The area is rich in mineral resources. Underground mineral deposits include gypsum, silica sand, coal and sepiolite, of which gypsum reserves are 654.38 billion tons and coal reserves are 300,000 tons. Forest resources are quite rich, with forest area of177,400 mu, standing stock of 280,000 cubic meters and forest coverage rate of 49.74%. The territory of Mengquan is really a fairyland on earth with blue sky and white clouds, green mountains and green waters, birds and flowers, and evergreen seasons. The town's agricultural economy has developed steadily, and ecological agriculture with high yield, high efficiency and high quality has begun to take shape. Agricultural industrialization such as rice, rape, cotton, flue-cured tobacco, citrus and lean-meat pig-raising has gradually taken shape, and leading industries such as grain, citrus, cotton and flue-cured tobacco have improved significantly and achieved remarkable benefits. There are 10 grain processing enterprises and10 citrus waxing factory in the town. Standardized production of citrus has been fully implemented. In Huang Qiyu Jiangjunshan Baoning Bridge, Baiyang Lake Neighborhood Committee, Meijiahe, Suojinshan, Xiajiaxiang Neighborhood Committee, Shangqili and other villages, 28,000 mu of excellent citrus bases have passed the certification of citrus export bases. There are 120 marketing staff in the town, and the annual sales volume of citrus is over 40,000 tons. There are 5 large households with more than 50 mu of citrus cultivation. In normal years, there are 8 administrative villages with per capita net income of citrus exceeding 3,000 yuan. In 2008, the total agricultural output value was 282 1.4 million yuan, and the per capita net income of farmers was 3,756 yuan.
Since 20 1 1, Shimen county agriculture bureau has carried out the activity of "planting three crops and producing four crops" according to the requirements of establishing high-yield grain in provinces and cities. The county popularized the use of 35,000 mu of super rice, and established a high-yield demonstration area of 1080 mu in Xiaqili Village, Mengquan, so that the coverage rate of super rice in this village reached 100% and the average yield reached 100%. In order to commend and popularize the advanced technology of grain production, the Agricultural Bureau of Shimen County assessed and rewarded the participating grain farmers in the county in strict accordance with the relevant requirements of the Measures for Assessment and Reward of Grain High-yield Creation in Shimen County and the requirements of independent declaration, on-site production measurement, on-site acceptance and high-yield reward. It is reported that this summary and commendation meeting is only for 25 grain farmers who have been assessed and accepted in the core demonstration area of Xiaqili Village in Mengquan Town, and the remaining 100 high-yield grain farmers and large grain farmers will be publicly commended at the county economic work conference. There are 0/6 primary and secondary schools in the town, with 228 teaching staff and 5,328 students, with a campus area of 294,042 square meters and a campus building area of 54,993 square meters. Library collection 1345 1 1. The achievements of "two basics" have been consolidated, and compulsory education has developed in a balanced way. The primary school enrollment rate, graduation rate and enrollment rate all reached 100%. Junior high school graduation rate and enrollment rate reached 98% and 100% respectively, kindergarten enrollment rate and preschool education enrollment rate reached 100%, "two subsidies and one exemption" was fully implemented, and radio and television coverage rate reached100%; There are 1 cultural station, 3 TV turntables, cable TV users 10 198, program-controlled telephone users 14580 and mobile phone users 10800. Nursing home 1, now supporting the elderly with five guarantees 4 1. There are 4 township hospitals, among which Xiajiaxiang, Baiyang Lake and Huaying Health Center have been merged into Mengquan Town Central Hospital, and Panshi Hospital has its own system, with medical staff 15 1 person, beds 140, and the basic immunization rate of children 100%. In 2008, the number of participants in the new rural cooperative medical system was 53,495 yuan, accounting for 92% of the tasks. Mengquan Town has a glorious revolutionary tradition. During the Agrarian Revolutionary War, under the leadership of the Xiangxi Special Committee and Shimen County Committee, the people of Mengquan held the "Nanxiang Uprising" that shocked the provincial wall, and created the fourth detachment of the workers and peasants revolution in Xiangxi, forming an armed separatist situation of more than 200 miles in three branches: Chang (Changde), Tao (Taoyuan) and Shi (Shimen).
Farmhouse book store
The selection of outstanding librarians in rural bookstores in the province ended a few days ago, and Xu Huiling, the librarian of Huangjinqiao Village in Mengquan Town, was on the list. In this selection activity, in strict accordance with the recommendation conditions and selection criteria stipulated in the selection documents, 270 outstanding rural bookstore administrators were selected in the whole province by means of bottom-up, door-to-door recommendation and level-by-level audit.
