Shiqiao Township, Ningling County, Henan Province

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Shiqiao Town is located 5 kilometers north of Ningling County, Shangqiu City, Henan Province. It has 21 administrative villages and 85 natural villages, with a total population of 49759 people (in 2017), a total area of 64.23 square kilometers (in 2017), a cultivated area of 58665 mu, a pear planting area of 40000 mu, and a forest coverage rate of 65%. It is the largest pear gathering area in Henan Province.

brief introduction

Shiqiao Town is located in the north of Ningling County, Shangqiu City, and the town government is 6 kilometers away from the urban area of Ningling County in the south. It is 8 kilometers away from Liuhe Town of Ningling County in the north and connected with Luogang town of Ningling County in the West. The total area is 64.23 square kilometers (2017). The town governs 23 administrative villages, 101 natural villages, 230 villager groups and 49759 people (2017).

Historical evolution

The kingdom of Gerber

More than 5000 BC, the GeTian tribe recuperated in this area. After emperor Qi ascended the throne, Ruomu, the eldest son of Boyi, who had made great contributions to water control, was granted the title of Uncle Xu (now Xuzhou), and Feilian, his second son, was granted the title of Uncle Ge (now Ningling, Henan). According to historical records, there were many kingdoms in Xia Dynasty, and Gedi was also called Geguo, commonly known as Gebo kingdom. The capital is on the west side of gebotun village, northwest of Shiqiao Town.

The origin of the name

According to Liu's genealogy, during the Hongwu Period of Ming Dynasty, Cheng Gong, the ancestor of Liu's family, led his family to move from Hongdong County in Shanxi Province to Liuyuan village in Ningling county. During the Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty, Liu Shiqiao, a descendant of Liu family, moved to the north. The village was named Liu Shiqiao. The second one lives in the northwest of Shiqiao, which is called liuerqiao. The third one, liuyifeng, lives in the west of Shiqiao, which is called liuhuaqiao. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, in order to defend the bandits, this place built castles and stockade, forming a gathering, which was called shiqiaoji, or Shiqiao for short.

Successive generations

Shiqiao in the Ming Dynasty belongs to Changle Township, for the long five wild. After 1912, there were five districts in the county. Shiqiao belonged to the Central District, which was a collection of Shiqiao. In 1941, the Japanese puppet regime changed the whole county into three districts, and Shiqiao belonged to one district (Chengguan). In 1945, Shiqiao and Jinxiang were townships. In 1949, Ningling was liberated. There were five districts and one town in the county. Shiqiao belonged to four districts. Shiqiao, Qizhuang and Wanji were townships. Wumenliu is the seat of the government of the five districts. Shi poli and Wu Liangji are townships, belonging to the five districts. In 1951, there were six districts and one town in the county. Shiqiao belonged to six districts, with Wanzhuang, wuliangji, Qizhuang and Wanji as townships.

Poli is a township belonging to five districts (Luogang). In 1955, the county abolished the district system and merged into 32 townships. Shiqiao and wumenliu were still townships. In 1957, the county was merged into 17 townships, and Shiqiao was still a township. In 1958, the county was merged into 13 people's communes and Shiqiao was the people's commune. In 1977, Jinxiang people's commune was established, and Dongzhuang, Yuzhuang and Jinxiang were included in Jinxiang people's commune. In 1982, Jinxiang people's commune was abolished and Jinxiang, Dongzhuang and Yuzhuang villages under the former Jinxiang people's commune were put under the jurisdiction of Shiqiao people's commune. In December 1983, the people's commune system was abolished and changed to Township, and Shiqiao commune was changed to Shiqiao township. In December 2009, the government of Henan Province approved the establishment of Shiqiao Town.

administrative division

Shiqiao Town has 23 administrative villages including Wangxing, Hezhuang, Jiaogu, sunqian, zhoulou, Qizhuang, qiaolao, guohuazhuang, Wanji, liuhuaqiao, Shiqiao, guochalou, Hanzhuang, Liulou, Qianzhao, Guanzhuang, Wanzhuang, Zhaozhuang, huanglanzhi, Renzhuang, Jinxiang, Dongzhuang and Yuzhuang.

Traffic environment

There are Lianyungang huoergos expressway, national highway 220 (the original provincial highway 210 was upgraded at the end of 201), 2 county-level highways and 16 rural highways. 350000 kW substation is located in Wanji village of the township. It is 8 kilometers away from Ningling county railway station (Liuhe Town) in the north and 6 kilometers away from Ningling county urban area in the south. The ten thousand mu ecological Pear Garden Tourist Area in Ningling county involves Shiqiao, liuhuaqiao, Renzhuang, Hanzhuang, guochalou and other administrative villages in the town. The site of Gebo Kingdom, the tomb of GeTian family and the tomb of laoresolute are all in the territory.

physical geography

The town has mild climate, four distinct seasons, flat terrain and fertile soil. The annual average temperature is 14.2 ℃, the annual average precipitation is 647mm, and the frost free period is 216 days. The hot month in summer is from the first and middle of July to the first and middle of August, and the coldest month in winter is from the beginning of January to the first and middle of February. There is no severe cold in winter and no severe heat in summer. The environment is beautiful and suitable for human settlement. Good climate and geographical conditions make agriculture and eco-tourism develop rapidly and produce abundant products.

