Xiang He Xiang, Biyang County, Zhumadian City, Henan Province

Xianghe Township

Xianghe township is located in the northernmost part of Biyang County, at the junction of Fangcheng, Biyang and Wugang. It is 56 km away from Biyang County, 70 km away from Zhumadian City in the East and 25 km away from Wugang City in the north. Xumi Road, Ping Tong provincial road and Tong Expressway run through the whole territory, 9 km south of Zhunan provincial road. It is adjacent to xiabeisi Township in the East, yangce town in the west, Fangcheng County in Nanyang City in the northwest, Wugang City in Pingdingshan City in the north, and Chunshui town in the south.

In ancient times, Xianghe township was named as Zhuan pass, Xie pass, Xianghe pass and Baima pass. According to the relevant records of shuijingzhu and jingzhouji, in the spring and Autumn period, the Great Wall was set up in Chu, which started from Yexian County and entered into Biyang for hundreds of miles. It is one of the nine famous passes in the world, so it is also called Xianghe (River) pass in history. It is also said that Wu Zixu once rode a white horse to guard the pass, so it is also called "white horse pass" among the people. It is also said that at the end of the Tang Dynasty, Li Xilei was stationed here. Because he was lucky with an elephant in Nanhe, he changed the name of Xianghe to Xianghe.

Administrative division

Xianghe Township covers a total area of 130.21 square kilometers (2017), with 47000 mu of arable land. It governs 11 administrative villages (huaishuli, gangwang, huozhuang, Xianghe, Wulou, Jiaolin, Hezhuang, Liutai, shangcao, xiacao, Chenping), 144 natural villages and 201 villager groups, with a total population of 25740 (2017), and most of them live in Xianghe street.

physical geography

Xianghe township is located in the northernmost part of Biyang County, 25 kilometers north of Wugang City. The geographical coordinate is between 113 ° 9 ′ E and 32 ° 52 ′ n. It is a typical hilly area with distinct continental climate and four distinct seasons. The annual average rainfall is 912 mm and the annual average temperature is 16.1 ℃. Xianghe township is a hilly area with a pattern of "five mountains, one water and four fields". Wufeng mountain, the second highest peak in the city, is 872 meters above sea level. The barren forest covers an area of 130000 mu. The main forest species are loblolly pine and Quercus acutissima, with a forest coverage rate of 37%. There is a medium-sized reservoir, huozhuang reservoir, three small reservoirs, shangcao reservoir, gangwang reservoir and Xuzhuang reservoir. The main rivers are Xiang River, Jiepai River, waibukou River and Chenping river It covers an area of 47000 mu.

agricultural development

Agriculture is an important foundation of Xianghe's economy. Since the founding of the people's Republic of China, Xianghe's grain production has achieved rapid development. Especially since the reform and opening up, agriculture has entered a new period of development, from the traditional single planting industry to vegetables, forestry and fruit industry, breeding industry, cash crops and other industries. It was once known as "tobacco, peanut and jujube, the three treasures of Xianghe". Xianghe jujube is a specialty of Biyang. It is big, thick, fresh and delicious. It has a long processing history. As early as in the Tianshun period of Ming Dynasty, Jiao Fang, a native of Biyang, once offered his hometown jujube as a tribute to Emperor Tianshun of Wuzong. The emperor highly praised it and ordered the ministers of the court to eat at most five jujubes a day, hence the name Tianshun yuzao. The fruit of this jujube is long cylindrical, brown and sweet, with dense wrinkles and bright color. It is comparable to Yiwu jujube in Zhejiang Province. It is a high-quality raw material for processing South jujube. Xianghe is known as a ten thousand mu jujube garden. At present, there are more than 300000 jujube trees, of which more than 280000 are bearing fruit. The annual output of fresh jujube is about 4 million kg. With the adjacent jujube garden area, the resources are sufficient. Xianghexiang jujube processing factory has rich processing experience. Its products were rated as excellent new products by the region in 87 and won the first prize; in 88, it won the Gold Award in Beijing food import and export Expo and was rated as "second class qualified enterprise" by the province. With the continuous improvement of living standards, people's demand for high nutrition and health longevity food is growing. The products sell well all over the country and are well received by users. Based on the processing of Seedless jujube, the development of South jujube can not only meet the demand of domestic market, but also fill the gap of Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Macao market, with considerable economic benefits. Agricultural production in Xianghe township is developing in the direction of commercialization, intensification and marketization. There are 28000 large livestock, 95000 sheep and 1.5 million bags of Lentinus edodes. In 2001, the GDP was 125.21 million yuan, the per capita net income of farmers was 1918 yuan, and the fiscal revenue was 2.61 million yuan. Xianghe township has one medium-sized reservoir and three small reservoirs, which is very convenient for agricultural irrigation.

