Jiahe County is located in the southwest of Chenzhou City, Hunan Province. Founded in 1639, it governs 8 towns, 5 townships and 273 administrative villages (neighborhood committees and communities), with an area of 699 square kilometers and a population of 400,000. It is one of the counties with the smallest geographical area and the largest population density in Hunan Province. In recent years, Jiahe County has closely focused on the goal of building a demonstration county of urban-rural integration in Hunan Province, bravely tried first, persisted in innovation and entrepreneurship, and achieved sound and rapid economic and social development. Jiahe has successively won national key coal-producing counties, national health county, national pilot county for returning home to start a business, national demonstration county for rural labor transfer and employment, pilot county for casting industry cluster in China, national demonstration county for casting and forging industry development, national key county for small-scale water conservancy construction, national advanced county for national fitness activities, demonstration county for urban-rural integration in Hunan Province, model county for double support, top ten county for Hunan cuisine industry, and advanced county for standardized construction of urban and rural social assistance. It is the only county in Chenzhou that has the honorary title of both national health county and provincial garden county. Grains are abundant in the sky, and Shennong teaches farming. Jiahe county is a legendary place where millet grows when it rains. Shennong was the first person to cultivate and build granaries. History: "Jiahe, so the granary is also." In the world of Emperor Yan, there is a beautiful valley falling from the sky, which was taken over by Shennong to teach farming, and its land is a barn. Later, the county was established, which was actually called Jiahe County. " There is a cave named "Cave C" at the foot of Jiulaofeng in the western suburbs of the city. There is a fertile land outside the cave, and there is a hole in the cave called "Emperor Building", which is the residence of Emperor Yan. Legend has it that Emperor Yan found Jiahe here, went out to teach and farm during the day and went back to the cave to rest at night. There are also chicken pits, pigsty and dog holes in the cave, which are used to domesticate livestock. "Point C" was named for commemorating Emperor Yan. Wo Cang Castle has a unique location. Jiahe is located in the southwest of Luo Xiao, at the northern foot of Wuling Mountain, which is the intersection of six counties in yongcheng city. The ancient name of the county seat is "Wo Cang Bao", which is located at the foot of Jinping Mountain and at the throat of Wuling Mountain. Terrain is very important. It has always been an important place to store grain and defend the castle. According to legend, Qin Shihuang sent 500,000 people to guard the Wuling Mountains and hoarded food here, hence the name "Wo Cang Bao". Nowadays, the Beijing-Zhuhai double-track line and Xiamen-Chengdu Expressway meet in China, and four high-grade highways, Jiaxin, THE TEMPLE OF JIALAN, Jianing and Jiagui, criss-cross, have been integrated into the three-hour economic circle of Changchun-Guangzhou, and the location advantage of Jiahe is more prominent. Xiaoke's hometown is full of people. Jiahe's outstanding people gave birth to outstanding figures such as Xiao Ke, the first general of New China, Li Guozhu, the most enthusiastic revolutionary comrade in Hunan, and Gu Hua, a famous writer. General Xiao Ke was a senior general of the Chinese Red Army, the Eighth Route Army and the China People's Liberation Army, a member of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, vice chairman of the Fifth Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, member of the Central Military Commission, vice minister of national defense, president of the Military Academy, first political commissar, alternate member of the Eighth Central Committee, member of the Tenth Central Committee and member of the Eleventh Central Committee. His book Bloody Luo Xiao won the honorary prize of Mao Dun Literature Award. Li Guozhu was an early backbone member of the League. He joined the army in Sun Yat-sen's Presidential Palace and was a general in the early years of the Republic of China. He was engaged in the anti-Qing revolution and the second revolution in Yuan Dynasty, and was praised by Sun Yat-sen as "the most enthusiastic revolutionary comrade in Hunan". Gu Hua was a director of the Chinese Writers Association and vice chairman of the Hunan Branch of the Writers Association, and his novel furong town won the first Mao Dun Literature Award. Fossett, founded in the Tang Dynasty, is known as "the third Buddhist country in the south of the Yangtze River", and "giving alms to solve the bell" is one of the eight ancient scenic spots in Jiahe. The hometown of folk songs has a long reputation. There are many kinds of folk songs in Jiahe, which are rich in content and well preserved, including wedding songs, love songs, children's songs, labor songs, life songs, ceremony songs, lantern tunes and festive songs. 