Geography
Houma is located in the east longitude 111°23′5〃-111°41′1〃, north latitude 35°24′2〃-35°52′9〃. It is adjacent to Quwo County in the east, Xinjiang County in the west, bordered by Zijinshan Mountain in the south and Wenxi County and Jiang County, and bordered by Fen River in the north and Xiangfen County, and belongs to Jinnan Basin, with a total area of 220.0687 square kilometers, 17.5 kilometers in length from the east to the west and 16.5 kilometers in width from the north to the south. The natural geographic conditions are superior, with Zijinshan Mountain stretching to the south, Fen River water surrounding the northwest, and Hwoe River water crossing the east and west. There are three types of landforms: hills, valleys and plains. The plains are vast, accounting for about 89% of the city's total area, and the terrain is flat with an elevation of about 450 meters above sea level. The whole terrain slopes from east to southwest, with the highest Zijinshan Mountain at an elevation of 1,120 meters, and the lowest point is the Fenhe River Valley at an elevation of 392-398 meters, with a difference in elevation of about 728 meters. The green coverage rate of the city is 40%, the green space per capita is 12.3 square meters, and the air quality continues to be excellent. Houma light and heat conditions are good, the city's annual sunshine hours of 2271.42 hours, the average annual temperature of 12.7 ℃, precipitation of 516.8 mm, frost-free period of 197 days.
Resource conditions
Houma City*** has 330,000 acres of land, including 192,000 acres of agricultural land, with wheat, corn, soybeans, potatoes and other major food crops; the main cash crops are cotton, fruit trees, vegetables, sunflower and so on. The total amount of water resources is 43.28 million cubic meters, and the per capita water resources possession is about 185 cubic meters. There are 2 rivers, Fen River and Hwoe River, which belong to the Yellow River system. There is a reservoir in the valley of Hwoe River with a storage capacity of 28.56 million cubic meters. There are hot spring mineral water in the city, containing high strontium, 1.728-2.4mg/L, rare in Shanxi, metasilicic acid 26.9-30.06mg/L, hot spring self-flow of 933m3/d, water temperature of 39.5℃-40.5℃, natural mineral water for drinking, containing strontium, metasilicic acid, sulfuric acid, calcium bicarbonate and sodium. Sodium type drinking natural mineral water, abundant water resources, has a strong potential for development. In addition, the city still has a phosphorus point P2O5 containing 6-35%, has not been developed and utilized. Houma is surrounded by rich mineral resources, the world's largest reserves, the best quality of the main coking coal field in Xiangning, accounting for 50% of the world's reserves of gypsum mines in Quwo, as well as Talishan, Zhongtiao Shan and other ferrous and non-ferrous metal reserves. Tourism resources are dominated by ancient ruins, ancient cultural relics and ancient buildings. Among them, Houma League Book, the Golden Age brick carving stage, etc., known throughout the country and even the world. In recent years, Houma City, open to the public, with a certain impact on the tourist attractions are: Houma Warring States slave martyrdom tombs, Taimyr Temple, the main hall of the Tang Taizong Temple, missionary filling brick tower, Puji Temple, Tongji Stone Bridge, Baofeng Yard, disobedient graves, Luo Shirtpo and Meng Jiangnu handwriting, Comrade Peng Zhen's former residence, the Xiangyi Lake Scenic Spot, the casting of copper ruins, the Jin Bo Park and the Jin Dynasty tripods, and so on. [1]
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Houma, known as Xintian, is located in the south of Shanxi Province, between the Linfen Basin and the Yuncheng Basin, the Fen River and Hwoe River confluence of the plains, east of Quwu County, west of Xinjiang County, south of the screen Zijinshan County and Wenshi County, Jiangxian County, adjacent to the north across the Fen River and Xiangfen County. Territory with the establishment of Houma City and the withdrawal of the establishment, there have been three major changes. 1956 November to 1957 December for the Houma City Preparatory Office, jurisdiction of a township; October 1958 to 1963 May, Houma City, the jurisdiction of the former QuWoXian, XinJiangXian, XiangFenXian FenCheng area and xiangning county GuanWangMiao area, a total area of 1,517 square kilometers; 1917 August from the QuWoXian precipitation, a total area of 274 square kilometers, 2003, the total area of 1,517 square kilometers. The total area is 274 square kilometers, and in 2003, the total population was 233,000 people. Houma is one of the important birthplaces of Chinese civilization. According to archaeological discoveries, there were human beings living here as early as 7000 years ago. In 585 B.C., Duke Jing of Jin moved the capital of the state of Jin to Xintian because of its "thick soil and deep water, which made it difficult for people to live there, and there were