Zhonghe Town is about 40 kilometers away from the city of Kaizhou, the town was built in the middle of the Qing Dynasty, a long history. Today's Zhonghe Town was formed in 2005 by the merger of Zhonghe Town and Sanhe Town. Sanhe market town is about 5 kilometers east of Zhonghe market town, named after the confluence of three streams and rivers, Sanhe field town began in the late Qing Dynasty.
When it comes to the relationship between Zhonghe and Sanhe, it can be said that "Hehe" is divided into parts, and "Hehe" is divided into parts. Although nowadays both Sanhe and Zhonghe belong to Zhonghe Township, it wasn't like that in the past.Before 1931, there was no Zhonghe Township, and in that year, a part of it was divided from Sanhechang Township and Zhonghe Township was set up. In 1932, Zhonghe Township was merged into Sanhechang Township, and in 1938, Zhonghe Union Insurance was set up, and in 1940, it was merged into Sanhe Township. In 1941, Zhonghe Township was separated from Sanhe Township ......1 In 1958, Zhonghe Township and Sanhe Township were merged to form Zhonghe Commune. 1961 saw the separation of Sanhe Commune ...... Until 2005, the two "entangled" townships of Zhonghe and Sanhe had been separated from each other. "In 2005, the two sister towns of Zhonghe and Sanhe were finally merged together - Zhonghe Township and to the present day.
Zhonghe Town is one of the big towns in Kaiju District, how to determine whether these towns in Kaiju is a big town, I think you can look at the following aspects. Population: Zhonghe Township has a total population of about 64,000, with a field area of 2 square kilometers and a field population of about 20,000 people. Education: Zhonghe Township has a senior high school - Zhonghe Middle School, Kaiju has a high school in a few towns, only Linjiang, Changsha, Hot Springs, Tieqiao and so on. Banks: Zhonghe Township has the Agricultural Bank, Kaiju has the Agricultural Bank of only a few townships, except Linjiang, Changsha, Tieqiao and so on.
Zhonghe Township has beautiful natural scenery, full of verdure and numerous streams. Behind the field town, there is also a small waterfall, which is very lovely.
Walking about 500 meters inward from the small waterfall, on the left side of the road, you can see a taller arroyo, which is the famous Yu Family Compound in Zhonghe Town. The Yu Family Compound is the best-preserved Yudong-style residence in Kaizhou District, and it has a history of about two hundred years. There is no comparison between the quaint compound and the tiled houses built alongside the roads today. With high artistic, historical and humanistic values, the Yu family compound is a cultural relics protection unit of Kaiju District and one of the main tourist attractions in Zhonghe Town.
Mentioning the specialties of Zhonghe, there is one thing that has to be mentioned, which is the water bamboo cooler, one of the three best things in Kaizhou. Bamboo mats are mainly produced in the town of Zhonghe Sanhe field, the 1990s was the heyday, almost every family in the Sanhe field will be hand-woven mats, but also gave birth to the local scorn makers of this occupation. It was once even exhibited and sold abroad