Shanggang Town, Jianhu County, Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province

Shanggang town

Shanggang town is a national key town, a key town in Jiangsu Province, a hundred famous towns in Jiangsu Province, a civilized town in Jiangsu Province and a pilot demonstration town of urban and rural coordinated development in Yancheng City. It is known as "the thoroughfare of four counties, the throat of Yanfu and the east gate of Jianhu". Yancheng city is adjacent to Yancheng airport in the south. National Highway 204 runs from north to south. Ningjing Yancheng expressway, coastal (Shenhai) Expressway, Xinchang railway, Yanhuai provincial road, Tongyu River and Huangsha port crisscross. The transportation of "water, land, air and rail" is developed. In 2010, the county implemented the zoning adjustment, and the original Gangdong town and caoyankou town were divided into Shanggang town. The total area of the town is 231.27 square kilometers (2017), with 10 communities and 35 administrative villages under its jurisdiction, a population of 151193 (2017), and a permanent resident population of 70000.

For four consecutive years, it has won the city's urban and rural development pilot, key town construction and efficient agricultural development advanced award. For three consecutive years, it has won the county's target task performance evaluation comprehensive award. It has accumulated 16 places in the key town comprehensive ranking for three years, and has been ranked among the civilized towns in Jiangsu for eight consecutive years. In October 2019, Shanggang town was selected as one of the "Top 1000 towns with comprehensive strength in China in 2019".

The origin of place names

Shanggang town is named because it is located at the highest point of Donggang, an ancient coastal sand dune site. The Shanggang area was close to the Yellow Sea in ancient times. In the Qin and Han Dynasties, salt fishing had been promoted. At the beginning of Ming Dynasty, Xinanjiang salt market had the advantage of setting up convenient storehouses to collect salt, which led to the prosperity of market trade. In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the salt law was reformed, and the policies of people system, business income, business transportation and business marketing were implemented. Huizhou merchants set up walls to collect salt in the town. Xin'anjiang merchants used the relationship of salt merchants to run shops in the town and prospered in Shanggang. The name of Shanggang town can be found in Yancheng county annals compiled in Wanli period of Ming Dynasty. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the coast retreated eastward, the brine gradually disappeared, salt stoves moved eastward one after another, outside the Fangong dyke, and Yuan merchants also occupied the lush and grassy beaches to set up commercial stoves and monopolized salt production. Dixi abandoned kitchen, after a long period of people cool alkali each green, suitable for rice and wheat.

Historical allusions

"Eight stories" of Shanggang

First hospital: Taishan hospital

Second Pavilion: Kuixing Pavilion and Guanyin Pavilion

Three nunneries: Liudu nunnery, Guanyin nunnery and Yaoshi nunnery

Three halls: Xin'an guild hall, Jingjiang guild hall and Yin guild hall

Four halls: Yuying hall, Jesus hall, Puxian hall and Zixing hall

Five Temples: Confucian temple, Wu Temple, Dawang temple, Dutian temple and Longwang temple

Five bridges: Yongan bridge, Yongli bridge, turtle shell bridge, Xiaohong bridge and Xiaozhuan bridge

Six walls: xinxingchang office wall, Shiguan yamen wall, Longwangmiao wall, Wang's wall, Hongxin egg factory wall, Wu Heng wall and Huaxing wall

Seven: Expo, big exposure, small exposure, Tang family, Yu family, grassland and Confucian temple

Eight streets: Jiaotou street, leishikou street, East Street, South Street, West Street, Beiba street, central street and North Street

General situation

Shanggang Town, located in the hinterland of Yanfu, is one of the 100 famous towns in Jiangsu Province and one of the first pilot demonstration towns in Yancheng City.

With a long history, salt industry flourished in Qin and Han Dynasties. Fangongdi runs through the north and south, with a gathering of talents, prosperous commerce and business, and a strong entrepreneurial atmosphere. It is known as "the thoroughfare of four counties, the throat of Yanfu" and "a millennium ancient town". In 2013, it was named Wenming town in Jiangsu Province.

In 2008, Shanggang Industrial Park was established, which was rated as Jiangsu Province small and medium-sized enterprise entrepreneurship demonstration base, and Shanggang modern agricultural park was recognized as municipal agricultural industrial park.

Historical evolution

Shanggang is a historical ancient town. As early as the Qin and Han Dynasties, its ancestors settled here, and it became a market town in the middle of Ming Dynasty. Since the Ming Dynasty, Shanggang has seen a prosperous scene of "the exchange of merchant ships and the abundance of goods".

Shanggang old North and south two Haikou, is located in the center. One thousand households in Yancheng of Ming Dynasty set up shagouhaikou village to prepare for Japanese pirates in the east of datuankou. In 1732, the inspection department was set up in the town to maintain public order.

In 1765, xinxingchang government office moved to Shanggang to take charge of government affairs, which became the political, economic and cultural center of Yanfu.

In the first year of the Republic of China (1912), Shanggang was the largest cotton distribution center in Yancheng.

Shanggang town is one of the former administrative offices of Shanggang city and 14 districts in Yancheng county. During the Agrarian Revolutionary War, the grass-roots organizations of the Communist Party of China had been established in Shanggang area.

It was established in 1951. The town now governs 15 administrative villages and 8 neighborhood committees, with a total area of 231.27 square kilometers (2017), a permanent population of 151193 (2017), a built-up area of 4.5 square kilometers, and a permanent population of 41000.

