Beipanjiang Town, Zhenfeng County, Qianxinan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province

Beipanjiang town

Beipanjiang town is located in the north of Zhenfeng county and the north of Qianxinan Prefecture. Its original name is Xingbei town. It is known as the "North Gate" of Qianxinan. It is 28 kilometers away from the urban area. Provincial highway 214, anzhen line and high-grade highway Guanling Xingyi run through the town. The town has a total land area of 107.86 square kilometers, cultivated land area of 19620.6 mu, and a total population of 35629. It governs 11 administrative villages, 1 residents' committee, and 134 villagers' groups. It is an area where Han, Buyi, Miao and other nationalities live together.

natural resources

Beipanjiang town is a karst area with rugged ground. More than 95% of Dingtan area in the north is a stone corner. The soil and climate are very suitable for the growth of Zanthoxylum bungeanum, Amomum villosum and other economic crops. Now it has more than 60000 mu of Zanthoxylum bungeanum base, which has developed into a three-dimensional agricultural production area integrating Zanthoxylum bungeanum and Amomum villosum planting. Beipanjiang area in the middle and qingganglin area in the south are well located The situation is relatively flat, with conventional agriculture as the main, supplemented by high-quality flue-cured tobacco, greenhouse vegetables, breeding and other planting and breeding industries, forming a complementary agricultural industrial structure. For example, qingganglin and zhebao are the main breeding villages, Beipanjiang, zhebao and Xintun are the main high-yield grain and oil production villages, Dapeng vegetable planting demonstration villages, and bahao and Yanjiao are the main high-quality flue-cured tobacco planting villages.

Historical change

The former was Niuchang District of Zhenfeng City, covering two small townships of Changtian and pingjie. After the former was built and removed in 1992, it was renamed Xingbei Town, which was renamed Beipanjiang town with the approval of the provincial people's Government on July 1, 2002.

economic base

The town covers an area of 107.86 square kilometers, with 43780.6 mu of arable land. By the end of 2010, the total population was 33765, with 11 administrative villages, 1 community and 134 villager groups under its jurisdiction. It is an area where Han, Buyi, Miao and other ethnic groups live together, with ethnic minorities accounting for 23% of the total population. It is a typical agricultural town with flue-cured tobacco and pepper as cash crops. In 2010, the financial revenue of the town was 5.44 million yuan, and the per capita net income of farmers was 3500 yuan.

scenic spot

Beipanjiang Grand Canyon

Beipanjiang gorge is located in karst area. It is more than 90 thousand kilometers long in Liangdu. There are many peaks on both sides of the gorge. The deepest part is more than 700 meters. Sometimes wide valleys alternate, sometimes cliffs block out the sun, very beautiful. The trees embrace stones, the vines entangle the trees, and the exotic flowers and plants are interspersed among them. The black leaf monkey, macaque, mandarin duck and wild duck play in the water, full of vitality and aura. According to legend, 1 million years ago, it was a huge underground cave with various stalactites, stalagmites and stone buds, and the Yinhe River passed through it. Later, due to the violent movement of the earth's crust, the underground caves collapsed, forming the Grand Canyon. The river water flowing from here originates from Panxian county and finally flows into the Pearl River. To the south of this river is Nanpanjiang River, which is why it is called "Beipanjiang Grand Canyon".

Beipanjiang Bridge

Several bridges on the Beipan River represent different centuries. The Tiesuo bridge was built in the 18th century, the reinforced concrete Bangui highway bridge was built in the 20th century, and this modern cable-stayed viaduct is the product of the 21st century.

The high-grade highway from Guanling County to Xingren city crosses the Beipanjiang River and becomes a new traffic artery connecting the two sides in the 21st century. It is beyond the reach of the ancient post road in the Ming and Qing Dynasties and the Yunnan Guizhou highway in the 20th century. The bridge has become the key and throat of the new Yunnan Guizhou passage. This section of Beipanjiang gorge is particularly steep, especially turbulent, with a valley depth of more than 1 km, which is daunting. To cross such a valley, we can imagine the magnificence of this bridge. It is 388 meters long and 486 meters high from the water surface, ranking first in China and second in Asia.

Because of the sparsely populated, the original ecological environment of this section of Canyon across the bridge is well preserved. The gorge is full of green water, abundant grass and lush trees, wild boars, monkeys and egrets. It is full of karst wonders and scenes depicted in Tang and Song poems. Today, in the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, we can no longer hear "the sound of the apes on both sides of the Strait can't stop crying" or see "the red leaves on the mountains are like rosy clouds". However, we can hear and see them here. A geologist from the Chinese Academy of Sciences said after inspecting the Beipanjiang gorge: "what we lost in the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River can be found in the Beipanjiang gorge in Guizhou." A writer once said: "the Beipanjiang Valley can help me find the artistic conception of Tang poetry and Song poetry lost for thousands of years."

Honors

On July 29, 2020, Beipanjiang town was named as the National Health township (county) in 2017-2019 cycle by the National Patriotic Health Campaign Committee.