Xingcheng Town, Pingshun County, Changzhi City, Shanxi Province

Xingcheng town

Xingcheng town is under the jurisdiction of Pingshun County, Shanxi Province, located in the southeast of the county, with convenient transportation. The town has low temperature and mild climate, and its economy is dominated by agriculture and mining. The town has made some achievements in education and health, new rural construction.

General situation

Xingcheng Town, Pingshun County, Shanxi Province, established a township level system in August 1958. Xingcheng town is located in the middle of Jinglin mountain and Longwu mountain in the southeast mountain of Pingshun county. The town government is located in Xingcheng village. The town is located in the southeast of the county, bordering Linzhou City in Henan Province in the East. In December 2000, Xingcheng town was established by merging Xingcheng town and yuxiaguan Township, and Xingcheng village is the seat of the town government. The town is located in the southeast of the county, bordering Linzhou City in Henan Province in the East, Longxi town in the west, Huguan County in the South and dongsitou Township in the north. There are County Road longhuaxian (Longxi town Huayuan) highway and Houshi line (Yanggao houjiatan xingchengshimen) tourist highway, which cross the territory. Fengziling, the highest peak of fengziling, is 1876 meters above sea level. It stands on the top of Taihang Mountain. There are two tributaries of Xi'an River and Nuanquan River in the downstream of the peak, which are 4 kilometers long. The average flow of the river is 0.3 cubic meters per second, and the catchment area is 21 square kilometers.

natural economy

The town covers an area of 191 square kilometers. It has jurisdiction over 25 administrative villages and 250 natural villages. The total population is 10574 (2017). In 2006, the total output value of the town's national economy was 460 million yuan, of which the total income of rural economy was 61.55 million yuan. The tax revenue was 53.4 million yuan. The per capita net income of farmers reached 2363 yuan.

natural resources

The economy is dominated by agriculture and mining. The temperature is low, the climate is mild, and the frost free period is short. The crops are mainly corn, millet and potato. It is the main producing area of high-quality potato, ludangshen and chaituanshen. Among them, potato is famous for Geda, Shamian and delicious. The annual planting area is 12000 mu, and the yield reaches more than 30 million jin. It is sold in Beijing, Tianjin, Shanxi, Shandong, Henan, Zhejiang, Shanghai, Fujian and other places. The territory is rich in underground iron ore resources, with proven reserves of 2.8 million tons, annual output of raw ore of 800000 tons, concentrate of 300000 tons, gold mine of 1 million tons, marble of 2 million tons, there are more than 60 mining and mineral processing enterprises.

Education and health

There are 39 primary and secondary schools, including 2 middle schools, one county level middle school and one township level middle school, with 1560 students and 2 health centers. The school is facing closure because all the students are sent to the city.

tourist resources

There is a golden lantern temple built in the first year of Tianbao (550) of the Northern Qi Dynasty in Maiji ridge of Longwu mountain in Xingcheng town. It is a key cultural relic protection unit of the state. There are many grotesque karst caves in Longwu mountain scenic spot, and the natural scenery is precipitous and beautiful.

Construction and development

In 2006, the new rural construction around the central "20 word policy", to the county Party committee and government put forward the "five chaos", to achieve the "five modernizations" as the goal, to environmental sanitation as a breakthrough, the town's 25 administrative villages to quickly carry out the new rural construction work, focusing on the construction of Xingcheng demonstration village, investment of 2.6 million yuan, the city set politics, culture, tourism, leisure as one of the Xingcheng culture Square (6000 square meters) is a beautiful street of residential, commercial and civilized city. Zhaocheng, yuxiaguan and other seven key renovated villages have made overall progress in the construction of new countryside. The albino area of the whole town is 167000 square meters, and the total investment in infrastructure is about 32 million yuan.

Tourism

Xingcheng is not only rich in mineral resources, but also rich in tourism resources. In order to improve the tourism industry, we should vigorously create a "strong tourism town". The Party committee and government of the town have made comprehensive planning and development for the Millennium ancient temple, Jindeng temple, fairyland Xiaoxitian, Qinglong cave and other scenic spots, and opened them to the outside world to welcome eight tourists. It promotes the development of the tertiary industry of the town and becomes a big tourism town in the county. Yuxiaguan, a famous historical pass, is located on Longjie mountain within its jurisdiction. Located in the east of Xingcheng Town, Pingshun County, yuxiaguan is the throat fortress of Shanxi and Henan provinces. In the north, yuxiaguan gorge connects shiyaotan and Jingdi gorge. In the south, there are overlapping peaks connecting Huguan and Lingchuan. In the East, cliffs cut across the Central Plains. In the west, yuxiaguan Gorge connects Jinglin mountain slowly. It is the only existing pass with broken mountains and set on the top of the mountain in China. Yuxiaguan was built in the eighth year of Jiajing reign of the Ming Dynasty (1529 A.D.), and it faces east from the West. In the east of the pass, there is a steep mountain wall, which is connected with the garden ladder. There are two gullies at the top and bottom, about 50 meters apart. Yuxia pass was newly opened when it was built. Beihekou is an old gate of ancient customs. There are many natural landscapes inside and outside Yuxia pass, such as crow's stone, Liu Xiu's heart and liver, peach blossom cave, etc. In 2008, the town Party committee and government invested more than 2 million yuan to complete the reconstruction of yuxiaguan Beiquan oil road, support the development of Longjie mountain, rely on the golden lantern temple to build paradise, hell, a line of heaven and other attractions, design and build a 700 meter long cultural wall with a total area of 1750 square meters, highlighting the golden lantern temple, Xiaoxitian, badaoshui and other landscape cultural landscape, which played a role in promoting the tourism industry of the town Use. make Xingcheng town a Fengling resort with "distinctive features, outstanding advantages, livable ecology, quiet and beautiful, green and low-carbon". The main tourist routes include Jindeng temple, Qinglong cave, Xiaoxitian, fengziling, Shimenkou, badaoshui, Heihu Mudan, Erxian Damen, Yuxia Guanming, the Eighth Route Army Arsenal, Heihu administrative office, niushiyao jubing kiln, huayuanti, fengmenkou, jiangjunnao, yuxiaguan and Laojun temple.