Ci County, Handan City, Hebei Province

Cixian, known as Cizhou in ancient times, is the birthplace of Cizhou kiln culture in China. It is located in the center of the Central Plains Economic Cooperation Zone, the thoroughfare of Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong and Henan provinces, and is about 200 kilometers away from Shijiazhuang, Zhengzhou, Taiyuan and Jinan. In 2019, Cixian has jurisdiction over 11 townships, covering an area of 688 square kilometers, with a total population of 500000. The terrain is high in the West and low in the East. In the west, it belongs to the eastern foot of Taihang Mountain. In the East, it is the piedmont alluvial plain, with mountainous area, hilly area and plain accounting for one third respectively.

Cixian has been established for more than 1800 years since 222 ad. There are Drum Tower, Helan Mountain, Hebei Zhima, Cizhou kiln Museum and other tourist attractions in Cixian county. Rich in persimmon, pepper, walnut, egg and other specialties.

Evolution of organizational system

In the spring and Autumn period, it belonged to Wei and Jin Dynasties. During the Warring States period, he returned to Zhao.

In the Han Dynasty, Liangqi county was established.

In 222, Linshui county was established. In the first year of Baoding in the Northern Zhou Dynasty (561), Fuyang county and Cheng'an county were established.

In the 10th year of kaihuang reign of Sui Dynasty (590), Cizhou was set up. It was named after Cishan, which was 90 Li west of the county, and led Fuyang and Linshui counties. After that, two wastes and one house.

In the first year of Yongtai of Tang Dynasty (765), Yizhou was restored, with a stone character beside it to distinguish it from Cizhou in Hedong. In the third year of Tianyou (906), it was changed to Huizhou because it had the same pronunciation as Hezhou in Hedong. Houliang was restored to Yizhou.

In 1113, Yizhou was changed to Cizhou.

In the Yuan Dynasty, all prefectures and counties were abolished.

Ming Hongwu first year (1368), the restoration of Cizhou, Guangping house. The next year, it belonged to Zhangde Prefecture of Henan Province (Anyang of Henan Province), leading Wu'an and Shexian counties.

In July 1725, the governor of Henan Province, Tian Wenjing, requested that Cizhou of Henan Province be replaced by Neihuang, xunxian and Huaxian of Zhili Province to facilitate water transportation. Yongzheng four years (1726), because of "Yonghan struggle for water", return to Zhili Guangping house, no longer lead the county.

During the Qianlong period, seven counties, Linzhang, Shexian, Wu'an, Anyang, Neihuang, Tangyin, Linxian (now Linzhou city), were under the jurisdiction of Zhangde prefecture (Anyang City, Henan Province).

In the second year of the Republic of China (1913), Cizhou was reduced to Cixian, belonging to the Southern Hebei road of Zhili Province. The third year of the Republic of China (1915) belongs to damingdao. In 1941, Tao was abolished. In 1938, Cixian Anti Japanese democratic government was under the Taihang five special office of Shanxi Hebei Shandong Henan border region. In 1942, Ciwu county was formed with parts of Wu'an county and Handan county.

In 1945, Cixian county was liberated and restored to its original system. It belongs to the sixth special office. The county government is located in Pengcheng, jinfengfeng mining area. After 1946, the calendar belonged to three, five and six special districts of Taihang district. In 1948, it belonged to the sixth special administrative region of North China.

In November 1958, Linzhang and Cheng'an counties were merged into Cixian. In May 1960, Handan district was abolished, and Ci County belonged to Handan city. In 1961, it returned to Handan. In 1970, the special district was changed into a district, and Cixian belongs to Handan district. In July 1993, the city merged into Handan city. On September 30, 2016, Gaoyu Town, Guanglu Town, xinzhuangying Township, huaguanying Township and Taicheng township of Ci County were put under the jurisdiction of Hanshan District of Handan city; Lintan town and Nancheng township of Ci County were put under the jurisdiction of Fuxing District of Handan city; Nanyan Town, xiaoxibao Township and yaozhai township of Yongnian County were put under the jurisdiction of Congtai District of Handan city.

administrative division

In 2019, Cixian County governs 6 towns and 5 townships, including Cizhou Town, Jiangwu Town, Yuecheng Town, Guantai Town, Baitu Town, Huangsha Town, lucunying Township, shicunying Township, taoquan Township, dudang Township and beijiabi township.

geographical environment

Location context

Cixian is the South Gate of Hebei Province, with Taihang in the west, Guzhao in the north, Yecheng in the East and Yinxu in the south. It is located in the hinterland of the Central Plains and is the thoroughfare of Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong and Henan provinces.

landforms

In the east of Cixian County, the altitude is lower than 200 meters, and in some places, it is even lower than 100 meters, which is plain terrain; in the middle, the altitude is 200 meters to 500 meters from Yuecheng Reservoir to the west, which is undulating and gentle mountain; in the west, the altitude is more than 800 meters from Jiabi to the west, and in some places, it is higher than 1500 meters, which is Taihang Mountain.

climate

Cixian belongs to temperate continental monsoon climate. In winter, affected by the northerly wind from the high latitude inland, polar continental air mass, cold and dry polar ocean air mass or subtropical ocean air mass prevail, East and southeast wind prevail, warm and rainy, and the rain is hot in the same season. The annual precipitation is 500 ~ 600mm. It is hot and rainy in summer and cold and dry in winter. With the increase of latitude, the range of temperature in winter and summer increases correspondingly, while the precipitation decreases gradually.

