Provincial People's Government.