Youyang Town is located in the northeast of Xianyou County, Putian City, Fujian Province, where Xianyong Highway and Xianpu Highway intersect. It has jurisdiction over 17 administrative villages.
[Evolution] Youyang Commune was built in 1961, transformed into a township in 1984, and established as a town in 1991. In 1997, it had an area of ??177.1 square kilometers and a population of 34,000. It governed Youyang, Wuchun, Tianma, Longshan, Gushan, Liyang, Qiaoguang, Wuxing, Shuangfeng, Shili, Hexing, Longxi, Xingshan, There are 17 village committees in Shishan, Lutou, Xiafeng and Jinshi.
Youyang Town is located in the mountainous area in the northeastern part of Xianyou County, at the junction of Yongtai, Putian and Xianyou counties. It is located between 118°45′～118°56′ east longitude and 25°33′～25°44′ north latitude, with an altitude of 495 meters and a total area of ??176.47 square kilometers. In 1992, it had jurisdiction over 17 village committees, 213 village groups, 7,606 households, and 33,195 people. There are 19,368 acres of cultivated land and 223,957 acres of mountain forest. The town government is stationed in Youyang Village, 45 kilometers away from the county seat.
Youyang was named after Youyang Creek. Youyang Town, also known as Youyangdong, was established in the Tang Dynasty and was under the jurisdiction of Xianyou County. Surrounded by high mountains and dangerous terrain, it has always been a battleground for military strategists. It is the choke point for transportation to Yongtai and Putian. In the third year of the Taiping and Xing Dynasty of the Song Dynasty (978), Lin Juyi, a foreigner, gathered more than 10,000 people to revolt against the Song Dynasty. The Song court sent officers and soldiers to suppress it, and the later Juyi people asked to surrender. The following year, Xinghua County and Xinghua Army were established, and both the county and military administration were located in Youyang Town. In the 13th year of the Ming Dynasty (1448), Xinghua County was abolished, and Youyang was placed under Xianyou County, which belonged to Xingtaili until the Qing Dynasty. In the Republic of China, it belonged to Guyi Township. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, it belonged to the ninth, tenth and Youyang districts. In April 1955, Zhaiqian Village (32 households) in Tongguan Township, Yongtai County was included in Youyang District. In September 1958, it belonged to Maixie Commune. At the end of 1961, Youyang Commune was established. In December 1984, it was renamed Youyang Township. In November 1992, it was changed to Youyang Town. Within the territory, there are places of interest such as Longchuan City, an ancient castle in the Han Dynasty, Huizheng Bridge in the Southern Song Dynasty, Jiangjun City, Guzhai Ridge, and Xingshan Academy. It has produced celebrities such as Jin Li, Shi Bin, Zhan Wanzhong, and Bai Jin. [Edit this paragraph] Overview of Youyang Town Youyang Town was a town established in Tang Dynasty. During the Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties, a county was established, called Xinghua County, which has a history of 473 years. Also known as Guyi County. It is located in the northeast of Xianyou County, Putian City, Fujian Province. In this 177.7 square kilometers of land. There are 34,000 hardworking and simple people living there.
Youyang Town has beautiful scenery and many cultural relics. There are the "Huizheng Bridge", an ancient bridge from the Song Dynasty that looks like "the moon rises over the bay", and Xingshan Academy (built in 1880), the birthplace of the first branch of the Communist Party of China in Xianyou County among the modern revolutionary cultural relics; there are also picturesque There are the natural stone city "Dragon Chuan City", the quiet "Reading Building", the "Jiangjun City" with the steep mountains; and the recently built "Xianxi Poetry Club", "Tianma Mountain Scenic Area", etc. These tourist landscapes are full of magical legends, making countless tourists linger on.
The town’s forest coverage rate reaches 78%, and it has a mountain area of ??220,000 acres. Among them, the timber forest area is 140,000 acres, with standing tree reserves of 36 cubic meters; the fruit tea area is 20,000 acres, mainly plums and citrus, as well as yellow plum, camellia oleifera, olives, persimmons, chestnuts, etc.; the moso bamboo forest area is 60,000 acres. It accounts for 38% of the moso bamboo area in Putian City and 50% of Xianyou County. It is one of the nine moso bamboo high-yield forest cultivation bases in Fujian Province. Edible fungus production has become a pillar industry in Youyang Town; bamboo, wood, bamboo shoots, The processing of fruits and edible fungi has broad prospects. The hydropower resource reserves are 20,000 kilowatts. 8 hydropower stations have been developed with a total installed capacity of 2,565 kilowatts and are connected to the county grid. 3 regulating reservoirs have been established with a total storage capacity of 1.75 million cubic meters. It has a tap water supply with a daily water supply of 1,000 tons. stations and more than 180 small water stations. Youyang is rich in underground mineral resources. There are more than ten kinds of ores that have been proven to be developed and utilized, including pyrophyllite, granite, kaolin, cinnabar soil and high-quality mineral water. Among them, pyrophyllite has large reserves, high grade, good quality and is easy to mine. One of the three major bases in Fujian Province.
