Hengfeng County
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Hengfeng County is a small county under the administration of Shangrao
city, Jiangxi
Province, P.R.China. It is located in the middle part of Shangrao
city, about 30 km from Shangrao Xinzhou District which is the locality of the municipality.
Jiajing
Reign (明嘉靖39年, 1560 AD) with the name Xing'an (兴安县). Its first mandarin was Chen Qingyun (陈庆云), who assumed his office that year.
In the Year 3 of the Republic of China
(民国3年，1914 AD), the name of the county was changed from Xing'an to the current name (in order to eliminate ambiguity with the like-named county
in Guilin
Municipality, GX
).
In the 1930s Hengfeng was the centre of the Northeastern Jiangxi Revolutionary Base Area
(later NEJX Soviet).
faith and Marxism
theory, who had the same prestige with Mao Zedong
at that time. Fang and Shao Shiping had successfully launched Yiyang-Hengfeng Uprising and built the Northeast Jiangxi Revolution Base
. But unfortunately he was captured by the Kuomintang
troops in Huaiyu Mountain, Yushan County, Jiangxi in his adult age in 1935 and killed in Nanchang in the same year. Lovely China he wrote in prison is his masterpiece and influenced a number of revolutionaries.
city, 3 to Hanzhou city, 4 to Shanghai
city.
Town once was the capital of The Northeast Jiangxi Revolution Base where quite a lot of relics remain, such as Red Square, Hospital, Post Office, The school of Workers Peasants & Warriors, and so on.
Shangrao
Shangrao is a medium-sized prefecture-level city located in the northeast of China's Jiangxi province. According to the 2010 Census, Shangrao has a population of 6,579,714 inhabitants....
city, Jiangxi
Jiangxi
' is a southern province in the People's Republic of China. Spanning from the banks of the Yangtze River in the north into hillier areas in the south, it shares a border with Anhui to the north, Zhejiang to the northeast, Fujian to the east, Guangdong to the south, Hunan to the west, and Hubei to...
Province, P.R.China. It is located in the middle part of Shangrao
Shangrao
Shangrao is a medium-sized prefecture-level city located in the northeast of China's Jiangxi province. According to the 2010 Census, Shangrao has a population of 6,579,714 inhabitants....
city, about 30 km from Shangrao Xinzhou District which is the locality of the municipality.
History
Hengfeng county was set up in Year 39 of the MingMing Dynasty
The Ming Dynasty, also Empire of the Great Ming, was the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty. The Ming, "one of the greatest eras of orderly government and social stability in human history", was the last dynasty in China ruled by ethnic...
Jiajing
Jiajing Emperor
The Jiajing Emperor was the 11th Ming Dynasty Emperor of China who ruled from 1521 to 1567. Born Zhu Houcong, he was the former Zhengde Emperor's cousin...
Reign (明嘉靖39年, 1560 AD) with the name Xing'an (兴安县). Its first mandarin was Chen Qingyun (陈庆云), who assumed his office that year.
In the Year 3 of the Republic of China
Republic of China
The Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor...
(民国3年，1914 AD), the name of the county was changed from Xing'an to the current name (in order to eliminate ambiguity with the like-named county
Xing'an County
Xing'an County is a county in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, under the administration of Guilin City. Its area is , with a population of 370000. The postal code is 541300.-External links:* at Xinhuanet...
in Guilin
Guilin
Guilin is a prefecture-level city in the northeast of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of far southern China, sitting on the west bank of the Li River. Its name means "forest of Sweet Osmanthus", owing to the large number of fragrant Sweet Osmanthus trees located in the city...
Municipality, GX
Guangxi
Guangxi, formerly romanized Kwangsi, is a province of southern China along its border with Vietnam. In 1958, it became the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China, a region with special privileges created specifically for the Zhuang people.Guangxi's location, in...
).
In the 1930s Hengfeng was the centre of the Northeastern Jiangxi Revolutionary Base Area
Northeastern Jiangxi Soviet
The North-eastern Jiangxi Soviet was a constituent part of the Chinese Soviet Republic . Any military threat it posed to the Nationalist Party-controlled Chinese State had been roundly neutered by an early 1931 campaign The North-eastern Jiangxi Soviet (赣东北苏维埃, Gandongbei Suweiai) was a...
(later NEJX Soviet).
