Xiangcheng Xiangcheng County is located in the southeast edge of the Tibetan Plateau in the west of Sichuan Province, located in the southwestern part of Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, the north and central part of the Hengduan Mountain Range, spanning the longitude of 99 degrees and 22 minutes-100 degrees and 04 minutes, and latitude of 28 degrees and 34 minutes-29 degrees and 39 minutes, and is bordered by Inacheng County in the east It is adjacent to Datang County in the east, Litang County in the north, Batang and Derong County in the west, and Shangri-La County in Yunnan Province in the south. County east and west 68.6 kilometers wide, 120.7 kilometers long north and south, covers an area of 5007.78 square kilometers, jurisdiction over three areas of work, 1 town 11 townships, 51 village committees, 130 village groups. County rule Sang Phi town, 2856 meters above sea level, 488 kilometers from the state capital of Kangding, 860 kilometers from the provincial capital of Chengdu, 222 kilometers from Shangri-La, the capital of the state of Diqing, Yunnan, 930 kilometers from Kunming, Yunnan.
Xiangcheng County is located in the north central part of the Hengduan Mountains, the southern end of the Shalu Mountain system, the transition zone from the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau to the Tibetan Plateau, the terrain is high in the northeast and low in the southwest. The highest elevation for the county southeast of Sagou peak 5336 meters, the lowest elevation for the southern Dongsong Township Zhongda village 2560 meters, the relative height difference, constituting the northeast of the high southwest of the low slope-like inclined plane. The territory according to the mountains towards the Shuoqu, fixed curve, Mayi three rivers from north to south side by side across the whole territory, the county landscape cut into three valleys, four mountains, six slopes. Dingqu River to the west and its upper reaches and the upper reaches of the Mayi River, Shuoku River to the east of the vast area for the surface of the mountain plains, accounting for about 68% of the total area, the central and southern part of the main alpine canyon area, accounting for 29% of the distribution of flat dams scattered, accounting for only 3%, due to the geographic location of the superiority of the climate is mild, rich in resources, it is the reputation of the south of the Kampa River.
Natural resources
Xiangcheng County has a wealth of natural resources, the county has 34,912 acres of arable land, per capita 1.57 acres, of which, one year two acres of 5011 acres, two years of three acres of 10,081 acres, one year one acres of 19,820 acres. Existing forest area of 4,080,200 acres, the vitality of wood reserves of 12.7 million cubic meters, the forest cover rate of 21%, plant species **** 615 species, more than 50 species of trees. The river valley area produces a variety of temperate fruits and dried fruits, is the most suitable growth area for apples, xiangcheng apples colorful, glossy without embroidery, sweet and tasty, is a high-quality apples in sichuan province. County **** planted 90 million economic forests, annual output of all kinds of fruit 2.1 million kilograms. Existing grassland within the territory of 4.211 million acres, of which 2.785 million acres of pastoral land, the theoretical carrying capacity of 256,780,000 sheep units, the county's stock of various types of livestock 119,000 head only (horses).
There are many kinds of animals in the territory, among which there are 54 kinds of national first- and second-class protected animal species, and the wild medicinal herbs with high economic value are Astragalus, snow lotus, snow mountain a branch of Artemisia, Rhodiola rosea, Cordyceps sinensis, and Bei Mu. Xiangcheng to matsutake mushroom as the representative of the wild edible fungi production, good quality, delicious flavor, exported to Japan and other countries, which also makes Xiangcheng has "China matsutake mushroom township" reputation. Xiangcheng belongs to "three rivers" mineralization belt, there are gold, silver, tin, tungsten, copper, zinc antimony and other minerals, has great potential for development. Shuoqu, Dingqu, Mayi three rivers in the county total flow length of 300 kilometers, the total flow of 2.392 billion cubic meters, 21 first-class tributaries, there are 72 tributary ditches and numerous gullies, the size of the sea 44, rich in hydraulic energy, the theoretical reserves of 839,400 kilowatts, and the amount of development of 489,100 kilowatts.
