Tianchang Town, a key town in Hebei Province, now governs 49 administrative villages with a total area of 10 1. 1 square kilometer. The total population is 465,438+0,247, including 65,438+065,438+058 permanent residents in the township and 5,565,438+00 temporary residents working, doing business and studying. The town has 40,800 mu of cultivated land. In 2008, the total national economic output value of the town was 442 1.68 million yuan, and the per capita net income of farmers was 4864 yuan. In 2008, the fiscal revenue of this town exceeded 1 100 million yuan.
Tianchang Town has a long history. As a village, it began in Han Dynasty and was called Tianchang Town in the middle of Tang Dynasty. At the end of Tang Dynasty, Tianchang Army was established and became a famous military city. In the eighth year of Song Xining (A.D. 1075), he moved to Jingxing County and took charge here. From Jin, Yuan, Ming, Qing, Republic of China to the beginning of the People's Republic of China, it lasted more than 800 years, and all dynasties were places of county governance. Jin and Yuan Dynasties were once countries. /kloc-moved to the present Weishan town in 0/958. Due to the relocation of the county seat, the ancient city has been well preserved for half a century and has basically not been constructively destroyed.
Thousands of years later, Tianchang Town has entered the countryside, only to see ancient cultural relics such as battlements of city walls, official learning palaces, stone bridges of temples, houses of yamen, etc., which can be seen everywhere, making people feel as if they are in a historical fantasy. In recent years, many film and television dramas have been filmed here. At present, the original spatial pattern of the ancient city is well preserved, and the integrity of historical buildings is over 80%. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were many dwellings, with the county government in the Ming and Qing Dynasties as the town center, Jingshan Academy in the east, Chenghuang Temple, Confucian Temple and private houses in the west. Now there are still many dwellings, including the Palace of Fire, Xufu, Wang Courtyard, Caijia Courtyard and Lujiaxiang, all of which are quadrangles with blue bricks and gray tiles as roofs, with clear axes, symmetrical left and right, and well preserved.
Tianchang ancient city is a comprehensive embodiment of the history and culture of Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. The ancients once brilliantly expounded the topography here: "Mian River is in front and mountains are behind. The danger control area of Guguan is in the southwest, and the calf-hugging hero extends to the northeast. The upper is the capital of Pingsheng, and the lower is the People's Protection Society, which covers Guyan Town. " Wang Wei, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, said when he crossed Jingxing: "On the Yan Fu of Jingxing, between the clouds and the pavilion, the high city overlooks the sunset and saves Pu Ying Cangshan." Praise the scenery here.
Tianchang Town has a long history, and its urban construction has a strong traditional cultural color. At present, the style of ancient buildings in this township is dominated by the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and the main cultural relics and ancient city walls are well protected. It can be called the pearl of the ancient town in central and southern Hebei. Its geographical position is important, and it is a battleground for military strategists in past dynasties. Its cultural undertakings are developed, celebrities come forth in large numbers, and its business is thriving. After many arguments, its value feature is "cultural military and architectural heritage". In 2007, it was identified as "the first batch of famous historical and cultural towns in Hebei Province".
There are 24 key cultural relics protection units at the national, provincial, municipal and county levels in the township. Among them, there are 2 national key cultural relics protection units; Key cultural relics protection units in Hebei province 10; 12 key cultural relics protection units at the county level; There are more than 40 unclassified historical relics of great value. These cultural relics and historical and cultural relics constitute a cultural relic community featuring historical relics, which has the urban context and urban cultural tradition from Sui and Tang Dynasties to Ming and Qing Dynasties, and has formed a long and diverse explicit and implicit cultural resource with high historical and cultural value, architectural art value, cultural relic value and aesthetic value. It is a valuable resource for Jingxing people, as well as a valuable resource for inheriting China traditional culture and developing tourism.
In recent years, the people's governments of Jingxing County and Tianchang Town have attached great importance to the protection of Tianchang Ancient City. As early as 1987, Jingxing County People's Government issued the Notice on Strengthening the Protection and Management of Chengguan Ancient City, which defined a number of key county-level protection projects and put forward protection requirements. In June, 2002, the first meeting of the 15th People's Congress of Tianchang Town made a special resolution to develop the tourism resources of the ancient city. In 2002, Tianchang Town People's Government issued the Notice on the Protection of Cultural Relics and Monuments, organized and compiled the protection plan of Tianchang Ancient City, and set up a special protection agency. While doing a good job in the protection of cultural relics, we have done a lot of work in the protection of the overall pattern and historical features of the ancient city and achieved remarkable results. Up to now, the fund for the protection and development of the ancient city of Tianchang Town has reached150,000 yuan. Cultural relics such as Chenghuang Temple, Wangjiating Courtyard, Yufeng Mountain Temple and Dashiqiao have been restored, and the newly-built ring road has been put into use and afforested, greatly reducing the traffic pressure in the ancient city. The restoration of the Confucian Temple is under way, and other cultural protection units have been effectively protected.
Thanks to the joint efforts of the local government and residents, Tianchang Ancient Town has survived hundreds of years of wind and rain and many wars, but it is still well preserved: the ancient city wall stands tall, four doors are still wide open, the spatial pattern of historical streets and lanes such as Neijie, Nanjie, Dongguan Street, Beiguan Street and Cheng Hao Street is well preserved, and shops in ancient blocks on both sides are faintly visible, including county government offices, Confucian temples and Chenghuang temples. Dutangfu, Xu's former residence, Wangjiating Courtyard, Courtyard, Lujiaxiang and other residential courtyards. Still the same. Dashiqiao, despite repeated rapids and waves, still bears a heavy transportation burden, and the treasures of Jingxing ancient kiln buried for thousands of years have been rediscovered one after another. What's more commendable is that this thousand-year-old city is still full of vitality. While the historical buildings are protected, most of them are still in use, and the life continuation of the ancient town is well maintained. The status of the ancient town as the traffic artery of Shanxi and Hebei still exists. Today, although Changzhen is not a county seat, it still plays the role of the regional economic and cultural center in the west of Jingxing County.
Tianchang Town successfully declared the fourth batch of "Famous Historical and Cultural Towns in China"! The news came that more than 40,000 people in Tianchang Town and cadres and people in Jingxing County were all rejoicing. In the future, Tianchang Town will take the opportunity of winning the title of the fourth batch of "Famous Historical and Cultural Town of China" to work harder and harder, so that this historical treasure of Tianchang Town can be protected more effectively, maintain a healthy and sustainable development, and further demonstrate the infinite charm of the ancient town.
Traffic guide
Address of scenic spots: Tianchang Town, Jingxing County, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province
Bus route: Take a bus at Jingxing County Bus Station to Tianchang Town.