Gulang County, Wuwei City, Gansu Province

Gulang County, a county under the jurisdiction of Wuwei City, Gansu Province, is located at the east end of the Hexi Corridor and is the hub of the ancient Silk Road. Gulang is the abbreviation of Tibetan gurlangwa, which means the place where the Yellow sheep roam. As of September 2020, the county has 4 townships, 15 towns, 1 street and 269 Village (neighborhood) committees, with a permanent resident population of 388700, including 353600 agricultural population. There are more than 10 ethnic groups, including Han, Hui, Tibetan, Mongolian, Miao, man, Dongxiang, Tu, Maonan, Yao, etc.

Gulang county has obvious geographical advantages. It is connected with Jingtai County of Baiyin City and Tianzhu County of Wuwei City in the southeast, Liangzhou District of Wuwei City in the northwest, and Tengger Desert in the north. Since ancient times, Gulang county has been famous for its important geographical location of "Yi Road connecting three auxiliary roads and gorge controlling five Liang". Lianyungang Huojiang Expressway G30, national highway 312 and Lanzhou Xinjiang Railway run through the north and south, provincial highway 308, 316, yingshuang Expressway and Ganwu railway run through the East and West, and Lianggu Road, Jingu Road, Dahai Road, shitiao road and other county and township roads build a convenient traffic network.

Gulang has a long history and culture. As early as the Neolithic age more than 4000 years ago, there were ancestors living and reproducing. The county was established in the second year of Yuanshou (121 BC) of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty. In the early Ming Dynasty, water was named "gulangwa" (Tibetan, meaning huangyanggou) and Guanxian county was named Gulang. There are many cultural sites such as Yangshao, Majiayao and qijiashajing in the county. There are a large number of cultural relics, such as painted pottery, bronze ware of Han Dynasty, gilt Buddha of Tang Dynasty, porcelain of song and Yuan Dynasties, water and land paintings of Ming and Qing Dynasties, and Ganzhuer Tripitaka.

In 2018, Gulang county achieved a GDP of 5.106 billion yuan, an increase of 1.4% over the previous year at comparable prices. Among them, the added value of the primary industry was 1.798 billion yuan, up 6.4%; the added value of the secondary industry was 1.11 billion yuan, down 7%; the added value of the tertiary industry was 2.198 billion yuan, up 3.3%. The proportion of primary, secondary and tertiary industries in GDP is 35.21: 21.74: 43.05.

Historical evolution

As early as 4000 years ago in the Neolithic age, there were primitive tribes in Gulang County, where they were fishing, hunting, nomadic and recuperating.

It belonged to ancient Yongzhou in Xia and Shang Dynasties, was inhabited by Xirong in Western Zhou Dynasty, and belonged to Yueshi in Eastern Zhou Dynasty and Qin Dynasty.

In the second year of Yuanshou (121 BC), Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty set up three counties in Gulang, namely Cangsong County, TCI county and puhuan County, belonging to Wuwei County. In the early period of Jianwu (25-26) in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cangsong was changed into Cangsong, and the two counties of TCI and puhuan remained the same. In the sixth year of Taishi (270) of Emperor Wu of Jin Dynasty, Cangsong and TCI counties were set up under the jurisdiction of Wuwei County.

