Maqiao Town, Yongcheng City, Henan Province

Maqiao town

Maqiao town is located in the south of Yongcheng City, Henan Province, at the junction of Henan, Anhui, Jiangsu and Shandong provinces. Yongwo highway passes through the town, and Baohe river runs through the East and West, with convenient transportation. The town governs 30 administrative villages with 48420 people (2017).

Zhao Kuangyin of the Song Dynasty, after Chen Qiao's mutiny, became emperor from a former important official. Because most of the northwest areas of the Northern Song Dynasty were under the jurisdiction of Ethnic Minority Regimes, the official herdsmen of the "central government" moved in. Maqiao was lucky to be designated as the official horse pasture because of its rich water and grass, which was suitable for breeding. The official horses raised by him could live a long time without eating or drinking for two days and two nights ”Therefore, it is named Ma village;

In the 23rd year of Jiajing reign of the Ming Dynasty, a five hole masonry arch bridge was built across the Baohe River, so the name of Ma village was changed to Ma Village Bridge. Maqiao is an advanced commune in the great leap forward and people's communization movement. In 1960, Premier Zhou Enlai personally titled "rocket people's commune". In 1998, the township was set up, which opened a new chapter in the development history of Maqiao.

On January 9, 2019, Maqiao town was selected as the "hometown of Chinese folk culture and art" in 2018-2020 by virtue of Qingyin opera.

Evolution of organizational system

In the Song Dynasty, it was the land of horse herding, hence the name of Ma village.

In 1544, a five hole masonry arch bridge was built across the Baohe River, and the name of Ma village was changed to Ma Village Bridge.

Maqiao district was established in 1950, the commune was changed in 1958, and Maqiao township was established in 1984. In 1998, the township was set up.

geographical environment

Maqiao town is located in the south of Yongcheng City, at the junction of Henan, Anhui, Jiangsu and Shandong provinces. It is 20.5km away from the urban area and covers an area of 99.95km2. It passes through Yongcheng and Woyang highway. Baohe passes through the border.

administrative division

Maqiao town has 30 administrative villages, 196 natural villages and 289 villager groups. The administrative villages include Mabei, Zhengzhuang, Hongsi, Hezhuang, yanmiao, Meimiao, Manan, panglou, Chenzhuang, ChenWan, xiaosuzhuang, Tianlou, pangzhuangbu, Liulou, shenlou, Houzhai, Wangqiao, Sunzhuang, Tonggou, Mapeng, Changji, Wuzhuang, Wangzhuang, Zhuzhuang, Honggou, Tangzhuang, Lizhuang, iron tower, Caiyuan Orchard.

Maqiao town is located in yongwo highway, and Baohe river runs through the East and West, with convenient transportation.

Economic overview

Maqiao town has made great efforts to adjust the planting structure, and has formed seven industrial bases, including vegetables, sugarcane, dried moss, grain, timber and asparagus. At the same time, it introduced funds, technology and talents from the tobacco bureau, contracted farmers' land by anti leasing, and built four tobacco bases, Wuzhuang, yanmiao, Houzhai and Liulou, covering an area of 6500 mu, with an annual output value of more than 17 million yuan, ranking second to none in the country. The Maqiao section of s327, which Maqiao people have been looking forward to for a long time, has been open to traffic for more than ten years since 2006. < li > < li > Maqiao town was named as the "hometown of folk culture and art in Henan Province" from 2015 to 2017. The reason for selection: local opera, which was selected as dynamic management, was selected every three years.

Population nationality

Maqiao town area is basically the Han nationality, but also a small number of people are immigrants, belonging to ethnic minorities.

