Guan County, Shandong
Guan County is a county of western Shandong province, People's Republic of China, bordered by Hebei province to the west. It is administered by Liaocheng City.
The population was in 1999.
History
As an isolated county, with relatively low education levels and a weak orthodox gentry, Guan long served as center for secret societies and heterodox sects. For example, Guan was one of the earliest places where Yi-he boxing was practised, namely in 1779. This material arts style later served as base for the prominent Yìhéquán movement. In 1861–63, the county was also the center of a rebellion against the Qing dynasty, led by Song Jing-shi and supported by the White Lotus. In the last decades of the Qing Empire and the early Republic, Guan County was home to the Red as well as Green Gangs, the Yellow Sand Society, and the "Way of the Sages". In the Second Sino-Japanese War, the county was on the frontlines of battle between communist and Japanese forces. During the Great Leap Forward, Guan County was governed by local cadres who vigorously resisted collectivization, mitigating the famine mortality rate in the county. This conservative clique held power well into the Cultural Revolution, which it also resisted, until it was violently unseated in 1969. Ensuing clashes resulted in the deaths of sixty people.Administrative divisions
As of 2012, this County is divided to 3 subdistricts, 7 towns and 8 townships.;Subdistricts
- Qingquan Subdistrict
- Chongwen Subdistrict
- Yanzhuang Subdistrict
;Townships
- Xiedian Township
- Liangtang Township
- Dingyuanzhai Township
- Xinji Township
- Fanzhai Township
- Ganguantun Township
- Lanwo Township
- Wanshan Township