Legend has it that Yangcheng was formerly known as the "Pension City" of Yao's mother in the Tang Yao era, with a deep historical and cultural heritage and a humanistic atmosphere that continues to this day. In recent years, based on the advantage of being a large town with traditional culture, Yangcheng has been paying close attention to the construction of spiritual civilization in a variety of ways, and has held seven consecutive farmers' painting and calligraphy exhibitions and five chess tournaments, and has become the trend of civilization and fitness activities. In 2002 was awarded the civilized township by the Baoding City, in 2006 by the provincial and municipal farmers' sports associations awarded the "hundreds of millions of farmers' fitness activities advanced townships", many times by the higher level of the spirit of civilization construction of advanced units, cultural undertakings have been vigorously developed, the village winds have been further simplification of the people's customs, humanistic environment, social environment is good.
Yangcheng ancient town has a history of more than four thousand years, according to "Qingyuan County Records": the ancient name of this "Pension City", the original system of the Yao King called the emperor for his mother to spend the twilight of her life in the construction of a pension in the city and the name. To the Spring and Autumn period, so the city is located in the north bank of the Jiulong River, the north bank of the Yang, so the name was changed to Yangcheng.
After Yao visited Shun, he withdrew from the throne and came to this city to spend his old age, and lived until he was 118 years old before he left this world, so the descendants praised "Yangcheng Town in Qingyuan, Hebei, the city where Yao Emperor's mother and son spent their old age".
During the Eastern Han Dynasty (25 to 220 A.D.), Yangcheng County was set up here as part of the Zhongshan State, and was later transferred to Puyin (present-day Shunping). At the beginning of the economic prosperity here, convenient transportation, to the counties to build a stagecoach, Jiulong River built a pier, the boat to Baiyangdian directly to Tianjin. It became the political, economic and cultural exchange center of the whole county. Ancient Yangcheng has a beautiful environment and scenery. Southeast of the county is dozens of miles around the "northern water town of Yangcheng Dian", the precipitation within the lush water plants, lotus blossom, lotus root into pieces, the whole day children driving boats, digging for lotus root, picking lotus, children's songs constantly, the famous geographer Li Daoyuan traveled here, stopped to watch, in the masterpiece "water Jingji" left a beautiful chapter "Yangcheng Dian," which has now been compiled into the "teaching textbook of ancient Chinese literature.
Since then, the city has been a favorite tourist destination for many years, and the city has been a favorite tourist destination for many years.
Since the Three Kingdoms, two Jin Dynasty to Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, are known as the name of Yangcheng, view its geographical location, the sense of its history far, *** knowledge of its strategic location, feng shui, the spirit of the place, so it is, widely recruited from all over the skilled craftsmen to build, cultivate the Palace, build temples, temples, cover the word hall, a brilliant huge ancient architectural groups throughout the entire Yangcheng township. Its architectural scale, unique style is a unique style. Such as: Huayan Temple in the size of the Buddha are the Department of the Yuan Dynasty era of stone carving art treasures; standing Buddha Hall in the three imperial nun statue of the tall God Yi; gold makeup and color painting, the image of realism, comparable to the Zhengding of the Big Buddha. Outside the West City Gate, "Sanyuan Palace" construction of hiatus seal angle, the temple is lofty, is the wonders of Qingyuan. The layout of the architectural group is even more ingenious, from west to east of the Yao Mother Temple, Bug King Temple, Medicine King Temple, Temple of the River God, the whole God Temple, Sanyuan Temple, Yaoji Temple, West Hope Temple, Wenchang Temple, Five Dragons Virgin Mother Temple, Zhenwu Temple, Horse King Temple, Huayan Temple, Tianqi Temple, Erlang Temple, Temple of Confucius, etc., and from the south to the north of the Temple of the Dragon King, Kuixing Temple, Temple of the Lord Guan, Temple of Bodhisattvas, the inverted seat of the Guanyin Temple, Temple of the Northern Yue, etc., all to the cross-streets at the center of the Sanyi Temple They are all centered on the San Yi Temple at the cross street. Three Temple in front of the tall old acacia stretched out four big branches, the east, west, south, north and south of the four streets covered under the tree. The right side of the tree towers straight in the sky of a single cedar flagpole. Standing under the tree to look around, the temple green brick and green tile, brilliant. Temple ridge high and low staggered, hooks and corners, dragon flying around the clouds, the beast squatting head, lifelike, as if stepping into the God and Buddha wonderland, which attracted many tourists from all directions, incense, writers and writers, gathered here all day long. They burn incense and worship, wishing for Buddha, poetry and painting, lively, if the town of Danyangcheng, really all day incense smoke, day and night ancient temple bells, a vibrant and prosperous scene.
Longitudinal view of the ancient town of a thousand years of history, and then look at today's bustling market, doubling the sense of this place sacred elves, worthy of a generation of emperors in their old age home.
Cultural facilities: the existing square, the town of Yangcheng elementary school, Yangcheng kindergarten, Yangcheng Leap Square Dance.