Pingtou Town, Shouyang County, Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province

Pingtou town

Pingtou town is located at the foot of Hanshan mountain, in the west of Shouyang, surrounded by mountains on three sides, connected with Yuci District in the south, Taiyuan City in the west, Yangqu County in the north, and 307 National Road across the township. The town has a total land area of 200 square kilometers, a permanent population of 18211 (2017), and 92720 mu of cultivated land.

General situation of Pingtou town

Pingtou Town, located in the west of Shouyang and at the foot of Hanshan mountain, is the "west gate" of Shouyang. It is adjacent to Pingshu Township in the East, Yuci District in the south, Taiyuan City in the West and Yangqu in the north. The whole terrain is high in the north and low in the southeast, with rolling hills and vast fields. It covers an area of 200 square kilometers, with 92000 mu of arable land, 10000 mu of suitable forest area and more than 30000 mu of Mu Po grassland. It has jurisdiction over 21 administrative villages and 48 natural villages with a permanent population of 18211 (2017).

physical geography

Pingtou town is surrounded by mountains on three sides, high and magnificent. The main mountains are Hanshan, niujin, Luquan and bailusi. The territory is rich in mineral resources. It has been proved that there are coal, gypsum, iron ore, sulfur, limestone, black gangue, alum and other minerals in Hanshan and luquanshan. The natural resources are rich and have strong development value.

History and culture

Pingtou town is one of the four towns in the history of Shouyang. It is the political, economic and cultural center of Shouxi.

Because of its special geographical location, it has been an important way to transport troops since ancient times. During the war, there were many garrisons, which served as a barrier for Taiyuan. In 1938, the Anti Japanese democratic government under the leadership of the Communist Party of China was also built here. The Anti Japanese work was carried out vigorously, and the Japanese army was defeated despite repeated attacks. In dongjiazhuang, the Eighth Route Army defeated the Japanese army with a few victories. During the war of liberation, the struggle was quite fierce. In 1947 and 1948, Yan Jun occupied the area, fought stubbornly, grabbed grain and destroyed industrial and agricultural production. When Taiyuan was liberated in 1949, the people's Liberation Army was condescending and intimidated Taiyuan, where Xu Qianxiang and others once commanded operations.

"Aishe" runs through the north of our town, commonly known as "haunted" or "playing ghost". With its ancient and simple ideological content, humorous performing arts, profound and beautiful martial arts skills, and novel and unique dance forms, it has won the love of the people.

Taking Hanshan Zhuma as the cultural brand, the street art performance went to Jinzhong on behalf of Shouyang for two consecutive years to participate in the Lantern Festival art performance and the international cultural exchange festival of Shanxi merchants, and won high praise.

In addition, the local folk arts such as playing hairpin and carrying stick have also been developed.

administrative division

Pingtou town has jurisdiction over: Pingtou village, Shihe village, nan'andou village, Hangou village, Lujiahe village, zhengjiazhuang village, quchizhuang village, fengjiazhuang village, baisengzhuang village, xuanya village, nanzhangqin village, jinjinjinao village, shuimotan village, goubei village, JIEKOU village, longwanggou village, Zhaishang village, Fuyi village, Heishui village, Shandi village, Nanzhuang Village, hujiayi village, huanle village, lianling village and qinjiashan village , Lijiashan village, liunangou village, Yucheng village, Xihan village, houfugou village, wangjinzhuang village, Beizu village, Guojiazhuang village, Guojiagou village, Dayuan village committee, nizhuang village, Donghan village, fannangou village, gaonangou village, dongjiazhuang village, Sunjiazhuang village, yaozishang village, beizhangqin village, xileigong village, fengzigou village, pangou Village, yuanjiazhuang village, wanghuzhuang village, etc.

traffic

Pingtou Town, located at the foot of Hanshan mountain and in the west of Shouyang, is the "west gate" of Shouyang. Surrounded by mountains on three sides, Yuci District in the south, Taiyuan City in the west, Yangqu County in the north, 307 National Road across the countryside, which has unique location and transportation advantages.

The 21 administrative villages in the town have completed the cement road, and the rural passenger transport has realized the village to village connection, which has brought great convenience to the local people.

economic development

Pingtou town is rich in coal, limestone, gypsum and other resources, with unique location, transportation and resource advantages. Since the small-scale cultivation of vegetables in the 1990s, after more than ten years of continuous exploration and development, the planting area of vegetables in the town has reached 76000 mu, and the total output has exceeded 600 million jin. The variety has developed from a single white fennel plant to a variety of fennel, Chinese cabbage, zucchini, green pepper, beans, etc. the vegetable alone can provide a per capita net income of 3000 yuan, Vegetable industry has become a prosperous industry and sunshine industry in Pingtou. In terms of animal husbandry, there are 3 chicken parks and 2 pig farms with 1000 pigs. The total number of chickens exceeds 450000, accounting for half of the county. The total number of pigs is also stable at about 30000. The proportion of animal husbandry income in per capita income is increasing, and it is becoming the second largest industry to enrich the people. Over the past few years, through the implementation of returning farmland to forest, the development of roadside tree planting and landscape construction, the forest coverage of the whole town has increased greatly. Centering on the goal of strengthening the town, the town Party committee and government have created an excellent development environment. Since 2004, they have focused on the two key points of attracting investment and infrastructure construction. In just two years, two hundred million yuan projects, Xingguang coking plant and Tonglida cement plant, have been settled in Pingtou town. Xingguang coking plant has been put into operation in July 2006, with a production capacity of 1.2 million tons of coal washing and 200000 tons of coking Capacity, breaking the county's history of coal without coke. In addition, Hanshan coal company and Kaiyuan Company have carried out joint-stock operation, and baisengzhuang coal mine has carried out share expansion operation; Ruiyuan plastic company has produced 2 million net bags from the vegetable net bag production line introduced from Wenzhou; Fushan vegetable market and Zhou's group of Canada jointly founded Fushan Zhou's biotechnology company's infrastructure project has been completed, and will be put into operation in the first half of 2007. There are 15 new enterprises of various types in the town, and the total amount of investment has reached 850 million yuan.

infrastructure

Around the goal of enriching the people with vegetables, strengthening the town with industry, and building a new countryside, the town Party committee and government have continuously increased the intensity of infrastructure construction. The new 300 km cement (oil) road has basically realized the "village to village connection", 16 simple wholesale markets for vegetables have been built, 20 water-saving irrigation and draught projects for human and livestock have been added, and 5 rural science and technology and cultural activity centers and cultural squares have been built, which greatly improved the production and living conditions of the people in the town. As a measure of Party building in rural areas, "double promotion" has been promoted in the whole county and even the whole city. The street art performance with Hanshan bamboo and horse as the cultural brand went to Jinzhong on behalf of Shouyang for two years to participate in the Lantern Festival art show and the international cultural exchange art Festival of Shanxi merchants, and won high praise. The people of the whole town are putting into the hot new rural construction with good mental outlook and extraordinary working state, and making new contributions to the construction of a harmonious, safe, civilized and prosperous new Pingtou.

local customs and practices

Pingtou people are stubborn, upright and straightforward. They like martial arts, and there are many martial arts masters. They are known as the hometown of martial arts.

Chinese PinYin : Shan Xi Sheng Jin Zhong Shi Shou Yang Xian Ping Tou Zhen