Where is Xinchang?

Xinchang is a famous scenic spot in Shaoxing.

Xinchang County, which belongs to Shaoxing City, is located in the east of Zhejiang Province, bordering on Ning in the east, Taiwan Province and Wen in the south, Jin and Li in the west and Shaoxing, Hangzhou and Shanghai in the north. It is the hub of gold tourist routes in eastern and southern Zhejiang. Shangsan Expressway and National Highway 104 run through the county (Shanghai and Wenzhou only take more than 3 hours by car, and Hangzhou and Ningbo International Airport only take more than 1 hour by car). The total savings of the county is 1.200 square kilometers with a population of 430,000.

Xinchang county has beautiful natural scenery and numerous cultural and historical sites, and is known as a place attracting attention in the southeast. There are three provincial-level scenic spots in the territory, namely, the Great Buddha Temple, the Stone-piercing Nineteen Peak and the Tianmu Mountain in Luozhou Lake. The Great Buddha Temple, a national key open temple, is an ancient temple in the Southern Dynasties. It is famous at home and abroad for its Maitreya Buddha statue, the largest Buddha grottoes in the south of the Yangtze River and 1075 small stone buddhas. In recent years, the development efforts have been intensified, and the special landscapes such as Prajna Valley, Snake Carving Village, Foxin Square, Wood Fossil Forest, Open-air Maitreya, Luohan Cave, Baiyun Lake and Chenghuang Temple have been built one after another. The peaks and valleys, waterfalls, springs, streams and bitan that pass through the rock 19 peak show beautiful natural scenery and landscape charm. The lakes and mountains of Wozhou and Tianmu are the places that literati of past dynasties yearn for. From the Buddhist culture in the Eastern Jin Dynasty to the poetic culture in the Tang Dynasty, Xinchang bears two cultural peaks (People's Daily 200 1, 1,1October 9). Over the years, Xinchang's scenic spots have attracted many TV dramas, such as The Journey to the West, the legendary swordsman, Legend of the Condor Heroes, King of Shaolin, Eight Dragons and Phoenix Seeking Phoenix, to shoot on location, becoming a well-known location base in China and making the film and television culture famous. At present, many special tourist routes, such as Buddhist tour, the road of Tang poetry, the charm of mountains and rivers, film and television location, attract domestic and foreign tourists. In 2002, the number of tourists in Xinchang reached 65.438+0.4267 million, and the total tourism revenue reached 65.438+0.05 billion yuan. Tourism has become a pillar industry in Xinchang.

Xinchang County, built in 908 AD, has a long history, outstanding people and splendid things. The four traditional specialties of tobacco, tea, silk and cooking are now known as the hometown of famous tea in China, the hometown of osmanthus in China, the hometown of angora rabbits and the hometown of small hydropower. There are many famous brands, Xiao Jingsheng, spring cakes and taro dumplings.

After more than 20 years of reform and opening up, Xinchang's urban and rural construction has advanced by leaps and bounds, and its appearance has changed with each passing day. Now Xinchang has become a well-off county in the province and entered the ranks of moderately developed counties in the province. It has successively won the titles of national mountain comprehensive development demonstration county, national science and technology advanced county and the first batch of science and technology advanced counties in Zhejiang Province. In 2002, the county's GDP reached 7.727 billion yuan, with a per capita GDP of 17757 yuan. According to the calculation of the county comprehensive social and economic development index of the Rural Economic Investigation Corps of the National Bureau of Statistics, in 200 1 year, Xinchang's comprehensive strength was listed as one of the most developed counties (cities) in China 100, and it held its head high among the top 100 counties in China.

The rapid development of Xinchang's economy has provided a good foundation for the development of Xinchang's tourism industry, and the unique advantages of tourism resources are being transformed into industrial advantages. At present, Xinchang is applying for a national scenic spot and preparing to build a national geological park (silicified wood as the leader, Danxia landform and volcanic rocks as the main body).

