Wangtan, with a history of thousands of years, was called Dongtu Township in ancient times. The Yuan Dynasty was the 28th capital of Huiji County, which was extended to urban and rural areas in Ming and Qing Dynasties. Wangtan Township was established in August 1950, and has been the county seat since June 1986. In May 1992, Liangxi Township and Sun 'ao Township merged, and in May1,the original blue pottery pieces in Jijiang Town merged. The town is a famous eco-tourism resort with beautiful scenery, quiet scenery, beautiful mountains and rivers and pleasant climate. It is a unique "natural oxygen bar", and now it has formed Wang Shun Temple, Wu Baigang, Xiangxue Meihai, Shunhu Yuan Tan, Taoqing Gorge Valley, Taoyinling Ancient Road, deep mountains and bamboo seas, ecological mountain villages, tea gardens and nanxi river scenery. In Wangtan, the mountains are full of flowers in spring, the streams are gurgling in summer, the mountains are full of red leaves in autumn, and the winter scenery is wrapped in silver, which has its own charm all year round. There are abundant tourism resources here, including the most complete, largest and oldest preserved Shun Temple and the relics of Shun King such as Wangtan, Qingtan and Wangcheng. There are Xiaoshunjiang River, the drinking water source of 3 million aborigines in Yu Shaoping, and the beautiful North-South River. There are ecological mountain villages scattered with simple folk customs and beautiful environment, and ancestral temples and terraces with Yu Shun relics, celebrities and historical sites. There is a rural ancient road tourist area with the main function of wandering and riding, and the footprints left by Tao Hongjing and Xu Xiake are known as "the first wandering town in South China". World-famous began in Shun, and China's first filial piety came from the altar of emperors. On 20 13, Wang Shun Temple was promoted as a national cultural protection unit. This art hall, which integrates architecture, sculpture, calligraphy and painting, is famous for its "three wonders and three eccentricities". Brick carving, stone carving and wood carving are exquisite, with natural trees, strange places and fish. For thousands of years, Wangtan Town, which has been infiltrated in Shunde culture, has simple folk customs and civilized rural customs. Cultivating health care industry is a major focus of Wangtan's work at present. Since last year, Wangtan Town has combined tourism development with culture, sports, agriculture, folk customs, new rural construction and other elements to promote the in-depth development of the town's tourism. At the same time, it has implemented five health-care characteristic blocks in terms of spatial layout, centering on the livable leisure health-care block in the market town. Radiate the northern wandering sports health care area, the western Xiangxuemeihai style health care area, the Wang Shun Yifeng cultural experience health care area, and the Dayueshan agricultural tea leisure health care area, and connect the canyon landscapes such as Nanxi, Beixi, Qingtanxi and Taoqingxia Valley in series, embellishing the one-village-one-product ecological health care park to form a point-line-surface integrated health care gathering area.
In recent years, Wangtan Town has conscientiously implemented the work theme of "attaching importance to transformation and upgrading and devoting to scientific development", established the central goal of "protecting the water source environment and building a beautiful Wangtan", implemented two development strategies of enriching the people and rejuvenating the town, and made great efforts to build a "beautiful mountain city, a clean Wangtan, a humanistic holy land and a livable home". The town's economy and society have developed steadily and rapidly, and it has been awarded the honors of China with beautiful environment, China's hometown of childhood, Zhejiang's special recommendation area for health preservation, a strong town for tourism, a strong town for sports, a strong town for culture, a demonstration town for prospering forests and enriching people, and an ecological town.