It is believed that the stone net pendants, stone spinning wheels, and stone boat-shaped objects unearthed from Yideng Mountain and Daping prove that ancestors thrived on this land in the late Neolithic Age. Before the Qin Dynasty, Xinyi belonged to Baiyue. After Qin pacified Baiyue, in 214 BC (the 33rd year of Qin Shihuang), three counties of Guilin, Xiang and Nanhai were established in Baiyue. Xinyi belonged to Guilin County. In the early Han Dynasty, Xinyi belonged to the territory of King Cangwu of Nanyue Kingdom. From 111 BC (the sixth year of Ding Dynasty in Han Dynasty) to the Three Kingdoms period, Xinyi belonged to Duanxi County, Cangwu County, Ministry of History of Jiaozhi (later changed to Jiaozhou) Prefecture.
In 346 AD (the seventh year of Jin Yonghe), Xinyi belonged to Duanxi County, Jinkang County, Guangzhou. In 502 AD, Liangde County was established in the Luodou Baidong area of ??Duanxi County, with jurisdiction over Liangde Jimi County and Wude Jimi County (now Changpo, Dong'an, Dajing, Tantou and other towns in Gaozhou, and was renamed Liangde County in the Sui Dynasty). Xinyi belongs to Jimi County, Liang De, and its county seat is in Tai'an Village. The first county magistrate was Chen Xi, the leader of Luo Dou Cave Cave Master Alliance. Du Lao (for example, Tan Dian and Fu San later joined the Dongzhu Alliance) were nominally affiliated with Longzhou, but they were not naturalized or paid taxes. In 598 (the 18th year of Emperor Kaihuang's reign in the Sui Dynasty), Liangde County was changed to Huaide County.
In 621 (the fourth year of Wude in the Tang Dynasty), the Tang Dynasty established the state and county system. Huaide County in Longzhou was divided into Nanfuzhou, and five counties including Xinyi, Huaide, Tan'e, Teliang and Fulai. Chen Longshu was appointed as the first governor of Nanfuzhou by the Tang Dynasty. In the seventh year of Wude, Chen Longshu's Nanfuzhou threatened the Liao people to naturalize, which aroused the dissatisfaction of the Luo Dou Liao people and triggered the resistance of the leaders of various Xidians. The Xidian alliance negotiated Diandu Lao led his officials to drive Chen Longshu back to Longzhou and occupied Nanfuzhouzhi, but he also set up Nanfuzhouzhi in Longzhou. In the second year of Zhenguan, Li Guangdu, the governor of Yinzhou, and Chen Longshu joined forces to quell the rebellion of the Liao people, restored Nanfuzhou, and returned to rule from Longzhou. In the fifth year of Zhenguan, the Xidong officials revolted again, and Chen Longshu was defeated and returned to Longzhou. When Feng An entered the dynasty, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty ordered Feng An to quell the chaos, and Feng Anzhi defeated his officials.
In 634 (the eighth year of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty), Nanfuzhou was renamed Douzhou. Its jurisdiction remained unchanged and it was under the jurisdiction of the Dudufu of Daorong County, Lingnan. In the second year of Emperor Qianfeng of the Tang Dynasty (667), Fulai County was placed under the jurisdiction of Yuzhou.
In 665 (the fifth year of Yonghui in the Tang Dynasty), Feng Shihui, the great-grandson of Mrs. Xian, was appointed as the governor of Douzhou. Li people entered Douzhou and brought advanced farming culture and Mrs. As the river basin became an economically developed area, it gradually became slang, and its cultural customs were similar to those of Gaozhou. After the Tang Dynasty, Douzhou could be regarded as an extension of Gaoliang civilization.
In 972 (the fifth year of Kaibao in the Song Dynasty), Huaide, Tan'e and Teliang counties were abolished and merged into Xinyi County, still under the jurisdiction of Douzhou. In 976 (the first year of Taiping's rejuvenation of the Song Dynasty), Xinyi County was changed to Xinyi County to avoid Song Taizong Zhao Guangyi's taboo. In 1071 (the fourth year of Xining in the Song Dynasty), Douzhou was abolished and Xinyi was placed under the jurisdiction of Gaozhou on Guangnan West Road. In the Yuan Dynasty, it belonged to Gaozhou Road, Hainan Road, Haibei Province, and in the Ming Dynasty, it belonged to Gaozhou Prefecture, Chengxuan Government Envoy, Guangdong Province. During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the Li people's area in the Jianjiang River Basin was Sinicized by the Guangfu system due to the development of the Maritime Silk Road, while the mountainous areas in the east and north were converted by the Yao people due to the large-scale migration of the Yao people.
