Qijiang Town, Santai County, Mianyang City, Sichuan Province

Qijiang town

Qijiang Town, formerly known as "qianzifen", is the administrative center of Guqi county and dongguanghan county. It is located 40 km south of Santai County, Mianyang City, Sichuan Province. It is adjacent to Zihe town and Jianzhong town in the East, Wanfu town of Zhongjiang County across Qijiang River in the south, Guanqiao town in the northwest and Jingfu town in the north. In September 1992, it was set as a separate town when the organizational system was adjusted, and it was approved as a provincial historical and cultural town by the people's Government of Sichuan Province in 1992. In January 2019, Qijiang town was selected as the seventh batch of famous historical and cultural towns in China.

On December 25, 2019, Sichuan Provincial People's Government approved the adjustment of administrative divisions of some towns and townships in Mianyang City (cfzm [2019] No. 27): Anju town and Baoquan Township were canceled, and their administrative areas were put under the jurisdiction of Qijiang Town, and the people's Government of Qijiang town was stationed at No. 60 Zhengjie (formerly Anju Town People's Government).

General situation

Qijiang town is an ancient town with a long history. It is also a place for military strategists since ancient times. It was the capital of Qi Kingdom during the spring and Autumn period and Warring States period. It also served as the county government of Qi county from the Western Han Dynasty to the Southern Dynasties and Dongguang Han county during the Shu Han period of the Three Kingdoms. In Ming Dynasty, Qianzong (an official position in Ming Dynasty) was buried here, so it was called Qianzong tomb, commonly known as QIANZI tomb. Because of the Qijiang river flowing through the town, the town got its name.

Qijiang town has a history of more than 2000 years. Tens of thousands of cliff tombs of the Eastern Han Dynasty are one of the four largest tombs of the Han Dynasty in China. It is a provincial cultural relic protection unit. Many ancient buildings, thousand Buddha rock and Jiulong bridge have high cultural relic protection value and tourism value. In 1992, the town was listed as a provincial historical and cultural town.

Location context

Qijiang town is located in 30 ° 49 ′ 06.4 ″～ 30 ° 45 ′ 39.8 ″ N and 105 ° 05 ′ 11.4 ″～ 105 ° 05 ′ 31 ″ e, south of Santai County. It is connected with Zihe town and Jianzhong town in the East, Wanfu town in Zhongjiang County in the south, Guanqiao town in the Northwest and Jingfu town in the north, 40 km away from the county, with an administrative area of 69.76 square kilometers.

History of construction

In December 2019, the people's Government of Santai County abolished Anju town and Baoquan Township, and put their administrative areas under the jurisdiction of Qijiang town. The residence of Qijiang town was moved from qianzifen to anjuchang.

Qijiang town was the seat of king Qi, the chief of Shu, during the spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period. In the Ming Dynasty, Qianzong was buried here, so it was named Qianzong tomb (commonly known as QIANZI tomb).

Anjuchang has a long history of building a town. As early as the Han and Jin Dynasties, it was Fuguo town in Qi county. In the Southern Dynasties, salt supervisors were set up in towns. Because it is at the intersection of two streams, it is also called HEZUI.

During the reign of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty, HEZUI built the field, which was named Yuntai field at the beginning. It got its name from the Yuntai temple in Yuntai mountain. Later, due to the development of salt industry, the number of households increased, and it was renamed "anjuchang" in the name of "living and working in peace and contentment".

At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, Santai County set up 4 roads and 28 townships.

In the 9th year of the Republic of China, there were many wars in Sichuan Province. All over the country strengthened the League training organization, set up yihuoxiang League training center and anjuchang League training office.

In the 14th year of the Republic of China, Tuan Lian was changed into Tuan Jia, and Anju was set up as Tuan Jia's office.

In the 15th year of the Republic of China, laoyingzui (today's Baoquan township) was established and named yongfengchang.

In the 19th year of the Republic of China, qianzifen was added as tuanjia office.

In the 24th year of the Republic of China, the group A of qianzifen was abolished, and the group A was merged into the group A to establish the joint insurance system for safe living.

In the 25th year of the Republic of China, a joint insurance system was set up.

In the 29th year of the Republic of China, it pursued the "new county system" and changed it into Anju Township and QIANZI township.

In 1951, the land reform was completed and the democratic government was established. There are still Anju Township and QIANZI township. In addition, some villages in Anju Township were set up as Yongfeng Township and stationed in Yongfeng farm.

Yongfeng Township was abolished in the middle of 1956 and resumed at the end of the same year.

In 1958, during the period of people's communization, Anju commune, Yongfeng commune and QIANZI commune were established.

In July 1967, it was changed into QIANZI commune and Qijiang people's commune.

In 1981, the general survey of place names changed Yongfeng to Baoquan commune, which got its name from Yanjing Dabei Pavilion (commonly known as wanbaoquan).

In 1984, the establishment of the commune was abolished and the commune was restored to Anju Township, Qijiang Township and Baoquan township. It belongs to Anju district.

In 1985, Anju town was established, belonging to Anju district.

In 1992, the district was withdrawn and the township was built. Anju and Baoquan merged to form Anju Town, and Qijiang township was changed to Qijiang town.

In 2000, Baoquan was designated as Baoquan township.

In December 2019, Anju Town, Qijiang town and Baoquan township will merge to form a new Qijiang Town, and the people's Government of the town will move to the former Anju town.

administrative division

By the end of 2019, Qijiang town governs anjuchang, Jiulong street, Qiwang street and yongfengchang communities and 23 administrative villages.

