Qingcheng town

Qingcheng town

Qingcheng town is located 50 kilometers downstream of the Yellow River in Lanzhou, in the north of Yuzhong County, Lanzhou City, Gansu Province. The land road is about 100 kilometers away from Lanzhou City and 25 kilometers away from Baiyin City. It is an important town on the ancient Silk Road.

On October 14, 2016, it was jointly recognized as the first batch of small towns with Chinese characteristics by the national development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of housing and urban rural development.

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Qingcheng is a flood and drought wharf and business center on the ancient Silk Road. It was a military important frontier fortress town in the Tang, song, yuan and Ming Dynasties. It is known as the "Millennium ancient town of the Yellow River". In 2006, it was named "Gansu historical and cultural town" by Gansu Provincial Department of construction and Gansu Provincial Bureau of cultural relics. In 2007, it was named "China's famous historical and cultural town" by the Ministry of construction and the State Administration of cultural relics of the people's Republic of China. In 2010, it was rated as "national characteristic landscape tourism town" by the Ministry of housing and urban rural development and the National Tourism Administration, and in 2013, it was awarded "China's top ten most beautiful town". Qingcheng ancient residential building community was listed as the seventh batch of cultural relics protection units by the State Council, and Chenghe village was listed in the first batch of Chinese traditional villages. In 2014, it was rated as "national ecological township" by the Ministry of environmental protection of the people's Republic of China. In 2014, it was approved as a national AAAA tourist attraction.

General situation

Qingcheng, also known as a city, is located in the northernmost part of Yuzhong County, on the South Bank of the Yellow River, 90 kilometers away from Lanzhou and 25 kilometers away from Baiyin. It has a total area of 137.56 square kilometers, 14 villages and 71 villager groups under its jurisdiction, with a total population of 19132 (2017), a total cultivated land area of 14400 Mu and a per capita cultivated land of 0.64 mu. Qingcheng is high in the South and low in the north. It is a typical Yellow River Valley, with an average altitude of 1450 meters, an annual average temperature of 10.2 ℃, an annual rainfall of 300 mm and a frost free period of 190 days. It is an important town on the ancient Silk Road. The town has a provincial-level cultural relics protection unit, Gao Jia ancestral hall. There are three cultural relic protection units at the county level: Qingcheng temple, Qingcheng academy and two Longshan opera house. There are more than 60 houses in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, which have a complete preservation of the courtyard houses, and more than 400 kinds of trees that are over 100 years old. Xiangdiao, paper cutting, embroidery and other long-standing folk culture, as well as Qingcheng long noodles, grits rice, vinegar and sour rotten meat with local flavor can make visitors forget to return.

Tiaocheng

Qingcheng town is located 50 kilometers downstream of the Yellow River in Lanzhou, in the north of Yuzhong County, Lanzhou City, Gansu Province. The land road is about 100 kilometers away from Lanzhou City and 25 kilometers away from Baiyin City. It is an important town on the ancient Silk Road. Since ancient times, it has been the northwest trade center. Qingcheng has a long history and superior geographical conditions. It has created a splendid Qingcheng culture and left many precious historical and cultural heritages. According to historical records, in the Tang Dynasty, longgou Fort (old city) was built here. During the reign of emperor Renzong of the Northern Song Dynasty, Xixia King Li Yuanhao rebelled against him. In order to prevent the invasion of Xixia, di Qing, then the great general of Qinzhou, built a new city on the basis of longgou fort of the Tang Dynasty by virtue of the natural danger of the Yellow River. Because the new town is long from east to west and narrow from north to south, it is called "a city" or "a city". Later, in memory of Di Qing, "a city" was called Qingcheng.

Origin of hookah

Qingcheng town is known as "the hometown of Chinese hookah". The rise of hookah industry promoted the development of processing industry, transportation industry, commerce, education, culture and construction industry in guqingcheng. It was once known as the "elegant green city, the hometown of benevolence and righteousness". According to statistics, in the Qing Dynasty alone, there were 10 Jinshi and hundreds of Jinshi in Qingcheng town.

cultural heritage

The town has a provincial-level cultural relics protection unit: Gao Jia ancestral hall, there are three county-level cultural relics protection units: Qingcheng Huang Temple, Qingcheng academy, two Longshan opera house. There are more than 60 well preserved quadrangles in Ming and Qing Dynasties, and more than 400 trees of more than 100 years old. In addition, the unique traditional folk activities such as hero Wugu, burning Qinhui, Chaishan, etc., the enduring folk culture such as xixiangdiao, paper cutting, embroidery, etc. are full of charm, and the local flavor food such as Qingcheng Changmian, grits rice, mature vinegar and sour rotten meat are enough to make visitors forget to return. Lanzhou Qingcheng water pipe production techniques, Daotai lion, xixiangdiao, etc. have been listed in the intangible cultural heritage list of Gansu Province.