Fen and Hwoe to flow their evils, and the people followed the teachings, which was beneficial to them for ten generations". To 376 BC, Han, Zhao, Wei, three of its land, Jing Gong abolished as a concubine, the state of Jin extinct rituals, * * * calendar 13 Gong, 209 years. During this time, the state of Jin, the great display of ambition, deterring the Yu and, articulation Ludong, swallowing Henan, control of the Hexi, the male according to the Central Plains, proudly, the achievement of the hegemony of the masses, in the Xintian land interpretation of a heroic epic of the magnificent. Zhao's orphans, Wei Jiang and Rong, Duke Mourning's restoration of the hegemony, the Nine Harmonies, the Dictatorship of Six Ministers, and the Division of Jin into Three Families, all these familiar historical allusions have enriched the cultural treasury of the Chinese nation. The long-term heyday and prosperity of Jin created a splendid history of Xintian civilization. After the establishment of New China, after years of archaeological excavation, the site of Houma Jin was unearthed, consisting of 9 ancient city ruins, 11 workshop ruins, 6 cemeteries and 11 sacrificial sites, and was listed as one of the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units by the State Council in 1961; and a large number of precious cultural relics, such as the Book of the League of Houma, were unearthed, which was listed as one of the top ten archaeological discoveries of the country. After the Qin Dynasty unified the country, Jiangxian County was set up, with Xintian as the county seat, belonging to the Hedong Group. In 1375 (Ming Hongwu eight years), Jiangzhou Jintai stage moved here, set up Houma stage. In the long history of thousands of years, it was famous for being located in the main thoroughfare. In January 1946, Houma was liberated for the first time, opening a new page in its history. 1956 Houma City Preparatory Office was set up, which was revoked in 1957; 1958 Houma City was set up, which was revoked in 1963; in August 1971, the city was founded again, and became a county-level city in Linfen area of Shanxi Province. After a series of changes in the administrative system, such as the abolition of societies and townships and the abolition of township offices, the city set up "three townships and five offices" in 2003, namely: Xintian Township, Fengcheng Township, Gaochun Township, Shangma Street Office, Zhangcun Street Office, Ludong Street Office, Luxi Office and Hwoobin Street Office, with 81 villagers' committees and 26 community residents' committees under the jurisdiction of the city. Community Resident Committees. [2]
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Houma has five streets and three townships under its jurisdiction: Ludong Street, Luxi Street, Hwoebin Street, Shangma Street, Zhangcun Street, Xintian Township, Gaocun Township, and Fengcheng Township. In 2000, the total population of Houma City was 225,123, and the population of each township: Ludong Street 32053 Luxi Street 25756 Hwoebin Street 34153 Hwonan Street 3490 Houbei Street 3732 Houma Township 45181 Shangma Township 23994 Gaocun Township 17915 Zhangcun Township 21182 Fengcheng Township 17667
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The transportation hub of southwestern Shanxi Houma is a transportation hub city in southwestern Shanxi, the territory of the railroad and highway in all directions: South Tongpu Railway, Houxi Houyue Railway and the Danyun Highway, Jinhan Highway and Danyun Expressway, Yangxi Expressway in the three traffic in the Grand Cross, constituting an important transportation hub in southern Jinan. Houma North Railway Station covers an area of 2,000 acres, with a daily average of 73 pairs of trains, annual reorganization of more than 3,800 trains, sending more than 1 million passengers, sending more than 2.6 million tons of goods, is one of the largest railroad stations in North China. SANHUANG TRANSPORTATION GROUP CORPORATION is one of the largest road transportation enterprises in Shanxi Province, with more than 500 passenger shuttle buses to nearly 100 large and medium-sized cities (counties) across the country every day. Houma is an important transportation hub on the New Asia-Europe Continental Bridge (from the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands to Rizhao City in Shandong Province, China). In recent years, Houma City, the rapid development of road transportation construction. Has invested nearly 100 million yuan, completed the Danyun Expressway Connector, the widening of the ring country road, the village through the cement road oil road, the industrial park road network, tourism routes and other more than 130 kilometers of highway and oil road construction, the realization of the "Transit Highway grade, the ring country road level one, the village passes the standardization of highways," so that the Houma's advantage of the traffic location to further enhance. The construction of 130 kilometers of highways and oil roads has been realized.
