涠洲镇由涠洲和斜阳两个岛屿组成,土地总面积4万亩,其中宜林地8千亩,岛上无江河。解放前十年九旱,台风频繁,对农业生产影响极大。用材烧柴全靠外地供应。酷暑季节,路沙烫人,大风一刮,尘烟滚滚,满目荒凉。有人曾形象地描述:“涠洲斜阳岛,旱天风沙扫,雨天不见路,人在泥 Weizhou town by the Weizhou and the sun two islands, the total land area of ​​40,000 mu, of which 8 acres of forest land, no rivers on the island. Nine drought in the first ten years of liberation, frequent typhoons, great impact on agricultural production. Wood firewood supply all over the field. Summer season, sand hot, grizzled, dust billowing, everywhere desolate. Someone once vividly described: "Weizhou Chaoyang Island, dry weather sand sweep, no way rain on the road, people in the mud