Where is my hometown? Luohe City (Henan)

Origin of the place name:

Luohe City is adjacent to Shahe River in the north, and a nearby river is called Luohe Bay, which is why Luohe River got its name.

Historical evolution:

In the early Neolithic Age, humans had already settled here.

The engraved symbols discovered at the Jiahu site have a history of more than 8,000 years, advancing the history of world writing by more than 4,000 years; the unearthed national treasure seven-tone bone flute advances the history of world music culture It has advanced for more than 3,000 years; the wine-making relics at the Jiahu site have pushed the world's wine-making history forward for more than 3,000 years; the excavated carbonized rice and stone grinding discs, grinding rods, stone shovels and other physical objects indicate that the earliest artificial people were here 8,000 years ago. Cultivated rice.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, the world-famous Zhaoling League took place here; Confucius also gave lectures at the Incarnation Platform here.

Xu Shen, a famous Confucian scholar and philologist in the Eastern Han Dynasty, was born here. The "Shuowen Jiezi" compiled by him is the earliest dictionary in China and even the world, and is known as the "Master of Chinese Characters" and " The word sage". The historical evidence of Cao Pi's usurpation of the Han Dynasty, the "Shou Zen Platform" and the "Sanjue Stele" also stand here; 20 years earlier than the Zhaozhou Bridge, the earliest existing stone arch bridge known as the "No. 1 Bridge in the World" - Small Shang in the Sui Dynasty The bridge is still standing.

The great victory of Yancheng led by the famous Southern Song Dynasty general Yue Fei also took place in this land.

During the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the small town of Luohe took shape. Because it is adjacent to Yinshui (now Shahe River), it is called Yinyang City.

Qin and Han Dynasties were under the jurisdiction of Zhaoling County.

During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Yinyang City was renamed Qiluo City.

In the Sui Dynasty, the administrative divisions since the Han Dynasty were changed from three levels of state, county and county to two levels of state and county, and Nan Yingchuan County was cancelled. During the Daye period of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, Zhaoling County was merged into Yancheng County. Qiluo City was renamed Yincheng because it was close to Yinshui. Yinshui was also called Yinshui, and the city was named after the water.

In the Yuan Dynasty, Shangkou Town was renamed Luowanhe Town because the bay where the Shali River met was shaped like a conch.

In the third year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty (AD 1524), a Jinshi from Dingtao, Shandong Province, moved to Yancheng County and was appointed magistrate. He thought that the word "Luo" was used in a place name and was indecent, so he changed "Luo" to "毯".

In 1906, the Beijing-Hankou Railway was opened to traffic and stations were set up, gradually forming a market town, near the station.

In 1921, it was collectively called Luohe Town and belonged to Yancheng County.

In the late Qing Dynasty, the Beijing-Hankow Railway built a station here and named it Luowanhe Station. Because the name had many characters, it was omitted as Luohe Station for ease of writing and naming, and Luowanhe Town was also called Luohe Town. , belongs to Licheng County. With the development of Luohe's economy, the expansion of the Niuxing Street livestock trading market, and the upgrade of Luohe Station, Luohe's popularity has become higher and higher, and Luohe has been recognized by the world. In this case, in 1958, the National Character Reform Commission officially recognized the second pronunciation of the character "毼".

In July 1948, the county-level Luohe City was established. It belongs to Xuchang District.

In January 1949, Luohe City and Yancheng County jointly opened offices. In October of the same year, Luohe and Yancheng were separated.

In June 1960, Yancheng County was merged into Luohe City.

In November 1961, Luohe and Yancheng were separated again.

In January 1986, with the approval of the State Council, Luohe City was upgraded from a county-level city to a provincial city, with jurisdiction over three counties, Yancheng, Wuyang, and Linying, and Yuanhui District, with a total area of ??approximately 2,640 square kilometers. .

In 1996, it covered an area of ??2,617 square kilometers and a population of 2.387 million. It governed Yuanhui District and three counties: Wuyang, Linying and Yancheng. The municipal government is located within the jurisdiction of Shabei Street, Yuanhui District.

According to the fifth national census in 2000, the total population of Luohe City was 2,262,404; including 304,105 people in Yuanhui District, 498,970 people in Wuyang County, 632,427 people in Linying County, and 826,902 people in Yancheng County.

In December 2002, it was named a National Garden City.

In April 2004, it won the title of "National Greening Model City".

In 2004, according to the "Reply of the State Council on Approving Henan Province's Adjustment of Some Administrative Divisions of Luohe City" (Guohan [2004] No. 69, September 7, 2004) and the "Henan Provincial People's Government on the Adjustment of Luohe City Notice on the Partial Administrative Divisions of the City" (Yuzheng [2004] No. 61): (1) Abolish Lincheng County and establish Lincheng District and Zhaoling District of Luohe City.

