Heshangqiao Town, Changge City, Xuchang City, Henan Province

Monk bridge town

Heshangqiao town is located in the suburb of Changge City, Henan Province. It is U-shaped distributed in the East, West and south of the city. It is adjacent to the old town in the East, shigu Town, Pohu Town, Houhe town and zengfumiao town in the West from south to north, Jian'an District of Xuchang City in the south, Jingguang railway road and national highway 107 run through the north and south, Beijing Zhuhai Expressway and Penghua highway run through the East and West, with convenient transportation The geographical location is superior.

As of 2017, the total area of Heshangqiao town is 40.7 square kilometers, with 38000 mu of cultivated land. It has jurisdiction over 23 administrative villages, 66 natural villages, 185 villager groups and 26499 people, of which 12 administrative villages are located in the industrial cluster area of Changge City.

brief introduction

He Heqiao commune was established in 1958, changed to district in 1962, restored to commune in 1966, changed to Chengguan town in 1982, and changed its name to he Heqiao town in 1987.

The geographical location of Heshangqiao town is superior. The Beijing Guangzhou railway and 107 National Road run through the north and south, the provincial Penghua highway and the Changyu highway run through the East and West, the city roads and town roads are scattered, and the Qingshu river flows through the whole town.

The maximum distance from east to west is 9 km, and the maximum distance from north to south is 6.7 km, with a total area of 40.7 square kilometers (2017). The land area is 40.45 square kilometers, accounting for 99.4%; the water area is 0.25 square kilometers, accounting for 0.6%.

population

The population density is 1160 per square kilometer. At the end of 2014, there were 10318 households with a total population of 47219, including 24404 males (51.7%) and 22815 females (48.3%), 16607 agricultural population and 30612 non-agricultural population, 28 ethnic minority population and 47191 Han population.

26499 (2017).

Administrative planning

The town governs 7 agricultural management areas and 23 administrative villages. The residents are mainly Han nationality, with a total population of about 26499 (2017). At the end of 2014, it had jurisdiction over 11 villages including louzhang, Jiazhuang, qinzhuang, Duanzhuang, Jiangzhuang, xinzhangying, Niuzhuang, Taiping, Fanlou, gangyang and zhanggudian, and 12 neighborhood committees including Qingong temple, muqianliu, chayang, Poyang, Fanzhuang, Xinzhuang, Hanzhuang, Ducun temple, Yujing, Renzhuang, Guanzhuang and Zhangying, with 171 resident groups and 66 villager groups.

traffic

In the north, it is 50km away from Zhengzhou, the provincial capital, 30km away from Xinzheng International Airport; in the south, it is 20km away from Xuchang, the Weidu city; in the East, it is 1km away from Changge station of Beijing Zhuhai Expressway, with convenient transportation, beautiful environment and superior geographical position.

The Beijing Guangzhou railway and 107 National Road run through the north and south, the provincial Penghua highway and the Changyu highway run through the East and West, and the city and town roads are scattered all over the area.

education

There are 2 ordinary junior middle schools (No.18 Middle School and No.19 middle school) and 13 primary schools in Heshangqiao Town, with 380 teaching staff. The qualification rate of full-time teachers in primary and secondary schools is 100%. There are 4566 students in primary and secondary schools. All schools have teaching buildings, and all teaching facilities are complete, substantial and up to standard.

Cultural Relic

There are three Changge county-level cultural relics protection projects in the area of Heshangqiao Town, including Jiazhuang ancient cultural site, Qingong Temple ancient cultural site and Jiangzhuang gexianzhu martyr tomb.

Historical legend

The monk bridge is located on the Qingshu River in the southeast of Changge City. The fame of the monk bridge is not due to the special features of the bridge itself. In terms of age and structure, it is also a common stone arch bridge, and it is not built on the river. Its fame is due to the stories attached to it. The story is summed up as a simple couplet: build a floating bridge to be filial to the mother and kill the monk to avenge the father. It is said that someone's mother has an affair with a monk who lives across the river. The monk wades across the river in the cold winter and touches the person's filial piety. He builds a bridge to be filial to his mother. After his mother died, he killed the monk to avenge his father. As for the bridge, it was recorded in the annals of Changge County in 1930: "it is located 15 Li southwest of the county (the former county government is in the old town today), which is Chongyao of the city.". In 1564, Cai Shaoxian, the magistrate of the county, was founded in the 43rd year of Jiajing reign of the Ming Dynasty. In the 10th year of Wanli (1582), Li Weichen and Xie Ke raised money to rebuild the bridge, which was renamed Jizhong bridge. The stone railings on both sides were made of iron clasps, with inscriptions. In 1661, county magistrate Liu Tao donated money to Shen Gong (Shen Quan, a native of Huating County, Jiangsu Province, a Jinshi of Shunzhi County, who was then a governor of the Constitution) and advocated the public to rebuild the temple. He built the temple of Hebo on the north bank and Shen Gong's temple. There are inscriptions on it. " From these records, it can be clearly seen that before the 10th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, this bridge was called "monk bridge" because of "monk's fund raising". Ten years after Wanli, the reason for the name change is not known. It must have been the above-mentioned affiliated Association at that time, and the "villagers" felt indecent and changed it. It has been more than 400 years since its name was changed. Few people know the name of the bridge: "helping the masses". On the contrary, the more the name of the "monk bridge" is called, the louder it is. Later, the name of the station on the Beijing Guangzhou railway was called "monk bridge", and the name of the town on the outskirts of Changge City was also called "monk bridge". In fact, it was common for monks to raise money to build bridges. It is said that there are 17 bridges called "monk bridge" in China. I'm afraid it's hard to know where and when the legend of this association started. It's hard to tell whether it's a story from the romance of the bridge or whether it's attached to the bridge. In fact, it is entirely possible for such a story to happen in feudal society, and the tragedy is a social tragedy. The monk bridge in Changge is just one of many common monk bridges, and the story is not the "patent" of this bridge. The reason why "monk bridge" has become an enduring topic is that it is a complex humanistic phenomenon.

