English: Xiangfan
Hanyu Pinyin: Xiāng Fán
[I]Geographic location
Xiangfan is located in the northwestern part of Hubei Province, residing in the middle reaches of the Hanshui River, and in the remainder of the Dabashan Mountains of the Qinling Mountains. It is divided into two cities, Xiangcheng in the south and Fancheng in the north. Xiangfan has well-developed transportation and has been a major transportation hub since ancient times. Xiangfan has been known as the "South Xiang Pass", "South Boat and North Horse", and "Seven Provinces Thoroughfare". It has always been a channel for business and cultural exchanges between the north and the south.
After the merger of Xiangfan and Xiangyang, Xiangyang, Nanzhang, Baokang and Gucheng counties and Zaoyang, Laohekou and Yicheng counties are now under the jurisdiction of Xiangfan. The total area of 19,800 square kilometers, the total population of more than 5 million. Among them, the urban area of 326 square kilometers, population of 550,000 people.
Xiangfan City is an irregular square, belonging to China's topography of the second step to the third step transition zone. The western part is the mountainous area of the Wudang Mountain Range, the eastern part is the low hills between the Dahong Mountain and Tongbai Mountain, the northern part is located between the Wudang Mountain and the Tongbai Mountain, which is known as the "North Hebei Heights", and the Han River basin and the southern part is the more open alluvial plain. The region is a subtropical monsoon climate, the average annual temperature of 15-16o C, annual precipitation of about 1000 millimeters, with China's north-south transition climate characteristics.
Xiangfan City was announced as a National Famous Historical and Cultural City by the State Council in 1987. More than 200 cultural sites of various periods have been identified in the city, and some of the cultural relics and monuments are among the largest in the world. 1990 to 1992, a Neolithic primitive clan community site was excavated in Zaoyang City's Carving Dragon Monument, which is about 6,000 years old, rich in connotation and unique, and belongs to a new type of culture. Before the Qin and Han Dynasties, Xiangfan City was the city of the vassal states of Jian, Lu, Lu, Lu, Luo, Yan, Gu, Li, Sui and Tang, and then the territory of Chu, and after the Qin and Han Dynasties, it was the central area of the Three Kingdoms' culture and the major towns of successive dynasties.
Ancient Xiangyang has always been a place of war, and in its 3,000 years of history, there have been countless battles of various sizes, including the Battle of Baiqi's Water Flooding in the Visayas, the Battle of Guan Yu's Drowning of the Seven Armies, the Battle of Chu's Resistance to Fu Pi, the Battle of Yue Fei's Recovery of Xiangyang, the Battle of Li Zicheng's Occupation of Xiangyang, the Anti-Japanese Battle of Zaojiaozhong's Zaojiao, and the Xiangfan Battle in the War of Liberation. There are also a lot of talented and famous people in Xiangfan, which can be called the humanities, brilliant as a star. Here is Wu Zixu, Song Yu, Liu Xiu, Pang Tong, Du Fu, Meng Haoran, Pi Rixiu's hometown, but also Zhu Geliang, Wang Chuan, Mi Fu's second hometown. It is also the second hometown of Zhuge Liang, Wang Chuan, and Mi Fu. With its long history, splendid culture, and numerous talents, Xiangyang has left behind a large number of outstanding people. Xiangyang has left a large number of attractions and anecdotes and legends, and it is an ideal place to develop tourism.
Xiangfan's transportation advantages are outstanding, "a Han River, two airports, three railroads, four highways" is Xiangfan water, land, air three-dimensional transportation portraits, especially the rapid development of highways, highways centered in our city is "ten The highway centered on the city is in the shape of "ten" and the neighboring cities are connected, and it can be sent to the big cities with about 1,000 kilometers. At the same time, it also provides conditions for the development of modern logistics industry and commerce in the city. Xiangfan is becoming a logistics center in Northwest Hubei and adjacent areas of Hubei, Henan, Shaanxi and Chongqing; Fancheng has Huayangtang, Xiangcheng has Gulou shopping malls; the People's Square has a street of brand stores on Jiefang Road; and there are also the famous Baihe Market, Xinhua Market, etc., which ranks 54th among the best commercial cities in the country. Xiangfan is rich in human resources and has a high quality workforce, with well-developed scientific research institutes, universities and colleges, financial institutions, foreign-related services, and medical units, such as Xiangfan College, the Central Hospital, and so on, which are first-rate in northwestern Hubei and adjoining areas.
