Bai Ni Zhen, Chongyang County, Xianning City, Hubei Province

Baini town

Baini town is located in the center of three counties in southern Hubei Province, on the eastern edge of Chongyang basin, connecting Xianning in the East, Jiangxi in the south, Hunan in the West and Puqi in the north. The national highway 106 runs through the northeast of Chongyang County, and the highway from Chongyang to Jiangxi extends from north to south. Gaodi and Dashi rivers pass through the town and join into the Yangtze River, which has been the transportation hub in the east of Chongyang County and the material distribution center of surrounding towns since ancient times. All along, merchants gathered and commerce flourished. The town covers an area of 149 square kilometers, with 22 villages, 1 community, 190 villager groups and a total population of 52023 (2017). In 2001, the total industrial and agricultural output value of the town was 480 million yuan. Baini town has a long history, a long history, profound culture and splendid landscape.

Historical evolution

Shijian weir and yuanpi weir, the famous water conservancy projects in Chongyang built in the later Tang Dynasty and Song Dynasty, have been irrigated for thousands of years. They are still irrigating thousands of acres of fertile land, with waterfalls flowing and magnificent momentum, which has become a great spectacle. During the Three Kingdoms period, general Lu Xun of the eastern Wu Dynasty stationed troops in Jincheng Mountain. In the late Qing Dynasty, Taiping Heavenly Kingdom soldiers fought bloody battles with the Qing army in Xiema mountain. Shiban street, built in Ming and Qing Dynasties, has a total length of 317 meters, including Qingshi Road, zhudamen, Matou wall, Dougong lintel, carved hurdles and painted columns, high eaves teeth, simple and elegant, winding roadway and pleasant scale. It is a precious heritage of traditional Chinese dwellings. The Dashi aqueduct, built in the 1970s, is a unique one with ingenious design and beautiful shape. Baini town has one neighborhood committee and 22 village committees: Guqiao, Zhipeng, Datang, Longquan, Qiaotou, Langkou, Xiaogang, Yanxia, Hongquan, Youshi, Jinlong, Yanlong, Sanxi, Yugeng, Houxi, huihuiling, Jinxing, Yanghong, Shishan, Dashi, Tanjia, Bailu and Baini. Bai Ni town has a long history. In 1561, Xiong Bai Ni, a merchant of the Ming Dynasty, donated money to build a bridge on the Dashihe River, which was named after Bai Ni. It has a history of more than 400 years in Ming, Qing and Republic of China. Baini culture is deep and the landscape is bright. Here is a long folk narrative poem "Zhong Jiu Nao Cao", which is widely spread in Chongyang, the hometown of Chinese folk art. In 1977, the Shang Dynasty bronze drum unearthed in this town has a history of more than 3000 years. It has become a symbol of Chongyang ancient civilization.

geographical environment

Covering an area of 149 square kilometers, the town has jurisdiction over 22 villages, including Guqiao, Zhipeng, Datang, Longquan, Qiaotou, Langkou, Xiaogang, Yanxia, Hongquan, Youshi, Jinlong, Yanlong, Sanxi, Yugeng, Houxi, huihuiling, Jinxing, Yanghong, Shishan, Dashi, Tanjia, Bailu and Baini, with 190 villager groups and 52023 people (2017). Baini town has a long history. In 1561, Xiong Baini, a merchant of the Ming Dynasty, donated money to build a bridge on the Gaodi River to benefit the common people. As a good deed, it has been named "Baini" for more than 400 years.

cultural background

With profound culture and bright landscape, Bai Ni is the hometown of Chinese folk art, violin drama, and the birthplace of the folk narrative poem Zhong Jiu naocao. In 1979, the animal face pattern tiliang you unearthed in zhinei is a bronze art treasure. On the Jincheng Mountain in the southwest of the town, there is the remains of Huang Tingjian, the Song Dynasty's Taishi, who studied in the ink marsh of Jincheng, which is one of the "eight ancient scenes of Chongyang".

Economic overview

Baini is active in business and prosperous in economy. In agriculture, five leading industries, including Leizhu, high-quality rice, vegetables, corn and rape, ten forest animal bases and "three agricultural science and technology demonstration parks" in Youshi, xiemashan and tongzipu villages, have been formed. In terms of enterprises, five major industrial systems have been formed, namely, the textile industry with towel processing as the leader, the machinery manufacturing industry with low-grade grinding ball as the leader, the building materials industry with small red brick and quicklime as the leader, the non-staple food and beverage processing industry with Mahua as the leader, and the bamboo and wood processing industry with brown bed and furniture processing as the leader. The private economy is developing towards the specialization and scale of "one village, one product, one street, one color", with an annual output value and turnover of 260 million yuan. The town has 2 comprehensive farmers' markets, 1 industrial products market, 13 shopping malls, 7 affordable supermarkets, 220 street stores and 110 retail stalls. The annual total retail sales of social consumer goods is 380 million yuan. With prominent regional advantages and strong radiation effect, it has become a de facto economic center of nearly 200000 people in Xiushui, port, Jintang, Tongzhong, intersection, etc. Since the reform and opening up, the industrious and intelligent Bai Ni people have devoted themselves to the development of socialist market economy and made great achievements in the construction of material civilization and spiritual civilization. In 2001, the total industrial and agricultural output value of the town was 480 million yuan, the financial revenue was 4.8 million yuan, and the rural per capita income was 2343 yuan. The people's life in the town basically reached a well-off level. It has been rated as a provincial civilized market town and one of the 40 key central towns in the province. Baini town has opened its door, cut down the threshold, and sincerely invite people of insight at home and abroad to come to Baini town with simple folk customs, honest business style, preferential policies, good conditions, beautiful and relaxed environment to work together and seek common development. Xiaogang village of Baini town vigorously develops the cultivation of golden chrysanthemum, promotes rural revitalization with industry, and drives the masses to increase income and become rich with industrial development.

