Where is Gurao Town, Chaoyang, Shantou?

Gurao Town is located in the northwest of Chaoyang District, Shantou City, at the southern foot of Xiaobei Mountain, at the junction of Chaoyang, Puning and Jieyang, and the provincial highway Honghe runs through the whole territory. The town covers an area of 7 1.8 square kilometers, including 24,000 mu of cultivated land and 4.6 mu of mountainous area. Administrative jurisdiction over 5 residents' committees and 2 1 villagers' committees, with a total population of132,000, is one of the key overseas Chinese hometowns in Chaoyang District. Gu Rao's township enterprises are very developed, and the knitting underwear industry is very famous.

Since the reform and opening up, the Gurao Town Committee and the town government have implemented the development strategy of "stabilizing the town through agriculture and forestry, enriching the town through industry, and rejuvenating the town through science and education" around the goal of building a modern industrial town, leading the masses to jointly build a beautiful home and achieving fruitful results.

Gu Rao Township used to be called Gu Rao. Ming Hongwu was founded in 139 1 in the 24th year. In Chiliao, the original Qingchun Chuangxiang Town was changed to Xiajia, and Xiabao Huali is now called Huaguang. From Chongzhen in Ming Dynasty to Yongzheng in Qing Dynasty, Zhang Chuangda's fifth grandson moved from Chiliao to Shangjia from the eighth generation. Prior to this, Zhang Yujiang, the second grandson, later settled in Wumenlou and Fannie and Freddie Port. After the development and reproduction of the Zhang family, Shangbaoxi appeared and gradually became known as Chiliao Township. In the Republic of China 16, A.D. 1927 changed its name to Gurao Township, which means that its crops are abundant. Xingren Township in the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the capital of Guishan in the early years of Ming and Qing Dynasties and the Republic of China, is the sixth district of Chaoyang County from 10 (192 1). 1956 was Gurao Township, 1958 established Hongfeng People's Commune, 1959 was renamed Gurao People's Commune, 1983 was changed to Gurao District, and 1986 established Gurao Town.

Geographical location: Gurao Town is located at the southern foot of Xiaobei Mountain, east longitude 1 16 24 ˊ, north latitude 23 2 1 ˊ. It is adjacent to Xiqiao Town in the east, Tongyu Town in the south, Guiyu Town in the west, Jinyu Town and Zaopu Town in the north, 26 kilometers away from Chaoyang City.

Natural environment: the terrain gradually inclines from northwest to southeast, belonging to semi-hilly and plain areas. Gurao Water originates from the southern foot of Qingpai Mountain in Xiaobeishan Jujube Shop, and flows into the middle reaches of Lianjiang River from the source to the west side of Xidongzai in Tongyu Town, with a total length of 24.438+0 km. It has a subtropical monsoon climate, with an annual average temperature of 265,438 0.4℃ and an annual average precipitation of 65,438 0.820mm..

Population Ethnic Group: The total population of Gurao Town is1320,000, of which the Han nationality accounts for 99.88% and the Zhuang, Li and Miao ethnic groups account for 0. 12%. There are 65,438+million overseas Chinese, Chinese and compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and it is one of the key hometown of overseas Chinese in Chaoyang District. Administrative organization: Gurao Town has five neighborhood committees: Shangbao, Guang Mao, Huaguang, Xinpo and Xinxing, as well as Dakeng, Messi, Xincuo, Toupu, Dongming, Dongxing, Hengshan, Gounan, Hougou, Wujiao, Guantian, Li Antang, Jingjiao, Tunnei, Xiandi, yang shen, Qian 'an and Xindi.

In recent years, the mass cultural activities in Gurao Town are active and large-scale. Especially on holidays, organize various cultural and sports activities to enliven people's cultural life. There is an amateur literary and artistic creation team in the town, which is active in literature, painting and calligraphy creation. It's called Little Red Flower at the foot of Xiaobei Mountain. Sometimes they hold large-scale literary evenings with relevant units, and sometimes the neighborhood committees hold exhibitions of paintings and calligraphy. 1995 During the Spring Festival, an exhibition of paintings and calligraphy collected by Zhang Yongli, Zhang Xiaobin and Zhang Yingping was held, among which the works were masterpieces of famous painters and painters in Ming and Qing Dynasties and contemporary times. 1May, 997, an exhibition of calligraphy and painting was held to commemorate the May 4th Movement and welcome the return of Hong Kong. A total of 68 old, middle-aged and young writers, 135 works participated in the exhibition. During the Spring Festival in 2004, an exhibition of photographs by Chen, He and Zhang Haipeng was held.

In order to promote the development of cultural undertakings, the town contacted Chaoyang Propaganda and Culture Department, organized some writers to interview relevant enterprises in the town, reported the development of township enterprises in depth, and made special reports in newspapers and periodicals to reflect the development of large and medium-sized enterprises since the reform and opening up.