natural resources

land resource

In 2013, Cixian county has 700000 mu of cultivated land, 240000 mu of Yilin mountain farm and 50000 mu of freshwater aquaculture area. It is a grain gathering and agricultural development county in Hebei Province.

mineral resources

In 2013, Cixian has more than 20 kinds of mineral resources, such as bituminous coal, limestone, refractory clay, clay, red sand, bentonite, shangshuishi, etc.

water resource

In 2013, Zhanghe River, Fuyang River and mangniu River passed through Cixian, and Yuefeng canal and Minyou canal were densely distributed; There are abundant water resources, including 1.6 billion cubic meters in Cixian, 1.922 billion cubic meters in Zhanghe, 412 million cubic meters in Fuyang and 1.22 billion cubic meters in Funiu; Dongwushi reservoir is a medium-sized reservoir, only 4km away from the county seat, with a total storage capacity of 152 million cubic meters and a total groundwater recharge of 72.63 million cubic meters.

Economic overview

comprehensive

In 2013, the GDP of Cixian County reached 24 billion yuan, an increase of 8.5%; the total fiscal revenue reached 2.5 billion yuan, and the public budget revenue reached 1.5 billion yuan; the total investment in fixed assets reached 19.38 billion yuan, an increase of 18%; the added value of industries above Designated Size reached 5.8 billion yuan, an increase of 14%; the total retail sales of consumer goods reached 7.3 billion yuan, an increase of 11.2%; and the income of urban and rural residents reached 20422 yuan respectively , 10780 yuan, an increase of 10% and 12%.

Agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery

In 2008, the county's total output value of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery reached 2.3 billion yuan, and the per capita net income of farmers was 5600 yuan. The annual grain planting area reached 58000 hectares, with a total output of 310000 tons. The output of meat, eggs and milk reached 40000 tons, 64000 tons and 13000 tons respectively, and the output of aquatic products was 30000 tons. There are about 300000 pigs in Cixian every year. In 2013, there were 706000 mu of arable land, 240000 mu of Yilin mountain farm and 50000 mu of freshwater aquaculture. The resources of fishery, forestry and animal husbandry were unique. The main agricultural and sideline products were wheat, rice, corn, cotton, various pollution-free vegetables and coarse cereals. The dried fruits were pepper, persimmon and walnut. The aquatic products were carp, silver carp, African crucian carp, silver carp and soft shelled turtle It is a national commodity grain base county and lean pig breeding base county.

Industry

In 2008, Cixian integrated industrial enterprises achieved an output value of 7.5 billion yuan, an added value of 2.54 billion yuan and a profit of 1.47 billion yuan. It has formed eight pillar industries, including coal, foundry, chemical industry, ceramics, medicine, children's clothing, brewing, and agricultural and sideline products processing. The main products are raw coal, coke, cement, refractory, civil explosives, labor protection supplies, furfural, cyanuric acid, transmission parts, titanium dioxide, Baijiu, non stick pot. Furfural, furfuryl alcohol, transmission parts, non stick pots and other products are exported to more than ten countries and regions such as Germany, the United States, Japan and South Korea, with an annual export of 22.37 million US dollars. Cixian has obvious industrial advantages. Among them, coal chemical industry, equipment manufacturing industry, clothing industry and labor insurance industry are developing rapidly. Children's wear industry has a history of more than 20 years, with more than 200 merchants and more than 200000 children's wear pieces per day. There are more than 50000 employees in the county's garment industry, with an annual output value of more than 1 billion yuan, which is exported to Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Southeast Asia and other places. In 2013, there were 60 enterprises above Designated Size in Cixian County, including 17 state-owned and state holding enterprises and 43 private enterprises.

social undertakings

education

In 2009, there were 229 schools in Cixian County, including 3 senior high schools, 1 secondary vocational and technical school, 198 primary schools, 25 junior middle schools and 1 special school.

public health

In 2007, there were 28 subordinate medical and health units in Cixian County, including 8 County medical and health units, 5 central health centers and 15 township (town) health centers. They are: County Hospital, hospital of traditional Chinese medicine, Institute of cancer prevention and control, Center for Disease Control and prevention, maternal and child health care center, health supervision institute, health school, Baitu Hospital; Cizhou Central Health Center, Yuecheng Central Health Center, Gaoyu Central Health Center, Lintan Central Health Center, Baitu Central Health Center; Cizhou Zhenlai village health center, xiguyi Township Health Center, lucunying township health center Jiangwucheng Township Health Center, shicunying Township Health Center, Guantai Township Health Center, Guanglu Township Health Center, xinzhuangying Township Health Center, huaguanying Township Health Center, Nancheng Township Health Center, Taicheng Township Health Center, beijiabi Township Health Center, taoquan Township Health Center, dudang Township Health Center, Huangsha township health center

Cultural undertakings

In 2011, Cixian county carried out activities such as the collection of original literary and artistic works, calligraphy, painting and photography, successively created more than 100 pieces of sketches, crosstalk, songs and other works, collected more than 300 pieces of calligraphy, painting and photography works, and held "art works exhibition of calligraphy, painting and photography" in Cizhouyao Museum and Gulou respectively.

In 2011, the first party branch of the Communist Party of China in the South and Jia Bi's Anti Japanese democratic government in Cixian county produced the audio-visual education propaganda film "start a prairie fire".

Scissors used in rural areas (communities) of Cixian County in 2011

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