Xihu Village is located in the northwest of the township, on the south bank of the middle reaches of Longjiang River, 3. 1 km away from the township. It consists of three natural villages: West Railway Station, Huang Xi and Jipu, and the village site is located in Huang Xi Village. The village has a population of 5733. The land area is 4.2 square kilometers, and the cultivated land area is 7 13 mu, including 276 mu of paddy field, 437 mu of dry land and 2878 mu of mountainous area. It mainly grows rice, vegetables, litchi and longan. Now the fruit planting area is more than 600 mu. The village is backed by a lion-shaped hill and faces the lake, so it was named Lion Lake. For the convenience of writing, it was changed to West Lake. During the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, 14 10, the ancestors of the Huang family came to live here from Qianhu Village in Zhoutian. The whole village is surnamed Huang, so it is called Xihu Huang. In the fifteenth year of the Ming Dynasty, 15 15, the villager Huang was named assistant minister of Nanjing by the emperor and was taught by Prince Zhu Houxi. In the fourth year of the Ming Dynasty, 15 10, the Zhan family moved from Raoping. The whole village was surnamed Zhan, so it was called Xihu Zhan. Huang Xi, West Railway Station and Jeep are all old revolutionary areas. On 1947, villagers Zhan Bolu, Zhan, Zhan and others joined the Chaoshan People's Resistance Team. 1948 65438+ 10. In October, Zhan Bolu (martyr) was captured by the enemy in the process of carrying out his mission and persevered, and was killed at the intersection of Jiaobian Village. In the same year, the village underground armed forces were established. 1September, 948, the three villages successively established the village government, the peasant association and the militia. West Station Village elected Zhan Dechuan as the village head, Zhan Xiuqi as the chairman of the peasant association and Zhan Yiqiang as the captain of the militia. Huang Xi Village was elected as the village head, Huang as the chairman of the peasant association and the captain of the militia; Jipu Village elected Chen Wu as the village head and chairman of the peasant association, and Chen Shun as the militia leader. Three village soldiers ***55. There are tourist attractions in the village, such as Helongge, Shixian Mountain (Zhan Ken, an imperial envoy of the Hanlin Academy in the second year of Qing Qianlong, came to write this poem stone wall, which was demolished when the gate near the mountain was built on 1970 and rebuilt on 1984), Pushantang and so on, and there are ancient and modern celebrity stone carvings, horizontal plaques and couplets. There are two schools in the village, Xihu Primary School and Huangxi Primary School, with staff 19. There are 74 1 student in the village. Program-controlled telephones and cable TV have been installed and popularized in the village, and the transformation of the power grid has been completed, making communication and electricity use convenient. The village looks good, showing a peaceful and stable social atmosphere. 1998, the village was rated as a safe and civilized community by Huilai County Comprehensive Management Committee. The village has a superior geographical position, rich resources and good investment prospects. There is a small Dakeng Reservoir in the east of the village, and there is a Bangshan Hydropower and Water Conservancy Management Office in Huilai County behind the village, with an annual power generation of 2.7 million kilovolts, which can meet the needs of production and development in this area. On the top of Hongshan Mountain in front of the village, there is a 35 kV Tangtian substation and a Hongshan LPG storage. Kwai Wo, a provincial highway, passes through the village, and Aojiang Road and Dongpu Road are also connected with Kwai Wo Highway in front of the village. Village Sugar Factory Road is connected to Bangshan Bridge Gate, and is connected to provincial Kwai Wo Highway and Longqing Highway respectively. The entrance and exit of Shenzhen-Shantou Expressway is in front of the village. The village has been designated as a foreign economic zone by the town planning, and it is an ideal place for investors to invest and operate, and now it has begun to take shape. There is a sugar factory in Huilai County, which was founded in 197 1. Zhuhai Hong Xin Co., Ltd. has set up a food factory in Shushu, with an annual output value of 654.38+200,000 yuan, mainly processing agricultural products. Its drummer series products have won national patents and are unique in the food industry. It is sold in supermarkets such as Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Shantou, and has a sales counter at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport. The products are exported to the top five in Hunan. The factory is brave in scientific and technological innovation, developing products based on green food, such as radish, which has a bright market prospect.
2065438+On September 24th, 2009, Xihu Village was included in the list of "Democracy and Rule of Law Demonstration Village (Community)" in Guangdong Province in 2065438+2008.
Near West Lake Village, there are tourist attractions such as Huilai Xilai Temple, Shikeng Courtyard, Dananshan Eight-country Style Garden, Huilai Seaside Resort and Golden Bay Botanical Garden. , as well as Huilai litchi, Jinghai abalone, Jinghai bean jar, Longjiang mustard tuber, oil sauce and other specialties.