In the second year of Jianxing (314) of the Western Jin Dynasty, Zhang Ji died. His eldest son, Zhang Shi, jianqianliang, now has three counties in Gulang, namely Cangsong, TCI and puhuan. Soon afterwards, puhuan was changed to Wei'an, which was under the jurisdiction of Wuwei County. Before Qin Dynasty, Cangsong and TCI counties were set up under the jurisdiction of Wuwei County. Houliang changed Cangsong county to "Changsong", set up Changsong County, and governed Changsong and Wei'an counties. It is located in TCI County under the jurisdiction of Wuwei County. In 387, Changsong county was changed into East Zhangye county. Soon, the name of Changsong county was restored. Nanliang built Changsong County in modern and ancient Langjing, and governed Changsong and Wei'an counties. It is under the jurisdiction of Wuwei County. Beiliang built Changsong County in modern and ancient Langjing, and governed Changsong and Wei'an counties. It is under the jurisdiction of Wuwei County. In the Northern Wei Dynasty, there were two counties, Changsong and Wei'an, which governed Wenquan, TCI and Mokou. In 534 ad, the Northern Wei was divided into the Western Wei and the Eastern Wei. In the Western Wei Dynasty, Changsong and Wei'an counties were set up in Gulang. Changsong county had jurisdiction over Changsong and TCI counties, and Wei'an county had jurisdiction over Wei'an county. In 557 ad, the Northern Zhou Dynasty replaced the Western Wei Dynasty, and Gulang was the territory of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. In the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Changsong county was abolished and Changsong county was set up, and TCI county was incorporated into Changsong County; Wei'an county was abolished and Baishan county was set up, and soon it was abolished again, all under the jurisdiction of Wuwei County.

In the Sui Dynasty, Changsong county was set up in langzhi County, which was under the jurisdiction of Wuwei County. In the third year of kaihuang reign (583), Changsong county was changed to Yongshi County, which was renamed after Yongshi County of Xuancheng County in Yangzhou. At the same time, Baishan County of the Northern Zhou Dynasty was incorporated into Changsong County, which was under the jurisdiction of Wuwei County. In the second year of Wude (619), Li Guanbu set up Changsong County in Gulang and Baishan garrison 150 Li northeast of Changsong County, all under the jurisdiction of Wuwei County. In the first year of Dazu (701), Guo Zhen, the governor of Liangzhou (ziyuanzhen), built Herong city in the south of Liangzhou to control Tubo. After the second year of Guangde (764), the whole territory of Changsong was occupied by Tubo, which was renamed hongchigu, one of the six valleys of Tubo. It lasted more than 240 years. Xixia had a settlement in Changsong, called Jisang, which was under the jurisdiction of Xiliang Prefecture.

From the emperor Shizu of Yuan Dynasty to the first year of Yuan Dynasty (1264), the inspection department of horong was set up in horong City, which was under the jurisdiction of Xiliang Prefecture. In 1273, it was under the jurisdiction of "Xiliang Prefecture, Yongchang Road". In 1377, Jiangheng, a thousand households in Liangzhou, defended Herong. Because of the old name of water, it was changed to Gulang and built Gulang city. In 1379, gulangjing belonged to zhuanglangwei and was a garrison. In June of the third year of Zhengtong (1438), Luo Hengxin, governor and censor, set up the garrison of Gulang, which belongs to the commanding Department of Shaanxi provincial capital. Following the Ming system, the Qing Dynasty set up gulangqianhusuo in the county. At that time, the territory was divided into 20 dams, under which were natural villages. In the second year of Yongzheng reign (1724), Gulang county was changed into Gulang County, which was under the jurisdiction of Liangzhou Prefecture. During the reign of Emperor Qianlong, there were 15 baos in the county, with a village under the baos.

The first year of the Republic of China (1912), following the Qing system, home Gulang county. In 1919, Baojia was abolished and divided into three districts: gulangcheng, tumenbao and dajingbao. In 1927, Ganliang road was abandoned and Gulang county was directly under the jurisdiction of Gansu provincial government. In 1935, Gulang abolished the old system and divided the county into one town and three townships: Longshan Town, Changning Township, Zhenyu Township and ruiquan township. In the 25th year of the Republic of China (1936), the administrative supervision district was changed into the office of the Commissioner (Wuwei County). Gulang county is under the jurisdiction of the office of the Commissioner. On the 27th day of the Republic of China (1938), it was divided into three districts. The first district was set up in Gulang County, which governed 14 townships. The second district was set up in tumenbao, which governed 4 townships. The third district was set up in dajingbao, which governed 9 townships.

