The Origin and History of Hanshan Town in Shuyang

Only the introduction of Shuyang County was generally recorded at the county level in ancient times. You should ask the old people in Hanshan town about the introduction.

Shuyang County is located in the north of Jiangsu Province, under the jurisdiction of Suqian City, with 38 townships (fields), covering an area of 2,298 square kilometers, 2.04 million mu of cultivated land and a population of 6,543.8+0.74 million. It is the county with the largest population and the largest land area in the province. Shuyang has a long history and a rich collection of humanities. It belonged to Lu in the Spring and Autumn Period and was built in the Warring States Period. Houqiu County was established by Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty, and Shuyang County was established in the seventh year of Jiande in the Northern Zhou Dynasty (AD 578). Named after the county seat is located in the Yang of Shu River. Yan ji zhen is the hometown of peerless concubines, and the story of Farewell My Concubine has been circulated for thousands of years. Shen Kuo, a great scientist in Song Dynasty, was the master book of Shuyang, leading the people to govern Shuhe River and Liutang River, and his political voice spread far and wide. Yuan Mei, a poet in the Qing Dynasty, left many beautiful poems when she was the magistrate of Shuyang County, and her pro-wisteria (Yuan Gongteng) is still in full bloom. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Liu Qingyun, a talented woman in Shuyang, went to Jiangnan with 10, and celebrities in Jiangsu and Zhejiang fell for it and circulated it as a beautiful talk. Li, a scholar in the late Qing Dynasty, wrote China's first military music. Before and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Wu Yinxian, a famous photographer and writer, Bai Ye, a Peking Opera performer and a "living matchmaker", Wang Shijing, a research expert on Lu Xun, Ye Jisheng, a famous historian, Li Deyi, an academician of the two academies, and Zhang Zixiang, a "living Lei Feng" in the new era, were born in Shuyang. They have contributed to the liberation and construction of the motherland and won honors for the people of Shuyang. The profound cultural heritage has become the precious spiritual wealth of Shuyang's modernization today. The transportation in Shuyang is developed. Beijing-Shanghai Expressway, Xinchang Railway, National Highway 205, Provincial Highway 245, Lines 324 and 326 meet in the county. It takes 40 minutes to get to Lianyungang Baitabu Airport in the east and Xuzhou Guanyin Airport in the west 1 hour. Shuyang County has a smooth waterway, Xinyi River runs through the east and west, and Hu Aishu Xinhe runs through the north and south. Shuyang Port, one of the top 20 inland ports in our province, has an annual throughput of more than 3 million tons. It crosses the Huaihe River and connects with the Yangtze River, and reaches Lianyungang through Shuxin River, Rose River and Bo Gu. Shuyang is rich in resources. Shuyang is one of the top ten commodity grain base counties in China, the first batch of advanced plain greening counties, commodity pig base counties and advanced science and technology counties. The annual output is 6,543,800 tons of grain, 23,000 tons of oil and 6,543,800 tons of cotton, and the annual slaughter of commercial pigs is nearly 2 million. Shuyang is famous all over the world, with a total area of 250,000 mu of flowers and trees, more than 3,000 varieties of flowers and seedlings and more than 800,000 pots of bonsai. It is the largest flower base in China and has the reputation of "Oriental Flower Capital". 1999 to 2002, the county's flower sales revenue reached 600 million yuan for four consecutive years. In 2003, the county realized the flower sales revenue of1200 million yuan. Subei Flower Bonsai Company is known as the leading flower sales enterprise in the province and has the national second-class garden design qualification. In 200 1 year, yan ji zhen in this county was rated as "the hometown of flowers in China" by China Flower and Tree Association, and xinhe town was rated as the hometown of flowers and trees by Provincial Flower and Tree Association in 2000. Shuyang is a traditional forestry county with 600,000 mu of poplars, 2 million mu of forest nets, more than 90 million trees, 3.8 million cubic meters of standing trees and a forest coverage rate of 46.5%. Shuyang has obvious advantages in aquatic resources. The water area of the county is 622,000 mu, and the aquaculture surface is10.2 million mu, which is rich in freshwater fish such as herring, carp and silver carp. Shuyang is rich in mineral resources, with 9 kinds of nonmetallic minerals and energy minerals 1 species, among which kyanite, crystal, phosphorus, mica, yellow sand and clay have high mining value.

