The Historical Evolution of Guazhou Town

Guazhou Township, Anxi County, lives in the deep inland, with a typical continental climate, less rainfall, long sunshine time and large temperature difference between day and night. The unique climate makes the melons produced in this area as sweet as honey, and the mouth is full of saliva, so it is called Guazhou. There is a beautiful folklore: When Zhou Muwang visited the West, the Queen Mother of the West hosted a melon banquet. When a melon-picking fairy passed by Anxi, she accidentally slipped and dropped the melon from the sky. Since then, cantaloupe has settled here. Anxi county has a long history of planting honeydew melons. As early as the Han and Tang Dynasties, Anxi honeydew melon was well-known and became the favorite of people in the western regions. East into Chang 'an, as a rare tribute to the royal family. "Geography of Hanshu" says: "The beautiful melon was born in the ancient melon country, and the old fox ate it, but it could not come out." The ancients had a poem saying: "On the eighth day of April in Guazhou, the cuckoo crowed just right;" Looking back at Zimo, there are melons everywhere. " Guazhou County was established here in Ming and Qing Dynasties. 1955, Tougong, Guazhou and Sangong merged into Tougong Township; 1958, formed Ai Wu People's Commune with Huancheng Town, Nancha Township, Yolanda Town and Xihu Township; Guazhou Commune was founded in1959; 1968 changed its name to Hongwei commune; And in 1978.