In the impression of modern people, the word "Xianggong" is the husband in the opera, which is a joke name that cannot be played when playing mahjong. However, from the late Ming Dynasty to the early Qing Dynasty, the term "Xianggong" was mostly used to refer to educated and dignified readers. There is a village in Shuanggou Town, Xiangzhou District called Xianggongzhuang Village, the name of the village is because there are many readers?
From "Keluo Bay" to "Xianggongzhuang"
Legend has it that in the early years of the Ming Dynasty, due to years of war and chaos, the Central Plains were desolate, and the imperial court repeatedly organized the relocation of the people of Shanxi to Yilu, Yuwan and other places. Among them, the two brothers of the Guo family, migrated to the current location of Xianggongzhuang Village, saw that the terrain here is flat and the land is rich, so they live here, work hard, and multiply. Later, the village moved in with residents with other surnames, and the population and economy grew day by day. Because of the convenient transportation and unique geographical location, it is a station for merchants to stay in ancient times, so it is named "Keluo Bay". At present, there are still the stone stele sites of "Keluo Bay" inscribed by Yin of Xiangyang Province during the Guangxu period.
The Guo family's ancestors respected the teacher and re-taught, the tutor was strict, and no matter the male or female baby in the village, they had to receive education in poetry and etiquette from an early age. Legend has it that in the annual county examination, the village will test for several talents, and when it encounters the triennial township examination, there are not a few people in the village examination. There is an alley in the village where the most literati have been admitted, and now the villagers name this alley Xiande Avenue. According to villagers, in the last years of the Qing Dynasty, the last Xiucai Guo Bo family of Xianggongzhuang lived here.
According to research, during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, there was an adult named Guo Sixian in the village who served as a high-ranking official in the middle of the dynasty, who was very knowledgeable, not only a clean and honest official, but also a charitable person, often helping poor villagers and sponsoring children to read and learn gifts. There are local customs, and people with knowledge and fame are honored as "Xianggong", and the benevolence and virtue of "Guo Xianggong" are praised by people in villages near and far. The village has been born from gu decai, and "Xianggongzhuang" has been named from this.
In order to commemorate this good story, a statue of Xianggong was erected and Xianggong Square was built. The villagers have always adhered to the traditional family style of respecting teachers and re-teaching, knowing books and etiquette, filial piety and benevolence, the fine tradition of hard work and hard work, watching out for each other continues to this day, rooted in the cultural genes of Xianggongzhuang people from generation to generation, becoming the endogenous driving force for Xianggongzhuang people to improve themselves, from Guo Xiuqing, who studied at National Wuhan University during the Republic of China, to Huang Yanyi, who is now Dr. Huang Yanyi of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Zheng Qichen, Ph.D. of Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Song Yue, Master of China University of Political Science and Law, Zheng Yunjie, Master of China University of Geosciences, in recent years, Xianggongzhuang Village has also walked out of Guo Hao, Guo Lei, Guo Xin, Guo Can and a large number of outstanding graduates of famous universities... Xianggongzhuang has assumed the good name of "Xianggong" and becomes the pride of Xianggongzhuang people.
Beautiful countryside "demonstration village"
Xianggongzhuang Village is located 5 kilometers west of Shuanggou Town, with convenient transportation, east of Zhengwan High-speed Railway, west of Baihe River, across the river from Zhangwan Town, adjacent to Zhengzhangying Village in the north, and bordered by Huzhuang Village in the east. Xianggongzhuang Village covers an area of 209.1 hectares, and there are 4 natural villages and 6 villager groups in the village, with a total of 1680 people and 365 households. There are many migrant workers, and the village is mainly inhabited by the elderly. Xianggongzhuang Village has 2235 acres of arable land, farmland is concentrated around the village, the field of view is wide, mainly planted by the villagers, planting more types, mainly potatoes, peanuts, cultivating 10 acres of hibiscus saplings.
