Introduction to Runan County
Overview of Runan
Runan belonged to Yuzhou in ancient times. Yuzhou is one of the nine continents. Runan also lives in Yuzhou, so it is called "Tianzhong". It has a history of more than 2700 years since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. From the Qin and Han dynasties down to the Ming and Qing dynasties, Runan has always been a place of prefectures, prefectures, armies and government offices, where all directions converge. It now governs 7 towns, 13 townships, 281 village (neighborhood) committees, with a total population of 780000 and a total area of 1470 square kilometers.
Runan is located in the transitional zone between the northern subtropical zone and the warm temperate zone. It has four distinct seasons, mild climate, beautiful scenery, rich resources and superior location. It is adjacent to Beijing Guangzhou Railway, National Highway 107 and Beijing Zhuhai Expressway in the west, and the two provincial roads Zhumadian Xincai and Kaigong (Kaifeng Gongjiapeng) meet the county seat, forming a transportation framework with a big "cross", forming a unique geographical advantage connecting the south to the north and the east to the west. After years of development, local railways cross the whole territory, and county and township roads are intertwined in all directions. All 20 villages and towns in the county have access to domestic and international direct dial telephones, and mobile communication and national networking. The total power capacity of the county is 104.7 million kilowatts, with sufficient energy.
Runan, known as the "land of grain, oil and fish" in southern Henan, has been identified by the state as a grain production base county, an oil production base county, a pig foreign trade export base county, a high-quality wheat base county, and a comprehensive agricultural development county. It has successively won the titles of "National Advanced Plain Greening County", "National Top 100 Oil Production County", "National Advanced Culture County", "National Advanced Science and Technology Work County" "National Model County of Villagers' Autonomy", "National Cooperation County of Greenhouse Technology Promotion" and other titles. The quality and export volume of lean pork ranks among the top counties and cities in the country. The county has an area suitable for fishing of 183000 mu, and is rated as "Top Ten County of Fishery Production in Henan Province". The vegetable area in Runan exceeds 300000 mu, and there are more than 25000 solar greenhouses. Runan Vegetable Wholesale Market is a designated market by the Ministry of Agriculture, with an annual turnover of more than 800 million yuan and a radiation radius of more than 500 kilometers. Runan's industry started early, with nearly 200 enterprises of all kinds, 14735 township enterprises, and more than 2000 kinds of main products. Among them, more than 20 products have won the provincial and ministerial quality product awards, 35 achievements have won the provincial and ministerial science and technology achievement awards, and 11 projects have won national patents. Runan is active and developed in commerce and trade. The foreign trade supply of the whole county has reached more than 400 million yuan. Its export products mainly include more than 200 varieties of grain, food, light industry, craft, textile, machinery, native products, livestock products, vegetables, etc., which are exported to more than 30 countries and regions in the United States, Japan, Southeast Asia, etc.
Runan has a splendid culture and a wide range of cultural relics. There are more than 280 cultural sites. The natural scenery and cultural landscape complement each other. It has been approved by the State Council as a county open to the outside world and identified by the provincial government as a famous historical and cultural city. Here is the largest plain artificial reservoir in the country - Suya Lake, with blue waves and picturesque scenery; There is the largest temple in Asia - Nanhai Temple, with magnificent Baosha Temple and splendid Linggong Temple; There is the smallest mountain in the world - Tianshan Mountain. The mountain is not high, but it is the most landmark in the world. It is also the geographical center of ancient China and the place to check the time; It is also the birthplace of the world famous love legend - the Butterfly Lovers' Story, which is lingering and sorrowful and has a long history; There is also the inscription of "Tian Zhong Shan" written by Yan Zhenqing, a great calligrapher of the Tang Dynasty.
Planting plane trees, we sincerely invite Phoenix to come. The Party Committee and the People's Government of Runan County led the people of the county to vigorously promote all-round opening up, and in line with the principle of "complementary advantages, mutual benefit, common development and win-win", warmly welcome new friends and old friends at home and abroad to visit Runan, invest and start business, and work together to create a new glory in the world.
