Lingchuan County, Jincheng City, Shanxi Province

Lingchuan County, belonging to Jincheng City, Shanxi Province, is located in the southeast of Shanxi Province, connecting Gaoping in the west, Zezhou County in the southwest, Huguan and Changzhi in the north, Huixian city and Xiuwu County in Henan Province in the East and south, which is the gateway to the southeast of Shanxi Province. The total area of the county is 1751 square kilometers, most of which are between 1200 and 1600 meters above sea level, with the highest altitude of 1796.2 meters and the lowest altitude of 628 meters. The area of rocky mountainous areas accounts for 43.9% of the total area of the county. It has jurisdiction over 371 administrative villages and 7 communities in 7 towns and 5 townships, with a total population of 255000, including 226000 agricultural population.

Lingchuan has a long history and profound cultural accumulation. In ancient times, Yao and Shun tribes were the birthplaces of go in the world. Since the founding of the county by kaihuang of Sui Dynasty (596 AD), there have been seven number one scholars and 93 Jinshi in history. Hao Jing, a Lingchuan native, is an outstanding statesman, diplomat and historian in song and Yuan Dynasties. He has written the book of the Han Dynasty and the spring and Autumn annals.

On September 7, 2018, the Shanxi provincial government officially approved the withdrawal of Lingchuan County from the "provincial poverty county" and announced it to the public. On December 31, 2019, it will be selected as a typical county of rural innovation and entrepreneurship in China.

Historical evolution

Lingchuan has a long history and outstanding people. The cultural relics unearthed from the tashuihe site and the xiyaoquan site show that people lived here as early as 26000 years ago in the late Paleolithic period. The tashuihe site is located on the Bank of the tashuihe River in today's daohuo Township, Lingchuan. In 1985, a skull fossil of a six year old boy and a large number of mammal fossils, stone products, ash layers, burnt bones, broken bones and so on were unearthed.

In the Tang Dynasty, Yao divided the world into nine states, belonging to Jizhou. Lingchuan area was the territory of Yao and Shun tribes.

Shun built the Yu Dynasty, and Emperor Shun inherited the Yao system, which led to the establishment of twelve states, which belonged to Jizhou.

In the Xia and Shang Dynasties, Jizhou was the leader of Jizhou and belonged to the "Wangji".

At the beginning of the Western Zhou Dynasty, Lingchuan was a feudal capital of Jin. Later, it was occupied by the northern Di, and in the middle of the spring and Autumn period, it was restored to Jin Dynasty. In the 23rd year of King Zhou Weilie (403 B.C.), Han, Zhao and Wei were officially appointed as princes and divided into three parts of Jin. Lingchuan area belonged to Han at that time. In the 53rd year of King Nan of Zhou Dynasty (262bc), Qin general Bai Qi attacked Zhao. In order to unite Zhao and resist Qin, Feng Ting, the governor of Shangdang, returned 17 cities to Zhao, and Lingchuan area was owned by Zhao. In the 55th year of King Nan of Zhou Dynasty (260 BC), after the Changping war, Lingchuan area belonged to the state of Qin.

In the 26th year of the first emperor of Qin Dynasty (221 BC), Qin unified the world and implemented the system of prefectures and counties. Lingchuan belongs to Shangdang county.

In the early period of the Western Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty began to set up Bingzhou, and led Shangdang, Yanmen, Hedong and other counties. Lingchuan area was assigned to sheshi County, Shangdang county.

The Eastern Han Dynasty generally followed the old system of the Western Han Dynasty.

During the period of the Three Kingdoms, Lingchuan belonged to Cao Wei.

After the establishment of the Western Jin Dynasty, Peishi county still belonged to Shangdang County of Bingzhou. In the first year of Guangxi of Jin Dynasty (306), Lingchuan area was the territory of former Zhao Dynasty. In 311, Liu Zhai, a member of the Liuyuan clan, captured Chang'an. The east of Pingyang, the former Zhao Dynasty, belonged to shile, a Jieren, and Lingchuan was also in it.