In recent years, Xianggongzhuang Village has taken advantage of favorable opportunities to thoroughly implement the scientific concept of development, closely centering on the overall tasks of "production development, comfortable living, civilized village style, neat and tidy villages, and democratic management," obeying the arrangements of the town party committee and government, and focusing on economic development and improvement of people's livelihood, and carrying out the transformation from a "general village" to a "demonstration village" in the construction of a new rural area. Walking into Xianggongzhuang Village, a row of farmhouses with simple and generous appearance and unified antique style courtyards is a witness to the changes. The village seized the opportunity of beautiful rural construction, the entire Xiande Avenue was reconstructed and expanded, and after the proposal of the two village committees and the unanimous support of the villagers in the form of awards in lieu of compensation, 16 houses were rectified, the road was widened by 100 meters, and the weak current was introduced into the ground, which not only optimized the environment, but also reduced the safety hazards. Supporting the construction of an ecological parking lot that can park 20 cars, at the same time, the road network has been woven, the roadside platform has been torn down, and the flowers and fruits are planted, and the "traffic lines" have been turned into "scenic lines". Construction of sewage pipe network of 1030 meters, renovation of more than 60 dry toilets, 1 new public toilet, supporting 170 garbage bins, 14 transfer boxes, in accordance with the configuration of "one group one", a total of 6 cleaners were hired, through the normalization mechanism of "household collection, village concentration, town transfer, district treatment", efficient transfer of domestic garbage, and give full play to the leading role of party members, increase the publicity of garbage into the barrel, and create a good atmosphere of linkage between the upper and lower levels and joint management.
"The pond is full of weeds and garbage, and there is no light on the side of the road at night" "You can smell the stench when the wind blows"... Talking about the dry weir pond in the past, the villagers always have many complaints. Xianggongzhuang Village carried out a series of work such as dredging and dredging of weir ponds and shore slope improvement, so that the masses were separated from the living environment of sewage flow and mosquitoes and flies, and the leisure and cultural square centered on the two weir ponds was remodeled and expanded. Nowadays, the scenery of the small bridge is watery, the grass is green, and the scene of weeping wood and yellow ducks is pleasant, and the newly built square has become a good place for villagers to walk in the evening. The square is centered on Taoli Lake, and two small gardens contrast with each other, planted with green plants such as cannabis, purple weed, moon season, gardenia, etc., and there is a sightseeing bridge on the lake. As a key project of greening and lighting in Xianggongzhuang Village, the new appearance of the leisure square has made the villagers praise it one after another.
The vision for the future is even better
Well-off is not well-off, the key is to look at fellow countrymen. There is a smiley face wall in Xianggongzhuang Village. The entire wall records the simple smiling faces of xianggongzhuang people. Every year, the village Li conducts the selection of "ten-star civilized households" and "six good", and the village produces excellent models such as good wife Ma Guimei, good daughter-in-law Lu Wen, good mother-in-law Wu Yugai, good husband Zheng Fenchao and so on. The atmosphere in the village is harmonious, the faces of the villagers are full of happy smiles, and each simple face reveals the satisfaction of the beautiful transformation of the village in recent years.
Rural revitalization, industry first. While strengthening infrastructure construction, the village also takes advantage of the geographical advantages of flat terrain and abundant land to develop efficient agriculture, and there are now more than 1,000 mu of mulch film potatoes planted in the village, more than 2,000 mu of ridge peanuts, and more than 50 mu of circulating land for planting green seedlings, which enriches the pockets of the masses and also improves the intensive use of land. Through active exploration, we have explored the development mode of leisure agriculture and rural tourism. Tao Li Lake and the weir pond on the right hand side have been put into the fry to develop small-scale fishing tourism. At the same time, we will create an agricultural culture and retain the inheritance. In 6 groups, the new farming culture museum was built, and the practice experience hall of farming and labor was expanded to promote the organic integration of traditional culture and modern civilization.
Revitalize idle vacant land and revitalize the original "abandoned" public resources, and such construction can also be seen everywhere in Xianggongzhuang. The two small gardens were uniformly planned from the original wasteland, rebuilt, and when the surrounding fruit trees grew, it would be a good place for villagers to deliberate and democratically deliberate. In addition to these two small gardens, as of now, the village has also built 30 "small three gardens", with the same shape of the crock pots, jars and other simple processing decorations, planting peach trees, pear trees, osmanthus trees and other green plants, installing 200 street lamps, further improving the greening and lighting in the village.
Nowadays, Xianggongzhuang has unique scenery, rural civilization, diversified industries, and strong nostalgia, and I believe that it can attract more villagers to return to the village for construction, and the future vision will be even better. (Cui Ruibo sorted out according to the information provided by Shuanggou Town)