Folklore of Yulin, Guangxi

Yulin is an ancient city with a thousand-year history in southeastern Guangxi. It currently governs Yuzhou District, Fumian Management Area, Beiliu City, Rong County, Luchuan County, Bobai County and Xingye County, with a total area of ??12,838 square kilometers and a total population of 5.955 million. There are more than 1 million overseas Chinese and compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan in the city. It is the largest and nationally famous hometown of overseas Chinese in Guangxi.

Yulin City has obvious location advantages and convenient and fast transportation. Adjacent to Guangdong and backed by the southwest, it is one of the important and convenient passages for the southwest region to go east to the sea and Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao to enter the west. National Highway 324 intersects with the Li-Zhan double-track railway. The Nanning-Guangzhou expressway via Yulin and the Luo-Zhan railway (Yulin section) under construction are weaving a modern transportation network centered on Yulin city.

Yulin City is rich in natural products and landscapes, and its commerce and trade is developed and prosperous. It is rich in non-metallic mineral resources, among which kaolin reserves rank first in Guangxi, and reserves of granite, limestone, and fluorite are also relatively abundant. Yulin has a typical subtropical monsoon climate and is an important production base for grains, fruits, and livestock. It is the origin of Shatian pomelo in Rong County and is nationally famous as the "Hometown of Lychees" and "Hometown of Longan." Yulin is "China's Excellent Tourism City" and has more than 120 places of interest such as Darongshan National Forest Park, Zhenwu Pavilion, Golulou, Yuntian Cultural City, etc. The market system is relatively complete, with nationally famous traditional Chinese medicine markets, industrial products and clothing markets, etc., and its trade circulation radiates to all provinces (cities) and districts. It has been known as the "Lingnan City" since ancient times and is a regional trade and logistics center.

Yulin City has a solid economic foundation and unlimited development opportunities. The construction of the Yu-Gui Corridor and the Small and Medium Enterprises Business Opportunities Expo (Yulin, China) have established a cooperation platform, and Conch Cement, Yanjing Beer, Want Want Food, etc. have successively settled in it. The four major industrial clusters of machinery industry, cement and ceramics, health industry, and clothing and leather are growing day by day, the non-public economy is active, and the city of small and medium-sized enterprises has emerged as a famous city. Yuchai is the largest internal combustion engine production base in the country, Sanhuan Ceramics is one of the largest daily ceramic production and export bases in the country, and Fumian Management Zone is known as the "Pants Capital of the World". Yulin City is one of the major commodity distribution centers in South China, with a developed market, numerous merchants and active transactions.

Yulin City sincerely welcomes friends from home and abroad to come to Yulin for sightseeing, trade negotiation, investment and development, and to participate in economic construction and create a better future.

The open Yulin City will always open the door to friendship, cooperation and entrepreneurship to you!

Administrative District Location

It is located in the southeastern part of Guangxi, at the junction of Guangdong and Guangxi provinces, adjacent to Wuzhou City and Maoming City of Guangdong Province to the east, and Beihai City and Guangdong Province to the south. The province is adjacent to Zhanjiang City, Qinzhou City and Nanning City to the west, and Guigang City to the north. It is the political, economic, cultural and transportation center of southeastern Guangxi. It is the junction of the Pan-Pearl River Delta Economic Zone and the ASEAN Free Trade Area. It is the most convenient channel for my country's east to move westward and the west to move eastward.

Administrative divisions and population area

The city governs Yuzhou District, Fumian Management District, Rong County, Luchuan County, Bobai County, Xingye County and Beiliu City.

In 2003, the city's total population was 5.8955 million, of which the urban population was 677,600. There are 100,000 ethnic minorities such as Zhuang, Yao and Miao. The administrative area covers an area of ??12,800 square kilometers, of which the urban built-up area is 45 square kilometers.

Natural Characteristics of the Administrative Region

It is located in the hilly platform of southeastern Guangxi. Mountains, hills, valleys, platforms and plains are intertwined within the territory, especially hilly and platform. Plain basins account for 17.4% of the city's area, hilly platforms account for 49.4%, and mountains account for 33%. Among them, the cultivated land area is 190,200 hectares. The forest area is 682,000 hectares. It has a typical south subtropical monsoon climate, with a mild climate and an average annual temperature of 21°C; abundant rainfall, with an average annual rainfall of 1,650 mm; sufficient light and heat, with an average annual sunshine hours of 1,795 hours, and a long frost-free period, with an average annual frost-free days of 346 days. .

Resource characteristics of the administrative region

It is rich in tourism resources and is praised by the world as "the beautiful jade in Lingnan, the scenic scenery is like a forest". The main tourist attractions (spots) include Yuntian Folk Culture World, Ancient Jinglue Taizhenwu Pavilion, Fozi Mountain, Duqiao Mountain, Xielu Villa, Yanshi Temple, Longquan Rock, Goukuluo, Shuiyue Rock, Longzhu Lake, Darong Mountain forest park. The labor resources are rich, reaching 2.13 million people. About 450,000 laborers are sent to outside the city every year, and the labor force with secondary education and technical skills reaches 120,000. The land resources are superior. Plain basins and valleys account for 17.4% of the city's area. There are 190,200 hectares of cultivated land, 278,000 hectares of suitable forest and fruit land, and 103,300 hectares of pasture land. It is rich in water resources. There are 72 rivers in the territory, with an average annual runoff of 13.347 billion cubic meters. The water resource volume is 15.6 billion cubic meters. There are 474 large, medium and small reservoirs, with a total reservoir capacity of 1.14 billion cubic meters. The annual water supply volume of water conservancy projects 1.54 billion cubic meters. The main types of mineral resources include kaolin, granite, fluorite, limestone, iron, titanium, sulfur, gold and silver, etc. Kaolin reserves rank first in Guangxi. The main geothermal resources include Luchuan Hot Spring, Xielu Hot Spring, Shahu Hot Spring, Licun Hot Spring and Lingshan Hot Spring. The main mineral water resources include Camellia Mountain mineral water, Qingwan mineral water, Jade mineral water, Luying mineral water, and Huanghuashan mineral water. The local products are rich in resources, with various varieties, cheap and good quality.

