Anding Town, Zichang City, Yan'an City, Shaanxi Province

Anding town

Anding town belongs to Zichang City, Yan'an City, Shaanxi Province. It is located in the Midwest of Zichang City, adjacent to Wayaobao street in the East, yujiaping town in the south, Pingqiao town in Ansai District in the West and lijiacha town in the north. The maximum distance from east to west is 23.4 kilometers, and the maximum distance from north to south is 18.4 kilometers, with a total area of 214.69 square kilometers.

In Anding Town, there is a national key cultural relics protection unit, Zhongshan grottoes, and a provincial cultural relics protection unit, zhaiguanshan site.

As of June 2020, Anding town has one community and 18 administrative villages. As of 2018, the registered residence population was 20534. In 2018, Anding town has three industrial enterprises. In 2011, the tourism income of Anding town was 150000 yuan.

Historical evolution

In the Qin Dynasty, it was named "andingzhai" by the meaning of good wishes, which is still in use today.

In the Qin Dynasty, Yangzhou county was set up near Caojiawa, lijiacha Town, which is subordinate to Shangjun county.

In the third year of Baoyuan (1040) of the Northern Song Dynasty, andingbao was built.

In the 12th year of Chunyou in the Southern Song Dynasty (1252), he was promoted to anding county.

In 1942, in memory of the national hero Xie Zichang, Anding county was changed to Zichang County. After the county government moved Wayaopu Town, Anding town has been established.

administrative division

By the end of 2011, Anding town had one community under its jurisdiction, Anding, gaojiagou, liaogongqiao, Qingshuigou, lijiacha, tianjiawa, zhangjiaqu, sanshilipu, Nangou, Shilipu, zhoujiagetai, Shilipu, qujiagou, Xinzhuang, Lijiagou, dongjiagou, qiangjiawan, Shipan, baiyangshuping, weijiabian, Yadi, tangjiachuan, zhangjiacha, Wangjiagou and sunjiapan There are 28 administrative villages, including Wangjiazhuang, nijiagou and tangjiazhai, and 119 villager groups.

As of June 2020, Anding town has one community and 18 administrative villages. The people's government is stationed in Anding village, Anding town.

geographical environment

Location context

Anding town is located in the Midwest of Zichang City, adjacent to Wayaobao street in the East, yujiaping town in the south, Pingqiao town in Ansai District in the West and lijiacha town in the north. The maximum distance from east to west is 23.4 kilometers, and the maximum distance from north to south is 18.4 kilometers, with a total area of 214.69 square kilometers.

topographic features

Anding town is inclined from northwest to Southeast with an altitude of 930-1562m. It is a typical hilly and gully region of the Loess Plateau.

Climatic characteristics

Anding town has a warm temperate plateau continental monsoon climate. The annual average temperature is 9.1 ℃. The annual average frost free period is 175 days. The average annual precipitation is 514.7mm.

Water system hydrology

The rivers in Anding town belong to the Yellow River Basin. The main rivers are Xiuyan River and its tributary Mahe river.

natural resources

Anding town is rich in mineral resources, mainly ore, limestone, oil, natural gas, coal and so on.

natural disaster

The main natural disasters in Anding town are hail and landslide, which mainly occur from April to September.

population

By the end of 2011, Anding town had a total population of 21453, including 4612 permanent urban residents, with an urbanization rate of 21.5%. Among the total population, there were 12249 males (57.1%) and 9204 females (42.9%). In 2011, the birth rate of Anding town was 8.5 ‰, the death rate was 5.5 ‰, and the natural growth rate was 3 ‰. The population density is 101 per square kilometer.

As of 2018, the registered residence population was 20534.

Economics

primary industry

In 2011, Anding town had 48600 mu of agricultural cultivated land, 73600 mu of returning farmland to forest (grass), 21000 mu of barren mountain afforestation and 7820 mu of forest land. The main food crops are potato and corn. The main economic crop is potato.

Anding Town animal husbandry to raise pigs, cattle, poultry, rabbits. By the end of 2011, there were 5636 pigs, 1682 cattle, 24400 poultry and 8000 rabbits in Anding town.

By the end of 2011, there were 94500 mu of artificial afforestation and 7354 mu of economic forest in Anding town. In 2011, the fruit planting area is 2118 mu, and the main varieties are grapes, apples and peaches.

the secondary industry

In 2018, Anding town has three industrial enterprises.

the service sector; the tertiary industry

By the end of 2011, Anding town had one post office and one delivery point, with a rural postal rate of 100%; 1500 domestic letters were delivered in the whole year, 12 domestic money orders were completed, 900 domestic express mail were completed, 180 newspapers and 120 periodicals were ordered, and the business income was 20000 yuan. There are 1 telecom enterprise, 1 service network, 500 telephone exchanges, 1280 fixed telephone users, an increase of 200 over the previous year, with the telephone user penetration rate of 30%, an increase of 3 percentage points over the previous year; there are 1800 mobile phone users, an increase of 500 over the previous year, with the mobile phone penetration rate of 78%, an increase of 5 percentage points over the previous year; the total length of optical cable lines is 42 km, and the total number of Internet ports is 50 Among them, 50 ports have been occupied and 500 broadband access users, an increase of 100 over the previous year. The annual revenue of telecom business is 90000 yuan.