In 2017, the total population was 48420.

social development

Urban construction

Maqiao town covers an area of 99.95 square kilometers. It has built six "Tian" shaped streets with three vertical and three horizontal lines. The streets are blooming in three seasons and green in four seasons. There are many shops on both sides of the street. The residential areas are of different styles. Science, education and culture are flourishing. There are all kinds of health and medical facilities. Maqiao town has built wholesale markets for small commodities, grain, agricultural materials, etc., attracting businessmen from all over the world and increasing its annual trade volume It has reached 120 million yuan, developed communication, realized "six links", and ten thousand program-controlled telephones can directly dial all over the world.

express

As of 2015, most of the express service companies can deliver or serve Maqiao town. If you are out of town and want to send things to Maqiao, you can refer to the following express companies. < ol > < li > Yunda express Henan Yongcheng company Maqiao town convenience service station branch < / Li > < li > Zhongtong express, Huitong express, Shentong express, Yuantong express, Zhai express. < / Li > < li > China Post Express Logistics Co., Ltd. Mabei village, Maqiao town

finance

As of 2015, Maqiao town has China Postal Savings Bank and Henan rural credit cooperatives

Both banks are equipped with independent ATM deposit machines. But it can not realize the integration of deposit and withdrawal.

bus station

Beside the sign of Maqiao Town, which is located on yongwo Road, is already a conventional car stop. It is also the default bus station of Maqiao people. Every year a large number of migrant workers, school, travel and other personnel from here, to all parts of the country. This bus station carries the memory of generations of Maqiao people. From Maqiao town to the city, all the buses are here.

Nearby attractions

Counter-Japanese Military and Political University

The former site of the fourth branch of the Anti Japanese military and political university is located in Lizhai Town, more than 50 kilometers south of Yongcheng city. It was founded in March 1940 on the basis of the camp school of the sixth detachment of the New Fourth Army. The establishment of the fourth branch of the Anti Japanese university trained more than 2000 military and political cadres for the Chinese people's Anti Japanese War and liberation cause, and made indelible contributions to the victory of the Anti Japanese war.

2015 is the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese people's Anti Japanese War and the world anti fascist war. In order to cooperate with this important commemorative activity, carry forward the spirit of the Anti Japanese War, and stimulate the patriotic enthusiasm of the people, Yongcheng city implements the spirit of the instructions of the State Administration of cultural relics and the Provincial Bureau of cultural relics on promoting the protection and utilization of the Anti Japanese War cultural relics, and actively prepares and speeds up the exhibition and promotion of the former site of the fourth branch of the Anti Japanese military and Political University.

Yongcheng Cultural Relic Management Department has successively completed the project approval, compilation and implementation of the protection and restoration project scheme of the former site of the fourth branch of the Anti Japanese university by raising funds from various sources. Secondly, we should strengthen the collection and display of cultural relics and materials of the red revolution, and make use of the latest results of the first mobile cultural relics survey in Henan Province to enrich the newly discovered cultural relics related to the Anti Japanese war into the collection and display, so as to enrich the exhibition materials. In addition, more than 10 sets of display cabinets were newly purchased, which effectively improved the overall infrastructure and exhibition level of the memorial.

The exhibition is being arranged in an orderly manner to ensure the successful completion of the lifting project before the victory of the Anti Japanese war in 2015 and open to the public free of charge.

Baohe

The original area of Baohe river basin is 1404 square kilometers, which has been adjusted to 1090 square kilometers after treatment. The main stream flows from Yucheng County, Henan Province, into Bozhou in the west of Daizhuang, Southeast, through Zhangdian to the east of daxialou, and then into Yongcheng City, Henan Province; it flows through Peiqiao and Maqiao, to labagoukou in the northwest of Dancheng, and then into Woyang County, Anhui Province; it flows through Shigong to zhenggouyan, and then into Suixi County, turning east to north, and finally into Huihe River in linhuanji. The length of rivers in Bo county is about 30 km, and that in Woyang and Suixi counties is 31 km. The bottom elevation from labagouchou to linhuanji river is 26.0 ~ 21.7 meters, the bottom width is 35 meters, and the depth is about 5.0 meters; the drainage capacity is 216 ~ 260 cubic meters per second, and the drainage capacity is 470 ~ 560 cubic meters per second.

Honors

On February 2, 2019, it was named "the hometown of Chinese folk culture and art" by the Ministry of culture and tourism in 2018-2020.

Chinese PinYin : He Nan Sheng Yong Cheng Shi Ma Qiao Zhen