Where is Shehong in Sichuan?

Shehong is located in the middle of the Sichuan Basin, in the middle reaches of the Fujiang River, with an area of ??1,497 square kilometers and a population of 1.04 million. It is the hometown of Chen Ziang, the great poet of the Tang Dynasty, the hometown of the holy monk Mulian of the Tang Dynasty, and the birthplace of Mulian culture. The place where the famous Chinese liquor Tuopai Qujiu is produced. In 2004, the county's GDP reached 6.89 billion yuan and county fiscal revenue reached 427.5 million yuan. It is a model county for economic development in hilly areas of Sichuan Province.

Shehong has a long history and rich resources. Humans have been active here as early as the Paleolithic Age. In 201 BC, Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, established a county in present-day Shehong, more than 2,100 years ago. In 554 AD, Emperor Gong of the Western Wei Dynasty established a county here. It was named "Shejiang" because arrows from the Zijiang River shot directly at the Fujiang River. In the Northern Zhou Dynasty, it was renamed Shehong, which is still used today. In the mid-Tang Dynasty, the superb wine-making skills of Shehong people won the praise of the poet Du Fu, "Shehong's spring wine is still green when it is cold." Shehong is rich in oil, natural gas, brine and other resources. At present, 3 natural gas wells have been successfully exploited, achieving sufficient self-sufficiency in natural gas.

Shehong Qingdi Ferry was called Mulian’s hometown or Mulian’s ancestral home in ancient times, and its remains can still be traced. There are Liu's Qingdi Tomb in Qingdi that has been passed down from the Tang Dynasty to the present day; a wood-carved stele from the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty; and a stone stele from the hometown of Mulian, the saintly monk of the Tang Dynasty. The inscription on the wooden stele reads: "The ancient town of Qiujiang contains the hometown of the holy monk Mulian in the Tang Dynasty in Qingdi. So far, the tomb of Ying can clearly be traced, and the traces have not been changed for hundreds of years...". The stone stele is the official stone stele "Hometown of Mulian, the Holy Monk of the Tang Dynasty" erected during the 28th year of Guangxu's inspection in the Qing Dynasty. The remaining bridges of "Huiyuan Bridge" and "Jishan Bridge" built with money donated by the Fu family still exist. There are also relics such as the Garden Temple where the Liu family's younger brother and Liu's Siniang lived in the west of the town. Although some places have been rebuilt many times after liberation, their ancient buildings still retain their old appearance in people's hearts. The story of Mulian Lian saving his mother is widely circulated in the local area.

Shehong's industry is developing rapidly. Tuopai Company, which was successfully listed in Shanghai in 1996, was a small workshop 20 years ago. Now it has become one of the first-tier national large-scale enterprises. The Tuopai Brewing Ecological Industrial Park covering an area of ??12 square kilometers has begun to take shape. Shehong's second largest enterprise, "Sichuan Meifeng", was listed in Shenzhen in 1997. Its annual output of urea has reached 700,000 tons. It has also launched new products such as melamine and PVC pipes. The Meifeng Ecological Industrial Park covering an area of ??2,500 acres has started construction. The "Huafang Yinhua" company, which was listed in Shanghai in 2001, has revitalized traditional industries through overall grafting and technological transformation, and jacquards of all sizes have become the main product for export and foreign exchange earning. Strive to make "Pearl Power" bigger and stronger, and the company's efficiency has been greatly improved. Enterprises such as "Shutong Company", "Fuji Electric", "Tianma Glass", "Yupai Food", "Huaxing Silicon Industry" and other companies have developed strongly and emerged as new forces. A number of private enterprises are continuing to grow and develop. At present, the county's industrial and agricultural output value ratio has reached 87:13, and the industrial economy has become the backbone of the county's economy. Shehong has a good ecological environment. Urban and rural areas are lush with green trees, with a forest coverage rate of 40.5%. It is among the first batch of top 100 counties in the country for afforestation and greening. The county has 670,000 acres of cultivated land. There is abundant rainfall, sufficient sunshine, and the agricultural multiple cropping index is 268%. Large and medium-sized water conservancy projects such as Renmin Canal, Qianfeng Canal, Luoyin, Wuyin, Tianxian Water Turbine Pumping Station, Yangxi Water Turbine Pumping Station and other large and medium-sized water conservancy projects control irrigation throughout the territory, and the irrigation rate of cultivated land is 80%. Park agriculture, large-scale agriculture, characteristic agriculture, ecological agriculture, and tourism agriculture are booming. Grain, cotton, pigs, and silkworm cocoons are of high quality and large quantity. It is listed as a national commercial grain base county, a seed production base county, a cotton base county, a top 100 livestock meat production county, and a provincial silkworm cocoon base county.

