Yanling County () is a county in the central part of

Henan Henan; alternatively Honan is a province in Central China. Henan is home to many heritage sites, including Yinxu, the ruins of the final capital of the Shang dynasty () and the Shaolin Temple. Four of the historical capitals of China, Lu ...

province, China. It is the easternmost

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of the

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Xuchang Xuchang ( zh, s=, t= ; postal: Hsuchang) is a prefecture-level city in central Henan province in Central China. It is bordered by the provincial capital of Zhengzhou to the northwest, Kaifeng to the northeast, Zhoukou to the east, Luohe ...

History

Human habitation of the area began around 6000 BC. In the early

Zhou dynasty The Zhou dynasty ( ) was a royal dynasty of China that existed for 789 years from until 256 BC, the longest span of any dynasty in Chinese history. During the Western Zhou period (771 BC), the royal house, surnamed Ji, had military ...

, the area became the state of Yan (). In the

Eastern Zhou dynasty The Eastern Zhou (256 BCE) is a period in Chinese history comprising the latter two-thirds of the Zhou dynasty. The period follows the Western Zhou era and is named due to the Zhou royal court relocating the capital eastward from Fenghao ...

, the area became known as ''Yan Yi'' () after the destruction of the state of Yan under Duke Wu of Zheng () in the early part of the reign of

King Ping of Zhou King Ping of Zhou (; died 16 April 720 BC), personal name Ji Yijiu, was the thirteenth king of China's Zhou dynasty and the first of the Eastern Zhou dynasty. Sima Qian. '' Records of the Grand Historian'', "Zhou Dynasty Annals". History He was ...

(after 770 BC). In the fifth month of 722 BC, Duke Zhuang of Zheng defeated his younger brother Gongshu Duan () north of present-day Yanling County. The famous Battle of Yanling (575 BC) took place in Yanling County. Yanling County was established during the

Western Han The Han dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China (202 BC9 AD, 25–220 AD) established by Liu Bang and ruled by the House of Liu. The dynasty was preceded by the short-lived Qin dynasty (221–206 BC) and a warring int ...

dynasty in the year 201 BC. In 2014, six men in Yanling County were fined 2,000 yuan each for their roles in catching 1,689 wild

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s in Zhangqiao.

Administrative divisions

The county is made up of twelve

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: Towns: *

Anling Xianyang ( zh, s=咸阳 , p=Xiányáng) is a prefecture-level city in central Shaanxi province, situated on the Wei River a few kilometers upstream (west) from the provincial capital of Xi'an. Once the capital of the Qin dynasty, it is now int ...

(), Malan (Ma-lan-chen; ), Bailiang (), Chenhuadian (), Wangtian (), Zhangqiao (Chang-ch'iao; , formerly ), Nanwu (, formerly ), Taocheng (T'ao-ch'eng; , formerly ), Zhile (, formerly ), Dama (, formerly ), Pengdian (P'eng-tien; , formerly ), Mafang (, formerly )

Climate

Economy

The county's primary agricultural products include wheat, beans, sweet potatoes, cotton and tobacco among others. The county is known for growing flowers which began during the

Tang dynasty The Tang dynasty (, ; zh, c=唐朝), or the Tang Empire, was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907, with an Wu Zhou, interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed ...

and flourished during the

Song dynasty The Song dynasty ( ) was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 960 to 1279. The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song, who usurped the throne of the Later Zhou dynasty and went on to conquer the rest of the Fiv ...

. The county is therefore known as 'Flower County' (, or also and ). Industries in the county include machinery manufacturing, fertilizer, concrete and wine making among others. In 2017, the value of the county's output in the flower and plant industry reached 7.1 billion yuan (1.03 billion U.S. dollars).

Demographics

The population of the county decreased between the 2000 census and 2010 census.

Transportation

* China National Highway 311

People from Yanling County

* Lü Debin (1953–2005), executed politician

References

External links

《生財有道》河南鄢陵：花木興百業興 20190925 CCTV財經
('Shengcai Youdao - Henan Yanling: Flowers in Bloom, Strong Economy 25 Sept 2019

CCTV-2 CCTV-2 is a Chinese free-to-air television channel operated by China Central Television in the People's Republic of China. The channel broadcasts programs on the business news, economic information, stock market data, business and industry economi ...

') {{authority control County-level divisions of Henan Xuchang