History of Hancheng, Shaanxi Province

hancheng city is located in the middle of Shaanxi Province, bordering Huanglong and Yichuan counties in Yan 'an area in the northwest, facing Hejin and Wanrong counties in Shanxi Province across the Yellow River in the east and Heyang county in Weinan area in the south.

there are mountains, plains, rivers and beaches in Hancheng, which are rich in resources and beautiful in environment. The northwest is mountainous, accounting for 78% of the total area of the city, and the woodland area is 67, mu. The deep mountains are mainly timber forests, while the shallow mountains are mainly economic forests, which are rich in pepper, walnut, persimmon and apple. In particular, "Dahongpao" Zanthoxylum bungeanum is famous for its big grain, red color and strong fragrance, with an annual output of more than 1 million kilograms. The central and eastern parts are Chuanyuan District, with dense population and fertile land, mainly producing wheat, cotton, corn and vegetables. Mineral resources mainly include coal, limestone, iron ore, bauxite and clay minerals. The proven coal reserves are more than 2.7 billion tons, and the prospective reserves are 1.8 billion tons. It is known as the pearl on the "black belt" of Weibei. Hancheng has become one of the important coal, electricity and energy industrial cities in Shaanxi.

hancheng city has formed an industrial system with coal, electric power, iron smelting, coking and building materials as the main industries, including textiles, machinery, chemicals and food. Famous products of Hancheng include Longmen brand vise, Taishi brand beer, Hancheng Nantang, Zhichuan iron pot and so on. In recent years, hancheng city's economy has developed rapidly.

Hancheng is the hometown of Sima Qian, a great historian, writer and thinker in China. It is rich in cultural relics on the ground and underground, with unique folk houses. The architectural pattern and traditional features of the ancient city are well preserved. In 1986, it was listed as a national historical and cultural city by the State Council. Hancheng is known as the hometown of literature and history. At the beginning of the Warring States period, Confucius' high disciple came to Korea to teach in summer. For more than 2, years, the trend of running schools in Hancheng has flourished, and the people have attached great importance to farming and studying, so talents have emerged in large numbers. A generation of Shi Sheng, the champion of the two dynasties, the prime minister of the three dynasties, four generations of aristocratic families, the father and son's suggestion, the father and son's knowledge of the state, the governor of the grandparents and grandchildren, the assistant minister of the brothers, the ministers of the North and the South, and the three scholars of the mother, all of whom made a contribution at one stroke, are legendary stories. There were 1396 examinees in the imperial examinations in Ming and Qing Dynasties, including 119 Jinshi, 55 Jurors and 727 Gongsheng. There are more than 13 people who live in five categories or above. In the Qing Dynasty alone, there were 1 champion, 2 Huiyuan and 11 Xieyuan, all of which were known as "a prosperous area for solving problems" and "a prosperous scholar".

There are 31 neopaleolithic and ancient sites in Hancheng, and the ancient buildings in Hancheng are unique, which is a natural museum of ancient buildings. So far, more than 14 ancient buildings and 27 ancient sites have been preserved in Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, especially 2 buildings in Yuan Dynasty, which is the highest in Shaanxi. Courtyard houses in Ming and Qing Dynasties spread all over urban and rural areas, with unique pattern, rich connotation, three sculptures and excellent construction. Dangjia village is the most typical and can be called "the treasure of residential houses". Sima Qian Temple of Han Taishi, 1 kilometers south of Hancheng, was built in Yongjia, Western Jin Dynasty for four years, and is a national key cultural relics protection unit. In addition, the quadrangle in Hancheng, which was formed in Ming and Qing Dynasties, has a reasonable layout, exquisite decoration and unique features. It is one of the essences of traditional Chinese dwellings and is known as "Little Beijing". Longmen, the natural barrier of the Yellow River, also known as Yumen, is said to have been opened by Dayu, with spectacular mountains and rivers and dangerous terrain. These numerous cultural relics and tourist attractions are attracting more and more Chinese and foreign tourists to visit Hancheng.

location: hancheng city is located between 11 7' 19' ~ 11 37' 24' east longitude and 35 18' 5' ~ 35 52' 8' north latitude. It is located in the middle of Shaanxi Province, bordering Huanglong and Yichuan counties in Yan 'an area in the northwest, facing Hejin and Wanrong counties in Shanxi Province across the Yellow River in the east and Heyang county in Weinan area in the south.

area: the total area is 1621 square kilometers.

population: more than 36.

administrative division: it now governs Jincheng office, Xincheng office, Long Ting town, Zhichuan town, Xizhuang town, Zan village, Longmen town, Sangshuping town, Qiaozixuan town, Weidong town, Zhiyang town, xia yang town, Xuefeng town, Banqiao town, Sudong town, Dachiyan town, Panlong town, Wang Feng town and Zaozhuang town.

There are many historical celebrities in Hancheng. Zhao Wu in the Spring and Autumn Period, Wang Jie, the prime minister of the Qing Dynasty, and Du Pengcheng, a famous modern writer.

Hancheng is rich in cultural relics and historic sites. From Yumen Cave tens of thousands of years ago to the unique tomb of Sima Qian's shrine, from the ancient city style known as "Little Beijing" to Dangjia Village, an ancient residential village known as "the treasure of the world's residential buildings and the living fossil of human civilization", the ancient buildings in the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties are well preserved and large in scale. The rapid folk exhibition of tourism based on cultural relics has been merged into the circular tourist route in eastern Shaanxi with Lintong, Huaxian and Hancheng as the main tourist areas. "Guanzhong cultural relics are the most Hancheng", which has been amazed by many poems throughout the ages; Known as the "Little Northern Shaanxi", Jincheng District is well protected, showing visitors the elegant charm of a thousand-year-old city, emitting an antique atmosphere and becoming a location shooting base for film and television dramas; Longmen Natural Scenic Area has brought back the reverie of many tourists to the beautiful legends of "Yu chisels Longmen" and "Carp yue longmen". In recent years, a large number of tourists from home and abroad have swarmed in, and it has become another tourist attraction in Shaanxi.