Is there a large population in Suzhou District, Jiuquan City, Gansu Province?

Population density: 105 people/km2.

Western Han Jiuquan Park

Western Han Jiuquan Park

Western Han Jiuquan Park

Western Han Jiuquan Park

Suzhou District is located in the northwest of Gansu Province and the east of Jiuquan City, with an east longitude of 9812 ′-9918 ′ and a north latitude of 3910 ′-39 59 ′. The whole territory is 104 km long from east to west and 84 km wide from north to south, with a total area of 3349 square kilometers. The total population is 350 thousand (2004).

District People's Government is located in Xidan Street, zip code: 735000. Code: 620902. Area code: 0937. Pinyin: Suzhou music.

location

Suzhou is an important historical and cultural city on the ancient Silk Road. The western boundary of Guyong County, one of Kyushu since ancient times, is under the jurisdiction of Zhuan Xu, one of the five emperors of Shennong, with a history of more than 265,438+000 years. Since the county was established in the Western Han Dynasty and Suzhou was established in the second year of Sui Renshou (AD 602), it has been famous for its economic prosperity and cultural prosperity. Xiliang once built its capital here, and later many dynasties used it as the provincial capital. Suzhou District, located in the middle of Hexi Corridor, is a thoroughfare town connecting Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Qinghai, Ningxia and other provinces. Adjacent to the world-famous Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, Yumen Oilfield, the earliest oil base in China, No.404 Factory, an important national nuclear industry base, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, a world-famous space city in western China, and jiuquan iron and steel Company, the largest steel base in northwest China, it has unique geographical advantages.

Unique geographical location. Suzhou District is located in the middle of Hexi Corridor in Gansu Province, bordering Qilian Mountain in the south, the ancient Great Wall in the north, Jinyangye in the east and Jiayuguan in the west. Its geographical location is 9812 ′-9918 ′ east longitude and 3910 ′-39 59 ′ north latitude, and it has been the main tributary route of all ethnic groups since ancient times. The intersection of east and west, a military frontier town. "The whole territory is104km long from east to west and 84km wide from north to south. The whole region has jurisdiction over 6 towns, 12 townships, with a total population of 360,000, including Han, Hui, Yugur and other ethnic groups 15.

Suzhou is located at the intersection of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and Mongolia Plateau. It is a sub-regional center at the junction of Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia. It is an important transit point for the Eurasian Continental Bridge. Unique geographical location, known as the "Golden Triangle" on the economic belt of the West Longhai-Lanzhou New Line.

Qilian Mountain and Helishan Mountain are sandwiched in the north and south, forming the famous Jiuquan Basin. Gobi, oasis, river, lake and Han are intertwined in the basin, which belongs to the typical northwest Gobi oasis landform. Suzhou, with its important geographical location and peculiar geomorphological features, has become a land of hope in the west of China and a land full of magical charm and infinite vitality.

division into districts

Suzhou District governs 6 streets, 7 towns and 9 townships (including 1 ethnic townships): Northeast Street, Southeast Street, Industrial Park Street, Xincheng Street, Northwest Street, Southwest Street, Dongxi Town, Qingshui Town, Zongzhai Town, Jinfo Temple Town, Shangba Town, Sandun Town, Yinda Town, Xifeng Township, Hu Quan Township and Orchard Township. * * * There are 154 communities (neighborhood committees and village committees).

history

Jiuquan, also known as Suzhou. Located in the west of Gansu Hexi Corridor in the northwest of the motherland, it is the legendary western boundary of Yongzhou in the Middle Ages. Stone plows, hoes, axes, knives, spinning wheels and other agricultural production tools and textile tools unearthed from Xiaheqing Farm in Jiuquan and Ganguya Cliff on the east bank of Fengle River; And painted pottery, which proves that as far back as 4000 years ago, human beings settled here and started primitive agricultural production. Animal husbandry is developed and pottery industry is mature. During the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties, this area was inhabited by nomadic peoples such as Xiqiang. From the Warring States Period to the Qin Dynasty, Jiuquan became the pasture of Wusun and Yueshi, who were "migrating water plants". The horse culture found near Shuimo, Zhao Jia, an orchard township, may be the place where they live. At that time, the Vietnamese were a powerful group that controlled hundreds of thousands. They drove away the Wusun people and dominated Hexi. Until the early Western Han Dynasty, the Huns invaded Hexi, forcing Dayue to move west. Jiuquan has been connected with the Central Plains since ancient times. "There are still historical sites in the place where Dayu harnessed water." All the ancient cultural books here are part of the history of China civilization.

At present, Suzhou District has a total population of 360,000, of which the urban population is 1.5 million, and there are Han, Hui and Yugur ethnic groups 1.5.

Traditional temple fair

Most of the traditional temple fairs in Suzhou are based on traditional folk festivals and are carried out in coordination with religious Buddhist activities. The annual temple fair is also the highest form of mass cultural activities.

