Yuanxi Village is located at 118.1 degrees east longitude and 26.8 degrees north latitude. It borders Taixi Township to the south, Tengyang Village to the northeast, Xicheng Town to the west, and Banmian Township to the southwest. It is located southwest of Chengguan City, with a length of 4.5 kilometers from east to west, a width of 6.25 kilometers from north to south, and an area of 15.7 square kilometers. The village station is 162 meters above sea level and 11 kilometers from the city.
Yuanxi Village governs 5 natural villages, including Wangyuanyuan, An (An)tou, Guyuan (Guyuan), Xikou (Longting Xikou) and Shuhukeng, and has a total of 9 village groups of Han nationality . There are 258 households and 1,074 people in the village, including 541 men and 533 women. The party has 49 members. There are 118 people aged over 60 in the village, 581 workers and 418 workers transferred to secondary and tertiary industries. The populationn is made up of surnames such as Fan, Zhan, Wang, Lin, Zeng, Cao, Qiu, Fu, Zheng, Deng, Guo, Huang, Yan and Zhou. The population with the surnames Fan, Zhan and Wang numbers more than 1,000 people. 85% of the total population.
Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhongguyuan (Guyuan) in each natural village in Yuanxi occupied the seventh capital, and the rest belonged to the eighth capital, called Huang'anbao. It was established as an administrative village in 1949. The village name comes from the names of Guyuan and Xikou, the natural villages under its jurisdiction, and is called Yuanxi Township. In 1950, Yuanxi Township was established under the jurisdiction of Youxi District 1 (Chengguan). From 1951 to 1955, it was under the jurisdiction of the Seventh District (Taixi) of Youxi County. In 1958, Yuanxi Township was renamed "Yuanxi Brigade" and came under the jurisdiction of Chengguan Township. In October 1984, the “Brigade Yuanxi” reorganized the village into “Yuanxi Village”, and the village headquarters was located in Antou.
Yuanxi Village is surrounded by mountains, with a Youxi River running through the village. The land features rolling hills and overlapping mountains. Most of the cultivated land consists of "eyebrow hills and bamboo fields". The average temperature is about 15 to 20 degrees, the frost-free period is about 300 days, and precipitation is abundant. Cumulative annual precipitation is approximately 1,600 mm.
Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, transportation was very inconvenient, and wooden boats were the main means of transportation. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, a ferry was built, a cable railway bridge (150 meters) was built, and every natural village was connected with roads. In 1991, Shuidong Power Station was builtruite and has become a key resettlement village in the Shuidong Reservoir area. The entire village was moved to the rear hills of Shuidong. 63,000 square meters of new brick and concrete buildings were constructed and every household lived there. a new house. Hardened cement roads were laid in all residential areas, and the village department built dams in the cow-shaped pit and rat pit, and laid a water diversion pipeline of more of seven kilometers, so that everyone has access to tap water.
Yuanxi Village is rich in natural resources, with an area of 23,036 acres, including 17,871 acres of forest land (200 acres of camellia oleifera, 300 acres of green bamboo, 250 acres of moso bamboo , and 100 acres of citrus) and 668 acres of cultivated land. The forest cover rate reaches more than 85%. Forest land is mainly composed offir, pine, moso bamboo, green bamboo shoots and other forest products. They can produce 2,300 cubic meters of wood each year and carry out rotational logging for 30 hours. years. The village's annual income reaches one million yuan. In 2008, the villagers' annual per capita income was 5,252 yuan.
Near Yuanxi Village are Zhuzi Cultural Park, Guifeng Ancient Village, Xiatianxia Scenic Area, Guxi Galaxy Scenic Area, Pillow Mountain Forest Park and other tourist attractions including Youxi Jin.Specialties such as tangerine, Youxi green bamboo shoots, Youxi green tea, Youxi red, Youxi tea seed oil.