Qingyang County, Chizhou City, Anhui Province

Qingyang County, a county under the jurisdiction of Chizhou City, Anhui Province, has a total area of 1181 square kilometers. It is located in the south of Anhui Province and the South Bank of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. It is the junction of the plain of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the mountainous area of Southern Anhui. The terrain is high in the southwest and low in the northeast. In the South and central part, it is hilly and basin landform, and in the north it is mainly valley plain. It has a humid subtropical monsoon climate with four distinct seasons and abundant rainfall.

Qingyang County is the transportation hub and natural gateway of "two mountains and one lake". The two to four hour economic circle covers the major cities in the Yangtze River Delta. The county seat is only 20 kilometers away from Jiuhuashan airport. The riverside Expressway and national highway 318 run from east to west, the Beijing Taiwan Expressway and provincial highway 103 run from north to south, and Tongbu port is directly connected with the Yangtze river deep water port.

Jiuhua Mountain in Qingyang County is one of the four famous Buddhist mountains in China, known as "the first mountain in Southeast China". It is a national natural and cultural heritage and a national 5A scenic spot. In addition, there are more than 400 ancient buildings such as tengzijing tomb, taipingshanfang, Li's ancestral hall, ancient tombs, steles and cliff carvings.

In August 2020, the "National County Tourism Research Report 2020" was released, and Qingyang County was selected as "one of the top 100 counties with comprehensive tourism strength in 2020".

Historical evolution

Since the Xia Dynasty (about the 21st century BC to the 16th century BC), the whole territory belongs to the ancient Yangzhou region.

In the late spring and Autumn period of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty (770-476 BC), it belonged to Wu, and most of the mountainous areas were inhabited by Shanyue people; in the early Warring States period, the annihilation of Wu (473 BC) belonged to Yue, and the death of Yue (306 BC) belonged to Chu.

Qin Shihuang 21 years (223 BC) Chu died, the whole territory unified in Qin, belongs to Zhangjun.

In the second year of Yuanshou (121 BC) of the Western Han Dynasty, it belonged to Danyang County, which was reconstructed from Zhangjun county. Lingyang (Guangyang, Nanyang), Lincheng, Dingling counties.

In the second year of Yuanfeng (109 BC) of the Western Han Dynasty, Lingyang county was set up in the territory. The county was governed by Lingyang city garrison (today's Lingyang town) built by Chu people. The county includes most of today's Qingyang and parts of Shitai, Jing County and Huangshan City.

In 203, the eighth year of Jian'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty, sun Quansun, the Lord of Wu, set Lincheng County in the north of Lingyang and Shicheng County, and Lingyang county was the same as Danyang county. Linchengzhi is located in the east of Chengzishan, which is Guanghua village, a Rongcheng Town, five miles south of the county. The county includes the towns in the north of Qingyang and parts of Nanling County and Tongling County.

In 281, Lingyang and Lincheng belonged to Xuancheng County, which was located in the south of Danyang county. In 338, Lingyang county was changed to Guangyang county because of avoiding the taboo of Duhou. In the reign of Yixi (405-418), Dingling county was moved from Danyang (now Danyang Town, Dangtu County) to the northeast of Lincheng. Dingqiao town was called Dingling Township in ancient times, and its governance should be located in the territory. Dingqiao town and Muzhen town in the north of Qingyang and some areas of Nanling and Tongling belong to Huainan County, while Guangyang and Lincheng still belong to Xuancheng county.

In 462, Dingling belonged to Xuancheng county. Xiao Qi (479-502) is still in the early stage. In 525, Lincheng and Dingling were transferred to Nanling County of Southern Yuzhou. Chen (557-589) still had it.

In 589, when Chen died, Guangyang, Lincheng and Dingling belonged to the Sui Dynasty, and Dingling and Lincheng were abandoned to Nanling County. In the first year of Daye (605), Guangyang county was changed into Nanyang County and Jingxian county was abandoned because of avoiding the taboo of emperor Yang.

In June 620, Nanyang County was reestablished, which is now Lingyang town. It belongs to Xuzhou (Xuanzhou was changed to Youzhou); in 625, Nanyang County was abandoned to Jingxian. In the first year of Tang Tianbao (742), Qingyang County was set up in Nanling, Qiupu and Jing counties. It is located in Rongcheng Town, the current county seat, and belongs to Xuanzhou, the West Road of Jiangnan. In the first year of Yongtai (765), the south of Qingyang entered the new Shidai (now Shitai) county. Since then, there have been no major changes in the county.

During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, Yang Wu (907-937) was promoted to Shengyuan army in Qingyang County. In the Southern Tang Dynasty (937-975), fuqingyang County belonged to Jiangning prefecture (now Nanjing).

In the eighth year of Kaibao in Song Dynasty (975), the Southern Tang Dynasty died, and the county was unified in Song Dynasty, belonging to Chizhou, Jiangnan Road (Jiangdong Road in Southern Song Dynasty).

In 1275, the county was occupied by the yuan army and belonged to Chizhou Road, xingzhongshu province.

In the early Ming Dynasty (1368-1420), Qingyang belonged to Chizhou Prefecture, Zhili, the capital of Yingtian (now Nanjing). In 1421, Yongle moved its capital to Beijing (Shuntian), belonging to Chizhou Prefecture of nanzhili.

In the second year of Shunzhi (1645) of the Qing Dynasty, the Southern Ming Dynasty died, and the county was unified in the Qing Dynasty, belonging to Chizhou Prefecture of Jiangnan province. In 1667, Anhui Province was founded, which belonged to Chizhou Prefecture of Anhui Province.

