Which area in Yangyuan County, Hebei Province is famous for its characteristic paper-cutting art?

Yangyuan County, Hebei Province is famous for its characteristic paper-cutting art, and paper-cutting is an important local handicraft.

Yangyuan paper-cut shows the unique charm of traditional paper-cut art in China with its fine cutting technology and rich and varied patterns, and it is also one of the important representatives of local folk culture and folk art?

I. Geographical location

Yangyuan County is located in the northwest of Hebei Province and belongs to Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province. Located between the capital Beijing, Datong, a coal capital, and Zhangjiakou, a pidu capital, it is a transitional zone between the Loess Plateau, the Inner Mongolia Plateau and the North China Plain. Geographical coordinates: 39 53 ′ ~ 40 22 ′ N, and113 54 ′ ~14 48 ′ E.

Xuanhua in the east, Yuxian in the south, Datong in Shanxi in the west, Huai 'an County and Tianzhen County in Shanxi Province in the north. It is 280 kilometers from Beijing, 78 kilometers from Datong and 0/40 kilometers from Zhangjiakou/KLOC. Yangyuan county is 82 kilometers long from east to west and 27 kilometers wide from north to south. Total area 1849 km2.

Second, the climate characteristics

Yangyuan county has a temperate monsoon climate. Spring is dry and rainy, and summer is hot and short, with many thunderstorms. Rainfall accounts for about 62%~67% of the whole year. In autumn, the climate is cool and the temperature drops rapidly. Winter is cold and dry, and the temperature difference between day and night is large.

The annual average temperature in Yangyuan County is 7.7℃, the July temperature is 22.7℃, 1 month temperature is-10.2℃, the annual average temperature difference is 33.4℃, and the accumulated temperature above 10℃ is 3 125℃. There is plenty of sunshine, with an average annual sunshine hours of 2842.4 hours and annual total radiation 140.6 kcal/cm2. The annual average frost-free period is 136 days, and the annual average precipitation is 364.6 mm.

Three. human population

According to the fifth census data, in 2000, the total population of Yangyuan County was 257,496. Among them, male 133494, female 124002, and the sex ratio of the total population is 107.65: 100. The registered population is 2,74816, the proportion of ethnic minorities is 0. 19%, and the proportion of non-agricultural registered permanent residence population is 0.18%. Of the total population, the urban population is 365,438+0,732, and the rural population is 225,764.

In 20 13, the total population of Yangyuan county was 276,799, which was 23 17 less than that of 20 12. Among them, the agricultural population 196038, decreased by 26 12 compared with 20 12, and the non-agricultural population was 80443, decreased by 23 compared with 20 12. The population born in 20 13 is 3094, and the birth rate is 1 1. 18%. There were 2437 deaths, with a mortality rate of 8.8% and a natural population growth rate of 2.38%. ?

According to the data of the seventh census, as of 0: 00 1 1 on June 2020, the permanent population of Yangyuan County was 205,773.