Zhaigen Township, Xixia County, Nanyang City, Henan Province

Zhaigen Township

Zhaigen township is located in the northwest of Xixia County, Nanyang city. The township government is 60 kilometers away from the county seat, with a total area of 168.85 square kilometers (in 2017), of which the mountain forest area is more than 190000 mu. It has jurisdiction over 8 administrative villages including zhaigen, sangshu, Jiepai, Taishan, Fangzhuang, Jiedao, Gaofeng and sailing, and 82 villager groups with 8140 people (2017).

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It has jurisdiction over 8 administrative villages including zhaigen, sangshu, Jiepai, Taishan, Fangzhuang, Jiedao, Gaofeng and sailing, and 82 villager groups with 8140 people (2017).

Zhaigen township has beautiful mountains and waters, beautiful environment, average annual temperature of 13.7 ℃, average annual rainfall of 840 mm, average altitude of 600 meters, forest coverage rate of 73.5%, and no industrial pollution.

Zhaigen township is located in the North-South climate transition zone, showing a variety of animals and plants. The wild kiwi fruit has a unique flavor, with an annual output of more than 500 tons of green food fresh fruit. Wild animals mainly include wild boar, deer, Swertia, Caragana, hare and so on. The main forest species are oak, and the others are pine, cypress, locust and poplar. Wild Chinese herbal medicine is rich in resources, known as "natural medicine library". It is rich in mineral resources, with proven considerable reserves of mica, potash feldspar, gold, chromium, marble, granite, etc.

Economic characteristics

Zhaigen township has distinctive rural economic characteristics. Through years of continuous adjustment and optimization of the agricultural industrial structure, the edible fungi industry mainly composed of bagged Lentinus edodes, Pleurotus nebrodensis and Auricularia auricula, the fruit industry mainly composed of kiwi fruit, walnut and chestnut, and the Chinese herbal medicine industry mainly composed of Cornus officinalis and Gastrodia elata were formed. The implementation of standardized management of edible fungi is an advanced township of edible fungi in China, with an annual output of 600 tons of dried mushrooms; the standardized management level and marketing organization degree of kiwi fruit base are relatively high, with an annual output of 800 tons of organic kiwi fruit; the quality of Cornus officinalis is excellent, and two standardized bases of yuanyao company have been built, with an annual output of 200 tons of dried Cornus officinalis; the production of Gastrodia elata reaches 800000 holes, enjoying the "Central Plains Gastrodia elata" "The first town". The annual output value of the characteristic pillar industry with "fungus, fruit and medicine" as the main part reaches 40 million yuan, accounting for more than 70% of the farmers' annual income.

Get honor

On July 29, 2020, it will be included in the National Health township (county) naming list of 2017-2019 cycle.