Gaoping City, Jincheng City, Shanxi Province

Gaoping is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Shanxi Province. It is managed by Jincheng city. It is located in the southeast of Shanxi Province, the north end of Zezhou basin and the southwest edge of Taihang Mountain. Its geographical coordinates are 112 ° 40 '- 113 ° 10' e and 35 ° 40 '- 36 ° 0' n. it borders Lingchuan County in the East, Qinshui County in the west, Zezhou County in the south, Shangdang district and Changzi County in Changzhi City in the north. It is the north gate of Jincheng city, It is named for its surrounding mountains and relatively flat central part.

Gaoping has a continental warm temperate monsoon climate with four distinct seasons and hot and rainy seasons. The city has 3 streets, 9 towns and 4 townships, with a total area of 946 square kilometers and a permanent resident population of 499500 in 2019.

Gaoping is the hometown of Yandi, the ancestor of the Chinese people, the place where the Changping war took place in history, the old revolutionary base area of Taihang and Taiyue, and the "hometown of coal and iron", "hometown of Huangli", "hometown of pig" and "hometown of Shangdang Bangzi opera". Gaoping is also China's most influential Star City abroad, one of the top 100 counties and cities in the comprehensive strength of China's small and medium-sized cities, one of the top 100 counties and cities in Central China, one of the demonstration cities of China's harmonious small and medium-sized cities, one of the garden cities in Shanxi Province, one of the health cities in Shanxi Province, one of the civilized and harmonious cities in Shanxi Province, one of the environmental protection model cities in Shanxi Province, one of the double support model cities in Shanxi Province, one of the cultural strong counties and cities in Shanxi Province, and one of the County is one of the pilot counties (cities). In November 2020, it will be selected into the list of the first batch of model counties (cities and districts) of deepening the reform of small reservoir management system by the Ministry of water resources.

History of construction

In ancient times, Gaoping was called Changping and Pei. According to archaeological findings, at the latest in the late Paleolithic period, there were human settlements in Gaoping. Gaoping City is the birthplace of myths such as Yao fengdanzhu, Shennong sowing, Chiyou smelting iron and so on. There are many historic sites in Gaoping, such as Changping battle site group, Yan Emperor Mausoleum, yangtoushan grottoes, etc. it is the hometown of historical celebrities such as Chen Gui, a famous general in Han Dynasty, Wang Shuhe, a medical expert in Jin Dynasty, and Jia Lu, a water conservancy expert in Yuan Dynasty.

During the period of Tang Dynasty, Yao divided the world into nine states, which was the territory of Jizhou and belonged to the capital of the emperor.

Shun built the Yu Dynasty, and Emperor Shun inherited the Yao system, which led to the establishment of twelve states, which belonged to Jizhou. "Zuo Zhuan" said: divided into eastern Hebei Danshan for and, the Northeast Medical Wulu for camp.

In the Xia Dynasty, twelve states were combined into nine states, which belonged to Jizhou. "Yu Gong cone finger" said: Xia in line with Jizhou, and Yao when the same.

The Shang Dynasty was built for the Shang Dynasty. The capital of Zu Yi was located in gengcheng, belonging to the hinterland of the capital.

In the spring and Autumn period, it belonged to Jin, and was granted the capital of Jin State. It was first called the city of Ji's family. "Bamboo annals" says: in the seventh year of King Zhou Weilie, Zhao Huan built the city of Yu (Zhao Huan built the city of Yu).

In the Warring States period, the surname Yu was changed to Changping. In the 26th year of king an of Zhou (376 BC), the three families of Han, Zhao and Wei divided into Jin, and Changping was subordinate to Han. In the 35th year of King Nan of Zhou Dynasty (280 BC), Qin Bai attacked Zhao and replaced guanglang city. According to Kuo Di Zhi, guanglang city is located in the west of Gaoping County, Zezhou (now the west of Gaoping City, Shanxi). In the 53rd year (262bc), Qin general Bai Qi attacked Zhao, and Feng Ting joined Zhao to fight against Qin. That is to say, he offered 17 cities of the party to Zhao, and Changping was owned by Zhao. In the 55th year, the war of Changping broke out between Qin and Zhao in Changping (now northwest of Gaoping City), which was later occupied by Qin.

