Matang Town in Matang

Matang Town is located 4 kilometers north of Nantong, in the hinterland of Rudong County, 14 kilometers adjacent to the county seat, with a total area of 14 square kilometers and a permanent population of 9,. It has jurisdiction over 26 administrative villages and 7 neighborhood committees.

matang town is a civilized ancient town with a long history. During the Three Kingdoms and the Jin Dynasty, it became a land, which has a history of thousands of years. In the mid-2th century, I don't know whether it was heaven's wish or wonderful workmanship. For example, the three man-made canals of Taihe, Jiuweigang and Mafenghe magically divided the ancient Matang town into triangles. As far as the eye can see, the town surrounded by water is like an oasis in the vast sea. Since then, Matang has been known as the nickname of the island town.

Matang Town is an old revolutionary area with glorious tradition, and Wu Yalu, a pioneer of proletarian revolution, planted the revolutionary fire on this land. Hundreds of heroic sons and daughters, such as revolutionary martyrs Bai Tongben and Wu Yasu, shed their youthful blood on this land; Wang Yingchao and Ye Xuchao, the revolutionary ancestors, created a democratic anti-Japanese county government on this land.

Matang Town has unique geographical conditions and location advantages. It is only 4 minutes away from Nantong Port and 3 minutes away from Xingdong Airport. The Su 334 line runs through the east-west and Tongfeng highways in the center of the town. For example, the Tai Canal and Jiuwei Port, which draws water from the south, pass through the town. With the completion of Sutong Bridge, Lianyantong Expressway, Coastal Expressway and Xinchang Railway, Matang will be integrated into the Shanghai economic circle and be integrated with the north and south of the Yangtze River.

matang town is an important industrial town. Jiangsu South Yellow Sea Industrial Co., Ltd., Jiangsu Xinxiang Co., Ltd., Jiangsu Kuaida Agrochemical Co., Ltd., Nantong Dongchang Chemical Co., Ltd., Nantong Dali Chemical Equipment Co., Ltd. and other large and medium-sized enterprises have taken root in Matang, while emerging enterprises such as Nantong Jianmin Silk Group and Nantong Chunhua Silk Co., Ltd. have flourished and gradually formed four pillar industries of textile, clothing, chemical industry and machinery.

matang town is a big agricultural town. Jingfeng brand lean-meat commercial pig is named as high-quality meat by the state, and Yuqi brand pollution-free rice is unique in Jiangsu, with a scale of 1, mu of mulberry field and 1, mu of special crops demonstration park.

Matang Town Industrial Park covers an area of 2,286 mu, and is located on Su 334 Line and Rutai River, with very convenient land and water transportation. The industrial park has high starting point planning, high standard construction, high-efficiency service, perfect infrastructure, complete functional support, various preferential policies, unlimited business opportunities and charm.

Matang has outstanding people. The key schools of the provincial government, Matang Middle School and Matang Primary School, have nurtured a large number of students, which are well-known. Two substations, three water supply companies, five markets and seven financial banks have provided a strong guarantee for production, life and development. Matang is an old revolutionary base area with a glorious tradition.

Wu Yalu, the pioneer of proletarian revolution and the first party member in Nantong, planted the revolutionary flame here as early as 1922.

hundreds of heroic sons and daughters, such as revolutionary martyrs Wu Yasu and Bai Tongben, shed their youthful blood on this land.

Wang Yingchao and Ye Xuchao, revolutionary ancestors, established the first Party organization in the county here and created the democratic anti-Japanese county government.

Ji Pengfei, Su Yu and Tao Yong, proletarian revolutionaries of the older generation, once fought on this land and wrote a shocking epic of burning bamboo fences.

there are many talented people in Matang, and there are many talented people in various fields.

Wu Heng, a juren in the late Qing Dynasty, was an enlightened person with talent and backbone. He is good at poetry, calligraphy and painting, especially ink and plum blossom. In 1927, he became the administrative director of Matang. He hated the reactionary forces. Not only did he put his two sons (Wu Yalu and Wu Yasu) on the revolutionary road, but he also stood up against unhealthy practices, fought corruption and ruled the country. Often use wine to curse the world and curse people, and die of resentment. Before he died, he also sang: The present situation is such that there is no home for disaster. Don't throw your head lightly, but dye the plum blossom with blood and tears.

Famous figures in the late Qing Dynasty, such as Deng Feixia, Zhu Yalu, Liu Nian Zan and Taoist Zhu Jingbo, were good at calligraphy, especially Deng Feixia, who was praised as one of the seven largest calligraphers in China at that time.

after the revolution of 1911, some famous artists appeared one after another. Deng Huainong, a Chinese painter, is good at flowers, and his works were included in the Selected Works of Hong Kong Painting and Calligraphy in his early years. Later, Deng Meisheng, a young painter, was famous for his flower-and-bird paintings both inside and outside the province. Zhou Xiaozhai and Zhou Zong Jian, famous Chinese medicine practitioners who lived in Jinling and Chongchuan in their early years, wrote many books on Chinese medicine, which made them famous in the medical field.

Qian Jingren was engaged in propaganda work after he joined the revolution in 1938. After liberation, he served as the deputy director of the Propaganda Department of jiangsu provincial party committee. He filled in the folk song "Rooted Lu Chai Hua" which sang across the country.

Mr. Wang Dongling, director of the National Calligraphers Association and a famous contemporary middle-aged calligrapher, sucked the nutrition of knowledge in Matang during his childhood.

The former residence of Olympic champion and swimmer Lin Li is located in the old slate street in Matang. The lonely boat gradually took off the Huaihe River, and the stars were in the sky and the moon was pregnant; It's a clear night to live in the ends of the earth, and the end of the road is the end of the world. This is the eternal quatrain left by Wen Tianxiang, a national hero and patriotic poet in the Southern Song Dynasty, when he crossed Hainan and returned to Matang.

Matang, which became a land in the Three Kingdoms and Jin Dynasties, was gradually settled by immigrants, and became a coastal village in the Tang Dynasty, named Guobu Village. Hard-working, brave and wise ancestors of Matang built weirs here from generation to generation to ward off the tide, bask in brine and fry salt, build temples and build palaces, and open up wasteland, so that it gradually formed a market, which was formally established in the Southern Song Dynasty. Since then, merchants have become increasingly active and the market has become increasingly prosperous. It has been a thousand years since the passage of time.

The old Matang architecture is quite distinctive. In addition to the Great Sage Temple supervised by Wei Chibaolin in the early Tang Dynasty, there are records of thirteen and a half temples, including the Town God Temple and the Guandi Temple. There are beautiful scenery in the town, such as Bixia Mountain, Wanxiang Garden, Sleeping Gull Building, etc., forming ten landscapes, such as golden halogen reflecting snow, Bixia sunset, Sleeping Gull secluded scenery, fishing in Jizhu, and herding horses in a group of fields. There are beautiful talks between Suzhou and Hangzhou and Matang.

Renhe Bridge, located on the Chuanchang River, was built in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, and it is a distinctive arched stone bridge. Zhang Xu is wide, the bridge body is higher than the roof of the bungalow, the bridge deck is paved with 2 stone steps, there is a one-foot wide unicycle lane in the middle, and the bridge fence is inlaid with 8 stone lions, which is lifelike, just like a large-scale handicraft with exquisite carving, and is known as the first bridge in Huainan.