Yan Zhen, Longchuan County, Heyuan City, Guangdong Province

Yanzhen

Yanzhen town is located in the north central part of Longchuan County, the source area of Dongjiang River upstream, 63 kilometers away from the county seat. It borders mabugang town and Beiling town in the north, Chiguang town in the south, Chetian town in the west, Xintian town and Luofu town in Xingning in the East. Yanzhen has a long history. Yanxia village, Shanchi village and Pingyue village are the places where Zhao Tuo, king of Southern Yue, stationed troops. They are the main waterway and land route between Guangdong and Jiangxi, and are the important trade towns for thousands of years. Surrounded by Qinglong Lake (Fengshuba reservoir), the largest lake in Longchuan County, in the East, West and south, it is the core area of Fengshuba Provincial Nature Reserve, with beautiful scenery, leisure, health preservation and holiday tourism.

History of town name

Longchi mountain (more than 20 kilometers from Qinglong Lake in Yanzhen town to Beiling and mabugang mountains) is a branch of Wenshui mountain. Its water quality is clear and its landscape is unique. Because it is located under the Shiyan of Dongguan village, it is called Wenshui mountain“

Under the rock

”It was renamed in the early Republic of China“

Yanzhen

”。 Yanzhen is divided into two parts: Pingyue in the East and shanchiyue in the West. Yanzhen (Yanxia) has a long history (it has been a reservoir for more than 2000 years in the 1970s, but it is still under the river. The Neolithic cultural relics were discovered only in Wuhe. It is said that more than 2000 years ago, Qin Shihuang ordered Qin General Zhao Tuo to pacify Baiyue (South Vietnam). His counselors surveyed the mountains (Longxing mountain, Longxue mountain, Longchi) from Ruijin of Jiangxi Province to Yanxia of Longchuan Zhao Tuo decided that this place was the place of King Xing. He adopted the advice of "sitting under the rock, embracing Longchuan, and winning Baiyue." In the end, he became the "king of Nanyue" of the princes. there is also a popular argument among the people that the location of Longchuan County seat (county seat) is "Tuocheng" and "Yanxia".

Legend of the dispute between Tuocheng and Yanxia

In the 33rd year of the first emperor of Qin Dynasty, Zhao Tuo accepted the imperial edict of Qin Dynasty as the site of the county government (county seat). Zhao Tuo mobilized officials and squires to brainstorm ideas and investigate the mountains and rivers (Fengshui). Officials and squires were divided into two groups. One group chose Yanzhen, Yanzhen (Yanxia), which is the main reservoir area of Fengshuba. The area is more than 10 square kilometers, and the river is open "In the north of the county, there was the mountain of Dragon Cave, and in Shun, there were five colored dragons, who went in and out of the cave by the cloud," he wrote The source of Dongjiang River passes through the cave here, hence the name of the county, which is the dragon vein of "Longchuan", the leading place of Longxue mountain (50 kilometers from Yanzhen to Shangping), the geomantic treasure land, the strategic key place of the fast passage (waterway) from Central Plains to South Vietnam, and the place of Wuhe fortress. On one side, Tuo city is chosen. Tuo city is close to mountains and rivers, with open land, back to Wushan and facing Dongjiang River. Water transportation is convenient. There is Languan dangerous road in the East and Wuhe (Fengshuba) fortress barrier in the north. Zhao Tuo, a resourceful and equal opponent of the two factions, knew that it was difficult for such a dispute to come to an end. In order to take the overall situation into consideration and unite the officials and squires, Zhao Tuo said, "there is no need to argue any more. You (Yanzhen and Tuocheng) have to dig a bucket of soil to weigh it. The weight of soil in which place (in ancient times) means that this place is precious and precious ）We all agree that the method of "valuing the land" is very good. After three days of weighing, Tuocheng side intended to take a bucket of soil from tieliao (with iron excrement, of course heavy). After weighing, it was more than half a Jin heavier than that of Yanzhen. Zhao Tuo immediately announced: "after weighing, Tuocheng's soil is heavy. The county government is built in Tuocheng.". Yanzhen was a place for military strategists in the past dynasties. Zhao Jinfu, general of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, led his troops to retreat to yanxiaxu, which was surrounded by the Qing army and completely destroyed. In the fourth year of tongzhi (1865), the Qing army led hundreds of thousands of troops to the upper half of Longchuan County, where they were stationed in yanxiaxu. Yanzhen is an important business town in the past dynasties. It is the trade throat of water and land between Guangdong and Jiangxi, with convenient water and land transportation. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Yanxia (town) was an important port for water transportation between Guangdong and Jiangxi (guanyanzibu and bingka were set up by the government); there were nine main roads in Longchuan County, among which two roads passed through Yanxia (town), one was 40 kilometers from Yanzhen to Yuantian via Jingkou, Wuhe and Chiguang; the other was Laolong via Shierpai, Damiao, yonghewei, daqiuyao, qiantou, Wuhe and Yanzhen to Mazhou Bugang is 97.5 km. Businessmen from Fujian, Guangzhou, Dapu, Xingning, Huiyang and other places gathered one after another to invest in business. After the late Qing Dynasty, with the development of waterway, the business center moved up to Beiling, but Yanzhen still maintained a prosperous scene (more than 150 shops and various business names). During the period of the Republic of China, it was one of the five major market towns in Longchuan (Laolong, Tuocheng, Heshi, Yanzhen and Beiling). After liberation, with the opening of roads, especially the construction of Fengshuba reservoir in 1970, yanxiaxu (old Yan town), the center of Yanzhen, became the main lake area of Qinglong Lake (Fengshuba reservoir). The town government moved to niuxingao, Liancheng, and one third of the population moved to BOLUO, Huiyang, Dongguan, Shenzhen and other places. The former prosperity disappeared.

