History of Shangcun Township

Republic of China for the Ganhe Township, set up in 1949 Ganhe District Ganhe Township, established in 1956 Shangcun Township, built a commune in 1958, restored to the township in 1984, changed to the township in 1996. 1996, an area of 62.9 square kilometers, a population of 51,000 people, jurisdiction of the Shangcun neighborhood committees and Wangtun, Songtan, Linchuan Temple, Xinhe, Xiyancun, Zhangtun, Xinmin, Jianli, Nanshai, Shenling Temple, Xipo , Linqiao, Xiyanfang, Liucun, Ohtatou, Zhangzhai, Xifengtou, Liangjia, Xinfan, Weiwei, Gongjiazhuang, Zhongxu, Dashuitun, Xiaoshuitun, Xijin, Shangcun, Ma Village 27 administrative villages.

Shangcun town Built in the Han Dynasty on the site of the Meiwuling, 25 kilometers west of Zhouzhi County, 500 meters east of the town and Tuxian County adjacent to the township government offices. 1987 December Shangcun Township Han Dynasty burial clusters unearthed a coiled chi dragon mirror of the Qin Dynasty, half a pair of money, the middle of the Western Han Dynasty, even the arc nebulae pattern mirrors and the early crossbow, duck egg pots, pellets, painted ceramic warehouses, green lead glaze pots and other valuable artifacts, the study of China's Han Dynasty Science and technology and culture has an important value.

According to the examination, the Ming Dynasty in Linchuan Temple set Qingyang Town, because of the inconvenience of transportation, it was moved to Shangcun, the town was built in the City God Temple, Fire God Temple, theater building and other majestic buildings. Qing dynasty Tongzhi years and the Republic of 5 years (1916) suffered two consecutive conflagrations, street houses and ancient buildings were destroyed, the market decadence, depressed. 50 years early town only 600 people, more than 200 houses. Shangcun superior terrain, Xibao Road through the street, convenient transportation, the county commercial system in the town of Shangcun with department stores, hardware, medicinal materials, coal and other 8 wholesale goods station, subdivided into the county east of the purchase of agricultural and sideline products, supply and wholesale of industrial products. Culture and education, health, industry and transportation, finance and trade, post and telecommunications and other businesses have developed. The establishment of agricultural machinery factories, cotton and wool factories, grain stations, cargo stations, supply and marketing societies, tax offices, industry and commerce, post and telecommunications, hospitals, secondary schools and other more than 20 units. Due to the eyebrow ridge around the soil viscous fine, the development of building materials industry is unique, the town built building materials factory 3, wheel kiln 5, annual output of bricks, tiles, 40 million blocks (page), exported to Zhou, all over the country. 1988, the town's total output value of 25.96 million yuan of agricultural products, total tax revenue of 280,000 yuan, the per capita net income of 293 yuan.