Sihui, my beautiful hometown

Historical evolution

Sihui was placed in Qin. In the thirty-third year of the First Emperor of Qin Dynasty (214 BC), three additional counties of Guilin, Nanhai, and Xiang were established in the south, and Sihui County belonged to Guilin County. In the fourth year of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty (203 BC), Zhao Tuo established the Nanyue Kingdom based on Lingnan, with Sihui as its territory. In the sixth year of Yuanding, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty (111 BC), prefectures and counties were restored, and Sihui County was transferred to Nanhai County. In the fifth year of Wu Huangwu in the Three Kingdoms period (226 years), Pingyi County was established in the southeastern part of the county, Xinyi County was changed to Jin Dynasty, and Xinhui County was changed to Xinhui County in Southern Dynasty and Song Dynasty. Later, Taishan and Kaiping counties were gradually established. In the Jin Dynasty (AD 266~420), Sihui belonged to Nanhai County, Guangzhou. In the 13th year of Yuanjia in the Southern Dynasties (AD 436), Yintun Township was set aside to establish Huaiji County, six counties including Sihui and Huaiji were established as Suijian County, and Lechang County was established in the north of the county to lead the beginning. Chang and other six counties. In the third year of Daye of the Sui Dynasty (AD 607), Nanhai County was restored to Nanhai County, and Sihui belonged to Yan. In the fifth year of Wude in the Tang Dynasty (AD 622), Sihui belonged to Nansuizhou. In the sixth year of Xining in the Northern Song Dynasty (AD 1073), Sihui was transferred to Duanzhou (later changed to Zhaoqing Prefecture). In the thirty-eighth year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty (AD 1559), Taiping Capital was designated, and Guangning County was established in Yongyi Capital and parts of Dayu and Ganlan Capital. The Fourth Society of the Qing Dynasty belonged to Zhaoqing Prefecture. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, between 1952 and 1958, Sihui merged with Guangning County and was called Guangsi County after the merger. It was divided twice in 1954 and 1961. Sihui County belongs to the Central Guangdong District Administrative Commissioner's Office and the Zhaoqing District Commissioner's Office respectively. On November 25, 1993, with the approval of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, the county was removed from the county and established as a city.

[Geography and Climate]

Sihui City is located in the west of central Guangdong, northeast of Zhaoqing, and is located in the lower reaches of the West, North and Suijiang Rivers, close to Qingxin, Sanshui and Guangzhou. Ningbo borders Dinghu District and falls within the Pearl River Delta Economic Zone, with a total area of ??1,257.6 square kilometers. The terrain is like an upright mulberry leaf, sloping from northwest to southeast, about 30 kilometers wide from east to west, and about 45 kilometers long from north to south. The north and west are mostly mountainous, accounting for about 44.3% of the total area; the central part is mostly hills and valley basins, accounting for about 44.3% of the total area. The area is 31.2%; the south and east are mostly alluvial plains, accounting for about 24.5% of the total area. The highest mountain is Sangui Mountain, with an altitude of 888 meters. The rivers include Suijiang, Longjiang, Manshui River, Qushui River and Heli River. The total length of the rivers is about 434 kilometers, of which the city boundary river is 149.6 kilometers long. Sihui City is located south of the Tropic of Cancer and has a subtropical monsoon climate with abundant rainfall and sunshine. The average annual rainfall is about 1800 mm; the average annual temperature is about 21°C.

[Administrative District Population]

At the end of 1998, the city had Longfu, Didou, Weizheng, Luoyuan, Jingkou, Dasha, Xinjiang, Shigou, Huangtian, There are 17 towns (sub-district offices) including Dengcun, Jianggu, Jianglin, Longwan, Xia Mao and Chengzhong, Dongcheng and Zhenshan, with 158 village committees and 25 neighborhood committees under their jurisdiction. The Municipal People's Government is located in Dongcheng. The city's population is 389,000 (excluding Dawang population), of which 271,000 are agricultural residents.

[Cultural Heritage]

Sihui, an ancient city, has rich cultural heritage and many places of interest. There are ancient human ruins in Yeliggang, Dagangtou Zhai Fort and "Three Towers and Four Pagodas", as well as ruins such as the Sixth Ancestor Temple in Fulushan; ancient tombs include tombs from the Warring States, Han, Jin, Southern Dynasty, Song Dynasty and other dynasties; ancient buildings There are Zhenxian Temple in the Tang Dynasty (now rebuilt on the original site), Baolin Temple, Lotus Temple, and Baiwu Terrace (rebuilt on the original site) in the Song Dynasty. Ancient and beautiful folk legends such as the Wei Zheng Stone River, Baidai Waterfall, Luoyin Boat, Luoyin Bed, Zhenya, Fairy Incarnation Pool, Wudu Stone Snail and Fried Crucian Carp have been passed down for a long time. In addition, there is also the ancient folk papermaking technology. Farmers in Dengcun, Huangtian and other towns still use this method to produce "paper", and the products are sold at home and abroad.

[Product Resources]

At the end of 1998, Sihui City had 245,000 acres of cultivated land (including Dawang cultivated land at the end). The land is fertile and the products are rich. It is known as the "Land of Fish and Rice". It has the reputation of "the hometown of citrus" and "the hometown of overseas Chinese". The main local products include citrus, tangerine, pond fish and paper, as well as delicacies such as tea oil chicken, rice noodles, white sand bamboo shoots and Wudu stone snails. The underground mineral deposits mainly include gypsum, limestone, kaolin, granite, tungsten, gold, iron, coal, etc. Among them, the reserves and grade of gypsum rank first in Guangdong Province.