History of Zhigong Temple in huangqiao town, Dongkou County

Huangqiao town is located in the southeast of Dongkou County, and the town government is 37 kilometers away from the county seat. Yesterday, an ancient wooden bridge was built on the Yangliujiang River in the west of the town (it was converted into a stone arch bridge in the forty-eighth year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty and has been well preserved so far). The water under the bridge is yellow all year round, hence the name Huangqiao. There are shops at the end of the bridge, hence the name Huangqiaopu. Total area 132 km2, high in southwest and low in northeast. It is a typical hilly area, located in the water, with abundant water resources, abundant sunshine, flat terrain and fertile soil. It borders Longhui County in the northeast, Wugang City in the south, Yanglin Township in the southeast, gaosha town in the west and Shijiang Town in the north. Huangqiao market town was formed in Han Dynasty and after the prosperous Tang Dynasty. At the southern end of the town, Wang Yao Village is located in Jianxing County of Jin Dynasty. Huangqiao town was founded in 195 1 year, huangqiao town entered huangqiao town commune in 196 1 year, huangqiao town was restored in 1966, Huangqiao District was owned in 1978, and huangqiao town People's Commune was in1year. In 2005, huangqiao town administered Huangqiao, Sanjiao, Yongfa, Fuxing, Lei Ting, Cong Shan, Paishang, Jiangqiao, Anle, Lianhua, Liao Jia, Zhengshan, Cypress, Gaotang, Fengchan, Shiwan, Yao Bei, Taohua, Bamboo Shooting Dragon, Ma Yuan, Jiu Feng, Shijing, tan shan, Shishi, Tai Po, Longtang. There are 56 administrative villages such as Wheels, Dongfang, Wang Yao, Zhu Qiao, Chetang, Hutian, Machong and Qiushan, and two community neighborhood committees such as Jianshe and Xingfu, and 754 villagers' groups with a total population of 884 12, including 865,438 agricultural population and 6,444 non-agricultural population.

Huangqiao is a typical agricultural town with beautiful scenery, rich resources and convenient transportation. Shangrui Expressway passes through the territory, with abundant rainfall and fertile soil all the year round. Suitable for the development of agriculture and animal husbandry, the main agricultural and sideline products are rape, wheat, corn and soybean. Other cash crops, such as plums, honey plums, crisp peaches, golden peaches and seedless ponkan, have a certain scale. At the same time, huangqiao town has a long history. From the first year of Jin Taikang (280) to the fourth year of Tang Wude (62 1), Jianxing County was established twice, and Huangqiao was set up in the county. So far, the ruins of the ancient city wall can be found in Wang Yao village, huangqiao town.

20 1 1 year, the town achieved a total social output value of13.8 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 1 1%. Investment in fixed assets is 3501.53 million yuan; Fiscal revenue reached 4.7 million yuan, an increase of 7.3%. The per capita net income of farmers reached 3,295 yuan, an increase of 4.6%.

-Unique geographical location and convenient transportation. Shaohuai Expressway passes through Sanjiao Village, Cong Shan Village, Yongfa Village, Yaobei Village, Paishang Village, Fengchan Village, Shiwan Village, Gaotang Village and Taohua Village in huangqiao town, and an interchange is set up in Yongfa Village, with a total length of 9.2 kilometers, which greatly highlights the location advantage of Huangqiao. In addition, in recent years, the roads connecting villages in our town are criss-crossing and extending in all directions, which is a new stream of people.

-Rich in resources and outstanding in advantages. Huangqiao town is rich in hydropower resources. Lvshui River flows through huangqiao town from southwest to northeast, with a total length of about 20 kilometers. The alluvial plains on both sides are suitable for agricultural development. The cultivated land area is 6 1.233 mu, including 42,568 mu of paddy field and 0/.8665 mu of dry land. Agricultural products mainly include rice, sweet potatoes, peanuts and corn. And the aquaculture industry is mainly pig farming, Huangqiao.

-Urban construction is improving day by day. Starting from 200 1, the urban area has been expanded to 2.8 square kilometers through the third phase of development. 20 10 town planning will be revised again. In 2009, the overall relocation of the central primary school and the start of the development project of Loach Ridge will drive the commercial development in Loach Ridge area and open a new chapter in the construction of small towns in Huangqiao: a wide cement road will connect Shiyang Road and Huangma Road in front of the new central primary school, and then a new cement road will be built from Jintian Credit Cooperative to Zhengshan New Village, which will connect with Huangchang Road and Nanyue Road. Since then, the "block" pattern caused by local development has emerged.

-It has a long history and outstanding people. There are many cultural and natural landscapes in Huangqiao, including "Night Rain in Longtan", "Zhigong Temple", "Jintian Temple" and "Shuanglong Cave", all of which have beautiful legends and are fascinating. "Longtan Night Rain" is located in Gaotang Village, huangqiao town, where the Green River and the Heping River meet to form a pool. According to legend, there is a dragon in the pool, and the wind rises at night, such as the sound of a shower, which is called "Longtan Night Rain". It has a long history and is one of the ten scenic spots in the old Wugang area. Wang Changling in Tang Dynasty and Ant Chen in Song Dynasty wrote many poems praising Longtan. Speaking of celebrities, Huang Qiao, represented by General Yuan Yelie, is well-known at home and abroad.

2 administrative divisions

The whole town has jurisdiction over Ma Yuan, Qingfeng, Shidong, Longjia, Shan Zong, Shailong, Shiwan, Gaotang, Qinghe, Qiushan, Jinji, Zhaixia, Shijing, Zhengshan, Fuxing, Gaotou, Jiu Feng, Yongfa, Songjia, Chetang, Tang Miao, Meitang, Longtou and Lianhua.

3 Grain production

These days, the seedling-raising sites of 26 agricultural cooperatives in huangqiao town are as busy as a bee. Members seized the good weather, sowed rice seeds, and quickly promoted the centralized seedling raising of early rice.

Huangqiao town is one of the important market towns for grain production in our county, with cultivated land area of 6 1 10,000 mu. At present, there are 26 agricultural cooperatives in this town. Relying on land circulation, they cultivated more than 7,000 mu of paddy fields and made outstanding contributions to agricultural industrialization and grain production in huangqiao town.

Wang, the founder of huangqiao town Sorghum Red Agricultural Cooperative, told reporters that he has been growing grain for six years. In the past two years, with the implementation of the policies of the party and the government to benefit farmers and help agriculture, his annual income from farming has reached more than 700,000 yuan, and the number of cooperative members has grown from 36 to 108. This year, the sorghum red agricultural cooperative plans to plant 860 mu of double-cropping rice.

Give someone a rose, leave a lingering fragrance in your hand. After becoming rich, Wang taught his experience to nearby grain farmers without reservation, and at the same time guided farmers to join agricultural professional cooperatives to develop agricultural production.