Xuanzhou ancient town

Xuanzhou ancient town

Xuanzhou ancient town is located at the southernmost end of Hengshan County, on the Western concave bank of Xiangjiang river bend. It is built along the river. It is named for its ancient river street and rich in Hemerocallis (herbs, which can be used to make daylily)

It is an ancient town with the characteristics of Jiangnan Water Town.

brief introduction

Xuanzhou is a famous town and inland port of Xiangjiang River. In its heyday, merchants gathered. Xuanzhou Ancient River Street is composed of two vertical and two horizontal stone streets, among which the ancient buildings of Ming and Qing Dynasties are scattered.

Xuanzhou ancient town is an important water transportation town of Xiangjiang River in Hunan Province, with a long history and antique flavor. Every year when the spring flowers bloom, thousands of mu of rape flowers bloom along the river. Walking in the ancient town, wandering in the rape flower sea, returning to nature, has a unique taste.

Xuanzhou ancient town has superior location and convenient transportation. Xiangjiang River in the East, hengxuan highway, Nanyue highway and 107 national highway pass through the West. The territory is rich in natural resources, rich in vegetable oil, tea oil, fresh jujube, citrus, etc. Xuanzhou has a high level of agricultural production. The annual grain output has been stable at more than 10000 tons. There are 30000 live pigs in the market and more than 400000 poultry in the cage. Xianghuang chicken breeding is more famous. Xuanzhou has beautiful scenery and many tourist attractions. There are ancient cultural sites thousands of years ago - Hengshan ancient kiln; there are ancient temples, Jinlian temple and Sansheng temple after several dynasties; there are Yangsi Shuifu Temple guarding Xuanzhou Fengshui; there are the former residence of Zeng Guofan in Qing Dynasty - Yijia courtyard; there are the holy land of doing good and accumulating virtue - charity hall; there are the memorial site of Cai Lun, the inventor of papermaking - CAI houdian. .

The tourist attractions of Xuanzhou ancient town include ancient river street, ancient wharf, Liujin temple, the Prime Minister of Song Dynasty Ouyang Fangjia temple, Jinlian Temple site, Caihou hall site commemorating Cai Lun who invented papermaking technology, and Yangsi Water Temple (now known as guantan Temple) guarding Xuanzhou Fengshui. In recent years, based on the unique existing tourism resources, Xuanzhou town takes ecology, culture and leisure as the theme, takes major projects as the opportunity, takes festival activities as the link, highlights the revision of Xuanzhou tourism planning, practically optimizes the layout of tourism industry, continues to promote the construction of Huaxia Xiangjiang River Project, and vigorously develops the scenic belt along Xiangjiang River from laotangdiao wharf to Yushi irrigation and drainage Step by step to build Wantang, mianhualong, Changsha yuan, yanjiangpu leisure tourist attractions, strive to create Wuma Guicao, sankouyan Mozi stone, grass carp stone, Tianshui Pavilion, Chuanxing mountain, Xiaobao temple and other historic and scenic spots and cultural landscapes, conscientiously run the "Tourism Festival" events with rape flower, peach flower, plum flower, boat race, Lantern Festival as the main content, and continuously strengthen the tourism infrastructure Shi Jianshe attaches great importance to the publicity of news media inside and outside the province, constantly expands the popularity of Xuanzhou tourism, strives to improve the level of reception service, and strives to create a human garden between Hengyang, Nanyue and Xiangjiang.

The tourism industry of Xuanzhou ancient town has developed rapidly under the promotion of Huaxia Xiangjiang Co., Ltd. and the network promotion of Shenzhen Jinyue Landun Technology Co., Ltd. In 2011, the project of Huaxia Xiangjiang international agricultural industry demonstration park was introduced, and a framework agreement was signed with Hengshan County People's Government on November 15. The contract was officially signed on September 12, 2013, and the ground was broken in Xuanzhou village on December 10, 2013, starting the construction climax in an all-round way. The total investment of the project is expected to be more than 3.3 billion yuan. It is a comprehensive agricultural project aiming at building a 4A scenic spot. The project has been successfully declared as a key construction project of the province. The whole construction period is 10 years, which is divided into three phases. The first phase is from 2013 to 2015, mainly including resettlement area for relocated households and Guzhen new area; modern agricultural demonstration area, vegetable demonstration base, agricultural and sideline products processing, logistics, storage, trading industrial park and supporting living area; the second phase is from 2015 to 2019, vacation, leisure and health preservation area, The third phase, from 2020 to 202, mainly includes Hengshan cultural exhibition area and sports park. The construction of the project will play an important role in promoting the development of modern ecological agriculture in Hengshan and even the whole city, and will greatly promote the upgrading of Hengshan's tourism taste, docking with Nanyue tourism, and integrating into the "great Nanyue Hengshan" tourism economic circle. At present, the project investment has exceeded 100 million yuan. Chengdu Design Institute is invited to complete the detailed design of the core area of the whole project, build a comprehensive cultural square and put it into use. 733 mu of land has been acquired and nearly 1000 mu of land has been transferred. The construction of Lishi flower and seedling base has been preliminarily completed, the main project of the tourist reception center has been completed, and the decoration is in progress. The Xuanhe river treatment project has completed the construction of more than 500 meters of embankment and slope protection The supporting facilities such as greening and lighting are being improved. It has successfully applied for the national Xuanzhou Wetland Park and Huxiang style cultural tourism town.