In 1577 (the fifth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty), after the Luopeng War, the five capitals of Xinyi (today’s Baishi, Dacheng, Qianpai, and Hepai) were transferred to Dingkang, Xinfeng, Gaoyao, Congshan, and Zhennan. Shui, Xinbao, Pingtang, Sihe, Guizi, Wangsha, Zhusha, An'or, Hongguan, Chashan, Huaixiang, etc.) Chidong part, Gaozhou's Magui, Guding, Shenzhen and Luoding's Fuhe, Jia The Yi, Fenbin, and Xinle areas were assigned to the newly established Xining County. A large number of Chen Lin's Hakka soldiers who participated in the Luopang War were naturalized. The Ming Dynasty set up outposts in the above areas and the Huaixiang Inspection Department of Xining County forced local Chineseization. Yao people.
In 1757 (the 22nd year of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty), with the approval of the imperial court, the four cities of Dingkang, Xinfeng, Gaoyao and Congshan were returned to the jurisdiction of Xinyi. Along the old map, the southern part of the town still remains in Xining County. In the Qing Dynasty, Xinyi was affiliated to Gaozhou Prefecture, Guangdong Province.
In the 11th year of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty (1861), Chen Jinzhen, the leader of Guangdong Tiandihui, led the Tiandihui volunteers to capture Xinyi City, rebuilt the Dahong Kingdom, and called himself King Nanxing, with the Academy as his palace (royal palace). , the county office is the Marshal's Mansion, and the Xian Tai Temple is the Recruitment Hall.
After 1912 (the Republic of China), Xinyi successively belonged to the Gaozhou Military Government, Gaozhou Appeasement Office, Gaoleidao, South Road Appeasement Committee Office, the "Eight-Government" Rehabilitation Supervision Office, and the Seventh District Administrative Inspectorate Office. jurisdiction.
In December 1927 (the 16th year of the Republic of China), under the leadership of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, the people of Xinyi held the Huaixiang Uprising and established the Xinyi County (Huaixiang) Soviet Government and The Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army (later called the Red Army), Luo Keming served as the county magistrate, and Zhu Yechi served as the commander. The Agrarian Revolutionary War was persisted with Yunkai Dashan as the base. Chen Mingshu sent troops to "encircle and suppress" the situation. The situation worsened. Zhu Yechi was arrested in Guangzhou Bay and taken to Gaozhou to die. Luo Keming went to Hong Kong to report the situation to the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee, and the troops were organized into The zero-persistence struggle moved to two countries (China, Vietnam), two provinces (Guangdong, Guangxi) and Nanyang. During the Anti-Japanese War, it was organized into the First Department of the Guangdong South Road People's Anti-Japanese Liberation Army. During the Liberation War, it was organized into the First Department of the Guangdong-Guangxi Border Column of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. .
On October 22, 1949, Xinyi County was liberated and came under the jurisdiction of the South Road District of Guangdong Province, the Gaolei District, and the Zhanjiang District.
On November 15, 1958, Xinyi and Maoming counties were merged into Gaozhou County, with Gaozhou City as the county seat.
On April 1, 1961, Xinyi County was separated from Gaozhou County and re-established. The administrative seat was in Dong Town, the original Guding Commune of Xinyi County (including the three towns of Guding, Magui and Shenzhen). It is placed under the jurisdiction of Gaozhou County.
Since July 1983, Xinyi has been affiliated to Maoming City.
On September 11, 1995, with the approval of the State Council, the county was removed from the county and established as a city (county-level city). It has jurisdiction over Dongzhen, Zhenlong, Shuikou, Beijie, Gaopo, Jintong, Jingkou, Dingbao, Chidong, Zhusha, Anyang, Guizi, Wangsha, Hongguan, Chashan, Huaixiang, Baishi, Dacheng, Qian There are 23 towns including Pai, Heshui, Xinbao, Pingtang and Sihe.
