Tianhuangping Town, Anji County, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province

Tianhuangping town

Tianhuangping town is located in the south of Anji County, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China. It borders Yuhang District in the East, Lin'an District in Hangzhou City in the south, Shangshu Township in the West and Lingfeng street in the north. It belongs to Xitiaoxi River Basin. Tianhuangping Pumped Storage Power Station, the first in Asia and the second in the world, and Dazhu sea, the location of bamboo scenery in the Oscar winning film Crouching Tiger, hidden dragon, are both located in Tianhuangping. The territory has beautiful ecological environment, beautiful mountains and rivers, and simple folk customs. State leaders Li Peng, Wen Jiabao, Wu Bangguo and song Pingping visited here first and later.

Geographic transportation

It is 86 kilometers from Huzhou City, 60 kilometers from Hangzhou and 200 kilometers from Shanghai. There are 04 provincial road, Linqing provincial road, Qingxiao line and other important transportation lines running through the city, so the transportation is very convenient.

administrative division

The town covers an area of 113.63 square kilometers (2017), with 12 administrative villages, 162 villager groups, 6298 households, 3 residential areas and a total population of 23292 (2017).

Economic overview

General economic situation

In 2004, the total output value of industry and agriculture in the town was 1.2-2.4 billion yuan, the financial revenue was 19.16 million yuan, and the per capita income of farmers was 6258 yuan.

Industrial economy

The town has basically formed a building materials, food, beverages, bamboo products, chemical, electric power, textile, clothing processing based industrial system. Among the industrial products, cement, beer, bamboo leaf flavonoids series, bamboo products and bamboo shoot products are the leading ones in Huzhou City. There are 48 patents in 45 large-scale industrial enterprises in the town, and a large number of enterprises are competing for brands, including two famous trademarks.

Agricultural economy

Tianhuangping town is a big forestry town with strong bamboo industry. The whole town has a mountain forest area of 96000 mu, with a forest coverage rate of more than 82%. Among them, the area of bamboo forest is 86000 mu, and the energy accumulation of Phyllostachys pubescens is 145 million branches, accounting for one sixth of the county. It is known as "the national Phyllostachys pubescens see Anji, Anji Phyllostachys pubescens see Tianhuangping". Bamboo industry is the pillar industry of the town's economic development, from cultivation to processing and sales. the cultivation level of bamboo forest is in the national priority, with five provincial, municipal, county and national scientific research demonstration bases, and the first modern forest park of Phyllostachys pubescens with village as the unit has been built here. The benefit agriculture of Tianhuangping is a new growth point of rural economy in the town. Agricultural by-products and local food are favored by urban people because of their pollution-free. Among them, the most distinctive ones are: alpine vegetables, famous white tea, hickory, Torreya grandis, dried bamboo shoots, winter whip bamboo shoots, mushroom fungus, wild vegetables, etc. White tea is a rare tea variety. Its mother tree grows at the northern foot of Tianmu Mountain in Tianhuangping town and on the top of a high mountain above 800 meters above sea level. Anji white tea won the gold medal of China International Tea Expo in 1999 and 2000. according to statistics, in 2010, the number of tourists exceeded 3.2 million, the tourism revenue reached 220 million yuan, the ticket revenue and the income of farmhouse entertainment reached 24 million yuan and 60 million yuan respectively.

Urban construction

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

Historical evolution

Tianhuangping Town, formerly known as Shanhe Township, was once known as Fuyu Township and Nanyu Township in history. With the development of economy and the investment and construction of Tianhuangping Pumped Storage Power Station, a national key project, in August 1992, with the approval of the provincial people's government, the township was removed to establish a town. Because the reservoir construction site of the pumped storage power station was historically known as Tianhuangping, the town was named Tianhuangping. In October of the same year, the township adjacent to baishuiwan township was removed and extended to Tianhuangping town.

Chronicle of honor

In 1983, the household contract responsibility system was fully implemented, and Shanhe commune was transformed into Shanhe township. In 1992, Tianhuangping Pumped Storage Power Station, a national key project, was invested and built in Tianhuangping, and Tianhuangping town was built in baishuiwan Township and Shanhe township. In 1993, Huzhou entered the ranks of "top ten towns" and was rated as one of the first batch of science and Technology Spark demonstration towns in Zhejiang Province. In 1994, it was awarded as the superior unit of urban construction management in Huzhou City. On November 29, 1996, Premier Li Peng and Vice Premier Wu Bangguo of the State Council visited Tianhuangping Pumped Storage Power Station and visited Anji bamboo garden; in December, they were listed as provincial scenic spots; all 12 administrative villages have reached the standard of well-off society, becoming the first batch of well-off towns in the province. In 1997, national leader Song Ping and his party inspected Tianhuangping, and provincial leaders such as Li Zemin and Liu Xirong visited Tianhuangping Pumped Storage Power Station many times. In September 1998, Longqing garden of the Millennium ancient temple was officially opened; the "light of Tianhuangping" Tourism Festival was successfully held; in December of the same year, it passed the acceptance of provincial education towns, and was listed as one of the "top ten towns in Huzhou City", and was rated as Huzhou high standard nine-year compulsory education standard town.

tourist resources

Tianhuangping is an important eco-tourism town in Anji. It has the unique environmental advantages of Tianhuangping scenic spot, a provincial scenic spot. There are three major scenic spots and more than 20 scenic spots in the scenic spot, among which the most distinctive ones are "amazing power station", "China's big bamboo sea", "Tibetan Dragon Waterfall" and "Lotus Mountain". It is a mountain scenic spot integrating mountaineering, summer vacation, camping and sightseeing. Tianhuangping town has formed a good situation of social participation in tourism. The climate with four distinct seasons creates the natural landscape of Tianhuangping.