In the past, many streets were built along the Shuyang River and alleys were built along the street. In the seventh year of Ming Dynasty, Zheng De built a clay city (15 12) and rebuilt a brick city in the forty-fourth year of Wanli (16 16). Rural market towns were mostly built in Yuan Dynasty, and gradually expanded in Ming and Qing Dynasties, with regular distribution. Houses in urban and rural areas are very simple, and roads are sunny, dusty and rainy. After the founding of New China, the old city was gradually transformed. The urban area expands southward at 1956 and eastward and westward at 198 1. By 1987, the urban area is 6 square kilometers, 20 streets have been built, and the per capita living area is 5.9 1 square meter. In recent years, Shuyang has fully implemented the strategy of "cluster towns rise, stimulate domestic demand, gather chariots and horses, enhance radiation, focus on the moon, form a system, integrate urban and rural areas and promote development", adhered to high-standard construction, high-demand management and high-speed development, and achieved a historic breakthrough in urban construction and embarked on the fast lane of development. By the end of 2003, the "star-moon cluster" urban system was gradually formed. 53.7 kilometers of newly paved cement road in the urban area; Newly paved cement road in small towns 14.6 km, total length 139.6 km. The supporting facilities were further improved, and the pole-less transformation of Nanjing East Road, Guangzhou Road, Shanghai Road and other 16 sections was completed, and 2,238 street lamps and 5,986 street lamps were installed. Laying16km natural gas main pipeline and 20km branch pipeline network; New construction and renovation 132 flush toilets; 38 squares have been built, with urban green area of 710.8 million square meters and green coverage rate of 45.2%. Today's Shuyang towns have spacious streets, rows of buildings, green spaces and flowers, beautiful environment, orderly management and strong popularity. Basically achieved the goal of hardening, greening, beautification, purification and lighting, showing a new situation of vigorous development. At present, Shuyang County is planning according to the standards of medium-sized cities and actively starts the construction of industrial parks. The county has basically formed a carrier that adapts to the speed of economic development, and the space for urban development is broader, which has effectively promoted economic development.

Shuyang has a civilization history of more than 7,000 years, but its cultural achievements were lost before the Ming Dynasty. Since the Ming Dynasty, Shuyang has made remarkable achievements in literary creation, drama, music, folk art, painting, calligraphy, photography and sculpture. Shuyang dialect belongs to Huaici dialect in the northern dialect and is a transitional dialect area. However, influenced by the northern dialect, there are differences in language and intonation in different parts of the county, forming local operas with their own characteristics, such as Huaihai Opera, Copper Opera, Allegro, Drum Gong and other musical varieties. Folk literature and art in Shuyang are prosperous, and artistic forms such as flower boat, stilts, dragon dance, lion dance, dancing the god of wealth, yangko, waist drum and donkey running are deeply loved by the masses. There are also many long-standing etiquette customs, such as offering sacrifices to stoves, New Year's Day, February 2nd and June 6th. There are also some procedures for weddings, funerals, receiving guests, and birth and birthday celebrations and banquets. Shuyang area belongs to the middle zone between Huaiyang cuisine and Shandong cuisine, which has both the flavor of Huaiyang cuisine and the characteristics of Shandong cuisine. Yan Ji's "tide brand" began in the Ming Dynasty. Racecourse Jijia steamed bread was once selected as a tribute by Empress Dowager Cixi. Gu Jia's hanging furnace cake originated in Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty, and Qing Prime Minister Liu Yong once wrote that "hanging furnace cake is one of the best in Shuyang". Soft fried long fish is one of the famous dishes in Shuyang, which was eaten by Emperor Qianlong of Qing Dynasty and Liu Shaoqi, a revolutionary predecessor. Thousands of venetian blinds at the head of the temple originated in the Ming Dynasty, and was once written into the accompanying garden cookbook by Yuan Mei, a great poet in the Qing Dynasty. Racecourse spiced peanuts have a unique flavor and are exported to Japan, the United States, Singapore, Hong Kong and Macau. The wine culture is particularly profound, and Shuyang Sesame Fragrance and Yuci Daqu have long enjoyed a good reputation.

