Tangqi Town, Yuhang District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province

Tangqi town

Tangqi town is located in the north of Hangzhou City, bordering Deqing County of Huzhou City. It is about 20 kilometers away from the center of the city and 13 kilometers away from Linping, the seat of the district government. The famous Beijing Hangzhou Grand Canal passes through the town, making it an important waterway of Suzhou, Shanghai, Jiaxing and lake. Tangqi has been the water gateway of Hangzhou City in all dynasties.

Tangqi is located in the southern end of Hangjiahu Plain. It is an important town in Northern Zhejiang, a famous town in Jiangnan, and a vice center of Linping, Hangzhou. Tangqi has very convenient water and land transportation. Zhejiang S13 Shenjia Huhang Expressway passes through the town. Zhejiang Provincial Highway S304 and Beijing Hangzhou canal run through the town from east to west. The extension of Tangkang highway, gongkang road and Shengli Road (the connecting line of S304 provincial highway G320 National Road) leads directly to Hangzhou, which is 15 kilometers away from the main urban area of Hangzhou. The water bus goes directly to Wulin gate. It has jurisdiction over 27 villages, 7 communities, 122686 people (in 2017), with a total area of 54.26 square kilometers (in 2017). It is known as "the land of fish and rice, the land of flowers and fruits, the land of silk and the land of loquat".

On October 9, 2019, the Department of culture and tourism of Zhejiang Province issued a notice of criticism to Tangqi ancient town, and the rectification period was two months.

In January 2020, Tangqi town was selected into the list of beautiful town construction models in Zhejiang Province in 2020.

Historical evolution

Tangqi has a long history. It was built in the Northern Song Dynasty. Since the Yuan Dynasty, merchants gathered and became a big town. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Tangqi was the first of the "ten famous towns in the south of the Yangtze River". Tangqi has a profound cultural heritage, with a large number of literati and scholarly tradition; Tangqi has a large number of cultural heritage, including Guangji Changqiao, GuoPu Gujing, Qianlong imperial stele, Qixi jiangshe stele, Taishi Dilong and Shuinan temple Silently recount to people the elegant demeanor of that year;

Tangqi, outstanding people, abundant products, loquat is famous all over the world, silk fragrance overseas, is a tribute since ancient times. Tangqi is not only an ancient town, but also a new city. Although it has lost the style of "thirty six bridges" and "Seventy two and a half lanes" after years of vicissitudes, its soul and roots are still there, and it is full of vigor and vitality.

In the economic tide, she is still in the forefront of Yuhang District. It has successively won the honorary titles of Top 1000 towns in China, civilized town in Zhejiang Province, top 100 towns with comprehensive strength in Zhejiang Province, top 10 famous historical and cultural towns in Zhejiang Province, health town in Zhejiang Province, top 10 towns with economic development in Hangzhou City, top modern landmark town in Hangzhou City, and hometown of national loquat origin and geographical protection. By the end of 2010, it has become one of the 27 pilot towns of small city cultivation in Zhejiang Province.

Traffic information

Take bus 432, 342, 350, 341, 319, 480, 487, 786, 771, 790, 792, 793, 799, 794, 787 to Tangqi station.

geographical position

In the southeast of the town, there are super mountains and peaks, known as "Ten Mile plum blossom and snow sea". It is one of the three major plum exploration resorts in the south of the Yangtze River. It forms a charming landscape with the rippling Dingshan lake. The town governs 18 villages and 7 communities, with a total area of 54.26 square kilometers (2017) and a total population of 122686 (2017). The town has 41921 mu of arable land, 6290 mu of fish pond, 5870 mu of mulberry land, 10492 mu of fruit land, 5743 mu of mountain forest and 404 mu of tea land.

Historical evolution

According to the existing historical records, as early as before the Northern Song Dynasty, Tangqi was just a small fishing village, where fishermen scattered in twos and threes, drying nets and resting. It was not until Zhang Shicheng widened the Guantang canal in the Yuan Dynasty that the town began to take shape. In the Hongzhi period of Ming Dynasty, the construction of Guangji Bridge connected the two sides of the town, which gradually formed a market town with a certain scale. There is such a record in Guangxu's tangqizhi: "after the Yuan Dynasty, the river opened, the bridge built and the city gathered." He also said: "the Tang Dynasty is the place where the official road comes from, and the sails are woven. Those who come from Hangzhou have little rest here. Those who come from Jiaxiu also stay here. The land and water are converging. There are many businesses on both sides of the river, and there are many shops on both sides of the river." Thus, it is the beautiful Beijing Hangzhou Grand Canal that nurtures Tangqi.

Tangqi was called Tangqi in the old time, and it has many other names. Most of these other names are scattered in the poems and poems about calligraphy and painting left by literati. There are such names as Qishui, Qixi, Xixi, wudian and Wushui, among which Qishui and Qixi are the most common. There are different opinions about the origin of Tangqi town. The theory of "living in a pond" is widely accepted. This theory was first found in the book of Qi Tu Feng Tu Ji written by Hu xuanjing in Ming Dynasty. Hu xuanjing said: at the beginning of the Republic of China, the canal was opened, and the pond bank was built. The residents gathered for the first time and lived in the pond. It was named Tangqi. This theory is very convincing and widely accepted by many researchers and scholars.

