Taikang County is located in the eastern plain of Henan Province, bordering zhecheng county and Suixian in Shangqiu City in the east, Tongxu and Qixian in Kaifeng City in the north, Fugou and Xihua in the west and Huaiyang in the south. Taikang has a long history. The recorded history is five or six thousand years. King Taikang of Xia once moved his capital here, which was called Yangxia in history. Yangxia County was established in the 23rd year of Emperor Qin's victory in politics (224 years before). In the 7th year of Emperor Wendi's reign (587), Yangxia County was changed to Taikang County, which has been inherited ever since.
There are many historical celebrities here. There are Wu Guang, the leader of the peasant uprising in the late Qin Dynasty, Huang Ba, the prime minister of the Western Han Dynasty, Xie An, the prime minister of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, He Zeng, the writer Yuan Hong and Xie Hun of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Xie Daowen, a famous poet, and Xie Lingyun, a poet of the Southern Song Dynasty. There are many cultural relics. There are Confucian Temple, Taikang Tomb, Wuguang Pagoda and Shousheng Temple Pagoda, and there are many cultural sites in Yangshao, Erlitou, Shang, Zhou, Qin and Han Dynasties. Taikang County is the birthplace of Chinese surnames such as Xie, Yuan, Fu and He.
Taikang Daoqing, known as "the first group in the world", is included in the national intangible cultural heritage, which is the only one in China, and most Taikang people can sing several passages. Taikang Confucian Temple is a national key cultural relic protection unit. The development of cultural tourism has broad prospects. Taoism has a long history, which originated from Taoism in China. Laozi is regarded as the ancestor of Taoism, and the Tao Te Ching written by Laozi is the main Taoist treatise. When practicing, Taoists write Taoist themes in literary forms such as poems, words, songs, etc., chanting morality and reason, and combining them into one, saying "Daoqing".
Taikang, a traditional agricultural county, is rich in agricultural resources, rich in wheat and cotton, and is known as "Silver Taikang". Nowadays, with convenient transportation, good industrial development, coordinated development of urban and rural areas, it has also embarked on the fast lane of economic take-off! Come here when you have time and feel the charm of Taoism!