Scenic Tourism
Xiangcheng County is only 80 kilometers away from the famous "Shangri-La", and more than 80 miles away from "Yading" in Inaccessible, in the Dali - Lijiang - Xiangcheng - Inaccessible, in the Dali - Lijiang - Zhongdian - Xiangcheng - Inaccessible. -Zhongdian-Xiangcheng-Xiangcheng-Daocheng-Litang-Kangding this golden tourism line of the transit station, set the natural landscape and humanistic landscape in one. Xiangcheng County has a long history, with rich cultural deposits of Kham, ancient folk customs, a long history of religious culture, unique Tibetan architecture, rugged and bold folk songs and dances and colorful Tibetan costumes, scattered alpine lakes, primitive forests with ancient trees, a wide variety of wildlife, knife and axe cutting of alpine canyons, green grass like pastures, snow-capped peaks, fast rivers, The idyllic scenery of "Little Jiangnan" constitutes the strange and colorful tourist landscape of Xiangcheng County.
There are 27 temples of the four major sects of Tibetan Buddhism in addition to the black sects of red, yellow, flower, white, among which, one of the largest yellow sect temples in East Tibet, Sang Phi Ling Temple; unique white Tibetan houses; a blend of Tibetan, Chinese, Naxi three major ethnic styles, unique in the entire Tibetan region, the unique women's Tibetan clothing in the townships of Xiangcheng - "crazy clothes! "is known as" Xiangcheng three great".
Social development
Since the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the CPC, especially since the implementation of the National Poverty Alleviation Program, Xiangcheng County's economy and the development of various social undertakings has soared, and achieved remarkable results, made great progress. 2002, the county's GDP of 85.11 (current price) million yuan, the ratio of the output of the first, second, and third industries: 26.4:32.4:41.2.
County revenue of 3.15 million yuan, total grain production of 8,854 tons, farmers and herdsmen per capita net income of 908 yuan. County **** there are 15 power stations, with a total installed capacity of 3413 kilowatts, annual power generation of 1030 kilowatt-hours. The county has 161 water conservancy facilities, 482 kilometers long, of which, "three-sided light" canal length of 13.69 kilometers, 105 pools, volume 87,200 cubic meters, of which, to protect the irrigation of cultivated land of 20,100 acres, the provincial reason townships, in the township highway (s217 line) in the county territory of a total length of 150 kilometers, of which, in the township road 84 kilometers: 162 kilometers of county road township get highway, township road 65.5 kilometers, of which, Dongsong highway 9 kilometers, Dingbo highway 23 kilometers, Baiyi highway 32 kilometers, Qingde highway 1.6 kilometers; village road highway **** there are 44, 176 kilometers long,
Countywide, 100 percent of the townships (towns) and 86 percent of the administrative villages through the highway. The county's telephone installed 1346, per 1,000 people with 4.5 phones, mobile communications (cell phones, paging) users amounted to 1,406, the county's Internet users have reached 18.
Xiangcheng County in 1995 in the province's ethnic areas to take the lead in the realization of the "universal six" and "universal reality", 1999 completed a high standard of illiteracy eradication of young adults task. Now **** there is a middle school, elementary school 42, kindergarten 1, of which, the township center of 11 elementary school, village primary 30, the county school-age children enrollment rate of 90%, the consolidation rate of 96% of the students in the school, the pace of universal nine gradually accelerated.
The county has 47 health care institutions at all levels, of which 4 are county-level medical institutions, 11 township health centers, 28 village medical clinics, and 4 institutional medical clinics and individual medical stations, basically forming a county, townships, and villages of three-level medical and health care, preventive health care network. The coverage rate of radio and television in the county reaches 93.8 and 90.3% respectively. The natural population growth rate has been controlled within 12‰.
Construction history
Ancient for the white wolf Qiang land. Tang belonged to the Tubo. Yuan belongs to the Tubo and other roads to declare consolation division. Ming belongs to Duo Gan Du Si land; Jia Jing 33 years (1554), belongs to the Yunnan Lijiang wood Tuji jurisdiction. Qing belongs to the jurisdiction of Ritang Tuji; Guangxu thirty-three years (1907) Zhao Er in the implementation of the "change of land back to Ji", in thirty-four years (190 *) Qin allowed to set up Dingxiang County under the Ba'an Province. Republic of China 2 years (1913), belongs to the Chuanbian Road. Republic of 28 (1939), belongs to the fifth administrative inspectorate district of xikang province. 1950 belongs to the Tibetan autonomous region of xikang province. 1951 renamed xiangcheng county. 1955, belongs to sichuan province ganzi Tibetan autonomous prefecture to the present. 1990 county jurisdiction over 3 districts, 12 townships, 48 villages. County people's 0 resident Sang Phi. 488 kilometers from the state capital of Kangding, 860 kilometers from the provincial capital of Chengdu.