The town is flat with sandy soil. The cultivated land area is 67665 mu, 1.12 mu per capita. There are Chenliang River, shangqingshui River, wuwanggou, Huangcha drainage ditch and other main river channels and 5 sluices. There are 23 tributaries, 23 dous and 23 nonggou, with a total length of 38 km. The number of large, medium and small tractors, machine driven planters, irrigation and drainage machinery, combine harvesters, motor threshers, agricultural transport vehicles, water pumps, straw crushing and returning machines, diesel engines, motors, motor wells, etc. is increasing, and the effective irrigation area reaches 100%. Among them, shangqingshui river originates from the old course of the Yellow River in Minquan County, with abundant water. It flows southward to suburban villages and flows into Dashahe River.

agricultural development

The town is mainly planted with wheat, corn, cotton, peanut and other crops. The town guides the masses to adjust the planting structure, vigorously expand the planting area of cotton and peanut, improve the planting mode and increase the multiple cropping index. The township has 9180 mu of woodland, planting more than 1.21 million trees, more than 890000 trees around the village, more than 300000 trees along the road. Fruit trees are mainly pear, apple, peach, apricot, plum, grape and so on. The area of Suli is 20745 mu. The main economic forests are poplar, Paulownia, Robinia pseudoacacia, willow, elm and Fraxinus, of which the area of Fraxinus is more than 20000 mu.

Since the early 1980s, the town's white wax processing is the leading industry of township enterprises. In 1989, it introduced white wax production technology, mainly using white wax to produce craft furniture, office appliances, decorations, etc., which sold well at home and abroad and in large and medium-sized cities. In 2000, around the Suli launched the carton, net cover and other enterprises. In 2007, there were 27 industrial enterprises in the town, including white wax processing, wood processing, grain storage and carton production. The total industrial output value of the town reached 134.87 million yuan, and the fiscal revenue was 2.59 million yuan.

There are two professional villages in the town: qiaolaozhuang vegetable village and liuhuaqiao Suli village. Some villagers are also good at traditional handicrafts such as sliver weaving, Fraxinus processing, oil pressing and peanut shelling.

Home of crisp pear

Pear picking Festival

Shiqiao Town has made great efforts to develop the pear industry, with 12 varieties, an annual output of 150 million kg, and 3200 safety pits and refrigerators. Located in the Midwest of Shiqiao Town, Wanqing pear garden ecotourism center of Ningling county has successfully held ten "pear flower festival" since 2004, six "pear picking Festival" since 2007, and the first GeTian culture and art festival in Shiqiao Town in 2010. Every year, the theme of "flowers in spring, gardens in summer, fruits in autumn and branches in winter" is held here, as well as "sunset red" self-help tour, 2 + 1 parent-child tour, harvest picking tour, farm leisure tour and other activities, attracting more than 400000 tourists from home and abroad.

Ten thousand mu pear garden scenic area

WanMu pear garden scenic area is located in the north of Shiqiao Town and Ningling county. There are royal pear garden, jindingge viewing platform, geboguo site, GeTian '. In the pear garden, the landscape Avenue and the sightseeing path are mutually matched. The "farmhouse" hotels and hotels can be seen everywhere, providing tourists with the most local characteristic services.

Walking in pear garden, breathing fresh air, enjoying flowers and fruits, eating farm food and experiencing farm customs make tourists linger. Jinding XieHua pear is designated as a national geographical indication protection product, and the central scenic spot has also been awarded the national leisure agriculture and tourism demonstration site. With abundant pear planting resources, Shiqiao Town has successfully developed local tourism. So far, it has held seven pear blossom festivals and three pear picking festivals. In April every year, the local government will hold a grand opening ceremony of pear blossom festival. The pear blossom in ten thousand mu pear garden is in full bloom and as white as snow, attracting a large number of tourists to participate in the opening ceremony and enjoy the flowers. In October, crisp pears matured. After the promotion of crisp pear picking Festival, more and more people came here to pick crisp pears, which greatly promoted the trading volume of crisp pears and publicized the good reputation of crisp pears in Shiqiao Town.

Industrial Cluster

Ningling industrial cluster, located in the south of Shiqiao, has attracted many enterprises to settle down due to its perfect infrastructure and humanized investment environment. Shiqiao Town adheres to the "four ones" working mechanism of one project, one leader, one team and one focus, innovates the way of attracting investment, and successively introduces large-scale enterprises such as Stanley chemical fertilizer with an investment of 1 billion yuan, Johnson wood industry with an investment of 350 million yuan, new rural fertilizer industry, etc., which have successively settled in the industrial cluster zone, setting off a nationwide entrepreneurial upsurge in Shiqiao, and the development momentum of individual and private enterprises is rapid . Juice processing plant, fruit packaging plant, flour processing plant, rod products processing plant and so on came into being.

Construction of Shiqiao Town

At the end of 2014, Shiqiao Town was selected into the list of 1000 national key construction towns.

In addition to vigorously developing pear, peanut, Fraxinus and other cash crops, Shiqiao has made use of the world bank phase III, land consolidation, drinking water safety, and comprehensive improvement projects of agriculture, forestry, and farmland network to continuously improve agricultural production conditions, presenting a gratifying situation of "square farmland, network of forests, connected ditches, connected canals, prosperous industry, and new village appearance". The total mileage of rural oil road is more than 110 kilometers, which has achieved the goal of connecting every village with oil road

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