In September 1949, Gulang county was liberated, and the people's Government of Gulang county was established in September, with four districts and 24 townships. In January 1953, it was changed into 7 districts and 55 townships. In October 1955, the district was withdrawn and merged into townships, which were rebuilt into 25 townships. In January 1956, 25 townships were transformed into 19 townships of one town. In October 1956, Gancheng, Nongfeng, Yongfeng, Laocheng, peijiaying and Haizi, which belong to Dongshan District of Yongdeng County, were assigned to Gulang county. In September 1958, 25 townships in one town were transformed into 10 people's commune management committees, and the integration of government and society was implemented. In December 1958, the State Council decided to abolish the establishment of Gulang county and merge the administrative region of Gulang County into Tianzhu Tibetan Autonomous County as a whole. The former 10 communes of Gulang county were merged into 5 communes. In December 1961, the State Council decided to resume the establishment of Gulang county with 21 communes. In 1962, there were 23 communes. In May 1968, the Revolutionary Committee of Gulang county was established. At the same time, the people's Committee of Gulang county was abolished and 15 people's commune revolutionary committees were established. In August 1980, yongfengtan people's Commune and Chengguan sub district office were established.

In June 1981, Gulang County Revolutionary Committee was changed into Gulang County People's government. That year, the people's commune was abolished and the county was divided into seven districts, one town and 56 townships. In April 1984, seven districts were abolished, with jurisdiction over two towns and 19 townships. In July, Tumen township was changed into Tumen Town, with 3 towns and 18 townships under the jurisdiction of the county. In April 1987, Chengguan town and Gulang Township were merged. In September 1988, bingcaowan township was separated from haizitan Township, daduntan township was separated from Dajing Town, and the county has jurisdiction over 3 towns and 20 townships. In November 1992, Xianzi township was changed into Huanghuatan township. In June 1994, the people's Government of Xinjing township was established. The county has jurisdiction over 3 towns and 21 townships. In July 2001, Sishui Township, peijiaying Township and haizitan Township were set up as towns. In December 2002, dingning Township, heisongyi Township and Huangyangchuan Township were set up as towns. In August 2004, Jingquan Township, daduntan Township, hujiabian Township, bingcaowan Township and Xinjing Township were abolished. In September 2015, three townships of yongfengtan, Huanghuatan and Xijing were set up as towns, with 12 towns and 7 townships under the jurisdiction of the county. In January 2017, Minquan and zhitan set up towns from townships, with 14 towns and 5 townships under the jurisdiction of the county. In March 2018, Gufeng set up towns from townships, with 15 towns and 4 townships under its jurisdiction.

administrative division

(as of September 2020)

There are 15 towns: Gulang Town, Sishui Town, Tumen Town, Dajing Town, peijiaying Town, haizitan Town, dingning Town, Huangyangchuan Town, heisongyi Town, yongfengtan Town, Huanghuatan Town, Xijing Town, Minquan Town, zhitan town and Gufeng town.

Four townships: Xinbao Township, Gancheng Township, Hengliang Township and shibalibao township.

County People's government resident: Gulang town.

geographical environment

Location context

Gulang county is located in the east end of Hexi Corridor, in the middle of Gansu Province, between 37 ° 09 ′ n to 37 ° 54 ′ N and 102 ° 38 ′ e to 103 ° 54 ′ E. The territory borders Jingtai County in the East, Tianzhu Tibetan Autonomous County in the south, Liangzhou District in the northwest and Alxa Left Banner in the northeast. It is about 102 kilometers long from east to west and 88 kilometers wide from north to south. The total area of the county is 5103 square kilometers, including 1.1 million cultivated land.

topographic features

Gulang county is located in the east end of Hexi Corridor, adjacent to Wushaoling and Maomao mountain in the South and Tengger Desert in the north. It is the intersection of Qinghai Tibet Plateau, Mengxin plateau and Loess Plateau. The terrain is high in the South and low in the north, with an altitude of 1550m to 3469m. The geomorphic types are complex and diverse, and the phenomenon of geomorphic zoning is obvious