Tourism resources
Runan is a famous historical and cultural city with rich tourism resources. The most famous legends are "two big and one small" (Nanhai Temple, the largest temple in Southeast Asia, Suya Lake, the largest plain artificial lake in China, Tianshan Mountain, the smallest mountain in the world, the legend of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, and the legend of Dong Yong and the Seven Fairies). The old Ru River Road encircles more than half of the county seat. Through this well preserved old Ru River Road, the scenic spots such as Suya Lake, Tianshan Mountain, Beichengmen, Houlong Pavilion, Kaiyuan Temple, Hongji Bridge, Jimin Bridge, Nanhai Temple, Zhunti Tower, and Wuying Tower are connected, forming a unique tourism sight belt.
1、 Liang Zhu's hometown
The hometown of Liang Zhu is the place where the love story between Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai takes place. It is located in Ma Township, Runan. There are Liangzhu Tomb, Liangzhuang, Zhuzhuang, Mazhuang, Hongluoshan Academy, Yuanyang Pool, the 18 mile old way to see you off, Caoqiao (Caoqiao), and Zou Tong Tomb, the burial place of Liangzhu Master. It is said that during the Western Jin Dynasty, Liang Shanbo, a young student, left his home to study, and met Zhu Yingtai, a student dressed as a man. The two felt like old friends at first sight and shared the same interests, so they became brothers at Caoqiao and later went to Hongluoshan Academy together. In the Academy, two people get along day and night, and their feelings grow deeper and deeper. Three years later, Yingtai returned home, and Shanbo sent him off 18 miles away. Shanbo took the butterfly jade fan left by Yingtai and fell down to the Zhu family after being instructed by his Shimu. He was refused to propose marriage. When he returned home, he became very sad and angry. He died of illness. Yingtai is devastated to hear that Shanbo died for herself. Soon, the Ma family came to meet the bride, and Yingtai was forced to take the sedan chair in anger. When she came to Shanbo Tomb, Yingtai insisted on getting out of the sedan chair and crying for the dead. She died of excessive grief and was later buried on the east side of Shanbo Tomb. For more than a thousand years, the love story of the Butterfly Lovers has been handed down for a long time. This oriental version of Romeo and Juliet has been publicized by many literary works as a classic love theme. The violin concerto "Butterfly Lovers" can be described as the immortal music of the world. It is a masterpiece from time to time. It sounds impressive and has been famous at home and abroad for many years. The local operas, folk tunes, storytelling passages, paper-cut, paintings and folk customs spread widely based on this story. On New Year's Day, local people will burn incense and paper at the Tomb of Liang Zhu and hold various cultural and recreational activities to commemorate it.
In 1997, the "Literature and Art Collection" column of CCTV also reported in detail the hometown of Liang Zhu under the title of "Singing out of the Central Plains through the ages". Zhou Tao, the famous host of the TV program, and Zhang Li, the host of the Military World program, came here to interview.
2、 Tianzhongshan and Tianzhong Cultural Ecological Park
Tianzhong Mountain, also known as Tiantai Mountain, was originally a round hill, covering an area of about 540 square meters, 3.6 meters high, and located two kilometers north of Runan County. According to historical records, "Yu divided the world into nine states, Henan into nine states, and you into Yuzhou, so it's called Tianzhong". Another saying is that there was no clock in ancient times, and the hours of the day can only be calculated by the changes of the sun shadow. According to the old annals of Runan, "since ancient times, the sun shadow has been measured and taken as positive, so earth and stone have been built to record it". So Runan is called Tianzhong.
