Dongjin Town, Xiangzhou District, Xiangyang City, Hubei Province

Dongjin

Dongjin town is a town under the jurisdiction of Xiangzhou District, Xiangyang City, Hubei Province. It faces the main urban area of Xiangyang across the river in the west, Yuliangzhou Tourism Development Zone in the north, connects with a bridge where Xiangzhou District government is located, and lumen Temple National Forest Park in the south, with an area of 277 square kilometers and a population of 110000.

brief introduction

Dongjin town is the hometown of Meng Haoran, the origin of turnip, the hometown of Broussonetia papyrifera industry, crayfish breeding center and selenium rich industrial base. Hanjiang River, Tangbai River, gunhe River and Chunhe River meet in Dongjin town. Now it has jurisdiction over 54 administrative villages (neighborhood committees) and 355 villager groups, with a cultivated land area of 127000 mu.

History and culture

Dongjin town has a long history of 2800 years, with beautiful mountains and rivers, outstanding people, profound historical and cultural heritage and pleasant natural scenery. Pang Degong, Meng Haoran and PI Rixiu successively lived in seclusion here, It has the reputation of "three proud emperors in lumen". There are many historical and cultural relics in the territory, such as caimaolian military office, Laoying ancient well, lumen temple, ZhangZui ancient castle, Ming and Qing old street and ferry site in the Three Kingdoms period. More than 300 precious cultural relics, such as "dasima" bronze tripod, were unearthed from chenpo ancient tomb in Dongjin in 2006. In March 2008, Hubei Provincial Institute of cultural relics and Archaeology and Xiangyang Municipal Institute of cultural relics and archaeology Experts from the Research Institute found a large-scale Eastern Zhou to Han Dynasty site with an area of more than 200000 square meters at houwanggang, Zhouzhai village, 4000 meters southeast of chenpo tomb. Experts speculated that it might be the residence of Fengjun, which has high research value.

geographical position

Dongjin has advantageous geographical location and convenient transportation. It is only 10 kilometers away from Xiangyang Liuji airport, and is in the angle of national highway 316 and national highway 207. Handan railway, Wu'an railway and provincial highway 218 pass through the whole area. Xiangyang Ring Expressway to be built runs through the whole area. There are two high-speed highway exits in Dongjin town. Xiangyang inner ring road, which is planned to be built in three years, will make Dongjin traffic more accessible To further expand the development space of Dongjin, the Hanjiang River waterway reaches the sea, especially after the completion of water storage and power generation of Cuijiaying Navigation and power junction project, the supporting project of South to North Water Diversion, the whole Dongjin area is surrounded by a beautiful mirror lake with rippling blue waves, beautiful scenery and pleasant environment.

climate

Dongjin has four distinct seasons, abundant water resources and rich natural resources. It is rich in high-quality wheat, high-quality rice (selenium rich rice), cotton, peanuts, livestock and poultry, aquatic products, vegetables, etc. it is a famous country of origin of kohlrabi, a famous professional duck town in the whole province, and a crayfish breeding base in Northwest Hubei. In 2008, the town promoted the cultivation of 10000 mu selenium rich rice, a characteristic agricultural product. Dongjin has unique power resources. There are 220000 kV chenpo substation and 500000 kV Wangchenggang substation. Cuijiaying Navigation Power Junction Project is under construction. The first unit will generate electricity at the end of 2008 and the beginning of 2009. After the overall completion of the project in July 2010, it will promote the development of Dongjin tourism.

development

Dongjin town is the development direction of Xiangyang City. The five, six and Seven Bridges of Hanjiang River under planning and construction will integrate Dongjin with Xiangyang City. Once the planned 24 square kilometers Dongjin Industrial Park is implemented, it will become the largest industrial park in Xiangyang City. Dongjin is the most promising, potential and valuable area for the development of Xiangyang and even northwest Hubei. since 2011, Dongjin town has focused on the development of six characteristic economies, namely, grain and oil processing, kohlrabi processing, egg duck breeding, Broussonetia papyrifera industrialization, crayfish breeding and selenium rich rice planting, to promote the development of agricultural industrialization in Dongjin and make it a "depression" to attract foreign investment, so as to drive the rural economic development and increase farmers' income.

Main attractions

Lumen mountain - lumen Temple

(1) lumen mountain - lumen Temple lumen mountain is 20 kilometers southeast of Xiangzhou District, formerly known as suling mountain. It is adjacent to Han River in the north and Bawang mountain in the south. Picturesque mountains, willow smoke pile, picturesque, beautiful scenery. during the Jianwu period of the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-56), the temple of suling mountain was built on the mountain. Two stone deer were carved in front of the gate, which is called the lumen temple. Therefore, the mountain is also named after the temple. When lumen temple was first built, it was large-scale, beautiful and spectacular. Famous monks of all ages often presided over Buddhist affairs. It is a Buddhist resort and a gathering place of scholars since Han and Tang Dynasties. In the Western Jin Dynasty, it was renamed Wanshou temple, and in the Tang Dynasty, it was renamed lumen temple. In the Ming Dynasty (1450-1456), the "three high ancestral halls" were built here, and their images were provided for commemoration. It was destroyed by fire in the late Ming Dynasty, and has been repaired and abandoned repeatedly since the early Qing Dynasty. There are ancient buildings, such as the fountain, the fountain, the dragon's head, etc. Pang Degong of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Meng Haoran and PI Rixiu of the Tang Dynasty lived in seclusion here, leaving behind many famous works for thousands of years, as well as the beautiful talk of "the noble nobles in lumen are proud of the emperor". in 2011, lumen temple has been renovated. With beautiful environment, surrounded by mountains and water, the mountain is verdant. The surrounding forest area is more than 2600 mu, and the forest coverage rate is 92.5%. It has been listed as a national forest park. There is a temple in the mountain. The temple is in the forest. There is a stream under it. The flowing water is gurgling. It is a good place for self-cultivation. The beautiful landscape and rich cultural heritage complement each other, making lumen mountain a famous cultural tourism area at home and abroad.

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