Natural environment and resources

In 2015, the cultivated land area of Qijiang town was 8679 mu, and the forest area was 11112 mu, belonging to deep hills. The natural vegetation was subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest, and the secondary vegetation was evergreen deciduous coniferous broad-leaved mixed forest. The vegetation area was 12990 mu, and the forest coverage rate was 33.5%. Qijiang town belongs to the north subtropical warm monsoon climate type in Sichuan Province, with mild climate and four distinct seasons. The annual average temperature is 17 ℃, and the annual precipitation is 890 mm. There are two rivers. Qijiang river is a tributary of Fujiang River with a flow length of 11.5km, which flows into Fujiang River in Qikou town of Daying County; Jinjiang River is a tributary of Qijiang river with a flow length of 3.5km, which flows into Qijiang River in JIEKOU town of Qijiang County. There are 5.6 kilometers of Luban reservoir and Lulian trunk and branch canal system, 13 power pumping irrigation stations, which can irrigate 4600 mu of farmland. Copper and bittern were once produced in the Qijiang River Basin.

Population data

In 2000, the total population of Qijiang town was 12388, with 3401 households. In 2015, the total population was 11759, including 10760 agricultural population, with a sex ratio of 131:100; the birth rate was 9.2 ‰, the mortality rate was 10.1 ‰, the growth rate was -0.93 ‰, the population density was 461 people / square kilometer, and there were 8 ethnic minorities, including Yi, Tibetan and Miao.

(fifth census data)

The total population is 6987 (2017).

Travel

Qijiang ancient town, connected with anjuchang town and lianjianzhong Town, has rich tourism resources, such as the tomb of the ancient Han Dynasty known as Qiwang city in the Western Han Dynasty, which was once reported by the news channel of Sichuan TV station, as well as the Yuntai view, one of the four national road views. The famous river passes through the whole town, which is also an important reason for the name of Qijiang, and the famous Jiulong bridge in Santai County is Mianyang It is a famous ancient town scenic spot in Sichuan Province.

Remove the mysterious veil of ancient Qi State

Sichuan people are industrious, frugal, low-key and pragmatic. With their own efforts, the myths they create are rewriting their own history. For a long time, due to geographical reasons, Sichuan is considered to be an underdeveloped area of ancient culture, especially prehistoric culture. However, in recent years, a series of major archaeological discoveries about the ancient Qi state are changing people's ideas.

Yuanmou people, 1.7 million years ago, are the earliest people found in China, living in subtropical forests of Yunnan. Later, along the most convenient route, Yuanmou people went down the Jinsha River Valley, all the way to the middle of Sichuan Basin, and pushed forward to the Yangtze River Valley, Minjiang River Valley, Tuojiang River Valley, Jialing River Valley and Qijiang River Valley. One branch of the Qijiang River Valley occupies the vast areas of Daying County, Santai County, Zhongjiang County, Lezhi county and the south of Shehong County. It established the state of Qi and left us a mysterious civilization of Qi.

In the domestic archaeological circles, Duan Yu's general history of Sichuan and Ren Naiqiang's new exploration of Sichuan ancient history have detailed records of Qi civilization. Qi civilization is also well-known in foreign countries. The encyclopedia compiled by Cambridge University of England and the archaeology Dictionary of Japan all introduce it in considerable length. Zhang Guangzhi, a professor of Harvard University in the United States, compiled it into his lecture notes on the history of East Asia.

On April 12, 2004, Professor Ren Naiqiang, a famous national archaeologist, talked about his research achievements on the history of the ancient Qi state at the venue of the 2003 "top ten new archaeological discoveries in China", which caused an uproar in the National Archaeological circles. Professor Ren Naiqiang said at the meeting that one of the Yuanmou people entered the Qijiang River Valley, formed the Qi nationality and established the Qi state. This result surprised the domestic archaeological circles, and some experts exclaimed: we must re-examine our views on the history of Sichuan!

In recent years, according to the patterns and production methods of hundreds of cultural relics unearthed, archaeologists of the Qi State Research Association in Sichuan Province speculated that the Sichuan area at that time had been influenced by the Shang Dynasty culture. Since 2000, hundreds of artifacts, including pottery, bronze cauldrons, stone arrows, bone and jade ornaments, have been unearthed in Daying County, which was originally the territory of the ancient Qi state. According to the research of the staff of the Institute of cultural relics and archaeology, most of these artifacts belong to the Shang Dynasty about 3500 years ago. In particular, some of the pottery and stone tools are similar to some Shang Dynasty bronzes unearthed in the north. Archaeologists believe that the center of Shang culture has long been identified in the Yellow River Basin, but the specific area of its cultural influence has not been determined. The reappearance of Qi civilization not only confirms that the Shang culture has radiated to the southwest, but also pushes forward the history of Sichuan for two thousand years.

One by one, Sichuan continues to rewrite its history. "We are fully qualified to apply for state-level cultural relics protection units here." Jiang Ming, a researcher of the Qiguo research society, said confidently, "the ancient Qiguo civilization is the earliest prehistoric culture that has been discovered in Sichuan Basin. Combined with the excavated zhuotungjing site, it can be declared as a national cultural relic protection unit."

resources

The total area of the town is 25.31 square kilometers. There are 591 hectares of land, 575 hectares of arable land, per capita possession of land

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