It is located in the south of Hebei Province, bordering Lincheng County in the west and Longyao County in the south. With a total area of 268 square kilometers, by the end of 2020, it will govern 6 townships, 1 provincial economic development zone and 12 1 administrative village. By 0: 00 June 2020 1 65438+1October1,the resident population of Baixiang County will be 1687 1, accounting for 2.37% of the city's resident population.
Baixiang County has convenient transportation and a long history. Beijing-Kowloon Railway, Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Expressway and 107 National Road pass through the territory. It has a long history. In the Spring and Autumn Period, it was called Xiangyi; in the Western Han Dynasty, it was called Baixiang Houguo; in the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was called Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu; in the Sui Dynasty, it was called Baixiang County; in history, it was called "Huaiyangfu Town".
There are thousands of China peony, Yangshao cultural sites, ancient city sites, Qian Qiu Pavilion sites, Zhao Mengfu's "Jia Mu Jie Zhen Monument" and other cultural relics. Celebrities such as Da Situ Lu in the Ming Dynasty, Wei, a great official in the early Qing Dynasty, and famous Peking Opera artists emerged.
Baixiang is a traditional agricultural county, planting crops such as wheat, corn, soybean and cotton. The characteristic leading industries have formed three emerging industrial systems: machinery and equipment manufacturing, grain logistics and deep processing, and Han peony tourism.
Attractions.
Han Peony Garden is located 5 kilometers north of Baixiang County, covering an area of 520 mu. It is an AA-level tourist attraction in Hebei Province. The China peony in the garden is more than ten feet high, and it is flourishing, with more than a thousand flowers as big as lotus. The flowers of the same plant have different shapes, some are single-petaled and some are double-petaled. In normal years, the color is pink and it grows vigorously. In the year of great events in the world, all flowers are white and the branches are declining. Moving to another place is not alive, and people are hurt and broken, that is, their hands are swollen and painful, which is the legend.
Han Peony Garden has introduced thousands of varieties of nine-color peony and peony treasures at home and abroad, and is a peony variety protection area of China Academy of Sciences. China Han Peony Culture Festival is held in Han Peony Garden from April 15 to May 15 every year.
The cultural relics and historic sites in Baixiang County are located in Guchengdian Town, Baixiang County, which was built 323 years before King Zhao Wuling. It is a strategic place in northern Zhao and a famous ancient battlefield. Liu Xiu was the temporary capital of the Eastern Han regime before and after its accession to the throne. The old city is made of earth, slightly round, with a wall of 8 kilometers. Now only the ruins are faintly visible.
It is the place where Liu Xiu, the founding emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor. At that time, Liu Xiufa rode horses in the ten counties of Youzhou, and fought fiercely with the peasant troops such as Tongma and Youlai who occupied the counties of Hebei. After fierce fighting, hundreds of thousands of peasant troops were forced to land, and the elite of them were incorporated into the army, greatly increasing their strength. At that time, Guanzhong people called Liu Xiu of Hebei "Emperor Tongma".
Qianqiu Pavilion is located at 100 meters north of Shilipu (formerly known as Guangwumiao Village), where Liu Xiu ascended the throne in AD 25 and established the Eastern Han regime. The site is square with a side length of150m. Because the brick factory burned bricks to borrow soil, it was seriously damaged, and only part of the high platform was left in the south.
The chastity tablet was built by Jia Tingrui, a doctor from Zhongxian County in Yuan Dynasty, for his mother. It was written by Yang Zai and Zhao Mengfu, a calligrapher. Its handwriting is rich, smooth, symmetrical and elegant, which has high artistic value.
Sogou Temple, formerly known as Zongsheng Temple, was built in the Northern Wei Dynasty. It was originally a large Buddhist place given by the Northern Emperor. June 5438+October 2008 10, a stone Buddha statue of the Tang Dynasty was unearthed, with a height of 3.45 meters. It is beautifully carved, lifelike and full of artistic charm. Baixiang County plans to rebuild the sogou Temple on the west side of the Han Peony Garden.
The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Baixiang County.