In which province and city is Heshan City, Laibin City, Guangxi located?

Belongs to: Heshan City, Laibin City, Guangxi

Heshan City is an emerging industrial and mining city. It is the largest energy production base in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and is known as the "Light and Heat City" . Heshan City is located on the bank of the Hongshui River in the hinterland of Guangxi, adjacent to Laibin County in Guangxi to the east, west and south, and Xincheng County to the north. The city's total area is 350 square kilometers. The urban area has the Heshan Mining Bureau, the largest coal mining enterprise in Guangxi, and the Heshan Power Plant, the largest thermal power plant in the administrative map of Heshan, Guangxi.

Heshan has a long history. It belonged to Guilin County in the Qin Dynasty, Lingfang County in the Han Dynasty, Linpu County in the Three Kingdoms, Lingfang County in the Jin Dynasty to Sui Dynasty, Lingfang County in the Tang Dynasty, and Qianjiang County in the Song to the Republic of China. After liberation, Qianjiang County was merged into Laibin County. In June 1981, Heshan City was established from Laibin County with the approval of the State Council. It governs two townships and one town, with a total population of 143,000, and the non-agricultural population is nearly the same as the agricultural population. There are thirteen ethnic groups, of which Zhuang accounts for 63%, Han accounts for 35%, and Mongolian, Hui, Miao, Yao, Yi, Manchu, Dong, Shui, Mulao, Maonan, and Jing ethnic groups account for 2%. The population density is 400 people per square kilometer. Except for Tibet, Ningxia, Xinjiang, Qinghai, Taiwan and other provinces and regions, the remaining 26 provinces, regions, and municipalities in the country are present, and the ethnic groups are united and harmonious.

Since the founding of the city, Heshan City has made great achievements in the construction of two civilizations. The number of county-level hospitals has increased from 1 to 3, and a three-level medical network at the city, township (town), and village levels integrating the state, collectives, and individuals has been initially formed. The number of hospital beds increased from 244 to 563, with an average of 35.57 beds per 10,000 people and an average of 20.35 medical personnel per 10,000 people. The number of middle schools in the city increased from 5 to 15, and the number of primary schools increased from 24 to 43. The enrollment rate of school-age children is 99.8%, the primary school enrollment rate is 99.7%, the consolidation rate is 98.6%, the graduation rate is 99.8%, and the youth penetration rate between 13 and 15 years old is 98%. Adult education at different levels, such as TV universities, correspondence universities, and amateur schools, is quite popular. Science and technology projects won 88 national awards and 407 autonomous region awards. Education, health, culture, sports, radio and television have developed rapidly. By 1993, the gross national product had quadrupled ahead of schedule. Since 1994, it has successively won the titles of counties (cities) that meet the national standards for rural electrification, counties (cities) that meet the standards for family planning in autonomous regions, counties (cities) that meet the standards for afforestation and waste elimination, and dual civilizations. Honorable titles such as advanced units in construction.

Heshan City is an energy city. Preventing and controlling pollution, protecting environmental sanitation, and ensuring people's health are important issues facing the municipal party committee and government. At the beginning of the city's founding, the municipal party committee and municipal government immediately set out to establish an air monitoring agency, build the main streets in the city, pave asphalt pavements in a timely manner, purchase water sprinklers, and green the city. The construction of landscaped houses and roads is carried out simultaneously. By 1994, 250,800 various important forest trees had been planted in the urban area, and the per capita green area in the urban area was 28 square meters. Trees, flowers, fountains, and rockeries are embedded in the main streets and living areas of the city.

Heshan City is not only an energy treasure land, but also a scenic spot with beautiful mountains and clear waters. There are the beauty of Yuping Mountain, the abruptness of Xianzhang Mountain, the variety of Zhaishan Mountain, the magnificence of Tiantang Mountain, and the mystery of Siyan Mountain; there are the Horseshoe Cave with its pools and caves, the Niuyan Cave with nine twists and turns, the north-south Immortal Rock, in these caves, there are stalactites, stone curtains, stone pillars, stone platforms and stone flowers; there are surging red water rivers, sweet Dragon King springs, and waterfalls flowing down; there are various forms of Foshan stone forests and There are Ma'an painted pottery stones; there are beautiful legends about King Te Liao; there are also countless magnificent Heshan stones that are known as "Heshan stones are wonders in the world". The strange stones from Heshan have traveled across the ocean to convey friendship, and the people of Heshan treat others with stones, which last forever.