Shuyang is located in northern Jiangsu, downstream of Yishu and Surabaya, and belongs to the transitional zone between southern Shandong hills and Jianghuai Plain. The county seat is between 33 53' and 34 25' north latitude, between118 30' east longitude and 1 19 10' east longitude, 60 kilometers east-west and 55 kilometers north-south. Lianyungang in the east, Huai 'an in the south, Suqian in the west and Xuzhou in the north, which is the junction of Xu, Lian, Huai and Su. The terrain of the county is irregular, square, high in the west and low in the east, and most of the ground elevation is 7-4.5 meters. Hanshan Mountain, the highest peak in the county, is 70 meters above sea level. Except for some hills in Toarey Yang, Mao Wei, Liuji and Yuelai, the land is flat and the river network is dense. There are 29 rivers running through the territory, including Xinyi River and Huaishuxin River.

As an ancient city on the Huanghuai Plain, Shuyang is located at the intersection of north and south. Since ancient times, it has been a commodity distribution center and is known as the "land where merchants gather". For hundreds of years, merchants from south to north have not only promoted economic development, brought prosperity to Shuyang, promoted the exchange and integration of northern and southern cultures in Shuyang, but also made Shuyang have unique local folk customs and individual characteristics of residents. Shuyang people are warm and generous and polite in their daily communication, which has both the generous hospitality of northerners and the delicate feelings of southerners. Shuyang's folk literature and art are both heroic and rigid in the north and fresh and graceful in the south. In the early years of the Republic of China, a new wind of modern civilization blew into Shuyang. After the founding of New China, with the development of politics, economy and culture, traditional and healthy folk customs have been preserved and passed down, stereotypes and bad habits have been abandoned, and new fashions have gradually formed in the county. According to records, the folk customs with Shuyang characteristics have been preserved: on festivals, there are June 6, winter solstice, offering sacrifices to stoves and so on. There are some sayings about diet, such as "no wine, no table" and "no dog meat". According to folklore, the main house facing south is called "main house"; Etiquette, the birthday of the elderly is "nine and ten", and the birthday is one year ahead of schedule; Culturally, there are ancient operas such as Huaihai Opera and Copper Opera, as well as folk songs and dances such as stilts, yangko and waist drum. Since the reform and opening up, with the further liberation of people's minds, western and Hong Kong and Taiwan cultures have entered the lives of Shuyang people, and the ancient folk customs in Shuyang have incorporated more modern contents and become more modern.

It belonged to Xuzhou in Xia and Shang Dynasties, Qingzhou in Zhou Dynasty, Lunan in the late Spring and Autumn Period, Chu in the Warring States Period, Chu in the early Qin Dynasty and Tan later. Houqiu County in the Western Han Dynasty was subordinate to Donghai County, and two Hou states, Yin Ping and Jianling, were established. When the three countries established the East China Sea, they led Houqiu, Yin Ping, Jianling and other counties 1 1. Yuan Jia, Emperor Wen of the Southern Song Dynasty, merged into the original state and set up another county. Liang Wudi Tian Jian overseers for five years, abolishing the county and setting up the county. In the seventh year of Wuding, Emperor Xiaojing of the Eastern Wei Dynasty (549), it was changed to Shuyang County. In the seventh year of Jiande in the Northern Zhou Dynasty (578), Shuyang County was named. During the reign of Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty, it belonged to Haizhou; In the first year of Tang Gaozong (668), it belonged to Sizhou; Xianheng five years, belonging to Huai' an government; In the second year of Qing Sejong (1724), it belonged to Haizhou Prefecture; In the second year of the Republic of China, it belonged to Xu Haidao; 17 to 37, belonging to East China Sea Commissioner's Office and Xu Hai Administrative Office. In the autumn of the 29th year of the Republic of China, the Huaihai District Committee of China made a major adjustment to the geographical division, and established the anti-Japanese democratic governments in Sishu County, Toarey Yang County, Donghai County and Guanyun County under the Huaihai District Commissioner's Office. 1May, 949, Donghai, Toarey Yang and Sishu counties were abolished, and the original jurisdiction was placed under Shuyang County, while Suqian was placed under Shuyang and Huaiyin Administrative Office. From 65438 to 0983, the city was in charge of the county, belonging to Huaiyin City. 65438+August 0996 Subei is a newly established prefecture-level Suqian city.