Where is Jingjiang, Jiangsu?

Basic Overview

Jingjiang is located at the southernmost end of the Central Suzhong Plain in central Jiangsu Province and is an integral part of the Shanghai metropolitan area. It covers an area of ??673 square kilometers, governs 12 towns, and has a population of 665,000. Driven by Shanghai, the "leading city" of the Yangtze River and the international metropolis, Jingjiang has been favored and paid attention to by more and more Chinese and foreign businessmen due to its superior location conditions, strong economic foundation, excellent investment environment and good development prospects, and has become the Yangtze River A shining pearl on the "dragon's neck". Jingjiang is surrounded by rivers on three sides and has a coastline of 52.3 kilometers. It is rich in products and has outstanding people.

Jingjiang is adjacent to the river and the sea and is an important transportation hub in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. The Beijing-Shanghai, Tongsan, Nanjing-Ningtong Expressway and Xinchang Railway all intersect in Jingjiang. Shanghai, Nanjing and other important international airports in eastern China are only about an hour and a half away from Jingjiang. Jingjiang plays an increasingly important role in China's Yangtze River Delta Economic Zone.

Jingjiang is one of the earliest coastal open cities approved by the State Council. In 1993 and 2001, it was twice rated as one of the "Top 100 Counties (Cities) in Comprehensive Strength in the Country". In 1995, it entered the first batch of 80 well-off counties (cities) in the country. Jingjiang's industry developed earlier and has a better foundation. At present, it has formed four pillar industries: electromechanical and auto parts, medicine and fine chemicals, textiles and clothing, and shipbuilding and shipbuilding. It also integrates electromechanical integration, new materials, biomedicine, and electronic information into the "four pillar industries". The high-tech field is the focus of future industrial development.

Jingjiang is a city with sustained economic and social development. In 1993, it was rated as one of the "Top 100 Counties (Cities) in National Comprehensive Strength" and a "National Star County." (City)", in 2001, it entered the ranks of China's 100 most developed counties (cities), ranking 65th.

Jingjiang is a city with advanced awareness of open development. Jingjiang was listed as an open area by the State Council and joined The Su-Wuxi-Chang Torch Belt has become an important "bridgehead" for the Shanghai Pudong Development Zone and the Su-Wuxi-Chang Torch Belt to radiate and extend to northern Jiangsu.

Jingjiang is a city with obvious industrial characteristics and industrial advantages in electromechanical and automobile industries. Main industrial categories include accessories, medicine and fine chemicals, textiles and clothing, and shipbuilding, and the four high-tech fields of "mechatronics, new materials, biomedicine, and electronic information" are the future development directions. Here, there is China's largest vitamin industry. C production enterprise, China's largest automobile lock manufacturing enterprise, China's fifth largest shipbuilding enterprise...

Physical Geography

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Jingjiang City It is located at the southern end of the Suzhong Plain in Jiangsu Province, at 31°56′-32°08′ north latitude and 120°01′-120°33′ east longitude. It faces the river on three sides in the southeast and west, and is connected to Zhangjiagang, Jiangyin, Wujin and other cities across the river. Looking from the northeast to the northwest, it is adjacent to Rugao and Taixing cities. The entire territory is an alluvial plain in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and the terrain is relatively flat. Only the solitary mountain stands in the middle of the city.

Jingjiang City is rich in water resources, with three areas in the southeast and west. Facing the Yangtze River.

Jingjiang is located in the East Asian monsoon area, with a humid climate, abundant rainfall, and obvious oceanic, monsoon and transitional climate characteristics.

Jingjiang is located in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. , with superior natural conditions, is known as "Little Jiangnan in Northern Jiangsu". The total water resources are about 730 million cubic meters, of which surface water is mainly diverted from the Yangtze River, totaling 220 million cubic meters. The rich water resources provide for the development of the aquaculture industry. The Yangtze River has rare fish species such as swordfish, anchovy, catfish, and pufferfish. The inland rivers have a variety of fish such as green grass, carp, crucian carp, and bream. The underground water source is about 510 million cubic meters. The water quality is excellent. The high-quality mineral water stored underground in Wei Town can be mined up to 1,200 tons per day. Minerals include coal, which is concentrated around Gushan, with proven reserves of 8 million tons. There is river sand suitable for construction in the Yangtze River, and its resources need to be rationally developed. Utilization. The city's land is divided into cultivated land, forest garden land, non-cultivated land, etc., with 100% utilization rate of rice, wheat, rape, and soybeans. There are a wide variety of wild plants and cultivated plants, including grains, vegetables, flowers, and grasses. It is rich in fruits and medicinal materials, as well as precious and rare trees such as ginkgo, eucommia, and honey locust.

