Welfare Town is a township in Yangshuo County, Guangxi. The town is hilly and mountainous, with an area of 52,868 mu of cultivated land, woodland 1 10000 mu, and 33 reservoirs and mountain ponds, including 4 small and medium-sized reservoirs, with an annual effective storage capacity of 120 10000 cubic meters. The town has a subtropical climate and is suitable for planting all kinds of cash crops. It is rich in agricultural and sideline products such as rice, Shatian pomelo, chestnut, fruit cane, persimmon, citrus, red melon seeds and Hu Aishan. It is one of the three major grain-producing areas in Yangshuo County and a big fruit town. In recent years, the planting and breeding industry, which mainly focuses on the Hu Aishan of Jade Bird, the fruit cane in Shuangqiao, the summer oranges in Zhonghe and Dong Xian, the double sow breeding demonstration in Dong Xian and Soxhlet, and the partridge breeding in Shuangqiao, has gradually formed a well-known welfare brand that radiates the surrounding village committees. Unique folk arts and crafts fans are exported to Southeast Asia, Japan, the United States, Mexico and other countries and regions, and are known as "the first town of arts and crafts fans in China". There are 5 collective enterprises, 2 private enterprises, 559 individual enterprises and more than 3,000 employees in the town. There are key enterprises such as Yangshuo County Firecracker Factory, Fulongji Brick Factory and Baofengshan Wood Processing Factory. By the end of 2004, the town had achieved a gross national product of 268.44 million yuan, including the total agricultural output value147.88 million yuan and the total output value of township enterprises120.36 million yuan. The fiscal revenue at this level is 2.88 million yuan.

There are 20 163 lines in the Guilin-Guangzhou highway area, which runs through the east and west, and the "diamond waterway" of Lijiang River runs through the north and south, so the land and water transportation is very convenient. Since 1986, a total of 69 kilometers of village-level four-level highways have been built, realizing the highway connecting every village; The village committee office building 17 was built, with a construction area of nearly 3,000 square meters. Among them, 15 village committees built two-story office buildings, realized village office buildings with reinforced concrete structure, established the first village-level "digital village" demonstration site, and realized the online information of towns and villages. The construction of tourist parrot wharf, more than 8,000 square meters parking lot and the second-phase laying of cement road in the main street of the town have improved the urban infrastructure. In 2003, it was listed as a key construction town in the autonomous region. The existing farmers' market covers an area of 8605.6 square meters, with a building area of 4000 square meters and more than 300 booths. It is the largest and most complete reinforced concrete structure market in the township market of Yangshuo County. The second phase of the professional wholesale market for fruits, grain and building materials has raised more than 8 million yuan and is currently under construction. Every Tuesday, Friday and Saturday, more than 65438+100000 people attend the fair. The town has opened the town IC card telephone, built and opened the Unicom communication base station and PHS telephone, and the town computer has broadband network. The number of telephones reached 1300, and 84 natural villages realized telephone communication. Radio and TV stations have realized cable TV networking, adding 19 channels, with TV coverage exceeding 90% and cable TV users 1300 households.

There are 2 junior high schools, 6 primary schools 16 and 3 teaching points in the town, with 5 164 students and 358 teaching staff. The town has 1 central hospital and 50 medical points.

The territory is rich in tourism resources, including the famous scenic spots at home and abroad, the newly opened Lindamu Stone Forest, and the short mountain hot springs to be developed. The lower reaches of Lijiang River/0/8km from Kloc-is the location of the famous Chinese and foreign film "Third Sister Liu". You can not only enjoy the beautiful natural landscape, but also experience the rich local culture such as Liu Sanjie's singing, fishing performance, Nuo dance performance and Zhuang wedding customs.

Welfare Town has a long history and outstanding people. This is an ancient cultural town. It is a well-known hometown of mass culture and art in the autonomous region (1998 national hometown of folk art, advanced township of social culture in Guilin, and advanced township of mass sports in the whole region in 2000). The annual May 8th traditional festival is one of the local folk festivals. There are 10 dragon and lion teams, 40 amateur folk art teams, 10 other cultural and sports teams and more than 20 cultural activities and recreation rooms in the town.

Welfare Town is located 8 kilometers east of the county seat and on the north bank of Lijiang River. It was inhabited during the reign of Tang Xianqing more than 200 years ago/kloc-0. Because litchi is in the forest and the cottage is hidden in it, it is named Fuli Village. In the Song Dynasty, Huangdao Street under the Wolf Mountain in the northeast of town flourished for a while. Later, because of this, the land and waterway were smooth, connecting Guilin and Wuzhou. Residents moved here and gradually became a town. In the Ming dynasty, Mashan Wei was built at the foot of Mashan in the northeast of the village, so it was called Mashan Scenic Area plus Tianzhou. Qing Daoguang moved to Old Street (after Tianhou Palace) and changed to Fuliwei. 1926, its homonym was changed to fuliwei.

Welfare Town has a long history, surrounded by mountains and rivers, outstanding people, a large number of bachelors and a high cultural tradition. The building is the original three streets, nine wells, eighteen lanes, three palaces, two temples and one tower. According to records, these buildings are antique and exquisite in workmanship. At that time, a bird's-eye view will give you the charm of "the ancient town is hidden in the mountains, and the breeze depends on the door". Unfortunately, due to the migration of time series and the vicissitudes of time, most of these ancient buildings were destroyed by natural and man-made disasters or disrepair, leaving little. The cultural tradition of welfare is also manifested in the production of painting fans, which has a long history of making painting fans and was awarded the title of "the first town of Chinese painting fans" by the Ministry of Culture. There are many families in Welfare who draw from old to young, children can draw fans, and there are many "farmer painters".

The eighth day of the fifth lunar month is a traditional folk festival in Welfare Town, which has been circulating for more than 200 years. On may 8, relatives of all households in the street fell in love and helped the old and the young to catch up with the meeting. The host was hospitable and hosted a banquet. In every household's menu, there are three dishes that are essential. These three dishes are eggplant, pepper, bitter gourd and lean meat stuffing.

Beautiful scenery and the welfare of humanistic traditions are increasingly recognized by the outside world. Most of Sister Liu's films were shot in Welfare Town. CCTV has also reported the culture and scenery of welfare for many times. CCTV's "Into Guangxi" film crew also came to Welfare to interview Mr. Zhao Qiaofa, the "first person of Yangshuo painting fan".