The Historical Evolution of Mangshan Yao Township

Nomadic people in the north, such as Gengshan, have no fixed place to live, take their families into the mountains with their mouths, taste the soil with their mouths, inspect its fertile and barren land, weave grass for houses, eat only wheat and corn with skins, plough mountains for two or three years, or four or five years, and then burn their nests and migrate, so it is called Guo Yaoshan. They speak a language that is "encouraged by education" (that is, Yao nationality). During the years of Mingde, Yao surnamed Zhao moved from Fujian to Yong 'an Village, Mangshan Cave, and settled here. 1821-1850 (light years of the Qing dynasty) The leaders of the Yao Uprising evacuated from Jianghua, Xintian, Changning and Guiyang to Mangshan and lived in Daodong and Xiling Village. [Eight Pai Yao] lives in Huangjiapan Village, Mangshan Mountain. Its ancestors moved from Zhejiang to Fujian and then to northern Guangdong. During Zheng De's reign in the Ming Dynasty, 1506- 152 1 moved to Mangshan from Jiataipingdong, Yangshan County, Guangdong Province. Bapai Yao is composed of Junken Pai, Libadong Pai, Huoshaoping Pai, Dachangling Pai, Hengkeng Pai, Youling Pai, Xiang Xing Pai and Ma Jian Pai. Mangshan Yao people have always been good at singing, and often "mix men and women and sing a hundred songs". Many folk singers follow suit and export them into songs. They eulogize and narrate the history of their own nation with lyrics; Drive away the fatigue caused by productive labor with songs; Convey admiration for heart music and talk about love with songs; Communicate the feelings of meeting and parting with songs. Its ballads include historical songs, productive labor songs, sacrificial songs, love songs, mysterious songs and heroic songs. The Song of Panwang is a long historical narrative poem of Yao nationality with the origin of human beings, the story of flood, the marriage of Fuxi brothers and sisters, the totem worshipped by ancestors and the social experience of Yao nationality as its main contents. There are roughly three genres of Yao songs: one is four sentences and seven words; Second, the first sentence is three or five words, and the last three sentences are seven words; Three, one, two and four sentences are seven words, and the number of words in the third sentence varies, up to ten words.

Mangshan Mountain, where Yao people lived for a long time, was built in Yongle period of Ming Dynasty (1403- 1424). During the period of Zheng De (1506- 152 1), Yao Zong had four men. In the tenth year of Qianlong reign (1745), Zeng Zongfa, a magistrate of a county, was ordered to follow the Ming system and still set up General Yao's mansion in Mangshan. During the Jiaqing period (1796- 1820), there were 367 Yao people in Mangshan, with a total of 4,000 Yao people 1 person. Yao Dong was elected by himself on schedule, and Yao Min was the official. The Xianfeng period was (1851-1861), and Mangshan was designated as a special area to supervise the Yong 'an Youth League. At the beginning of the Republic of China, the Han gentry in Mangshan resumed the Yongan League. From 65438 to 0937, the Ministry of Industry of the National Government decided to classify Mangshan forest as a state-owned forest area. 1950 April, Mangshan Township was established. In September, 1956, Mangshan Forest Management Office was established. 1958 In March, Mangshan Forest Management Office was renamed as the state-owned Mangshan Forest Farm, directly under the Hunan Provincial Forestry Department. In June+10, 5438, Mangshan Township was renamed Mangshan People's Commune and merged into Mangshan Forest Farm, which was under the jurisdiction of Yizhang County. In September, 196 1, the farm and cooperative were established respectively, the forest farm was under the direct control of Hunan Provincial Department of Industry and Forestry, and the Mangshan People's Commune was under the county management. 1972, the forest farm was decentralized to Chenzhou area. 1982, Mangshan Forest Farm in Chenzhou, Hunan Province was renamed Mangshan Forestry Bureau, and Mangshan People's Commune was renamed Mangshan Yao People's Commune. 1984, Mangshan Yao People's Commune was renamed Mangshan Township People's Government. 1In July, 1992, Mangshan National Forest Park was established with the approval of the Ministry of Forestry. 165438 10. In October, Chenzhou Regional Organizing Committee approved the establishment of Mangshan National Forest Park Management Office, which was co-located with Mangshan Forest Management Bureau and implemented a set of two brands. 1In April, 1994, the State Council approved the establishment of "Mangshan National Nature Reserve in Hunan Province", and then set up Nature Reserve Administration successively, implementing three brands and one team. 1998 Mangshan Forestry Bureau was renamed Mangshan State-owned Forestry Bureau. 200165438+February, Forest Management Bureau was decentralized to Yizhang County, and it was a self-supporting institution at the level. Functional departments 12, secondary institutions 12. In those years, Mangshan had a total population of 8 183, including 806 in-service cadres and workers of Mangshan Forest Management Bureau, 457 retirees and 607 family members, and the rest were Yao and Hakkas in Mangshan Township.