Yimen ancient town

Yimen ancient town

Yimen town is located in the northwest of Woyang County, adjacent to Chengfu town of Qiaocheng District in the west, and S307 provincial road and Wohe River pass through the town.

Basic introduction

In ancient times, it was an important town in Northern Anhui, and an important distribution center of industrial and agricultural products in the west of the county, Bodong, south of Yongcheng, and north of Fuyang. Today, it is famous for its local specialty, gongcaitaigan, which promotes the vigorous development of agriculture, industry, commerce, transportation, construction, and service industries. It is named as "Taigan town of China" and "medicinal material producing area" by the state. According to the records of Bozhou, "Yimen was Zhenyuan County in the Tang Dynasty". In the 10th year of Tang Tianbao (751), there was only one Yimen left in Anlushan County, so Zhenyuan was changed to "Yimen". When Woyang county was built, Yimen was changed to "Yi". In ancient times, there were many temples and places of interest in the town. The city walls around the town were five feet high and nine gates were set up. Within the town, there were 72 temples, so it was called "Miaoji",

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There are still thousands of Buddhist temple, Xuan temple, Dragon King Temple, Town God's Temple, Guan Yu Temple, filial son temple, dry wood temple, jade emperor temple, mosque and so on. Every year, temple fairs include Incense Fair on the eighth day of the fourth lunar month, Tenglong fair on the first day of October, filial piety fair on the eighth day of the first lunar month, etc. every time they meet, merchants from other provinces, counties and surrounding areas are invited to Yimen to participate in material exchange, with a daily passenger flow of 50000 people. Unique folk dances such as ghost fair, stilts, flower drum lantern, stick drum dance, waist drum team, lion dance, big head monk playing Liucui, bamboo horse dry boat, etc Dragon lantern, nine women's umbrella catching, martial arts competition, acrobatic troupe and so on all come out, the gongs and drums are noisy and lively. Nanyao village, one Li Xu in the west of the town, is the hometown of Han Boyu, the filial son of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Behind the village, there is the site of "Qizhang Temple", which has beautiful scenery and has been widely spread among the people. Built at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the mosque on the west side of Beiguan Street is a place for Islamic activities. The main hall of the mosque consists of five godless halls, a corridor with bright pillars, doors and windows along the flower road, and heavy beams. It is spacious and bright. It has become a millennium old temple and has been restored to a new level. Due to the wide variety of Taigan in Yimen, it is named "the hometown of Chinese Taigan" by the state. The town is an area inhabited by Hui people.

Free policy

In February 2020, in order to pay tribute to the medical workers struggling in the front line of anti epidemic, the scenic spot will be free of charge for medical workers from the opening date of the park in 2020 to December 31, 2020.

Address: Yimen Town, Woyang County, Bozhou City

Longitude: 116.03549957275

Latitude: 33.641651153565

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