In terms of literary and artistic creation, the essays and novels of amateur writers such as Lin Xiangxiong and Zhang Yiying have made their mark in Beijing, Guangzhou and Hong Kong, and they are quite famous in Chaoyang literary world in eastern Guangdong. Lin Xiangxiong has published Soul of the Ancient City and Notes on Walking in Clouds and Waters. Zhang Yiying's creation is in the ascendant. In recent years, she has published a collection of essays, such as Not Only Memories, A Fork in Life, Yesterday's Story and so on. Among them, the essay "Father and Book" won the first prize of the Bureau of Retired Veteran Cadres in the Literary and Art Newspaper and People's Daily, and also won the first prize of the amateur creation of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles in Chaoyang Cultural Bureau for many years. The cultural activities in Gurao Town can be actively carried out because it has a mass creative team. In the amateur calligraphy and painting exhibition, Zhang Yingping, Zhang Baosheng and Zhang Chuping from Shangbao, Huang Jianzhou, Zhang and Luo, and Zhang Yingshun and Zhang from Huaguang are all pioneers of Gu Rao's cultural work.

Gu Rao's folk cultural activities will continue to develop with the passage of time. Several villages (residences) in the township hold sacrificial activities every ten years. By commemorating the anti-Yuan activities of Wen Tianxiang and other subordinates in the Southern Song Dynasty, the masses are encouraged to carry forward national integrity, carry out activities to create two civilizations, and mobilize overseas Chinese at home and abroad to join in the construction of their hometown, singing and dancing. 1April 1998 and1February 1998, there were 12 units in five villages in the township, including 13 male and female English song teams, 15 Chaozhou flute and drum teams and 20 dance teams. At the same time, cultural groups from Shaanxi, Liaoning, Guangxi, Fujian and other places participated in tourism performances, which were very popular.

There are many cultural activities in Gurao Town, such as library, cable TV station and cultural activity center for respecting the elderly. Cultural rooms are generally built in villages (residences), and mass cultural activities are very active. There are 20 song and dance teams in the town, among which Dongming Ying Ge's performance at' 97 Chaoyang Song and Dance Festival was well received. The Youth English Singing Team of Shangbao Second Village participated in the '99 Chaoyang Spring Festival Cultural Parade; Huaguang Youth English Song Team and Gong and Drum Team participated in Shantou 99 Spring Festival Cultural Parade; Xianbo Junior Flute Suite Music Team won the second place in Chaoyang First Flute Suite Music Competition; In 2003, organize teachers and students of the education system to participate in cultural performances celebrating the National Day in this district; In 2003-2004, China Chess Competition was held.

Gu Rao, located at the southern foot of Xiaobeishan Mountain in Chaoyang, was under the jurisdiction of Guishan Capital during the reign of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty, with vast territory, rich resources and rich cultural accumulation. It belongs to Zhang Xun in Chiliao Township (1686- 1760) and Liu Houwu in Xianpo Township (1894-65438+). Wen Tianxiang, an anti-Yuan national hero in the Southern Song Dynasty, took advantage of the situation and fought bloody battles at the foot of Xiaobei Mountain, the capital of Guguishan Mountain, leaving many touching legends and historical sites for people to mourn, and cultural relics of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism were scattered all over the place. Among them, Guishan Academy, which was founded by Zhang Xun (Zizhen) to commemorate the Grand Marshal Cemetery at the end of the Song Dynasty, Chiduling (Imperial Palace), the former site of the Red Army revolution opened by He Long and Ye Ting at Lu 1927, and the father of patriotic overseas Chinese leaders was founded in Wuchang. In addition, there are Wu Meng, a medical fairy in the Jin Dynasty, the Temple of Zhenwen, the Temple of Guandi in Anhuaguang Township, Fusaiji in Xinliao, and Kannonji in Guang Mao. Are historical wonders of Buddhism and Taoism. What is even more amazing is that on the first day of the Spring Festival this year, CCTV grandly launched the "Meizu Temple" in Shenyang Township, Gurao Town with the theme of "Hall of Folk Art". This private ancestral hall, which covers an area of 65,438+0,500 square meters and integrates traditional folk crafts such as stone carving, wood carving and porcelain inlay, was built by Mr. Chen Meisheng, a famous rural sage in the Republic of China, with a price of 65,438+0,926,5438. It was not until Mei Sheng died in 1929 that the project was completed. It was continued by the eldest son Chen Zuwu (then the county magistrate of Puning County) and lasted for nearly ten years. It was carefully crafted by various artists with unique skills in Chaoshan in those days. More than 300 pieces of wood carvings and 200 pieces of stone carvings have been preserved, which have condensed the hard work of folk artists and left very precious artistic materials for future generations.

With the step-by-step implementation of the reform and opening-up policy, Gu Rao, who has always been diligent and has a sense of management, is driven by the joint efforts of overseas Chinese and Qi Xin and the rapid economic development. Therefore, with the enthusiastic support of entrepreneurs, people of insight have flourished, and many valuable cultural relics and historic sites have been protected, restored and expanded in time, attracting overseas villagers to return home to seek roots and friendship, and also playing an important role in improving young people's historical and cultural knowledge, strengthening patriotism education, prospering the construction of two civilizations and developing tourism.