Puding County is located in the hinterland of central Guizhou, known as "the belly of Guizhou and the throat of Yunnan". It belongs to Anshun City, Guizhou Province, and is bounded to the east by Jiaozishan Town, Xixiu District, Anshun City and Anshun City Development Zone. It is connected to Songqi Town, to the south is Mopu Town, Anshun City Development Zone, and Mugang Town, Liuzhi Special Zone, Liupanshui City, to the west is Longchang Township, Puding County, Liuzhi District, and Baini Township, Zhijin County, Bijie District, to the north. It is adjacent to Xiongjiachang in Zhijin County. Puding County is 28 kilometers away from Anshun and 118 kilometers away from Guiyang. The administrative area of ??Puding County is 51.4 kilometers long from east to west and 40 kilometers wide from north to south, with a total area of ??1090.49 square kilometers. The administrative division of Puding County is 5 towns, 6 townships, 317 administrative villages and 10 neighborhood committees. It is a multi-ethnic area inhabited by many ethnic groups. The Han people account for about 80% of the total population of the county, and the Miao and Buyi people are the main ethnic minorities in the territory. In 2007, the county's resident population at the end of the year was 430,000. Han, Miao, Buyi, Gelao and other ethnic groups have jointly created a colorful national folk culture.
Puding has a pleasant climate, which belongs to the humid subtropical monsoon climate with obvious monsoon alternations. The climate is mild throughout the year, with no severe cold in winter and no scorching heat in summer. Spring is dry and autumn is cool, with a long frost-free period, abundant rainfall, little sunshine, and radiant energy. Low. The annual average temperature is 15.1°C, the annual average sunshine hours are 1164.9 hours, the frost-free period is 301 days, and the annual average precipitation is 1378.2 mm. It is one of the three major rainfall centers in the province.
Puding County, located in the tourism center of Guizhou’s western line, has beautiful mountains and rivers and rich tourism resources. The historic sites, scenic spots, and caves within the territory are connected with a number of national-level scenic spots such as Hongfeng Lake, Huangguoshu, Dragon Palace, and Zhijin Cave. Yelang Lake, a provincial scenic spot, winds for 42 kilometers and has a water area of ??21 square kilometers. The lake and mountains are picturesque and integrate mountains, water, forests, caves and ethnic customs. It has become a good place for tourism and leisure. There are ancient human cultural sites with a history of more than 16,000 years in the territory, such as the Lotus Ancient Cave, Huachu Kongshan, Yuzhenshan Temple, Xibao Ancient Village, Huchang "Pingyi Moya" stone carvings, "Da Ming Dingnan Suo" stone carvings, etc. The scenic spots will regain their splendor with the development and rise of Puding's tourism industry.
Lianhua Ancient Cave
It is located on the half slope of Maling, about 8 kilometers northeast of the county, about 1 kilometer away from the highway. Puding County
It became a scenic spot during the Republic of China. The entrance of the cave is engraved with the four characters "Lotus Famous Cave" inscribed by Yang Sen, Chairman of Guizhou Province of the Kuomintang. There are three skylights in the cave, one window and one hole. The scenery is different, strange and fascinating. There are also many stone carvings of famous people's handwriting and famous calligraphy in the cave. Mr. Ren Kecheng once wrote an inscription: "Flowers bloom and flowers bloom, mountains and mountains are covered with lotuses." Each word is one meter square, which is spectacular. It mainly focuses on visiting the wonders of caves.
Putunba
Putunba Alpine Grassland Style Tourist Area is located in Huchang Township, northeast of Puding County, 42km away from the urban area. Puding County
is A rare alpine grassland in Guizhou's mountainous terrain, Puding is the highest point above sea level (1850 meters) with a radius of 6.8km2. It has the potential of "the sky is blue, the fields are vast, and the wind blows the grass and you can see cattle and sheep". The scenery is different throughout the year. The main tour items are: hiking, camping, outdoor tours, and viewing. Xianma Miao customs, listen to the a cappella multi-part chorus of the Xianma Miao folk choir; the main sightseeing sights include: the Ming Dynasty "Caressing the Mingwen" cliff stone carvings, the back rush small stone forest, plateau characteristic dwellings, Yangjiazhai Valley scenery, Xianma Miao villages, etc.
Chuandong Museum of Ancient Anthropology
China's key cultural relics protection unit. There are cultural relics exhibition rooms, management offices, parking lots, etc. Displays the remains of ancient human life dating back 16,000 years ago. A large number of bone tools, stone tools and two complete ancient human skull fossils were unearthed. They are as famous as the "Stop Cave Man" in Beijing and the "Yuanmou Man" in Yunnan, and are known as the "Lamp of Asian Civilization".
Maple Forest Flame Mountain Primitive Plant Reserve
Natural Plant Park. It is the only remaining virgin forest in Anshun area, with a radius of 5 kilometers.
It is named because of the red leaves all over the mountain in late autumn, which look like fire from a distance and are quite spectacular. There are preglacial living fossil ginkgo in the area, a large number of national protected tree species and a variety of rare tree species in Guizhou. Its main tourist attractions are: Fenglin Village , Guishan, Flame Mountain, Fengxi, Yunshan, etc.; mainly enjoy its natural mountain forest landscape, quiet valley landscape, Miao customs display, plant science investigation, etc.
Yelang Lake
Provincial-level scenic spot, located in the northwest of the county, 7 kilometers away from the urban area and 35 kilometers away from Anshun, Puding County
Like a natural " Splash-ink landscape painting." It has a total length of 42 kilometers, a water storage of 420 million cubic meters, and the widest point of the water surface of 2.5 kilometers. It was the second artificial lake in Guizhou Province at that time. It has beautiful water quality and is rich in various fishes. The peaks on both sides of the lake area are beautiful and straight, the river is winding, and it is famous for its strange gorges. , dangerous peaks, beauty and tranquility are the main characteristics.