Population and ethnic groups

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Jingjiang’s current population. With a population density of nearly 1,000 people per square kilometer, it is one of the most densely populated areas in Jiangsu Province.

Before the first year of Wu Chiwu in the Three Kingdoms (238 years), Jingjiang was a sandbank in the Yangtze River, and there were no human traces at that time. Later, Sun Quan's troops herded horses here, and the area began to be populated.

Later, farmers from other places came here to cultivate wasteland and settle here. They became the ancestors of Jingjiang people.

After the Song Dynasty, the population of Jingjiang increased significantly. In the fourth year of Jianyan of the Southern Song Dynasty (1130), the Jin soldiers invaded the Central Plains, and Yue Fei led his army to resist. In Taizhou, the Yue family army fought a battle with the Jin soldiers. Since Taizhou was undefendable, Yue Fei led his troops to retreat to Taixing Port, and then to Yinsha (i.e. Ma Tuosha). During this process, a large number of Jianghuai refugees retreated with Yue Fei. After they came to Yinsha, they saw that the land was fertile and the water and grass were abundant, so they settled here. It is said that the current population of Zhu, Liu, Chen and Fan in Jingjiang are their descendants.

Since the seventh year of Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty (1471), Jingjiang’s population has been recorded. This year the county was established, and the household register was established in the second year. Jingjiang had 7,898 households and 36,951 people. But over the next 100 years, the population grew slowly. In the sixth year of Longqing's reign in the Ming Dynasty (1572), Jingjiang had 9,514 households and 41,755 people, only 1,525 more households and 4,804 people than when the county was established. Another 40 years later, that is, in the 41st year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1612), the population not only did not increase, but decreased, with only 9,627 households and 33,465 people, a decrease of 7,290 people compared to the sixth year of Longqing. The reasons for the population decline are, first, floods and second, epidemics. Floods were the main natural disaster in Jingjiang. At that time, Jingjiang's water conservancy conditions were poor and its ability to prevent and drain floods was weak. Whenever there was a flood, the people suffered greatly. For example, a flood occurred on July 23, the first year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty (1522), and tens of thousands of people drowned in one fell swoop. On the first day of June in the third year of Longqing's reign in the Ming Dynasty (1569), "the tide surged and the tide was as strong as the sea" and more than 10,000 people drowned. After the flood came the plague. When the plague came, "the dead were borrowed from each other" and "the dead were compared with each other". In some cases, all the people in the village died. There is also war. For example, during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, Japanese pirates harassed many people in Jingjiang.

During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, the population of Jingjiang suddenly increased to 120,214 people. By the fourth year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1865), it increased to 244,312 people. In 100 years, the population doubled. There are several reasons for this: First, after Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty, there was the "prosperity of Kangxi and Qianlong", when the country was strong, the economy was developing, and people's lives were stable, which was conducive to population reproduction. Second, during this period, there was no war in Jingjiang, and the people could rest and recuperate. Especially during the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty, the Taiping Army marched into the south of the Yangtze River. During the war, the people in the south of the Yangtze River either died in large numbers or fled, and many of them fled to Jingjiang. In other words, during the Taiping Rebellion, the population of Jingjiang not only did not decrease, but actually increased. Third, during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the beaches along the Jingjiang River continued to expand, and the arable land expanded, and farmers from other places came here to cultivate. Jingjiang, the Four Emperors, has an advantageous geographical location and convenient transportation. Many people come to Jingjiang for business and settlement. Therefore, among the current Jingjiang people, a certain proportion of people have ancestors from Anhui, Zhejiang, Chongming, Changzhou, Yangzhong, Taixing, Nanjing, and Pi County.

From the first year of the Republic of China (1912) to 1949, Jingjiang’s population grew slowly again, and occasionally declined. In 1912, the population of Jingjiang was 334,272, and in 1949 it was 371,125, an increase of only 36,853 in thirty-six years. The main reason is that wars have been going on for years and people are living in dire straits, making it impossible for the population to reproduce in large numbers.

