Shennong Town, Gaoping City, Shanxi Province

Shennong town

Shennong town is a town under the jurisdiction of Gaoping City, Jincheng City, Shanxi Province. It is located in the north of Gaoping City, Jincheng City, Shanxi Province. The town is 10 kilometers away from the urban area. It was originally tuanchei township. It was renamed in 2000 and the town government is stationed in tuandong village.

geographical environment

Shennong town has been the boundary between Ze and Lu since ancient times, named after Shennong's hometown.

Shennong town has Hutou mountain and gouwang mountain in the East, langgong mountain in the West and Yangtou mountain in the north. It is surrounded by mountains on three sides. Dongcang River and Xicang river flow through the whole town from north to south. The territory of complex terrain, ravines, less flat, mostly hilly and semi mountainous. There are coal, iron, sulfur, bauxite, limestone, high-quality mineral water, etc.

National Highway 207 and Changjin Expressway run through the north and south, Wanghao highway runs through the East and West, and 20 kilometers of special tourist highway has been built. 43 villages have cement roads, so the transportation is convenient.

Shennong town has a temperate continental monsoon climate, with an annual average temperature of 9-10 ℃, a maximum temperature of 34 ℃ and a minimum temperature of - 18 ℃. The annual average rainfall is 550 mm, mainly from July to September. The frost free period is 170 days.

Historical evolution

According to the local epitaphs, the title of "Shennong Township, Gaoping County, Zezhou" was found in the 7th year of Tianyou (910), the title of "Shennong tuanchi village, Gaoping Township, Zezhou" was found in the 2nd year of Tianfu (927), and the title of "Shennong Township, Gaoping County, Zezhou" was found in the 2nd year of Yuanfu (1098) of the Northern Song Dynasty. It can be seen from these appellations that Shennong town was under the jurisdiction of Gaoping County in Zezhou in history. Now it is under the jurisdiction of Gaoping City. In terms of administrative divisions, the first, second and third capitals of Gaoping County, Zezhou Prefecture, were under the jurisdiction of Duli system in Qing Dynasty. In the Republic of China, it was the Fifth District of Gaoping. After the abolition of the district level system in 1956, it was changed to tuanchi township. In 1958, the township system was abolished and changed into a management area. In 1961, the management area was cancelled and tuanchei people's commune was set up. In 1984, it was rebuilt as tuanchi Township People's government. Approved by Shennong provincial government, Shennong town was established in 2000.

economic construction

There are two coal mines in the territory: Shouyang coal industry and Shennong coal industry. In 2010, the tax revenue was 4.22 million yuan and the general budget revenue was 1.22 million yuan.

Shennong Town People's government makes unremitting efforts on how to turn these resource advantages into economic advantages. On the basis of the overall planning, a series of publicity work has been done, including the restoration of the Shennong temple in Yangtou mountain, the cleaning of the ruins of Yangtou mountain, the construction of the tourist road and the construction of the sacrificial square in Yangtou mountain.

In 2002, he held the first Yandi Cultural Tourism Festival and the public memorial ceremony for Shennong Yandi in Gaoping City.

In July 2004, on the occasion of the National Symposium on the culture of Emperor Yan in Gaoping, the second grand cultural tourism festival of Emperor Yan held in Gaoping and the public memorial ceremony of Shennong Emperor Yan held by all walks of life were held.

In July 2005, with the city successfully held three sets of CCTV "passion square" - yangtoushan song recording work.

Yangtoushan Yandi cultural and scenic spot has begun to take shape in tourism, and there is an endless stream of tourists here,

Travel

Yangtoushan

Shennong town has a long history and rich tourism resources. Yangtou mountain is the birthplace of Yan Emperor Shennong's pioneering Chinese farming civilization, and the boundary between Ze and Lu counties (today's Jin city and Changzhi City). It is known as "the mountain limits two counties and the foot crosses three cities (Changzhi, eldest son and Gaoping)". The mountains here are tall and straight, the rocks are jagged, the setting sun sets, the setting sun shines, the mountains are shining, just like a fairyland in the sky. "Yangtou sunset" is one of the eight old scenes in Gaoping. There is one yangtoushan Yandi cultural scenic spot (3a scenic spot) and two national key cultural relics protection units. Yangtoushan site, located in the north of Lijiazhuang village, is a late Paleolithic cultural site about 26000 to 14000 years ago, which has important archaeological and research value.

Hometown of Emperor Yan

This is the birthplace of China's agricultural civilization initiated by Shennong, the first ancestor of China.

In the area with Yangtou mountain as the center, there are many relics such as Shennong City, Shennong spring, Shennong well, Shennong temple, wuguqi, Shennong cave, and a series of unique ancient buildings of Yandi culture, such as Yandi Middle Temple, Yandi palace and Shennong temple, with Yandi Mausoleum as the center. The beautiful legend of the primitive farming culture that Emperor Yan planted grain, tasted a hundred herbs, made Lei Lei, promoted medicine, made pottery, opened the Japanese market and started farming has been handed down from generation to generation. There are many folklores, myths, customs and inscriptions about Yan Emperor. It formed a complete Yan Emperor culture system from production, life to burial and later sacrifice.

Within 50 square kilometers of Shennong town alone, there are yangtoushan Shennong temple, Shennong City, Shennong well, Shennong spring, wuguqi, Northern Wei grottoes, Zhongmiao Village (formerly known as Xiatai Village), Yandi Zhongmiao village, Guancun Yandi palace, Zhuangli village Yandi mausoleum, etc., and the stone tablet of the second year of Tianbao in Northern Qi Dynasty (551) in yangtoushan is engraved with the words "entrusted by Shennong Holy Spirit". The stele of Qinghua temple in yangtoushan, Gaoping County, Zezhou, which was erected in 691, the second year of Tianshu reign of Tang Dynasty, has a clear record of "the place where Yan Emperor lived in this mountain", and "Yan Emperor traveled all over the mountains, tasted common grasses, took one place and got five grains". In front of Yan Emperor's mausoleum, there is a stone tablet engraved with "Yan Emperor's Mausoleum" in 1611. It can be said that Shennong Town, as one of the birthplaces of Chinese civilization, is the "source" of Chinese agricultural civilization and medical civilization, and the "root" of the Chinese nation and the global Chinese.