Boyan Town, Wu'an city, Handan City, Hebei Province

Boyan town

Baiyan Zhen is located in the southeast of Wu'an city, 10 kilometers away from the urban area. The town government is located in Xianfeng street. It covers an area of 43 square kilometers and has a permanent population of 21688 (2017). It has jurisdiction over 15 administrative villages. The traffic is convenient in the town. The station of Hanchang railway is built across the border. It is rich in natural resources and developed in commerce. The total income of Commerce and trade reached 200 million yuan in 2003. The town also has a large number of characteristic buildings.

Evolution of organizational system

Boyan township was established in 1953, Shuguang commune was established in 1958, Boyan commune was established in 1961, and the town was changed in 1984. In 1996, zhuangyan township was incorporated. In 1997, it covers an area of 43 square kilometers and has a population of 21000.

administrative division

It has jurisdiction over 15 administrative villages including Boyan Xianjin street, Boyan Xianfeng street, Boyan Jianshe street, Boyan Heping Street, Boyan Shengli Street, Longquan, beiwenzi, nanwenzi, Renyi village, zhuangyan, dongwannian, Luoyu, shuangyuquan, yangerzhuang and Xianzhuang.

Overview of surrounding areas

It is located 8 kilometers southeast of Wu'an city, Handan City, with Gushan in the South and Nanming River in the north. The terrain is high in the South and low in the north, covering an area of 43 square kilometers. There are 15 administrative villages, 6160 households and 22000 people in the town. Boyan town from east to west by Wuci highway cross the border, the town has achieved the oil (cement) road. Boyan has a glorious revolutionary historical tradition. During the Anti Japanese War, Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping led the people to resist Japan here. During the war of liberation, Gao Shuxun and Liu Bocheng met here, opening the curtain of the famous "Handan uprising". In May 1961, Premier Zhou Enlai visited Boyan personally. In the past two years, the town has launched the project of returning farmland to forest in the hillside of Yilin, developing 527 hectares of forest fruits such as Zanthoxylum, jujube, walnut and persimmon. In 2012, the per capita income of farmers reached 3713 yuan. The eastern part of the town is dominated by building materials production, while the western part is dominated by coal production. There are state-owned Wannian Coal Mines with an annual output of nearly 4 million tons, and nanminghe iron mine with an investment of nearly 100 million yuan. Boyan's commerce is developed, and the total income of Commerce and trade reached 200 million yuan in 2003.

Historical records

Boyan town has a long history, outstanding people and profound culture. In recent years, the town Party committee and government have taken active and effective measures to protect, research and develop a large number of ancient residential buildings represented by xujiazhuangyuan and Wangshun manor, which have played an important role in inheriting history and culture, carrying forward national spirit and promoting economic and social harmony and progress. In 2013, it won the honor of Hebei historical and cultural town. In the Northern Song Dynasty and Yuan Dynasty, boyanjian village was named Boyan because it was like a wild goose. Later, Boyan was written as "Yan". At the beginning, several families moved here to cultivate land and farm. Later generations continued to move in and multiply. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it gradually developed into a market town and became one of the eight towns in Wu'an. During the reign of Emperor Qianlong of Qing Dynasty, a large number of Boyan people went out to do business, and there were rich merchants such as Fang, Xu, Zhu, Cheng and Zhai, who built buildings and houses, which had great influence. Since the founding of the people's Republic of China, Boyan town has always been the seat of the district township (town) government. In 1996, zhuangyan township was merged into Boyan town and has been along with Boyan town ever since.

Historical celebrities

In the history of Boyan, there were many celebrities and many important events, which still have considerable influence. Fang Jinyun, a liberal gentry of Boyan, donated a large sum of money to Peking University during the period of the Republic of China, and renovated the first dormitory of China University. Cai Yuanpei, President of Peking University, wrote a plaque on the front door of Fang's house. Wu lunpei, the Anti Japanese national hero, was born in Longquan village of the town. He was once the guerrilla commander of the Hebei Henan border region of the Eighth Route Army. His memorial was inscribed by Yang Xiufeng, chairman of the Shanxi Hebei Shandong Henan border region government, and the memorial was written by the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army. On October 30, 1945, General Gao Shuxun led his troops to revolt in Handan, and then went to Boyan town to reorganize. On November 1, a meeting was held in Boyan to welcome the return of Gao Shuxun and the founding of the Democratic National Army. On November 2, Mao Zedong and Zhu De sent congratulatory messages. From December 1945 to January 1946, the Central Bureau of Shanxi Hebei Shandong Henan, the military region and the border region government were stationed in Boyan town. From May 3 to 6, 1961, Premier Zhou Enlai visited Boyan. Through in-depth and detailed investigation, he learned the serious drawbacks of collective canteen, large commune and supply system. He reported to Chairman Mao by telephone at 3 a.m. on May 7 and put forward the proposal to dissolve the collective canteen. Soon after that, the national canteen was cancelled.

Architectural features

Boyan residential buildings are more famous, such as xujiazhuangyuan (nine gates), Fangjia manor, xujiaer brothers manor and Wangshun manor. Taking a comprehensive view of Boyan residential buildings, it has unique features: first, it is mostly one or several connected quadrangles; second, "every village has its own Pavilion, but no Pavilion can make a village"; third, it pays great attention to architectural decoration; fourth, it is scientific and reasonable in layout; fifth, it is natural and self-contained in street layout. In order to carry forward the history and culture, Boyan town took two or three years to save the cultural heritage. The town Party committee and government have set up a leading group composed of main leaders to protect historical and cultural relics, and relevant villages have set up more than 20 protection groups, including Fangjia manor, Wangshun manor and Longyan temple. They invited scholars and experts from Handan planning and Design Institute to formulate a plan for the protection of historical and cultural relics, and drew a map of geographical location, long-term planning, current situation and protection of traditional dwellings. According to the scientific and unified planning, with the strong support of the Propaganda Department of the municipal Party committee and the Municipal Bureau of culture and sports, Boyan town raised more than 6 million yuan to repair and protect the historical and cultural heritage. There are 17 immovable cultural relics protection units found and registered in the town, including 2 provincial cultural relics protection units, 7 Handan Municipal Cultural relics protection units and 8 to be announced. Sinao site is a provincial cultural protection unit, covering an area of 105000 square meters. There are four types of culture: Yangshao, Shang, Western Zhou and Warring States. The cultural layer is 2 meters thick. There are many stone tools, pottery and other cultural relics unearthed. Wangshun manor, a provincial cultural protection unit, covers an area of more than 2780 square meters. There are more than 80 ancient dwellings, more than 30 wood carvings and exquisite brick and stone carvings. It is a typical residential building. Longyan temple, a municipal cultural protection unit in Handan, covers an area of 2400 square meters. It is an important place for the study of Buddhist culture. The late monument inlaid on the wall of Boyan primary school records that Boyan suffered from severe drought and no rain in 1867. It began to rain 13 days before the beginning of autumn. Although the solar term was too late, all the seeds sown were harvested, and some even enjoyed the miracle of bumper harvest. It shows that future generations should have the indomitable spirit to fight against nature in the face of difficulties. The old locust tree in baokeng of Boyan Yuanbao and the ancient locust tree in Guandi Temple of Nanweng are still lush and vigorous. The ancient town Boyan has a profound historical and cultural heritage. Its residential buildings are large-scale and exquisite. The building area of traditional residential buildings is 27000 square meters.

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