YueYaQuan Town, Dunhuang City, Jiuquan City, Gansu Province

YueYaQuan town

YueYaQuan town is located in the southern suburb of Dunhuang city. There are 6 administrative villages and 29 villager groups in the town, with a total population of 10035 (2017) and a total area of 28.53 square kilometers. YueYaQuan, also known as Shajing in ancient times, is also known as Yaoquan. It is a famous scenic spot in Mingsha mountain. It is located 5 km southwest of YueYaQuan town in Dunhuang city at the western end of Hexi Corridor (coordinates: 40 ° 05 ′ 11.98 ″ n, 94 ° 40 ′ 09.99 ″ E), and 7 km south of the city at the northern foot of Mingsha mountain. Since the Han Dynasty, it has been one of the "eight scenes of Dunhuang" and got the name "Yuequan Xiaoche". Yueya spring is nearly 100 meters long from north to South and 25 meters wide from east to west. The spring is deep in the East and shallow in the west, and the deepest is about 5 meters. It is curved like a crescent moon, so it is called "the first spring in the desert". The shape of the crescent spring is similar to that of the crescent moon. In the spring, there are Eupatorium and CHAROPHYTES. On the south bank, there are dense reeds surrounded by quicksand. Although there is strong wind, the spring is not covered by sand. Because "the spring reflects the moon and is free of dust", "the ancient sand does not fill the spring, and the spring does not dry up", it has become a wonder. According to legend, there are tiebeiyu and qixingcao growing in the spring. They are specialized in treating difficult and miscellaneous diseases and can live forever.

General situation of villages and towns

The town has obvious location advantages, rich tourism resources and strong economic development momentum. It has been built into a famous vegetable Town, fruit town and tourism town. The industrial layout of one mu shed per household, one mu garden per capita and one person engaged in the secondary and tertiary industries has been basically formed, which provides a pillar guarantee for the increase of farmers' income. In 2010, the per capita net income of farmers reached 7870 yuan. It is estimated that the per capita net income will reach 8875 yuan in 2011, an increase of 1005 yuan over the previous year. 60% of the farmers in the town live in solar heating houses, with more than 100% of the households using telephone. 100% of the farmers enjoy primary medical and health care. The whole town has basically realized the interconnection of water supply and water supply with the city, the comprehensive transformation of high and low voltage lines, the hardening of roads in all directions, the comprehensive coverage of communication optical cables, and the basic supporting infrastructure of canals, fields, and forest networks. It has been awarded the titles of "advanced township in the construction of civilized Township in the whole province" and "provincial civilized township". In addition to Mingsha mountain, Yueya spring, Foye temple, folk custom museum and Dunhuang Hotel farm garden, there are also large and medium-sized tourism enterprises such as Dunhuang villa, post and Telecommunications villa, huanmu cinema, history Expo Park, Baili villa, natatorium and nature museum in YueYaQuan town. More than one million tourists come to YueYaQuan town every year . in recent years, the town aims to develop "three belts", build "three zones", and build "back garden of Dunhuang City, vegetable basket of urban and rural residents, holiday village of Chinese and foreign tourists and exhibition area of sightseeing agriculture". According to the idea of market base, we have built two bases of vegetables and fruits, and built many high standard professional villages, such as greenhouse vegetables, high-quality fruits, tourism and so on. It has built the largest production base of Li Guang apricot in the city. In March every year, the town is filled with rich apricot fragrance, which really has the artistic conception of "no place to enter the village without flowers, no road to high or low".

Agricultural characteristics

In recent years, the town has built Mingshan fruit and vegetable wholesale market and two bases of vegetables and fruits, and four high standard professional villages of greenhouse vegetables, high-quality fruits and tourism. The area of greenhouse vegetables in the township reaches more than 2700 mu, providing more than 38 million kg of vegetables to the city every year; the area of Li Guang apricot reaches 6100 mu, accounting for more than 70% of the city, and is the largest production base of Li Guang apricot in the city. The annual output of Li Guangxing is 2800 tons. Among them, the area of Li Guangxing in YueYaQuan and Heshui villages has accounted for 90% and 70% of the total cultivated area, and 66% and 53% of the per capita net income of farmers come from Li Guangxing, forming a Li Guangxing professional village with distinctive characteristics of "two villages and one product".

Township Enterprises

Guanghai cotton textile factory: invested and constructed by Zou Guanghai, the owner of Wenzhou enterprise in Zhejiang Province, in December 2002. The factory is located in the east of Jinlong stone factory in dunyue highway City, covering an area of 73 Mu and a construction area of 8400 square meters. It is planned to invest 100 million yuan, with a design production capacity of 50000 spindles. It can use 5000 tons of lint per year, digest a quarter of the city's cotton, and produce 6-80 12 specifications of cotton yarn, With an annual output of 4000 tons of cotton yarn, an annual sales revenue of 56 million yuan, a profit of 4.08 million yuan and a tax of 1.98 million yuan, the employment problem of more than 500 people can be solved.

