Xinghua City, Taizhou City, Jiangsu Province

Xinghua City, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province and managed by Taizhou City, is located in the middle of Jiangsu Province, the north wing of the Yangtze River Delta, between the Yangtze River and Huaihe River, and in the hinterland of Lixia River. It is a famous historical and cultural city in Jiangsu Province.

Xinghua was called Zhaoyang in ancient times, also known as chushui. It has rich historical and cultural heritage and has a long history. According to textual research, the history of human existence in Xinghua can be traced back to more than 6000 years ago. Xinghua is one of the four famous works in China. Shi Naian, the author of outlaws of the marsh, and Zheng Banqiao, the head of the eight monsters in Yangzhou, were born. Xinghua has a profound cultural heritage and a large number of talents. From Xianchun in the Southern Song Dynasty to Guangxu in the late Qing Dynasty, 262 people were elected, 93 were Jinshi, and one was number one, which is rare in China.

Xinghua is a famous "land of fish and rice". It is one of the first batch of national tourism demonstration zones, national ecological demonstration zones, national health cities, national top 100 counties, national environmental protection model cities, and "Thousand Island cauliflower", one of the world's four largest flower sea, is well-known. On October 22, 2018, it was selected into the list of pilot areas for the integrated development of rural primary, secondary and tertiary industries in 2018. In November 2018, it was selected as one of the top 100 industrial counties (cities) in 2018. In December 2018, it was selected as one of the top 100 comprehensive competitiveness of county economy in China.

In November 2020, it was selected into the "top 100 industrial counties (cities) in China in 2020", ranking 95th.

Historical evolution

Xinghua is an ancient town with a history of more than 2000 years, located in the hinterland of Lixia River in Central Jiangsu. The river, lake, harbor and branch are crisscross in the territory, dense as cobweb. Surrounded by water on all sides, the traffic is inconvenient and the location is remote. There is a saying that "Zhaoyang is good at avoiding soldiers since ancient times". The cultural relics of Nandang site prove that people lived in Xinghua more than 4000 years ago in the Neolithic age.

In the spring and Autumn period, Xinghua belonged to Wu, in the Warring States period it belonged to Chu, and in the period of King Shenliang of Zhou it was the food town of Zhaoyang, the general of Chu. Zhaoyang was sealed in the seaside (impromptu area), and was buried in Yangshan in the west of the city after death. Therefore, Xinghua is also known as "chushui" and "Zhaoyang".

Qin is Jiujiang county. From Han Dynasty to Sui and Tang Dynasties, Li belonged to linhuai, Guangling and Jiangdu. According to Fang Yu minutes, Xinghua County was originally a part of Hailing county. The construction of Xinghua County began in 920 ad. in 920 ad, zhaoyuanchang was set up in the north of Hailing County in the Five Dynasties, and it was soon changed to Xinghua County. Therefore, it is known as "Zhaoyang ancient city" and "Hailing site". In the Southern Tang Dynasty, it belonged to Hailing (later known as Taizhou).

In the Northern Song Dynasty, it belonged to Yangzhou at the beginning and changed to Taizhou. In the fourth year of Jianyan (1130), Gaozong of Song Dynasty became Chengzhou, which belonged to sechinghua. In 1135, Xinghua County was abandoned as a town and attached to Hailing county. In the 19th year of Shaoxing, Xinghua County was established again, still belonging to Taizhou. In 1166, Xinghua County was transferred to Gaoyou army, and soon to Taizhou. In the fourth year of Chunxi (1177), Xinghua County was once again transferred to Gaoyou army.

In the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), Xinghua belonged to Gaoyou Prefecture and Yangzhou road.

In the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), Xinghua belonged to Gaoyou Prefecture and was subordinate to Yangzhou Prefecture.

In the early Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), it followed the old system of Ming Dynasty. It was Yangzhou Prefecture, Xinghua County, Gaoyou Prefecture, and later it was Zhili Prefecture.