Urban characteristics

A famous product Daxi white tea

White tea is a kind of rare tea in China. Its leaves are naturally milky white. The content of amino acids is more than twice that of ordinary green tea, and the content of tea polyphenols is less than half that of green tea. White tea was originally derived from other tea varieties. It has become a famous product at home and abroad. Its mutant parent "white tea king" is still firmly rooted in Daxi village, Tianhuangping town. It has become an important local tourist attraction. With the development of agriculture, white tea has been planted successfully in many places, including Daxi village. Due to its unique geographical environment, perennial clouds and abnormal climate, Daxi white tea has a unique quality, and its market price is more than 2000 yuan per catty, making it the best in the tea market.

Yucun, a famous village in Yifang, is located in the west of Tianhuangping town. It covers an area of 4.86 square kilometers and has a population of 1037. In 1998, the net output value of village industry and agriculture was 21.22 million yuan, and the per capita income of farmers was 5647 yuan. It has been repeatedly rated as an advanced unit at the city and county level. Yucun village is the location of Bamboo Sea Scenic Spot in Tianhuangping scenic spot. It has a long history, elegant environment, rich bamboo and mineral resources. Longqing temple, ancient ginkgo, karst cave group and vast bamboo sea constitute a unique natural landscape. Among them, the ancient ginkgo has a circumference of 8.2 meters and is known as the "king of Ginkgo in the south of the Yangtze River". In recent years, with the collective economy as the backing, the village has made great efforts to develop tourism. It has developed Longqing garden and other tourist attractions, and is committed to the construction of modern villages and towns, focusing on promoting the construction of a new socialist countryside.

A famous dish -- Alpine vegetables

Daxi village has been planting off-season Alpine vegetables since 1995 (planting time from June to September), covering an area of 43.2 mu. Tomato is the main variety, accounting for 97%. It was successfully planted in that year, with good economic benefits, so the planting area increased year by year. By 1998, the total planting area of the village was 355 mu, with a total output of 550 tons and an output value of 904800 yuan, an increase of 42%, 46.6% and 31.5% respectively over 1997. The varieties of tomato had developed from a single variety to multiple varieties, with a proportion of 47.6% for tomato, 24.8% for bean, 16% for pugua and 11.5% for cabbage. The products were exported to Shanghai, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Wenzhou and Yiwu.

Tianhuangping scenic spot

Tianhuangping scenic spot was listed as a provincial scenic spot on December 31, 1996. It is a mountain type scenic spot suitable for mountain climbing, summer vacation, camping and sightseeing. It is characterized by the breathtaking power station and the vast bamboo sea. There are two scenic spots in three areas: 12 scenic spots in Zhennan Canyon Scenic Spot, 2 scenic spots in zhenxiyu village scenic spot and 2 scenic spots in Zhenbei Lingfeng scenic spot. Two kilometers north of the town, the former political department of the New Fourth Army and kuchulin temporary ambulance station are two scenic spots. The area of the scenic spot is 2336 hectares, the protected area is 4128 hectares, and the total area is 6464 hectares. In November 1996, when Premier Li Peng inspected Tianhuangping, he inscribed "bamboo village in China". In 1998, he successfully held the "light of Tianhuangping" Tourism Festival. In order to speed up the construction of tourist towns, green, beautify and purify, build convenient and unimpeded service facilities such as "farmhouse entertainment" in Daxi mountain villa, and form a one-stop service of eating, living and traveling with pleasure, satisfaction and ease of eating. In 1818, Yao Sihou (1788-1865), an Hui merchant surnamed Yao, discovered an old house in Tianhuangping Town, Anji, Yaozhuang, Tongcheng, Anhui Province, which was a treasure land of geomantic omen, so he bought it. After several generations of development, Yao family has become one of the most important families in the local area. In 1945, the Jiangsu Zhejiang military region of the new fourth army fired the first shot in front of the Yao family compound, thus opening the prelude to the first, second and third anti stubborn campaign. During the three anti stubborn campaigns of the New Fourth Army, commander Su Yu and political commissar Tan Zhenlin lived in the compound. After the founding of new China, during the land reform, part of the buildings here were for local farmers to live in. Later, it has been used as the national grain depot. after the comprehensive development of the "Yao family compound" scenic spot, the Yao family compound officially opened in 2005 to welcome tourists. In addition to private garden buildings in Ming and Qing Dynasties, tourists can also visit egret garden, Anji folk custom garden, Fangzhu garden, New Fourth Army memorial hall, Suyu memorial hall, Yao family history hall, etc

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