Haocheng Town, Guzhen County, Bengbu City, Anhui Province

Haocheng town

Haocheng town

Located 24 kilometers east of Guzhen County in Anhui Province, it is the east gate of Guzhen county. The administrative area is 78.78 square kilometers and the cultivated land is 65000 mu. Now it has jurisdiction over 10 administrative villages and 1 neighborhood committee, with a population of 30194 (in 2017). Haocheng is located at the junction of Wuhe, Sixian, Lingbi and Guzhen counties, with convenient transportation, s329 crossing the East and West, prosperous market and active trading. It is an important trade town and material distribution center in Northeast Anhui.

General situation

Haocheng town belongs to Guzhen County, Bengbu City, Anhui Province. It is located 24 kilometers east of Guzhen county. It is the east gate of Guzhen county. The administrative area is 78.78 square kilometers and the cultivated land is 65000 mu. According to the official website of the local government, the town governs 10 administrative villages and 1 neighborhood committee, with a population of 30194 (2017). Haocheng is located at the junction of Wuhe, Sixian, Lingbi and Guzhen, with convenient transportation. S329 crosses the East and West, and x017 connects dongmiao township to the south. With prosperous trade market and active trading, Haocheng is an important trade town and material distribution center in Northeast Anhui.

History and culture

Haocheng town was called Jicheng in ancient times, and Jiguo was set up in the Western Han Dynasty. It has a long history and rich cultural heritage. In 202 B.C., in the later period of the battle between Chu and Han Dynasty, the battle of cuxia, which laid the foundation for the Western Han Dynasty for more than 400 years, took place in Haocheng, leaving behind such moving stories as "besieged on all sides", "ambush on all sides" and "farewell to my concubine". Xu Shen, a Confucian and philologist of the Eastern Han Dynasty, was the magistrate of the county. Here he wrote Shuowen Jiezi, which is the first dictionary in ancient China. There are many historic sites in Haocheng, with high-grade tourism resources. There are ten ancient scenes in history, such as "bawangyanyu", "autumn scenery of Han mausoleum", "sunset of Yuwan". Bawangcheng site is a key cultural relic protection unit at the provincial level, and historic sites such as xujialou site, Hanxin dianjiangtai and Zhangliang blow flute platform have high development value. There are hundreds of ancient tombs scattered around the town. A large number of precious cultural relics were unearthed from No. I Han tomb excavated in 2001, which has high archaeological value. According to preliminary statistics, the number of tourists attracted by the name is more than 10000 per year. Haocheng Town, as a new tourist attraction, has deep potential and broad development space.

In 2007, the archaeological discovery of cuxia site shocked the whole country. The early city site of cuxia is a major discovery in the Huaihe River basin after the discovery of historical city sites in the Yellow River Basin and the Yangtze River Basin. It fills the blank of no prehistoric city site in Anhui Province and has high value in the same period of the country. More than 170 cultural relics unearthed prove that cuxia entered its first heyday 4600 years ago and became the cultural center of a regional city. At the same time, it is also the representative of the origin of Chinese civilization in this period, which provides valuable information for carrying forward the excellent traditional Chinese culture, and has positive practical significance and far-reaching historical significance.

cultural heritage

In 2001, Haocheng was listed as the only commercial and tourism market town in Bengbu City's "Tenth Five Year Plan" and the pilot town of comprehensive reform in Anhui Province. In order to excavate, protect and make use of this precious historical and cultural heritage, give full play to the advantages of border trade town, and build Haocheng into a new commercial and tourism town as soon as possible. According to the development strategy of "long-term planning, step-by-step implementation", the Party committee and the government of Haocheng town emancipate their minds, clarify their thinking, seize the opportunity, face the difficulties, raise funds through multiple channels, speed up urban construction, and improve urban functions. In 1999, the town government invested 700000 yuan in the construction of longxia street; in 2000, it invested 10 million yuan in the construction of Bawang street; in 2001, it successively invested 300000 yuan in the greening, hardening and lighting of the main streets in the town area; it invested 700000 yuan in the construction of a water plant with a daily water output of 1200 tons; it also raised 1.2 million yuan in various ways to build the "Farewell My Concubine" large sculpture and the wuzhui war horse sculpture in the central square of Bawang street. A city with big market, complete functions, beautiful environment and good order has been shown in front of the world. Bengbu Municipal government has listed "the ancient battlefield of cuanxia" in its tourism development plan of "three mountains, two lakes and one field".

In 2007, the archaeological discovery of cuxia site shocked China. The early city site of cuxia was discovered in China after the historical city sites in the Yellow River Basin and the Yangtze River Basin.

