荷塘位于江西波阳县东南,原是昌江上游的一个穷山沟。一九五七年冬,波阳县二百零四名下放干部,由县委划给一万亩乡有林,加上群众无力经营的两万多亩森林和一万多亩荒山,在此创建垦殖场。现全场共有人口二千七百九十一人(其中职工一千一百零四人)。土地总面积十万零八千亩,其中耕地三千一百八十四亩,山林十万零二千八百亩。经过六年艰苦奋斗,根本改变了穷山沟 Lotus pond is located in southeastern Jiangxi Bo Yang County, Changjiang River was originally a poor ravine. In the winter of 1957, 204 delegates of cadres in Bo Yang County were assigned to 10,000 mu of township and village by the county party committee. Together with 20,000 mu of forests and over 10,000 mu of barren hills that the masses were unable to operate, Cultivation field. The total population is 2,791 (including 1,104 employees). The total land area of ​​10800 acres, of which 3,184 acres of arable land, mountains and 128,200 acres. After six years of hard work, the poor ravines have been fundamentally changed