History
Changyang has a long history and bright culture. This is the hometown of the Changyang people 190,000 years ago, and the birthplace of the Ba people 4,000 years ago. The footprints of ancient mankind are found on both sides of the Qing River, creating a rich history and culture.
The "Lower Barrens" have been around for thousands of years, and the ancient customs of "mourning" and "crying marriage" are still alive and well. Mountain Song, South Song, Bashan Dance is known as "Changyang three treasures", popular in China, famous foreign countries. Changyang first set up the Excuse Mountain County (Xia, Shang, Zhou, for the "Jing Chu" region, Qin belongs to the Qianzhong County), to the Sui Dynasty when the Excuse Mountain County for the "Chang Yang" County, Tang Yi "Chang Yang" for the "Changyang". "
In 1949, after the founding of New China, the People's Government of Changyang County was established, and in July 1984, the State Council approved the establishment of Changyang Tujia Autonomous County.
In October 2004, Changyang Tujia Autonomous County and Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County*** celebrated the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the autonomous county.
Art
Changyang culture is splendid, known as the "hometown of songs and dances", the mountain song, the southern song, Bashan dance is known as the "three treasures of the culture of Changyang", the stone, bonsai, root art is known as the "three treasures of the cultural industry of Changyang", the stone, bonsai, root art is known as "three treasures of the cultural industry of Changyang". Changyang cultural industry is known as "three treasures". Changyang Bashan Dance was awarded the Gold Prize of the National Square Dance Competition "Group Star Award", and the large-scale Tujia Wedding Song and Dance Drama "Tuliba People" was awarded the National "Five One Project Award". 2006, the Tujia "Saba'erho" was selected as one of the first national cultural treasures. In 2006, the Tujia "Sa Ye Er Ho" was selected as the first national intangible cultural heritage protection project, and won the Group Star Award in the 14th National Square Dance Competition in 2007. Changyang Mountain Song, Nanqu, Changyang Weeding Grass Drums and Stories of Du Zhenwan were selected as the first batch of provincial intangible cultural heritage protection list. 2008, "Tumiao Brothers and Sisters" formed by "Farmer Brothers" Wang Aimin, Wang Aihua and Miao girls in CCTV 13th Young Singers Grand Prix Original Song Contest, and "Tumiao Brothers and Sisters" were awarded the prize in the 2007 14th National Square Dance Competition. 13th Young Singers Grand Prix original singing won the gold medal.
BaTu Culture Series (Second Series) and Original Series of Tujia Literature***20 volumes, more than 4.5 million words, these vivid words, from the ancient "Changyang people" to the Ba people, and then to the modern Tujia people experienced difficulties and twists and turns, and unveiled a number of "ancient mysteries". Mysteries of the Ancient World". The series of books on Ba-Tujia culture covers the history, cultural remains and development of the Changyang Tujia, which is an all-round interpretation of the history and humanistic spirit of the Tujia. The whole set of the Series has about 3 million words, consisting of 10 volumes, including Grange, Study on the Origin and Flow of the Tujia in Changyang, Study on the Region of Ba, Study on the Origin and Flow of the Ba People, Logic of Village Space and Folk Narrative, History of Modern Military Affairs in Changyang, Biographies of Famous People in Changyang, and Tujia Sa Ye'er Ho. Among them, "Changyang Literary and Artistic Search and Deposit Collection (First Edition)", "Changyang Literary and Artistic Search and Deposit Collection (Continuation)" two, is the history of Changyang since the Ming and Qing Dynasty of the collection of cultural and artistic information.
Tujia Literature Original Series, which is a multi-angle record of the survival of the descendants of the Ba people, the depth of the spirit of the times of the Tujia people a "literary biography". By the old Ba Zi", "the first gentleman of the Ba people", "the story of Huang Xuelu", "Tianheping file", "Wangyangzhuang", "love affection", "follow the sun", "no sound shouting", "as expected", "children and kites" and so on the composition of 10 books, about 1.5 million words. Among them, "the king of Tujia fables" Xiao Guosong created the Tujia long narrative epic "Lao Ba Zi" is particularly noteworthy, the book *** 23 chapters, 14,000 lines, about 700,000 words, covering the origin of the Tujia, historical heroes and heroines, the main festivals, folklore and legends of origins, etc., which is called an Tujia "encyclopedia".
Environment
Changyang County terrain west high east low, the vast majority of the mountainous terrain, only a small number of flat dams situated in between, belongs to the subtropical monsoon climate zone, plenty of sunshine, heat resources, long frost-free period, abundant rainfall, rain and heat in the same season, from the elevation of dozens of meters of the Qingjiang River Valley to the elevation of more than 2,000m of the high mountains, with a more pronounced vertical zones distribution of the characteristics. Among them, the high mountainous area includes Huoyaoping Township, Zichu Township, Hammering Township, Fishing Gap Township, Hejiaping Township, Du Zhenwan Township, the climate is warm and cool, with an average annual temperature of 7.6 ℃, an active cumulative temperature of 2,210 ℃, a frost-free period of 193 days, and an annual precipitation of 1,485 mm, which has the biological characteristics and the environmental condition requirements for the growth of many kinds of vegetables, such as collard greens, Chinese cabbages, radishes and chili peppers. The alpine vegetables produced in Huoyaoping are exported to Korea and Japan.
Ethnicity
There are 23 ethnic groups in the territory, including the Tujia, Han, Miao, Manchu, Mongolian, Dong, Zhuang, etc., of which the Tujia accounted for about 51%.