Geography
The Hengfeng county's east-west distance is 28.3 km, and the north-south is 50.3 km. The total area is 655.24 square km by aircraft measure.The highest mountain is Mill-Dish Mountain(磨盘山) with its peak altitude 1366.6 meters. Xinjiang River,the main river across Shangrao city, lies in the county for 9.82 kilo-metres. Cengang River runs across the county. The county's intensity of river grid is 0.2 km/square km.Fang Zhimin (方志敏)
Fang, born 1900 in Yiyang County,Jiangxi Province,led revolution in Jiangxi with CommunismCommunism
Communism is a social, political and economic ideology that aims at the establishment of a classless, moneyless, revolutionary and stateless socialist society structured upon common ownership of the means of production...
faith and Marxism
Marxism
Marxism is an economic and sociopolitical worldview and method of socioeconomic inquiry that centers upon a materialist interpretation of history, a dialectical view of social change, and an analysis and critique of the development of capitalism. Marxism was pioneered in the early to mid 19th...
theory, who had the same prestige with Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong, also transliterated as Mao Tse-tung , and commonly referred to as Chairman Mao , was a Chinese Communist revolutionary, guerrilla warfare strategist, Marxist political philosopher, and leader of the Chinese Revolution...
at that time. Fang and Shao Shiping had successfully launched Yiyang-Hengfeng Uprising and built the Northeast Jiangxi Revolution Base
Northeastern Jiangxi Soviet
The North-eastern Jiangxi Soviet was a constituent part of the Chinese Soviet Republic . Any military threat it posed to the Nationalist Party-controlled Chinese State had been roundly neutered by an early 1931 campaign The North-eastern Jiangxi Soviet (赣东北苏维埃, Gandongbei Suweiai) was a...
. But unfortunately he was captured by the Kuomintang
Kuomintang
The Kuomintang of China , sometimes romanized as Guomindang via the Pinyin transcription system or GMD for short, and translated as the Chinese Nationalist Party is a founding and ruling political party of the Republic of China . Its guiding ideology is the Three Principles of the People, espoused...
troops in Huaiyu Mountain, Yushan County, Jiangxi in his adult age in 1935 and killed in Nanchang in the same year. Lovely China he wrote in prison is his masterpiece and influenced a number of revolutionaries.
Shao Shiping (邵式平)
Shao(1900--1965), born too in Yiyang County, was also reputed for the revolution. After the foundation of People's Republic of China in 1949, he was the initial province stadholder of Jiangxi. With Fang, Shao had successfully launched the Yiyang-Hengfeng Uprising and built the Northeast Jiangxi Revolution Base.Population
Until 2005,the population is about 200,000, most of which work in the primary industry.Transportation
The transportation is very convenient. No.320 National Road, No.311 Expressway (alias name is Hukun Expressway, or Liwen Expressway), Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway, Hengnan Railway make the county 2 hours to NanchangNanchang
Nanchang is the capital of Jiangxi Province in southeastern China. It is located in the north-central portion of the province. As it is bounded on the west by the Jiuling Mountains, and on the east by Poyang Lake, it is famous for its scenery, rich history and cultural sites...
city, 3 to Hanzhou city, 4 to Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
city.
Economy
Currently the local government concentrates on developing economy, mainly by building industry garden and offering good policies. Xin'an Industry Garden lies in the western part which is gradually expanding west to the boundary of its nearby county -Yiyang County.Sights
Cen Mountain lies in the north of Cenyang Town,which is the place of administration centre. In the mountain there are Cen Mountain Cave Temple and Tiantai Temple, both of which are buddhistic temples. There is a beautiful legend about Cen Mountain Cave. The daughter of the highest administrator of the county got blind caused by illness, and the administrator sought for all kinds of treatments to heal her but none had made sense. The local residents recommended him to use the fountain from the Cen Mountain Cave to wash her eyes. The miracle happened. The girl was able to see the world clearly again. The adiministrator was so very happy that he decided to build a temple to protect and commemorate the fountain, that is Cen Mountain Cave Temple.Resort
GeyuanGeyuan
Geyuan is a town in Hengfeng County, Shangrao municipality, JX.-Imperial:The meaning of the town's name is the headstream of kudzu ....
Town once was the capital of The Northeast Jiangxi Revolution Base where quite a lot of relics remain, such as Red Square, Hospital, Post Office, The school of Workers Peasants & Warriors, and so on.