Riverside town, Dingxiang County, Shanxi Province

Riverside town

Riverside town is located 20 kilometers northeast of Dingxiang County in Shanxi Province, at the foot of Wenshan mountain, a branch of Taihang Mountain. It is one of the three established towns in the county. It is adjacent to Jian'an Township in Wutai County in the northeast, Jiang Village in Bo Lao's hometown in the south, and Hutuo River in Hongdao town in the West. The total area of the town is 202.4 square kilometers, accounting for a quarter of Dingxiang County. There are mountains, beaches, slopes and rivers, with a cultivated area of 63000 mu. After the adjustment of township division in 2001, the county was composed of riverside town, Lijiazhuang town and Nanzhuang Town. Riverside town is adjacent to Wutai County in the East and North, Yu County in the South and Nanwang Township, Jiangcun Township, Hongdao town and Shenshan Township in the West. Xinhe railway and Xintai highway pass through the territory. Riverside town is the "North Gate" of the whole county to the outside world. It is the only way for the provincial capital Taiyuan and Xinzhou City to go to the famous Buddhist holy land Wutai Mountain, with obvious marginal position. The town is long from north to South and narrow from east to west, covering 231.2 square kilometers and 63000 mu of arable land. The town now governs 27 administrative villages.

It is rich in mineral resources, that is, dolomite at the bottom of Gaoya, inkstone, bluestone, limestone, Maya Stone and other stone mines can be mined everywhere. Daguanshan mine of Taiyuan Iron and steel company, a state key enterprise, has set up a plant here. Yan Xishan, a famous figure in the period of the Republic of China, made his fortune here. He was designated as a key cultural relic protection unit by the state in 1986. In the past 20 years, he has received numerous Chinese and foreign friends and some party and state leaders. At the same time, the Baifo hall, Longci temple and other scenic spots, which are nearly 25 kilometers away from the town, attract a large number of tourists every year.

In July 2020, the National Patriotic Health Campaign Committee reconfirmed riverside town as a national health township.

population

In 2009, the total population of riverside town was 30000, of which, the non-agricultural population was 3000, accounting for 10% of the total population, and the agricultural population was 27000, accounting for 90% of the total population.

The resident population was 24619 (2017).

natural resources

The main mineral resources of Hebian town are gaoyadi dolomite and Wenshan inkstone. Dolomite mine is located in the north of the town, with proven reserves of 22.559 million tons, which is suitable for open-pit mining. The dolomite in this area is metallurgical dolomite and a good raw material for MgO production. Now Daguanshan mine of Taiyuan Iron and Steel Co. is built here. Wenshan is located in the east side of the town. The inkstone here is fine, with little sand, developed cleavage, red, black, green, purple and other colors. It can be used not only as inkstone and other crafts, but also as slate and industrial acid resistant board.

Economic situation

In recent years, the economy of riverside town has developed rapidly. Riverside town has initially established an economic structure dominated by the secondary and tertiary industries, with a high level of industrialization. Generally speaking, the industrial structure has gradually transformed from the economic structure dominated by agriculture to the economic structure dominated by industry and the tertiary industry. There is an industrial park and Fanglan Industrial Park in the whole town. In 2009, the total rural economic income of the town was 792.99 million yuan, the per capita net income of farmers was 5010 yuan, and the total output value of township enterprises was 1.187 billion yuan.

Agriculture

The geographical location of riverside town is different, and the natural conditions are complex. According to the statistical data of Dingxiang County in 2009, Lijiazhuang is mainly forested land, followed by cultivated land and grassland, belonging to agriculture, forestry and animal husbandry; riverside and Nanzhuang are mainly cultivated land, with a total sown area of 46000 mu, a total yield of 13.28 million kg of food crops and 333700 kg of oil crops. At the end of the year, 466 large livestock, 6240 pigs and 6240 sheep were in stock.

Industry

The industrial department of Hebian town is mainly engaged in forging, construction, building materials and stone carving. There is a provincial state-owned enterprise, namely TISCO composite material factory, which was officially put into operation in June 1960. Over the past 60 years, it has developed into a comprehensive enterprise integrating composite plate, dolomite ore, light burnt dolomite, refractory, ferroalloy and other products. There are 687 employees. The main product of the enterprise is dolomite, with an annual production capacity of 500000 tons, all of which are sold in Taiyuan Iron and steel group company. The remaining service life of the mine is 46 years. A joint venture, namely gerdbeck flange Co., Ltd., has 70 management personnel. It produces more than 1500 tons of flange every year and transports cars to Tianjin port for export. There are 345 industrial and mining enterprises in the town, including 80 forging enterprises, 158 machining enterprises, 14 building materials enterprises, 30 stone carving enterprises and 63 others. In the forging industry, the annual production capacity of the enterprise is 150000 tons. From January to November 2009, it completed 57000 tons, with an output value of 600 million yuan and 16920 employees. Stone carving is a traditional industry in riverside town. There are 5 stone carving enterprises with 260 employees, 20 million yuan output value and 4 million yuan profit; there are 13 inkstone enterprises with 180 employees, 8 million yuan output value and 1.6 million yuan profit.

