Bancheng Town, Sihong County, Suqian City, Jiangsu Province

Half town

Bancheng Town, a key town in Jiangsu Province, is located in Sihong County, Jiangsu Province. Bancheng town is a civilized ancient town with a history of more than 2000 years. Bancheng town is one of the first batch of well-off towns, civilized towns and top ten towns in Suqian City. Bancheng is adjacent to Hongze Lake, with a long history, many historic sites and cultural landscapes, and outstanding tourism resources. Bancheng town is a combination of ancient and modern revolutionary traditions, and integrates the beautiful scenery and unique resources of Hongze Lake.

In December 2019, semi towns were selected as "civilized towns of Jiangsu Province in 2016-2018". On July 2, 2020, the people's Government of Jiangsu Province decided to abolish Bancheng town and Chenwei Township and establish a new Bancheng town.

General situation

Bancheng Town, Sihong County, Suqian City, Jiangsu Province, is a civilized ancient town with a history of more than 2000 years. In the spring and Autumn period, King Xu Yan of the state of Xu built his capital here, which was called Xucheng in ancient times. In the northern and Southern Dynasties, Bancheng town was set up, which was called Bancheng because there were still a few ancient walls of Xu. Bancheng is located on the West Bank of Hongze Lake, one of the five freshwater lakes, in the southeast of Sihong County, 24 kilometers away from the county. It is one of the first batch of well-off towns, civilized towns and top ten towns in Suqian City.

Bancheng town is located on the West Bank of Hongze Lake and southeast of Sihong County, 24 kilometers away from the county. It is adjacent to Chenwei in the West and south, sun yuan in the north and Hongze Lake in the East. Provincial highway 330 and highway around the lake run through the whole town.

Bancheng, known as Xucheng in ancient times, is the birthplace of Chinese Xu culture and surname. During the reign of King Yu of Xia Dynasty, Boyi was granted the title of Xu because he helped Dayu to control the flood. Bancheng was the capital of ancient Xu state. In the sixth year of Yuanshou (117 BC), Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty set up linhuai county. Half of the city was governed by the county. In the Three Kingdoms period, it was Gaoping County. In the northern and Southern Dynasties, it was called Bancheng because there were still a few ancient Xu City Walls. Later Zhou Dynasty, Sui and Tang Dynasty, Xucheng county. In the third year of Jingde (1006), linhuai county government moved to xuchengyi. After that, the Southern Song Dynasty, Jin Dynasty, Yuan Dynasty, Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty passed. Bancheng area was the hinterland of Sizhou. In the 42nd year of Qianlong reign, Dihong returned to Si, and once established a state and was in Bancheng. During the Anti Japanese War, Bancheng became the location of the Anti Japanese leading organs in the Huaibei Jiangsu Anhui border region. In September 1944, Peng Xuefeng, commander of the fourth division of the New Fourth Army, unfortunately died in his country. In October, the city was changed into Xuefeng. In 1949, Xuefeng district was established. The district office is located in Bancheng, which governs 13 townships, including Xuefeng, linhuai, Chenwei, zhangdun, Zhangtang, Chengtou, sunyuan, LiMiao, Yangjing, cuiji, Yulong, Xinji and xutai. In April 1956, Hongze County was newly built, and the half city was assigned to Hongze. Xuefeng people's commune was established on October 30, 1958, and the half city commune was restored in 1966 according to the relevant provisions of the state. In 1983, it was changed to semi urban and rural areas, and in October 1985, it was removed from rural areas to build towns. At the end of the year, with the approval of the provincial government, half of the city was transferred from Hongze County to Sihong County.

The town has a total area of 83 square kilometers, of which the water area of Hongze Lake accounts for 60 square kilometers, the town area is 2.09 square kilometers, and the arable land is 779.93 hectares. Since the reform and opening up, semi cities and towns have taken the lead in the development of aquaculture and tourism by taking advantage of the advantages of being close to the lake, and have made great achievements. They have become the first batch of well-off towns in Suqian and become well-known aquatic and tourism towns. Today's semi town governs 7 administrative villages, 1 neighborhood committee and 1 group aquaculture development company, with a total population of 11239 (2017).

