South Changtan Village

South Changtan Village

Nanchangtan village, located in Yingshuiqiao Town, Shapotou District, Zhongwei City, Ningxia, is located at the junction of Ningxia and Gansu Province. It is named after the narrow and long river beach formed by the scouring and silting of Heishan Gorge of the Yellow River. It is the first administrative village of the Yellow River into Ningxia, known as "the first village of the Yellow River in Ningxia, the first ferry of the Yellow River in Ningxia, and the first drift of the Yellow River in Ningxia". Most of the villagers in nanchangtan village, whose surnames are tuo, are descendants of the Tangxiang nobles in Xixia, and have preserved a complete genealogy. The ancient houses and courtyards in the village are well arranged, surrounded by stone paths. In December 2008, nanchangtan village was identified as the first "national famous historical and cultural village" in Ningxia.

Overview of the village

There are 1260 people in nanchangtan village, most of whom are surnamed Tuo. According to the research, Tuoba, a noble of the Xixia party, fled here after the Mongol Yuan army destroyed the Xixia state, and survived in anonymity. According to Tuo Shouqing, the party secretary of nanchangtan village, the average annual net income of the villagers is more than 3000 yuan, and jujube brings about 8.9 million yuan to the village every year. 262 families raise sheep, at least more than 100, up to more than 500. In the year of good rain, raising sheep brings each family 30000 yuan or 40000 yuan. Relying on pear blossom festival in spring and fruit picking in autumn, tourism industry has just started and needs further development. The biggest difficulty in this village is the inconvenient transportation.

Historical legend

According to legend, Tuo clan, a branch of Dangxiang clan in Xixia Dynasty, settled here for generations and established a "paradise" after hundreds of years of operation. The people of nanchangtan village, whose surname is Tuoba, claim to be the descendants of Xixia people and pass on from generation to generation. In the 1980s, Mr. Li Fanwen, the leader of Xixia studies, inspected and identified the village as a descendant of Xixia people. This is the most vivid carrier of this ancient minority since Dangxiang disappeared as a national entity. The Yellow River is full of vicissitudes, and the name of this village is about to enter the general history of Xixia. History turns to a new page. With the careful management of the intelligent and industrious farmers and herdsmen and the moistening of the Yellow River water, nanchangtan village has gradually evolved from a desolate and barren land into a larger village with nearly 200 families and more than 1000 people. It is understood that pear trees with a planting area of 400 mu have become a major specialty here and an important place for city dwellers to explore outdoors.

geographical position

Nanchangtan village, Xiangshan Township, Zhongwei City, is located in the deep mountains at the westernmost end of Zhongwei City, more than 70 kilometers away from Zhongwei city. It is the first village where the Yellow River flows into Ningxia. The Yellow River turns a big curve here and forms a crescent shaped long beach on the south bank of the river. People call it nanchangtan. The area is surrounded by mountains and a river circulates, forming an arc-shaped Peninsula, like a piece of jade inlaid between the black stone and the Yellow River. The oasis in the middle of the Yellow River has an area of 195.4 square kilometers. Because of the barrier of mountains, it is very inconvenient to get in and out, so there are very few people outside. It is very quiet.

Characteristic industry

South Long Beach village is rich in red dates and hot water detoxified pear. In spring, thousands of hundred year old pear trees are blooming, attracting many tourists here to enjoy the flowers. The pear blossom festival in nanchangtan has become one of the most attractive tourism brands in Ningxia. In autumn, jujube is red, fragrant pear is soft, and orchard picking fresh fruit has become a fashionable tourism item for tourists. Pear and jujube trees, which have been around for three to five hundred years, are particularly famous in this village. Happy and pleased with oneself, the winter pear and Kazumi Ririka bloom in April, and they are competing for flowers and flowers.

tourist resources

South Long Beach

Nanchangtan, known as the first crossing of the Yellow River, is the first village where the Yellow River enters Ningxia. There are prehistoric rock paintings, ancient waterwheel and the great wall of Qin Dynasty. On both sides of the Yellow River, there are jagged rocks and high cliffs. Tuoba family, a branch of Tangxiang nationality in Xixia, settled here. According to textual research, in order to avoid the war, one of Tuoba's went upstream on a sheep skin raft. It was found that there were no people here, and the land along the Bank of the Yellow River was fertile, so they settled here. For hundreds of years, they were not known by outsiders, and could be called "paradise". Pear and jujube trees, which have been growing for three to five hundred years, bloom in mid April. Therefore, South Long Beach has become a holy land for donkey friends and a paradise for sex friends.