Mineral Resources

Heshan City is very rich in underground resources. The main minerals include coal, calcite, iron ore, marble, calcite, carboniferous rocks, etc. It is especially rich in coal and is known as the "Coal Capital" of Guangxi. The geological reserves of coal fields in Heshan City are about more than 700 million tons, and the coal fields cover an area of ??more than 300 square kilometers, accounting for 73% of the total city area. With marble reserves of 16.49 million cubic meters, it is one of the marble bases in central Guizhong. Limestone with a calcium carbonate content of more than 90% is distributed across nearly 10,000 acres, and calcite has a whiteness of more than 90%. These are important raw materials for the production of cement, lime powder and other building materials.

Industrial Development

Heshan City’s industry is mainly focused on the development of coal and electricity, as well as building materials, machinery and equipment, electrical equipment, cement, calcium carbide, oxygen, ceramics, and food. processing, feed processing, etc. The mining of Heshan Coal Mine began in 1905 and has a history of more than 90 years. The raw coal output of Heshan Mining Bureau reached more than 2.5 million tons in 1994, accounting for a quarter of Guangxi's total coal output. Heshan Power Plant was first built in 1967 and completed in 1986. The total installed capacity is 505,000 kilowatts, and the maximum capacity of a single unit is 100,000 kilowatts. The annual power generation increased from 32 million kWh in 1971 to 3.3 billion kWh in 1994, accounting for a quarter of Guangxi's total power generation and 65% of Guangxi's thermal power generation. Since the plant was put into operation, it has generated more than 36 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity and created a total industrial output value of more than 3 billion yuan, which is equivalent to more than 7 times the national investment in building factories.

Agricultural Development

Agriculture is one of the three economic pillars of Heshan City.

The main crops are rice, as well as corn, soybeans, sugar cane, peanuts, etc.; the rice in Heshan City is famous for its large size and fragrant taste, especially in Beisi Township and Heli Township. There is a folk story about fragrant grains coming to the Beisi River. In recent years, Heshan City has vigorously focused on water lifting projects. The city's water lifting projects have a total installed capacity of 2,256 kilowatts and an irrigation area of ??30,800 acres, accounting for 61.76% of the paddy field area. At the same time, without affecting the production of large state-owned mines, township and village enterprises, mainly small coal mines, have flourished. Coal production has become an important pillar of the rural economy and an important way for local rural farmers to get rid of poverty and become rich.

Tourism resources

Rich tourism resources

Geographical landscape:

Heshan City is a typical Custer terrain with towering peaks , rugged and majestic, it is a good place for mountain viewing and relieving stress. It has not been artificially carved yet. The cliff is steep and precipitous, making it the preferred area for outdoor rock climbing projects. In the cave, the stalactites are magnificent, unpredictable and beautiful. (Unfortunately, the protection is not enough and there are many signs of damage, but it is still more beautiful than some high-grade cave landscapes.)

The northern part of the cave with development value has been discovered. There are 8 scenic spots including Siyuping Mountain and Siguangzhai Mountain Zhuang Cultural Site. In addition, Xiadi Lotus Pond, Siguang Moon Cave, Heshan Tunshan Pastoral Scenery, etc. all have unique styles. The discovery of strange stone resources in the Ma'an section of the Hongshui River has high art appreciation and collection value and has become well-known at home and abroad. .

The landscape legends are beautiful and moving. For example: It is said that the ancestors led their family members and neighbors on a long journey to escape from the war, and came to Siguang Mountain to rest in a large cave that seemed to be only about ten meters long. An adult placed a four-year-old child riding on his neck on a rock base nearly two meters high that protruded from the cave wall. Unexpectedly, as soon as the child was about to stand up, he disappeared with a "plop". The adult quickly climbed up the rock. Ji, he opened a small hole with a diameter of only about thirty centimeters, and the cry of a child came from the hole. The child's father had no choice but to put his feet down, step on a raised stalactite, squat down, enter the cave, jump off the stalactite, pick up the child, and hold him in his arms. Just as I was about to climb up the stalactite, I suddenly felt that this cave was a good hiding place. So I stretched out my arms to measure the size of the cave, but I couldn't even touch the edge. Report back quickly. When people outside heard this, they were very happy and entered the cave one after another. One meter away from the entrance of the cave, they could no longer see their hands. They lit torches and walked forward. When they encountered a fork in the road, they took a fork to the left and then to the right at the next intersection. No. After walking through a few intersections, I found a bright light in front of me. I walked towards the bright light. When I came out of the cave, I suddenly saw a fairy with wings playing on the pool, like a dragonfly touching the water. When the fairies saw someone coming, they looked at each other and smiled, then flew away together into the distance without a trace. In the "Wonderland" again, there is food everywhere, including bananas, guava, sweet potatoes, cassava, taro, corn, mugwort, water spinach, kuba, etc. There are also large carp, pond angle fish, river shrimps and crabs in the river. The villagers were so happy that they cut down wood and built houses, intending to live in this fairyland for a long time. However, we were in such a hurry when we left home that we missed many daily necessities. It was agreed that young and strong men and adult women would go home and carry the things in the dark of night. A group of people went home to move their things and gathered at the entrance of the cave. Then they entered the cave. Unexpectedly, the passages in the cave were complicated and they couldn't find the markings they drew when they came out. After turning around many times, they still returned to the entrance of the cave. I had no choice but to stay in a house outside the cave and wait until I regained my strength before making any plans. Later they settled here and thrived.