In 2004, Jingkou was merged into Jindong Town, Gaopo was merged into Beijie Town, and An'or and Wangsha were merged into Zhusha Town.
In 2005, Dongzhen Town was changed into a sub-district office. The city has 18 towns and 1 sub-district office, with 370 village committees and 8 neighborhood committees under its jurisdiction. Xinyi City has realized that every village has access to roads. National Highway 207 runs through the entire city from north to south, and Provincial Highway 352 passes through 6 northern lines, Shenggui Lines, Luoshui Lines, Xiansong Lines, and Lizhi Lines*** Total 253 kilometers. Provincial Highways 369 and 370 run through the city from east to west and have all been transformed into first- and second-class highways, connecting Zhaoqing in the north, Guangzhou directly, and Maoming, Zhanjiang and other port cities in the south.
There are national or provincial highways directly connecting the urban area to each town. The administrative villages of Xinyi City are connected to cement-hardened roads, forming a network with national highways as the main axis, provincial and county roads as the skeleton, and rural roads. Four radiations, internal and external connections, and a road network extending in all directions. Xinyi urban area has built three major passenger terminals in the north, south and east of the city, and the towns and villages have built passenger terminals such as Guizi, Zhenlong and Huaixiang. Xinyi City's agricultural products mainly include: grain, peanuts, vegetables, fruits, pork production, aquatic products, three-bird breeding, etc. The city's agriculture has initially formed relatively large-scale pillar industries such as mountain chicken raising, fruit planting, and rosin production. Standardized production in the breeding industry has set up demonstration bases in Dongzhen Town, Shuikou Town, Qianpai Town, Sihe Town, Chidong Town and other towns; Xinyi City has Heluo Tea, Taipa Fish, Huaixiang Chicken, Nine agricultural products including Sanhua Plum have obtained the "Guangdong Province Pollution-Free Food" certification mark, and the "Xinxiang" brand of high-quality rice has obtained trademark registration from the State Administration for Industry and Commerce.
Xinyi is a well-known agricultural brand outside China, and the city has implemented mountain chicken raising at the strategic level of "agricultural stabilization of the market". Xinyi Huaixiang Three Yellow Chickens are raised using modern means and traditional free-range methods. During the raising process, the chickens are allowed to freely eat insects, grass seeds, leaves, etc. on the hillside forest land. A small amount of feed is also fed appropriately every day, so that the chickens can bathe and grow in the green nature with fresh air and no pollution. The Xinyi mountain chickens raised in the mountains have been raised for a long time and exercised a lot, so the chickens not only retain the original characteristics of Xinyi Huaixiang Sanhuang chicken, but also add the sweet and delicious meat. Weaving is a traditional craft in Xinyi with a long history. Due to the abundant local resources of bamboo, mountain rattan and trees, many people have weaving skills, so weaving workshops are dotted all over the county's villages and towns, especially Huaixiang Town, which is the hometown of bamboo weaving. Good name.
Xinyi bamboo handicrafts mainly include: flower baskets, silver baskets, flower saucers, bread baskets, bread baskets, book boxes, round baskets, egg bags, etc. There are more than 1,000 varieties. Exported to Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Macao.
Jade processing has a history of more than 160 years. Using Xinyi's famous southern jade and golden sand jade as raw materials, more than 1,000 varieties of jade crafts are produced, which are famous both at home and abroad. The main varieties include Smooth Sailing, Ciyun Pagoda, Jade Bead Pagoda, Nan Jade Cloisonné Cup, Jade Dragon Boat, Jade Xiantao Bonsai, Jinsha Mooncakes, etc. The jade crafts produced by Guangdong Nanyu Crafts Corporation are exported to more than 40 countries and regions around the world, and have successively won the "National Excellent Tourism Souvenir Award", "National Arts and Crafts Excellent Creative Design First Prize", "National Light Industry Export Products Silver" Award", "Gold Medal of the First Beijing International Expo", "Guangdong Province Quality Product Award", China's Nanjing Capital and many other awards.
