Minggao Town, Yichuan County, Luoyang City, Henan Province

Minggao town

Minggao town is located in the southwest of Yichuan County. It is adjacent to Yihe River in the East and Jiuhou Township in the East, Tianhu town in Song County in the south, Pingping Township in the north, Gaoshan Township in the northwest and Baiyang town in Yiyang in the West. It is 13.5 km long from east to West and 9 km wide from north to south, covering a total area of 78.9 square kilometers. The town government is 17 km away from the county seat.

In August 2014, it was listed as a national key town by seven ministries and commissions including the Ministry of housing and urban rural development. In August 2015, it was named as the first batch of key demonstration towns in Henan Province. In March 2018, it was awarded "civilized township" by the county Party committee and the county government.

Evolution of organizational system

The origin of place names

The word "Minggao" got its name from "Heming in the book of songs" in which "Heming in Jiugao is heard in heaven".

Historical evolution

According to the records of Minggao chronicles, the excavation of the Tumen site in Baiyuan Township and the Suncun site in Minggao found that as early as the Yangshao culture and Longshan culture more than 6000 years ago, there were traces of ancient human activities in Minggao area, and fragments of black pottery and stone tools of Longshan culture were found along the Shunyang river.

During the spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period, Minggao belonged to Jin. Qin and Jin countries once moved "Rong with the surname of Yun" living in Dunhuang, Gansu Province to Yichuan area, which was called "Lu hunrong", and Minggao formed a large village.

Minggao town has been an important town in Luonan since the Han and Tang Dynasties, where commercial and military special agencies were set up in song, yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties.

In the Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, Minggao town belonged to Song County. Pingping county was established in 1927, and Minggao was one of the eight districts of Pingping county.

When Yichuan County was built in 1932, the town was Minggao district.

From 1949 to 1951, the town was one of the five districts in Yichuan County. October 1951 belongs to the second district (including Xianping Township and Gaoshan town). In August 1958, Minggao, Pingping and Potou were merged into Gaofeng people's commune. In 1959, songdian people's commune was separated from them and renamed Minggao people's commune. It was changed to Minggao township at the end of 1983;

On April 15, 1996, with the approval of the people's Government of Henan Province, Minggao was removed from the township and built into a town.

administrative division

Minggao town has 39 administrative villages and 44 natural villages. The administrative villages include Minggao, Zhongxi, Yuandong, xiaoyuandong, pogen, Xinzhai, zengwan, Dukou, Ganhe, Jiangyuan, Xingzhuang, Zhouyuan, Leigou, hanao, Guocun, Mengcun, Xiecun, Jiacun, zhongzhangtun, xiazhangtun, maliangzhai, Suncun, Zhangcun, Wuzhuang, Xuyang, Yancun, Yangcun, dongwangpo, Xiping and Wangou Yanggelong, Dongzhai, Xizhai, Jiuzhai, Wangzhuang, yanghaishan, Jigou, dasangpo, xiaosangpo.

geographical position

The terrain of Minggao town is high in the West and low in the East. The Yihe River flows along the east of the township. The water conservancy conditions are superior. The Yihe River runs through the north and south. The Shunyang river flows into the Yihe River through the East and West in the northeast of Yuandong village. The West Main Canal, Songyi canal, Shunyang canal and Yong'an canal crisscross through the town.

Luoluan expressway, luoluan Expressway (newly added national highway G208), luolu Road, yilao line, Fengming Road, ZengShi road and other six trunk roads form a "three vertical and three horizontal" traffic network with convenient transportation, known as "crossroads". The planned Sanyo Railway (from Sanmenxia to Yangkou Port in Jiangsu Province) and Yichuan south station.

Climatic characteristics

Located in the temperate monsoon region, it has a continental monsoon climate with four distinct seasons and an average annual temperature of 14.5 ℃.

plant resources

Minggao is one of the main grain producing areas in Yichuan County, which has abundant water resources. The branch canals of Shunyang River and Leigou reservoir flow into Yichuan River from west to East. The west main canal of Yihe River and Luhun irrigation district passes through the East and middle part of the town from south to north. Songyi canal and Yong'an canal run through the East Village. Part of the land can be irrigated by gravity. Nearly 33% of the cultivated land in the town is irrigated. Wheat is the main crop in summer, corn, rice, sweet potato and cotton are the main crops in autumn, and soybean and black soybean are intercropped.

Population nationality

In 1987, there were 37 administrative villages, 44 natural villages, 251 villager groups and 50803 people in the township. Among them, there are 2 Hui families and 8 people. There is one Bai nationality. One Tibetan.

By 2018, it will have 39 administrative villages, 44 natural villages and 72000 people.

