Who knows Qingyang, Gansu?

Qingyang is a magical land with high sky and thick soil. Qingyang is located at the intersection of northwest China and Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia provinces, with a total land area of 27 1 19 square kilometers and a total population of 2.56 million. It has jurisdiction over 7 counties including Huanxian, Huachi, Qingcheng, Zhenyuan, Ningxian, Zhengning, Heshui and Xifeng District. The terrain is low in the south and high in the north, with an altitude of 885 meters to 2082 meters. There are mountains, rivers, plateaus, ditches, ends of the earth and cross beams. The plateau is magnificent and unique. Dayuan 12 covers an area of 65,438+10,000 mu, covering an area of 3.82 million mu. Dong Zhiyuan is a vast plain with an area of 13627 mu. It is the largest loess surface in the world, with the thickest soil layer and the most complete preservation, and can be called "the first loess in the world". More than 4 million mu of secondary forest in Ziwuling is the largest water conservation forest with the best vegetation on the Loess Plateau in China, and is known as the "natural reservoir". National Highway 2 1 1 and Provincial Highway 202 run through the north and south. National Highway 309 and Provincial Highway 303 cross east and west, forming a "two vertical and two horizontal" highway skeleton. Power supply, communication and radio and television networks cover the whole territory.

Qingyang is one of the birthplaces of the Chinese nation. As early as 200,000 years ago, human beings flourished here. Early agriculture began more than 7000 years ago. According to Records of the Historian, Huangdi, the ancestor of mankind, once discussed medicine with Qi Baishi, the originator of traditional Chinese medicine, and published Huangdi Neijing, hence the name "Huang Qi's hometown". Zhou Xianzu never led his people to "run between Rongdi (today's Qingyang)", but together with his sons Ju Tao and Sun Gong Liu, he "taught the people to plow the fields" and "cultivated the fields by proper methods", which opened the precedent of farming culture in the early Zhou Dynasty, which was called "the prosperity of Zhou Dao began from now on". The majestic Zhou Zuling stands on the top of the Dongshan Mountain in Qingcheng, and the temple is magnificent. The Old Palace Temple, located in Wenquan Township, Xifeng District, was named "the first palace in China" by the Chinese Folklore Society.

Qingyang has splendid ancient treasures. World-famous fossils of "pterosaur around the river" and "ancient elephant of the Yellow River" have been found in Ma Lian Valley. The first paleolithic in China, which marks the beginning of paleolithic archaeology in China, was unearthed in Zhaojiacha, Huachi County. There are nearly a thousand Yangshao and Qijia cultural sites, as well as Neolithic ancient buildings, stone carvings, tombs and paleontological fossils. Qin Changcheng in the Warring States Period spanned Zhenyuan, Huanxian and Huachi counties. Qin Zhi Road, an ancient "expressway", passes through Zhengning, Ningxian, Heshui and Huachi counties along Ziwuling. The Northern Cave Temple, which was excavated in the Northern Wei Dynasty, is one of the four largest caves in Gansu. Qingyang celebrities come forth in large numbers, each leading the way. Wang Fu, a thinker in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Fu Zi, a scholar in the Western Jin Dynasty, and Kongtong Ji, a writer in the Ming Dynasty, have an important influence on the history of China's thought and literature, and are immortal spiritual heritages left by the sages to future generations.

Qingyang is the only old revolutionary base area in Gansu. 1927, the first rural party organization in Gansu was established in Ning County; 193 1 year, Nanliang Guerrilla, the first revolutionary armed force in Gansu, was established; 1934, the first Soviet regime in the Shaanxi-Gansu border region was established. Shaanxi-Gansu border is the best-preserved revolutionary base that our party has never lost in the revolutionary war years. Later, it was connected with the northern Shaanxi revolutionary base area to form the northwest revolutionary base area, which provided a foothold for the Red Army and the Party Central Committee that went north to resist Japan. This hot land gave birth to revolution and created a large number of revolutionary cadres. Ma, the former secretary of Longdong District Committee, Commissioner and Li, the county magistrate of Huachi County, are all models of the times. Mao Zedong wrote inscriptions for them: "Keep close contact with the masses", "Never leave the masses" and "Face the masses". The existing sites of Nanliang Government, Helianwan Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Provincial Government and Shanbao Campaign are the bases of patriotism and revolutionary tradition education determined by the state, province and city respectively. The spirit of the old liberated areas forged in the struggle between blood and fire is a precious spiritual wealth left by the older generation of proletarian revolutionaries to Qingyang people.