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Splendid Xintian culture Houma, known as "Xintian", is one of the "Five Hegemonies" in the Spring and Autumn Period, Jin late capital, more than 2,500 years of history. In 585 B.C., Duke Jing of Jin moved the capital here because "Xintian, with its thick soil and deep water, is not a place where you can get sick, and there are Fen and Hwoe to flow its evils, and the people follow the teachings, which is a benefit for ten generations", and then he passed the throne to the thirteenth generation, which lasted for 209 years, and during this period, the hegemony of Jin continued for one and a half centuries. In 376 B.C., Han, Zhao and Wei divided Jin into three, and became the hero of the Warring States. That is why later people called Shanxi "Jin" or "San Jin". The long history of civilization has left a rich and splendid cultural heritage for Houma. Now there are excavated: ancient city ruins, sacrificial sites, burial sites, copper casting sites, temple sites and hundreds of thousands of valuable excavated artifacts. Houma "Jin ruins" was listed as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units by the State Council in 1961; "Houma Allied Book" has unearthed more than 5,000 pieces of jade tablets and stone tablets written with brushstrokes, which recorded the oath of the Marquis of Jin, and the political, military and social situation at that time. In 1995, it was honored as one of the top ten archaeological discoveries in China since the founding of the nation. Houma is a place of great wealth and talent, and it has been a place of great talent from ancient times to the present day. Jin thirteen six ministers staged a historical drama, Pei Tai, the Tang dynasty, after the five generations of Jin General Qin Xian, the late Yuan and early Ming dynasty, the gold belt commanders Wang Jin, the Ming dynasty, Li Hao, General Pei Liangzhi, the Qing dynasty, Pei "rate of rate of the governor, Pei Zongxie, the late Qing dynasty, early Republican leaders of the farmers' revolt, Zhong Renyi, Zhong Jintian, Jin Danghua was born in this hot land. Peng Zhen, an old proletarian revolutionary, was born on October 12, 1902 in Anthill Village, Houma City. Tan Jing, the outstanding young singer of the General Government Song and Dance Troupe, is also a lark from Houma. Based on the long and splendid Xintian culture, Houma implements the strategy of operating culture and creates cultural brands. Since the new century, Houma has held "two sessions of a", "two sessions of a" and two "Shanxi Houma - Xintian Spring and Autumn Ancient Capital Cultural Festival", the construction of the Xintian Plaza, the ancient capital of the State of Jin The construction of Xintian Square, the ancient capital of the State of Jin, the Museum, the Temple Ruins Park, Pingyang Copper Casting Ruins Park, the Temple of Taimyr and thousands of acres of lotus ponds, Jin treasures tripods and other cultural and tourism facilities, the Xintian cultural resources have been effectively protected and developed and utilized. The City Federation of Literature, Writers' Association, Calligraphers' Association, Photographers' Association, Artists' Association, Folk Artists' Association and other organizations and groups have frequent activities. The annual three-month summer cultural activities are well organized. Festival culture, community culture, rural culture, enterprise culture, campus culture and other mass cultural activities are exceptionally active. The culture of the ancient capital Xintian has added colorful connotations of the times, and has become a new advantage of Houma opening up to the outside world.
Economic Development
Booming Emerging Economy Industrial restructuring has been effective. Houma not only has a strong state-owned enterprises, but also private enterprises are rapidly developing and expanding like a spring. Houma City, from the reality of few mineral resources, vigorously develop "two high and one low" (high-tech, high value-added, low-pollution) of the emerging industrial industries, in accordance with the "traditional industries, new industries, emerging industries, scale" and the construction of new energy and industrial base of the general requirements of the In accordance with the general requirements of "new type of traditional industries and scale of new industries" and the construction of new energy and industrial base, the company focuses on promoting the production and efficiency of new projects. Has initially formed a biochemical pharmaceuticals, precision casting, clean energy and agricultural and sideline product processing and other four emerging industries. In recent years, Houma more than 90 new industrial projects, with a total investment of more than 8 billion yuan, the expected income of 10 billion yuan, 1 billion yuan in profits and taxes. Early this year, the proposed ten major industrial production projects have been initially implemented, including Tang Rong annual output of 80,000 tons of precision castings expansion project, Sinochem Hunda 570,000 tons of machine coke project, the annual output of 50,000 tons of copper electrolysis projects, such as 5 major projects have been completed. 1-7 months, Jianbang, Sinochem Hunda, Huaqiang and other eight enterprises new tax revenue 53.49 million yuan, accounting for the same period, new revenue of 68.4%. 