After the revolution of 1911, Xinghua County was directly under Jiangsu Province. In 1933, there was an administrative supervision district in Jiangsu Province, and Xinghua County was subordinate to Yancheng administrative supervision district.

From 1938 to 1939, the Communist Party of China established secret organizations in Xinghua to carry out revolutionary activities and develop revolutionary forces.

In 1940, during the Anti Japanese War, Han Deloitte, chairman of the Kuomintang in Jiangsu Province, once led the army and government to withdraw to Xinghua.

In 1939, when Li Shouwei, commander of the 89th army of the Kuomintang, led his troops into Huangqiao, his troops were stationed in Xinghua City.

At the beginning of 1940, the CPC Xinghua County Committee was established in the countryside of Xinghua, belonging to the second division of Central Jiangsu.

In February 1941, the Anti Japanese democratic government was established in Xinghua, which was subordinate to the Provisional Administrative Committee of Northern Jiangsu, the administrative committee of Central Jiangsu and the second administrative region of Central Jiangsu.

In 1941, the Japanese occupied Xinghua City and concocted the traitor regime and the puppet government.

In August 1945, the Japanese surrendered and soon Xinghua City was liberated.

In the winter of 1946, the people's liberation army withdrew and the county seat was occupied by the Kuomintang army, but most of the countryside was still under the control of the Communist Party of China.

During the Anti Japanese War and the liberation war, "Xingdong county", "Qintong county" and "Shagou county (city)" were established, and then they were merged into Xinghua (part of them were merged into Dongtai and Tai counties).

At the end of 1948, Xinghua was liberated for the second time and the people's Government of Xinghua County was established under the leadership of the second special office of Jiangsu Anhui border region.

In April 1949, it was subordinate to Taizhou special area of Subei people's administrative office.

In 1953, northern and southern Jiangsu administrative districts and Nanjing City merged to restore Jiangsu Province. Xinghua was subordinate to Yangzhou special district of Jiangsu Province.

In 1983, Yangzhou area was abolished and prefecture level Yangzhou city was established. Xinghua was subordinate to Yangzhou city.

In 1987, with the approval of the State Council, Xinghua County was abolished and the city was established, which was directly under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province and managed by Yangzhou city.

In 1996, Xinghua City was replaced by the newly established prefecture level Taizhou city.

administrative division

Division evolution

On December 3, 2016, Zhaoyang Town, Lincheng Town, Chengdong town and Xibao township of Xinghua City were abolished; Zhaoyang street of Xinghua City was established, with 16 neighborhood committees of Shuiguan, Yingfeng, Chang'an, Wenfeng, Confucianism, Canglang, Wenlin, Nancang, Xinyang, Xixia, pailou, Xinyi, haichi, Yingwu, Jingfan and Wuyue, and 5 village committees of Yanjia, Shadian, Wuyue, Xincheng and Chengbei It is the administrative region of Zhaoyang street; Lincheng street of Xinghua City is set up, with the former Lincheng administrative region and 14 village committee regions of Nanyang, Anzhou, Shuangtan, Yangshan, Lengjia, Kaifa, Kaifa, Kaiming, Kaitai, Kaifu, Kaifa, Kaiyuan, Kaifa and Xiangyang as the administrative region of Lincheng Street; Xingdong town is agreed to be set up, with the former Xibao township administrative region and the former Chengdong town as the administrative region The administrative region is Xingdong town.

