Xilu Town is a town in Chaoyang District, Shantou City, Guangdong Province. It is located on the west bank of the lower reaches of the Rong River, surrounded by mountains and the sea, with fertile land. It has always been the "land of plenty" in the Chaoshan Plain.

The regional area is more than 109 square kilometers, with a population of 155,000 in 2008.

Chaojie Highway and Guguan Highway pass through the border.

It governs Xiyi, Xier, Zhulin, Bomei, Haitian, Houpu, Wushi, Dongfeng, Xifeng, Nanfeng, Quantang, Pitou, Dongchao, Zhuling, Yangwen, There are 28 village committees in Dianhou, Xingping, Qingshan, Puwei, Longliao, Xiliao, Neichu, Longxi, Lixi, Jianshan, Waichang, Yanqian and Wuyan.

The town has Chaoyang Architecture Secondary Vocational School.

Scenic spots include Wuyan Meifeng Temple, Wushuiqiao, Bomei Ancient Snow Rock, and Zhuling Lotus Garden.

On July 28, 1969, it was hit by a powerful typhoon that was rare in history.

Xilu Town, Chaoyang District, is known as the "Hometown of Construction". In 2008, the town had a population of more than 150,000 and nearly 1,500 construction engineering teams spread across the country. The people's capital and strength are very strong.

Xilu - the Hometown of Architecture

Xilu Town, Chaoyang District is known as the "Hometown of Architecture". The town has a population of more than 100,000 and has construction engineering teams from all over the country. 1,000 pieces, the public capital and power are very strong.

So even if someone mentions the name "Xilu" now, the most impressive thing is the "construction team"!!!

Xilu - the hometown of stories

According to historical records, Xilu Village was founded during the Jianyan Period of the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1130 AD). It has a history of more than 800 years. The long history has given birth to a splendid and colorful regional culture, and the "Iron-faced Inspector" was born here. , "The Beacon on Tiger Mountain", "Su Liu Niang", "Blue Blood Money Pit", "Yang Jiansheng" and many other exciting stories have been compiled into Chaozhou operas and dramas and are widely circulated in Chaoshan and Southeast Asia. The ancient town of Xilu is also It is known as the "Hometown of Stories".

Xilu - the remaining ancient buildings

The touching story makes Xilu, an ancient border town, famous far and wide. There are a number of ancient buildings, ancient poems and ancient tombs related to the story. It also adds splendor to the ancient town of Xilu.

Among them, the well-preserved ones include Meifeng Temple and Wushuiqiao built in the Tang Dynasty, Changmeiyan Temple built in the Song Dynasty, Ancient Xueyan Temple built in the Yuan Dynasty, and Huangshan Temple built in the Ming Dynasty. These ancient buildings include stone carvings, wood carvings, porcelain inlays, clay sculptures and other folk crafts, reflecting the unique architectural styles of different dynasties.

Various ancient buildings have also left behind a number of ancient poems and essays by celebrities and scholars from past dynasties. Among them, Chen Muyin, a poet from the Yuan Dynasty, wrote a poem "Inscribed on Fengshan Ancient Village". The mountains and rocks circle the Yang River.

Where is the heroic battle fort now? There is a monk's family deep in the rock.

The spiritual roots are not secret for thousands of years, and only one peach tree flower is left. "There is an ancient forest with more than a thousand ancient trees that are more than a hundred years old, some of which were planted in Jianyan of the Song Dynasty. The locust trees planted in the 1960s, the plum trees planted in the Yuan Dynasty, and the iron trees planted in the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty are all in various shapes.

There are well-preserved tombs of Huang Dan, a famous Confucian and Chaozhou magistrate in the Song Dynasty, and the tomb of Chen Daqi, a censor and scholar in the Ming Dynasty.

These ancient buildings, ancient poems, ancient trees, and ancient tombs give the legendary story of Xilu Ancient Town a magical color, showing the profound cultural heritage and humanistic landscape.

Xilu-local specialties

Xilu’s local specialties are also famous all over the world, and the most famous one is Xilu’s black bayberry.

Bayberry is an evergreen tree fruit tree of the Myricaceae family.

Its rare variety Wusuhe has a history of more than 60 years. According to legend, in the late Qing Dynasty, Zheng Zheng, a farmer from the village of Neixian (transliteration of Chaoshan, the original word is an upper, middle and lower structure, composed of "mountain cart") Dongzhu wild bayberry single plant is selected and propagated by grafting.

Wusu-core bayberry is a late-maturing species with high yield, high quality, good luck, and suitable for export. The fruit size is more than 60 pieces per kilogram. The fruit is deep purple-red, with a small and crisp core, and thick and crisp flesh. , juicy and sweet.

The edible part accounts for more than 90%, and the soluble factors are about 13%. Each 100g of pulp contains 12-15g of sugar, 0.5-1.8g of organic acid, and also contains iron, vitamin C, and tannic acid. etc. The nuts contain 40% oil and are suitable for fresh eating.

Black bayberry has wide adaptability. It blooms after the awakening of insects and is harvested after the awns are planted. The maturity period is consistent. It has strong moisture tolerance during the mature period and will not cause a large number of fruit drops in rainy conditions. However, it is afraid of severe cold, rain and fog during the flowering period, so it needs to be There is too much fertilizer, the yield is unstable and the life span is short.

In the long-term production practice of the fruit farmers in the Xilu Mountain area, the bayberry is cultivated according to its growth and development characteristics and requirements for environmental conditions; three years after planting, it is selected on a sunny day before and after the Waking of Insects with no northeast wind. Grafting; strengthen post-grafting cultivation management, do a good job in water and soil conservation, increase the application of potassium fertilizer and other scientific fertilizer methods, precise soil management, and timely prevention and control of pests and diseases and other technical measures to achieve a bumper harvest.

Xilu fruit farmers have mastered the feasible technology of cultivating bayberry and accumulated rich cultivation experience.

Agricultural scientists have also developed methods to use "Paclobutrazol" to promote flowering, "No. 5 flower thinning agent" to thin flowers and biological preservatives to keep them fresh, to overcome the problem of large and small fruiting in bayberry production, and the problem of many flowers and small fruits. And the difficulty of storage and transportation provides favorable conditions for vigorously developing the export of black bayberry, a specialty of the famous city, to earn foreign exchange.

Some people once wanted to move this big, black and crisp bayberry to other places for cultivation, but all failed, because only the mountains in Xilu can grow such delicious bayberry!

Xilu’s sweet potatoes are also very famous. According to statistics, there are more than ten different varieties of sweet potatoes with different flavors, including sweet, fragrant, both sweet and fragrant, both fragrant and sweet. It will make you drool just by looking at it! The most famous varieties are: "Longyan", "Pujiu", "Chaoqi" and so on.

The people of Xilu are also very hospitable. If you are lucky enough to come to Xilu, you will definitely receive the warm hospitality of the people of Chaoyang Xilu. Needless to say, at least there will be fragrant sweet potatoes for you to taste. ! !