After liberation, the population of Jingjiang increased rapidly. By 1970, it had increased to 544,852 people. The massive increase in population is not only a reflection of the happiness of people's lives, but also a constraint on economic development. After the 1970s, family planning was implemented and the population growth rate became more scientific. At the end of 1994, Jingjiang's population was 657,192.

Economic Overview

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Jingjiang’s national economy is developing rapidly. In 2004, the regional GDP was 11.64 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 14.2%; fiscal revenue was 1.4 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 38.6%, of which general budget revenue was 570 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 49.8%; the whole society's fixed asset investment was 3.7 billion Yuan, a year-on-year increase of 38.9%. The agricultural economy develops steadily. The agricultural added value was 810 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.1%. The pace of structural adjustment has accelerated, and the planting and breeding industries have gradually developed in the direction of base, scale and standardization, and 278,000 acres of various pollution-free agricultural product production bases have been built. Agricultural industrialization operations have been further promoted, and the level of marketization has been improved. 10 key leading enterprises have achieved sales revenue of 1.3 billion yuan, and 4 new rural cooperative economic organizations have been added.

Successfully controlled avian influenza and rice stripe leaf blight. Agricultural production has achieved another bumper harvest and food security has been guaranteed. The total grain output for the year was 299,000 tons, a year-on-year increase of 16.2%; the rice yield per unit area was 603 kilograms, a year-on-year increase of 10.6%, ranking among the top in the province.

The industrial economy is growing strongly. The industrial added value was 5.35 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 17.9%. The total industrial output value was 25.69 billion yuan, sales revenue was 20.63 billion yuan, profits and taxes were 1.84 billion yuan, and profit was 830 million yuan, representing year-on-year increases of 24.8%, 29%, 21.9% and 21.7% respectively. The leading position of industry has been strengthened and the concentration has been increased. Its proportion in the three industries has reached 45.9%, an increase of 2 percentage points; the four major indicators of the city's top 30 enterprises accounted for 57.3%, 60.5%, 62.7% and 64.5% of the listed industries respectively; new The number of industrial enterprises above designated size has increased to 58, and the number of enterprises with annual sales exceeding 100 million yuan has reached 28; the sales revenue of high-tech products accounts for 21.1% of the total industry. The scale of industrial investment increased, and 104 key technical transformation projects of more than 10 million yuan were implemented. The financial amount of technical transformation was 2.91 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 72.8%. Industrial electricity consumption continued to increase, with a year-on-year increase of 26.6%. The construction industry continues to expand. The construction output value was 5.1 billion yuan and the industry added value was 1.17 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 25.3% and 46% respectively. The service industry has improved rapidly. The added value of the service industry was 4.68 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 11.6%; the total retail sales of consumer goods in the society was 3.51 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 15.3%. Traditional service industries such as commerce and catering continue to expand, and seven key projects such as Shanghai City and Baifushen have been put into operation; emerging service industries such as community services and intermediary consulting continue to develop; social consumption grows rapidly, including automobiles, real estate, information services, etc. Become a hot spot for consumption. Financial insurance operated smoothly. At the end of the year, the total deposits and total loans were 13.21 billion yuan and 6.67 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 25.6% and 22.3% respectively; various types of premium income were 360 ??million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 17.5%.

A breakthrough was made in the development along the river. The development pattern along the river has been optimized and the management system has been basically streamlined. The "one district, four parks" development model has been established, the industrial and functional positioning of each park has been clarified, and an operating mechanism has been established for unified management, hierarchical operations, and separation of development and construction from social affairs. Investment in infrastructure has increased and project construction has accelerated. Actively raise land quotas and strive to meet development needs. The roadbed of the first phase of the high-grade highway along the river has been completed, and the construction of roads in the park such as Zhangchungang Road and Xingye Road has been accelerated; Suyuan thermal power and sewage treatment plants have been completed and put into operation; the construction of a 10,000-square-meter standardized factory building in Suyuan Science and Technology Industrial Park has begun; 118,000 square meters of houses were demolished and 131,000 square meters of resettlement housing for farmers were built.