In the second year of Daxing in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (319), shile established the state of Zhao in Handan, which is called houzhao in history. Lingchuan area belongs to houzhao. In the 11th year of Xiaowu in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (383), Murong of the Western Yan Dynasty was called emperor forever. It was divided into Pingyang and Shangdang, and then Jianxing county was established. Lingchuan area was called Weishi County, belonging to Jianxing county.

In the second year of Yong'an (529) of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Jianxing county was called Jianzhou, which led to Gaodu, Anping, Changping and Taining counties. PingGao county was divided into two counties by the original Peishi County, both of which were under the jurisdiction of Jianzhou Changping County. Lingchuan area was classified as PingGao county at that time. At the end of the Northern Qi Dynasty, Gaoping County was changed into Gaoping County, and Weishi County was incorporated into Gaoping County.

After the Northern Zhou Dynasty destroyed the Northern Qi Dynasty, Gaoping County was established in 574 with Gaodu county and Changping County. It belongs to Jianzhou, and Lingchuan area is under the jurisdiction of Gaoping County.

Sui kaihuang three years (583), the abolition of the world county, changed to Zezhou. In the 16th year of kaihuang of Sui Dynasty (596), Lingchuan County was set up in the east of Gaoping County. Lingchuan County soon established, in the Sui Daye three years (607) and abandoned the state to county, Zezhou changed into Changping County, Lingchuan belongs to Changping County. In the first year of the Sui Dynasty (617), Changping County was rebuilt as Zezhou.

In 618, the first year of Wude in Tang Dynasty, Zezhou was divided into Gai, Jian and Ze. In Gaoping home Gaizhou, leading Gaoping, Danchuan, Lingchuan, gaicheng four counties. Among them, gaicheng county is a newly established County in the southwest of Lingchuan, including Gaoping and Danchuan counties, which are close to the border of Lingchuan. Gaicheng county is located in gaicheng village, 21.5 kilometers southwest of Lingchuan. In the sixth year of Wude of Tang Dynasty (624), the state was established and abolished. Wude nine years, and the abolition of Danchuan, gaicheng two counties. The areas formerly occupied by gaicheng county were divided into Lingchuan County and Gaoping County.

In the first year of Tang Zhenguan (627), Gaizhou was abolished and Zezhou was divided into 10 counties. Lingchuan County of Zezhou was under the jurisdiction of Hedong Road, and its governance was moved back to Jincheng from Duan's family.

In the first year of Tang Tianbao (742), Zezhou was changed into Gaoping County, and Lingchuan County was under the jurisdiction of Gaoping County. In 758, Gaoping County was restored to Zezhou and Lingchuan County to Zezhou.

During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, Lingchuan changed from time to time. At the end of Tang Dynasty, it belonged to Zezhou, lizhaoyi and Heyang. Later Jin Dynasty belonged to Zezhou and Zhaoyi army. At that time, because Liang and Jin often fought for Zezhou, Lingchuan County belonged to Liang and Jin at that time.

During the reign of Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty, the state and county were designated as No. 15, and Lingchuan was led by Zezhou (or Gaoping County) in Guihe East Road.

In 1128, Zezhou was changed to nanzezhou, Lingchuan belonged to nanzezhou, and in 1151, Zezhou was restored to Lingchuan.

In the second year of Jin Yuanguang (1224), Zezhou was promoted to Zhongchang Junjie, Lingchuan to Zhongchang Junjie.

In the first year of Zhongtong (1260), the ancestor of the Yuan Dynasty, the Marquis of zhizezhou. Lingchuan County, the Marquis of lizezhou, belongs to the West Road of Hedong County, which is the belly. After the establishment of the provincial system in Yuan Dynasty, Lingchuan was still attached to the Marquis of Zezhou, belonging to Pingyang Road, Zhongshu province. Yuan Dade nine years (1305) changed to Zhongshu province Jinning road.

In the second year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1369), Zezhou was directly under the jurisdiction of Jining Road, the governor of Shanxi Province, and Lingchuan County was directly under the jurisdiction of Zezhou.

