In the second year of Guangxu (1876), a foreigner named Yuan moved here to live, opened a horse shop, and got the name of "Malan" by blocking horses with wooden stakes, which became "". The township is located on the backbone of the middle section of Wulian Peak. The mountains above 2700 meters above sea level include Dabanchang Mountain, Shibaping Old Forest, Jianshan Shamaoding, Shuishan, Longtou Mountain and Lion Mountain. The main rivers are Lengshui River, Laochangping River, Xinglong River and Dahegou. The climate in most parts of the township is cold, with continuous rain and mist from May to September, so there are often clouds on the mountains. In winter and spring, the snow is deep, and the roads in Zhao Yong in the territory are frozen from time to time, which hinders traffic. Edit the town features in this paragraph. Johnny Ma Township governs 6 village committees in Johnny Ma, Pingchang, Lengshui, Hongkou, Xinglong and Taoshan, and 134 village groups, including 3 Miao and Yi Nationality Village. The total area of the township is 193.4 square kilometers, with 28,605 mu of cultivated land and 44 175 mu of forest, with a population of 3,372 households13,709, including 543 households of Miao nationality 1884 and 2030 households of Yi nationality. The total grain output of the township is 2.652 million kilograms, the total rural economic income is 3.729 million yuan, and the per capita net income is 272 yuan. Due to the high mountains and cold climate in China, cereals mainly produce potatoes, buckwheat, oats and corn. The vast grassland, suitable for grazing, is the national semi-fine wool sheep improvement base, with an annual output of 45 thousand kilograms of wool. Local products mainly include gastrodia elata. Every year on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month (Duanyang Festival), the Miao people call it Huashan Festival, which is the most grand traditional festival of the Miao people in a year. As far away as Weining, Guizhou, and as close as Yanjin and Daguan, the Miao people arrived in Johnny Ma ahead of time to get together and hold national sports and cultural activities.