The name of "Tian Zhongshan" has been officially recorded in historical records since the Tang Dynasty, because Yan Zhenqing wrote the inscription of "Tian Zhongshan" in person. According to historical records, Li Xilie, the envoy of Huaixi, rebelled against the Tang Dynasty in the third year of Emperor Dezong's Jianzhong period (782 AD). In the fourth year of Jianzhong (A.D. 783), the imperial court sent Yan Zhenqing, a loyal, brave, upright and famous official of the three dynasties, to Xuchang to comfort Li Xilie's department. Just before the announcement was made, Li Xilie's relatives and foster sons were more than a thousand people, holding steel knives, surrounded Yan Zhenqing, murderous and shouting abuse. Yan Zhenqing didn't change his face and didn't step back. Li Xilie then dismissed the crowd, treated Yan with courtesy, promised high officials and high salaries, and rebelled against the imperial court. Yan Zhenqing refused to obey until his death. Later, he sent him to Caizhou (now Runan City). Now the big characters on the Tianzhongshan Stele were written by Yan Zhenqing when he was in Runan. After the pacification of Huaixi, people built the "Yan Lu Gong Temple" in Runan in memory of Yan Zhenqing. Tianzhongshan is famous all over the world because Yan Zhenqing wrote the inscription of "Tianzhongshan" in person, and it has become a place for officials and literati to pay homage to and visit.
Tianzhongshan Ecological Culture Park is a beautiful scenic spot integrating leisure, entertainment and vacation. It was developed and constructed in 2002 and covers an area of more than 500 mu. The Tianzhongshan Cultural Ecological Park takes Tianzhongshan as the carrier, takes auspicious culture as the theme, takes Tianzhong culture as the content, takes the old Ru River as the center, connects with Suya Lake in the west, and connects with the new flood discharge canal in the south, forming a water tourism development belt with Tianzhong ecological (natural ecology and social cultural ecology) culture as the content. The scenic spot is mainly divided into three parts: the first is the dome area of Tianshan Mountain, which includes the Tianshan Mountain, dome, sculpture and Tianzhong Pavilion; The second is the Tianzhongshan Cultural Park, which is composed of Tianzhongshan Square, 12 zodiac sculpture columns, Tianzhong Cultural Sculpture Wall, Longxing Temple, Liangzhu Garden, Duck Pond, Sun Moon Lake and other scenic spots; The third is the viewing area of the Tianzhong Tower, which includes the Tianzhong Tower, the gate of the park, the Tianzhong Museum, the memorial archways, the small golden water bridge, etc. According to the overall tourism planning of Zhumadian City, the Runan County Government started the comprehensive development of the Tianzhongshan Cultural Park at the end of 2001. At present, the development and construction are progressing smoothly. We sincerely hope that people with lofty ideals will come to invest and start their business.
3、 Nanhai Temple
Nanhai Temple, located in the southeast of Runan County, covers an area of 300 mu, with a total construction area of 50000 square meters. It was self funded by the world famous monk Mingcheng, and began to be restored in 1992. It mainly uses temple buildings and reliefs as carriers to show the connotation of Buddhist culture. At present, the main project has been completed, which has the embryonic form of the largest Buddhist temple in the world.
