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899 Guanghua second year of the Tang dynasty
Wu Quanzhi, the founder of the Wu family in Xianju, moved to Xiali.
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1174-1189 During the Chunxi period of the Southern Song Dynasty
the 11th ancestor, Wu Chun, moved to Gaoqian and became the founder of the Wu family's Western branch.
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1271-1368 Yuan Dynasty
The place where Wu family of Gaoqian lived became a village.
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1640-1912 Qing Dynasty
Gaoqian belonged to Gaoqianzhuang in Gaoqianli XVI Du, Kaiyuan Township, Xianju County; between the Qianlong and Xianfeng periods of the Qing Dynasty, the existing village pattern of Gaoqian was laid out.
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1948-1949 Before and after the founding of New China
In 1948, Gaoqian and Houren merged to form Zhongke Township; after 1949, the two townships of Gaoqian and Houren were restored.
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1951-1959 1950s
In 1951 a vigorous land reform movement was carried out in Gaoqian Shangwo Village; In February 1951, the People's Government of Gaoqian Township was established; in 1953, the first mutual aid group was established in Gaoqian Shangwu Village; in the winter of 1955, the mutual aid groups were restructured into a low-level agricultural production co-operative; in March 1956, the low-level cooperatives of the three villages were merged into one high-level cooperative. in 1958, a people's commune was established in Gaoqian, which was renamed the Baita People's Commune in 1961; in the autumn of 1958, the commune was transformed into the Gaoqian People's Commune; in November 1958, the Liangtan Reservoir Management Committee was established with Gaoqian Shangwu Village as the main part of the committee. The construction of the reservoir was completed in December 1961; in the winter of 1959, a canteen was set up for the whole village.
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1961-1966 1960s
In 1961, the village implemented the 60 rules of the People's Commune; in 1962, the Party Branch of Gaoqian Shangwu Village was established; in the winter of 1963, the construction of the Youling Reservoir, with a storage capacity of 180,000 cubic metres, began and was completed in the spring of 1966; from 1964 to 1974, the Qianwang Reservoir was built in full collaboration with the villages concerned. In 1966, the Cultural Revolution swept the country and the whole village suffered greatly.
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1970-1972 1970s
In the winter of 1970, Gaoqian Commune was incorporated into Baita Commune; in 1971, the basic construction of farmland water conservancy was started; in 1972, the construction of the flood dikes on the east and west banks of Gaoqian Creek was started and completed in 1987.
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1982-1985 1980s
In 1982, the household contract responsibility system was introduced in the village; in 1984, the Baita People's Commune was renamed Baita Township; in 1985, Baita was approved as an incorporated village with Gaoqian as its natural village.
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1990-1996 1990s
1990-1995, agricultural electric grid lines were erected in the fields; two electric irrigation stations were constructed and tap-water facilities were completed; in 1993, with the replacement of transformers and old power lines, the whole village was given access to electricity; in 1995, the village elderly association was established; in December 1995, cable television was launched. In 1995, investment was made to build concrete pavement on the main streets of the village; in 1996, program telephone system was installed, and at the end of the first half of 1998, every family had access to telephone lines.
