Location
Located in the middle of Jiangsu province, Jiangyan is neighbored by Hai'an city and Dongtai city to the east. To the west, there are Hailing city and Gaogang districts of . Taixing city is situated to the south, while Xinghua city is to the north.
History
Jiangyan has a very long history. Formerly called Taixian , it was set as a county at the end of Western Han Dynasty. It has relics from Zhou Dynasty, Budda statue from Tang Dynasty, and a town from Qing Dynasty. In July 1994, it was changed from Taixian County to Jiangyan City, current name, and also established as a city status. Other names Jiangyan had are Hailu , Wuling , Taizhou over the years.
General had commanded the Battle of Huangqiao in Qujiang Tower, in downtown Jiangyan. Liu Jingting 、Huang Longshi , and Gao Ershi are among the well-known people from Jiangyan. The Qintong Boat Festival also has a long history since Ming Dynasty, and it is becoming an important tourist destination in the whole eastern China. The Baima Temple in Jiangyan is the birthplace of the of the People's Liberation Army.
Culture
There have been so many well-known people from Jiangyan in its long history. Yue Fei and Wen Tianxiang in Song dynasty have both stationed in Jiangyan to fight again the invaders. The Ming dynasty general, Tang Shunzhi had been fighting Japanese in Jiangyan until his died here. The philosophy and one of the founders of 'Taizhou clique', Wang Dong had been teaching in Jiangyan for decades, and his teaching place, Wanggong Temple is now preserved as a museum. The artist in Ming dynasty, Tang Zhique and his brother Tang Zhiyi , nephew Tang Riyin , so called 'Three Tangs' were from Jiangyan. The go chess master in Qing dynasty, Huang Longshi had leaded the game to the highest peak in the old times. Lu Fubao was the consule of Taiwan. Liu Guorong and Liu Guoqing brothers were the martial champain.
In the modern history, the artist master Mei Lanfang was born in Zhangmu town , and he had visited Jiangyan for many times. Following the call from Chairman Mao Zedong, nodern poet and calligrapher Gao Ershi had made a famous 'Lanting Argument' with Guo Moruo . According to a preliminary statistics, there are over 200 professors, 600 county-level officials, and 5 military Sergents originated from Jiangyan as of 2000.
Jiangyan also has made its special marks in the history of modern China. The first Soviet base in northern Jiangsu was founded in Jiangyan by No 14 red army. The Chinese navy was also born in Jiangyan . The headquarter of Battle of Huangqiao, one of the major battles in the civil war between Kuomingtang and Communist Armies, was in Jiangyan Qujianglou .
Jiang Zefeng , a sister of Jiang Zemin, is also living in Jiangyan. Hu Jintao(胡锦涛）], the current president of China is also born and raised in Jiangyan.
Jiangyan has also actively engaged in a campaign to modernise the city by new technology and intense education. During 1992 and 1997, there are as many as 180 innovations and 155 new technologies were awarded and more than 70 patents were assigned. Jiangyan has been in Top 100 Counties since 1995.
Five townships were named Advanced Folk-cultural in 1997 by Jiangsu province. Many culture centers, libraries have been founded, and the Qintong Boat Festival is more and more famous and has become a big tourist attraction. Numous people have had access to cable TV and internet. Jiangyan has the tallest TV tower in the whole northern Jiangsu.
Transportation
The Nanjing-Jinjiang-Yancheng Highway passes through from south to north and National Highway 328 goes from west to east. All the townships are connected by well paved ways. The old and new Yangzhou Canal, Zhonggan river, Jiangyan-Qintong river, and east and west Jiangyan-Huangqiao rivers provide a very good river transportation system. It takes few than 3 hours to Nanjing or Shanghai. Out of the total 1044 km? area, large amount of them are low swamps, and the water area measures about 15%.
The routes to get to Jiangyan includes:
Take buses from Shanghai or Nanjing through or Nanjing-Jinjiang-Yancheng Highway.
Take trains from Beijing through Xinyi-Changxing Railway or Nanjing through Nanjing-Qidong Railway .
Townships
In 1990, Heheng village in Shengao town, Jiangyan city was awarded Global 500 Roll of Honor by the United Nations Environment Programme because of its success in protecting the environment while increasing the grain yield and its wide use of marsh biogas ponds.
Notable people
Hu Jintao, the President of the People's Republic of China.
Mei Lanfang, a legend of modern Beijing Opera.
Tourism
Qintong Boat Festival
Qintong Boat Festival is held in Qingming Festival every year. During the festival boats from nearby villages and towns converge in Xique lake for a few days of rejoicing. Theatrical performances, dragon and lion dances, and other folk dances are staged right on board the boats. The whole festival was highlighted by the unique boating racing by using the long poles instead of paddles.
The whole events now are used by the city government as a platform to attract tourists and foreign investiments.
Xique Lake
The lake located in Qintong town, 15 km north of Jiangyan city. The water was composed of Nanhu , Xique , and Beihu . It is part of Qintong Swamp. There are 7 districts: 溱潼风貌园区、溱东居住园区、江苏旅游产品生产基地、溱湖贸易园区、喜鹊湖度假区、麋鹿故乡园区、生态
农业园区, 1 belt: 湖绿带与景路, and 1 center: 溱湖旅游接待服务中心.
Père David's Deer Reserve
Jiangyan is one of the few hometowns to Père David's Deers, and Jiangyan Père David's Deer Reserve is the biggest one outside of Dafeng . Located in the north of the industrial park, the reserve has an area of 72 acres, including 52 acres of forests and 12 acres of waterfront. There are two main parts, a fenced area and an open area for the deers. There is also an exhibit room for the systematic introduction of the deers.
Shoushen Temple
Heheng Agriculture Scenic Tour
Museums
*Hu Jintao Birthplace Museum, Jiangyan
*Gao Ershi Museum, Jiangyan
*Baima Temple, Chinese Army Navy Birthplace Museum
Schools
There are 233 kindergartens, 280 primary schools, 50 middle schools, and 2 provincial special high schools. Jiangyan High School was named model high school and promoted to provincial run schools.
Jiangyan High School
Jiangyan No. 2 High School（姜堰二中）
Jiangyan Qintong High School
Shengao Career Training School（沈高职业中学）
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