Banqiao market town, Mengcheng County, Bozhou City, Anhui Province

Banqiao market town

Banqiao market town is a subordinate town level administrative region of Mengcheng County, Bozhou City, Anhui Province, located 15 kilometers northeast of Mengcheng County. Under the jurisdiction of Banqiao, Wabu, Wuji three natural markets, 35 administrative villages, 258 natural villages, 438 villager groups, an area of 13730 hectares, permanent population of 78512 people. The traffic in the area is convenient, with HeXu expressway, 305 and 203 provincial roads passing by. In 2020, it will be rated as "the fifth civilized villages and towns in Anhui Province".

Scenic spots include Tang Wang Temple, MaoGong temple, ancient city heritage of jianwendi, and Xuefeng Park, the Anti Japanese memorial site of Banqiao market town.

Original name

According to the records of Banqiao market town, more than 200 years ago, Zheng Banqiao went boating here and painted "beifei evening crossing", hence the name of Banqiao market town.

Perhaps it is due to Mr. Zheng Banqiao's reputation of "eight strange things in Yangzhou". From before the reform and opening up to now, a lot of "strange things" have happened in Banqiao market town, and the change of content is more intriguing.

geographical position

The town government is located in banqiaoji, which is 15 kilometers northeast of Mengcheng County. It is adjacent to Chuji township of Huaiyuan County in the East, Qiyuan town and Fanji town in the west, Wangji Township in the south, Chenji township of Suixi County and Xutuan town in the north. It has three natural markets, 35 administrative villages, 258 natural villages and 438 villager groups.

Transportation industry

Banqiao market town, rural asphalt roads extending in all directions, East and he Xu expressway, West and provincial highway 203 straight. The famous town has a long history, advantageous location, superior environment, rich products, prosperous market and concentrated merchants. Relying on the advantages of famous towns, the Party committee and government of the town make great efforts to optimize the economic environment. The construction of small towns has been accelerated, with three vertical, seven horizontal, and ten streets, four markets, and three parks taking shape. Today, the Anti Japanese battlefield of nine high and eighteen low areas in the past has been renovated into Xuefeng Park and NiuQun industrial park covering an area of 1260 mu.

The natural beifei river runs across the territory, and provincial highway 305 runs vertically. Now the highway has been changed, the Feihe River has been changed, and the wooden bridge has disappeared. The old and new provincial roads are connected from left to right. Feihe bridge 1 and bridge 2 fly from north to south. There are 5 asphalt roads in the territory, connecting Xuzhou Expressway in the East and provincial road 203 in the West. The traffic is convenient and extends in all directions. The market town has three vertical and seven horizontal streets, with a radius of 2. 2 square kilometers, prosperous market, beautiful countryside, mild climate, four distinct seasons, rich in wheat, corn, soybeans, cotton, melons, fruits, persimmon, peach, plum, durian apricot; rich in aquatic products, carp, crab, white shrimp, lotus root, enjoy a high reputation.

History and culture

Banqiao market town is a big town with long history and culture, strong economic development and strong local characteristics in Huaibei area. Known as "beifei pearl" reputation.

With a long history and culture, there is Tang Wang Temple in the East, MaoGong temple in the west, and the ancient city site of jianwendi in the south. In the north, there is Yuchi temple, the first primitive village in China, and Xuefeng Park, the Anti Japanese memorial site of Banqiao market town, which is famous for shaking the Central Plains. Here, the New Fourth Army shot down a Japanese plane for the first time with a machine gun.

It's better to walk on both sides of Feihe River than to walk thousands of miles. The old town is prosperous in trade, and the new village is rich in grain. It is a town full of natural resources and rich in natural resources. Entering the new century, Banqiao is more brilliant. Under the correct guidance of the town Party committee and government, the people of Banqiao carry forward the Banqiao spirit of "unity and struggle, keeping pace with the times, being pragmatic and efficient, striving for the first class", seize the good development opportunity of reform and opening up, make full use of the party's policy of enriching the people, and promote the rapid, healthy and coordinated development of material, spiritual and political civilization. The grain output doubled year after year, and the wheat yield per unit area was 1080 Jin in 2004; Banqiao market town has developed greatly, and gradually extended to the new provincial road, with an area more than five times that of the old market town; farmers' income has increased year by year, with busy farming and idle working; people's life is rich, and tile roofed houses have changed into bungalows, bungalows into buildings, color TV sets, motorcycles, mobile phones and luxury cars have entered farmers' homes, with nutrition in diet, beauty in dress, and good taste Step by step to achieve a well-off living standard.

Scenic spots include Tang Wang Temple, MaoGong temple, ancient city heritage of jianwendi, and Xuefeng Park, the Anti Japanese memorial site of Banqiao market town.

Honors

In June 2020, it was awarded the title of "the fifth civilized village in Anhui Province".

Folktales

"Women with dry tobacco bags in their mouths, men with vegetables when they drink, buy a straw hat and lift it up", a doggerel once talked about by villagers, describes a big "strange" in Banqiao market town before the reform and opening up.

A local old man explained this doggerel to the reporter, saying that before the reform and opening up, women's smoking problems had not changed, they smoked their own old tobacco leaves when they had no money to buy cigarettes, and they smoked with dry tobacco bags. The farmer had no money to drink good wine, so they drank in shops for nothing, so they could not talk about food and wine at all. On hot days, the young man bought a machine-made straw hat, which was good for him Yi rolled up the brim of his hat, which was the most fashionable at that time.

In the 1980s and 1990s, when people described the "strange things" in Banqiao market town, there was a new doggerel.

With the deepening of reform and opening up, the township enterprises and the private economy in Banqiao market town have been promoted together, and the farmers have become the big boss in suits and shoes; the young people who go out to the sea have learned standard Putonghua and changed their tone when they go home; at the same time, they have changed their customs, and their sons-in-law are more and more.

"Eat ice in summer, eat green in winter, and the old woman's black hair is shining." this doggerel says that after entering the 21st century, there are "strange things" in Banqiao market town: eating ice cream from the refrigerator in hot weather, eating all kinds of fresh vegetables in winter, and even the old people have begun to pursue fashion, sitting in the hairdresser's shop and making their hair black and shiny.

The change of "strange things" in Banqiao market town is actually the continuous development of production and economic growth, which is reflected in the local people's economic prosperity and happiness.

In the constant change of "strange things", Banqiao Jiren live a more and more prosperous life. I believe that more and more similar "strange things" will still happen to the hardworking people here.

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