History and culture of Meizhou

Plum blossom, the city flower of Meizhou, is regarded as an auspicious symbol of spreading the good news of spring, and also represents the perseverance and enterprising spirit of Meizhou Hakkas. Meizhou's landmark buildings-Meijiang Bridge and "one river and two banks". The Weilong Building, a symbolic traditional building in Meizhou, is one of the five characteristic houses in China. Meizhou is one of the three famous towns in China-"hometown of culture, hometown of overseas Chinese and hometown of football". It also enjoys the reputation of "Hometown of Folk Songs, Hometown of Golden Pomelo, Hometown of Hakka Cuisine and Hometown of Dan Cong Tea". Meizhou is also a national historical and cultural city and an excellent tourist city in China. Meizhou is located at the junction of Fujian, Guangdong and Jiangxi provinces, with Chaoshan in the east, Longyan in Fujian and Ganzhou in Jiangxi in the north and Heyuan in the south. It has jurisdiction over six counties, namely Meixian, Jiaoling, Wuhua, Tai Po, Pingyuan, Fengshun, xingning city and Meijiang. It is the most important distribution center and settlement of Hakkas. Meizhou has hosted the World Hakka Congress and the World Hakka Friendship Association, and is known as the "Hakka Capital" of the world, with a strong Hakka style.

Meizhou has a long history. According to archaeological discoveries and cultural relics statistics in recent years, there are 398 Neolithic cultural sites and relics in Meizhou. Jingzhou was established in the Southern Han Dynasty, and it was changed to Meizhou in the fourth year of Song Kaibao (97 1). Meizhou Road was established in the Yuan Dynasty, which belongs to Chaozhou Prefecture, and Jiaying Zhili Prefecture was established in the Qing Dynasty. In the third year of the Republic of China, Meizhou was renamed Meixian County, which successively belonged to Chaoshun Road and the Sixth Administrative Supervision Zone. After the founding of New China, Xingmei District was established in 1949, and Xingmei Administrative Supervision Department was established in 1950 to govern Meixian County, Xingning County, Wuhua County, Tai Po County, Fengshun County, Jiaoling County and Pingyuan County. 1952 xingmei 7 county was placed under the administrative region of eastern Guangdong. Meixian District was founded in 1965 and later changed to Meixian District. 1979, Meizhou Town under Meixian County was upgraded from district level to county level, which was called Meizhou City, and Meixian County governed 7 counties. 1 city. 1983, Meizhou City and Meixian County merged into Meixian City, and the city of 7 counties 1 under Meixian County was changed to 6 counties 1. 1988, Meixian county was changed to Meizhou city, which governed the original 7 counties of Xingmei and Meijiang district, a newly designated county-level district, ***7 counties 1 district. 1994, xingning county was removed from the county to set up a city (county level), and Meizhou city administered 6 counties 1 district, and also managed xingning city.

In 2000, according to the data of the fifth national census, the total population of Meizhou was 3802186; Meijiang district 3 1382 1, Meixian county 5 167 1, dapu county city 3520 13, Fengshun county 449769, Wuhua county 879286 and Pingyuan county 2150.

As of June 65438+February 3, 2002, Meizhou had 1 municipal districts and 6 counties, and 1 county-level cities under its jurisdiction. There are 5 streets in the city, 16 1 town, 2,089 village committees and 236 neighborhood committees.

As of May 16, 2003, there were 4 streets (including Meixian Xincheng Street approved by the municipal government and the provincial government) and 154 towns in the city, and there were 179 neighborhood committees, 2,082 village committees and 33,779 villagers' groups in the city.

June 365438+February 3, 2005 1, Meizhou governs 1 6 counties in municipal districts, and manages16 streets in county-level cities 104 towns.

By the end of 2008, Meizhou had two municipal districts and five counties, and managed 1 county-level city, 12 streets and 104 towns.