economic development

In addition to Jiaotong Expressway and Pingtong line of provincial highway, rural roads are also very convenient in Xianghe, and the traffic mileage of "village to village" is nearly 50 km. In 2010, with an investment of more than 13 million yuan, a new 22 km Rural Road (stele Temple) - Xiang (River) - Song (field) line was built, which runs through eight administrative villages in the township from east to west, ending the history of more than 20000 people taking the "muddy water Road" for generations. It has a 350000 KVA substation, more than 300 transformers in the township, with an average annual power consumption of more than 40 million kwh. The township health center has a class III class a standard, with a building area of more than 4000 square meters, more than 30 medical staff and more than 40 beds. The medical equipment mainly includes biochemical analyzer, B-ultrasound, X-ray, automatic blood cell, Doppler, etc., with an annual average of more than 6000 patients. There are 12 primary and secondary schools in the township, with more than 260 teaching staff and more than 3900 students. The quality of education and teaching has been at the forefront of the county for many years. Xianghe township is rich in mineral resources, mainly including granite (Sesame ash, sesame white), marble, potash bearing rock (which can be used to produce potash fertilizer, white cement, potassium dihydrogen phosphate, manganese steel and rare metals for national defense), iron ore, shale, basalt, mineral water and other mineral resources. since 2004, the mining and processing of granite has become the main pillar industry of Xianghe. In Xianghe, there are more than 30 stone processing enterprises such as Jintai, Zhongtian, Shengda and Yuantai, and more than 40 granite mining sites such as Gezhuang Nanshan, wuligou, heishibangou and qianhuangzhuang Xishan. With an annual output of more than 20 million square meters of various types of granite plates, an output value of more than 700 million yuan and more than 10000 employees, the products are mainly sold to Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and other provinces. The annual output of stone gathering area accounts for nearly 70% of the total output of Henan Province. by the end of 2010, there were more than 750 business units and individuals in seven industries (agriculture, industry, commerce, transportation, construction, catering service and others) of five levels (township, village, group, individual and consortium) in the township, with 5453 employees and an annual output value of more than 800 million yuan.

Stone development

Xianghe Township, Biyang County, is rich in quartz, potash feldspar and marble due to many mountainous areas. Granite reserves are among the best in the province. Xianghe township has built Biyang Stone Development Zone, with hundreds of stone processing enterprises. "In the Development Zone, there are more than 300 pieces of saws, polishing machines and other equipment, with a daily output of 15000 square meters of various types of stones." it has become the largest distribution center for processing, production and sales of sesame white granite series products in the north of the Yangtze River. Its products are spread all over the country and are sold abroad. At the same time, due to the extensive production, backward technology, imperfect environmental protection facilities and other reasons, the local people have been suffering from the pain of pollution, and has become increasingly fierce.

Historical features

In ancient times, Xianghe was called Xianghe, also called Ziguan, Xieguan, Xianghe Guan and Baima Guan. In the spring and Autumn period, it belonged to the state of Chu, bordering South Korea in the north, and once belonged to Wuyin and piyang. In Ming and Qing Dynasties, inspection department was set up here, and Xianghe (DA) township was set up in the Republic of China and early liberation. After the founding of new China, Xianghe was originally under the jurisdiction of Nanyang special district. In 1965, it was under the jurisdiction of Zhumadian special district and belongs to Chunshui people's commune. At the end of 1975, it was added as Xianghe people's commune. In November 1983, it was changed into Xianghe Township People's government. Xiangheguan was first set up in the Western Zhou Dynasty in the 11th century B.C. because it was the fiefdom of the state of ZA, it was named after it. At that time, zhaguan was only a general garrison area, which was not valued by the whole world. In the spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period, Xia Road, the earliest and longest National Road in China, was built. In addition to the numerous wars, the territory changed, and its military and economic value rose sharply. In order to defend against foreign invasion, the state of Chu built a great wall horizontally in a depression about five or six kilometers wide between Guanshan and Wufeng mountains, which is often called the great wall of Chu. This section of the Great Wall is like a big lock, cutting off the traffic between the north and the south, cutting off the invaders' cavalry. Because of its unique geographical location, it is difficult for foreign enemies to enter. Xiangheguan has become one of the most famous gates in the world. The inscription on the Warring States Bronze Ware "e Jun Qi Jin (CHE) Festival" unearthed in Qiujia garden, Shouxian County, Anhui Province in 1957 contains "from e to, Geng Yangqiu, Geng Fangcheng, Geng Xianghe, Geng Fen, Geng Fanyang, Geng Xiacai, Geng Juchao, Geng Ying..." It can be seen that the name "Xianghe" existed long before the Warring States period. According to the relevant records of shuijingzhu and jingzhouji, in the spring and Autumn period, the Great Wall was set up in Chu, which started from Yexian County and entered into Biyang for hundreds of miles. It is one of the nine famous passes in the world, so it is also called Xianghe (River) pass in history. It is also said that Wu Zixu once rode a white horse to guard the pass, so it is also called "white horse pass" among the people. It is also said that at the end of the Tang Dynasty, Li Xilei was stationed here. Because he was lucky with an elephant in Nanhe, he changed the name of Xianghe to Xianghe. during the Anti Japanese War, Feng Yuxiang, a patriotic general of the Kuomintang, visited the national defense here and gave a speech at Xianghe Hui Primary School; during the war of liberation, Liu and Deng troops stationed here; Mao Ni, an underground worker of the Communist Party, lived here for a long time. the long history has left rich cultural relics to Xianghe. At the beginning of 2010, the investigation team of the great wall of Chu in Henan Province visited Xianghe for nearly two months