History of development

The Party committee and government of Qingcheng town are faced with many cultural relics and historic sites. They take "development in protection and protection in development" as the basic idea, and increase the publicity and protection of cultural relics and historic sites according to the law on the protection of cultural relics and the general plan for tourism development. So that the masses realize that the protection of cultural relics is of great significance to Huifa folk culture tourism industry and the development of local economy. And actively participate in the ranks of the protection of cultural relics. So that the existing cultural relics have been well protected. In addition, since 2001, the government has raised funds from various sources to restore the integrity and authenticity of ancient buildings such as Gaojia ancestral hall, Qingcheng academy and Luojia courtyard by using the original site, appearance and raw materials, so as to restore the traditional natural wind and build the first ancient town of the Yellow River. Qingcheng has become the most attractive ecological tourism and leisure resort in Lanzhou and Baiyin metropolitan area. Lu Hao, former Secretary of Gansu provincial Party committee, General Yu Linxiang, former political commissar of Lanzhou Military Region (now political commissar of the armed police force), and other party, government and military leaders once made a special trip to Qingcheng for inspection. A large number of scenes in TV series "old persimmon tree" and "Yellow River wave" were shot in Qingcheng, an ancient town. Famous actors such as Siqin Gaowa, Chen Yiheng, Tian Chengren, Sha Jingchang, Zhang Zhaobei, Guo Hong, Yu Yuexian, Tang Jing, Xi Yuli and so on have been to Qingcheng town to take part in the shooting of TV series. "Chuanwan town of Qingcheng county" in old persimmon tree is Qingcheng town. This makes Qingcheng gradually become a film and television shooting base with distinctive characteristics of the Yellow River. The 30 episode TV series "ancient town of the Yellow River" with the theme of "Qingcheng Shuiyan" has entered the preparatory stage. This is also the first time that the intangible cultural heritage of Gansu Province has been "panoramic" displayed on the screen. The ancient town of the Yellow River is mainly based on "Qingcheng Shuiyan", which tells the story of Shuiyan in Qingcheng ancient town from 1900 to 1937. The story will revolve around the gratitude and resentment of two big hookers in Qingcheng and three generations, so as to reflect the whole process of "Qingcheng hooker", a local industry in Gansu Province, from prosperity to decline. 80% of the characters in the play have prototypes. Although Qingcheng Shuiyan is well-known, it is fading out of people's sight with the passage of time. The ancient town of the Yellow River records this ancient craft from a panoramic perspective, including the production and sales of water pipe, so as to promote the unique Qingcheng culture of Gansu Province.

The theory of "Li Zicheng, the king of history, retired to Yuzhong Qingcheng", which caused a sensation in the history circle, has aroused the attention of all parties. On April 5, 2007 (Qingming Festival), Gansu Ming and Qing history society, together with Li's descendants, erected a monument for the tomb of Chuang Wang in longtoubaozi, weiciwan village, Qingcheng Town, and held the first public memorial ceremony. In addition, they also initially planned to build Li Zicheng's mausoleum in weiciwan village of Qingcheng. The mausoleum will include memorial hall, statues and other buildings, which will greatly enhance the cultural popularity of Qingcheng by integrating Memorial and tourism.

According to Luo Shiwen, the proponent of "Li Zicheng's seclusion in Yuzhong Qingcheng", a retired local cartographer in his 70s, and a historical research enthusiast, according to the long-standing local oral legend, he visited Li's descendants in Yuzhong Qingcheng, Baiyin Wuchuan, and Jingyuan Beiwan for many times, and finally found a copy of the book in 1664 at Li Wensheng's home in weiciwan village, Qingcheng town Li's genealogy. After investigation and research, he came to a new conclusion: after Li Zicheng's defeat, he disguised himself as a monk and took refuge with his uncle Li Bin in Qingcheng, Yuzhong. In his later years, Li Zicheng lived in the nearby deep mountain gully and was buried at the foot of longtoubaozi mountain.

Once the argument of Li Zicheng's seclusion to Qingcheng in Yuzhong was disclosed, it immediately aroused the attention of all parties, and at the same time brought a fresh air to the historiography circles of Ming and Qing Dynasties, which became another new historical theory of the death of Chuang Wang. On August 14, 2005, Zhang Xianqing, a researcher of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and President of the Chinese society of Ming history, who attended the 11th International Symposium on Ming history in Lanzhou, and other experts made a special trip to Qingcheng, Yuzhong, to inspect Li's genealogy and visit the legendary tomb of Chuang Wang in the local area. They thought it was worth studying.

Chang Fuyuan, who has a deep research on Li Zicheng's historical events, affirms Li Zicheng's defeat and seclusion in Qingcheng, Yuzhong, and points out the possibility of Li Zicheng's seclusion in Qingcheng. In this book, Mr. Chang Fuyuan makes a detailed analysis and puts forward four reasons. After a thorough investigation, Mr. Chang Fuyuan believed that the Qing Dynasty focused on the south, and the northwest was the weak area under the rule of the Qing people. Therefore, Li Zicheng would choose the northwest to settle down after his defeat. Moreover, Li Zicheng had a certain personnel basis to understand the human relationship and geography of Yuzhong, Gansu Province. In addition, he believes that Qingcheng has a history of living as a hermit, which is also conducive to the environment of seclusion, and there are many Li families in Qingcheng, so Li Zicheng can get the protection and care of his people.

Introduction to scenic spots

Qingcheng Academy

It was built in the 11th year of Daoguang reign of the Qing Dynasty (1831 AD), more than 100 years old

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