[II]History and Culture
One of the oldest regions in China, mankind has flourished here as far back as 600,000 years ago. Xiangfan Xiangyang, Fancheng two cities together, Fancheng because of the Zhou Xuan Wang Feng Zhongshan Fu (Fan Muzhong) in this name, Xiangyang to be located in the Xiangshui (now the South Drainage Channel) of the Yang and named. Fancheng began in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and Xiangyang was built in the early Han Dynasty. Since the first year of Emperor Xian's Chuping of the Eastern Han Dynasty (190 A.D.), Liu Biao, the pastor of Jingzhou, migrated to Xiangyang, and Xiangyang has been the seat of government, province, state, road, and county. Xiangfan City was founded in May 1950, and was elevated to the status of a provincial municipality in June 1979. In September 1983, Xiangfan merged with Xiangyang District and implemented the city-county system, which was approved by the State Council on December 8, 1986 as a National Famous Historical and Cultural City.
Xiangfan has a history of more than 2,800 years of city building, and the first ancient city of China is well preserved. Zhuge Liang, the embodiment of the wisdom of the Chinese nation, lived in the ancient Longzhong, 13 kilometers west of Xiangyang, for 10 years, accomplishing the famous "Former Master's Table", "Later Master's Table" and "Longzhong Pair". Of the 120 episodes of the famous "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", 31 episodes took place in Xiangfan. Song Yu, Du Shenyan, Meng Haoran, Pi Rixiu, Zhang Ji, Li Bai, Du Fu, Mi Fu and a large number of other literati make Xiangfan more humanistic.
Xiangfan is rich in human resources and natural landscapes. Here is the Chinese nation's ancestor Yan Di Shennong's and the Eastern Han Dynasty Han Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu's birthplace, there is a peculiar shape of the national key cultural relics of the Duo Bao Buddha Pagoda, there is known as "the first city of Huaxia," the country's widest moat. Zhuge Liang spent 10 years in Longzhong, Xiangyang, and the story of Liu Bei's "Three Visits to a Cottage" took place here. Xiangfan is not only the ancient battlefield of the warlords, but also a place of historical literati, nurturing the poet Song Yu of the Chu Dynasty, the statesman Wu Zixu of the Warring States Period, the poets Du Shengyan, Meng Haoran, Zhang Ji of the Tang Dynasty and the calligrapher and painter Mi Fu of the Song Dynasty, and leaving behind the footsteps of the poetic immortal Li Bai, the Poet Sage Dufu, and other historical scholars and sages, as well as poems celebrating the ancient times. Li Bai wrote in his poem "Xiangyang Qu": "Xiangyang is a place of pleasure, where songs and dances are sung and danced on the White Copper Causeway. The river city is back to the green water, flowers and the moon make people fascinated". In recent years, the city has vigorously developed the ancient Longzhong Scenic Area, which has been recognized as a national scenic spot, constructed an antique street representing the folk houses in Northwest Hubei, restored the Zhongxuan Building, where one of the Seven Sons of Jian'an, Wang Charman, wrote his popular masterpiece, "Fugue of Denglou", and the Ming Wang's Mansion and Zhaoming Terrace, and opened the Da Nang Mountain Natural Scenic Area, the Tanxi Wanshan Scenic Area, the Lumenshan Natural Scenic Area, and the Dengcheng Ruins Scenic Area. Du Fu's poem says: "That is, from Ba Gorge through Wu Gorge, then down Xiangyang to Luoyang". Wang Wei's "Hanjiang River Viewing" is even the long Hanjiang River water into the gushing Hanjiang River love, the beauty of the Hanjiang River, Xiangyang's charm throughout.
[3] Current Situation of the City
Xiangfan is a big city identified by the Ministry of Construction. Xiangfan has a land area of 19,700 square kilometers and a total population of 5.788 million. Xiangfan city has an urban area of 3,563 square kilometers, with a population of 2,186,000; of which the built-up area is 100 square kilometers, with a population of 1,203,000. In 2005, the city's GDP was 60.2 billion yuan, with a territorial fiscal revenue of 8.1 billion yuan, per capita disposable income of urban residents of 8,150 yuan, and per capita net income of peasants of 3,191 yuan. Xiangfan is the only big city in the adjoining areas of E, HU, YU and SHAAN, the second largest city in Hubei Province after Wuhan, the national garden city, civilized city, health city, excellent tourist city. Now it has 3 county-level cities of Zaoyang, Yicheng and Laohekou, 3 counties of Gucheng, Nanzhang and Baokang, 3 urban areas of Xiangcheng, Fancheng and Xiangyang, and 2 development zones of national high-tech development zone and provincial-level tourism and economic development zone of Yuliangzhou, with a GDP of 60.2 billion yuan in 2005 and a financial income of 8.1 billion yuan in the whole region, and a per capita disposable income of 8,150 yuan in towns and cities, and per capita net income of 3,191 yuan in peasants. The city's GDP is 60.2 billion yuan.