Weaving and jade carving are small crafts, but they are also big industries in Xinyi City. Now enterprises have also carried out informatization and opened a Jinsha Jade store on Taobao to sell Xinyi jade crafts, specialties and Agricultural and sideline products. It absorbed the cultural characteristics of the slang people in Gaozhou and the cultural characteristics of the liao people in Longzhou, forming a rich and colorful fusion culture of slang and Han people. It believed in local religions such as Mrs. God. Influenced by the Douzhou civilization and Yang Junsong, people in Xinyi believe that the bones of their ancestors and Feng Shui can protect future generations, and they practice secondary burial after death. However, modern funeral reforms have destroyed this belief.
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Chen Lin culture is the Hakka culture with Sanluo characteristics, including: First, "dare to venture and dare to try" - young Chen Lin is known for his courage; second, "never get discouraged" - middle-aged Chen Lin had three ups and downs. The third was "patriotic struggle" - Chen Lin fought against the Japanese and aided Korea in his later years. The fourth was the integration of Yao and Han - making the Luopang area (Luoding Zhili Prefecture in the Ming Dynasty governed Dong'an and Xining counties, including Xianyun The urban area, Yun'an District, Xinxing County, Yunan County, Luoding City and the eastern and northern parts of Xinyi) entered feudal civilization. Xinyi’s eating habits generally include rice, sweet potatoes, potatoes, cassava, corn, etc. as staple foods, and pig, chicken, duck, fish, vegetables and soy products as dishes. Every traditional folk festival, no matter what the daily life is like, it is customary to prepare wine and food to show the joy. The people in the mountains are very hospitable and warm. When friends meet, they shake hands, nod and say hello to each other. It is customary to treat guests on happy days such as getting married to a daughter, marrying a daughter-in-law, celebrating a birthday, building a new house, giving birth to a baby, celebrating the full moon, or gatherings of relatives and friends. Except for guests of the same ethnic group, invitations are generally given to show respect.
Snacks: Noodles (including Chidong Town’s “Shi Haizui Noodles” and Beijie Town’s “Chai Qiang Noodles”), glutinous rice dumplings (styles include boiled soup dumplings, vegetable dumplings, longevity peach dumplings, and water dumplings) , Tang Ban Zhi, Chuo Tart Zong, Gray Water Zong, mugwort Zhi, Nuomi Zhi, Fa Zhi, etc.), "Stone Clam Soup" (a kind of frog produced in Shankeng water stream), black olive, pond fish, hawthorn, Xinyi persimmon, Sanhua plum, etc. The Spring Festival is the largest folk festival. Every household lights up lights and colors, every village celebrates, and adults give good things to children. Around the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Xinyi City and surrounding towns hold annual rituals. Each household takes turns treating guests to dinner, and carries out activities such as dragon and lion dances, movie screenings, artistic performances, and sports competitions.
Xinyi’s traditional culture is also quite distinctive. Puppetry, Spring Cow Dance, and Piaose are the most popular among the masses. In mountainous areas, people organize “Spring Cow Dance” every Spring Festival or plowing season, usually played by two actors. dance. The cow is made of bamboo strips and dances and sings at the same time, giving it a rich local flavor.
Piaose art is mainly performed in Zhenlong, Shuikou, Dongzhen and other places. It has a history of nearly 300 years and is performed every year from the Spring Festival to the Lantern Festival or during festive festivals. In 2005, the Zhenlong Mingzhu Piaose Troupe was invited to participate in the "Folk Folk Art Parade" of the Seventh China Folk Art Festival. When visiting, the first thing to do is to treat them with Dali bamboo. "One side of the land and water feeds one side of the people." Just like Kung Fu tea has become a custom of Chaozhou people, smoking a hookah has become a custom of Xinyi.
Nowadays, hookahs and Xinyi shredded tobacco have been used as tourism products, and Nanyu hookahs have even been produced and sold to tourists, preserving Xinyi culture. Every year from the end of November to the beginning of February, when the white plum blossoms are in full bloom in Yingdipo Village, Dongzhen Subdistrict, the white plum blossoms bloom so brilliantly that you can see white plum blossoms everywhere on the hillside, between the mountain cols, at the foot of the mountain, beside the mountain road, and beside the mountain stream. plum bossom. The Changganling section of Provincial Highway 370 is in Yingdipo Village. Many people call Yingdipo plum blossoms Changganling plum blossoms. In fact, the Changganling Baishi Town section is also a good flower spot. In addition, attractions for plum blossom viewing include Moqing Plum Garden in Jindong Town, Baishi Town and other places.