There are 68 new projects in the area, with a total investment of 4 billion yuan, including 6 investment projects of more than 100 million yuan. A number of major projects such as PetroChina Huadian and Nanyang Shipbuilding have started construction one after another. Qiaoli Knitting, Baoli Projects such as forklifts and Fujitsu Electric have been put into production and achieved results; the development zone's fiscal revenue exceeded the 100 million yuan mark, reaching 190 million yuan. The service mechanism has been improved and joint development has been further promoted. The park invested 600 million yuan in infrastructure and attracted 2.9 billion yuan in foreign investment. Remarkable results have been achieved in attracting investment, and the pace of opening up to the outside world has been accelerated. The city's agreed utilization of foreign investment was US$200 million, and the actual utilization of foreign investment was US$107 million, a year-on-year increase of 149.8% and 94% respectively; 12 newly approved foreign investment projects of more than US$10 million, including 7 projects of more than US$30 million; self-operated exports were US$270 million. , a year-on-year increase of 35.2%, and 31 new export production enterprises were added; the foreign business turnover was US$64 million, a year-on-year increase of 32.4%.

Administrative divisions

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Jingjiang City is located in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, leaning on the North Jiangsu Plain to the north and the Yangtze River to the south, close to Zhangjiagang, Jiangyin and Wujin. Facing each other across the river, it has jurisdiction over 12 towns and 1 provincial economic development zone, with a total area of ??665 square kilometers and a population of 664,700.

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Municipal People’s Government in Jingjiang Town

At the end of 2004, it governed 12 towns.

Jingcheng Town covers an area of ??67.060 square kilometers and has a population of 189,268.

Xinqiao Town covers an area of ??61.350 square kilometers and has a population of 58,577.

Dongxing Town has an area of ??35.680 square kilometers and a population of 34,247.

Bawei Town has an area of ??35.120 square kilometers and a population of 20,997.

Xieqiao Town has an area of ??43.980 square kilometers and a population of 50,873.

Xilai Town has an area of ??64.450 square kilometers and a population of 69,509.

Jishi Town has an area of ??41.630 square kilometers and a population of 50,061.

Gushan Town has an area of ??32.970 square kilometers and a population of 27,934.

Hongguang Town covers an area of ??40.570 square kilometers and has a population of 27,601.

Shengci Town has an area of ??29.738 square kilometers and a population of 22,926.

Maqiao Town has an area of ??59.740 square kilometers and a population of 45,253.

Tujie Town has an area of ??29.406 square kilometers and a population of 25,751.

Historical evolution

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Jingjiang County was established in the seventh year of Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty (1471) and has a history of 524 years.

In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, there was no land here, only a surging river, and a stand-alone mountain emerged from the river, called Gushan. Later, due to the erosion of the river tide, pieces of sandbars gradually rose up at the foot of Gushan. The sandbanks were connected into pieces and became land. Later, people called this piece of land "Ma Tuo Sand". Why is it called "Ma Tuo Sha" and not another name? This mystery was not revealed until 53 years after the founding of the county, that is, the third year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty (1524).

This year, a Jingjiang magistrate named Yi Qian visited Xisha and walked to Jiaoshan Port (today's Dongxing Town). He found a broken monument with several inscriptions vaguely visible on it, one of which read: " This sand is where Emperor Wu herded horses..." Emperor Wu is Sun Quan, the king of Wu. This shows that Sun Quan's troops herded horses here during the Three Kingdoms period. This discovery solved two big problems: first, it confirmed that during the Three Kingdoms period, there was already a large piece of land here, and it began to be inhabited; second, it clarified why this land was called "Ma Tuo" sand". It turns out that in the Jingjiang dialect, "MU" and "白", "大" and "TUO" are all homophonic. 'Muma Dasha' mistakenly became 'White Horse Tuosha', and over time, it became simply 'Ma Tuosha'. Due to the name 'Ma Tuosha', other nicknames related to 'horse' also became They appeared successively, such as Mazhou, Jijiang, Jizhu, Mucheng, etc. Among them, Mazhou and Jijiang are still used as nicknames for Jingjiang until now.