In the first year of the Republic of China (1912), it belonged to Wuhu Road, Anhui Province. In 1932, Anhui Province was divided into 10 administrative regions, and Qingyang was the eighth.

From April 21, 1949, Qingyang belonged to Chizhou administrative office. In 1952, Chizhou administrative office was withdrawn and changed to Anqing district. In 1965, it was restored to Chizhou district. In 1980, Chizhou area was withdrawn and classified as Xuancheng area. In July 1983, it was transferred to Wuhu City. In September 1988, it was restored to Chizhou. Since January 2001, it has been subordinate to the newly established Chizhou City.

administrative division

By 2018, Qingyang County has jurisdiction over 10 towns and 3 townships: Rongcheng Town, Muzhen Town, Miaoqian Town, Lingyang Town, Xinhe Town, Dingqiao Town, Zhubei Town, Yangtian Town, Youhua Town, Jiuhua Town, Jiuhua Town, Qiaomu town and Ducun town. Qingyang County People's government is located in Rongcheng town.

geographical environment

Location context

Qingyang County is located in the north of Southern Anhui, on the South Bank of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. It is the junction of the plain area of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the mountainous area of Southern Anhui, between 30 ° 19 ′～ 30 ° 51 ′ N and 117 ° 41 ′～ 118 ° 05 ′ E. It is adjacent to Nanling and Jingxian in the East, Shitai and Huangshan in the south, Chizhou in the West and Tongling in the north. Qingyang County is 40 kilometers wide from east to west and 65 kilometers long from north to south, with a total area of 1180.6 square kilometers (including 12.6 square kilometers under the jurisdiction of Jiuhua Mountain Management Office).

topographic features

Qingyang County is high in the southwest and low in the northeast. The geomorphic types are complex and diverse: the southern part is steep, the central part is hilly, scattered among hills and small basins; the northern part is mainly valley plain, and there are a few low mountains and hills above the plain.

climatic conditions

Qingyang County belongs to subtropical monsoon humid climate zone. It is hot in summer and cold in winter, mild in spring and autumn, abundant in rainfall, long sunshine, short frost free period, about 40 days in Meiyu period, dry in autumn and ice and snow in winter. The decreasing rate of temperature in four seasons is 0.44 degree / 100m in spring (March to May), 0.56 degree / 100m in summer (June to August), 0.49 degree / 100m in autumn (September to November) and 0.38 degree / 100m in winter (December to February), with an annual average of 0.47 degree / 100M. Summer begins on May 21 and ends on September 20; autumn begins on September 21 and ends on November 21; winter begins on November 21 and ends on March 15. The first frost mostly appears in the first and middle of November, the average first frost is on November 3 every year, and the last frost is on March 28 every year.

hydrologic condition

The water system of Qingyang County is divided by Jiuhua Mountain. Lingyang River and Sanxi River in the south of the mountain are tributaries of Qingyi River and flow into Taiping Lake. Qingtong River and Jiuhua River in the north of the mountain flow into the Yangtze River. It is mainly controlled by rainfall, with small flow in dry season and large flow in flood season and rainy season.

natural resources

land resource

Qingyang County has a total land area of 1.7709 million mu. Among them, 266100 mu of cultivated land (including 24000 mu of paddy field and 26100 mu of dry land), accounting for 15.3% of the total land area; 981000 mu of forestry land (including 413000 mu of woodland and 568000 mu of suitable woodland), accounting for 55.4% of the total land area; 49100 Mu of garden land (including 13000 mu of tea garden and 6800 mu of hemp garden; 25300 mu of mulberry garden and 11000 mu of orchard), accounting for 2.8% of the total land area, and 87000 mu of Caoshan, accounting for 15.3% 4.9% of the total land area: 80000 mu of water area, accounting for 4.5% of the total land area: 75000 mu of urban and rural residential areas and industrial and mining land, accounting for 4.3% of the total land area; 16000 mu of traffic land, accounting for 0.9% of the total land area; 214500 mu of unused land, accounting for 12.3% of the total land area.

Biological resources

Qingyang County is rich in biological resources. As of 2016, the survey shows that there are more than 1200 species of plant resources and more than 300 species of animal resources. However, due to the change of ecological environment, the virgin forest has disappeared, and some wild animals and plants taking the virgin forest as habitat have gradually decreased, and some have disappeared. The South China tiger, which often appeared in the mountains during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, is now extinct. The number of leopard's head is greatly reduced. The yield of wild Chinese medicinal materials decreased significantly.

mineral resources

According to the classification of industrial use and nature, there are 27 kinds of known mineral deposits in Qingyang County, including fuel, ferrous metal, non-ferrous metal and non-metallic; according to the classification of geological and mineral genesis, there are 7 kinds of igneous rock mineralization, 12 kinds of sedimentary rock mineralization, 8 kinds of contact zone or fissure filling mineralization, 119 deposits, ore spots and mineralization spots, 74 geophysical and chemical anomaly areas, and 3 cinnabar and heavy sand anomaly areas.

water resource

The surface water of Qingyang County is 2.2 billion cubic meters in good years, 1.8 billion cubic meters in normal years, 1.5 billion cubic meters in dry years, and the average annual water production is 1.823 billion cubic meters. The annual average runoff depth is 800-1200 mm, and the runoff is 1.1 billion cubic meters, accounting for 60% of the precipitation. The average precipitation per mu is 940 cubic meters, and the per capita water volume is 7000 cubic meters, which is higher than the average level of the whole province.

population

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