By the end of 2011, Anding town had 2 hotels, hostels and guest houses with 50 beds. In 2011, Anding town received 10000 tourists, an increase of 10% over the previous year, and its tourism income was 150000 yuan, an increase of 15% over the previous year.

In 2018, Anding town has one comprehensive store or supermarket with a business area of more than 50 square meters.

Transportation

In Anding Town, Zichang Jingbian highway passes through the territory. There are 8 county and town level highways, with a total length of 50 kilometers. 120 passenger cars are sent daily with a daily passenger volume of 7000 people.

social undertakings

education

By the end of 2011, Anding town had 2 kindergartens with 180 children and 9 full-time teachers; 3 primary schools with 700 students and 40 full-time teachers, and the enrollment rate of school-age children in primary schools was 100%; 1 junior middle school with 381 students and 36 full-time teachers, and the enrollment rate of school-age population in junior middle school, the enrollment rate of primary and junior high school and the coverage rate of nine-year compulsory education reached 100%.

public health

By the end of 2011, Anding town had 23 Medical and health institutions at all levels, including 1 hospital, 22 village clinics and 8 beds. In 2011, the popularization rate of safe drinking water in rural areas of Anding town was 88.7%, the popularization rate of sanitary toilets in rural areas was 90%, and the number of participants in the new rural cooperative medical system was 16115, with the participation rate of 70%.

social security

By the end of 2011, Anding town had 898 rural minimum living security households with 1591 people, and the expenditure was 1.623 million yuan, an increase of 1.2% over the previous year; the monthly per capita was 85 yuan, an increase of 35% over the previous year; 58 rural five guarantees were provided separately, and the expenditure was 273000 yuan. There were 400 people receiving temporary relief in rural areas, with an expenditure of 79560 yuan, an increase of 3.8% over the previous year. The government subsidized 54 people and paid 320000 yuan for pension expenses, an increase of 0.5% over the previous year. The relief fund of 80000 yuan was distributed, so that 1050 households and 3158 people in need received timely relief.

History and culture

In Anding Town, there are one national key cultural relic protection unit Zhongshan grottoes, one provincial cultural relic protection unit zhaiguanshan site, one county government of Anding County in Qing Dynasty, one liaogongqiao, 36 temples including zushi temple, heihulingguan temple and Guandi temple.

Zhongshan Grottoes

Zhongshan grottoes, also known as wanfoyan, Puji temple, Dapuji Chan temple and Shigong temple, are located at the south foot of Zhongshan, 15 kilometers west of Zichang County, Shaanxi Province. It was first built in the Taihe period of Jin Dynasty (366-370) and has been excavated for more than 1000 years in Tang, song, Jin, yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. According to historical records, there are 18 caves, of which only five have been excavated. All of them are national first-class cultural relics. The whole grottoes are built on the mountain and sit in the north and south. It is the only way for the north route of the Silk Road to pass, with the qingfengmingyue theater in the East, Xiuyan River in the South and anding city in the West. By the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, there were 11 large and small grottoes, many pagodas and temples, covering an area of 360 square meters and 500 monks. He presided over the monks, and governed Jiazhou (now Jiaxian county) in the north and Lishan (now Lintong) in the south. It has become a holy land for people's religious and cultural life. According to the Qing Dynasty Daoguang's "Stone Temple stele records rebuilt in Anding county annals", the original central hall, Shiwang hall, Mingwang hall and Jingang hall, as well as Wanfo tower, Zhonggu tower, Sanguan tower, Guanyin Pavilion and Zen abbot. Carved beams and painted buildings are very spectacular, but they were destroyed by the war. Except for the main hall grottoes, they are in ruins. It is a typical vertical axis Buddhist temple. Five Grottoes have been excavated, of which the middle cave is the most complete. There are more than ten thousand large and small Buddha statues in the grottoes. Therefore, it is called Wanfo rock. It was built in 1067, the fourth year of Pingzhi of Song Dynasty. The cave is magnificent and colorful. There are thousands of sculptures in various forms and vivid. The relief Buddha statues are well arranged with fine workmanship.

On January 13, 1988, Zhongshan Grottoes was listed as the third batch of national key cultural relics protection units announced by the State Council.

Honorary title

In November 2017, it was rated as the fifth national civilized village.

On July 19, 2019, it was awarded the title of "Shaanxi provincial famous historical and cultural town".

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