Xihaigu is the Xihaigu Hui Autonomous Region established by 1953, which governs Xiji. , Haiyuan? Three Counties in Guyuan-Take the initials of the three counties as "Xihaigu". At that time, it was still under the jurisdiction of Gansu Province. Since then, the administrative divisions have changed several times, and "Xihaigu" has become synonymous with the southern mountainous areas of Ningxia.
Xihaigu includes Yuanzhou District, Xiji County, Longde County, Pengyang County and Jingyuan County of Guyuan City, as well as Haiyuan County of zhongwei and Yanchi County and Hongsibao District of Wuzhong City. 1972 was identified by the United Nations Food Development Programme as one of the most unsuitable areas for human survival. ?
The name Xihaigu first appeared in August, 1949. Pingliang District Committee of Gansu Province established the "Xihaigu Anti-Bandit Sute Working Committee" in Xiji, Haiyuan and Guyuan counties. In 1980s, Xihaigu became one of the earliest pilot areas for regional poverty alleviation and development in China, and the name Xihaigu reappeared in the media. This time is not limited to three counties, but also the surrounding poor counties.
Located at the northern foot of Qinling Mountain, west of Liupan Mountain, south of Inner Mongolia Plateau and east of Hexi Corridor, it is a famous military and cultural center in history and was established as early as the Western Zhou Dynasty. Successive dynasties have changed, and this is often the place where military strategists meet. In order to avoid the chaos in Hexi, Ban Biao, a historian of the Eastern Han Dynasty, borrowed Xihaigu to express his feelings and wrote the article "Fu on the Northern Expedition".
If you want to know Guyuan at the religious level, you can call him Xi Gu Hai. If you want to explore Guyuan in the depths of history, you can simply call it Xiaoguan or Yuanzhou, so that one of the most sacred state capitals in Ningxia will let you start your soul journey. ?
In 1980s, Dingxi, Hexi Corridor and Xihaigu in Gansu Province were collectively called "Three Wests" in China. Xihaigu, an old revolutionary base area, a poverty-stricken mountainous area and a minority inhabited area, is one of the poverty-stricken areas in 14 concentration determined by the state, and it is also the main battlefield and core area for Ningxia to get rid of poverty.