In the Song Dynasty, "Ma Tuosha" was once used. It was renamed "Yinsha", and in the Yuan Dynasty it was renamed "Matuosha" and renamed "Yinsha" because it was located in the north of Jiangyin. "Matuosha" was changed to "Jingjiang" in the Ming Dynasty. When the county was established in 1999, Matuosha was under the jurisdiction of Jiangyin and was managed by the county magistrate of Jiangyin. However, after more than a thousand years of development, the appearance of Matuosha has become very different from the past: its area has expanded and its population has increased. , the economy has gradually developed, which requires corresponding administrative agencies to manage. More importantly, it is located on the riverside and is often harassed by pirates. Although it is under the jurisdiction of Jiangyin, the two places are separated by the Yangtze River. There were many inconveniences in maintaining public security. In view of the above reasons, Governor Xi Zhao of Yingtian (Nanjing) wrote to the court, suggesting that Matuosha should be separated from Jiangyin and established as a separate county. "It controls the gates of rivers and seas and defends the whole of Wu, which is worthy of being called an important town." Although its importance is from a military perspective, it is very precise and sufficient, so it was quickly approved by the imperial court.

The newly built What is the name of the county? Because it has the function of "controlling the river and the sea", it is called "Jingjiang". "Jing" means stability and peace; "Jiang" means that it is close to the Yangtze River and is a riverside city.

Jingjiang was called Matuosha in ancient times, also known as Jisha, Jijiang, Jizhu, Mazhou, Mucheng and Yinsha. It was formed into Lu in the first year of Wu Chiwu (238 years) in the Three Kingdoms and in the second year of Chiwu. (239 years), Sun Quan, the Lord of Wu, herded horses and Dasha, and belonged to Jiyang Township, Yanling County, Pilingdian Nongxiaowei (second-level administrative district), Wu State

In the second year of Jin Taikang (281 years). , belongs to Piling County and Jiyang County (today's Jiangyin City). From the Northern and Southern Dynasties to the early Ming Dynasty, Matuosha was in one place and had two annexes. Muma Xiaosha in the south was under Jiangyin, and Muma Dasha in the north was first under Hailing and then Taixing.

In the second year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1369), the whole government was under the jurisdiction of Jiangyin; in the seventh year of Chenghua (1471), Teng Zhao, the imperial censor, visited Nanji and said that Ma Tuosha "the land is as big as the river, and it provides taxes and corvee service, and everything happens in the city." Those who often brave storms and waves think that it is inconvenient to make promises, but the number of people seems to have increased." Moreover, "its location is in the lower reaches of Jinling, and it resists the Jianghai Gate to defend the important town of Wu Yiran." However, "there are many police in the rivers and seas" , to focus on the key points; the production is similar to that of Jiangnan, and the land tax and tax per mu are more important than that of Yangzhou" and other factors, so the horse carrying sand in Jiangyin is divided. In November of that year, Teng Gong's memorial was approved. In order to pray that the river and sea would be peaceful and peaceful, Emperor Chenghua agreed to establish a county and named it Jingjiang.

During the Ming and Qing dynasties, Jingjiang was under the jurisdiction of Changzhou Prefecture. From 1913 to 1927, he was subordinate to Su Changdao. In 1928, it was affiliated to the Jiangsu Provincial Government; in 1933, it was affiliated to the Eighth Administrative Supervision District of the province (the district office was located in Taizhou); from 1934 to 1938, it was under the jurisdiction of the Fourth Administrative Supervision District of the province (the district office was located in Nantong). On December 8, 1937, the Japanese army occupied Jingjiang. From February 1938 to August 1945, the puppet regime in Jingjiang County was subordinate to the puppet provincial government. In August 1940, the anti-Japanese democratic government of Jingjiang County was established; in November, it was subordinated to the Northern Jiangsu Provisional Administrative Committee. In April 1941, the county anti-Japanese democratic government was affiliated with the Third Prefecture of Suzhong. In December 1945, it was attached to the First District of the Jiangsu-Anhui Border Region. In January 1946, the Kuomintang county government was affiliated with the Fourth Administrative Supervision District of the province. From August 1947 to May 1949, the Jiangsu-Anhui Border Region merged the three districts of Guangling, Quxia and Jianghua in Taixing County with Jingjiang to create Jingtai County.

On January 28, 1949, Jingjiang was liberated. In May of the same year, Jingtai County was abolished and the original organizational system of Jingjiang County was restored. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, it was successively attached to the Taizhou and Yangzhou agencies. In March 1983, the city-governed county system was implemented, with Yangzhou City taking charge. On July 14, 1993, Jingjiang was removed from the county and established as a city. On July 19, 1996, Taizhou City at the prefecture level was established and has been managed by Taizhou City ever since.