68.4%. Agriculture and rural modernization as a whole. Houma has 150,000 acres of arable land, only 1.2 acres per capita, the development of efficient and characteristic agriculture has become the main line of agricultural production in Houma. After several years of efforts, agricultural production has been the first success. Around Fengcheng 30,000 acres of high-quality wheat, airfield and high village 10,000 acres of asparagus, Zhang village 5,000 acres of jujube and 3,000 acres of nectarines in Xintian Township, has formed a contiguous scale planting. Animal husbandry breeding "one million" project has achieved gratifying results, large-scale farmers have reached more than 50 households. 28 leading agricultural enterprises and projects to drive the city's agricultural industrialization process. Rural industrialization, the city has developed more than 100 private enterprises, absorbing 28,000 rural laborers. In terms of rural urbanization, 10 modernized rural villages and 10 garden demonstration villages have been built, and 18 farmers' residential buildings have been constructed in villages such as Nanxi Zhuang, Qin Village and Anthill, and more than 600 farmers have moved into residential areas. At present, Houma has realized the village oil roads, village telephone, village closed-circuit television. Prosperous trade and active logistics. Houma has been known as the "south to north business, thousands of cars, department stores, dry dock," said. Since the new century, Houma City, in accordance with the "connotation of the grade, the extension of the field" policy, to build a large trade, the development of large circulation. In recent years, 19 new trade markets. At present, the city has clothing, shoes and hats, and other types of large-scale professional integrated wholesale market 41, commodity radiation surrounding more than 10 provinces and more than 100 counties and cities, the annual turnover of more than 6 billion yuan, more than 30 million yuan in taxes and fees. At the same time, the advantages of customs, commodity inspection, ports, the development of modern logistics industry. In the first half of this year, Huaxiang Shopping Plaza, Huaxiang Hotel has opened, Tongsheng medicine logistics distribution center main project is completed, Lixin tablets distribution center has laid the foundation stone, the Dajun highway hub logistics center is under construction.
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Rapidly changing city construction
Houma City, people-oriented, efforts to build ecological garden city, has achieved stage-by-stage results. 2000, has completed the comprehensive improvement of urban greening, "1142, "11233" and a series of construction projects, built 10 kilometers of green corridors, 12 kilometers of street perspective wall, 40 street green space and street parks, 5 large urban plaza, the opening of the civilization of the road, such as the city's six main streets. The new Danyun Expressway Link Green Belt 6 kilometers, the city has more than 1 million square meters of public **** green space, per capita 9 square meters, the greening coverage rate of 35%, institutions, enterprises, residents, courtyard greening up to 70%, three-dimensional greening 140,000 square meters. Downtown formed a "street a landscape, three seasons have flowers, four seasons see green, the city in the forest" landscape. At the same time, completed the water supply, drainage, heating, sewage treatment, garbage disposal and other infrastructure construction. At present, 70% of the expansion project of the city's water source has been completed, the main project of Xintian District and Galaxy Garden Plaza is basically completed, and the newly opened northern ring road, Hwoebin North Street, will also be delivered to the public.On February 9, 2010, the People's Republic of China*** and the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the People's Republic of China issued a circular "On the naming of the 2009 National Garden Cities, County Cities and Towns", which was issued by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, On February 9, 2010, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the People's Republic of China issued the Circular on the Naming of National Garden Cities, Counties and Towns in 2009, and Houma City in Shanxi Province was awarded the title of "National Garden City. [3]
Comprehensive construction of a harmonious society
In the face of the reform and opening up and the new situation of socio-economic construction, Houma Municipal Party Committee and the municipal government adhere to the scientific concept of development, adhere to the people-oriented, to promote the progress of the economy and various social undertakings, and strive to build a harmonious society in Houma. At the beginning of this year, the municipal party committee and the municipal government of the city's commitment to the people of the exemption of agricultural tax, compulsory education, "two free and one subsidy", the Danyun Expressway Connector to Cheng Wang West Road lighting project, urban landscaping to increase a percentage point, "village through" cement road project, rural Family planning policy incentives, the city's People's Hospital infectious disease area construction, Lin Cheng toll station relocation, "three mountains" relocation, the city's atmospheric quality has improved greatly, such as ten practical matters have been implemented, some are being implemented. The implementation of the "ten practical things" for the masses to bring real benefits for the construction of a harmonious society in Houma has laid a good foundation. Houma is one of the customs of Shanxi, Houma's Xingang and Xintian market is more well-known market, Huaxiang is the largest shopping plaza in Jinnan. Today, with the development of transportation roads, it provides more business opportunities for the nearby areas.