History of construction

In ancient times, Yanzhen was located in the south of Yangzhou and served as a vassal in the early Zhou Dynasty. In the spring and Autumn period, it was called Nanyue, and in the Warring States period, it belonged to Chu. In the 33rd year of the first emperor of Qin Dynasty (214 BC), Qin Pingnan Yue established Longchuan County, Zhao Tuo as the order, and Yan town belonged to Longchuan County. Zhao Tuo was well aware of the importance of Yanxia (Yanzhen) strategy. Yanxia guarded the fast passage from Central Plains to South Vietnam (Dongjiangyuan waterway), and set up a V-shaped defense system (Shanchi Wuhe Pingyue). At the hehehekou (the confluence of the five rivers) under the rock, the Wuhe fortress is set up. Shanchi troops are surrounded by Dingnan water and the Wuhe fortress. Pingyue troops are surrounded by Xunwu water and the Wuhe fortress. In the first year of Qin II (209 BC), Zhao Tuo became King Wu of Nanyue, and strictly sealed the four passes of Wuling, namely Hengpu pass, liangpu pass, Yangshan pass and Huangxi pass; he cut off four new roads, namely, the road from Jiangxi to Nanxiong in Guangdong, the road from Hunan to Lianzhou in Guangdong, the road from Hunan to Hexian in Guangxi, and the road from Hunan to Jingjiang in Guangxi; and the V-shaped military defense system under Yanxia has been operating for many years and is as solid as gold. Yanzhen belongs to the state of South Yue. In song and Yuan Dynasties, Yanzhen was governed by Gaoxian, Ningtai and Guangxin capitals. In 1517, Yanzhen was divided into Pingyue and Shanchi. In the 19th year of the Republic of China, Longchuan County set up seven autonomous regions, and Yan town was the sixth autonomous region. in 1947, Longchuan County set up three district offices, 39 townships and 420 social security organs. Yan town belongs to the Third District Department (Beiling) Pingshan township. In 1949, Ling Ximin of Dongjiang column brought troops to Yanzhen and announced the liberation of Yanzhen. Later, he served as the first district head of Yanzhen township. In 1952, Yanzhen belonged to the 11th district office. Yan Town People's commune was established in 1958. 1983, Yanzhen district. 1987, Yanzhen.

geographical position

Yan town is located in the north of Longchuan County, the source area of Dongjiang River upstream, 63 kilometers away from the county. It borders mabugang town and Beiling town in the north, Chiguang town in the south, Chetian town in the west, Xintian town and Luofu town in Xingning in the East. The town governs six village committees, namely Pingyue, Dongfang, Liancheng, Shanchi, quetang and Zhengkeng, and the residents' committee of Yanzhen street, with a total population of 11798 (2017), a total area of 121.64 square kilometers (2017), and a cultivated area of 10644 mu, including 7100 mu of paddy field.

Transportation and communication

Yanzhen has convenient water and land transportation. National Highway 236 (the original provincial highway S277, Laolong Jiangxi) runs through the north and south, and Hehui Dongguan Expressway connects with Yanzhen, forming a transportation hub with Liancheng as the center. The waterway can be navigable to Xingning Luofu and surrounding towns, and the administrative village roads of the whole town are hard bottomed. Convenient communication, fully realized the telephone communication program-controlled, postal delivery fast, fax, Internet, mobile phones and other modern communication network is extremely complete.

tourist resources

The town is located in Fengshuba reservoir (Qinglong Lake) reservoir area, surrounded by water on three sides. It is the core area of Fengshuba nature reserve, with high forest coverage, good ecology, mountain to mountain, water to water, mountain to mountain, lush forest, rare birds and animals, and rich tourism resources. 2 km east of Zhenfu to hementan of Qinglong lake, 3 km south of Shanchi village to Qinglong lake water wharf (main lake area). Shanchi village is a thousand year old village, adjacent to the beautiful Qinglong lake, with Hakka ancient houses, ancient fort, ancient lime kiln ruins, Ming Dynasty HuLong bridge, Dishui Guanyin, Shilang tomb, ancient ancestral temple and so on. It is said that Zhao Tuo, the king of Nanyue, stationed troops here. He is one of the first famous villages in Guangdong Province, an ancient village in Guangdong Province, a health village in Guangdong Province, and a village in the old revolutionary base area. Qinglong lake is the second largest artificial lake in Guangdong Province, with a drainage area of 5150 square kilometers, a water surface area of 300000 square kilometers and a water depth of more than 100 meters. The forest is luxuriant, the forest coverage rate reaches 89.5%, the annual average temperature is 17 ℃, the lake water temperature is 14 ℃, the water depth is like the sea, the lake water is green, the lake is flat as a mirror, the mountains and rivers are opposite each other, just like a fairyland, it is quiet and beautiful. Cliffs towering, shade such as cover, stone Star cloth, vines grass Fang, cascading. Beautiful scenery, four seasons like spring, charming scenery. There are many islands in the lake, and the mountains on both sides are different and fascinating. It can be used for hunting, fishing, boating and swimming. There is Beiling hot spring in huzhaowan.

economic development

The town has 10644 mu of arable land, including 7100 mu of paddy field and 140000 mu of forest land, including 83500 mu of ecological public welfare forest, with a forest coverage rate of more than 81%, mainly planting rice, sweet potato, soybean and corn. To give full play to the advantages of resources and vigorously develop characteristic agriculture, we have successively established over 5000 mu high-yield Camellia oleifera demonstration base in Shanchi and Dongfang, Fangping fruit industrial belt, over 3800 mu Bansu base in Zhengkeng, 3770 Mu citrus, and Liancheng, Pingyue and Shanchi are fast-growing and high-yielding

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