Self-driving tour route: Xinyi City—Wangtong Bamboo Forest Greenway—Heyahe Village—Yingdipo Village. (The total distance is 5 kilometers) Every year from the end of January to the beginning of March, the Xinyi Plum Blossom Tourism and Culture Festival is held, with 300,000 acres of plum blossoms in full bloom, attracting countless flower-viewers. In recent years, during the Plum Blossom Festival in Xinyi City, hundreds of thousands of tourists have flocked to Baishi Town, Qianpai Town, Hongguan Town, and Chashan Town to enjoy the flowers. Tourists can enjoy the beautiful scenery of Xinyi while admiring the flowers.
The beautiful scenery of Xinyi Plum Blossoms is known as "the most pure and beautiful scenery in southern China", and the annual Plum Blossom Festival (January to March) has become Xinyi's bright business card. Before the opening of the Plum Blossom Festival, the roads in the main production areas are busy with traffic and the country roads are crowded with people. "The scenic area is crowded with people and very lively. The best flower viewing period in 2016 is before the "Beginning of Spring". The local annual "Plum Blossom Festival" will be held during this period to entertain tourists from all walks of life.
In the early spring when Maoming is warm and then cold, plum trees blooming over 300,000 acres in the "Xiangxue Yinfei" scenic area of ??Baishi Town, Qianpai Town, Hongguan Town, and Tushan Town in Xinyi City, with their branches covered with flowers. There is a vast expanse of snow all over the mountains and fields, attracting many tourists from both inside and outside the province to visit. In the scenic area, tourists feel as if they are in the spring of the North. They can not only feel the snow-covered scenery of the North, but also appreciate the scenery of the South with bees flying and butterflies dancing in the sea of ??flowers. People are intoxicated. In fact, the plum blossoms of Jinhuan Nanhua Plum in Dongxin Village, Baishi Town, and the early-ripening Sanhua Plum in Machang Village, Pingtang Town and Chashan Town are the earliest ones.
Qian Paizhi. Guizi's flower viewing route: 1. Qianpaiwei - Beinei Village - Fucao Village - Bodongwei - Tushanwei - Tandong Village - Hangguan Village - Guizi Town
2. Qianpaiwei - Beinei Village - Zhongyan Village - Hongguanwei - Dalanwei - Huaixiangwei - Tandong Village - Hanguan Village - Guizi Town
3. Qianpaiwei—Beinei Village—Yunkai Village—Luofu Village—Machang Village—Luoding Boundary Fair—Zhonghuo Village—Qiufenggen Village—Pingmin Village—Hangguan Village - Guizi Town.
4. Qianpaiwei - Baishiwei - Yonglong Village - Liwu Village (highway entrance and exit) - Zhushawei - Wangshawei - Guizi Town. /p>
5. Qianpaiwei - Heshui Huangsha Village - Shashawei - Lindongwei - Luodingshuibawei - Luoding Boundary Wed - Zhonghuo Village - Qiufenggen Village - civilians Village - Hangguan Village - Guizi Town
6. Qianpaiwei - Beiyongwei - Pingtangwei - Luodingshuibawei - Luoding Boundary Wei - Zhonghuo Village - - Qiufenggen Village - Pingmin Village - Hangguan Village - Guizi Town: Flowering flowers from the end of February to early April include: Chidong Hedong Longgeng, Dingbao Forest Park, and the mountains of Xinyi No. 5 Middle School. The peach blossoms are in Yudu Park, and the most famous one is the Qianmu Peach Base in Baishi Town. There are also lychee flowers, longan flowers, rapeseed flowers, etc.
