Village introduction in Baita Town

Baita Village

is located in the north of Boshan District. It is five kilometers away from Boshan City in the south. It is located at the southeast foot of Phoenix Mountain. It is adjacent to Xiaofu River in the east, Donghe River in the south, and Zhang (Dian) Bo (Mountain) Railway in the west. Zhang(Dian)Bo(Mountain) Highway passes through the village from north to south. It is now the residence of Baita Town. A village committee shall be established. ***255 households, 817 people. There are 608 acres of cultivated land, mainly producing wheat and corn. Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, most of the houses were shabby thatched houses. Nowadays, the living conditions of villagers have changed greatly. More than 95% of the households have built new tile-roofed houses.

Industrial and sideline businesses: There was an original brick factory and a small machinery repair shop. Since the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in 1978, new automobile repair shops, cement products factories, steel deformation factories, restaurants, shops, etc. have been built, with an annual output value of 1.192 million yuan. In 1984, in accordance with the spirit of Zhongfa (84) No. 1 Document, a new "Boshan Seafood Restaurant" was built in Zhangdian and officially opened on the National Day of that year. Before the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in 1978, per capita income was 233 yuan. By 1983, it had increased to 612 yuan, an increase of 1.6 times.

The "Genealogy of the Bai Family" in the 19th year of Qianlong's reign in the Qing Dynasty (1754) contains: "I, the Bai family... In the seventh year of Xuanhe (1125), the Liao Dynasty fell and the Jin Dynasty prospered. They fought wars and caused chaos, and fled to Qing Dynasty. Liujiawu on the right side of the county later moved to Baitanzhuang and established his ancestral grave in the fourth year of Taiding in the Yuan Dynasty (1327). According to the "Liang Family Genealogy" in the ninth year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty, "the ancestor Song moved from Hongdong County, Shanxi to Baitadian during the Hongwu period." According to this, this village existed before the fourth year of Taiding in the Yuan Dynasty (1327). The "Zichuan County Chronicle" in the 25th year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty and the "Yanshen Town Chronicle" in the 9th year of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty (1670) both record the name of the village as "Baitadian". In the 41st year of Qianlong's reign in the Qing Dynasty (1776), "Zichuan County Chronicle" recorded that the village was named "Baita".

According to Gao Mingbao, a 75-year-old man in the village, before the Ming Dynasty, a man named Bai opened a shop on the beach to the east of the village, hence the name "Baitan Store". Later, due to the collapse of the store, pedestrians called it the "Baixiao Store". Later it evolved into "Baita Store". Later it was also called "White Tower" for short. Xi'a is located two kilometers northwest of Baita, the government residence of Baita Town. It is located in the shadow of Phoenix Mountain, with low-lying terrain. A village committee shall be established. ***175 households, 643 people. There are 747 acres of cultivated land, mainly producing wheat and corn, followed by peanuts and sweet potatoes. A small pond is built in the northwest of the village, with a water capacity of 10,000 cubic meters. The side industries include cement products factory and construction team, with an annual output value of 166,000 yuan.

"The Genealogy of the Hu Family in Banyang" records: "My ancestor was Duke Zhong. Since the second year of Hongwu, he moved from Zaoqiang, Zhili, to Mingshuidian, Ziyi. Changmen's second branch lived in Xi'a." According to this, the Hu family should have settled here during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty (1403-1424).

According to Mu Shaoyan, a 60-year-old villager in the village, because the village is located in the shadow of Phoenix Mountain and the terrain is low, it was named "Phoenix Nest" after the terrain. Because the village is located to the west of the eye of the sea, it was renamed "Xiwo". Because "Wo" and "A" are homophonic, it later evolved into "Xia".