Jiangyan
Jiangyan is a city in the prefecture of
Taizhou in
Jiangsu province,
China. It is the city where the President of China, Mr.
Hu Jintao, was born and raised.
Located in the middle of
Jiangsu province, Jiangyan (N 32°30; E 120°09) is neighbored by
Hai'an city and
Tongtai city to the east. To the west, there are
Hailing city and
Gaogang districts of
Taizhou.
Taixing city is situated to the south, while
Xinghua city is to the north.
Jiangyan has a very long history. Formerly called
Taixian (Chinese: 泰县,
pinyin: tāixīan), it was set as a county at the end of
Western Han Dynasty. It has relics from
Zhou Dynasty, Budda statue from
Tang Dynasty, and a town from
Qing Dynasty. In July 1994, it was changed from Taixian County to Jiangyan City, current name, and also established as a city status. Other names Jiangyan had are Hailu (Chinese: 海陆), Wuling (Chinese: 吴陵), Taizhou (Chinese: 泰州) over the years.Geneneral
Chen Yi had commanded the
Battle of Huangqiao in
Qujiang Tower, in downtown Jiangyan.
Liu Jingting (Chinese: 柳敬亭, Master of
Yangzhou Pingtan, a form of traditional Chinese opera)、Huang Longshi (Chinese :黄龙士, Master of go chess in
Qing Dynastry), and
Gao Ershi (Chinese: 高二适, modern time calligraphier) are among the well-known people from Jiangyan. The
Qintong Boat Festival (Chinese: 溱潼会船) also has a long history since
Ming Dynasty, and it is becoming an important tourist destination in the whole eastern China. The
Baima Temple (Chinese: 白马庙, meaning white horse temple) in Jiangyan (now in
Taizhou) is the birthplace of the
Navy of the
People's Liberation Army.
There have been so many well-known people from Jiangyan in its long history.
Yue Fei (岳飞) and
Wen Tianxiang (文天祥) in
Song dynasty have both stationed in Jiangyan to fight again the
Jin invaders. The
Ming dynasty general,
Tang Shunzhi ("顺之) had been fighting Japanese in Jiangyan until his died here. The pholisophy and one of the founders of 'Taizhou clique',
Wang Dong (王栋) had been teaching in Jiangyan for decades, and his teaching place, Wanggong Temple ("王公祠") is now preserved as a museum. The artist in
Ming dynasty,
Tang Zhique ("志契) and his brother
Tang Zhiyi ("志尹), nephew
Tang Riyin ("日艮), so called 'Three Tangs' were from Jiangyan. The go chess master in
Qing dynasty,
Huang Longshi (黄龙士) had leaded the chess game to the highest peak in the old times.
Lu Fubao (卢福保) was the consule of Taiwan.
Liu Guorong (刘荣庆) and
Liu Guoqing (刘国庆) brothers were the martial champain.
In the modern history, the artist master
Mei Lanfang (梅兰芳) was born in Zhangmu (张沐) town (now in
Baimi town), and he had visited Jiangyan for many times. Following the call from Chairman
Mao Zedong, nodern poet and caligrapher
Gao Ershi (高二适) had made a famous '
Lanting Argument' (兰亭论辩) with
Guo Moruo (郭沫若). According to a preliminary statistics, there are over 200 professors, 600 county-level officials, and 5 military Sergents originated from Jiangyan as of 2000.Jiangyan also has made its special marks in the history of modern China. The first Soviet base in northern Jiangsu was founded in Jiangyan by No 14 red army. The Chinese navy was also born in Jiangyan
Baima Temple (白马庙). The headquarter of
Battle of Huangqiao, one of the major battles in the civil war between
Kuomingtang and
Communist Armies, was in Jiangyan Qujianglou (曲江楼).
Jiang Zefeng (江泽芬), a sister of
Jiang Zemin, is also living in Jiangyan.
Hu Jintao, the current president of China is also born and raised in Jiangyan.Jiangyan has also actively engaged in a campaign to modernise the city by new technology and intense education. During 1992 and 1997, there are as many as 180 inovations and 155 new technologies were awarded and more than 70 patents were assigned. Jiangyan has been in
Top 100 Counties since 1995.
Five townships were named Advanced Folk-cultural (群众文化先进乡镇) in 1997 by
Jiangsu province. Many culture centers, libraries have been founded, and the
Qintong Boat Festival is more and more famous and has become a big tourist attraction. Numous people have had access to cable TV and internet. Jiangyan has the tallest TV tower in the whole northern Jiangsu.
The
Nanjing-Jinjiang-Yancheng Highway passes through from south to north and
National Highway 328 goes from west to east. All the townships are connected by well paved ways. The old and new
Yangzhou Canal,
Zhonggan river,
Jiangyan-Qintong river, and east and west
Jiangyan-Huangqiao rivers provide a very good river transportation system. It takes few than 3 hours to
Nanjing or
Shanghai. Out of the total 1044 km² area, large amount of them are low swamps, and the water area measures about 15%.The routes to get to Jiangyan includes:
* Take buses from
Shanghai or
Nanjing through
National Highway 328 or
Nanjing-Jinjiang-Yancheng Highway.
* Take trains from
Beijing through
Xinyi-Changxing Railway (新长"路) or
Nanjing through
Nanjing-Qidong Railway (宁启"路).
In 1990,
Heheng (Chinese: 河横) village in
Shengao (Chinese: 沈高) town, Jiangyan city was awarded
Global 500 Roll of Honor by the
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) because of its success in protecting the environment while increasing the grain yield and its wide use of marsh biogas ponds.
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Shengao (沈高)
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Qintong (溱潼)
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Jiangduo ('垛)
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Gugao (顾高)
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Dalun (大伦)
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Zhangdian (张")
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Dasi (大泗)
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Liangxu (梁徐)
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Suchen (苏陈)
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Jiangyan (姜堰)
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Baimi (白米)
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Louzhuang (娄庄)
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Yuduo (俞垛)
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Xintai (兴泰)
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Qiaotou (桥头)
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Yuxi (淤溪)
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Huagang (华港)
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Gangyang (罡扬)