But in addition, the origin of the town's name can be traced in the following three aspects: first, the theory of "Temple". According to Tang Qizhi written by Wang Tong of the Qing Dynasty, Tangqi temple was the earliest in the name of Tang Qizhi. In the Song Dynasty, there was Tangqi temple in the west of Xiatang, so its town was named after the temple. The town's name is obvious, but the temple's name is slightly changed. So those who live here know that there is Tangqi Town, but they don't know that there is Tangqi temple;

One is the theory of "Seclusion". In the textual research of Tang Qi in Zhuo's family ride, it is said that the Tang hermits lived in the Tang Dynasty The hermit surnamed Tang mingjue was born in the late Song Dynasty and the early Yuan Dynasty. He lived next to the six tombs of the Song Dynasty in the Canggong palace in Shaoxing. He hated Yang lianzhenjia, a monk of the Yuan Dynasty, for stealing the six tombs and abandoning the remains of the emperor. At night, he invited a strong man in the countryside to move the remains of the six emperors near Lanting. Later, in order to avoid his disaster, he lived anonymously in Sanfen village of Tangqi. People respected his righteous deeds, so he named his residence Tangqi Zhang zhinai said in the textual research on the evolution of Tangqi in ancient and modern times: Tangqi is located in the west of Guantang, so there are poems about Tangxi in Fanyu lake of Song Dynasty, and Su Shi's poem "when you go back to Tangxi in Ming Dynasty, you can't see the place where yingci and flowers fall".

Tangqi town was rich in Ming and Qing Dynasties, and ranked first among the top ten famous towns in Jiangnan. Tangqi was originally under the jurisdiction of Renhe county. After the Republic of China, hang county was established, and Tangqi was under the jurisdiction of Hang county. Before liberation, Tangqi was divided into two towns, Shuinan and Shuibei. Shuinan was under the jurisdiction of Hang County, and Shuibei was under the jurisdiction of Deqing County. In May 1950, three villages in Shuangxi Township, Chengguan District, Deqing County, namely Shuiyuan North Town, were put under the jurisdiction of Tangqi Town, ending the situation of dividing the two sides of the Strait. In 1958, the organizational system of Hang county was abolished, and Tangqi belonged to the suburb of Hangzhou, which was called Tangqi management area of Tangqi people's commune of Hangzhou.

In March 1959, it was attached to the Banshan Association. The following year, Banshan and Gongshu associations merged into Qiantang Association, and Tangqi belonged to Qiantang Association. In April 1961, Qiantang Association and old Yuhang county jointly built Yuhang County, and Tangqi was subordinate to Yuhang county. Now, with the change of county system, it belongs to Yuhang District of Hangzhou city. In November 1985, due to the demolition of township and town in the county, the former DINGHE township was merged into the county

Tangqi

In 1992, the three townships of yuantangnan, hongpan and Chaoshan were merged into Tangqi. As a result, the region and population increased sharply, making it the second largest town in Yuhang District.

economic development

In 2006, the total industrial and agricultural output value of the town reached 13.096 billion yuan, the per capita income of farmers was 10636 yuan, and the total financial income was 295 million yuan. Tangqi has formed four advantageous industries, namely metal products, preserved fruit food, pesticide chemical industry and knitted apparel, as well as traditional industries, such as silk, clothing and building materials. Efforts have been made to cultivate new industries, such as auto parts, mechanical and electrical, electronics and packaging. Under the correct leadership of Yuhang District Party committee and Yuhang District government, Tangqi town Party committee and government take "Prospering canal water town culture and reviving Tangqi Millennium ancient town" as the overall development goal, seize the opportunity during the "Eleventh Five Year Plan" period, and build Tangqi into a "Hangzhou city" with water town culture as the background, modern industry as the pillar, characteristic agriculture as the basis, new rural construction as the opportunity, and "Hangzhou city" Venice "Tangqi water city" project construction as a breakthrough, business, human settlements, leisure, tourism as the highlight of the "group center".

Tangqi, located in the southern end of Hangjiahu Plain, is an important town in Northern Zhejiang, a famous town in Jiangnan, and one of the six major groups in Hangzhou. Tangqi water and air transportation is very convenient. Hangzhou Nanjing Expressway passes through the city. 09 provincial road and Beijing Hangzhou canal run through the town from east to west. Three main roads lead directly to Hangzhou, 10 kilometers away from the main city center of Hangzhou. It is the terminal of Hangzhou water bus. Now it has jurisdiction over 27 villages, 8 communities, 122686 people (in 2017), with a total area of 54.26 square kilometers (in 2017). It is known as "the land of fish and rice, the land of flowers and fruits, the land of silk and the land of loquat".

industrial development

Tangqi's modern industry started early in Zhejiang Province. In 1896, Pang Yuanji, a wealthy businessman in Nanxun, and Ding Bing, a wealthy businessman in Hangzhou, set up "Dalun silk factory" by Rihui bridge in the east of Tangqi town. This is one of the three earliest machine reeling factories in Zhejiang Province, which is the first of the national capital industry. Later, Xianglun (1925), Chongyu (1926), Hualun (1929) and other silk factories were established in the town, making this water town an important town of silk industry in the whole province.

In 1929, the Zhejiang provincial government held the West Lake Expo. Three silk factories in Tangqi were invited to participate in the Expo. They won the special prize and the first prize one after another. Their products were sold abroad.

In 1935, according to the investigation of the Construction Department of Zhejiang provincial government at that time, there were 29 mechanical reeling factories and 7598 mechanical reeling carts in the whole province, and Tangqi town accounted for 13.8% and 19.8% of the whole province respectively, becoming a famous mechanical reeling town in the whole province. However, apart from silk reeling, other industries in Tangqi developed slowly. Some oil factories, rice factories and wine factories appeared in the early Republic of China at best

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