Geography and climate

Bancheng is located in the East Asian monsoon region and the transition region between the north subtropical zone and the North warm temperate zone, with distinct monsoon, four distinct seasons, mild climate and sufficient light. The average annual temperature is 14.3 degrees, the average annual precipitation is 893.9mm, the average annual sunshine hours is 2356.4 hours, the frost free period is 213 days, the snowfall day is 9.2 days, and the average annual wind speed is 3.7m/s. The air is clean and pollution-free. The half town is high in the West and low in the East, with hills, hills and lakes. The south is flat, the middle and the north are hilly, and the west of the town is a lake depression terrain, which is the reclamation area after the founding of the people's Republic of China. The hills and slopes are mainly yellow soil, so it is suitable to plant tree and fruit crops. The lake depression is mainly composed of black petal soil and fluvo aquic soil with strong water permeability, which is suitable for rice growth.

Historical evolution

Bancheng town is the former site of the state of Xu in the spring and Autumn period. Ruomu of the Xia Dynasty was granted the title of Xu because of his father's work. In the early Zhou Dynasty, the clan surnamed Xu was relatively strong, forming a Fang state, which is called Xu Fang in historical books. Because they belonged to the Dongyi group together with the merchants, in the rebellion of the merchants after the extermination of the merchants in Zhou Dynasty, Xu, who had the surname of Ying, must have expressed great understanding and support even if he did not take part in the joint action. This is also the reason why he did not split the merchant clan after the extermination of the merchants in early Zhou Dynasty. However, with the strengthening and consolidation of Zhou power in the East, it will inevitably threaten Xu's interests and survival. As a result, more than one war broke out between Xu Fang and the Zhou Dynasty, and the result was win or lose. This is recorded in the relevant literature of the pre Qin and later dynasties. In the chapter of the book of rites, Tan Gong records the recollection of Rong Ju, a senior official of Xu state: "in the past, I was the king of Jun Ju, who sought help from the West and from the river." The object of the Western discussion must be the Zhou Dynasty. King Xu Ju may be the king of the state of Xu at the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty. The army has reached the Yellow River, which shows the strength of the army. Moreover, the king of the state of Xu was also called king, equal to the royal family of the Zhou Dynasty, which was naturally intolerable. When Boqin was in Lu, he went on and on. According to the Lu family in historical records, Bo Qin led his troops to attack him, made a Feishi, then pacified Xu Rong and settled Lu "The book of songs · kaigong" has: "the contribution of marquis Lu Therefore, Xu's house was deserted. " Under the pressure of the Boan army, Xu had to move south to the Huaihe River Basin. Therefore, the state of Xu is also called Huaiyi and Xuyi. He was also called Xu Rong because of his repeated military campaigns. Since then, the state of Xu began to establish its capital in half the city. After Xu moved to the south, he still maintained a strong national strength. On the one hand, he stabilized the surrounding situation and crusaded against the countries that were inconsistent with him, including Shu or other tribes with the same surname. On the other hand, he actively prepared for war. During the reign of King Mu of Zhou Dynasty, it was handed down to Xu Junyan, the 32nd grandson. At that time, the state of Xu was already very powerful, so Xu Junyan wanted to take the tour of King Mu to be called the emperor of Zhou Dynasty. He called himself king Xu Yan and led the Allied forces to attack Zhou. When King Mu got the news, he drove to Kyoto day and night in a car driven by his father Zao. He dispatched troops to suppress the attack and plotted with Chu lianmou to defeat Xu. Xu could not bear to fight against his people. King Yan abandoned his country and went north to the foot of Wuyuan mountain in Pengcheng. The people followed him and there were more than ten thousand families. When King Yan died, people named his mountain as Xushan, and chiseled stones as their rooms to worship King Yan. Since then, the capital of Xuzhou moved to Xuzhou. In 512 B.C., Wu sent a large army to attack Xu and build a water diversion system to irrigate the capital of Xu. In Chengpo, Zhang Yu (also known as Zhang Yu), the 11th grandson of King Xu Yan, "broke his hair and took his wife" to the state of Chu. The state of Chu settled him in Yi (Chengfu Ji, 40 Li southeast of Bo County in Hui'an today). The state of Xu was officially destroyed. Xuefeng town was established in 1949, and it was assigned to Hongze County in 1956. It was renamed Bancheng commune in 1964, changed to township in 1983, and established in 1985. In the same year, he returned to Sihong County. In 1996, it covers an area of 24.7 square kilometers and has a population of 15000. It has jurisdiction over 11 administrative villages and Bancheng neighborhood committees in xuenan, XueBei, Tangzhuang, Daxinzhuang, wulizhuang, qianwa, Hong'an, Mudun, Xinjian, Suihe and anhekou. In 2003, it had jurisdiction over three neighborhood committees, namely Bancheng, XueBei and xuenan, and five administrative villages, namely Tangzhuang, qianwa, Hong'an, Mudun island and anhekou. The former Chenghe township is located in the east of Sihong County, on the West Bank of Hongze Lake, 42 kilometers away from the county seat. In 1956, it was assigned to Hongze County. In August 1957, the three townships of Xiaohe, Chenghe and taikou merged into Chenghe township. In 1958, Shunhe Township and Chenghe Township were merged into Honghu commune, and soon renamed Shunhe commune. In 1961, they were divided into Shunhe commune and Chenghe commune. In 1972, Chenghe commune was abolished. Five brigades including Ledong, Xiaohe, Taiguang, shangzui and Lixin were included in laozishan commune, while Hongxiang and Dongfeng were included in Shunhe commune. In 1975, it was restored to Chenghe commune. It was changed into Hexiang in 1983 and returned to Sihong County in 1985. In 1996, it covers an area of 11 square kilometers and has a population of 9000. It governs 8 administrative villages, namely shangzui, dongzui, Taiguang, Xiaohe, Chenghe, Ledong, Hongwei and Daxing. In 2000, Chenghe township was abolished, Chenghe village, Hongcheng village and Daxing village were put under the jurisdiction of Bancheng Town, and shangzui village, dongzui village, Taiguang village, Xiaohe village and Ledong village were put under the jurisdiction of Longji town.