Area and population

At the end of 2010, the county zoning was adjusted. The former Shanggang Town, Gangdong town and caoyankou town were merged into the new Shanggang Town, and the former Gangdong town and caoyankou town were adjusted into communities respectively, forming a spatial layout of "one town and two districts". At present, the town has 10 communities and 35 administrative villages with a total area of 231.27 square kilometers (2017) and a permanent population of 151193 (2017). The built-up area of small cities has reached 6 square kilometers and a permanent population of 62000.

Celebrities and places of interest

Shanggang is a place full of people and culture, especially in modern times, with rapid economic and cultural development. Nansha primary school Tang, founded in 1903, is the predecessor of Shanggang primary school. It is a famous primary school in central and Northern Jiangsu, which has made great contribution to the development of local culture and education.

There are also public schools such as Shanggang middle school, Shanggang women's primary school, taishanyuan primary school, Confucian Temple Primary School and Sanguandian primary school. A large number of students from these schools have been admitted to colleges and universities. Some of them have gone abroad to get higher degrees after graduation,

For example, Mr. Wang Bojun graduated from Nanyang University in his early years and became a master of Oxford University; Mr. Chen Zonghao obtained a doctor of law in Germany; Mr. Chen Zhongfan is a contemporary educator in China. They all attended Shanggang primary school when they were young.

Professor Chen Zhongfan graduated from Peking University in 1917. He has been teaching for more than 60 years in more than 10 colleges and universities in China. He teaches all over the country and enjoys a high reputation in the educational circles at home and abroad.

folk culture

The ancient and long history of Shanggang is not only reflected in the developed education, prosperous economy, smooth trade and other aspects, but also in the prevailing "meeting" trend, which is also a peculiar historical phenomenon rarely seen in other places. As early as the late Ming Dynasty and the early Qing Dynasty, the temple fairs, God greeting contests, Yulan fairs, spring and Autumn Festival fairs and trade fairs in Shanggang were not only well-known in the north and south of the country, but also among the people living abroad. From one side, it reflects Shanggang people's strong love for their hometown and colorful cultural life.

In the middle of Qing Dynasty, Shanggang paid attention to building temples. There are Confucian temple, Wu Temple and Taishan courtyard.

Shanggang Confucian Temple

It is also called Confucius Temple (offering sacrifices to Confucius), the most famous Confucian temple. Its main buildings include Dacheng hall, Kuixing building, Wenchang palace, dongxixiang, Lingxing gate, etc. the main buildings of Taishan courtyard include Tianwang hall, Luohan hall, God of wealth hall, and Sutra collection building;

Shanggang Temple

Also known as Guandi Temple (offering sacrifices to Guan Gong), it was built in 1558 (Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty). Temples have distinctive national characteristics and unique style, usually palace style. The temple site attaches great importance to geomantic omen, and is often located in a place with deep forest, riverside and elegant environment. The main building of Wu Temple is related to Yue Wang hall, and the auxiliary buildings are east hall, West Hall, guest hall, Abbot's room, middle hall, front hall, East and west chamber, Mountain Gate, etc.

Temple fair activities

Each temple building is magnificent and fragrant, which leads to various temple fairs. There are more than 10 temple fairs, such as Dongyue Temple, Liudu temple, Taishan courtyard, God of wealth hall, guanjian temple and Guanyin Pavilion, which hold "pilgrimage" respectively. At the same time, there are also Puxian hall, Zixing hall and other "Li Jiao" meetings to stop smoking and drinking; Wen and Wu temples have two spring and autumn festivals; Wen and Wu temples were founded in the late Qing Dynasty and destroyed during the Anti Japanese war. In the drought years, the Dragon King Temple held a Dragon King meeting, playing Dragon Dance and cutting the drought to "pray for rain"; in the harvest years, it held a peace meeting There is a continuous meeting period throughout the year. Pilgrims and tourists come in an endless stream during the fragrant season.

In response to the various temple fairs, there are also the spectacular God greeting competition, the bustling Yulan Festival and the various trade fairs. Such activities, on the one hand, enriched people's cultural life, developed trade and prospered economy; on the other hand, they also had a deep superstition color, which provided a carrier for the feudal ruling class to fool the people and caused a waste of financial resources.

In the spring and summer of 1938, the Japanese invaders occupied Shanggang. All the exhibits of temple fairs, trade fairs, God greeting contests, and Yulan victory fairs, as well as the ancient apricot trees planted before Qianlong of Qing Dynasty, the color picture screen of the romance of the Three Kingdoms, the ancient paintings of celebrities, Yu Ruyi and other precious antiques, were destroyed by the Japanese invaders.

Local products

Song Lou fireworks

Songlou fireworks factory's black medicine zhongzibian and Shibo magic bullet have won the title of high quality products of the Ministry of agriculture, animal husbandry and fishery.

Shanggang sauce and vinegar

Huanghai brand Sanfu soy sauce produced by Shanggang soy sauce and vinegar factory won the prize at Panama International Exposition in 1915 and was exported to Europe, America and Southeast Asia.

Shanggang grass oven cake

The well-known Shanggang grass oven cake has a long history of exquisite workmanship. It is soft as cotton, sweet but not greasy. It is a good gift for relatives and friends.

A long time ago, a popular local dish appeared in the streets of Shanggang, Jianhu. It can be eaten as a snack or as a dinner. It is simple to make and delicious. It is the grass oven cake chicken soup, hidden in the folk classic food.

It is said that the history of straw oven cake can be traced back to Ad 5, with a long history and culture. Straw oven cake is also named for its production with reed grass and sand jar furnace. The stove of straw cake

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