Gutian County is a county under the jurisdiction of Ningde City, Fujian Province. It is located in the northeast of Fujian Province, on the north bank of the middle and lower reaches of Minjiang River, and Gutian River runs through the whole territory. At the end of 20 19, the registered population was 427,400, which governed 2 streets, 8 towns and 4 townships. The county covers an area of 2385 square kilometers.
In the 29th year of Kaiyuan in Tang Dynasty (74 1), the county was established, and it is known as the hometown of hydropower, the hometown of overseas Chinese, the hometown of edible fungi in China, the hometown of sports and the hometown of culture. Gutian is the edible fungus capital of China; The per capita possession of water resources ranks first in China, and Gutianxi Hydropower Station is the first underground power station in China. Gutian was once rated as a national advanced sports county and a national cultural model county? .
Gutian Town belongs to Shanghang County, Longyan City, Fujian Province. Located in the northeast of Shanghang County, at the southern foot of Meihua Mountain, at the junction of Silla, Shanghang and Liancheng counties (districts). The town covers an area of 227 square kilometers and governs 2 1 administrative village. 199 1 year, the total industrial and agricultural output value of the town exceeded 1 100 million yuan, taking the lead in becoming the first town with 100 million yuan in the old revolutionary base areas of China.
According to legend, Gutian was named after the earliest cultivated hilly land in ancient wulong village. Gutian Town is the site of the famous Gutian Conference and the AAAA Nature Reserve of Meihua Mountain. In 2003, it was selected into the list of famous historical and cultural towns in China (the first batch) selected by the Ministry of Construction and the Cultural Relics Bureau.