Curved ancient salt road, quiet slate street. It took two thousand years to build a county and seven hundred years to build a town. Everything is beautiful, and the salt Dan spectrum is a glorious history; Outstanding people, the valley sings immortal articles. The three rivers meet, smell the sound of the sunset flute, and the rice fragrance on both sides; Traffic extending in all directions, there are bridges and running water, and things are scattered everywhere. The dragon boat is stormy, and thousands of people raise huge waves together; Lions dance in the alley, and thousands of palace lanterns burn all night. Gu Jing's old house, Qin brick and Han tile, is full of brilliance; Old alleys are old streets, so new ones are brewed and new ones are cooked. Bayu has an ancient town and a phoenix inhabits Yushan Mountain.
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Historical origin
Tracing back to the source, 5000 years ago, local ordinary people (Miao ancestors) discovered one of the two natural salt springs that flowed out of the surface in southwest China at that time-Yushan Funiu Mountain Salt Spring, and took water to get salt, which started the 5000-year stormy course of Yushan (Ren Naiqiang's New Exploration of Sichuan Ancient History). From Xia and Shang Dynasties to the Spring and Autumn Period, it was an important economic lifeline of Pakistan. During the Warring States period, because of its important strategic position, Yushan was captured by many heroes and plundered by Chu and Qin successively. In the first year of Jianyuan in the Western Han Dynasty (BC 140), Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty established Fuling County to administer Yushan (the following administrative agencies were all located in Yushan Town); Fuling County was established in the first year of Zhangwu (AD 22 1). In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Baoding Emperor of the Northern Zhou Dynasty established Fengzhou in four years (AD 564) and changed it to Ganzhou ten years later; In the 13th year of Emperor Wendi (AD 593), Pengshui County was established. The first year of Tang Gaozu Wude (AD 6 18) was located in Guizhou; In the twenty-first year of Xuanzong Kaiyuan (AD 733), Guizhou Middle Road was established, which was one of the fifteen roads in the Tang Dynasty and ruled fifty states. In the first year of Jiading in Song Dynasty (AD 1228), Yushan Town was built because of "white jade flowing from salt springs". In the first year of Jingtai in the Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1450), it was renamed Yushan Town because of taboo (Dai Zong acceded to the throne); In the 12th year of Yongzheng in Qing Dynasty (A.D. 1734), Peng Qianjun Government Hall was established, which governed Youyang, Xiushan, Qianjiang and Pengshui counties. To sum up, the development and utilization of Yushan salt industry has a history of over 5,000 years. From the first year of Jianyuan in the Western Han Dynasty (BC 140) when Emperor Wudi established Fuling County to the 21st year of Xuanzong Kaiyuan (AD 733), Yushan was the seat of county, county, state (equivalent to local and administrative institutions) and Tao (equivalent to provincial and administrative institutions) for nearly a thousand years.
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accretion of culture
Yushan is prosperous because of salt, and the development history of salt industry for more than 5,000 years has given birth to rich and colorful Yushan culture. "Cooking salt, collecting Dan, gathering population, developing local industries and dredging waterway traffic are the cultural characteristics of Yushan area" (Ren Naiqiang's New Exploration of the History of Ancient Shu). In the long historical process, the local people have created a regional culture with strong local characteristics in the process of conquering and transforming nature. After thousands of years of fusion and refining, it has been deeply solidified in all fields of production and life of people of all ethnic groups in the vast area centered on Yushan, and a series of cultural categories such as yan dan culture, urban culture, catering culture, architectural culture and folk culture have been derived.
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Yan dan culture
The long history of the development of salt pills has gradually formed a set of unique techniques and alchemy skills, such as the excavation and protection of salt wells, the collection and refining of brine, the concentration and boiling of brine, the packaging and transportation of salt, the manufacturing technology of salt pill making tools, and the research on the health care function of salt springs. At the same time, it also left many relics and beautiful legends related to salt pills. The development of salt industry has promoted the local economic development and social progress, promoted the rise of other industries, especially commerce, coal, transportation, catering, manufacturing, construction and other industries, and also promoted the rise and development of towns, resulting in various cultures.
