Geng Town, Wutai County, Xinzhou City, Shanxi Province

Gengzhen

Gengzhen town belongs to Wutai County, Xinzhou City, Shanxi Province. It is located in the east of Wutai County. It is one of the six major market towns in Wutai County. Gengzhen village, where the town government is located, is located on the South Bank of the middle reaches of Qingshui River, which is called gengjiazhuang in history.

Geng town is 40 km away from Wutai County in the west, 42 km away from Wutai Mountain scenic spot in the north, adjacent to Qiangshi Township in the East, gaohongkou Township and Pingshan County in Hebei Province in the south, Jiangfang Township in the west, Lingjing Township in the north, with a permanent population of 14450 (2018), and a total land area of 218.33 square kilometers.

Evolution of organizational system

Gengzhen was called shanggengjiazhuang in ancient times. It was named Gengzhen after it was built in the Republic of China. In 1958, it belonged to the upstream commune. In 1961, it set up Gengzhen commune. In 1984, it restored Gengzhen commune. yuanwuqiang Township, which belonged to the upstream commune in 1958, was established in 1961 and established in 1984. In 2002, Wuqiang township was abolished and merged into Geng town.

administrative division

By 2019, Geng town governs Geng Town Village, Qiang Shuigou, Hebei, houchengwei, zhaotunkou, wengzigou, Yaozhuang, Mayan, Nanping, Songyankou, xingjiazhuang, Hongya, Hexi, beiyuechi, Shugong temple, sanjiaoshen, zhijiayu, Wuqiang, Nangou, nuanyao, xibenshi, majiacun, GESHANG, fangzigou, fangzikou, xialiushi, Yushuwan, Dashuigou, hongshiwan, Xiangxiang Lushi has 30 administrative villages.

geographical environment

Geng town is located in the east of Wutai County, on the South Bank of the middle reaches of Qingshui River. Its geographical coordinates are 113 ° 33 ′ 39 "E and 38 ° 43 ′ 21" n. It is adjacent to menghuangshi Township in the East, gaohongkou Township in the South and Pingshan County in Hebei Province in the south, Jiangfang Township in the west, Lingjing Township in the north, 40 km away from Wutai County in the West and 42 km away from Wutai Mountain scenic spot in the north It covers an area of 218.33 square kilometers, with 19200 mu of cultivated land and 231000 mu of woodland. Geng town is located in the rocky mountainous area, with temperate monsoon continental climate. The climate is warm and cool, with four distinct seasons. The temperature in spring is higher than that in autumn. It is warm, dry and windy in spring, hot and concentrated rainfall in summer, crisp weather in autumn, cold and little snow in winter. Northwest wind prevails in winter and southeast wind prevails in summer. The annual average temperature is 8-9 ℃, the annual extreme temperature is 26 ℃ below zero, and the maximum temperature is 37.8 ℃. The annual precipitation is 400-500mm. Due to the high temperature and rapid evaporation, there are many droughts throughout the year. Frost free period is 150-160 days, annual accumulated temperature above 10 ℃ is 3000-4000 ℃, annual light hours is 2670-945 hours, frost free period is about 150 days on average, annual wind direction is north wind and northwest wind, summer south wind is more, annual average wind speed is 2m / s, average gale day is 28 days.

Economics

Combined with the GDP of Geng town from 2007 to 2018, the primary industry accounts for 70% of the GDP income, the secondary industry accounts for 5% of the GDP income, and the tertiary industry accounts for 25% of the GDP income. Geng town is a township with agriculture as the main and animal husbandry as the auxiliary. The main crops are: corn, potato, millet, naked oats, sorghum and soybeans; animal husbandry is mainly cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens and fish; characteristic agriculture is traditional Chinese medicine and quinoa Dry fruit economic forest. Geng town is rich in water resources and has unique natural advantages for the development of agriculture, breeding and animal husbandry. Agriculture is mainly planted with corn and potato. The town has 10430 mu of corn and 5430 mu of potato, with a total annual grain output of 3580 tons. The planting industry is mainly high-quality walnut and Kernel Apricot economic forest, with a total of 2345 mu of walnut and 1826 mu of Kernel Apricot planted in the town. There are 2690 cattle, 1814 pigs, 8167 sheep and 65486 chickens in the town. The fish are led by Shengquan fish raising cooperative of fangzikou village and Hongyu fish raising cooperative of zhaotunkou village. There are 40000 fish in total.