Economics

The industrial cluster of Heshangqiao town is outstanding. The town Party committee and government strive to optimize the environment for economic development, with stable public security, simple folk customs and loose environment, providing a broad platform for non metric economic development. There are more than 200 non-public enterprises and 16 primary and secondary schools in the town, including tricycle manufacturing, sanitary ceramic plate processing, plate manufacturing, mechanical processing, chemical industry, casting, construction machinery, aluminum processing, food processing, etc. From 2010 to 2012, Heshangqiao town was awarded "top 100 towns of economic and social development in Henan Province" by Henan Provincial Bureau of statistics and Henan provincial local economic and social investigation team for three consecutive years.

There are 102 large-scale industrial enterprises, commercial enterprises and service enterprises with annual sales of over 20 million yuan. By the end of 2014, there were more than 670 legal entities of industrial enterprises, commercial enterprises and service enterprises in the town. Changge steel trading market, Jiuding Meida logistics park and Henan Changge accessories market have been successively built in the town area, covering a total area of 2700 mu, which can accommodate more than 3500 merchants, with a total investment of 2.38 billion yuan. There are 6 ceramic factories above Designated Size in the town, covering a total area of 450 mu, with an annual output value of 850 million yuan. There are more than 100 mechanical processing enterprises, including 5 tricycle manufacturing enterprises, with an annual output of more than 60000 agricultural tricycles and an annual output value of 300 million yuan. The industry of the town is mainly high-voltage electrical appliances, plate building materials, ceramic sanitary ware, machinery accessories, construction machinery and machinery manufacturing. The commerce is in steel market of Jingxin District, Jiuding Meida building materials market of Ducun temple, accessories market of service industry and Yupeng logistics market of Ducun temple.

There are more than 100 construction machinery processing enterprises with an annual output value of 120 million yuan. Yujing steel market and Jiuding Meida logistics park in Changge City have started trial operation, covering a total area of 2200 mu, which can accommodate more than 2600 merchants, with a total investment of 320 million yuan and an estimated annual turnover of 13 billion yuan, becoming the largest steel and building materials trading market in Henan Province. In 2006, the total industrial output value of the town was 1.858 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 36.6%; the investment in fixed assets was 510 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 37.8%. It was awarded "excellent township for developing non-public economy" and "Star Township" by Changge municipal Party committee and municipal government.

In 2014, the GDP reached 7.7 billion yuan, up 17.6% year on year. The total industrial output value was 4.46 billion yuan. The per capita net income of farmers reached 13209 yuan, a year-on-year increase of 13.7%. 2.19 billion yuan, accounting for 239.97% of the annual target. There are 10 new and continued projects, with a total investment of 5.5 billion yuan in fixed assets, including 10 projects with more than 100 million yuan. In October 2014, our town was awarded the honorary title of "top 100 towns of economic and social development in Henan Province" by Henan Provincial Bureau of statistics and Henan provincial local economic and social investigation team for five consecutive years.

development

The construction of urban-rural integration promotion zone has been steadily promoted. Xuchang Changge urban-rural integration promotion zone is an emerging economic development zone planned by Xuchang municipal Party committee and municipal government, with Beijing Guangzhou railway in the west, Beijing Hong Kong Macao Expressway in the East, Xuchang urban area in the south, and Beijing Hong Kong Macao Expressway in Changge in the north. It aims to build an ecological new town with city in the village, village in the city, city in the forest, forest in the city, city in the water and water in the city. Our town has 12 administrative villages in the urban-rural integration promotion area, with a total of 18017 people and 20611 mu of land. It is a key town in the urban-rural integration promotion area of Xuchang city. The overall planning of our town is "two parks, two belts and one district", namely "Industrial Park, logistics park, landscape belt along Qingshu River, landscape belt of Intercity Express channel, administrative new district relocated by municipal Party committee and municipal government". Since the start of development and construction in 2006, the Qingshu river landscape belt, Yujing steel market and Jiuding Meida logistics park have begun to take shape

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