Self-driving route: 1. Xinyi City - - Shihaizui Food Street - Chidong - Tai'an Village (Guliang Deluo Man Site, Immortal Stone) - Longgeng (15 kilometers in total)
2. Cinnabar Exit of Baomao Expressway - Butou Village - Longbu Village - Longgeng (the whole journey is 3 kilometers). The flowering period of Yizhi is generally from the end of March to the end of April, and the fruit period is from May to June. The flowers are beautiful, pink and white with red veins, and wrinkled wavy petals. , and has a special aroma, showing its fairy-like holy delicacy, the simple village style, the magical natural "Southern medicine aura", and the aroma of medicinal flowers, which are good for conditioning, relaxing, nourishing the tired body, and maintaining health and intelligence. A good place for longevity, it is also a "creative base" for writers, painters, musicians and photographers and a "pleasure paradise" for tourists.
Waiting for you, take a deep breath at the "Nanyao Forest Oxygen Bar" in Hongguan Town!
Self-driving route: 1. Xinyi City - Shiguizui Food Street - Chidong Town - Huaixiang Town - Hongsheng Village, Hongguan Town (the whole journey is about 34 kilometers)
Or the north exit of Baomao Expressway in Xinyi City - Chidong Town - Huaixiang Town - Hongsheng Village, Hongguan Town (about 28 kilometers, tourists from other places can get off the expressway from here, the transportation is very convenient).
2. Xinyi City—Shiguizui Street—the original layout of Chidongwei—the Immortal Stone at the Guliangde site in Tai'an Village—the Liaoren site in Tonggu Village, and the Xian Tai Temple— - The ancient building complex in Fuchen Village, the hometown of Luo Keming - the pottery kiln in Hansha Village, fresh loquats in Yunluo - Taibao Temple in Pingmei Village, the ruins of the Huaixiang Inspection Department in Xining County - the large camp site of Chenlin Barracks in Huaixiang Wei , Huaixiang Uprising Headquarters Site - Dalanwei Wenchang Ancient Temple, Chetou Farm, He Family Ancestral Hall - Hongsheng Village Southern Medicine Base, Pangu Temple, Flying Waterfall Reflection and other scenic spots. One of Xinyi's new eight scenic spots, Tiger Leaping to Red, is located on both sides of the Huanghua River in Daxie Niuxia Village, Huaixiang Town. Rhododendrons grow all over the stone mountains on both sides of Tiger Leaping Gorge. In spring, the river is as green as jade and the azaleas are like fire. The famous poem: "The river is green in spring, and the azaleas on both sides are red" describe the beauty of Tiger Leaping Gorge. Poets and poets like to come here to pay homage, view and chant. The end of March to the beginning of May every year is a good season for azaleas. The famous scenic spots for azaleas include Twelve Zaodu and Yadou Mountain in Qiufenggen in Guizi Town, Baimaping in Qianpai Town, Shihaizui in Chidong Town, etc. .
Self-driving route: 1. Xinyi City - Shiguizui Food Street - Chidong - Huaixiangwei - Daxie Village. (The total journey is 30 kilometers)
2. Take the cinnabar exit of Baomao Expressway - cinnabar Wei - Wangsha Wei - Panlong Village and take a yacht to Daxie Village. (The total distance is 15 kilometers) The flowering period of Xinyi Girl Flower is from the end of April to the beginning of June. The whole mountain (the most famous one is Daganngling) is pink, like little girls wearing pink skirts dancing among the green leaves. People feel very romantic. Around the 14th day of the seventh lunar month, the hills are full of girls hanging on their hair, attracting a large number of children. Every few days, they gather in groups to pick girls with bags under the bright sun. Because they are wild, picking them is free for girls.
There is a legend in Xinyi that after the Ghost Festival, there will be many scratches on the girl’s surface like fingernail scratches, or many small holes, and some of them will fall to the ground. The old man said that they are There are traces of ghosts eating them, and they emphasize that they cannot go up the mountain to pick girls, especially on Ghost Festival, and scare children with stories of many disobedient children going up the mountain and being caught by ghosts. This is a legend, and we should not believe it.
Self-driving route: 1. Xinyi City - Liwei Village - Baipo Village - Daganling. (The total distance is 5 kilometers)
2. Xinyi City—Wangtong Zhudao—Heyahe Village—Gaocheng Reservoir—Youying Village—Daganngling. (The total distance is 10 kilometers)