On the ninth day of the first lunar month, it is called "the reception". It was the birthday of the Jade Emperor, and the temple fair was held in the Jade Emperor Temple. In the twenty-seventh year of the Republic of China (1938), Yuhuang Building was moved to Suzhou Administrative Branch Library (now Jiuquan Middle School Library Building), and the temple fair was changed to a heavy building temple. Chonglou Temple is one of the large-scale ancient buildings in Jiuquan City. Terraces and halls are strewn at random, and statues and murals are dazzling. The forest garden is lush with flowers and trees, and incense fills the air all year round. It is really a tourist attraction in this city. On the day of the "Ninth Meeting", dramas, entertainment juggling, flavor snacks and vendors' stalls all gathered here, which was very lively. This is the first climax of mass cultural and recreational activities during the Spring Festival.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, it is called Lantern Festival, Lantern Festival and Shangyuan Festival. Generally, it is held in Chenghuang Temple (now the city hospital) from the 13th to 15th of the first month, and it will be sung for three days as usual. Chenghuang Temple is an ancient architectural complex with the largest area and the largest number of halls in Suzhou. On the fifteenth day of the first month, people from urban and rural areas flocked in and all walks of life competed for trade. Tourists and pilgrims have to carry firewood to burn Qin Gui. On both sides of the aisle leading to the main hall of the City God Temple, there are statues of kneeling and his gossipy king. Tourists throw a lot of firewood from the clay figurine's ass, and flames emerge from seven holes, indicating the people's punishment for traitors and traitors.

On the 18th day of the third lunar month, it is called the "Empress Meeting". This day is Christmas for the queen. On the day when the temple fair was held in Chonglou Temple, people from cities and suburbs came here for a walk. As usual, they bought and sold, sang and talked. People get entertainment from temple fair activities and get rid of fatigue.

The Manjusri Mountain Temple Fair is the largest, longest-lasting, largest and richest mass gathering in the whole temple fair, with tens of thousands of tourists, merchants and vendors from Gao Tai, Yumen, Jinta and Suzhou attending every day. There are 360 temples, temples, temples and courtyards in the front and back of the mountain. Cigarettes are everywhere, bells are ringing, traffic is busy and people are surging. The two plays are duets, and the Shaanxi opera and the eyebrows compete with each other. Singing, storytelling, monkey tricks, animal training, foreign movies, acrobatics, selling calligraphy and painting, clay figurines, playing candied haws, seventy-two lines, three religions and nine streams, each offering his skills and showing his abilities. The sculptures, murals, ancient architecture art and rock paintings here highlight the high wisdom and artistic skills of the people of all ages, and make the mass cultural and recreational activities reach a peak.

On the eighth day of the fourth lunar month, there is also a temple fair in Xintiandi (northeast of Liangsankou Village in Yin Da Township). There are more than a dozen temples in Xintiandi, which are built on the top of Yu Xiaoshan. It is a place where Suzhou spring people worship Buddha and visit. Generally speaking, singing opera lasts three days from the sixth day of April to the eighth day of April. There are more than ten thousand tourists and vendors from urban and rural areas every day. Some rural schools also use this place as a foothold for hiking (camping) activities, so that students can be influenced by nature and mass cultural activities.

May 13 is the "Rain Prayer Festival". According to legend, this day is the day for Guan Yu to sharpen his knife, and people in urban and rural areas will hold temple fairs in Guandi Temple. Some places hold social fires, while others sing eyebrows. In Jiuquan City, Shanxi Guild Hall (now the second kindergarten) sang a three-day drama to beg for rain. There is a folk saying that "buy a big bowl in Suzhou city at 13: 00 on May".

Other small temple fairs include the "Xiangu Temple Fair" on May 25th (now the slaughterhouse of the food company); On June 15, a temple fair of "Granny of the Town God puts a needle and thread" was held in the Town God Temple and Lonely Soul Beach; "Christmas party of Guanyin Bodhisattva" held in Kannonji (now Xida Street Primary School) on June 19; "Meng" activity held in Chenghuang Temple on July 15; On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, a "Buddha Enlightenment Meeting" was held in Chonglou Temple.

Temple fair is naturally formed by the special conditions of a region, and it has the most extensive, comprehensive and universal mass cultural activities. The annual temple fair not only gives people the best spiritual enjoyment. It has also played a role in enhancing friendship, strengthening unity and exchanging materials and production experience.

202119 Suzhou District was named by the State Ethnic Affairs Commission as the eighth batch of national demonstration zones for national unity and progress.

On1October 25th, 2020, 165438+, the Ministry of Water Resources announced the third batch of counties (districts) that reached the standard for the construction of water-saving society, and Suzhou District was on the list.

20 17 12.26 the Ministry of agriculture recognized Suzhou district as the second batch of demonstration counties (cities, districts) in China that took the lead in basically realizing the whole mechanization of main crop production.

201February 16, Suzhou district was included in the list of counties (cities, districts) with basically balanced development of compulsory education in China in 20 15.