It is rich in lychee, longan, pomelo, mango, banana, citrus, cinnamon oil, star anise, rosin, garlic, tea, white water spinach, sugar cane, sisal, russula, tea, beef, and meat. Cake, meatballs; Lucchuan pig, lion head goose, Xiayan chicken, Sanhuang chicken, Chenghuang sour sauce, etc. It is the famous "Litchi Hometown", "Longan Hometown" and "Shatian Pomelo Hometown".

Water Conservancy and Electricity

The city is rich in water resources. There are 72 rivers in the territory, with an average annual runoff of 13.347 billion cubic meters, a water resource volume of 15.6 billion cubic meters, and 474 large, medium and small reservoirs. The total storage capacity is 1.14 billion cubic meters, and the annual water supply volume of the water conservancy project is 1.54 billion cubic meters. Electricity is sufficient. The 500 kV power transmission and transformation project in Laibin is in operation in Yulin. The 35 kV to 220 kV power transmission and transformation network structure covers the whole city. The annual power supply of the main power grid is 3 billion kilowatt hours and the local small hydropower is 300 million kilowatt hours.

Administrative District History

Yulin was called Yulin in ancient times. In the sixth year of Yuanding in the Western Han Dynasty (111 BC), Yulin County was established, and the county governed Bushan County (now Guigang City). In the third year of Linde in the Tang Dynasty (666 AD), Yulin Prefecture was established, and Xingye County Tie was established as the prefectural government. city. In the second year of Zhidao in the Song Dynasty (AD 996), Yulin Prefecture was reorganized into Nanliu County (now Yuzhou District), and the prefecture city was built on the bank of the Nanliu River. Yulin Prefecture was continued to be established in the Yuan and Ming dynasties. During the Shunzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, Yulin Prefecture was separated from Wuzhou Prefecture and was affiliated to Wuyu Road in Guiping. In the 13th year of Guangxu (1887), it was affiliated to Zuojiang Road. In the first year of the Republic of China, the prefecture was promoted to a prefecture, and the prefecture was abolished into a county in the following year (the county was directly under the jurisdiction of the province); from 1914 to 1947, this area was successively affiliated with Yujiang Road, Cangwu Road, Yulin Mintuan District, Wuzhou Mintuan District, and Yulin District, Sixth District, Third District, Yulin District, and Ninth District (Yulin District). After the founding of New China, Yulin Administrative District was established in December 1949, which was changed to Yulin District in January 1950. Yulin District and Wuzhou District were merged in July 1951, and Rongxian District was established. In August 1958, Yulin District was established, and in 1971 In November 1997, it was renamed the Yulin area; in December 1995, the Yulin area was separated from the prefecture-level Guigang City. On April 22, 1997, the Yulin area was abolished and the prefecture-level Yulin City was established, with jurisdiction over Yuzhou District, Fumian Management Area, Rong County, Luchuan County, Bobai County, Xingye County, Beiliu City.

Sports and Health

Yulin is the “hometown of track and field in the country”. The four counties (cities) of Bobai, Yuzhou, Xingye and Beiliu are among the advanced counties in sports in the country. Youth amateur sports schools in each county (city) district have delivered 100,000 sports backbones to the society, and have successively trained 26 gold medals and 9 silver medals. , table tennis player Liang Geliang who has won 9 bronze medals, Tian Yumei, the famous track and field player "Asian Flying Female", Du Kunming who broke the world record in skydiving, swimmer Li Haixin who broke the world record in snorkeling and other national and world-class athletes. In 2003, the city's sports delegation participated in 16 of the 23 events in the youth group of the 10th Guangxi Games, winning 45 gold medals, 47 silver medals, and 44 bronze medals, for a total of 136 medals; 7 The attendance broke the youth record of the autonomous region, and the delegation won the Sportsmanship Award. The number of gold medals was 19 more than the previous session, 1.7 times that of the previous session, becoming the best result in the history of the autonomous region games.

The city has 2,990 health institutions of various types, 9,317 professional health technicians, an average of 16 doctors per 10,000 people, and 14 hospital beds per 10,000 people. It has been rated as a health city in Guangxi and a civilized city in Guangxi. City.

Others

Featured industries: internal combustion engines, machinery, auto parts, motorcycles, ceramics, building materials, pharmaceuticals, sugar, food, canned food, feed, veterinary drugs, electromechanical, chemical industry, rosin, Agricultural machinery, leather, clothing, awning handicrafts, and fruit industries.

Cultural and natural landscapes include Gujingluetai Zhenwu Pavilion, Xielu Villa, Qing Dynasty residential complex, Confucian Temple, Dacheng Hall, Jingsu Tower, Liu Yongfu’s hometown, Yang Guifei’s birthplace and Guifei Well, Green Zhunv’s birthplace and Lvzhu Temple, Wang Li’s former residence, Li Zongren’s military garrison site, Yuntian Folk Culture World, Darongshan Forest Park, Fozi Mountain, and Luchuan Hot Spring. The natural landscapes include Goukulu, Longyan, Shuiyueyan, Longquan Cave, Duqiao Mountain, Tongguling (copper smelting site of the Han Dynasty), Yanshi Mountain, and Tianxian Bridge.