Folk customs

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Xianbatan is a small folk silk and bamboo band in Jingjiang that creates an atmosphere for weddings. Commonly used music includes "Eight Sections of Scenery" , "Chanting Tune", "Lang Tao Sha", "Three Plum Blossoms", etc. In order to adapt to the development of the times and the needs of the masses, Xianbatan now adds the performance of popular songs on the basis of retaining traditional repertoire.

Lectures were introduced to Jingjiang in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty. After long-term oral processing by folk artists, it reached the final stage in the late Qing Dynasty. Because of its valuable originality, unique locality and distinctive artistry, the lectures are highly valued by experts at home and abroad. They called Jingjiang Lectures "a living fossil of Chinese folk art."

Waist drum was a mass literary and artistic activity that flourished in the early years of liberation. Later, due to the popularity of folk art and drama, waist drum activities gradually disappeared. After the reform and opening up, with the improvement of people's living standards, the general public, especially middle-aged and elderly people, use it as an entertainment and fitness activity. Nowadays, Jingjiang's waist drum troupe can be found in various communities. Not only does it have a strong lineup, but it also has superb performing skills, becoming a highlight of mass culture and art.

Gushan Clay Dog Zi is a traditional folk handicraft in Jingjiang with a history of hundreds of years. This handicraft is made of weathered rock powder from Gushan. It is hollow and has holes in its head and abdomen. It can blow out the sound of crickets and is a favorite toy for children. In addition to being made into clay dogs, they can also be made into the shapes of chickens, pigs, tigers and other animals.

Gushan Temple Fair Historically, Jingjiang was a county with many temples, and all large temples had temple fairs. Gushan Temple has a long history and is famous far and wide. The temple fair held on the third day of March every year is even more grand. On that day, the monks in the temple held Buddhist services, and the faithful went to the mountain to offer incense. At the foot of the mountain, tens of thousands of people were engaged in various trade activities. The scene was very spectacular.

Little Lion Dance is a folk dance with Jingjiang characteristics. Its characteristic is that the lion dancers imitate the various postures of the little lion, leaping and fluttering while changing formations, and vividly express the mighty, strong, honest and lively demeanor of the little lion. This dance has won many awards in provincial competitions. Pictured is the rehearsal scene.

Danghu boat is a popular folk dance across the country, but Jingjiang’s lake boat has its own characteristics. The boat on the lake in other places is paired with two people, "boat lady" and "boat lady", while most of the boats on the lake in Jingjiang are partnered with four people, "boat lady", "boat lady", "brother supporter" and "boat lady", and there are Singing with band and singing team.

Dalianxiang is a folk dance that has revived in Jingjiang in the new century. The dancers perform various dance movements while tapping the lotus, constantly changing formations amidst the crisp and rhythmic sounds. Dancers can dance and sing by themselves or be accompanied by a chorus.

Yangge Dance Jingjiang Yangge Dance emerged in the early years of liberation, and was later replaced by more performative folk dances and modern dances. At the end of the 20th century, with the upsurge of national fitness campaigns, mass Yangko dance revived. Today's Yangko dance not only has traditional characteristics, but also incorporates folk dance and modern dance performance techniques, which is refreshing.

Dragon lantern dance Jingjiang's dragon lantern dance is full of characteristics, and the production of dragon heads, dragon tails and dragon beads are very particular. During the performance, with the accompaniment of gongs and drums, the dragon dancers performed various moves such as "Two Dragons Playing with Pearls", "Golden Dragon Coiling Pillars", "Stacking Arhats", "Prying Lotus Flowers", etc., which vividly demonstrated the dynamics and momentum of the dragons.

Roof ridge art is a major feature of Jingjiang housing architecture. Craftsmen use the "ash pile" and "tile flower" techniques to create various patterns on the roof ridge, such as "magpies climbing plum blossoms", "two dragons playing with pearls", "danfeng rising to the sun", "unicorn delivering children", etc., making the roof ridge gorgeous Majestic and beautiful. Jingjiang's roof art has long been valued by folklorists, and some experts and scholars have made special studies on it and published articles in newspapers and periodicals.

