Jiangyan District () is one of three urban districts of the city of Taizhou,

Jiangsu Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its ca ...

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, having been, until December 2012, a

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. Jiangyan is noted for being the birthplace of the former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Hu Jintao.

History

Formerly called Taixian or Taihsien (), Jiangyan was a county by the end of the Western Han Dynasty. It has relics from the

Zhou Dynasty The Zhou dynasty ( ; Old Chinese ( B&S): *''tiw'') was a royal dynasty of China that followed the Shang dynasty. Having lasted 789 years, the Zhou dynasty was the longest dynastic regime in Chinese history. The military control of China by ...

and a Buddha statue from the

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. It was a town in the

Qing Dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-spea ...

Jiangyan has previously also been called Hailu (), Wuling (), and Taizhou (). In July 1994, the name was changed to Jiangyan and city status obtained. The Qintong Boat Festival () has a long history going back to the

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, and is growing in importance as a tourist destination in eastern China. The Baima Temple (, meaning white horse temple) in Jiangyan (now in Taizhou) is the birthplace of the

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of the People's Liberation Army. The first Soviet base in northern Jiangsu was founded in Jiangyan by the No. 14 Red Army. Jiangyan has been working to modernize the district through enhanced education and technology opportunities. Many technologies have been developed in Jiangyan, and more than 70 patents have been registered. Jiangyan has been among the "Top 100 most economically competitive counties in China" since 1995. In 1990, Jiangyan was awarded the Global 500 Roll of Honor by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) for its success in protecting the environment and increasing grain yield through wide use of marsh biogas ponds.

Geography

Located in the center of

province, Jiangyan is bordered on the east by

Hai'an Hai'an () is a county-level city under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Nantong, in eastern Jiangsu Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an eastern coastal province of ...

and

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. To the west lie the districts of Hailing and Gaogang.

Taixing Taixing () is a county-level city under the administration of Taizhou, Jiangsu province, China. It is located in the Yangtze River Delta, bordering the prefecture-level cities of Nantong to the east, Changzhou to the southwest, and Zhenjiang to th ...

is to the south and Xinghua to the north.

Climate

Transportation

The Nanjing-Jinjiang-Yancheng Highway runs north–south through the district, and National Highway 328 runs east–west. Water transportation is by the Yangzhou Canal and by the Zhonggan, Jiangyan-Qintong and Jiangyan-Huangqiao rivers. There is bus service to Jiangyan from

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via National Highway 328 and the Nanjing-Jinjiang-Yancheng Highway. By road,

can be reached from Jiangyan in under three hours. Jiangyan's railway station, located north of the town, has both ordinary trains (K/Z), on long-distance routes, and modern, faster D-trains running from Nantong, Hai'an, Taizhou, Yangzhou, and Nanjing and since the Hutong Yangtze River bridge opened in 2020, through to Shanghai in around 90 minutes.

Administrative divisions

Jiangyan District is divided into 15 towns: *

Jiangyan Jiangyan District () is one of three urban districts of the city of Taizhou, Jiangsu province, having been, until December 2012, a county-level city. Jiangyan is noted for being the birthplace of the former General Secretary of the Chinese Co ...

() * Qintong () * Jiangduo () * Gugao () * Dalun () *

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() * Liangxu () * Qiaotou () *

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() * Baimi () * Leizhuang () *

Shengao Shengao () is a town in Jiangyan District, Taizhou, south-central Jiangsu province, China. It is called the ''hometown of fish and rice'' because of the high quality of the fish and rice production in the town. It is among the first of the open ...

() *

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() * Yuduo () * Huagang ()

Demographics

there were 251,200 households in Jiangyan and the population was 735,800, of which 366,300 are female, accounting for 49.8% of the total population. In recent years, Jiangyan has been experiencing a loss of population from job loss and a declining birth rate. In 2019, there were 4,180 births (for a birth rate of 6.4‰) and 6,319 deaths (death rate of 8.9‰). The resident population at the end of 2019 was 692,600, with 65.1% of them living in the city.

