The Origin of the Name of Yicheng Town in Baohe District of Hefei City

Yicheng Town in Baohe District is located on the north bank of Chaohu Lake, the southernmost part of the city. It has a long history, profound cultural heritage, beautiful mountains and rivers and elegant environment. There are Nanfeihe River, Shilihe River and Tangxi River passing through the territory, which are rich in water resources and are known as "Jiangnan Water Town". The town covers an area of 79.39 square kilometers (including 4 1.33 square kilometers of Chaohu Lake surface), governs 15 villages and 1 neighborhood committee, and has a population of 28,000. The town has four pillar industries such as agricultural and sideline products processing, building materials, animal husbandry and ecological park, as well as three commercial streets and four professional markets. In 2003, the business income of enterprises in the town was 65.438+0.8 billion yuan, the added value was 48.89 million yuan, the fiscal revenue reached 65.438+0.37 million yuan, and the per capita annual net income of farmers was 3,587 yuan.

The town is 3125km away from Hefei Luogang Airport, Shanghai-Chengdu, Beijing-Fuzhou and National Highway in the north, with a 1,000-ton waterway leading to Chaohu Lake in the east, and the Yangtze River and coastal ports leading directly to Yuxi River. Among them, Baohe Avenue runs through the town, from the urban area to the shore of Chaohu Lake, and the urban bus No.27 and 14 1 go directly to the town.

This town is an important part of the national Chaohu Lake Scenic Area and a pilot town for the transfer of collective construction land use rights in Anhui Province. At the same time, Yicheng, as one of the four sub-centers identified by Hefei, is a key area for Hefei to build a modern lakeside city. In August 2003, the Development Plan of Yicheng Town, compiled by Shanghai Tongji Planning and Design Institute, was officially approved and implemented by Hefei Planning Commission. The plan is divided into ten functional areas, which depicts the new image of a lakeside city with ecology, tourism, leisure and vacation, and opens the prelude to the planning of a lakeside city and tourist attractions in Chaohu Lake. According to the key foreign-funded projects compiled in the plan, foreign capital of 67.5 million yuan and 2 million US dollars were introduced in the whole year.

Yicheng town is located in the high altitude of the urban area, with fresh air. The coastline of Zhennan Chaohu Lake 10.5 km, the lake is rippling with blue waves. The islands in the lake, such as Laoshan Island and Xiaogushan, are more than 0/0 kilometers away from the town bank/kloc-,and the natural landscapes such as sunset photos of Chaohu Lake and jathyapple of Chaohu Lake are beautiful. The embankments of Nanfeihe River, He Shili River and Tangxi River in the town are lush, and there are a large number of aquaculture areas along the river in full of green, which is an ideal place for people to relax and fish. The 555-hectare poplar ecological forest base in Dazhangwei, on the lakeside, is the largest artificial forest in Hefei and the main ecological barrier in the lakeside area, with shady trees, wild birds and fragrant flowers. The construction of 10,000 mu ecological sightseeing agricultural demonstration base in Xiaozhangwei has laid a foundation for the development of suburban modern agriculture in this town. According to the Records of Hefei County, there was a "Chaocheng Temple" in the south of Zhennan. There is 19 main hall and 13 side hall in the temple. Its scale was once called the three major temples in Anhui with Jiuhuashan and Chaoxianzhong. Although the temple was completely destroyed by a fire in 1954, it still has the value of restoration and development. Yicheng is rich in aquatic resources, especially whitebait, white rice shrimp, hairy crab, hairy fish and chaohu duck. Local dishes are very unique. Such as steamed eggs with whitebait, bean curd with Wang Ya, braised pig's trotters, shrimp sauce, white jade dumplings, fried hairy fish, steamed white striped fish with sauce, etc. , are well known.

In short, Yicheng Town, located on the shore of Chaohu Lake, is more and more dazzling if it is a bright pearl on the shore.