Singing the Phoenix is ??a folk art popular in rural areas of Jingjiang. The prop is a beautiful and colorful phoenix made of paper. The phoenix is ??a legendary auspicious crow, so most of the artists who sing the phoenix go to every village and every household during the Spring Festival to express their good wishes to the host's family. Some of the lyrics are composed first and then sung, and some are composed and sung now, accompanied by gongs and drums to enhance the festive atmosphere of the festival.

Infrastructure

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The pace of urban construction in Jingjiang has further accelerated. In 2004, the planning system was gradually improved. The Municipal Planning Management Committee was established and the Municipal Planning Bureau was established; nine plans including the urban conceptual plan, park zoning plan, and detailed plan for Lot 9 were prepared from a high starting point; the new urban area conceptual plan is open to international bidding, and the winning plan has been revised. Infrastructure construction is accelerated. Key projects are advancing rapidly, Lot 9 is fully demolished, and the demolition and resettlement project of Yupo South Road has been launched. The urban transportation system has gradually taken shape. The reconstruction of 7 "T-shaped roads" and "Duantou Road" including Jiang'an Road and Jiyang Road has been completed. "8 roads and 4 bridges" in the development zone have been put into use. The basic engineering for the widening and reconstruction of Tianfeigong Bridge has been completed. Pouring; the new bus station was completed as scheduled, and the Jingjiang Station of the Xinchang Railway was put into operation. The construction of electric power and communication facilities was accelerated, seven power transmission and transformation projects including Hongqiao and Balwei were successfully implemented, and 43,000 new telephone users were added. The urban water environment has been improved. 12 urban rivers, including the Zhenwu River and the western section of Henggang in the urban area, have been dredged and built, and 3 new drainage stations have been built. A sewage collection system has been built and a 5,300-meter sewage pipe network has been laid. A number of greening scenic spot projects including the Henggang Middle Section and Renmin Middle Road were implemented, adding 55,000 square meters of urban green space. Urban management has been strengthened. Taking the creation of a provincial-level civilized city as the starting point, efforts were made to improve urban order and environmental sanitation, and the city appearance was significantly improved. Implement long-term management of environmental sanitation, improve the management mechanism of "leveled responsibility, divided into areas and contracted responsibility", build a number of new sanitation facilities; focus on controlling traffic violations, improve traffic and place name signs; increase market integration, and gradually standardize the operating behavior of stores and stalls; 114 illegal buildings were demolished, covering an area of ??21,000 square meters. Environmental protection has been strengthened by strengthening urban smoke, noise control and water pollution control. Urban management has taken a new step. An agreement was reached with Jiangyin Sunshine Group to jointly develop and construct the Binjiang New City; strict public bidding was implemented for the transfer of urban land use rights, with 22 land parcels covering 224.9 acres transferred, with a transaction price of 140 million yuan; the smooth relocation and transition of the municipal administrative center promoted the connection of the original land parcels film development. The construction of small towns was accelerated. 820 million yuan was invested in the construction of market towns, and 388,000 square meters of new roads and 189,000 square meters of commercial housing were added.

Jingjiang is a bright pearl on the bank of the Yangtze River with its outstanding people and natural treasures.

Jingjiang Food

1. Jingjiang Preserved Pork. Well deserved, first place. It's so famous that I don't want to say more. There are several brands, the most delicious and expensive one is "Pisces", which is the preserve of Jingjiang people and the first brand. It is available in single box and gift box. Legend has it that people in Suzhou and Shanghai only recognize "Pisces". Due to technology leaks, there are many types of dried meat on the market. When eating white porridge, add minced meat to accompany the meal, which is really relaxing.

2. Three delicacies of the Yangtze River: saury, anchovy, and river fish. Swordfish is also so famous, and the price is quite high, so don’t mention it. The shad are extinct and not mentioned. River fish, almost all of which are farmed on the market now, have low toxicity and good meat quality.

River fish are highly poisonous. When eating, the chef has to taste them in person before using chopsticks. However, when eating wild fish, some people were still poisoned. The fish poison is nerve paralysis, has a rapid effect and has a high mortality rate. Visceral blood and ovaries are generally buried deeply. But because of its delicious taste, there is a saying that people "eat puffer fish to the death". In short, the "three delicacies of the Yangtze River" exist in name only.