Enjoy pear blossom

The best time to enjoy flowers: early and middle April. On April 8, pear blossom festival will also be held here, and the opportunity should not be missed.

Strategies for reference: nanchangtan village is a small mountain village on the edge of the Yellow River. There are 3000 old pear trees all over the river. The oldest tree is 400 years old. The tree crown can provide 300 square meters of cool shade. This is an almost isolated place on the Bank of the Yellow River. In spring, pear flowers bloom like clouds. For more than 700 years, one of the scattered descendants of Xixia Dangxiang has lived in this small mountain village. Pear blossom is in full bloom in the middle of April every year. The pear trees in Changtan village, Zhongwei, are 100 years old and 100 mu of pear blossom on the Bank of the Yellow River. The scenery is pleasant.

Self driving: first get to Zhongwei via expressway, then start from Zhongwei City, travel 45 km westward to shiligou, walk south through a long bumpy mountain road, and cross the Yellow River to nanchangtan village.

Food: Zhongwei's food is mainly pasta. Zhongwei's Fried Taro with flour, cold dishes with swirling flour, and dry baked hard noodles are all special snacks of pasta. Zhongwei local specialty pigeon fish, naturally, steamed pigeon fish has become a local food can not be missed. At the same time, Zhongwei's milk products and mutton are also very famous. Crispy and delicious rice seeds and fried pig offal are all the special snacks of Zhongwei, while the braised camel's paw is not as good as bear's paw, but it is also a rare delicacy.

Traces of cultural relics

During the preliminary investigation of cultural resources in nanchangtan village, Xiangshan Township, the municipal cultural relics management office found a site inhabited by human beings in the Qin and Han Dynasties in the cliff strata on the northeast side of the village, thus bringing the history of human life in nanchangtan to 2000 years ago. According to the field investigation, the exposed Qin and Han culture layer is more than 10 meters long and about 15 cm thick. There are artificial red stone bases in the layer, as well as fragments of domestic pottery and building tiles that people used for a long time when they lived here. The pottery is muddy gray pottery, with thick wall and large shape, mainly including pots and basins. Except for some plain surface, the decorative patterns are mainly thick rope pattern, followed by thin inclined rope pattern.

In addition, the cultural layer of the yuan and Ming Dynasties is also found on the cliff outside the villager's courtyard about 70 meters south of the Qin Han site. In the exposed cultural layer, abundant coarse porcelain pieces were found. According to the analysis of the edge, abdomen and bottom of the porcelain pieces, there are mainly pots, pots, pots, etc. the outer walls are respectively coated with black glaze, soy glaze and yellowish brown glaze. The bottom of some utensils is exposed without glaze.

The first discovery of Qin and Han remains in this village further reveals the distribution of Qin and Han culture in Zhongwei City, and provides valuable material for future research.

good reputation

Nanchangtan village, Xiangshan Township, Shapotou District, Zhongwei City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region is known as "the first village of the Yellow River in Ningxia", "the first ferry of the Yellow River in Ningxia" and "the first drift of the Yellow River in Ningxia".

Development expectation

Tuo Shouqing, the Secretary of nanchangtan village branch, hopes that in the process of building the urban agglomeration (belt) along the Yellow River and building the "golden bank of the Yellow River" in the autonomous region, the waterways and highways in and out of nanchangtan village will become accessible. Let nanchangtan become a beautiful starting point of Yellow River Tourism in Ningxia, more tourists go to the village for tourism and leisure, and tourism can become the main industry of increasing farmers' income.

Address: Shapotou District, Zhongwei City

Longitude: 104.629687

Latitude: 37.292565

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