County name origin Xiangcheng, Tibetan translation means "hands of the Buddha beads"! Because in Xiangcheng Shuoqu. Mayi. Dingqu three rivers from north to south across the whole territory. It looks like a string of Buddha beads! Xiangcheng thus named!
Economic resources
Before liberation, the economy is very backward, in 1949 the county's gross value of industrial and agricultural output of only 1.5 million yuan. After the liberation, the economy has developed greatly. 1990, the county's total industrial and agricultural output value of 11.91 million yuan, 10.8 times more than in 1949. The total grain output of 9.237 million tons, the main production of wheat, corn, barley, agricultural output value of 9.63 million yuan. There are all kinds of livestock 103,141 head (only), pigs, cattle, sheep meat production of 541 tons, cattle, sheep skin 4,808, wool 26,000 Jun. The county timber forest area of 4,080,200 mu, timber reserves of 1,273,000 cubic meters. To fir, pine, cypress, birch, poplar main. Unique climatic conditions, suitable for temperate fruit growth, the main fruits are pear, apple, water-tight peach, grapes, persimmon, pomegranate and so on.
Wildlife resources are abundant, belonging to the national first and tenth level of protection of animals are money leopard, clouded leopard, leopard, white-lipped deer, black-necked cranes, golden eagles, jade belt eagle, otter, lynx, red panda and other 53 kinds of otters, common birds are red-billed mountain crows, large cuckoos, 25 kinds of small larks, rare and endangered plants are golden iron-locks (also known as the earth's ginseng), the long-bracted fir, seaweed flowers, prolonged life, and so on. Medicinal plants include astragalus, snow lotus, snow mountain artemisia, rhodiola rosea, cordyceps sinensis, shellfish and so on. Xiangcheng matsutake mushroom has a large output and good quality, and has been exported for foreign exchange.
Now identified mineral resources are lead, zinc, tungsten, tin ore plant, open-pit mining, high grade, as of 1990 the production of 160 tons of mineral sand, output value of 3 million yuan. Hydraulic resources reserves of 320,000 kilowatts, can be developed and utilized 69,000 kilowatts. The county has 17 national and collective industrial enterprises, mainly electric power, mining, agricultural machinery, building materials, brewing, etc., in 1990 the total industrial output value of 2.28 million yuan.
In 1990, the county has all kinds of industrial and commercial industry 476 (including individual households), the annual retail sales of social commodities 10.24 million yuan, the total value of merchandise purchases of 1.68 million yuan, the total value of sales of 6.43 million yuan. 1990, the county's urban and rural savings deposit balance of 4.633 million yuan. Before the liberation of the transportation is closed, only stagecoach road; After the liberation of the first highway in 1958, the first highway in (zhongdian county, yunnan province) township (township) highway, in order to buckle and repair through the li (pond) township (city) highway. By 1990, the county's 12 townships (towns) are open to the highway, the mileage of 314 kilometers. And realize the township through the postal road, through the telephone, basically changed the situation of closed transportation and information is not good.
Literature, education and health
In 1949, there were only three elementary school and short-term elementary school in the county, with three teachers and more than 100 students.
Since liberation, education has developed rapidly, as of 1990, there is a complete secondary school, 24 elementary school, 2 kindergartens, primary and secondary school students 1939 people, 181 staff. Boarding secondary school class 3, 120 students, 12 full-time teachers; boarding elementary school class 18, 125 students, 32 full-time teachers. Health undertakings develop faster, by 1990 there are county hospitals, county hospitals, township health centers (institutes) and other medical and health institutions 23, bone all kinds of medical personnel 108 people. Cultural facilities people no to have, the existing building area of 832.square meters of cultural hall building, collection of books more than 12,000 books
December 3, 2020, the Sichuan Provincial Office of Spiritual Civilization Construction announced the fifth Sichuan Provincial Civilized Cities list of selected cities, xiangcheng county on the list.
On February 16, 2016, Xiangcheng County was on the list of 2015 National Basic Balanced Counties (Municipalities and Districts) for Compulsory Education Development.