(2) Put Chengguan Town, Mengmiao Town, Shangqiao Town, Peicheng Town, Xindian Town, Longcheng Town, Heilongtan Township, Liji Township in the original Lincheng County and Sunzhuang Township in the original Yuanhui District under the jurisdiction of Lincheng District , the People's Government of Yancheng District is located on Haihe Road. (3) The original Laowo Town, Zhaoling Town, Wanjin Town, Dengxiang Town, Jishi Township, Qingnancun Township in the original Lincheng County and Tianqiao Street, Zhaizhuang Township, and Houxie Township in the original Yuanhui District were included. It is under the jurisdiction of Zhaoling District. Zhaoling District People's Government is located on Renmin East Road. (4) Daliu Town, Yinyang Zhao Township, Wenshi Township, and Kongzhongguo Township in the original Licheng County were placed under the jurisdiction of Yuanhui District, and the Yuanhui District People's Government was stationed in Laojie.

Before the adjustment, Yuanhui District had an area of ??80 square kilometers and a population of 350,000; Yancheng County had an area of ??943 square kilometers and a population of 910,000. The postal code was 462300. The County People’s Government was stationed in Chengguan Town (the area and population were based on "Booklet 2004"). After adjustment, the population of the newly established Yicheng District is 465,000, the population of Zhaoling District is 476,000, and the adjusted population of Yuanhui District is 313,000.

In December 2005, the Luohe Municipal Government approved: With the approval of the Provincial People's Government, it agreed to abolish Zhaizhuang Township and establish Zhaizhuang Sub-district, which has jurisdiction over the original Zhaizhuang Township administrative area. The sub-district offices are located on Zhongshan Road and the Yellow River. At the junction of East Road; it was agreed to abolish Sunzhuang Township and establish Shabei Sub-district, which has jurisdiction over the original Sunzhuang Township administrative area. The sub-district office is located on Huanghe Middle Road. At the end of 2005, Luohe City governed 3 municipal districts and 2 counties; the city had 7 streets, 27 towns, and 21 townships.

In April 2010, it won the title of "National Forest City". ?

In July 2017, it was named a National Sanitary City.

In December 2017, it was awarded the 2017 "Light of Quality" Quality Charming City of the Year.

In August 2019, it was selected as a pilot city for the construction of national urban medical consortiums.

In August 2020, it was rated as an advanced city in rural residential environment improvement in Henan Province in 2019.

In November 2020, it was selected as the "Sixth National Civilized City".

On November 28, 2020, it was rated as a livable and workable city in China in 2020.

Geographical environment:

Luohe City, a municipality under the jurisdiction of Henan Province, is a national food city, a regional transportation hub city, and an important modern trade logistics in the Central Plains Economic Zone approved by the Henan Provincial People's Government. Central, ecological and livable city. As of 2018, it has jurisdiction over 3 municipal districts and 2 counties, with a total area of ??2,617 square kilometers, a total population of 2.8413 million, and an urbanization rate of 52.47%.

Luohe is located on the southwest edge of the North China Plain. The Funiu Mountains are in the west and the plains are in the east. It is the junction of the second and third ladders in China's terrain. It is located at the southern edge of the warm temperate zone and has a warm transitional monsoon climate. Throughout the year, hot and cold temperatures alternate and the four seasons are distinct.

Luohe has a long history. The national treasure seven-note bone flute unearthed at the Jiahu site is the world’s earliest musical instrument; the oracle bone deed symbols discovered 8,000-9,000 years ago are the earliest prototypes of writing in the world so far; The unearthed wine-making relics push the history of human wine-making to more than 9,000 years ago; Xu Shen, who compiled the world's earliest dictionary "Shuowen Jiezi", also lived in this land. In November 2018, it was selected into the list of “three-product” strategic demonstration cities for the consumer goods industry in 2018.

Luohe City is located in the central and southern part of Henan Province. It was once an "inland special economic zone" and has now been rated as a "China Brand City". It is the first in the Midwest and the second in the country to win this honor. City. Luohe is China's first "Famous Food City". In addition, Luohe has also won the titles of "National Garden City", "National Greening Model City", "National Forest City", "Charming City with Chinese Characteristics", and "China Living Environment Model Award".

Luohe is one of the important highway and railway hub cities. The city's railways and highways crisscross and extend in all directions, making the transportation convenient. The territory is rich in water resources. The Sha and Li rivers run across the entire territory and meet in the urban area. Luohe Port is an important port on the Shaying River channel. It has been navigable since ancient times and has played an important role in promoting the social development of the Central Plains region.

During the Ming Dynasty, Luohe was already a prosperous land and water transportation thoroughfare and an important commercial port. Today's Luohe is still beautiful and prosperous, with convenient transportation and extending in all directions. It is a national second-class transportation hub city. It has given birth to the largest meat processing base in Asia - Shuanghui; the country's first glucose drink manufacturer - Lotte Ao Deli; one of the country's largest instant noodle merchants Nanjiecun and other well-known domestic and foreign enterprises.

Luohe City is located in the south of central Henan Province. Its geographical coordinates are 113°27′-114°16′ east diameter and 33°24′-33°59′ north latitude. It is 76 kilometers long from east to west and 64 kilometers wide from north to south, with a total area of ??2,617 square kilometers. It is 140 kilometers away from the provincial capital Zhengzhou in the north, 30 kilometers away from Linying County; it is connected with Yancheng County in the west; and 45 kilometers away from Wuyang County in the southwest.