Youyang is the junction of today's Yongtai, former Putian (today's Hanjiang District) and Xianyou counties. It is surrounded by steep mountains and dangerous terrain. It was the chokepoint that choked the traffic between Yongtai and Putian in ancient times.
Before the Tang Dynasty, it was called Youyangdong, and it was mostly a settlement where mountain goats and mountain goats built villages on the mountain. In the Tang Dynasty, the Nanbo Shi clan from the Central Plains with the surnames Fang, Li and Chen moved eastward from Yongtai and other places to Youyang, bringing with them the Central Plains culture, and it was first called Youyang Town. It is said that there were famous officials such as Jin Li, Shi Bin, Zhan Wanzhong, and Bai Jin.
Youyang Town in the Tang and Song Dynasties governed today's Youyang Town, most of Shicang Township, part of Xiangxi Township, and the Lihu part of Zhongshan Town.
In the third year of Taiping and Xingguo in the Northern Song Dynasty (978), Lin Juyi, a Youyang people, gathered more than ten thousand people to rebel against the Song Dynasty at Baizhangling in Guangye, Putian County. The rebel army was so powerful that they occupied Youyang and Guangye University. In some mountainous areas, passes were set up in dangerous areas such as Helingguan, Guzhailing, Helangling, Juxiling, Shibiling, and Baizhangling to ward off the Song army. Ancient passes such as Helingguan still exist today, and Heling Guan is a county cultural relic protection unit. The rebel army took advantage of the terrain to lure and annihilate the officers and soldiers while traveling abroad, and then passed through Heling Pass to raid Xianyou County. Soon, they passed through Nan'an and Honglai, crossed the Ximenpeng Mountains of Jinjiang, attacked and besieged the capital of Quanzhou, causing a shock in Fujian. Lin Juyi called himself the "King of Pingxi" and was invincible wherever he marched his army. The Song army mobilized troops from Zhejiang and Fujian to rush for reinforcements, and sent additional troops led by Wang Jisheng to travel to the ocean. Encircled and suppressed by the powerful military superiority of the officers and soldiers, the rebel army fought hard for two years and was finally suppressed. To this day, there is a temple dedicated to General Lin who is a descendant of Lin's descendants.
In the fourth year of the Taiping and Xingguo reign of the Song Dynasty (979), the Song court destroyed the houses of the Yuyangyuan forest residents and built the Taiping Army Military Administration Office, and also established the Xing'an County Office next to the military administration. Xing'an County formerly governed Youyang Town (today's Youyang, Shicang, and Xiangxi areas), the former Baizhang Town of Putian County, Chenshantou in Yongfu County (today's Yongtai County), Jiotou and Baizhangling in Futang County (today's Fuqing County) , Xialuling and mountainous areas. Soon, the Taiping Army was renamed Xinghua Army, and Xing'an County was renamed Xinghua County. Xinghua Military Administration, Xinghua County remains at its original location, and Xinghua Military Administration governs Putian, Xianyou and Xinghua Counties. Today, the Youyang Town Primary School still retains the "Taiping Army" stone forehead when the Taiping Army was first established.
In the eighth year of the Taiping reign of the Song Dynasty (983), the Xinghua military administration moved to the original Putian County seat, which is now the ancient Qiao Tower in the urban area. Xinghua County administration is still traveling abroad. Until the second year of Emperor Qing's reign in the Yuan Dynasty (1313), Xinghua County was moved to Xiangxi in Guangyeli. For 334 years, Youyang has been the political, economic and cultural center in the mountainous area.
Duan Peng, the Prime Minister of Sinong Temple in the Northern Song Dynasty, once presided over the construction of the county office in Youyang, with the main hall in the middle, Bo in the east, and Dianshi in the west. There were also Xuanzhao Pavilion, Shiyin and Xianyin halls. , Huangsi Pavilion, Tutu Temple, Jiazhangku, etc. were also built with rammed earth walls. After Xinghua Junzhi moved out, Junzhi Yamen was used by Xinghua County. After the Xinghua County Office moved overseas, the county town gradually fell into disuse and all ancient buildings were destroyed. Today, at the place named "Yamen Lane" in Youyang, there are two raspberry-style column foundations of the main building where the original Xinghua Army military administration was located. They are thick and heavy, with a diameter of 0.56 meters. There is also an ancient well called "Fengjing" preserved on the "Yamenli" military and county seat.
