Shenlong Town, Yuzhou City, Xuchang City, Henan Province

Shenxun town

Shenlong Town, a town under the jurisdiction of Yuzhou City, Henan Province, is a Southwest sub center of Yuzhou City, a national historical and cultural town, a research and development center of Jun porcelain culture and creativity in China, and a cultural tourism town dominated by Jun porcelain culture and creativity. By 2019, Shenlong town has 10 neighborhood committees and 10 administrative villages, with a total area of 49.1 square kilometers. The built-up area is 10 square kilometers, with a total population of 45000 and a town population of 35000. The urbanization rate is 72.7%.

Shenlong town is located in the west of Yuzhou City, 30 kilometers away from the urban area. It is located in the remaining vein of Funiu Mountain system and belongs to the Huaihe River Basin. It is a national demonstration pilot of new urbanization and a national ecological township.

Shenxun is famous for its Jun porcelain. As early as the Tang Dynasty, shencuan had already produced colorful flower porcelain and Jun porcelain. In the Huizong period of the Northern Song Dynasty, Jun porcelain production reached its peak and was designated as "Royal treasures". The government set up official kilns near Juntai in Yangzhai (today's Yuzhou City) to make tribute porcelain for the court, which realized the transformation of Jun porcelain production from civil kiln to official kiln, ranking first among the five famous porcelain in China. In ancient times, there was a view of "entering Shenlong mountain, Qili Long Street". Seventy two kilns cover the sky with fireworks. Merchants go everywhere, fighting for money every day. " It's a great poem.

Shenlong ancient town was named "capital of Jun porcelain in China". In October 2016, it was selected as the first batch of towns with Chinese characteristics. In October 2018, Shenlong town was selected as a national economically developed town. On June 20, 2020, it was named the first batch of "beautiful towns" in Henan Province.

Historical evolution

Shencuan has a long history. As early as Xia and Shang Dynasties, the ancestors of shencuan were engaged in farming and pottery.

The town system was established in Chenghua period of Ming Dynasty (1465 A.D.), and Shenlong town was established in Junzhou.

After the founding of new China, rocket commune was established in Shenlong town in 1958;

In 1968, it was renamed shenxun commune,

The town was changed in 1981.

On June 25, 1988, the State Council approved the abolition of Yu county and the establishment of Yuzhou City, which is a county-level city directly under the provincial government and listed separately in the plan. Shenlong town is under the jurisdiction of Yuzhou City.

In 1997, it covered an area of 48.9 square kilometers and had a population of 39000.

administrative division

Shenlong town governs 10 communities and 10 administrative villages, including Dongda community, Xida community, NANDA community, Beida community, hongshiqiao community, guanyemiao community, Zhaicun community, qinggangjian community and Wentang community. Yangling community, administrative village, Baiyu village, Yugou village, Huaishuwan village, biangou village, Xizhuang village, Luowang village, miaojiawan village, Liangqiao village, Zhujiashan village, Baijiagou village.

geographical environment

Location context

Shenlong town is located in the west of Yuzhou City, 30 kilometers away from the urban area. Shenlong town is connected with Wenshu town in the north, Mojie Township in the west, Hongchang town in the East and Jia County in Pingdingshan City in the south.

topographic features

Shencuan is located in the remaining vein of Funiu Mountain system. It is a shallow hilly area, surrounded by mountains and undulating mountains. There are yungai mountain in the north, Daliu mountain in the south, jiaozi mountain and Fengchi mountain in the East, Niutou mountain and niujin mountain in the West. The central part of the town is the East-West Qianming mountain, which divides Shenlong town into two narrow basins. The whole terrain is high in the northwest and low in the southeast, with the highest peak of daliushan 704.5 meters and the lowest point at the exit of xiaohe'nan, with an altitude of 240 meters and a relative elevation difference of 464.5 meters.

hydrology

Shenlong town belongs to the Huaihe River Basin, the main rivers are Xiaohe River and Xiaoqinghe River, which are seasonal rivers. Xiaohe River, also known as Jiayu River, originates in the shadow of daliushan, flows 7 kilometers, and flows into Jiaxian County in the southeast of the town. Xiaoqinghe River originates from qinglongtan at the foot of Niutoushan. It flows for 4 kilometers and flows into Lanhe river through the north of Hongchang.

climate

Shenlong has a warm temperate monsoon climate with an average annual temperature of 14.4 degrees and an average annual rainfall of 705.3 mm.

natural resources

mineral resources

The ancient and mysterious Shenlong town is recorded in the Ming Dynasty, and the origin of its name has always been a mystery. "Xinhua Dictionary" special word "Cuan" Word introduction: "Cuan, God Cuan, place name, in Henan Province." In Cihai, shencuan is briefly introduced as the hometown of Jun porcelain. It is inferred from the unearthed Guansha, red pottery and gray pottery with grate pattern that as early as the Xia and Shang Dynasties, shencuan was inhabited by people and engaged in farming and pottery management. The evolution from pottery to porcelain shows that the history of shencuan is almost synchronous with the history of Chinese civilization.

The territory is rich in mineral resources, including 1 billion tons of clay, 180 million tons of coal, 1 billion tons of limestone, bauxite, purple sandstone and other mineral resources.

population

The total population of the town is 42644 (in 2017), most of them are Han nationality, and Hui nationality accounts for 0.5%. The town has a built-up area of 7 square kilometers, with a population of 33000 and a migrant population of 11000, with an urbanization rate of 72.7%;

Economics

There are more than 460 ceramic enterprises in the town, producing more than 1000 kinds of Jun porcelain, stoneware porcelain, high white fine porcelain and other six series products, with an annual output of 700 million pieces and an output value of 1.8 billion yuan, becoming an important ceramic export base in Henan Province.