After the Qin Dynasty unified the whole country, it established the system of prefectures and counties, which was divided into 36 prefectures, Gaodu county and Shangdang county.

The Western Han Dynasty, the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms, the Wei Dynasty, and the two Jin Dynasties were the counties of the surname Yi, belonging to Shangdang county.

In the middle age of Taiyuan in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (386 AD), Murong of Xiyan was called emperor forever. It was divided into three counties, namely Shangdang, Pingyang and Hanoi. Jianxing county was set up (the county ruled Yang Acheng), and the county of Weishi was changed to Jianxing county.

At the beginning of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Xuanshi county was changed into Jianxing county. In the second year of Yong'an (AD 529), Jianxing county was changed into Jianzhou, leading Gaodu County, Changping County, Anping County and Taining County. Today, Gaoping City is called Changping County, which belongs to Jianzhou county. The name of Gaoping begins here.

In 556 A.D., Gaoping County was changed from Gaoping County to Gaoping County, and then Gaoping County was changed to Gaoping County at the end of the Northern Qi Dynasty. Since then, Gaoping County was only called Gaoping County, no longer the surname of Yu, but Gaodu county and Jianzhou county.

In the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Changping County and Gaodu county were called Gaoping County. Gaoping County was subordinate to Gaoping County and belonged to Jianzhou.

In the third year of kaihuang (583 AD), Jianzhou was changed into Zezhou. Gaoping County was subordinate to Zezhou. In the 16th year of kaihuang, Gaoping was established as Lingchuan County, belonging to Zezhou.

In the third year of Daye of Sui Dynasty (607 AD), the Prefecture was changed to county, Zezhou was changed to Changping County, and Gaoping County was subordinate to Changping County.

In the second year of the Sui Dynasty (617 AD), the county was abandoned as a state, Changping County was changed into Zezhou, and Gaoping County was subordinate to Zezhou.

In 618 ad, the first year of Wude in Tang Dynasty, Zezhou was divided into three parts: Gai, Jian and Ze. Gaizhou was set up in Gaoping (today's gaom2 mountain town). Gaizhou led Danchuan, gaicheng, Lingchuan and Gaoping counties. In the sixth year of Wude, Gaizhou was abolished and Zezhou was abolished in the first year of Zhenguan.

From the first year of Zhenguan to the fifth year of jintianhui in Tang Dynasty, Gaoping County was under the jurisdiction of Zezhou (Gaoping County), which successively belonged to hedongdao, Zhaoyi Jiedu, Heyang Jiedu, zhaoyijun, Hedong road and hedongnan Road, but the place name remained unchanged.

In 1128, Zezhou was changed to nanzezhou, and in the third year of Tiande it was changed to Zezhou again, which belonged to Gaoping County.

In the second year of Jin Yuanguang (1123 A.D.), Zezhou was promoted to Zhongchang army and Gaoping County was subordinate to Zhongchang army.

In the first year of the reign of emperor Zhongtong of the Yuan Dynasty (1260 A.D.), a Marquis was set up in Zezhou, and Gaoping was attached to the Marquis of Zezhou. In the third year of the Zhiyuan Dynasty (1267 AD), Gaoping County was subordinate to Zezhou, belonging to Pingyang road and Jinning road.

In the second year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty, Shengze Prefecture was under the jurisdiction of Zhili Prefecture. Gaoping County was under the jurisdiction of Zhili Prefecture of Zezhou and belonged to the administrative department of Shanxi Province.

In the sixth year of Yongzheng reign of the Qing Dynasty, Shengze Prefecture was under the jurisdiction of Gaoping Prefecture, which was one of the five counties under the jurisdiction of Zezhou Prefecture and belonged to the Department of political envoys of Shanxi Province.

In the third year of the Republic of China, Zezhou Prefecture was abolished and Gaoping was changed to Jining road of Shanxi Province. In the 23rd year of the Republic of China, Gaoping County was directly under the jurisdiction of Shanxi Province. After the 26th year of the Republic of China, Gaoping was the fifth administrative region of Shanxi Province. In the 30 years of the Republic of China, the Anti Japanese democratic government of Gaoping was established under the jurisdiction of Taiyue district. In the 32 years of the Republic of China, the southeast of Gaoping was classified as linggao County, and the rest was still Gaoping County. Gaoping was liberated in June 1945, and linggao county was abolished in October of the same year. The area originally assigned to linggao county was still assigned to Gaoping County, belonging to the fourth special area of Taiyue. In 1948, it was transferred to Taiyue No.3 special district.