Qingyang folk culture is unique. Embroidery, paper-cutting, shadow play, Taoist feelings and folk songs can be called "five musts" in Qingyang. Qingyang folk songs are known as "the soul of the song of loess", and they are the outstanding works of Qingyang peasant singers Sun Wanfu and Wang Tingyou, who have sung three revolutionary songs: Our Leader Mao Zedong, Embroidered Gold Monument and Mass Production of Military and Civilian. Ju Ping's masterpiece "Liu Qiaoer" tells the true story of Feng, a farmer in Huachi County, fighting for marriage autonomy. Dragon drama, which was born on the basis of Longdong love, is the only new drama in Gansu. Qingyang paper-cut is colorful, and folk embroidery represented by sachets has a long history and profound foundation, and has been well-known at home and abroad. At present, Qingyang has been named as the hometown of sachet embroidery in China, the hometown of bare-handed yangko, the hometown of folk paper-cutting, the hometown of cave dwelling, the hometown of Qingyang's five-beat leather drum, the hometown of Taoist shadow play, the Gongliu Temple in hot spring town, the first temple in Gongliu, the hometown of Zhou farming culture, the hometown of lotus dance, the research base of folk culture and folk art in China and the teaching and research base of folk art in China. In 2004, our city stood out from 170 participating cities in the selection of famous western cities jointly organized by CCTV and CCTV International Network, and was rated as the most artistic western city. The Folk Craft Committee of China Arts and Crafts Society also named 48 folk artists such as He Meiying in Qingyang City as China folk artists; Gansu Folk Artists Association named 63 folk artists, including Ma Xiuzhen of Qingyang City, as folk artists in Gansu Province. Qingyang Folk Arts and Crafts Association named 170 as Qingyang Master of Arts and Crafts.

Qingyang is rich in resources. The territory has mild climate, abundant sunshine, deep soil layer and rich resources. Qingyang has an arid and semi-arid climate, with an average annual temperature of 7℃- 10℃, annual sunshine of 2250-2600 hours and frost-free period of 140 days-180 days. The average annual rainfall is 480-660mm. Qingyang is the base of petroleum and natural gas chemical industry in Gansu Province and the main producing area of Changqing Oilfield, with a reserve of 2.847 billion tons of petroleum resources and a crude oil output of 654.38+860 million tons in 2003. Xifeng oilfield has proved the tertiary geological reserves of more than 400 million tons, which has broad development prospects. Qingyang coal reserves cover the whole city, and Qingyang accounts for 65.438+04.28 billion tons of the province's predicted reserves, accounting for 94% of the province's predicted reserves. The shallow resources per kilometer reach 8.4 billion tons, which has the conditions to build a 100 million-ton coal field. Qingyang, known as the "granary in Longdong", is rich in wheat, corn, oilseeds, buckwheat, millet, oats, soybeans and other characteristic small grains. Qingyang is a production base of high-quality agricultural and livestock products in Gansu, which is located in the best latitude area of apple production in China. It is listed as an apple eugenic belt in the northwest loess plateau by the Ministry of Agriculture, and a large number of high-quality agricultural and pastoral products such as Red Fuji Apple, Caoxing, Huangmandarin Peach, Jiulong, Jinzao, Zaosheng Cattle, Huanxian Tan Sheep, Longdong Black Goat, and sheep wool are well-known at home and abroad. Qingyang is also the country's largest apricot product processing base, the country's largest white melon seed processing and export base, the country's largest day lily base with the best quality and the largest development area, and the national specialty day lily demonstration base determined by the National Specialty Economic Development Center. Qingyang is also the hometown of traditional Chinese medicine, producing more than 300 kinds of Chinese herbal medicines such as licorice, astragalus, ephedra, earthworm and Bupleurum. Qingyang industry mainly deals in petrochemical, food, building materials and medicine. The backbone enterprises include the Second Oil Production Plant of Changqing Oilfield, Qingyang Refining and Chemical Company of PetroChina, Gansu Tongda Juice Co., Ltd., PengYangchun Liquor Co., Ltd., Jiulianshan Cement Plant and Xifeng Pharmaceutical Factory.

Qingyang's economic and social development has entered the fast lane. In recent years, under the guidance of Deng Xiaoping Theory and Theory of Three Represents, Qingyang Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government have adhered to and implemented Scientific Outlook on Development, seized the historical opportunity of the western development and the opportunity of the state to implement macro-control policies, and thoroughly implemented the "six strategies" of project-driven, strengthening agriculture and enriching people, industrial breakthrough, foundation first, open development and revitalizing the city through science and education. Focusing on the development of petroleum, natural gas, coal resources, green agricultural and livestock products processing, and the development of characteristic cultural industries, we will build Longdong energy and petrochemical base, agricultural and livestock local products processing and foreign exchange earning base, historical culture, folk culture and red culture, and fully promote the process of industrialization, industrialization and urbanization, thus promoting the all-round economic and social development of the city. In 2004, the GDP exceeded 100 billion yuan for the first time, reaching108.3 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 12.23%. The investment in fixed assets of the whole society was 6010.2 billion yuan, an increase of 28.6%; The total retail sales of social consumer goods was 2.593 billion yuan, an increase of16.9%; The added value of industrial enterprises above designated size was 4.292 billion yuan, up by 21.8%; Large-caliber fiscal revenue was 654.38+0.24 billion yuan, an increase of 2654.38+0.6%, and small-caliber fiscal revenue was 548 million yuan, an increase of 20.44%; The per capita net income of farmers was 1633 yuan, an increase of 8.1%; The disposable income of urban households was 6,250 yuan, an increase of11.6%; The foreign exchange earned by export was USD 4 1.36 million, up by 63.9%, and the foreign exchange earned by agricultural and sideline products ranked first in the province. Qingyang this beautiful land is full of vitality.