The History of Xinyang Town in Maiji District of Tianshui City

Xinyang Town is located in the southern edge of the Loess Plateau in northwest China, which belongs to Maiji District, Tianshui City, Gansu Province, 27 kilometers away from Tianshui City.

Xinyang Town is a geographical category, including four townships-Xinyang Town, Amber Township, Wulong Township and Fenghuang Township.

* * * There are about 100 natural villages with a population of about1.2000.

Xinyang Town is a valley basin formed by impact erosion of Weihe River.

Hebei belongs to the southern edge of the Loess Plateau, and Henan belongs to the mountainous area of the northern branch of the West Qinling Mountains.

The sea level in Sichuan area of Xinyang Town is about 1 100 meters, and the sea level in northern and southern mountainous areas is between 1300 meters and 1800 meters. Xinyang Town has a warm climate with four distinct seasons and suitable rainfall. It belongs to a warm temperate climate, with an annual average temperature of 12 and Leng Yue 1 month. The hottest month is July.

The annual rainfall is 500 mm to 600 mm, and there are two rainfall peaks in a year, and most of them are thunderstorms in July; From late September to1mid-October, affected by the autumn rain in West China formed by the intersection of cold and warm fronts, it was mostly rainy for several days.

Phoenix Mountain is a famous scenic spot in Xinyang Town. It is located in the west of Xinyang Town, with an altitude of1900m and a relative height of 600m.

In any direction of Xinyang town, you can see its peculiar mountain shape like a faucet.

There is Weihe River passing through Xinyang Town.

The Weihe River originates from Bird and Rat Mountain in Weiyuan County, central Gansu Province, flows eastward through the eastern part of Gansu Province, crosses the Guanzhong Plain in Shaanxi Province, and joins the Yellow River at Tongguan, with a total length of 8 18 km, which is the largest tributary of the Yellow River.

Weihe River flows into Xinyang Town from the western end of Amber Township, bypasses Sizui Mountain, flows into the hinterland of Xinyang Town, and then flows out of Xinyang Town from the easternmost end of Xinyang Town to Weinan Town.

The unique geography and climate have created Xinyang Town, a pearl on the Loess Plateau.

No wonder Fan Changjiang, a famous reporter of Ta Kung Pao, described Tianshui in his book In the Northwest Corner of China in the 1930s: "Gansu people are as proud of Tianshui as Jiangsu and Zhejiang people are of Suzhou and Hangzhou. They think it is a place with beautiful scenery, rich products and outstanding people. " Tianshui is the "Jiangnan" of Gansu, and Xinyang Town is the "Jiangnan" of Tianshui.

folk custom

Xinyang dialect is very unique and interesting.

Some are remnants of ancient sounds and rhymes, some are products of a specific historical period, and some are full of folk life.

In short, after a long period of historical accumulation, the established customs reflect the unique charm of this ancient cultural town.

For example, during the Three Kingdoms period, Xinyang Town belonged to the Wei-Shu tug-of-war zone. Today this place belongs to Liu (Shu Army) and tomorrow it belongs to Cao (Wei Jun). So people say verbally that this is Liu's and that is Cao's.

With the passage of time, "Liu De" and "Cao De" were used as oral personal pronouns.

Because the pronunciation of the word "Liu" is similar to the word "Niu", over time, Liu gradually became "Niu" and "Liu's" became "Niu's".

Up to now, "Niu's" and "Cao's" still remain in the spoken language of Xinyang people.

Another example is the word "Ma Shao" in Xinyang population, also known as "Ma Shao", which refers to a large spoon with a long handle for holding rice, wine or water.

There is a saying in the Yuan drama "Qiu Hu Plays Wife", "Wife, you just wait for Dunhu Road to fall."

For example, Xinyang people call their stepmother "Yaopo" in spoken language, and there is a sentence in the fourth compromise of the Yuan drama "Grey Orchid": "Boy, your arms are as thin as hemp stalks. She is a heartless woman who cares about Yaopo. How can you be born incomprehensible? " Tianshui people still usually call their father "Dada", which is actually a kind of respect for their elders by Mongols in Yuan Dynasty.