Nanhai Temple is built on the beach of Ru River. The overall plane layout is in the shape of "Shi". The surrounding wall is a brick concrete structure with a height of 3 meters and a length of more than 5300 meters. In front of the temple gate is the three hall gate. Two Vajras are enshrined on both sides of the temple as the two generals of "Hum Ha". The south of the temple is the hall building area centered on the Great Hall. The main hall has a building area of 5274.30 square meters and a height of 36 meters. It is a three storey double eave hall. Inside, there is a 17 meter high, 72 ton gilded bronze seated statue. In front of the hall is a 1200 square meter square. In front of the Mahavira Hall is the Temple of Heavenly Kings, with a building area of 333.16 square meters and a height of 15 meters. There are four King Kong statues and eight strange painted clay statues in the hall. Later is the Guanyin Hall, with a building area of 2170.8 square meters. In the hall, there is only one 14m high gold seated statue of Guanyin in both front and back sides carved from camphor wood. There are Manjusri and Samantabhadra Hall on the left and right. The two halls have a building area of 1520 square meters and a height of 21 meters. In the hall, there is a gilded bronze statue of Manjusri and Samantabhadra, which is 9 meters high and weighs 12 tons. In front of the left and right sides of the Mahavira Hall are the Bell Tower and Drum Tower, with a building area of 626 square meters and a height of 36 meters. It is a two-story double eaves pavilion style building. In the north of the temple, there are twelve memorial archways and the ancillary buildings of the mountain gate. The Twelve Memorial Archway is 7.6 meters high and 8 meters wide. It is located on a 500 meter long corridor. The gate is located in the north of the Twelve Archways. It is the north gate of the Nanhai Temple. It is 32 meters high and 50 meters wide. The Century Peace Bell Tower is located in the northeast side of the temple, with a building area of 772.84 square meters and a height of 34.6 meters. It is a three storey wing turret style building, and the Century Peace Bell, which is 7 meters high, 6 meters in diameter and weighs 21 tons, is suspended indoors. On the north side of the clock tower is the White Saint Memorial Garden. The upper lobby is a rectangular enclosed building group, with more than 20 rooms on three floors. There is a free living pool in which goldfish are raised, rockeries and a nine curve stone bridge are built.
The White Saint's Relic Garden covers an area of more than 10 mu. The White Saint's Relic Tower is built in the middle of the garden, with a height of 15.5 meters. It is a scripture building. There are paths paved with clear stones in the park, and flowers, trees, etc. are planted on both sides of the path. In the west of the temple, there is Kaishan Hall, a two-story pavilion style building. In front of the gate, there is a "Buddha" garden composed of golden cypresses.
Xiaonanhai was built in the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, repaired several times, and demolished before liberation. Since 1992, Master Mingcheng has invested 200 million yuan to repair Xiaonanhai and build the Nanhai Temple. Nanhai Temple is the largest temple in Asia at present.
4、 Suya Lake
Suya Lake Reservoir, located 8 kilometers west of Runan County, was built in 1958. It is currently the largest plain artificial reservoir with the longest dike in China, and has the reputation of "artificial Dongting". The total length of the north and south earth dams on the east bank of the reservoir is 35 kilometers, the widest part of the lake is 15 kilometers, the controlled drainage area is 4715 square kilometers, the reservoir area is 239 square kilometers, the reservoir area covers 350000 mu, and the storage capacity is 820 million cubic meters. There are 60000 mu of forest vegetation and 10000 mu of reed marshes on the west bank of the lake. There are tens of thousands of green willows on the dam embankment around the lake. Jiangnan is not better than Jiangnan. It has been declared as a provincial wetland nature reserve.
5、 Houlong Pavilion
Houlong Pavilion is located in Longting Street, Runan County. It was rebuilt in the Qing Dynasty. Chongfan King of the Ming Dynasty built a pavilion on the former site of the Jinhang Palace, called Houlong Pavilion. The building is 2 meters high, 10 meters wide and 3 meters high. It was the former site of Jinaizong Palace. At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, most of the buildings were destroyed by the army, except for the Dragon Pavilion. It was also burned by soldiers before and after the Anti Japanese War. It was rebuilt on the old site in 1986. It is a reinforced concrete structure with an area of 200 square meters.
6、 Quasi lift building
Zhunti Building is located in the garden school of Runan County. It is five rooms wide and three rooms deep. It is a single eaved building with nine ridges. It is 18 meters long and 10 meters high. Its top is covered with green glazed tiles. Indoor front and rear single step beam, four columns, bucket arch. The eaves column is 4.5 meters high, the column head is a lip, the column stem is a stone drum type, and the forehead is decorated with wood carvings. A treasure vase is decorated in the middle of the ridge, with big kisses at both ends. Each row of tiles on the eaves are decorated with 218 glazed figures, which are vivid and lifelike. The building is built on the second level platform with a height of 5 meters. The front of the building is 8 meters wide, and the platform is the same length as the temple surface. The front of the platform is a step that can be stepped up. The building is located on two levels of platform, so it looks grand, tall, simple and spectacular. According to the Records of Ruyang County, the building was built in the 24th year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, and Chongzhuang, the magistrate of Runan County, was dedicated to praying for rain. Near Zhun Dilou, there are also Dengying Stone, Guanyin Pavilion, Nanhu Academy and the famous Xiaonanhai.