When the county government was traveling abroad, the county magistrates with outstanding political achievements include: Duan Peng, Xu Shichang, Zhang Yanbo, Meize, Qiu Duo, Cao, Huang Yi, Liang Lu, Lu Nan, Lin Zhen, Sun Shaoxian; in the Yuan Dynasty there were Cai Zhen and Wu Yuan. Acting impartially and serving the people with integrity are the requirements of the supreme ruler of feudal society for officials. Taizu of the Song Dynasty asked prefectures and counties to put the "Jie Stone Inscription" in front of the hall. The inscription is: "Your salary and your salary are the people's fat." It is easy for the people to be abused, but it is difficult for God to deceive them. "The "Jie Stone Inscription" originally in front of the county hall of Xinghua County in Youyang was moved to Xiangxi when the county office was moved to Xiangxi. It is now preserved by the Xinxian (ancient Xiangxi) town government in Hanjiang District. He is the author of the "Jie Shi Ming" that originally existed in Youyang County Office. In ancient times, many honest officials could still take the inscription of "Jie Shi Ming" as their motto.
In the territory under the jurisdiction of Xinghua County at that time, education and imperial examinations flourished for hundreds of years, which can also be seen. In the Song Dynasty, there were three literary champions in Youyangyi.
Today’s tour of ancient foreign towns is still full of historical sites. Youyang Wuchun Village contains the Dingxi Mountain ruins from the Shang and Zhou dynasties, covering an area of ??about 2,500 square meters. Black pottery with carved patterns and sand and gray patterned hard pottery fragments were collected. The shapes of the pots, bottles and beans can be identified, and it can be seen that there are three thousand The Fujian indigenous people lived and worked here many years ago. Eight kilometers northeast of Youyangliyang Village, there is the Han Dynasty "Dragon Chuan City Site", a county cultural relic protection unit, which is a natural stone city composed of huge boulder peaks. On the top of the mountain is the Yuewang Platform built by the Minyue King in the Han Dynasty, with remaining ruins. There is also an ancient street preserved on the site of Youyang Ancient Town, formerly known as Guyi and Jiuxian Street, which existed in the Tang Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, military and county administration were stationed here, and this street was the earliest market town. During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, the street was a double-sided street running from north to south. The street was still 150 meters long and 1.6 meters wide, with a cobblestone pavement. There were more than 40 single- or double-story civil structure shops along the street. Later, 20 shops in the northern section were destroyed due to floods. During the period, the ancient street was restored and widened to 3.5 meters. Now the ancient street has been extended, and the traditional pattern of the street remains unchanged. The streets are full of stone structures such as Ming and Qing stone pillar foundations that are unused. To the south of the street is the south gate of the old military administration and county administration, and beyond the south gate is Huizheng Bridge.
The road at the south intersection of Qiaobei Street turns west and then north to Zhaiqian, Tongguan and Wutongwei in Yongtai County. There are roads south of Qiaobei. The first is through Shuangfeng, Mapu, Heling Ancient Post Road, Xianshui, Lingshan and other places to Xianyou. From the east gate of the county, one goes to Zhuangbian via Tianma, Huanglong and Shangshu bridges.
There is "Shanggong Street" 14 kilometers southeast of Youyang Street. In the fourth year of Song Xining (1071), a small street began to form on the roadside leading to Putian. It gradually developed into a street through the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. . In the Song Dynasty, the military defense system of Youyang Ancient Town was "Guling Village", with 70 soldiers stationed in the village all year round. It was abolished in the Qing Dynasty, and only the village site remains today. In the Song Dynasty, because the governor of Youyang County was stationed here, there was also the "Huanghua Pavilion" post station for official mail. The current address does not exist.
It was a common practice to run schools in the ancient cities of Youyang. For example, the "Xunyang Bookstore" was run by Zhengzhuang, the Zhonglang general of the Chen Dynasty in Xiangxi Township, Changzhou. The "Gongqiao Study Hall" was established in the early Song Dynasty, the "Studying Studio" and "Pinglunzhai" next to the "*** Fuxuan" in Youyang County, and later the "Shulin Studio" in the east of the county, and the "Zhen Zhai" in the east of the county Wei Hall. Zhai Zhai," and "Shizhou Zhai" run by Zheng Chongguang, a descendant of Zheng Qiao, in Youyang, etc. Reading has become a common practice and has provided many talents to the society.