Jiuwanxi Town, Zigui County, Yichang City, Hubei Province

Jiuwanxi town

Jiuwanxi Town, subordinate to Zigui County, Yichang City, Hubei Province, is located in the southeast of Zigui County, about 38 kilometers away from the county seat. It is located in the throat of Sichuan and Hubei, on the South Bank of Xiling Gorge and niuganmafei gorge of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River. The terrain is undulating in the territory, with overlapping peaks. The terrain is high on all sides and low in the middle, presenting a basin terrain.

In June 2020, it was rated as a famous tourism town in Hubei Province.

General situation of villages and towns

Jiuwanxi town is located in the South Bank of Xiling Gorge of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River. It is an immigrant town in the Three Gorges Reservoir area. It is the place where Qu Yuan, a great patriotic poet, gave lectures and cultivated orchids before he came to Yingxi. It is also the location of Jiuwanxi scenic spot, the "No.1 drift in China". On January 4, 2009, with the approval of Hubei provincial government, Zhouping township was removed and Jiuwanxi town was established.

administrative division

Jiuwanxi town has 14 village committees: Zhouping village, Jiuwanxi village, guiya village, Jieya village, Xiannu village, Xiakou village, Jinfeng Village, luoquanhuang village, jiuwantang village, yanwotai village, Huaishuping village, zhongyangping village, Shizhu village and chuanxindian village. Jiuwanxi town has a population of about 7699 households, about 21438 people (2017).

Historical evolution

Zhouping township was established in 1950, Qun commune was established in 1958, Zhouping commune was established in 1975, Zhouping township was restored in 1986, Zhouping Township and Zhilan Township were merged into Zhouping Township in 2001 and Jiuwanxi town was established in January 2009

geographical environment

Jiuwanxi town is located in the southeast of the county. The geographical coordinates of Jiuwanxi town are 110 ° 18 '- 111 ° 0' east longitude and 30 ° 38 '- 31 ° 11' north latitude. The altitude is 620m. It borders on the new county seat of Zigui County in the East, LANGPING and Hejiaping in Changyang in the south, Guojiaba town in Zigui County in the west, Guojiaba town in the north, and Jiuwanxi river drifting terminal in the northeast. The climate of this area is subtropical monsoon climate. The active accumulated temperature of annual average temperature greater than or equal to 10 ℃ is 5723.6 ℃, the average temperature of the coldest month is 6.5 ℃, the annual frost free period is 306 days, the rainfall is about 1000mm, the relative humidity of the air is 72%, and the annual sunshine hours is 1631.5 hours. It is a famous warm winter area and the best suitable area for sweet orange cultivation in Hubei Province. After the completion of the Three Gorges project, the average temperature increase in winter is 0.3-1.3 ℃, and the average temperature decrease in summer is 0.9-1.2 ℃. The climate conditions will be more conducive to the production of navel orange. it is rich in forest resources, including pine, fir, citrus, tung oil tree, etc. It is famous for navel orange, summer orange and peach leaf orange. Orange juice is the main food processing industry.

tourist resources

Jiuwanxi town has beautiful scenery. The seat of Jiuwanxi town government is only 40 kilometers away from Zigui County and the Three Gorges Dam, and 80 kilometers away from Yichang City, the "charming city with Chinese characteristics". There is Jiuwanxi Grand Canyon, one of the largest tributaries of Xiling Gorge of the Yangtze River. After the impoundment of the Three Gorges project, star rated tourist ships can directly reach the tourist wharf of Jiuwanxi scenic spot. The main road is connected with Yiba provincial road, and Xiapu provincial road passes through the town, with a total mileage of 660 km. It has rich tourism resources. Jiuwanxi rafting is amazing and exciting; Xiannushan National Geopark is full of wonderful mountains and waters, cliffs and rocks, and miraculous workmanship; Jiuwanxi rafting scenic spot in Jiuwanxi town has won the first place in the industry in China in terms of "annual reception volume, daily maximum reception volume, daily average reception volume, and annual sales revenue". In 2006, it successfully passed the 4A grade scenic spot assessment of the National Tourism Administration, and was listed as the key scenic spot of Hubei Province and the national natural water drifting training base. Jiuwanxi town has beautiful scenery. In the center of the town, it is the place where Qu Yuan, the great patriotic poet, gave lectures and cultivated orchids before he entered. It is the location of Jiuwanxi scenic spot, the national scenic spot, and Jiuwanxi bridge, the tallest steel concrete bridge in Asia In 2006, Jiuwanxi bridge successfully passed the evaluation of 4A scenic spot of the National Tourism Administration, and was also listed as a heavy tourist scenic spot and natural water drifting training base in Hubei Province. Jiuwanxi town "developed for tourism and prospered by tourism". There are strange mountains, beautiful waters, cliffs and strange rocks. Xiannushan, gangouxi, juyufang, qingzhongdixie, beautiful scenery; lovers peak; Wangfu stone; jiangjunyan, shenshenjian, shenqigong; qiusubei; shengtianguan, Coffin Rock, shenguishi are fascinating; warring mountain, inkstone nest, shenniuquan, lingzhi stone make people flow Here, the landscape culture, Quyuan culture, Bachu culture, Taoism culture and immigration culture complement each other