Xinchang, the pearl of eastern Zhejiang, is welcoming people at home and abroad for sightseeing, investment negotiation, friendly exchanges and cooperative development with its beautiful scenery, simple folk customs, open attitude and first-class service.

Architectural evolution

Xinchang County was a land crossing during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and Huiji County during the Qin Dynasty. At the beginning of the Western Han Dynasty, Huiji County was located under the county, and Xinchang was a part of the county. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, warlords were independent and self-sufficient. In the third year of Tang Dynasty (896), Qian captured Yuezhou and established the country. Wang Qian, wuyue _ Because of the long distance between the capital Qiantang River and Wenzhou, frequent personnel exchanges and special capital exchanges in the southeast, it was established in Xinchang County in the second year of Liang Kaiping in the Five Dynasties (908). 13 townships are Yongshou, Shishun, Changhua and Xiangxiang. The name of the county comes from the name of Xinchang township, which also implies the prosperity of the newly established county. Xinchang belongs to Yuezhou in the Northern Song Dynasty and Shaoxing Road in the Southern Song Dynasty. The Yuan Dynasty was subordinate to Shaoxing Prefecture, and was assigned to Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. In the Ming Dynasty, he was transferred to Ning Shaodao, the minister of foreign affairs of Zhejiang Province. Xinchang in Qing Dynasty belonged to Shaoxing Prefecture, and was placed under Shaotai Road, Xiao Ning, Zhejiang Province. During the Republic of China, Zhejiang Province set up an administrative supervision area, and Xinchang County was subordinate to the second and third districts successively.

1949 On May 22nd, Xinchang was liberated, and the county people's government was established, belonging to Shaoxing area. 1958 1 month, Shaoxing area was revoked and placed in Ningbo area. 1958165438+10, Xinchang county system was abolished, and the administrative area was merged into Shengxian county. 196 1 After September, Xinchang County has been a special area, region and city of Shaoxing.

The story of the past

There are many legends in Xinchang, which are similar in nature to myths. These legends reflect the natural features of ancient Xinchang and the struggle between man and nature.

The most popular story is the story of Dayu's flood control. According to the records of the old county annals, there is a high mountain in the north of the county, named Duwangshan, on which there is the remains of Yu Temple. It is said that Dayu once climbed this mountain to control water. Gu Dongshan, 50 miles east of the county seat, is said to have climbed this mountain when Dayu was in charge of water control, so it was named after looking at the East China Sea. At the foot of Dongshan Mountain, 40 miles east of the county seat, there is a water curtain cave, surrounded by fist-sized boulders, with a layer of silty stone shell outside and stone chips like stuffing inside, called stone steamed bread. According to legend, it was Dayu who managed water here, abandoned the rest of the grain and became a discipline. The Bailang Cave, which runs through the Rocky Mountain, is said to be the place where Dayu harnessed water. Nanyan Mountain in the western suburb of the county seat is steep and looks like a city wall. It is said that Dayu injected sand and stones into the east to control water, which is the background of two fables, Liezi Tang Wen and Zhuangzi Outhouse. The article "Zhuangzi Foreign Things" said: Ren Gongzi used fifty cows as bait, crouched in Huiji, threw a long fishing rod into the East China Sea and fished for more than a year. Suddenly, a big fish swallowed the bait, pulled the hook, set off a mountain of waves, and the struggling big fish roared and rushed into the sea for thousands of miles. After catching the aojiang fish, Ren Gongzi cut it open and dried it, so that the people in southern Zhejiang and northern Cangwu, Guangxi, had several full meals. Ren Gongzi's fishing platform is in Nanyan. The poems of Southern Yan Temple, Bencanghai and Rengong Yutai in the Tang Dynasty still exist today, which is what I said.

Although Dayu's flood control and Ren Gongzi's fishing for the aojiang are legends, these legends are all based on the scientific basis of landform changes and vicissitudes. From 6.5438+million years ago to 6.5438+million years ago, the flood on the earth rose, and mankind experienced a long process of fighting against the flood. This is the source of the story of Noah's ark and the flood in China in Genesis.

