The history and culture of Longfeng Ancient Town

(1) Origin of Dragon and Phoenix

According to ancient historical legends, the predecessor of Dragon and Phoenix Farm was Golden Horse Farm. During the Ming Dynasty, a fire burned down the entire street of Jinma Chang. After the fire, ancient geographers and civilians said that in terms of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, gold is fire and horses are about to move, so this field must be Build to an open space in the southeast. According to the terrain, it looks like a dragon, and looking east, there is a phoenix terrain. The dragon's head faces north, so the town built a street like a dragon and named it Longfengchang. The dragon's head faces north, towards the old power plant's power building. Two ancient large saponaria trees are born on the dragon's head. The dragon's horns point to the sky. The dragon's body extends from the highest monument on South Street to Jiulingang in the north. The nine mountains form the dragon's body and its tail. The topographic center of Phoenix Body is the Xiaobaita Power Plant, the historical center of Laoguanshan. Fenghuang faces the Fujiang River in the east. There is an ancient yellow horn tree under Fenghuang's head, and there are 7-8 ancient stone caves, each of which is 10-20 square meters. The water of Fenghuang Spring flows continuously throughout the year, even in drought. The flow is endless and breathtaking.

(2) Guanyin Culture

According to legend, in ancient times, there was a Beijue Kingdom in the Fujiang River Basin of Suining, Sichuan, and its king was named Miaozhuang King. Queen Boya gave birth to three princesses, Miaoqing, Miaoyin and Miaoshan. According to legend, Miaoshan was born in the place where Longfengchang is located. When he was born, the sky was full of music, the sun was shining brightly, and the house was full of fragrance. Miaoshan often played in Longfengchang when he was a child. Local people often use dragons and phoenixes to praise wonderful things, that is, wonderful things are phoenixes, and their birthplaces are dragons. The three sisters of Guanyin Bodhisattva eat from the same pot and practice each other. The eldest sister, Miaoqing, practices in Lingquan Temple, the second sister, Miaoyin, practices in Guangde Temple, and the third sister, Miaoshan, practices far away, in Putuo Mountain in the South China Sea.

(3) Ancient Shopping Town Culture

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was an important trading town and has a certain amount of historical accumulation as an ancient shopping town. It has built three palaces and two temples in the Ming and Qing dynasty sculpture architectural styles, ancient pagodas, small white pagodas, Fujiang River Wharf and other buildings. It is an ancient town with developed transportation, business exchanges from all over the world, Buddhist exchanges, and a prosperous economy.

(4) Folk culture

On the Dragon Boat Festival (Duanyang Festival), the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, every family hangs mugwort and calamus on the door and eats rice dumplings, steamed buns, preserved eggs, Salt eggs and drink realgar wine. The Rice Boat Gang holds an annual dragon boat race at Longfengchang. They throw ducks into the middle of the river. The racers on the dragon boats jump into the water and compete for them. The winner gets a prize. It is grand in scale, lively in scene and deeply loved by the masses. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the custom of eating rice dumplings, steamed buns, preserved eggs, and salt eggs was still retained; some families still hung mugwort and cattails; dragon boat races were occasionally held, and sometimes they were changed to swimming competitions. Chuanshan District is the "Hometown of Dragon Dance". Chuanshan Dragon Dance originated in the Qing Dynasty and spread in Chuanshan District of Suining and surrounding cities and counties. It incorporates elements of folk music, ethnic dance and drama. It has rich forms of expression and is unique, with the characteristics of Nanlong (peach dragon, bench dragon). , the characteristics of Beishi (lion dance), Dongchuan (land boat), and Xigu (waist drum, big drum). Every year at various large-scale celebrations in the city, people always beat the big drums of joy, dance with colorful dragons flying in the sky, and paddle auspicious land boats, dancing with peace and joy, which is deeply loved by the masses. In 2000, the Ministry of Culture awarded Chuanshan District the title of "Hometown of Chinese Dragon Dance".

(5) Great Leap Forward Culture

In 1958, Suining established 56 people’s communes in accordance with the resolution of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on the establishment of people’s communes in rural areas. Longfeng People's Commune was established in Longfeng Township. During the Great Leap Forward, it was renamed the Yuejin People's Commune, built the Longfeng Hydropower Station with typical Soviet architectural style, learned the Soviet Union's advanced hydropower station technology and methods, and wrote and posted slogans in Longfengchang Town. To this day, the Longfeng Ancient Town Tourist Area still retains the houses with the slogan "Serve the People" and the Longfeng Hydropower Station in the Soviet-style architectural style.

IV. Social and Economic Environment

(1) Historical Evolution Chuanshan District in Suining City has a long history of more than 1,600 years. During the Xia and Shang Dynasties, Chuanshan District was under the jurisdiction of Liangzhou. Since the Ming Dynasty, Suining was reduced to a county, and Chuanshan District was successively under the jurisdiction of Tongchuan Prefecture (now Santai County) and Jialing. Dao (now Nanchong City); in February 1985, with the approval of the State Council, Suining was removed from the county and established as a provincial city, with jurisdiction over Shizhong District (formerly Suining County), Pengxi County and Shehong County; December 18, 2003 , the State Council approved the adjustment of some administrative divisions of Suining City: the Shizhong District of Suining City was abolished, and Chuanshan District and Anju District of Suining City were established in the original administrative area of ??Shizhong District. In 1950, Nanqiang Town was divided into districts, named Nanqiang District. In 1967, it was renamed Dongfanghong District, and in 1980 it was renamed Nanqiang District.

In the Qing Dynasty, Longfeng Farm was established, and during the Republic of China, Longfeng Township was established. Because the township was located on a mountain ridge, the mountain was abrupt (like a phoenix), and the Fujiang River (meaning a dragon) passed around the northeast of the farm, like a dragon and a phoenix playing with each other, so it was named Longfeng Township. At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, it was still the old system. In 1958, Longfeng People's Commune was established. In 1966, it was renamed Yuejin People's Commune, and in 1980, it was renamed Longfeng People's Commune. In 1984, the name of Longfeng Township was restored.

(2) Population and Ethnicity

Longfeng Village has jurisdiction over 10 villager groups, with a total number of 877 households and a total population of 2,470 people. Among them, there are 837 agricultural households and 2,065 agricultural people, accounting for 84% of the total population of the village. The total rural labor force is 1,073, accounting for 52% of the agricultural population. The wealthy labor force is 420, accounting for 39% of the total labor force. The entire village has been exported. The labor force is 302 people, and 260 people work outside seasonal areas. The non-agricultural population is 405, accounting for 16% of the total population.

In addition to the Han nationality, Suining City also has 44 ethnic minority groups including the Hui, Tibetan, Mongolian, Miao, Yi, Zhuang, Qiang, Uyghur, and Gaoshan nationalities, with a population of nearly 19,000, accounting for the city’s total population. 0.5% of the population. Among them, the minority population in Longfeng Village is only 3, accounting for 1.2‰ of the total population of the village.