Economic transportation

Tourism is the mainstay of the economy, and agriculture is the main industry. It mainly produces corn, rice, rapeseed, potato and sweet potato. It is rich in tea (Jiumian tea), tobacco and so on. The industry develops slowly. The main highway is connected with Yichang Badong provincial highway, and Zigui Yanglin highway passes through the town, with a total mileage of more than 660 km

Development path

Jiuwanxi town seizes the opportunity, relies on the natural resources, takes the strength of the whole town, vigorously develops the tourism industry, on the basis of speeding up the construction of tourist attractions, vigorously develops tourism agriculture, actively sets up tourism industry, makes a breakthrough in the development of tourism service industry, strives to improve tourism supporting facilities, and strives to create a good tourism humanistic environment, which effectively promotes the increase of farmers' income and the development of local economy development. At the national rural tourism on-the-spot meeting, Jiuwanxi town's successful experience in helping farmers with tourism has become one of the seven national models. Since the beginning of Jiuwanxi tourism development, the town Party committee and government have taken tourism as the fundamental purpose to promote rural economic and social development, and established a scenic area driven model according to local conditions. The sales of characteristic agricultural products such as accommodation, catering and "Jiuwan silk tea" promoted the development of rural economy; the newly-built houses with sloping roof, horse head wall and pink wall and black tile appeared simple and elegant, matched and coordinated with the surrounding natural environment; vigorously promoted the "five reforms and three constructions", and farmers built biogas digesters, which effectively protected the forest vegetation, thus making the mountain of Jiuwan River greener The formation of navel orange base and "Happy Farmhouse" has not only become a beautiful green landscape in Jiuwanxi scenic area, but also promoted farmers to get rid of poverty and become rich, forming a benign interactive development of tourism economy. In 2009, the total income of rural economy was 165.16 million yuan, and the comprehensive income of tourism was 80 million yuan. In accordance with the general requirements of "complete functions, reasonable layout and beautiful environment", Jiuwanxi town is actively promoting the construction of new market town area, striving to build an ecological and leisure tourism market town, and speeding up the establishment of "China's famous tourism town".

Development model

It changes with tourism and prospers with tourism. Guided by the scientific outlook on development, around the goal of building a harmonious society, Jiuwanxi town has made great efforts to develop tourism agriculture, actively set up tourism industry, and make a breakthrough in the development of tourism service industry. It is striding forward to the goal of "China's famous tourism town", "new civilized town in the reservoir area" and "strong economic town of the whole county"!

Charm evaluation

Chinese and foreign tourists evaluate Jiuwan river rafting as a "dance on the crest of the waves". They can experience the pleasure of flying boats and enjoy the passion of conquering themselves. In this 8-kilometer-long deep mountain gorge and 32 rapids, tourists will experience the real artistic conception of unlimited life challenges, and wash their tired body and mind in the hot summer.

Prospects

With the rapid development of Jiuwanxi, "people-oriented, strive for first-class.". Jiuwanxi town has the courage to innovate and forge ahead, the pillar industries continue to grow, the industrial economy develops steadily, the infrastructure improves day by day, and the tourism services continue to optimize. The economy and social undertakings of the town continue to maintain a good situation of sustained, stable and healthy development. Jiuwanxi has a bright future. Standing at the new historical starting point, Jiuwanxi has many rare opportunities, broad development space, huge development potential and bright development prospects. We firmly believe that Jiuwanxi, a bright pearl on the Three Gorges jade belt, is brilliant for its unique tourism and contribution to the economy! Qu Yuan once left an Eternal Poem: "I'm not only the nine branches of orchids, but also the hundred acres of trees.". The beautiful and magical Jiuwanxi town is full of charm and temptation, vitality and hope. Through thousands of years of wind and frost, she will show a brand new look in front of the world!

Honor record

In June 2020, it was rated as a famous tourism town in Hubei Province.