Subsequently, the development of Jun kiln entered its heyday, Shenlong town formed a huge kiln system, and became the most concentrated area of Jun ceramic production.

During the Jin, yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, the production of daily-use ceramics in Shenlong town gradually became large-scale and became one of the main production areas of daily-use ceramics in China, with a history of 4000 years.

History and culture

Ancient town of Jun porcelain

The main characteristics of Shenlong town are Jun porcelain culture and Millennium ancient town. Jun porcelain, as one of the five famous porcelains in Song Dynasty, originated from Shenlong. The excavation of its site was rated as one of the top ten archaeological discoveries in China in 2001.

As early as 1979, shencuan was identified as one of the 18 tourism routes in Henan Province. According to the requirements of the opinions on vigorously developing cultural industry issued by the provincial Party committee and the provincial government, and combined with the reality of shencuan, Yuzhou put forward the idea of "taking Jun porcelain culture as the brand, shencuan ancient town as the carrier, Jun porcelain industry as the cluster, tourism development as the driving force, and strive to make shencuan a unique tourist destination" It is a unique cultural industry base and a well-known tourist attraction, which fully shows the style of "thousand year old town, Jun porcelain culture".

Relying on Jun porcelain, Shenlong town has vigorously developed the ceramic industry, built three distinctive industrial parks and five professional markets, and promoted the economic development and social civilization progress of the whole town.

The 10th Yuzhou · China Jun porcelain culture tourism festival will open on September 29 in the Jun porcelain culture theme park of Shenlong Town, Yuzhou City. This is the first time that the Jun porcelain culture tourism festival will be held in Shenlong Town, the birthplace of Jun porcelain.

Cultural resources

The splendid Jun porcelain culture since the Tang and Song Dynasties has made shencuan famous at home and abroad. At the same time, many classical legends have added mystery and historical and cultural highlights to the ancient town. In history, Emperor Gaodi of the Han Dynasty hunted in Daliu mountain; the legendary relics of Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty in Shenlong; the story of Deng Yu, a general of the Han Dynasty, fighting here and retreating enemy soldiers intelligently; Li Zicheng's rebel army stationed in Shenlong; Nien army of the Qing Dynasty conquered Shenlong twice; Shenlong's Anti Japanese base in western Henan and the heroic Qianming Mountain Defense War during the Anti Japanese War; Jun porcelain vocational school; underground party organization struggle In the past, the kiln people's indomitable strike and struggle, the burlingweng temple and the magic "golden fire lady" and other myths and legends.

Famous cultural town

On November 12, 2005, it was jointly named as the second batch of Chinese historical and cultural towns by the Ministry of construction and the State Administration of cultural relics. At the same time, it is the key town of national small town construction and the capital of Jun porcelain in China. Shenlong town is adjacent to Hongchang town in the East, Jia County of Pingdingshan in the south, Mojie Township in the West and Wenshu town in the north.

Shenlong town is located in the shallow mountainous area of Funiu Mountain. There are jiaozi mountain and Fengchi mountain in the East, Niutou mountain and Fengyang mountain in the west, Daliu mountain in the South and yungai mountain in the north. Qianming mountain in the middle of the town runs east-west, dividing the whole town into two narrow basins.

Shenlong town has a long history. As early as the Xia and Shang Dynasties, people lived here, engaged in farming and pottery. Since Jun porcelain appeared in Tang Dynasty, Shenlong has gradually developed into one of the ceramic centers in northern China.

It was called shencuan shop in Song Dynasty, shencuan town in Ming Dynasty, Hongchang capital, and wenfengli in Qing Dynasty. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, a popular folk song was: "entering Shenlong mountain, seven mile long street, seventy-two kilns, fireworks covering the sky, merchants everywhere, fighting for money every day". This shows the prosperity of that time.

Ancient street dwellings

A long history has left Shenlong town rich cultural relics. Shenlong town has a provincial-level cultural relics protection unit, more than 40 ancient temples, ancient dwellings, ancient ancestral halls, etc., most of which are distributed in the ancient town area with an area of 3 square kilometers with the old street as the core.

Shencuan old street is located in the central town of shencuan, commonly known as "qilichang Street". It was originally formed by five ancient villages on both sides of Xiaohe River (Cuanyu River), namely erdaojie, gaolaozhuang, Zhuyuangou, chachagou and laoyaopo. Shenlong old street is well preserved before the end of Qing Dynasty, such as East Street, old street, West Street, baiyitang street, Beizhai street, ancestral hall street, hongshiqiao street, yangjialou street, with a total length of about 4 km. The buildings, buildings and many valuable architectural details, and even the surrounding environment are basically preserved.

Shenlong old street is composed of four ancient villages in the East, West, South and North, and two administrative streets, hongshiqiao and guanyemiao. Xiaohe (Fuyu River) passes through the old street from west to East, and the Fuyu bridge connects the two villages. There are many gates in the old street. The walls are tall and strong, and there are turrets. In ancient times, they were mainly used for military defense, banditry and flood prevention. Each stockade has a gentle name, such as "WangSong" in the East stockade and "Tianbao" in the West stockade. Like the city gate, it is inlaid with blue stone and Dan script. At the same time, each village has many traditional buildings and houses with local characteristics.

Shenlong Old Street building along the street

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