After that, villagers outside the cave often ventured into the cave because they missed their relatives who stayed in the cave. Some were able to go to the entrance of the cave and return to the village, but some fell into a dead hole and could not be found. On the way out, starve to death inside.

When the Japanese invaded, they heard that there was treasure in the cave and tried it, but they never came back. It is said that later explorers also discovered their remains. Anyway, no one can enter the legendary fairyland again.

Cultural landscape:

The original Zhuang residents of Heshan City still retain many ancient festival customs: drinking spring water from the Longwang Temple on February 2nd, and singing folk songs on March 3rd. On April Qingming Festival, we make colorful glutinous rice to pay homage to our ancestors. (It’s delicious, and it definitely tastes different from ordinary glutinous rice. Moreover, it is dyed with pure natural colored grass, which is absolutely healthy.) On May 5th, take a bath with Baicao Soup. , to drive away evil spirits and diseases, every family makes delicious meat rice dumplings, etc.; on June 6, clothes are dried, and every household takes out clothes and bedding to dry them, an ancient way of disinfection; on July 7, lovers hang out Lotus lanterns are placed on the banks of the Red River to pray for a hundred years of good marriage; on July 14th, the Ghost Festival is one of the most solemn local festivals. Chickens are killed to worship ancestors, peach leaves are hung in front of the door, etc. A long time ago, there were singing songs in the countryside. Big drama. (I haven’t been back for a long time, I don’t know if it’s still there now); August 15th Lantern Festival, September 9th Double Ninth Festival, etc.

In addition, there are several Liuzhou screw noodles and Guilin rice noodles in Heshan City that are definitely on point (I drool just thinking about it). The braised vegetables and special barbecue at the food stalls (the taste is very different from the barbecue in Beijing, so don’t try it). (Heavy losses) Grilled rat meat, grilled chicken wings, grilled fish, grilled leeks, grilled day lilies, grilled corn, etc. are all really "roasted", unlike some places where they are cooked first and then pretend to be roasted.

Barbecuing beggar's chicken, beggar's rabbit, Lei sweet potato kiln, barbecue and boating next to the reservoir are the favorite holiday pastimes of the people of Heshan City.

The night view of Heshan City, Heshan Park Viewing Pavilion, New Century Square, Huaiji Reservoir, Beisi Aqueduct, Waterfall Spring, Heshan Park Viewing Pavilion, etc. are also places for citizens (villagers) to enjoy leisure and entertainment. Great place.

Transportation

Heshan City has convenient transportation and developed communications. The 322 National Highway South (Ning) and Liu (Zhou) secondary roads cross the urban area, 165 kilometers from Nanning City, the capital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, to the south, and only 110 kilometers from Liuzhou City, the industrial town of Guangxi, to the north. Suburban roads and rural roads are as dense as a cobweb. There are 28 passenger bus trips from Heshan City to other places every day, and there are more than 30 cross-border bus trips. The train connects two townships, one town, and six mines and one factory. There are also mixed passenger and freight trains running between Heshan City and Laibin City every day. It connects with the Xianggui Line in Laibin City and leads to all parts of the country. The Hongshui River passes around the city from west to south. The docks and ports along the coast are connected to roads, and water transportation is navigable all year round. Posts and telecommunications in Heshan City have developed rapidly. Since 1991, long-distance direct dial telephones and urban and rural program-controlled telephones have been opened successively. Two townships and one town in the city can make direct dial calls to all parts of the world at any time. Wireless paging, mobile phones, and faxes are convenient and fast, greatly shortening the distance between Heshan City and domestic and foreign exchanges.

On January 2, 2021, the list of China’s “100 Most Efficient Counties” in 2020 was released, with Heshan City ranking 87th.