Pu Ding "takes the meaning of Puli Di Ding". Puri is the name of the tribe. Puding, the name of Puding appeared earlier in history, and its construction is closely related to today's Anshun City. In ancient times, it was the land of Zanggan Yelang, and the Yi people lived there in ancient times. In the fourth year of Zhenguan of the Tang Dynasty (630), Yanzhou was established and led Shi'an and other counties. Shi'an County governed Xibao (today's Puding Racecourse), which was the first organized county established in present-day Puding. After the middle of Tang Dynasty, Puding was under the jurisdiction of Puli Department of Luodian Kingdom. In the Five Dynasties, it belonged to Shi'an County and part of it was owned by Wangjiang County. During the Song Dynasty, it belonged to Shi'an County and Wangjiang County on Kuizhou Road. In the seventh year of Emperor Xianzong of the Yuan Dynasty (1257), Puli and Puding surrendered, and their land was used to house Puding households. Soon it was changed to Puding Prefecture, under the jurisdiction of the Xuanwei Division of Qujing, Yunnan. This is the first time that the word "Puding" appears as the name of an administrative region, and it is also the origin of the name of Puding County. In the twenty-seventh year of the Yuan Dynasty (1290), it was changed to Luodian Appeasement Division, under the jurisdiction of Sichuan Province, and later changed to Huguang Province. The next year it was reorganized into Sichuan Province. In the 29th year (1292), Puding Prefecture was restored and placed under the jurisdiction of Xuanwei Division, Qujing, Yunnan. In the seventh year of Dade (1303), it was changed to Puding Road, but its affiliation remained unchanged. In the eleventh year of Zhizheng (1351), Puding County, Anshun Prefecture, Da'an Prefecture, Hehong Prefecture, and Xi'an Prefecture were established under the direct jurisdiction of the original Puding Prefecture. Today Puding is under the jurisdiction of Anzhou, Hehongzhou, Anshun and Puding counties. In the fourteenth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1381), Puding City was built. In the fifteenth year (1382), Puding Guards were established and promoted to Puding Military and Civilian Command and Envoy, under the jurisdiction of the Sichuan Dusi. Puding Prefecture is under the Chief Secretary of Yunnan Province. In the 16th year (1383), Xi'an Prefecture was merged into Anshun Prefecture, Puding Prefecture was promoted to Puding Military and Civilian Prefecture, and was changed to the Chief Secretary of Sichuan. In the eighteenth year (1385), the Puding Military and Civilian Mansion was abolished, Puding County was merged into Anshun Prefecture, and was placed under the jurisdiction of the Chief Secretary of Yunnan. In the 19th year (1386), five officers including Ninggu, Xibao, Twelve Camps, Kangzuo, and Recruitment were placed under the jurisdiction of Anshun Prefecture (the Twelve Battalions and Xibao were both located in present-day Puding, and the title of Twelve Battalions is still used today) ). In the twenty-fifth year (1392), Anshun, Zhenning, Yongning, Xibao, and the 12th Battalion under the Chief Secretary of Yunnan were transferred to Pudingwei and became the Dusi of Sichuan. In the third year of Zhengtong (1438), Anshun Prefecture was directly under the Chief Secretary of Guizhou, and Ninggu and Xibao belonged to it; the 12th Battalion belonged to Zhenning Prefecture and was under the Chief Secretary of Guizhou. Pudingwei was transferred to Guizhou Dusi. In Chenghua, he moved Anshun Prefecture to Pudingwei, and the prefecture and Wei were governed in the same city. In the 30th year of Wanli (1602), Anshun Prefecture was promoted to the Anshun Military and Civilian Prefecture, and today Puding is under its jurisdiction. In the third year of Chongzhen (1630), he was the capital of Guizhou. In the tenth year of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1671), Pudingwei was reorganized into Puding County and placed under the jurisdiction of Anshun Military and Civilian Mansion. In the twenty-sixth year (1687), the Anshun Military and Civilian Prefecture was changed to Anshun Prefecture, and the south was ruled to enter Puding County. In the first year of the Republic of China (1912), Puding County was removed and merged into Anshun Prefecture. In the second year (1913), Puding County was restored, Anshun Prefecture was changed to Anshun County, and the Puding County seat was moved to Dingnan (today's Puding City), under the jurisdiction of Guixi Road. In the third year of the Republic of China (1914), Puding County was moved to Dingnan. Based on part of the original Puding County, flower arrangement areas in Anshun, Zhenning, Langdai, Zhijin, Pingba and other counties were allocated to form a new Puding County. The name is still used today. In the ninth year of the Republic of China (1920), Abolition Road was directly under the jurisdiction of the province. In the twenty-fourth year (1935), it was changed to the Second Administrative Supervision District of (Anshun). In the twenty-seventh year (1938), it was transferred to the Third Administrative Supervision District (Xingren).
Although the city is small, Puding is still bustling at night. After dark, under the dim lights along the streets of the county town, various shops are still open for business. If you look closely, there are even simple karaoke bars.
The most active businesses are the food stalls with strong local characteristics. The prices are extremely cheap, and most of them are open until the early morning. Although the store operates at a low profit, there is still money to be made, so it is busy and welcoming, and it is fun to do so. Although I didn’t have any deeper contact or communication with the people in that city, I still felt very kind to them after seeing them. It belonged to Anshun Prefecture in 1999 and now belongs to Anshun City. The organizational history of the county has not changed to this day.