Historical Changes of Paper Mill in Jiangxia District of Wuhan City

Zhifang Street is a famous town in Jiangxia County in history. In the Tang dynasty, it was called a paper mill, which is still in use today. The tomb of Xiong Tingbi (Jiangxia), the minister of the Ministry of War in the Ming Dynasty, is located in Guangfangling, Zhifang Street in the south of the city. Now, the "Xiong Tingbi Park" inscribed by former Defense Minister Zhang Aiping and named after Xiong Tingbi is located here. There are "Longwang Temple" and "Longjing" monuments on the street. In the Qing Dynasty, there was a tofu workshop in Longjingtou, which was finely made and had the characteristics of tender quality, white color and delicious taste. It is called Longjing tofu, which was once famous in Jiangxia urban and rural areas. There is an eight-point mountain at an altitude of 272.3 meters in the west of the street. There are "Ciyun Temple" and "Xiaoguan Garden" at the top of the mountain, and "Shanquan Pavilion" and "Bailongquan" at the foot of the mountain. There is also a big cave at the foot of the mountain, also called "Baiyun Cave". The cave door is engraved with three characters of "Five Grain Stores", which was handed down by Xiong Tingbi, the minister of the Ministry of War of the Ming Dynasty.

During the Great Revolution, Mao Zedong sent students from Wuchang Central Agricultural College to annihilate hundreds of elite troops of warlord Xia Douyin in Bafenshan.

Wuchang County 1949 was liberated in May, and Zhifang Township People's Government was established in the town. 1952 was changed to Zhifang District People's Government (the first district of Wuchang County at that time). 1958 People's Commune, Hongqi People's Commune was established. 1960, Wuchang county party and government leading organs moved from Wuhan to Zhifang. 1962 was renamed Huancheng People's Commune. 197 1, divided into towns and communities, set aside the agricultural part under the jurisdiction of the original people's commune, set up three small communes in Da Qiao, Zhengdian and Ninggang, and changed them into Zhifang Town Revolutionary Committee. 1979 10 was renamed Zhifang Town People's Government. 1998 was removed from the town to build a street and renamed Zhifang Sub-district Office, which was dispatched by Jiangxia District Committee and District People's Government. 200 1 In order to make Zhifang Street bigger and stronger, the original Zhifang Street, Da Qiao Street and Ninggang Township were merged into a new Zhifang Sub-district Office.