1993 was named "Hometown of Folk Songs" by the Provincial Department of Culture. The most distinctive is the accompaniment song listed as "Hunan Intangible Cultural Heritage List". Folk song circles compare Jiahe folk songs with northern Shaanxi folk songs, which is known as "orchid flowers in the north and wedding songs in the south". Accompaniment songs, which mainly reflect marriage customs, integrate poetry, song, dance and drama, have unique personality and diverse types, and have become an indispensable business card in Jiahe's unique regional culture. Up to now, about 65,438+0,300 songs are still being passed down from mouth to mouth. Jiangnan casts the capital, and all industries flourish. The foundry industry has a history of more than 200 years in Jiahe, and Jiahe Foundry Industrial Park is the only provincial industrial park in the province. Jiahe people founded more than 800 foundry enterprises, with an annual output of 6.5438+0.5 million tons of castings, accounting for 30% of the casting share in Jiangnan area. It is a foundry industrial base in Hunan Province, and "Foundry Xiang Army" has been rated as one of the top ten labor service brands in Hunan. April 38+02, 2065 was awarded the title of "Foundry Capital of Jiangnan" by China Foundry Association. The annual output of precision metal forging tools is 50 million pieces, which are sold at home and abroad, accounting for 20% of the national market share. Xiangjiang brand won the well-known trademark of China. Jiahe is one of the 200 key coal-producing counties in China, with an annual output of10.5 million tons. "Shenlongye" is the first registered national trademark brand in the county-level tobacco industry in China. 20 1 1 The National Tobacco Purchase and Modern Tobacco Agriculture Site Meeting was successfully held in Jiahe. Urban and rural integration, the province's demonstration. Based on the fact that there is a large population and a small land, Jiahe took the lead in implementing the development strategy of urban-rural integration in the province, and invited the Provincial Academy of Social Sciences to compile the Planning Outline of Jiahe County's Urban-Rural Integration Demonstration County to comprehensively promote the integrated development of urban-rural employment, water supply, public transportation, social assistance and public welfare undertakings. It has been listed as a demonstration county for urban-rural integration in Hunan Province, a pilot county for coordinating urban-rural employment, a pilot county for urban-rural public transport integration, a pilot county for urban-rural social assistance integration, and a pilot county for urban-rural water supply integration. Hunan cuisine base, three major Hunan cuisine. The whole country eats Guangzhou and Hunan eats Jiahe. Classic dishes such as fried meat, boiled sliced meat, duck with ginger and blood, braised dog meat, blood enema and whole pig feast are well-known both inside and outside the province, and specialty products such as pouring jar wine, Xiangjia fish and Sanwei pepper are well-known. In 2005, seven dishes, such as duck with ginger blood, blood enema and braised dog meat, were recommended by CCTV International Channel "All over China". In 2008, it was rated as one of the top ten Hunan Hunan cuisine industrial counties. 20 12 The overall requirements of Jiahe's economic and social development are: adhere to the transformation and development as the main line, focus on project construction, and vigorously implement the "1234" strategy: "1" is centered on an overall goal, that is, to build a demonstration county of urban-rural integration in Hunan; "2" is to build two urban-rural integration corridors, that is, to turn Jia Gui Road and THE TEMPLE OF JIALAN Road into industrial agglomeration areas, ecological demonstration areas and urban-rural integration model areas; "3" is to cultivate three economic growth poles, namely, the county new district, Tantang industrial park and Chenzhou (Jiahe) equipment manufacturing park; "4" means to build "one capital and three places", that is, the casting capital, forging capital, prosperity and circulation capital and people's livelihood capital in Jiangnan. To coordinate development, it is necessary to present a bright spot-coordinated development of urban and rural areas, highlight a characteristic-forging a characteristic county of foundry industry and build a framework-multipolar development pattern. In 20 12, we will strive to break through 10 billion yuan in regional GDP and 8 10 billion yuan in total fiscal revenue, and strive to break through 10 billion yuan.