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Mazhuang Ancient City
Located in the northeast of the village of Mazhuang, it consists of two neighboring towns in the east and the west, the walls of which have been covered by the ground. The east city is 350 meters long from north to south and 213 meters wide from east to west; the west city is 250 meters long from north to south and 60 meters wide from east to west, and the wall is about 4.3 meters wide. In the northeast corner of the west city, there is a large rammed-earth pedestal foundation above the ground surface, which was owned by the Jin Minister of the late Jin Dynasty.
Pingwang Ancient City
is rectangular in shape, protruding outward in the northeast, with a length of 1,340 meters in the east, 860 meters in the south, 1,286 meters in the west and 120 meters in the north. In the center of the city, to the south, there is a large palace foundation that rises above the surface of the ground, and it forms a palace city with the structure of "Pin" with Niu Village and Taishin Gusong.
Pyeongwang Palace Foundation
Located in the south of the center of the old city of Pyeongwang, it is divided into three levels from the surface. The first level is square, 75 meters in length and width, with a six-meter wide dirt road extending southward in the middle of the south. The second level is four meters above the ground and has a sloping shape in its southern center. The third level is located in the northern half of the second level, with an east-west length of 45 meters, a north-south width of 35 meters, and a height of 8 meters above the surface. The foundation of the platform seems to be the "Gongguan" in the palace during the Shinden period of Jindu.
Taishin Gusong
It is a rectangular shape, with a wall of 1250 meters in the west, 1660 meters in the south, 350 meters in the east, and 1700 meters in the north, which is about 2-13 meters wide and 0.8 meters high. There are about 6 meters deep trenches in the west and south of the city, and there are three large rammed-earth platforms above the ground surface in the northwest of the city, which constitutes a "Pin" structure of the palace city together with Niu Village and Pingwang Ancient City.
Niucun Ancient City
The city consists of two cities, one inside and the other outside, which is in the shape of a "back", vertical rectangle. The outer wall is 1,390 meters long in the east, 955 meters long in the north, 1,070 meters long in the south, 1,050 meters long in the west, and 7-9 meters wide. Outside the wall there is a trench about 4 meters deep. In the northwestern part of the inner city, there is a tall palace foundation, which forms a palace city with Pingwang and Taishen Gusong in the shape of "Pin".
The foundation of Niu Village Palace
Located in the northwestern part of Niu Village Old City, it is square in plan with a side length of 52 meters and a height of 6.5 meters above the ground surface. It is divided into three levels, and the building collapsed after one meter at the top, and there are fragments of tiles and tiles made of clay bars. The foundation of the platform was the "Gugong" or "Xianggong's Palace" in the palace city during the Shinden period of the Jin Dynasty.
Chengwang Ancient City
Located in the south of Chengwang Village, about 1.5 kilometers east of Niucun Ancient City, consisting of the north and south of the two cities, the north city is about 170 meters long north-south, east-west width of about 400 meters. The south city is located in the north city southeast, north-south length of about 105 meters, east-west width of about 110 meters in the late Jin state Jinqing owned.
Other
Peng Zhen's former residence (in the album) Temple Bed Ruins Shangma Cemetery Qiao Village Ruins (information missing) Myrmidon Temple (information missing) Pu Ji Temple (information missing) Jin State Ruins (information missing)
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Houma shadow
Houma folk artist Lian Zhenhua and his disciple Zhao Cuilian, decades of dedication to the study of the shadow business.
Houma folk artist Lian Zhenhua and his disciple Zhao Cuilian have devoted themselves to the research and development of shadow art for decades, forming their own unique style of shadow art. Houma shadow carving delicate, smooth lines, colorful. It has participated in many national and provincial folk art exhibitions, and won the "Gold Medal of Folk Art Treasures Exhibition" issued by the Chinese and Foreign Cultural Exchange Center of the Ministry of Culture. And many times to the United States, Germany, Japan, Taiwan and other countries and regions for cultural exchanges, welcomed by people at home and abroad. At present, "Zhenhua Shadow House" and Zhao Cuilian shadow production room has also become a must-visit place for Chinese and foreign friends and experts and scholars to visit and investigate, "Houma shadow" as a precious gift to maintain Houma's deep friendship with friendly cities and honored guests, but also become Houma's
Antique Bronze Ware
Houma Taigu Crafts Factory is located in the east of Zhangcun Office of Houma, which was founded in 1999 by Ms. Yuan Yuzhen. The product relies on Jin culture, digging historical remains, using ancient technology and techniques, high imitation of ancient bronze. Now the product is exported to home and abroad, has become an important tourist souvenirs in our city.