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Urban culture
As a historical ancient town, under the special atmosphere of being a regional administrative and economic center for a long time, Yushan has become a unique urban culture under the impetus of literati in previous dynasties (Huang Tingjian was exiled to Yushan in Song Dynasty) and enlightened government affairs (He Long was stationed in Yushan in the Republic of China). In the art of rap, there are some new art forms, such as sitting and singing in Sichuan Opera (called "drum-encircling" locally) and storytelling in the courtyard (called "storytelling" locally). In terms of literature and art, because Huang Tingjian once lived here, he left many famous works, especially the famous sentence "Mo Yan is far away from the gate of hell, and all men are brothers" in Zhi Zhu Ci by Yushan (then called Ganzhou). The Donkey of Guizhou written by Liu Zongyuan, a literary master in the Tang Dynasty, is well known to all women and children. Under the influence of masters, local documents are particularly popular, and there are many writers and lecturers in past dynasties. After liberation, local literature, calligraphy, fine arts, photography and other works of art won many awards in national, provincial and municipal competitions, and many artists of literature, art and calligraphy were born. In terms of mass sports activities, there are sports events with strong mass participation, such as dragon boat race (awarded the title of provincial and prefecture-level dragon boat town), Lantern Festival and lion dance. At the same time, waist drum teams and dragon and lion dance teams have been set up in various communities to organize various cultural and sports activities on a regular basis. The enthusiasm of the masses to participate in sports activities is high, and it has become a famous hometown of sports and culture.
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food culture
Towns that have been in the center of the region for a long time, under the impetus of salt industry, urban commerce, especially catering industry, has developed rapidly, forming a unique catering culture with the production of a large number of characteristic foods as the main content. Yushan, produced in Jiaqing period of Qing Dynasty, was crispy, soft and waxy, but not greasy. It was once a royal tribute. Yushan crystal powder, produced during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, is crystal clear, smooth and refreshing, and is famous in the north and south; Chicken tofu pudding, three spices powder, paper, glutinous rice Bazin and other local cuisines are well-known and favored by local people and past merchants.
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Architectural culture
With the strong support of the salt industry economy, a large area centered on Yushan has produced a representative national architectural style. The quadrangle of Zouma Jiaolou, the Tujia courtyard with high walls, the Miao house of Diaojiao Building, the wooden tile house with high stone street on the embankment, the carved window lattice, the foundation of stone pillars, the ancient wells in the garden, funny patterns, the ingenious eaves, arches and the breath of Ming and Qing Dynasties all came to my face.
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folk culture
For a long time, many ethnic groups have lived together, influenced each other and merged with each other, creating their own unique folk culture. The folk dances represented by Tujia people's "waving dance" and Miao people's "flower picking mountain", Miao folk songs and Tuzhai folk songs that have been circulated for thousands of years, distinctive Miao and Tujia costumes, wedding, birthday celebrations, funeral ceremonies, and the production of rice, oil and salt constitute a typical Yushan folk culture.
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traffic
Yushan Town is located in the northeast corner of Pengshui County, adjacent to Qianjiang District and Shizhu County, 47 kilometers away from Pengshui County. National Highway 3 19 and Yushan River pass through the city, and New Huai Yu Railway and Secondary Highway run through the whole territory, with convenient transportation.
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Cultural relics site
At present, there are nearly 10 cultural relics protection units at all levels, among which Huang Tingjian's Guan Yi Tomb, Prince Li Chenggan's Tomb, He Long Dezheng Monument and Ancient Salt Wells are very precious. At the same time, Han brick tombs, stone inscriptions and old buildings abound.
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Natural scenery
Since ancient times, the water and soil in Yushan have nurtured the people of Yushan who love and admire nature, and formed a simple folk custom of living in harmony with nature. The countryside is full of leisurely and quiet pastoral scenery, the setting sun flutters, birds sing and smoke from the kitchen, while the town presents a small town style with ancient banyan trees, small bridges and flowing water, and children swimming home. At the same time, the three distinctive rivers in Yushan have formed the Yushan wind belt with beautiful mountains and strange caves and rocks, and become a bright pearl in Wujiang Gallery.
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economic potential
Yushan Town has been a regional economic center for a long time in history, and it was the largest economic town in the county in the early 1980s. However, with the adjustment of the national macroeconomic structure and the restructuring of state-owned enterprises, Yushan economy, which is dominated by traditional industries, was once weakened. However, Yushan is rich in natural resources, human resources, beautiful ecological resources and obvious development potential.
Under the leadership of Pengshui County Committee 0, Yushan Town put forward the development slogan of "building tourism and reviving the style of the ancient town", and formulated the current and future working ideas according to the requirements of Scientific Outlook on Development. At present, we are making preparations to lay a solid foundation for the new round of development peak of the ancient town. We believe that the ancient town will have a better tomorrow! .
2065438+July 3, 20031day, the Ministry of Agriculture recognized Yushan Town as the third batch of demonstration towns with one village and one product in China.