Education

Jiangyan district has 44 kindergartens, 29 primary schools, 15 secondary schools, and 5 high schools. Jiangyan High School and Jiangyan Secondary High School were named as model high schools and promoted to be provincial high schools. There are 86,388 students, including 15,543 in kindergartens, 33,270 in primary schools, 20,069 in secondary schools, 12,425 in high schools, 4,922 in professional schools, and 159 in special education schoole. 98% of school-age children attend schools.

Economics

In 2019, the

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of Jiangyan grew by 6.6% to 66,972 million CNY (around 9.7 billion

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); per capita GDP was 96,752 CNY ($14,000). Primary industry grew by 2.2%, to 4.9 billion CNY; secondary industry grew by 5.9%, to 31.7 billion CNY; and tertiary industry grew 8.2% to 30.4 billion CNY. The relative sizes of the three sectors was 7.3:47.3:45.4. For two consecutive years, Jiangyan has been named among the "Best 100 districts in China", in terms of comprehensive strength, investment potential, urbanization quality, green development, and technology innovation.

Tourism

Qintong Boat Festival

The Qintong Boat Festival is held every year in Qingming, around April 4–6. During the festival, boats from nearby villages and towns converge on Xique lake for a few days of celebration. Theatrical performances, dragon and lion dances, and other folk dances are held on the boats. A highlight of the festival is the racing of boats using long poles instead of paddles. The boat festival is an important tourist attraction and attracts foreign investment to the area.

Xique Lake

Xique Lake is located in Qintong, north of Jiangyan, and makes up part of the Qintong Swamp.

Museums

* Gao Ershi Museum, Jiangyan

Notable people

Jiangyan is known for a number of notable people: * General

Chen Yi Chen Yi may refer to: * Xuanzang (602–664), born as Chen Yi, Chinese Buddhist monk in Tang Dynasty * Chen Yi (Kuomintang) Chen Yi (; courtesy names Gongxia (公俠) and later Gongqia (公洽), sobriquet Tuisu (退素); May 3, 1883 – June ...

commanded the Battle of Huangqiao in Qujiang Tower, in downtown Jiangyan. *

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general Tang Shunzhi () fought the Japanese

wokou ''Wokou'' (; Japanese: ''Wakō''; Korean: 왜구 ''Waegu''), which literally translates to "Japanese pirates" or "dwarf pirates", were pirates who raided the coastlines of China and Korea from the 13th century to the 16th century.

in Jiangyan. *

Yue Fei Yue Fei ( zh, t=岳飛; March 24, 1103 – January 28, 1142), courtesy name Pengju (), was a Chinese military general who lived during the Southern Song dynasty and a national hero of China, known for leading Southern Song forces in the wa ...

() and

Wen Tianxiang Wen Tianxiang (; June 6, 1236 – January 9, 1283), noble title Duke of Xin (), was a Chinese poet and politician in the last years of the Southern Song dynasty. For his resistance to Kublai Khan's invasion of the Southern Song dynasty, and for ...

() were both stationed in Jiangyan to fight against the Jin and Mongol invaders during the

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. * Wang Dong (), one of the founders of the 'Taizhou clique' philosophy, taught in Jiangyan for decades in the Wanggong Temple (""). The temple is now preserved as a museum. * Liu Jingting () was Master of Yangzhou Pingtan, a form of traditional Chinese opera. * The artist Tang Zhique (), along with his brother Tang Zhiyi () and nephew Tang Riyin (), the so-called 'Three Tangs', were from Jiangyan during the

. * Huang Longshi () was a Master of go in the

. * Gao Ershi () was a calligrapher in modern times. * Lu Fubao () was the consul of Taiwan. * Hu Jintao (), the former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, was born in Jiangyan. * Cao Jun (), artist currently living in the

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References

External links

Official website of Jiangyan, JiangsuJiangyan English guide
(Jiangsu.NET)
Official website of Qintong Boat Festival
{{authority control County-level divisions of Jiangsu Taizhou, Jiangsu