Politics

overview

According to their own situation, formulate appropriate economic policies, analyze and solve the problems encountered, through efforts, the economy continues to develop.

primary industry

Minggao town has a good agricultural foundation, with crisscross main rivers and canals passing through the town. With supporting motor wells, the irrigated land area of the town accounts for more than 90%. It mainly grows wheat, corn, peanuts, vegetables, etc. the dry river rice produced in the territory is well-known. Zhangtun watermelon, haifengshan brand sweet potato noodles and other characteristic agricultural products are deeply loved by the masses. Taking yanggedan, yanghaishan, Jiuzhai and other villages as the center of high-quality tobacco planting demonstration base, 89 air flow down row Kang houses and 16 large-scale intensive Kang houses were built to develop 233.3 hectares of tobacco planting; more than 100 greenhouses were built with Minggao as the center; and the construction of jujube industry, forage and animal husbandry base with Zhongxi as the center promoted 666.67 hectares of jujube planting in surrounding villages With zhongzhangtun, xiazhangtun, maliangzhai and Suncun as the centers, the watermelon industry will be developed and 200 hectares of watermelon will be planted.

the secondary industry

Minggao town has a long industrial history and developed township enterprises. After the reform and opening up, private enterprises have sprung up. In the 1980s and 1990s, Minggao town was once known as "a pearl on the Bank of Yihe River". In particular, the plastic wires and cables in Zhongxi Village started early. Together with the refractory industry in Pengpo town and the emery industry in Chengguan yaowan, Zhongxi was known as the "three swordsmen" of the private economy. At that time, Zhongxi was also one of the three major plastic production bases in China. There are more than 90 factories and mining enterprises (14 Enterprises above Designated Size) in the town, mainly involving plastics, wires and cables, building materials, cement products, chemical industry, wine making and other industries. The plastic industrial park with Zhongxi as the center and the cement industrial park with Dukou as the center have basically formed. "Pengcheng" brand wire and "Zhengguang" brand cable produced by plastic industrial park Yunying Plastic Co., Ltd. are famous trademarks of Henan Province.

The beef cattle breeding project of Luoyang chentao animal husbandry Co., Ltd. in yanghaishan village has completed the largest single round cattle house in China with an investment of 180 million yuan and an area of 35000 square meters, and the Yichuan Zhengqian pig breeding project with an investment of 60 million yuan. Oil peony planting projects with an investment of 95.6 million yuan have been settled one after another;

There are four village level photovoltaic power stations in maliangzhai, dasangpo, zhongzhangtun and Dongzhai, two new large livestock family farms in maliangzhai and yanggelong, and new farming poor agricultural cooperatives, clothing and shoe processing.

the service sector; the tertiary industry

Minggao village has been an important distribution center of goods in the south of Luoyang since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and one of the three major markets in Yichuan County. Song county annals, published in 1906 of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty, recorded that "merchants converged and the market bustled.". Minggao village's ancient temple meeting began in the Tang Dynasty on the 15th of March and the 8th of April of the lunar calendar. It was well-known throughout the country in the Qing Dynasty. At its peak, 32 merchants from Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Hebei and Hubei provinces gathered. During the temple fair, the lion, the dry boat, the folk art and the juggler competed to perform their skills, and seven big operas fired their guns. At the ancient temple meeting, there were a lot of stalls and lots of goods, which made it known as "little Luoyang". Because Minggao is located at the throat of Song County and Luanchuan, most of Funiu Mountain treasures use Minggao village as a transfer place.

education

Minggao town has a long history of establishing schools, and it was once known as "famous area of science and technology". Yichuan Academy in Minggao village was built in Song Dynasty. From the 1950s to the early 1960s, the site of Yichuan Academy was the site of Yichuan No.2 Middle School and Yichuan No.6 middle school. The students come from six communes in Yichuan, Yiyang and song counties. After the resumption of the college entrance examination system, the school achieved outstanding results. From 1977 to 1979, the number of students admitted for three consecutive years ranked first, second and third in the county.

medical and health work

The Township Central Health Center has modern X-ray machine, B-ultrasonic machine, CT scanner and other high-tech medical equipment, and the medical conditions are constantly improving, radiating the central health centers of seven or eight towns around.

History and culture

Li Bai, Bai Juyi, Shao Yong, Er Cheng and other historical and cultural celebrities live here to give lectures, preach, preach, and express their feelings, leaving many beautiful poems and places of interest. Minggao is also the birthplace of Cheng's Neo Confucianism, so Minggao is called the source area of Neo Confucianism.

Xuyang cemetery is the eighth batch of national key cultural relics. It is an important material for studying the migration and integration of ethnic minorities in Central China after Lu hunrong moved to Yichuan.

Local specialties

Ganhe village is famous for its rice, which has been called Gongmi since ancient times. It is a good gift for relatives and friends. Zhangtun watermelon, haifengshan brand sweet potato vermicelli and other special agricultural products are loved by the masses, and the supply exceeds the demand.

famous scenery

Nanyue temple on beiheng Taoshan mountain in Minggao village was built in the Northern Wei Dynasty, more than 1400 years ago. Yichuan academy, which was built in the Northern Song Dynasty, is the place where Neo Confucianism masters Cheng Yi and Cheng Hao gave lectures and wrote books. The story of Cheng menlixue takes place here. Hengyue Shuxiang is one of the eight famous scenic spots in Yichuan.

Nanyue temple and Yichuan academy are listed as the key cultural relics protection units in Henan Province.

Famous people

Minggao town has been famous for its famous Neo Confucianist Cheng Yi and Cheng Hao brothers in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Wang Tianzong, a native of Minggao in the late Qing Dynasty, followed Dr. Sun Yat Sen's anti Qing uprising and was known as Zhongzhou great Xia.

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