Historical Evolution of Ding Qiao Town Division in Jianggan District of Hangzhou City

Ding Qiao Town, Jianggan District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province [1] is located in the northeast suburb of Hangzhou, with a distance of 10 km from the city center. It is an emerging private economic development base, an important non-staple food supply base in Hang Cheng and an important scenic tourism development area. The town is adjacent to Tiandu Entertainment City and bounded by Xingqiao Street in Yuhang District. West of Xiacheng Science and Technology Economic Park, bounded by Shiqiao; South to Dashi first-class highway, connected with urban area and ring road; In the north are the famous Gaoting Mountain and Yellow Crane Mountain scenic spots, with a total area of 15.5 square kilometers. The town has jurisdiction over 9 communities and 2 administrative villages in Ding Lan, Ding Qiao, Tongxie, Datang, Changmu, Sanyi, Houzhu and Zhao Jia. There are 1 municipal development zones along the mountain and Gaocheng-Hangzhou Private Economic Park; In 2005, the total population was 25,000, of which the permanent population was 1. 1.8 million.

Ding Qiao Town, a thousand-year-old town, has a long history and is rich in natural and human resources. Shangtang River, an ancient canal across the east and west, once carried Qin Shihuang to the southeast, and Kanggan was counted as Jiangnan. Gaoting Mountain and Yellow River Mountain on the bank of Hebei Province have always been battlegrounds for military strategists, scenic resorts and Buddhist cultural treasures: Bo Yan, commander-in-chief of the Yuan Army, sent 200,000 troops to invade the south and fought Wen Tianxiang in Gaoting Mountain; Fang La once led tens of thousands of rebels to fight against Song Jiang's recruitment here; Hong Xiuquan once led his troops to defeat the Qing soldiers here. Gaoting and Yellow Crane Mountain are surrounded by mountains, with rolling hills, deep and quiet valleys and towering ancient trees. Climbing high and looking far, the ancient canal spans thousands of feet, there is Ma Pingchuan in front of the river, and Huanglongbang is like Wolong nearby; In the distance, the Qiantang River looks like the East China Sea, and the west of Hangzhou has a panoramic view. This ancient and magical mountain is famous for its beautiful scenery, leaving behind the remains of emperors and generals, stories of loyal ministers and righteous men, poems and songs of scholars such as Su Dongpo and Du Mu, and hundreds of museums, pavilions and temples, among which Longju Temple, the first of many temples, is the most important. Shili Taohuawu, a thousand fragrant boats. The foot of Gaoting Mountain was once as lively as a city, leaving the name of Gaocheng. Ding Qiao is also a famous hometown of filial piety-the hometown of Ding Lan, one of the twenty-four filial piety in the Eastern Han Dynasty. In the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, Ding Lan's descendants built two bridges, Ding Qiao and Lanqiao, in Ding Qiao Town to commemorate this dutiful son. 1958 During the People's Commune Movement, it was renamed Ding Qiao Commune, and later called Ding Qiao Town, because there were star bridges in the east, stone bridges in the west and bridges in the south.