The county has jurisdiction over 15 towns, 34 community neighborhood committees, 13 residents committees and 2 18 villagers committees, covering an area of 1872 square kilometers.
There are 3 1 ethnic minorities in the county, with a population of 3,646, distributed in 15 towns, among which the Dong nationality has the largest population, accounting for 36.5% of the total number of ethnic minorities. Ethnic minorities are Dong 1694, Miao 13 10, Tujia 100, Shui 74, Buyi 73, Bai 63, Zhuang 60, Hui 48, Yi 44, Yao 42, Korean 22 and Mongolian 265438. 6 Mulao, 4 She, 4 Daer, 3 Gaoshan, 3 Tu, 2 Bo, 2 Oroqen, 1 Hani, 1 Maonan, 1 Pumi, 1 Ewenki. According to the statistics of the main data bulletin of the sixth national census in Nantong in 20 10, the permanent population of the county reached 996,000 at the end of 20 10. Compared with the end of last year, the number of people decreased by 4,325, including 570 1, 6,863 people died, the birth rate was 5.39‰, the mortality rate was 8.0 1‰, and the natural population growth rate was -2.0 1‰.
Rudong belongs to the northern subtropical maritime monsoon climate zone. Four distinct seasons, abundant sunshine, abundant rainfall, short frost period, obvious monsoon, mild and humid. The territory has flat terrain, dense forests, fertile land and lush countryside. County agricultural land 143300 hectares, construction land 3 1300 hectares, water area 17000 hectares. The area is rich in water resources. The surface runoff generated by rainfall is 500 million cubic meters, and the Yangtze River water is 590 million cubic meters every year. Groundwater is widely distributed in the territory, with abundant water and excellent water quality. Crops are mainly rice, wheat and cotton, as well as oil, vegetables and fruits. Rudong once broke through the total lint output of one million tons three times, leading the province, enjoying a high reputation in the whole country and being commended by the State Council. Rudong is also an advanced county in grain production, commodity lean pig base and goat skin export. Rudong is rich in offshore resources and is the largest production and export base of Meretrix meretrix and Porphyra yezoensis in China. In 2007, Rudong County was rated as the national hometown of seafood. There are more than 50 species of shallow-sea shellfish in offshore waters, among which Meretrix meretrix, known as "the freshest in the world", exports more than 6,000 tons annually, making it the largest production and export base in China. In addition, there are "Xishi Tongue", Solen, Mudsnail, Meretrix meretrix, Meretrix meretrix, Acacia snail, Hornworm and so on. There are more than 100 kinds of common fish, among which yellow croaker, pomfret, mackerel, catfish, mullet and herring are the most common. ? Fish, saury, flatfish, arrowhead and puffer fish are the most famous. The famous shrimps and crabs are red shrimp, white shrimp, prawn, golden hook shrimp, swimming crab, big blue crab and Guan Gong crab. Eel fry, known as "soft gold", and laver, roasted eel, dried shrimp, clam (powder) and "drunken eight fresh", which are deeply processed from seafood, are popular at home and abroad. On Rudong's long coastline, the high tide reaches the shore directly, the seawater quality is between 2.7 and 3.8 Baume degrees, and one cubic meter of seawater can produce 27.5 kilograms of salt. The county has Yantian 1.6 million mu, with an annual output of 30,000 tons of high-quality raw salt. In 1980s, two special tourism projects were set up, namely "Disco at Sea" (stepping on clams on the beach) and "Symphony in the air" (flying kites on the beach). Yangkou Port, with a tonnage of1.5,000 to 200,000 tons, is an excellent deep-water port resource in Jiangsu. Rudong is a famous hometown of Langshan chicken at home and abroad. Langshan Chicken is listed as the first of the eight famous chickens in the world, and has participated in the breeding of many internationally renowned chicken breeds such as Oppington and Aohei. 1872, introduced British and international standard chicken breeds and precious genes of world poultry industry, and was selected as the standard map of world excellent chicken breeds. Among the wild animals, there are weasels, badgers and otters. In 1960s, the export of weasel skin ranked second in China. There are more than 200 kinds of wild animals that can be used as medicine, such as Lycium barbarum, tortoise plastron, toad venom, earthworm and so on. For example, Rudong rice is well-known, and there are high-quality cocoons, vegetables and poultry.
The county * * * organized to declare various science and technology plan projects 146 (including 24 national projects, 69 provincial projects and 53 municipal projects), and established 74 projects (including national projects 13, 28 provincial projects and 33 municipal projects), and strived for free funding of 4.96 million yuan and special science and technology loans/kloc from higher authorities. The high-tech output value was 7.256 billion yuan, up 69.3% year-on-year. Newly cultivated 4 provincial high-tech enterprises, 4 provincial engineering technology research centers 1 home, 4 provincial spark leading enterprises 1 home, 3 national key new products, 5 provincial high-tech products, 3 national torch plans, 3 national spark plans, 7 provincial torch plans, and 5 provincial spark plans, and won Nantong Science and Technology Progress Award 15 to cultivate Industry-University-Research cooperation. The 863 scientific and technological achievements project and the national key spark plan project settled in Rudong to achieve zero breakthrough and start the construction of a new science and technology venture park. It has been included in the pilot area of intellectual property rights in the whole province, and the county has applied for 476 patents and authorized 1 16 patents. Enterprises in the county developed 248 new products.