During the period when worms were immersed in the sea, Ningshaoping was originally a shallow sea, and the sea approached the foothills of Huiji and Siming Mountain. Today, Haoba and Zhang zhen in Shangyu have become bays. South Yanshan Mountain is located in the southeast edge of the submerged zone, with rich land life, mainly subtropical broad-leaved forest and mixed forest. Because the lake is a relatively calm water body, the substances in the water are easy to precipitate. Over time, the sediment flowing into the lake gradually deposited into gravel rocks, and the residues of various animals and plants living in the lake also deposited, which constituted the organic matter in the stratum. The rocks in the water are getting thicker and thicker, and the lakes are becoming more and more silted up. When the earth's crust branches and the ground rises, the high place becomes a hill, and the rocks in the south thus form a sea trail mountain. Now there are a lot of snail shells on the stone walls and caves of Nanyan Mountain, which is the best proof.

The north of Nanyanshan used to be a vast area, but now the hills from Bamao to Shengzhou are an extension of the remaining veins of Dongao Peak, which used to be shallow sea. Geologists believe that this is caused by crustal changes and river bed elevation. The flat top of the mountain has obvious sea traces, which is completely different from the undulating mountain shape in the south.

In ancient Xinchang, mountains and rivers fell, the sea propped up, and floods often occurred, so legends emerged endlessly. These legends not only reflect the natural environment in this area, but also reflect the struggle of ancient working people to transform nature.

Location area

Xinchang county, known as Dongdong in ancient times, is also known as Nanming. Located in the east of Zhejiang Province, on the upper reaches of Cao 'e River, it was a county before Tang Dynasty, and was founded in Kaiping in the Five Dynasties (908). It is now under the jurisdiction of Shaoxing City. As an open coastal economic zone, it belongs to Shanghai Economic Zone. With the completion and opening of Ningbo International Oriental Port, Xinchang's regional advantages are more obvious. The county is adjacent to Ninghai and Fenghua in the east, Tiantai in the south, Pan 'an and Dongyang in the southwest and Shengzhou in the west and north. The distance between east and west is 52.3 kilometers, and the distance between north and south is 36.9 kilometers.

The county's total area is 12 13 square kilometers, which is equivalent to1810.95 million mu, accounting for about10.2% of the province's land area. Among them, the cultivated land area is 228,700 mu, accounting for12.6% of the total land area; Mountain forest area1310.3 million mu, accounting for 710.7% of the total land area. It is a hilly county with mountainous and dry land, known as eight mountains, half water and half fields.

Mountains and rivers landform

Xinchang county is a part of the low mountains and hills in Zhejiang and Fujian, surrounded by Tiantai Mountain, Siming Mountain and Huiji Mountain. The topography of the county gradually inclines from southeast to northwest, forming three landforms: southeast mountain, central platform and northwest valley plain. The main peaks are all above 600 meters above sea level. The highest peak is Young Bodhi Peak, with an altitude of 996 meters, and the lowest is located in Wudu Village, Chengguan Town, with an altitude of about 28 meters. Siming Mountain Range enters from the northeast and is located in Shaxi Mountain Range. The two branches of the Tiantai Mountain range, which entered from south-central China, were called the main mountains of a city in ancient times. The Tianmu Mountain area extended from one place to Anding Mountain, forming a mountain range from Ruoqiang to the east of Huishan. Huiji Mountain and Pandashan Mountain enter the territory from the southwest, crossing Anshan in Jingping Township and Xikeng in Jingling Town, forming the southern foot of Jingling Mountain. The central part is a hilly platform, generally a basalt platform, with an altitude of 250 to 500 meters. There are large areas such as Huishan, Dashiju, Mengjiatang and Dunshan, with steep edges. On the platform, the fields are terraces and the villages are opposite to each other.