Transportation

Geng Town, with convenient transportation and long provincial road, runs straight from east to west. It is a necessary place for tourism in the south of Wutai Mountain. The villages are connected by rural roads, and the main roads have been hardened and cement roads have been built. Xinfu Expressway passes through the town from west to East, starting from 3km to the north of Dayun village interchange of Dayun Expressway in the west, reaching Wutai changchengling at the junction of Shanxi and Hebei in the East, and connecting with the expressway from Baoding to Fuping in Hebei. Xinfu expressway is an important channel for Shanxi Province to go out of changchengling in the East, reach Jizhong great plain and integrate into Bohai economic circle after Taijiu Expressway.

famous scenery

Geng town is rich in natural and cultural landscape with its unique mountains, beautiful water and rich wind. The territory is surrounded by mountains and rivers, with winding paths leading to seclusion. There are many places of interest, and many ancient trees and springs. The famous relics of ancient buildings include inlaid rock temple, eryazhan, motianzhai, Dafang ancient temple, sigetadian, Shibapan, shifoye, etc. As an anti Japanese base, many revolutionary memorial sites were left here, especially the former site of Bethune model hospital.

Jiumen Jiuguan Prince City

From Hexi village to Lingjing Township, there are Yingsheng gate, Huata gate, Sanjiao gate, Shusheng gate, Caihong gate, Hongshi gate, censer gate, Matou gate and Prince city. The verdant and quiet Jiumen and Jiuguan, which are magnificent and magnificent, connect a gentle and far-reaching Sanli gorge. The gorge of Jiumen and Jiuguan shows the endless winding scenery.

Embedded rock temple

Located in Hebei village, built by Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty, it has been thousands of years. It is the only ancient temple in Wutai Mountain scenic area where Buddhism and Taoism are integrated. Embedded rock temple covers an area of about 3800 square meters. There are seven existing steles in the temple, which record the migration history of the temple in detail. The bell and drum towers on the left and right sides in front of the temple are the treasures of the bell and drum towers built in the Qing Dynasty in Wutai mountain. The thousand year old cypress and white peony in the temple are widely recited at home and abroad, and become a must see spot for tourists to worship Buddha.

Bethune Memorial House

Located in Songyankou village, it is the place where Bethune, the great international communist fighter, lived and fought. Covering an area of 2500 square meters, the museum displays historical pictures reflecting the life and fighting scenes of Comrade Bethune. In 2016, Bethune memorial hall was identified as "national Bethune spirit education base" by Bethune Spirit Research Association. Later, it was named as "Shanxi party history education base" by Shanxi provincial Party committee in 2017 and "Shanxi national defense education base" by Shanxi provincial government in 2018.

Former site of Bethune's model ward

It is located in Songyankou village. The model ward covers an area of 1200 square meters, including medical equipment used by Comrade Bethune to rescue soldiers of the Eighth Route Army. In June 1938, Bethune, a member of the Communist Party of Canada and a famous thoracic surgeon, personally initiated, designed and constructed the reconstruction of a Dragon King Temple in the village into a surgical ward with operating room, disinfection room, medical room, washing room and other facilities, which played a positive role in improving the treatment of war wounds and training medical cadres. He was recognized by the rear hospital of Shanxi Chayi military region Known as Bethune model ward. In 1982, the State Council announced that the former site of Bethune model hospital was the second batch of national key cultural relics protection units. In 2005, it was named "Shanxi patriotism education base" by Shanxi provincial Party committee, and it was opened to the society free of charge in the same year.