Xiangfan is a "National Famous Historical and Cultural City" and "China's Outstanding Tourist City". In the CCTV China Charming Cities Competition, Xiangfan stood out from more than 600 participating cities and was shortlisted as one of the "Top Ten Charming Cities". Top Ten Charming Cities". There are 36 national and provincial scenic spots in Xiangfan, among which Gulongzhong is a national 4A scenic spot. Experts and scholars such as Jin Yong and Feng Jicai evaluate Xiangfan as "a famous city of landscape in the hinterland of China, which is a real city! The ancient city wall is still intact, with the steepness of the mountains and the danger of the river, without the heaviness of the imperial capital, but with the spring water of the river, winning the ten-mile scenery, the beauty of the mountains and the water from the outside, and the victory of the humanities from the inside, it has been a place where merchants and businessmen gather since ancient times, and today it has become an important inland transportation and logistics hub", and Xiangfan is a new and important automobile city in the inland area. The Xiangfan Bearing Factory has been reorganized with the support of the municipal government.
Xiangfan is also a rising thermal power base, located at the junction of northern coal transportation south, with an investment of 5.2 billion yuan in 4X300,000 kilowatts of a thermal power plant (Xiangfan Power Generation Co., Ltd.) was put into operation in 1999, and 4.8 billion yuan of investment in the second phase of the 2X600,000 kilowatts of units has begun construction early in 2006, and will be completed in 2007, and the long-range planning of the three phases of 2X600,000 kilowatts of units can be formed with the Three Gorges matching thermal power plant, which is a new type of thermal power plant. Forming a thermal peak power generation base to support the Three Gorges. Textile, chemical fiber, grain, light industry, medical and chemical industry, new materials, etc. are also the pillar industries of Xiangfan industry.
After 26 years of development since the founding of the People's Republic of China, especially the reform and development of Xiangfan, Xiangfan has undergone radical changes, gradually becoming a city with "distinctive industrial characteristics, obvious transportation advantages, strong scientific and educational strength, and strong potential for development," which has made Xiangfan people's wallets bulging, Xiangfan roads widening, Xiangfan buildings taller, and Xiangfan people's wallets growing. Xiangfan's roads are wider, Xiangfan's buildings are taller, Xiangfan's cars are more numerous, and Xiangfan's environment is greener. Xiangfan's changes reflect the Party's support for the central region, which is now on the right track.
[Four]Nearly honored
In 2002 Xiangfan inaugurated as high as 20 meters of China's largest bronze statue of Zhu Geliang, standing in front of this as high as twenty meters of bronze statue of Zhu Geliang, witness the great man of history of the abundance of the people as if to return to the era of the Three Kingdoms of the winds and clouds. This by the central academy of fine arts, director of the sculpture department, professor sui jianguo and other people design and production of zhuge Liang bronze statue, weighing thirty-five tons, is the country's largest bronze forging figure statue. Zhuge Liang, the word Kongming, present-day Yinan County, Shandong Province people. According to historical records, when Zhuge Liang was thirteen years old, he went to Xiangyang with his uncle Zhuge Xuan to join Liu Biao in order to escape the war. A.D. 197 years to two zero seven Zhuge Liang in Xiangyang Longzhong reclusive plowing and studying, two zero seven Liu Bei three Guanju, Zhuge Liang published the famous "Longzhong pair of", then out of the mountain to assist Liu Bei, the formation of the Three Kingdoms tripod situation. Zhuge Liang has become the embodiment of wisdom for thousands of years, and his legendary story has been recited by the world. In order to carry forward the history and culture, Xiangfan City in the northwest of the city built a new Zhuge Liang Square, set up a bronze statue of Zhuge Liang, for the ancient city added a new landscape.
In 2003, the Hubei Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government listed Xiangfan as a "provincial sub-center city" focusing on construction and development, establishing the city's status as the center of the province, encouraging the city's municipal government's enthusiasm for the work of the city and improving the residents' pride in their names.
On September 29, 2004, Xiangfan launched a new high-grade sedan - "Heavenly Melody", and now the annual output of "Heavenly Melody" sedan has exceeded 60,000, becoming one of the most popular models in the market. The city is an important base for Dongfeng to develop heavy-duty diesel vehicles, light-duty vehicles and medium- and high-grade sedans, in which engines, medium- and heavy-duty axles, seats and so on are beginning to have core competitiveness, and the automobile industry accounts for about 60 percent of the city's secondary industry, and the proportion is still increasing.