Luohe City is located on the southwest edge of the North China Plain, with the Funiu Mountains to the west and the plains to the east. It is the junction of the second and third ladders in China's terrain. Cenozoic strata more than a thousand meters thick have been deposited within the city limits, forming a relatively flat plain landscape. Due to the rise of the western mountains, the city's overall terrain is higher in the west and lower in the east. The absolute elevation of the Xiejiadian area in the west is over 100 meters, the Luohe urban area in the east is about 57 meters, and the Wanggang and Sanjiadian areas in Lin'e County are the lowest, at about 53 meters. The slope is between 1‰ and 4‰. Luohe urban area is located between Wuyanggang and Zhaolinggang, and is part of the Sharu River alluvial plain. The terrain is flat, with an absolute elevation of 56-59 meters. The city distinguishes two landform types: denudation residual hills and alluvial plains. The denudation residual hills are distributed in Chengang and Xiaocunpu in the southwest of the city and on the west side of Zhaolinggang in the northeast. It is the edge part of Zhaolinggang and Wuyanggang. The ground elevation is above 60 meters. Among them, Chengang and Xiaocunpu residual hills are cut by the Tangjiang River, forming two long north-south hills, 2-3 meters higher than the alluvial plain on the east side. The denuded residual hills are composed of late Pleistocene loess-like sub-sand soil; the alluvial plain has a flat terrain, with the ground elevation in the city center area being 58-59 meters, gradually decreasing to 56-57 meters towards the north and south sides, becoming the watershed between the north and south Ruhe River systems.

Luohe is located at the southern edge of the warm temperate zone and has a warm transitional monsoon climate. During the year, hot and cold alternate with distinct four seasons. The climate characteristics are as follows: "cold winters with little rain and snow, hot summers with concentrated rain, cool autumns with long sunshine, and springs with droughts and strong winds." The city's annual average temperature is 14.6°C. July is the hottest month, with an annual average of 27.4-27.7℃. January is the coldest month, with an average temperature of 0.5 to 0.7°C. The extreme maximum temperature is 43.2℃ (July 19, 1966 in Linying), and the extreme minimum temperature is -16℃ (February 2, 1969 in Wuyang). The temperature changes little between years, but changes significantly within the year. Taking July as the boundary, the temperature in the past months increased month by month, and in the following months it decreased month by month. The city's average annual precipitation is moderate, but the interannual variability of precipitation is large and the spatial and temporal distribution within the year is uneven. Generally, there is less precipitation in winter and spring, and more precipitation in summer and autumn, and most of the rainfall is concentrated in July and August.

Luohe City is located between Wuyanggang and Zhaolinggang aeolian hills, all of which are flooded alluvium by the diversion of Lihe River and Ruhe River. Except for the late Pleistocene loess-like subsand soil distributed in Chengang and Xiaocunpu areas in the southwest of the city and on the west side of Zhaolinggang, other areas are Holocene alluvial strata and swamp facies strata. The depth of the Cenozoic floor in the urban area is 1,500--2,000 meters, and all within a depth of 300 meters are Quaternary strata. After the Qinling zonal structural belt extended into Henan, it was divided into three branches: north, middle and south. Luohe City and the three counties under its jurisdiction, Wuyang, Yancheng and Linying, are located on its southern branch. Therefore, the east-west structure is dominant, followed by the northwest and north-south structures. Since the North China Basin has been in a declining stage for a long time since the Cenozoic, its structural traces are all covered by Cenozoic strata and appear to be hidden structures.

There are 18 species of food crops in 4 families, 13 genera and 4 families in Luohe City. Mainly wheat and corn; followed by rice, barley, sweet potato, millet, sorghum, soybean; and peas, mung beans, lentils, wheat, etc. There are 16 species of cash crops in 15 genera and 11 families, mainly tobacco, sesame, rape, peanut, hemp, cotton, asparagus, etc.; there are more than 40 species of vegetables in 16 families. According to incomplete statistics, the city's forest and fruit resources include about 122 species of 40 families and genera, among which there are about 56 species of trees from 19 families, 36 genera, and the main tree species include Paulownia, tomento poplar, willow, elm, Sophora japonica, Chinese chrysanthemum, neem, pine, etc. Shrubs mainly include Zanthoxylum bungeanum, Vitex bark, Ziziphus jujube, Baiwatiao, Sophora japonica, Qiliu chinensis, etc. There are 22 species of fruit trees in 16 genera and 9 families. There are mainly apples, pears, peaches, apricots, persimmons, grapes, pomegranates, cherries, hawthorns, etc.; there are more than 130 species of flowers in about 60 families. The woody flowers include plum blossoms, roses, wintersweets, crabapples, roses, hibiscus, gardenias, and tangerines. , bergamot, peony, Milan, etc., with about 76 species in 32 families; common herbaceous flowers include chrysanthemum, orchid, peony, clivia, amaryllis, tuberose, asparagus, a bunch of red, canna, fairy, etc., about 28 families and 54 species.

No matter how things change, the green waters and green mountains will never change. Watch the changing winds and clouds, and never forget your hometown thousands of miles away!

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