The Historical Evolution of Puxi Town

Park mat was originally named Pu Shu Bay. Pu Shu, whose real name is Qingpuzi, has oval leaves, white flowers, and pea-like fruit whose skin can be used as medicine. Originated in Sichuan, it was introduced very early because of its convenient transportation. It is said that the original Pu Shu by the river has been in the middle of the river for a long time, and passing ships have to put down their masts and sails and turn around, so it is called "Pu Shu Bay". Later, due to the development and prosperity of straw mat industry, straw mats were named as place names, known as park straw mats. According to the Records of Yizhen County, Qin Long, during the Yuanhe period of Tang Dynasty (AD 806), the straw mats produced were known as "superior bamboo mats", which were just as famous as the bronze mirrors and jade articles in Yangzhou. Most of the three famous places in China are dominated by place names. Suzhou produces Su, Ningbo produces Ning and Pu Shu Bay produces Pu. It is said that there are many mats on display at Panama International Expo. The floor mat is reinforced with fine hemp rope foam oil, which is famous for its folding resistance, twisting resistance, friction resistance and long-term wear resistance. It is known as "water-tight, not bad for 20 years". Before liberation, the production and sales of park seats were the most prosperous in Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty and the first 20 years of the Republic of China. The market is open, and the annual output of park seats along the Yangtze River, Bengbu, Jinan, Tianjin and Shanghai is nearly one million. Larger brokers occupy more than 40 seats, including Wei, Yuan, Fu Taixiang and Bian Hongtai. After liberation, the party and the government attached great importance to the development of mat production, and established the straw mat production cooperative in July 1949. In order to express gratitude to the party and the government, the mat production cooperative invited a mat weaver from Xiaozhangzhuang, Puxi District, refined a 4-foot-2-inch weighted indigenous mat and sent it to Beijing for Chairman Mao. Premier Zhou praised it as a "trump card" mat, and it is said that it is still in Zhongnanhai. Yizheng Puxi has long been known as the "three famous seats" in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in China. With the development of the situation, under the direct concern of Yizheng Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government, Yizheng Zhonghua Puxi City was established in May, 1997, which is the only professional market for straw mats in China. Park summer sleeping mat products have completed the leap from manual weaving to mechanized weaving, realized the extension from traditional sleeping mats to flower mats, travel mats, table mats, wall-hanging mats and other varieties, and broke the traditional market of traditional products. They span the Yellow River in the north and the Yangtze River in the south, and are exported to Southeast Asia, Western Europe, North America, Australia and other countries and regions 10. Based on the quality of "Pu" mat and mat grass, the local standard of mat grass in Jiangsu Province (DB/32T448-2002) and the local standard of mat grass cultivation technical regulations in Jiangsu Province (DB/32T××××-2001) were stipulated for the first time in China. Handmade wickerwork has also formed a scale, with more than 2,000 varieties in four series, such as fruit bowls and picnic boxes, which are exported to more than 20 countries and regions in Western Europe and North America. Puxi town 1949, Puxi town 1956, commune 1958, township 1984, and town 1993. Located in the southeast of Yizheng City, south of the Yangtze River, 0/9 km away from the urban area. 1996, with an area of 45 square kilometers and a population of 33,000, governs Tuqiao, Sanlian, Tianwei, Cangji, Caoqiao, Bianzhuang, Qinglong, Kongqiao, Liangwan, Shuangqiao, Taying, Han Yang, Puxi, Longjue, Liqiao and Tugou 16 administrative villages. In April 2000, the three administrative villages of Sanyi, Huangni and Bianhe in the former Shierwei Town merged into Puxi Town. In 2003, it administered Puxi Town Neighborhood Committee and 6 administrative villages 16, including Liqiao, Longjue, Taying, Liangwan, Xinqiao, Qinglong, Shuangqiao, Han Yang, Sanlian, Tianxu, Tuqiao, Caoqiao, Tugou, Bianhe, Huangni and Sanyi. In June 2008, Puxi Town, Yizheng City (excluding the area south of Jiangyan Village and Tuqiao Village along the high-grade highway) was placed under the custody of Yangzhou Economic Development Zone.