The Shehong infrastructure is complete. The county has a built-up area of ??16 square kilometers, with a non-agricultural population of 200,000. It is dotted with leisure squares, parks, and green spaces. The east, west, south, and north areas are being developed in full swing. A modern landscape garden city is about to emerge. Key small towns across the country and the province, such as Liushu, Jinhua, and Renhe, also have considerable scale. Shehong blocked the Fujiang River at two places to build plants to generate electricity, with a total installed capacity of 100,000 kilowatts; the newly built Tuopai Thermal Power Plant has an additional capacity of 12,000 kilowatts and has abundant power supply. It is an advanced county in electrification construction in the country. Shehong has convenient transportation and roads extending in all directions. It has built 64 kilometers of first-class roads through self-reliance, and county and township roads have basically become black. Three cross-river bridges were built on the Fujiang River. 629 administrative villages have access to roads, 60% have telephone connections, fiber optic TV has been installed in 75% of households, 100,000 urban and rural fixed-line and mobile phone households are connected, and the party and government network and the Internet are connected to the "global village" at any time. Today, Shehong and the world No longer far away.

Shehong’s social undertakings are thriving. The county achieved the goal of universalizing nine-year compulsory education relatively early. There are 5 national and provincial key schools. Shehong Middle School has succeeded in creating a national model high school; Shehong Vocational High School, a national key vocational high school, has been designated as a national key demonstration vocational school by the Ministry of Education. Shehong County Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, a national second-class comprehensive hospital - County People's Hospital and a national model hospital of traditional Chinese medicine - Shehong County Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, has maintained a high level of medical care in Shehong. Shehong has 20 county scientific research institutions and 15,000 scientific and technological personnel of various types. It is a national "Spark Technology Intensive Area" and an advanced county in scientific and technological work. There are 11 banks, insurance and other financial institutions in the county; West China Securities and Sichuan Finance Securities have advanced facilities and prosperous transactions. Large supermarkets and farmers' markets are located throughout urban and rural areas, with both shopping and sales booming. Shehong has clear politics, a sound legal system, and people live and work in peace and contentment. It is a model county for comprehensive social security management in Sichuan Province.

Shehong has distinctive cultural characteristics. As far back as the early Tang Dynasty, Chen Ziang held high the banner of poetry innovation and ushered in the heyday of Tang poetry.

Chen Ziang left to future generations the culture of emphasizing education and promoting learning and the tradition of reforming the past and reforming the past. Mulian's hometown and legends have deeply rooted in the people's hearts through his Buddhist spirit in all dynasties. Paying attention to the spirit of loyalty, filial piety, propriety and etiquette, Daxiao Mulian, the son of Liu family Qingdi, has outstanding performance. It is widely recited in Buddhism and among the people. It has been organically integrated into the local history and people's lives, and has a profound influence on China. Sociology, culture, folklore, and opera all have extremely high research value. Sun Zhuli, a traditional Chinese painter who combines the "three colors" of poetry, calligraphy and painting, dedicated his representative work "The Owl" to Deng Xiaoping, a great man of his generation. Followed closely by Wang Xin, the "Songhe Master", Zhang Yangxue, the "Tiger King of the West", Zhao Jingting, the "Fantastic Book of Bashu", as well as the constantly innovative Sichuan opera art and acrobatic performances, they are known as the "shooting flood phenomenon" in the Bashu literary world. The Shehong Stadium, with an investment of 18 million yuan, can accommodate more than 3,000 spectators. National sports events such as the 3rd Asian Men's Volleyball Championship are held here.

Shehong is rich in tourism resources. The Chen Ziang Reading Desk, a provincial key cultural relic protection unit, the Jinhua Mountain Taoist Temple built in the Liang Dynasty, the Provincial Forest Park Ping'an Village, Luo Lake, Jin Lake, Pujiahao Peach Garden, Longquanzhai Scenic Area, etc., constitute distinctive tourist attractions .

The successful convening of the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China sounded the drumbeat for Shehong to comprehensively build a moderately prosperous society, and will surely set off a new round of construction climax in Shehong! We have reason to believe that with the care of the higher-level party and government and the hard work of the people of the county, Shehong will have a better tomorrow!