Famous specialty

(1) Mingshan jujube: the quality of Dunhuang Mingshan jujube is excellent. It is named for its large fruit. Its jujube is oval in shape, and each fresh jujube weighs nearly 40-50 grams. After ripening, the appearance is as bright as jade, black red, delicate meat, delicious, rich in nutrients. According to the analysis, each jujube contains more than 60% sugar, and has a variety of protein, fat, vitamins, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other nutrients. It is a good product for enriching blood, replenishing qi, nourishing kidney and calming the nerves. Therefore, it has high medicinal value, especially for fatigue, deficiency and postpartum blood loss. Dunhuang jujube is not only resistant to storage, but also suitable for dry jujube and wine jujube. In particular, the jujube, which is sealed in the tile altar, is as fresh as ever when it is opened in the spring of the coming year. The jujube fragrance accompanied with the wine fragrance can really make people salivate and drunk. (2) Dunhuang Liguang apricot: Dunhuang Liguang apricot is one of the three famous apricots in Gansu Province. It is a special variety introduced from Hotan, Xinjiang, and formed in Dunhuang after long-term natural domestication and artificial cultivation. It is said that this variety was introduced from Xinjiang after Li Guangbing, a flying General of the Western Han Dynasty, conquered Dawan. It has been cultivated for more than 2000 years. Li Guang apricot is as big as plum, with light yellow skin, bright luster, thin skin, thick meat, less fiber, juicy, delicious and rich aroma. Li Guang apricot contains acid, sugar, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamins and other substances, rich in nutrition, in addition to fresh flesh, can be made into canned, dried apricot, preserved apricot, apricot sauce, apricot wine, etc. Almond is also an important raw material for making cakes, cold food and candy. Apricot trees are cold resistant and drought resistant, so they can thrive in Dunhuang oasis with dry climate. (2) Li Guangxing, also known as "Dunhuang Li Guangxing" because of its origin, is a specialty of Dunhuang City, Gansu Province. Maoxing is a special fruit developed from Dunhuang in Gansu Province. Its name comes from the legend of flying General Li Guang. Thanks to the local climate and geographical conditions, it is famous for its delicious taste.

Quality characteristics

Li Guang apricot is one of the agricultural and sideline products of Dunhuang. Its fruit shape is regular and nearly round. It is a big plum with golden skin, bright color, thin skin, multi flesh, small core, delicious and juicy, and full of aroma. Li Guang apricot is rich in minerals, vitamins and nutrients. Its flesh can be eaten fresh. It can also be made into canned apricot, dried apricot, preserved apricot, apricot sauce or used as raw materials for making apricot wine. Almonds can be used as raw materials for cakes, cold food and candy.

Varietal characteristics

Li Guang apricot was introduced from Hetian area of Xinjiang. After long-term natural domestication and artificial cultivation, it was a special variety in Dunhuang. Apricot trees are cold resistant and drought resistant, so they can thrive in Dunhuang oasis with dry climate.

Growth environment

Dunhuang is located in the Northwest Plateau, which is a typical temperate continental climate. In summer, the sunshine time is long, the temperature difference between day and night is large, and its sandy soil is especially suitable for the growth of melons and fruits, so the taste of the melons and fruits in Dunhuang is particularly delicious. Li Guangxing can be called the king of fruits in Dunhuang. July is the harvest season of Li Guangxing every year. Li Guangxing is famous for its yellow luster and sweet juice.

Production situation

After thousands of years of reproduction, Li Guangxing has spread all over Dunhuang. Since the reform and opening up, Dunhuang municipal Party committee and government have taken the development of apricot industry as the pillar industry to revitalize the county economy and promote farmers to get rich, so as to promote the rapid development of apricot industry. In 2007, the planting area of Li Guang apricot in Dunhuang city was 13500 mu, and the output of Li Guang apricot reached more than 5600 tons. It has become a famous "Li Guang apricot distribution center" in the whole province. More than 70% of Li Guang apricot in Dunhuang city is sold to Lanzhou, Xining, Beijing and other places, bringing direct economic benefits of more than 32 million yuan to local farmers. The development of Li Guang apricot industry has also driven the city's packaging industry, processing industry, transportation industry With the development of apricot industry, with the substantial growth of sales volume of Li Guang apricot, foreign businessmen also put forward more stringent requirements for Apricot packaging. The effective demand of the market gave birth to two processing plants for Apricot packing boxes, and more than 10 outlets for selling apricot packing boxes, which achieved objective economic benefits in the production of packaging products. In addition, the processing capacity of dried apricot, preserved apricot, canned apricot and other apricot products is also increasing year by year. In 2006, more than 200 tons of preserved apricot and more than 300 tons of canned apricot were produced. Yangjiaqiao township of Dunhuang city is the main production base of Li Guangxing. In 2006, 6100 mu of Li Guangxing was planted in the township, with an annual output of 2800 tons. 50% of the per capita net income of farmers came from Li Guangxing, forming a distinctive Li Guangxing Township with "one village, one product".

Related Legends

there is also a beautiful legend about the origin of Li Guangxing. It is said that during the Western Han Dynasty, flying General Li Guang led his troops to the West. The summer was hot and the soldiers were thirsty. Suddenly, a strange fragrance came from the air, and two colored silks floated down from the clouds. General Li rode his horse to catch up with him, pulled out his magic arrow and shot it. One of the colored silks fell to the ground and turned into a fruity apricot forest. People are fighting for food, bitter as lotus. Li Guang angrily cut down the apricot forest. The next morning, he saw that the apricot forest was again lush, and the fresh yellow apricots were mouth watering. Li Guang couldn't help taking off one and biting it. Suddenly, his heart was filled with fragrance. The officers and soldiers picked apricots one after another to eat, and they felt that their spirit was doubled. It turned out that the two colored silks were originally sweet apricot fairies and bitter apricot fairies. They came at the order of the queen mother

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