Scenery

Liu Jin Temple

Many ancestral halls with different surnames survived in the ancient town, among which the most complete one is Liujin temple. It was built in the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty. Today, the owner of the house is Liu Dongshan, a retired teacher who is the guardian of the ancient town.

Guantan Temple

Guantan temple stands in Xuanzhou ancient town. Its predecessor is Yangsi Shuifu temple, which has a long history. In 2013, Huaxia Xiangjiang Co., Ltd. mainly promoted the promotion with Shenzhen Jinyue Landun Technology Co., Ltd. Xuanzhou ancient town accelerated its tourism construction, and guantan temple was renovated at this opportunity. Guantan temple was built along the river, so it was regarded as an ancient temple guarding Xuanzhou Fengshui by the local people

Guhe Street

The ancient river street in Xuanzhou is built along the river, which is composed of two vertical and two horizontal stone blocks. It has a history of thousands of years and is the result of the development of water transport trade and economy.

Xuanzhou National Forest Park successfully approved

On December 28, 2016, good news came from the expert review meeting of National Forest Park held by the State Forestry Administration, and Xuanzhou National Forest Park in Hengshan County, Hunan Province was officially approved.

Jiang Qing, deputy secretary of Hengshan County Party committee and head of Hengshan County, said at the review meeting that Hengshan will adhere to the principles of "strict protection, scientific planning, unified management, rational utilization and coordinated development", adhere to large vision and large-scale planning, adhere to high starting point and high standard construction, adhere to professional and fine management, adhere to normalized and long-term protection, and strive to build Xuanzhou National Forest Park It will become "species treasure garden", "tourism garden" and "ecological leisure garden".

Hunan Xuanzhou National Forest Park is located in the middle of Hengshan County, covering 5 townships and 10 villages, including Kaiyun, Xuanzhou, Dianmen, futianpu and lingpo, and 2 state-owned units, namely Zijinshan state-owned forest farm and jiuguanqiao state-owned reservoir, with a total area of 2995.17 hectares. The park is composed of Xuanzhou, Zijin and Baiyun. It is surrounded by Daheng mountain from East, South and North, and is a natural supplement to Nanyue Hengshan Extension.

According to the introduction, Xuanzhou National Forest Park has beautiful scenery. There are five main peaks in the park, including zigai peak, which are listed in the 72 peaks of Hengshan Mountain in Nanyue. The Xiangjiang River, known as the "Oriental Rhine River", is famous for its mountains and waters. The park coexists with granite landform and unique Danxia landform. The park is rich in animal and plant resources, including a number of national key protected wild animals and plants, preservation and reproduction of a number of special species and populations, underground hot spring resources and the largest fragrant fruit tree community in Hunan Province. The park has profound cultural heritage, including Yuwang stele, Xuanzhou ancient town, Mausoleum of Mao ZeJian martyrs and other cultural attractions, historical legends such as Dayu flood control and Hanyu Kaiyun, folk culture such as Yuebei mountain song and Hengshan shadow play. The mother of Yuwang stele, together with Huangdi mausoleum and Yandi mausoleum, is known as the three treasures in the history of Chinese cultural relics. The park has obvious location advantages, with high-speed, high-speed railway, national highway and waterway extending in all directions.

history

Xuanzhou ancient town has a history of thousands of years. It is said that there is a small river on the Bank of Xiangjiang River in xiazhou half Huali of Xuanzhou market town. Sediment has been deposited at the entrance of the river for thousands of years to form a big sandbank. On the sandbank grows a beautiful grass called Hemerocallis, so it is called "Xuanzhou River". Xuanzhou is located in the Xiangjiang Bay. It is a natural haven. All the ships come and go here and become the main road of land and water transportation. Since ancient times, merchants have gathered and become a market town. In 1950, Xuanzhou and Heishi townships were established, belonging to 11 districts. In 1956, they became Xuanzhou commune. In 1984, they were changed into Xuanzhou township. In 1994, they were changed from township to town. In May 1995, yuantangpu township was incorporated.

Address: Xuanzhou Town, Hengshan County, Hengyang City

Longitude: 112.75134

Latitude: 27.09319

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