Current zoning

By the end of 2018, Xinghua has 25 towns and 3 streets: Dainan Town, Zhangguo Town, Daduo Town, Diduo Town, Daiyao Town, hechen Town, Changrong Town, Taozhuang Town, Hainan Town, Dazou Town, Yongfeng Town, Anfeng Town, Xinduo Town, Yuyu Town, Daying Town, Shagou Town, Zhongbao town, qianduo Town, Xingdong Town, Chenbao Town, Zhouzhuang Town, Zhuhong Town, Maoshan town and Linhu town Township, Shenlun Town, Zhaoyang street, Lincheng street, Duotian street. There is one Xinghua Economic Development Zone in Jiangsu Province.

geographical environment

Location domain

Xinghua City is located between the Yangtze River and Huaihe River, in the hinterland of Lixiahe area, adjacent to Dafeng district and Dongtai City in the East, Jiangyan district and Jiangdu District in the south, Gaoyou City and Baoying County in the west, and Yandu District across the river in the north. It is located at 32 ° 44 ′～ 33 ° 16 ′ N and 119 ° 43 ′～ 120 ° 16 ′ E. The distance between East and West, North and south is about 55 km. Xinghua has a total area of 2393.35 square kilometers, including 1766 square kilometers of land, accounting for 73.8%, and 627 square kilometers of rivers, lakes, beaches and other water areas, accounting for 26.2%.

topographic features

Xinghua is low-lying and flat, with a ground elevation of 1.40 m to 3.20 m and an average elevation of 1.80 m (the abandoned Yellow River elevation system, the same below). The terrain in the area is slightly higher in the East and south, and lower in the northwest. It is a dish type depression with high, medium and low surrounding areas. It is the lowest depression among the three depressions in Lixiahe area, Jianhu, Xinghua and Qintong, commonly known as guodiwa.

Xinghua is Lixiahe low-lying plain, located in the center of Lixiahe depression in Jianghuai plain. It is a continuous subsidence area of fault Pass Basin in Meso Cenozoic. The paleogeomorphology is a large lake basin depression. In the Quaternary, the depressions were accumulated by the joint forces of rivers and seas, and went through the evolution process of bay lagoon water network plain, forming the features of lake and swamp. They were all covered by Quaternary Holocene lacustrine deposits and river inundations, and their basement was the Paleozoic strata dominated by carbonate.

hydrographic features

Xinghua is located in the Huaihe River Basin, with many rivers and lakes. Historically, in order to adapt to the drainage pattern of five dams in the West and five ports in the East, the water system was mainly east-west. With the completion of Jiangdu and Gaogang water control projects, the water system in the territory has been gradually adjusted to the North-South trend, and the original East-West river has become the drainage Regulation River. There are many lakes in the territory, and the larger ones are Dazong Lake, Wugong lake, Guozheng lake, Pingwang Lake, Desheng lake, Wujin lake, Shagou Nandang lake, laizi lake, Guanzhuang Lake, Wangzhuang lake, Fenfen lake, Guangyang lake and tuantou lake, commonly known as "five lakes and eight lakes". After the founding of the people's Republic of China, the annual average maximum water level of Xinghua station was 2.10 meters, and the annual average minimum water level was 0.86 meters. The maximum water level occurred on July 15, 1991, reaching 3.35 meters, and the minimum water level occurred on June 19, 1953, only 0.28 meters.

Climatic characteristics

Xinghua is located in the north subtropical humid monsoon climate zone, which is also affected by the continental and marine climate. It has the characteristics of four distinct seasons, abundant rainfall, cold in winter and hot in summer, and synchronous rain and heat. The atmospheric environmental quality is better than the national grade II. The annual average temperature is 14 ℃～ 15 ℃. The frost free period is 210-220 days. The annual average precipitation in Xinghua is 1040.4 mm, but the annual variation is relatively large. The precipitation in 1991 is 2080.8 mm, while that in 1978 is only 393.6 mm. The precipitation in June to September is relatively concentrated, accounting for more than 60% of the annual precipitation. The annual average evaporation is about 960mm.

natural resources

Xinghua is a national ecological demonstration area with superior natural conditions and abundant water resources. The water area of Xinghua City is nearly 1.2 million mu, and the water quality reaches the national surface paddy field standard. The land area is 3.59 million mu

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