social undertakings

hygiene

There are 3 health centers, 23 health centers, and one private clinic, including 9 health centers up to the standard. There are 40 rural doctors in the town. The health center of riverside town covers an area of 1259.25 square meters, with 774 square meters of business rooms, including internal, external, women's, children's, function, prevention and protection, women's and children's, pharmacy, charge, health supervision, rural cooperative medical and other departments. The existing staff of 16 people, equipment: ECG, B ultrasound, laboratory, X-ray machine. Nanzhuang health center has one employee and Lijiazhuang health center has two employees.

education

There are 5 junior middle schools and 13 primary schools in riverside town, among which Fanglan school has 32 Teachers and 517 students; Qingshi school has 25 teachers and 368 students; Daguanshan school has 25 teachers and 207 students; riverside junior middle school has 26 teachers and 228 students; Nanzhuang junior middle school has 16 teachers and 130 students; Heyi primary school has 8 teachers and 137 students; Heer primary school has 11 teachers and 228 students There are 77 teachers and 111 students in Hesan primary school, 10 teachers and 129 students in chenjiaying primary school, 4 teachers and 68 students in nanzuo primary school, 6 teachers and 53 Students in Niutai primary school, 7 teachers and 41 students in Jixian primary school, 7 teachers and 101 students in Nanzhuang primary school, 6 teachers and 101 students in yanjiazhuang primary school, 4 teachers and 41 students in Rongjiazhuang primary school There are 82 students, 3 teachers and 48 students in Zhaojiazhuang primary school, 1 teacher and 12 students in Heping primary school, 3 teachers and 60 students in lingzidi primary school, 6 teachers in joint school, 222 teachers and 2734 students in the whole town.

Travel

Riverside town has a long history and many cultural relics are preserved. The current cultural relics and historic sites mainly include Yan Xishan's old residence, XIAOYINGPAN, zimingziyouyuan, Yan family ancestral hall, liujiaolou, Liu family ancestral hall, Guandi temple, etc., covering a total area of 42000 square meters. In addition to the Liu ancestral hall, other monuments have been damaged to varying degrees.

(1) Yan Xishan's former residence is now a riverside folk custom museum, covering an area of more than 33000 square meters. It is a private residence built by Yan Xishan during his reign in Shanxi Province. It was first built around 1913. It was shut down on the eve of the outbreak of the Anti Japanese war in 1937. It has built more than 30 courtyards and nearly a thousand houses, including dududufu, deyilou, jiangjunfu, erlaotaiye, chuanxinyuan, xinnanyuan, donghuayuan, xihuayuan and zimingzi kindergarten. There are 27 courtyards and more than 700 houses. In 1986, the people's Government of Shanxi Province issued a circular to list Yan Xishan's former residence as a key cultural relics protection unit at the provincial level.

(2) Yan's ancestral hall

After Yan Xishan ruled Shanxi, in order to honor his ancestors, he built Yan's ancestral hall in 1929 in the open field of dananyao in the southwest corner of riverside village. The ancestral hall covers an area of 3333 square meters, block east to west, one into the three courtyard, dozens of rooms, very ostentatious. Now the house has been basically completed.

(3) XIAOYINGPAN

XIAOYINGPAN is located in the north of donghuayuan. It was built by Yan Xishan for his guards and can be stationed in a company.

(4) Hexagonal building

The "hexagonal tower" is a memorial pavilion built by Yan Xishan for his father. Because of its hexagonal shape, the villagers call it the hexagonal tower. There are two hexagonal buildings, built in L935 and l936 respectively.

The base of the "six corner building" is a three-layer hexagonal stone step, on which there are stone railings and steles. The stone tablet is a six shape stone composed of stones back to back. Where the railings are connected, there are short stone pillars higher than the railings, on which lie a big stone lion. There are six independent stone pillars outside the steps. On the top of each stone pillar lies a big stone lion. The upper part of the pavilion is made of blue stone in the shape of tubular tile, with flying eaves covered with lamps, and then supported by six stone pillars. From a distance, it looks like a pavilion. The two monuments are engraved with the merits and virtues of Yan Fu's life, such as diligence and kindness. The two Memorial pavilions have been seriously damaged.

traffic

Xinzhou Hebian railway is the IIL grade single grade railway of national railway. There are two special lines, namely Daguan mine special line and military special line. The passenger volume of the railway station is less, mainly freight, with 4 pairs of freight trains and 1 pair of passenger trains per day. The passenger volume of each vehicle is 45000 people, and the freight volume is 52 tons. At present, there is a provincial highway passing through the town, namely xinzhou-wutai highway. Both transit freight traffic and passenger traffic pass through this highway. The main roads in the town are from Fanglan to Lijiazhuang, from riverside to Fanglan, and from composite material factory to the southern end of the town. The East and West roads are mainly tourist roads.

Honor record

In July 2020,

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