3. Crab soup dumplings: Taitai Taitai is famous. To use a local saying in Jingjiang: outside of Jingjiang, all soup dumplings are a blasphemy to soup dumplings. On Zhongshan Road in Nanjing, there used to be a restaurant next to the Zhongshan Building, but for unknown reasons, it was demolished. I once had the pleasure of seeing how to make soup dumplings: the skin should be of high quality. Boil crab roe, crab meat + broth into agar-like shape, wrap it in skin after cooling, and leave no gaps, otherwise the filling will be exposed during steaming. There is an oral rule for eating soup dumplings: lift gently, move quickly, open the window first, and then suck the soup. Adding vinegar and shredded ginger, it is delicious and delicious. I even ate it during the Chinese New Year this year. By the way, the most famous one is the soup dumplings of Hongyun Restaurant. Legend has it that Qianlong ate soup dumplings as steamed buns when he was eating. As a result, the dragon's mouth was scalded by the boiling soup, but he still lingered over it.

4. Indica porridge. More popular than the above. . In this season, when I was a child, it was extremely comfortable to sit on a small bench in the yard and drink porridge in the cool air with a greasy salted duck egg. ps: Indica porridge without alkali is white, only with alkali added will it be red. If there is too much alkali, it will be astringent and very red, which is unsightly. There is a local saying in Jingjiang: "If you fill the rice with rice porridge, it will grow like a pot."

5. Old juice chicken. Another civilian food. The secret recipe of the old juice is specially prepared, I don’t understand. Jingjiang Ji Town is the most famous.

6. Jishi Dalu Cake Jishi’s Dalu Cake is famous far and wide. Now only Lao Yang’s Dalu Cake in front of the post office on Jishi Street is the best, most fragrant and most delicious.

7. Yeast (pronounced gao in Jingjiang dialect) sesame cake. I like it very much. It is as big as a washbasin, shaped like a flying saucer, brown, with sesame seeds and a chewy head.

8. Maqiao wontons. Wonton fillings are very particular. They are mainly stuffed with pork, vegetables, leeks and spinach. Basically, each wonton has a freshwater shrimp, not shrimp. It tastes delicious. The wonton skin is very thin. Add onions, salt, MSG, a little soy sauce and When making soup with pepper, it's best to use lard, it's the best. Because it was first produced in Maqiao Town, it is named Maqiao Wonton. Now it is popular in Jingjiang and spread throughout the province.

9. Braised pork leg. Every place has its own way of cooking. Our family pays attention to simmering it, it is sweet but not greasy, and it is the best.

10. Roll the dough with your hands. Another chewy food. For someone who doesn't like noodles, this noodle is quite decent. It is said that there is a noodle shop near Yupo Bridge with a good reputation.

11. Group. In layman's terms, it is stuffed with glutinous rice flour, as big as an egg, and cooked in the same way as wontons. It is a must-have during New Years and holidays. There are sesame fillings,

meat fillings, bean paste, and vegetables. Compared with Ningbo glutinous rice balls, they are fragrant in one word.

12.蛛议. That is, crabs with hairy legs and small individuals. Generally speaking, people who don’t eat. They can be found everywhere along the river. When we were children, we used to fry the claws of crickets. The cooking method is the same as that of lobsters, and the meat is as tender as crabs. It is a rare delicacy that can only be found in childhood.

12. Bamboo shoots. Jingjiang used to be the hometown of bamboo utensils. When the bamboo shoots were young, they would be kicked down and stewed with bacon.

The local area is close to the river and has a lot of aquatic products, such as catfish and bass, which can be found everywhere.

I don’t eat dumplings, and I’ve never seen rice noodles.

Breakfast consists of porridge, soy milk, tofu curds, fried dough sticks (freshly fried, to be crispy), steamed rice, pancakes, steamed buns (Jingjiang calls steamed buns

), sesame cakes, and solid steamed buns (Steamed buns without fillings)

The staple food of Chinese food is usually rice.

There are many kinds of dinners, so I won’t go into details.

Light, full of color, flavor, not sweet, not greasy

13. Jinbo wine. Jinbo wine is a century-old traditional famous wine in Jingjiang and one of the three treasures of Jingjiang. Thirty-six precious Chinese medicines such as Codonopsis pilosula, Angelica sinensis, Schisandra chinensis, Red Mountain branch, Eucommia ulmoides, etc. are carefully selected and refined with traditional secret recipes. Regular drinking can prolong life, maintain beauty and keep the body healthy. Since it was introduced from the court to the people of Jingjiang during the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, it has become famous far and wide.