The local tourism in Kinkaku Island Rudong features ocean scenery and seafood. "Sea Disco" and "Air Symphony" are famous local tourism projects. The coastal scenic tourist belt driven by the development of Yangkou Port is becoming more and more mature. The main tourist and leisure attractions along the coast are: Guohou Palace, Dongsheng International Golf Course, Hai Yin Temple, Wind Farm, Kinkaku Island, Huanghai Bridge and Sun Island.
In order to enhance the image of the county, Rudong local government put forward three business cards, namely "Oriental Deepwater Port", "Green Energy Capital" and "Yellow Sea Tourism Resort".
Guoqing temple
Kokuseiji, Kokuseiji is located in the southeast of Digang Town Development Zone, Rudong County. According to historical records, Buddhism in Rudong originated in the Eastern Han Dynasty. The Xiaoguo Temple, which digs Hong Kong, and Xiaoguo Temple, one of the eight famous Buddhist mountains in China, belong to Tiantai Sect. The Congress Temple in Zhejiang was built by yǐ (also known as the wise man), the founder of Tiantai Sect of Buddhism, in the 18th year of Sui Huang Kai (AD 598). The tenth ancestor of Zhiyu legal system, Master Man of Tiantai Mountain Temple, came to Rudong in the first year of Tang Dynasty (806-820 AD) and was built in accordance with the architectural style of Tiantai Mountain National Assembly Temple in 14 years.
During the Five Dynasties, the Song Dynasty and the first year, Guoshou Temple was repeatedly damaged by soldiers. Until the ninth year of Wanli in Ming Dynasty (A.D. 158 1), Shao Yi, a monk, was privately recruited and rebuilt, and a monument was erected to commemorate it. After many reconstructions and additions in the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, the ancient temple has begun to take shape and has a unique style. 1July, 960, kokuseiji was listed as a provincial cultural relics protection unit. 1968 At the end of the year, both the Hall of the Great Hero and the Hall of the Heavenly King were demolished during the Cultural Revolution (note: the Buddhist Scripture Building was demolished during the Liberation War). In this way, the Millennium temple disappeared.
In the early 1990s, Dajiu Temple was rebuilt in a different place. The name of the temple was inscribed by the late President of the Chinese Buddhist Association, Mr. Zhao Puchu.
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History and culture
history
◇ In July of 838 AD (the third year of Tang Kaicheng), Master Ren Yuan, a monk of Tiantai Sect in Japan (note: the most sincere disciple of Japan, the most sincere mage once studied in Tang Dynasty, and later returned to China to establish Tiantai Sect in Japan), accompanied by Fujiwara, the 13th envoy of Japan, came to China to seek dharma, ran aground along the Rudong coast, and once wandered around Rudong and dug a harbor to worship. After returning to China, he wrote "Seeking the Dharma in the Tang Dynasty", which mentioned the opening of Hong Kong and imperial academy in many places.
◇ A.D. 1645 (the second year of Shunzhi in Qing Dynasty), the people of Rugao (Rugao belonged to Rudong at that time) rebelled against the haircut order of the Qing Dynasty, and Chen Junyue and others launched an uprising to fight the Qing army, which was later suppressed.
◇ A.D. 1938, China * * * Jiangbei Special Committee went to Hejiazao, Rugao (East) to establish the first maritime local armed force in Huainan Salt Management Area: the Salt People's Self-Defense Force. 194 1 April, the new fourth army set up a maritime armed force in hejiazao: the coastal defense brigade of the suzhong military region. 1942, 165438+ 10, the Coastal Defence Corps of the Suzhong Military Region was established, headed by Tao Yong, and the regimental headquarters was located in Hejiazhao. 1943165438+10 In October, the Suzhong Coastal Defence Corps developed into a Suzhong Coastal Defence Column in Hejiazhao, with Tao Yong as the commander. 1945 to 10, the coastal defense column was established as the central China coastal defense column. After the East Zhejiang Haiphong Brigade withdrew from northern Jiangsu, the Yanfu Haiphong Brigade in northern Jiangsu was successively placed under the leadership of the Central China Haiphong Column. Is the origin of * * * and China's navy.
dialect
For example, most areas in the east belong to the Huai language area, such as Taipian, which was historically under the jurisdiction of Taizhou, and was later artificially included in Nantong, and the southern armory and other places belong to the North Wu language area. In terms of language, it is divided into East Road and West Road. East Road retains more ancient sounds of Ming Dynasty and is an important living fossil area of language. In recent years, with the development of Rudong's economy, the color of Huaiyin is also fading.
art
Jumping groom painting: Rudong folk painting art has a long history. It is said that it was introduced from Suzhou during Tongzhi period of Qing Dynasty (1862- 1874), and it is a branch of Taohuawu woodblock New Year pictures. With its quaint and beautiful style and local characteristics, it was named "the hometown of modern folk painting in China" by the Ministry of Culture of China.
Dance: "Dancing the groom" was originally a ritual dance spread in Rudong, and the god of sacrifice was "God". According to legend, the "King of Heaven" is the title that Tang Suzong posthumously conferred on its commander-in-chief Zhang Xun. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, pirates and pirates often harassed coastal areas. The local people are attached to Zhang's feelings, cherish their heroism and pray for the gods to eliminate disasters and reduce happiness. Therefore, the sacrifice gradually evolved into "burning groom incense", which has been circulating for hundreds of years.
20 10 "jumping bridegroom" in Rudong county, Jiangsu province was selected as the third batch of national intangible cultural heritage list, the category of traditional dance projects, with serial number 1.
folk song