Since 2009, 69 farmer's bookstores have been built in Mengquan town, and the farmer's bookstores in the town are basically covered. Since Xu Huiling was selected by the village committee as the librarian of the farmer's library in Huangjinqiao Village on October 20, 2010, he has earnestly performed his duties as a librarian, strictly implemented various rules and regulations, improved the management of farmer's library, guided farmers to read well and read more books, and applied agricultural scientific and technological knowledge to production and life practice, giving full play to the role of farmer's library, which won unanimous praise from local people and superior leaders, and was recommended by the county Wenguang New Bureau as a typical recommendation to participate in 2065438+. Domestic tourism resources are very rich. Mooncherry Lake is a pearl in the northwest of Hunan. Mengquan lake has beautiful scenery, clear water, beautiful natural scenery and many places of interest, which is a tourist virgin land with great development value.
Mengquan lake, founded in 1974, is the largest medium-sized reservoir in Shimen. Beautiful scenery and bizarre legends add more mystery to her. In recent years, she has been known by more people, just like a girl who just walked out of the boudoir, full of charming temptations. According to legend, Huang Tingjian, a poet and painter in the Northern Song Dynasty, was banished to Yishan, Guangxi. He passed by and stayed in Huashan Temple. When he saw the crystal clear Longtan Spring under Huashan Temple and the pleasant scenery, he happily wrote the word "Mooncherry". The local squire admired the magic of Huang Gong's calligraphy, and later built a cultural pavilion with the word "Mengquan" on it, which was later moved to the township name.
The azaleas in Mooncherry Lake have touched the poetic meaning of countless literati, and there is a poem saying that "there are thousands of peaks in the spring of dreams, and the azaleas burn a lake". Mooncherry Lake Scenic Area is a part of Wulingyuan Scenic Area. There are South Wudang, Jiugong Chaiquan Village, the famous Mooncherry Stone Tablet, the famous Taoist Temple Mount, Guruixian sarcophagus, Chixia Cave, Feilaixiu, Lazy Nest and Xianquan in the area. Wu Sangui, the king of the day, left his footprints here, which was also driven by Yan Zhenheng, a talented scholar in Qing Dynasty. Yan Zhenheng was born on the eighth day of July in the 26th year of Qing Daoguang (1846). Born in Mengquan Town (formerly Xiajiaxiang), his real name was Xiurong, and he devoted himself to the establishment of Beiyue Bookstore in his later years. He was born in a poor family, lost his father at the age of 8 and was raised by his grandmother. He can't study, but he is very talented and studies very hard. Yan Zhenheng 17 years old took part in the county examination (1863) and was admitted as a scholar with the first place. But he lived up to his reputation, studied the essence of a hundred schools, and left a compulsory subject in the imperial examination.
Yan Zhenheng wrote three books, including 200 volumes of 2.2 million words of Swimming of Thai Mixed-race, Travel Diary and General Examination of Liudian. The first two books were written after visiting He Ruilin in Sanyuan, Shaanxi, and enjoying the beautiful scenery of mountains and rivers and the remains of emperors in previous dynasties. The academic research advocated by He is very consistent with Yan Zhenqing's academic purpose. However, when Yan Zhenheng went to visit, he just went out and the two did not meet.
Liu Dian Tong Kao is a well-known book compiled by Yan Zai 12 years later. The imperial court included this book in "Four Treasures of the Study", and the imperial court appointed him as a imperial academy academic title and academic celebrity for many times. He decided not to leave his post and died on July 8th, 19 10. Mengquan not only has charming scenery, but also has an ancient battlefield of Ming and Qing dynasties that has survived to this day. The ancient battlefield is located in Mengquanshan village, belonging to Wuling Mountain range, and can be connected with Cili, which entered Xiangxi and Hubei. The land is fertile, and water from one of the eight major river systems in Shimen County flows into Lishui through it. There are gurgling springs, towering trees and grotesque caves in the cottage. 1645, Wu Sangui and Li Zicheng fought a battle here and stayed there for some time. Since Wu Chu's time, it has been a battleground for military strategists. Wu Sangui believes that as long as we control Jiangnan and hold this fortress which is easy to defend but difficult to attack, we can have the strength to survive. There are many strange peaks in the ancient battlefield, including Sanshuyu, Mayanbu, Yunnan Village, Pengjiaoyan, Wugong Cave, Jiangjun Mountain and Happy Valley. Sanguiyu is an important military passage for Wu Sangui army. Wu Sangui led the troops stationed in Yunnan Village, with thousands of troops tied to Sanguiyu. This department is said to be owned by Wu Sangui from Yan Ma.
Yunnan Village is the first pass at the eastern end of Wulei Mountain. Named after Wu Sangui sealed Yunnan. The cottage is like a knife on all sides, very steep. There is a natural stone house with three floors. To go up along the plank road, you must go up two stone ladders. According to research, some people did live here. It is condescending here, and the road to the cottage can be described as "one person defends it, and ten thousand people can't force it", which has the advantage of long-term garrison. On the stone wall on the second floor, I also saw an inscription: "Masonry Luo", which shows that masons had been to Lizhou in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. Around 1678, Wu Sangui was separated from the Qing Dynasty for several years, and the military situation was tense, which also strengthened the construction of Yaozhai.