In 2005, Xiangfan was honored by Forbes as one of the "20 Best Cities to Open a Factory in China" and ranked 4th. The city's economic construction is further adapted to the process of modernization and development of China, and promotes the modernization of China.
In 2005, the Peking Opera "Xiangyang Mibian" achieved good results and won the commendation in Beijing, which is also the higher Peking Opera play in our province to be evaluated!
October 2005, Shenzhou VI returned triumphantly, and the spirit of China was invigorated. Xiangfan is not only proud of the space hero Nie Haisheng (Zaoyang [county and city under Xiangfan's jurisdiction]), but also Xiangfan's industry, especially the military industry, has made important contributions to the Shenzhou series. In the "Shenzhou VI" spacecraft, the escape system power source, seals, seat restraints, two-person lifeboat, anti-immersion cold floating equipment and other high-tech products are produced in Xiangfan.
In 2006, the twelfth Hubei Provincial Games were successfully held in Xiangfan, Hubei Province, stimulating the city's people's sports boom, the city's People's Square, Zhuge Liang Square have become a good place for citizens to work out.
In 2007, the government's investment promotion work was further strengthened, and Wal-Mart, the world's largest supermarket chain, will open in Xiangfan in 2007, which is the first time that Wal-Mart has opened a chain store in a secondary city in Hubei Province.
In 2007, Xiangfan participated in the CCTV-5 city-to-city event and won the top ten in the country. Together with nine other cities, including Shanghai, Xiangfan participated in the international competition held in France, where it will compete with Russia, France and other countries, which enhanced Xiangfan's popularity in the international arena!
In January 2007, the General Office of the State Council issued a "notice on the scope of policies relating to the revitalization of old industrial bases in the central six provinces, such as the Northeast region and the development of the western part of the implementation of the relevant policies," in which Wuhan, Xiangfan, Shiyan, Huangshi, Hubei Province, compared to the revitalization of the Northeast industrial base of the preferential policies for the development of the city, which is an opportunity, but also to the city of a great challenge, we must grasp the opportunity, defending the "Hubei" in the "opportunity. We must grasp this opportunity to defend the title of "second brother" of Hubei, handle the position of "sub-provincial center", and effectively create a certain welfare for the people of Xiangfan, *** create a higher level of moderately prosperous society.
[5]Folk Art
Xiangyang flower drums, fire dwelling road music, mountain gongs and drums are Xiangfan's traditional folk art. Xiangfan big head vegetable (i.e., mixed vegetables, originally concocted by Zhu Geliang when he lived in Xiangfan), double mushrooms rubbing the head to shrink the item bream, Anjule jujubes, and Longzhong green tea are Xiangfan's famous specialties. Breakfast is served with butter noodles, tofu noodles, beef noodles, soybean noodles, and yellow wine.
Best season to visit: spring, summer, fall and winter.
[VI]Some natural and human resources of Xiangfan City
1, about the area and population of the city
The total area of the city is 19,700 square kilometers, with an urban area of 3,563 square kilometers, and a built-up area of about 100 square kilometers, of which the ancient city district of Xiangyang covers an area of 2.4 square kilometers. The total population of the city is 5.788 million, with an urban population of 2.186 million (of which 1.004 million are in Xiangyang District) and a resident population of over 900,000 in the built-up area.
2. About Xiangyang Ancient City Wall
The Xiangyang Ancient City Wall was built in Han Dynasty and rebuilt as a brick city in Song Dynasty, with a total length of 7,377 meters, among which there is a retaining brick wall of 6,408 meters, with an average height of 10.84 meters, a minimum height of 7 meters, and a maximum height of 11 meters, with a width of 13-15 meters at the bottom and 6-11 meters at the top.
3, about the moat
Xiangyang moat 5060 meters long, the widest place up to 250 meters, the average width of 180 meters, an area of 910,000 square meters, for China's first wide moat.
4, about the Han River
Hanjiang River is the largest tributary of the Yangtze River, the total length of 1,577 kilometers, 195 kilometers in Xiangfan, flowing through the city of one county, two cities and three districts (Laohekou City, Gucheng County, Fancheng District, Xiangcheng District, Xiangyang District, Yicheng City), 26 townships (offices). The average flow rate of the Hanjiang River at Xiangyang Hydrological Station is 1,200 cubic meters per second for many years. Xiangfan city above is a five-level waterway, navigable for 300-ton ships; Xiangfan city to the turn of the Bay is a four-level waterway, navigable for 500-ton ships. The maximum berthing capacity of the port is 500 tons.
