Dayang Town, Zezhou County, Shanxi Province

Dayang town

Dayang town is located in the northwest of Zezhou County, Shanxi Province, 22 kilometers away from Jincheng city. It is located at 35 ° 39 ′ N and 112 ° 47 ′ E. It is adjacent to Bagong town of Zezhou County in the East, Chengou workstation of Bagong town in the southwest, Xiacun town in the West and Macun town of Gaoping City in the north. The total administrative area is 52.58 square kilometers, accounting for 2.38% of the total area of Zezhou county. The town governs 28 administrative villages, 108 villager groups and 26 natural villages with a permanent population of 23634 (2017).

"East and west two big Yang, North and South four Zhai, along the river eighteen Zhuang, 72 lane." This is the place of singing and dancing, the hometown of cooking and smoking, the place where the ancient Jianxing county and yanga county were in full swing, and the place where the prosperous needle capital of Jiuzhou was.

Known as "the first town in the three Jin Dynasties", it has the largest ancient architectural complex of Ming and Qing Dynasties in the north, and is praised by experts as "the living fossil of ancient towns in China". In October 2008, it was awarded the fourth batch of "Chinese historical and cultural towns" by the Ministry of urban rural development and the State Administration of cultural relics. In November 2011, it was awarded as "the hometown of Chinese folk culture and art" by the Ministry of culture of the people's Republic of China.

Population data

The resident population was 23634 (2017). (fifth census data)

administrative division

Traffic conditions

The connection between Dayang town and the outside world is mainly by road. There is a special railway line for coal transportation for coal mine, but no waterway. Dayang town is 22 kilometers away from Zezhou County in the south. Daban (Dayang town Bagong town Banqiao Village) railway and Dongda (Dadonggou town Dayang town) highway run through the town. Bama (Bagong town Gaoping City Macun town) highway and Dachen (Dayang town Chengou town) highway run through the South and North. The town is 8 kilometers long from north to South and 6.5 kilometers wide from east to west.

natural environment

The terrain of Dayang town is high in the northwest and low in the southeast. It inclines from west to East. It is surrounded by mountains in the south, northwest and northeast. In the middle is an open plain with thick soil and fertilizer, which is suitable for farming. Xiangshan in the northwest is the highest point in the town, with an altitude of 1080 meters. The lowest altitude in the town is 795 meters. The annual average temperature is about 11 ℃. The annual rainfall is 450-600 mm. The frost free period is 175 days.

tourist resources

Dayang ancient town has a long history, rich in natural and cultural tourism resources, as a provincial-level historical and cultural town. It was once the seat of the state of ahou in Guyang and the county of ahou in Guyang. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was one of the largest bases for making needles by hand in China. Handicraft industry and commerce flourished for a time. At present, there are state key cultural relics protection units, such as Xidayang Tangdi temple, Tianzhu tower, martyr Pavilion, Wuliang hall, and a number of Ming and Qing folk houses, such as Pei's courtyard, Zhang's courtyard, Duan's courtyard, and Wang's courtyard. bus: take the bus at the city bus station to Dayang town. Every 20 minutes.

economic development

The main food crops are wheat, corn, beans and millet. The average yield per mu is more than 300 kg, and the total yield is more than 9 million kg, basically realizing mechanized farming. The total output value of agriculture reached 9.94 million yuan. At present, Xidayang reservoir and Danangou reservoir have a total capacity of 800000 cubic meters and a irrigated farmland of 1500 mu. The town has 12000 mu of barren hills suitable for afforestation, with a total operating area of more than 11000 mu, 8000 mu of artificial afforestation and 2000 mu of grazing slope. Dayang town is a natural mining area with abundant coal and iron resources. As early as the spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period, there was ironmaking industry. In Hongwu year of Ming Dynasty, it became one of the 13 mining areas in China. There are 2 coal mines, 2 179 blast furnaces, 6 foundries, and 13 new surface enterprises, forming a pattern of developing both traditional and emerging industries, underground and surface industries, and gradually increasing the proportion of emerging industries.