In 1728, Zezhou Prefecture was changed. Lingchuan was one of the five counties under the jurisdiction of Zezhou Prefecture in Shanxi Province, including Fengtai, Gaoping, Yangcheng, Lingchuan and Qinshui.

After three years of the Republic of China, Zezhou Prefecture was abolished. Shanxi is divided into Yanmen, Hedong and Jining. Lingchuan is under the jurisdiction of Jining Road, Shanxi Province. In 1934, Lingchuan was directly under the jurisdiction of Shanxi provincial government. After the Anti Japanese war broke out in 1937, Lingchuan was under the jurisdiction of the fifth Office of the Commissioner of administrative supervision of Shanxi Province. The special office was originally under the jurisdiction of Yan Xishan and soon became an administrative organ of the Communist Party leading the Anti Japanese national united front. After Yan Xishan launched the "December incident", Lingchuan became the center of KMT activities in Southeast Shanxi and North Henan. The Kuomintang set up a military region design committee in the areas it occupied. In 1943, after the Japanese occupied Lingchuan, Lingchuan was classified as shangdangdao. In 1943, in order to meet the needs of the Anti Japanese war situation, Taihang Anti Japanese base set up linggao County on the border of Lingchuan and Gaoping. In 1945, the whole territory of Lingchuan was liberated, and the Taihang liberated area expanded day by day. The administrative division was adjusted. Linggao county was abolished, and the construction before 1943 was restored. In December 1945, it belonged to the fourth special district of Taihang. It has jurisdiction over 7 counties and 1 city (except Lingchuan, the rest are in the north of Henan Province). The special area was first located in Ziling town of Qinyang, and then moved to Jiaozuo. In October 1946, after the PLA took the initiative to withdraw from Jiaozuo, it moved to gaicheng, Lingchuan. In the second half of 1948, after the abolition of the border system and the establishment of the North China People's government, Lingchuan was assigned to the third special area of Taihang. The counties under the jurisdiction of Taihang three special areas were in the former southeast of Shanxi Province.

In October 1949, after the founding of the people's Republic of China, the Taihang administrative office was abolished and the original organizational system of Shanxi Province was restored. Lingchuan belonged to the third special district of Shanxi Province.

In 1958, the provincial government adjusted the administrative division and changed it into Southeast Shanxi special region, Lingchuan still belongs to it. In November 1958, Lingchuan association was set up in the original Lingchuan area.

In February 1959, it was changed into Lingchuan commune. On July 20, 1959, Lingchuan County restored its original organizational system.

In April 1985, the southeast of Shanxi Province was abolished, and Lingchuan was under the jurisdiction of Jincheng city.

Division evolution

In 2001, the township administrative division of Lingchuan County was adjusted from 5 towns and 13 townships to 9 towns and 3 townships, with an average population of 20900 and an average area of 146.43 square kilometers. Caozhuang Township and Chengguan town were abolished and Chongwen town was merged. Zhanghe Township and affiliated towns were abolished and new affiliated towns were merged. Houzhuang Township and Lucheng Township were abolished and Lucheng township was merged. Hengshuihe Township and Magedang Township were abolished and merged to establish a new Magedang township. The mawuzhai and Gujiao townships were abolished and merged to establish a new Gujiao township. Yetou Township and Liuquan Township were abolished and a new Liuquan township was established. Yangcun township was abolished and Yangcun town was established. The original organizational system of Liyi Town, Pingcheng Town, xihedi Town, qinjiazhuang town and duohuo town remained unchanged.

In 2012, Lingchuan County governs 7 towns, 5 townships, 410 administrative villages and 1312 natural villages, with a total number of 61729 households, including 57903 households and a total population of 250000, including 226000 agricultural population.

Jurisdiction

In 2013, Lingchuan County has jurisdiction over seven towns: Chongwen Town, Liyi Town, Fucheng Town, xihedi Town, Pingcheng Town, Yangcun town and Lucheng town. Five townships: qinjiazhuang Township, duohuo Township

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