On July 2, 2020, the people's Government of Jiangsu Province decided to abolish Bancheng town and Chenwei Township and establish a new Bancheng town. The former Bancheng town and Chenwei Township, as well as the Bancheng branch and malanghu branch of Chenwei forest farm are the administrative areas of Bancheng town. The town people's government is located in Bancheng neighborhood committee, and the office address is the office building of Xuezu Road Cultural Center.

Main specialties

Enrich aquatic products

Half town area of 83 square kilometers, including Hongze Lake water area of more than 60 square kilometers, rich in aquatic resources, for the National Aquatic Town, aquatic products annual output of 10000 tons, the main aquatic products are: pollution-free Hongze Lake hairy crab, silver carp, lobster, river clam, wild turtle, crucian carp and aquatic plants Euryale ferox, lotus seed, Cigu, etc. Hongze Lake under the jurisdiction of the shoal waters, a vast area, rich in aquatic animals and plants resources, the main characteristics of aquatic products are Hongze Lake hairy crabs, a big shell hard, green color, yellow plump, delicious, for export of the best products; silver carp, white meat tender, known as small silver bar; green shrimp, shell green, a big meat fresh; turtle commonly known as old turtle, fine meat, delicious, and can be used as medicine. Euryale ferox, commonly known as chicken head rice, can strengthen the spleen, nourish yin and kidney, but also can cook, delicious and mellow. Lotus seeds can be cooked in soup. It is a good tonic. It was once a tribute to Beijing.

Unique local products

Semi urban land

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