After the founding of the people's Republic of China, Taiyue district was abolished. In 1958, Gaoping people's commune was established in the former Gaoping County. In 1961, it was restored to Gaoping County, which was successively under the jurisdiction of Southeast Shanxi special region (region). In 1985, the system of city governing county was implemented, and Jincheng city was established in the southeast of Shanxi Province. Gaoping County was under the jurisdiction of Jincheng city. On May 12, 1993, with the approval of the State Council, Gaoping was established as a county-level city under the jurisdiction of the province, which was managed by Jincheng city.

administrative division

By 2020, Gaoping City has 3 streets, 9 towns and 4 townships, a total of 38 communities and 305 administrative villages.

geographical environment

Location context

Gaoping City is located in the southeast of Shanxi Province, the north end of Zezhou basin and the southwest edge of Taihang Mountain. It spans 112 ° 40 '- 113 ° 10' e and 35 ° 40 '- 36 ° 0' n. it borders Lingchuan County from tiefuling in the East, Qinshui county from Laomaling in the West, Changzi county from Danzhuling in the northwest, Shangdang District of Changzhi City from jinquanshan in the northeast, and Zezhou county from Jiepailing in the south The north gate of the city. It is 41 kilometers long from east to west and 37 kilometers wide from north to south, with a total area of 946 square kilometers. It is 41 kilometers away from Jincheng City in the south, 335 kilometers away from Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi Province, 242 kilometers away from Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan Province, and 704 kilometers away from Beijing, the capital of Henan Province.

topographic features

Gaoping's territory is close to a square, surrounded by mountains in the East, West and North, like a dustpan. The whole terrain is high in the northwest and low in the southeast. The highest point in the territory is Jinquan mountain, 1391.1 meters above sea level, at the junction of the northeast of the city and Shangdang District of Changzhi City; the lowest point is Du Village, Hexi Town, 800 meters above sea level. There are continuous mountains, vertical and horizontal rivers, rolling hills, vertical and horizontal gullies, few flat rivers, obvious layers, and complex terrain. According to its formation characteristics, it can be divided into three types of terrain: valley plain area, loess hilly area, middle and low mountain area. Pingchuan Valley is distributed on both sides of Danhe river system, which is formed by alluvial and proluvial deposits and looks like an irregular belt, accounting for about 17% of the total area; loess hilly area is located in the transition zone from Pingchuan to mountainous area, which is approximately square, accounting for about 35%; middle and low mountainous areas are located in the wushenshan system, Wulongshan system, Shouyangshan system in the West and north edge of the city, and in hanwangshan and qifoshan in the middle, which is irregular straight Angular, accounting for 48% of the total area. About 50% of the cultivated land is distributed on the hilly terrace.

There are more than 30 rivers, including Danhe River, Xuhe River, dadongcang River, xiaodongcang River, DONGDAHE River and Yonglu river. Danhe river runs through the middle of the city from northwest to Southeast, and its drainage area is flat and wide to the south. The average annual flow of surface water is 38.88 million cubic meters and that of groundwater is 149 million cubic meters.

Climatic characteristics

Gaoping is a continental warm temperate monsoon climate, with four distinct seasons, hot and rainy seasons, annual average temperature of 10.4 ℃, annual precipitation of 600 mm, frost free period of 180-200 days, suitable for the growth of all kinds of crops.

natural resources

Water and soil resources

Gaoping City is a resource-based water shortage and water pollution water shortage area. The total amount of water resources in Gaoping City is 99.43 million cubic meters, including 33.71 million cubic meters of river runoff, 72.78 million cubic meters of groundwater resources, 7.06 million cubic meters of repeated calculation, and 55.01 million cubic meters of water resources available. According to the "water resources evaluation report of Jindongnan economic zone" and "water resources evaluation report of Jincheng city", the city's average surface water resources for many years is 47 million cubic meters, and the river diameter is 1

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