7、 North Gate
The north gate is the north gate of Runing City in the Ming Dynasty, which is located in the north of Runan County. In the first year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, three gates were built: the east gate, the west gate and the south gate. In the eighth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, the north gate was added, which was named Beigong. The city gate is 7.5m high, with brick arches. The north depends on your water, relying on natural shielding. In the 20th year of Chenghua, an urn gate was added to form an urn city with the east and west walls. The Wengmen is 38 meters deep from north to south, 4.4 meters wide from east to west, and 4.1 meters high inside. The top brick arch is built.
A heavy building is built on the city gate, and troops are stationed to guard it. In the ninth year of Zhengde, the third year of Longqing, the eighteenth year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty, the first year of Kangxi, and the seventh year of Yongzheng, they were reinforced for many times due to military chaos. In 1941, the Kuomintang army forced the city wall and gate, leaving only the North Weng Gate. In 1986, the North Gate was rebuilt, and two gold characters "North Arch" were carved on it, which made it magnificent.
8、 Shadowless tower
The Shadowless Tower is located in the south of Runan County. It was built by Monk Wu Ying of the Tang Dynasty, also known as "Wu Ying Tower". The gate of the tower faces south, in a single-sided hexagonal shape, and the tower is 26 meters high. It is a single pavilion style brick tower. The whole tower body is made of 35 cm long, 16.5 cm wide, and 5.5 cm thick specially made black bricks lying horizontally. Lime slurry sticks to the wall surface, and yellow mud sticks to the brick joints. The bottom layer of the tower body is large, and it decreases from layer to layer, making the outer corridor of the whole tower body a parabola. The base of the tower body is a single layer Xumizuo, and the waist part of the seat is separated by transverse columns, On the brick surface between the horizontal columns, there are a pair of goats, two boys, lotus, peony, wintersweet, cinnamon and other flower patterns and bonsai. On Xumizuo, five pavilions are set as the dou arch, on which there are several rooms for lifting eaves and architraves, and under the eaves of the tower, there are five pavilions of brick imitation wood structure, which are made of double copied dou arch, and the tower body has nine floors. In 1984, when the antler was repaired, a stone inscription with a length of 0.45 meters, a width of 0.28 meters, and a thickness of 0.08 meters was found in the middle of the eighth floor, inscribed with the words "Chongfan Shicai Rebuilding Pagoda in the First Year of Longqing".
9、 Kaiyuan Temple
Kaiyuan Temple, located in Chengdong Street, Runan County, was built in the Tang Dynasty. It was rebuilt and renovated in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It was destroyed in the war in the Republic of China. Now only the front hall and the back hall remain, towering, still a masterpiece of ancient architecture in southern Henan. The front hall is built on a platform with a height of 10 meters. The platform extends 54 square meters forward, in an arc shape. There are five steps, and you can pick up the foundation and sacrifice it. The front of the hall is five rooms wide, 15.60 meters long, three rooms deep, 9.8 meters wide, and 10 meters high. It is a five ridge hard mountain style. The top is covered with green glazed tiles, and the beams are framed with seven paths of sandalwood. The front porch is supplemented in the ming room, and there are ear rooms at both ends. The front architrave is decorated with transparent wood carvings and nine bucket arches. The rear hall was built on the flat ground, five rooms wide, three rooms deep, and 11 meters high. It is a five ridge hard book style, covered with small green tiles, with beams and seven paths of sandalwood, front and back single step beams, three front porch style rooms in the middle, two ear rooms, no ridge decorations, no bucket arches, and the architrave is also decorated with transparent wood carvings. In 1984, the county government invested to repair velvet.