5, about highway
The highway in our city is 270 kilometers long. Xiangshi Expressway: Xiang (Fan) to Shiyan Expressway and connecting line Xiangfan section 98.53 kilometers; Xiangjing Expressway: Xiang (Fan) to Jing (state) Expressway Xiangfan section 57.15 kilometers; Xiaoxiang Expressway: Xiaoxiao (sense) to Xiang (Fan) Expressway Xiangfan section 91.09 kilometers; Fan Wei Expressway: Xiang (Fan) to South (Yang) Expressway Xiangfan section 22.81 kilometers.
6, about tourist attractions (points)
City *** there are 13 A-level scenic spots, of which: AAAA level 1: Longzhong Scenic Spot; AAA level 4: Migongzhi Scenic Spot, Shuijingzhuang Scenic Spot, Nanhe Xiaosanxia Scenic Spot, Allium Mountain Tourist Resort; AA level 5: Jinxiuyuan, Baishui Temple Scenic Spot, Xionghe Scenic Spot, Wudao Gorge Scenic Spot, Tangzhi Gorge Hot Spring; Grade A 3: Xiangyang Royal Palace Green Shadow Wall, General Zhang Zizhong Memorial Hall, Xiangshui River Scenic Area.
Longzhong Scenic Spot: Longzhong Scenic Spot covers a total area of 209 square kilometers, including the ancient Longzhong, Shuijingzhuang, Cheng'en Temple, Seven Mile Hill, Hezichuan five scenic spots. 1994 by the State Council validation as a national key scenic spots, 1996 by the State Council validation announced as a national key cultural relics protection units, in 2001 was named the country's first batch of 4A-level scenic tourist areas. The core scenic area of ancient Longzhong is located 13 kilometers west of Xiangyang city, 197-207 AD Zhuge Liang in this farming hermitage for ten years. In the Western Jin Dynasty, there were monumental buildings with a history of more than 1,700 years, and in the Ming Dynasty, "Ten Scenes of Longzhong" had been formed: San Gu Tang, Plowing Field, Little Rainbow Bridge, Wild Cloud Nunnery, Hexagonal Wells, Old Dragon Cave, Leung Father Rock, Knee-hugging Stone, Ancient Cypress Pavilion, and Half-Moon Stream.
Of the 120 stories in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, 32 take place in Xiangfan.
Mi Gong Ancestral Temple Scenic Spot: Mi Gong Ancestral Temple is located in the west section of Yanjiang Road, Fancheng District, Xiangfan City, formerly known as the "Mijiaan", a shrine built in honor of the Northern Song Dynasty painter and calligrapher and connoisseur Mi Fu, which was declared the first batch of provincial-level important cultural relics protection units by the People's Government of Hubei Province in 1956. Mi Fu (1051-1107 A.D.), formerly known as 黻 (黻), was known as Lumen Jushi (鹿門居士), also known as Haiyue Wai Shi (海岳外史), and Xiangyang Man Shi (襄阳漫士). He was once an official of the Ministry of Rites and was known as Mi Nangong. Because of his demeanor "crazy", known as Mi Beng. He was one of the four great calligraphers of the Song Dynasty, together with Cai Xiang, Su Shi and Huang Tingjian.
The Green Shadow Wall of Xiangyang King's Mansion: The Green Shadow Wall of Xiangyang King's Mansion is located in the southeast corner of Xiangcheng. For the Ming Dynasty Xiangwang Palace door in front of the wall, built in about 1440, the wall is 26.2 meters long, 7.6 meters high, 1.6 meters thick, imitation wood structure hipped four columns three floor modeling, the wall is chic, fine carving, pattern and elaborate, is the ancient stone art treasures. Now is China's only one large stone dragon wall.
Ancient temples in the Central Plains - Guangde Temple: Guangde Temple, formerly known as Yunju Zen Temple, was built in the Tang Dynasty during the reign of Zhenguan, is located in Xiangfan City, 10 kilometers west of the city, the temple covers an area of 45,000 square meters. The backyard of the Duo Bao Buddha Pagoda, also known as the Five Star Pagoda, is a masonry structure, 17 meters high, the tower is 7 meters high. Pagoda built on five stupas, the center stands a combination of India and Tibet Lama Tower, up to 10 meters. The whole tower up and down inside and outside **** there are 45 stone sitting Buddha statues, large "Buddha" word 3, **** 48 "Buddha".