Characteristic tourism

The tourism resources of Haocheng caxia are of high grade and deep potential. The ten ancient sceneries of caxia, bawangcheng site, yujiwan site, xujialou site, Hanxin dianjiangtai, Zhangliang chuxiao platform and many Han Tombs need to be developed and constructed. The next step is to implement the preliminary planning: focus on the construction of Bawang Street Central Square, take the square as the center, develop Bawang Street phase II project northward, build a 600 meter long imitation Han street, and open up the 40 meter wide Hanwang street from east to west; implement the relocation and reclamation of Bawang City, return the village to forest, protect the solemn and deep ancient battlefield original style of cuxia heritage site, and gradually restore the wall of Bawang city and its East, West, South and North Four side city gate; dredge the moat of the city and build four gate suspension bridge; build the cuxia museum to display the historical materials, cultural relics and later literature reflecting the battle of cuxia; develop the exhibition scenic spot of No.1 Han tomb, repair the "jiashankou Han tomb group" and build the "cuxia stele forest"; protect and excavate the site of "xujialou", collect cultural relics, enrich information and reproduce the legendary "loutai corridor"; Yuji Bay will be transformed and a holiday village will be built. At the entrance and exit of Haocheng town on Gusi road and the entrance of Fanghan street, the "Fanghan gate building" and supporting construction of tourism software services will be built respectively.

economic development

In terms of commercial and economic development, we should adhere to the road of making money by land, building towns by finance, prospering businesses by towns and prospering towns by businesses, raise funds through multiple channels, speed up the construction of small towns and improve the functions of urban infrastructure. Since 2000, more than 40 million yuan has been invested to build Bazhong street, Hanwang street and other market markets, and more than 1 million yuan has been obtained from the higher authorities to afforest, harden and brighten the main streets of cities and towns. More than 1 million yuan has been invested in the construction of urban public facilities such as tap water and cable TV by means of auction of management rights. At the same time, efforts should be made to improve the operation order of the market and actively create a fair, orderly, honest and trustworthy business circulation environment. An important border trade town with beautiful environment, complete functions, prosperous commerce and order has begun to take shape, which has a strong demonstration and driving effect on the surrounding towns and villages.

In terms of tourism economic development, we should adhere to "high standard and high starting point planning, and implement it step by step according to our ability". In 2002, the county Party committee and the county government commissioned the tourism development research center of East China Normal University and the Shanghai New Century International Tourism Development Research Center to compile the overall planning of cuanxia ancient battlefield cultural tourism area, and experts preliminarily determined that the intangible assets of cuanxia ancient battlefield are worth 300 million yuan. In 2001, the county Party committee and government raised 1.2 million yuan to build "Farewell My Concubine", "wuzhuima" and other sculptures, which became a highlight of Haocheng town to attract tourists. In order to speed up the pace of tourism construction, Haocheng Party committee and government first increased publicity and promotion efforts, registered the "tourism" website, and actively participated in various tourism product promotion activities. It has initially formed a "three vertical and three horizontal" urban framework, strived for higher-level funds to move the residents in Bawang City, built "cuxia stele forest" and "cuxia Museum", and tried to protect the cultural relics and historical materials in the territory, introduced funds to develop temples, No.1 Han tomb, Bawang City, yujiwan Resort and other tourist attractions step by step, and strive to make "cuxia tourism" a valuable resource to play an effective role as soon as possible, and actively guided and supported Develop sightseeing agriculture and characteristic famous brand snacks to further enrich the connotation of tourism in cuxia. The development of temples, No. I Han tomb and other scenic spots is under negotiation.

Special food

Haocheng auspicious cake

Haocheng town

There is a kind of traditional special product auspicious cake, which is called "the best cake in the world". Its shape is only about 1cm, and it may be the smallest cake in the world. Although the cake is small, it has a big origin.

Hongwu 28 years, the old emperor

Zhu Yuanzhang

Feeling bored in the palace, he thought of going back to his hometown Fengyang house to have a look. The old emperor's mind did not take long, the imperial edict was sent to Fengyang house, and the magistrate Shang was very anxious. In the past few years, the emperor came back several times, but every time he didn't know what to get for the emperor to eat, which made him happy. Big fish and big meat, needless to say, delicacies? No matter how good Fengyang mansion is, it's not as good as the one in the imperial palace. After thinking about it, the magistrate still couldn't close his eyes for a few nights. His eyes were bleeding and his mouth was sick. The magistrate suddenly thought, why don't I use folk products to entertain the emperor? So the official documents went down to all counties. The main idea of the article was that all the local delicious food should be presented. The only delicious food presented by Lingbi county was the small cake made of mung beans. On this day, Emperor Zhu finally arrived at Fengyang mansion. The magistrate Shang was brave enough. The emperor's first meal was full of folk snacks. Looking at the table full of these things, the emperor was open-minded, even eat and say good, especially for the small cake to eat the most, eat and ask, still magistrate was asked, then casually said: "money cake.".

Zhu Yuanzhang

I felt that the name of Qianqian cake was too vulgar, so I changed it into a homonym

"Lucky cake"

It was inscribed with a gold plaque

"The best in the world"

And ordered to pay tribute every year. As a result, the reputation of this auspicious cake has become more and more popular.

Auspicious cake, commonly known as mung bean cake, is a kind of hand-made mung bean cake from Huaibei and Beida after soaking, shelling, pasting, drenching, spreading and drying. It can be cooked in a variety of ways, such as frying, burning, frying, and soup. It can also be used as a side dish or as a main course. It is made of vegetable and meat, with large oil, fire and spicy. Its color is golden and attractive. Its shape is exquisite and pleasing to the eye. Its fragrance is pungent and appetizing. Its taste is unique and it is pleasant to eat. Because mung bean is sweet and flat, it can clear away heat and toxin, eliminate ruffian and ventilate, and often eat it to supplement yuan

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