Historical celebrities

Bai Ni is outstanding and talented. Rao Tianmin (1502 -?) Before Ming Dynasty, he was born in Chongyang of Huguang (now Baini town of Chongyang County). Zhongshu Sheren of Ming Dynasty was a Jinshi of YiWeiKe in the 14th year of Jiajing (1535) and an official to the censor of Henan Dao. Guo Xun was impeached, Hetao was discussed, Su Song was found, the festival was expressed, Wen Tianxiang and Wu Taibo were worshipped, Dianshan and Wu Qishui were ruled, and he was named the censor. He wrote a preface to Huang Xun's economic records of famous officials of the Ming Dynasty. During the period of emperor Mu Zong of Ming Dynasty (1567-1572), Rao Tianmin compiled Chongyang county annals, which is called Longqing annals. Rao renkan (1519-1584), whose character is near Gang, is named Chengshan. Huguang Chongyang (now Baini town of Chongyang County) was a Jinshi of renxuke (1562) in the 41st year of Jiajing. He was a governor of Yunnan. Rao renkan's tomb is located in the second guest house of Chongyang County. There is a tombstone erected in the 9th year of Xianfeng in Qing Dynasty. Mi Yingsheng, a famous Peking Opera actor in the Qing Dynasty, is one of the founders of Peking Opera. Zhong Renjie, a native of the city, gathered more than 10000 people during the reign of Emperor Daoguang of the Qing Dynasty to launch an uprising against Cao Fu and the Qing government, conquering five counties, affecting Hunan and Hubei, shocking the government and the public. Wang Shijie, a native of the city, was the first president of Wuhan University, Minister of education of the national government, Minister of propaganda of the Kuomintang, and Minister of foreign affairs. Yin Chengzhen, a native of the city, participated in the uprising in 1934 Wang Shijie (March 10, 1891 - April 21, 1981) was born in Chongyang County, Wuchang Prefecture, Hubei Province. Officials, constitutionalists and educators of the Republic of China. The first president of Wuhan University. In 1911, he studied in the mining and Metallurgy Department of Tianjin Beiyang University (now Tianjin University). Later, he studied in Britain and France. In 1917, he received a bachelor's degree in politics and economics from the University of London in England. In 1920, he received a doctor of law from the law research Institute of the University of Paris in France. After returning to China, he taught at Peking University and founded modern review weekly with Hu Shi. Later, he joined the Kuomintang and entered politics. He has successively served as director of the Legislative Affairs Bureau of the KMT government, member of the Hubei provincial government and director of the Department of education, magistrate of the Hague magistracy, President of Wuhan University, Minister of education, director of the Counselor's office of the Military Commission and director of the political department, Minister of publicity of the KMT Central Committee, and Secretary General of the central design bureau. He was once chairman of the presidium of the National Political Council. In 1945, he was elected to the central supervisory committee of the Kuomintang and became the foreign minister. On August 14, 1945, he went to the Soviet Union to sign the unequal "Sino Soviet friendship treaty" on behalf of Chiang Kai Shek, and then became the head of the Paris Peace Conference delegation. In 1946, he was elected as the "constitutional representative" and in 1948, he was elected as an academician of Academia Sinica. After going to Taiwan, he took the post of "Secretary General of the presidential palace" in 1950, and later resigned because of the case. In 1958, he came back as "administrative member of the Executive Yuan". In 1962, he was the president of Academia Sinica and also a member of the Standing Committee of the Implementation Committee of the Chinese cultural renaissance movement. In 1970, he was appointed as "Minister of the presidential palace". Member of the seventh to Twelfth Central Committee of the Kuomintang. He died in Taipei Veterans Hospital on April 21, 1981. At the end of his life, he made a will and gave all his calligraphy and painting books to Wuhan University. He was 91 years old. Yin Chengzhen (1915-1990), a member of the Yin family in bainiqiaozui, Chongyang County, Hubei Province. He joined the Red Army of workers and peasants in 1930 and the Communist Youth League of China in the same year. He was transferred to the Communist Party of China in 1931. During the Agrarian Revolutionary War, he served as the platoon leader and division chief of the accompanying School of the third Red Army Corps, the youth secretary and cashier of the Red Army school, the chief of the accounting, material, accounting and military practical sections of the General Supply Department of the Military Commission. He took part in the anti "encirclement and suppression" campaign and the long march in the Central Soviet area. Later, he served as the director of the supply department of the first independent division in Northern Shaanxi. During the Anti Japanese War, he served as the chief of the accounting section of the Eighth Route Army's Xi'an Office and the chief of the transportation section of the Guilin office. During the war of liberation, he served as vice minister, political commissar and Minister of Logistics Department of Liaoning Jilin Military Region, and vice minister of Supply Department of Logistics Department of the fourth field army of Chinese people's Liberation Army. He took part in Liaoshen, Pingjin and other battles. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, he successively served as director of barracks Department of Logistics Department of Central South military region, director of Finance Bureau of General Logistics Department of the people's Liberation Army, deputy director of material planning department of General Logistics Department of the people's Liberation Army, director of Finance and material Department of General Logistics Department of the people's Liberation Army, and consultant of general logistics headquarters of the people's Liberation Army. From July 1, 1967 to January 17, 1975, he served as director of the military control commission of the Ministry of finance, director of the Revolutionary Committee of the Ministry of finance, and leader of the party's core group. yes

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