The historical origin of Zhumadian

Zhumadian was a transportation hub in ancient times. It was named because messengers and eunuchs traveling from north to south used to stop their horses here.

Yicheng is named after the origin of the city. In ancient times, Zhumadian was a place where officials rested and changed their horses midway. Changing horses is just a stop.

In the Tang Dynasty, Concubine Yang loved to eat lychees. Every year when the lychees were ripe, she would send people on horseback to the south to pick them and then send them back. It was reported that Zhumadian was a necessary place and an important road, and knights would change horses in Zhumadian. Go ahead. So it was called Zhumadian, and Zhumadian was also known as Yicheng.

During the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Cao launched the Battle of Chibi. Zhumadian was Cao Cao’s reserve granary, military and horse breeding ground, and farming area.

In the Yuan Dynasty, the Mongolian people who fought against each other not only established a vast and unified multi-ethnic empire spanning Europe and Asia, but also had a special liking for horses.

In order to strengthen communications, a post road transportation network was established across the country, with 1,119 post stations and approximately 45,000 stage horses, strictly governing the empire.

At that time, Runing Prefecture was already a first-class state capital in the country, with constant messengers coming and going. As the military and government documents increased, in 1293, the Yuan Dynasty government was requested by Boyan, an official of Runing Prefecture, to build a 30 kilometers west of Runing Prefecture. A post station with 15 strong horses was built in Ramie Village (today's Laojie, Yicheng District). It is called "Zhanchi" in Mongolian. Zhanchi means "station" in Mongolian. Ramie Village (now Laojie) officially established a post building.

Extended information:

Zhumadian is located in the transition zone from the northern subtropical zone to the warm temperate zone. It has a long climate from the north to the south, with four distinct seasons, sufficient sunlight, abundant rainfall, and fertile land, suitable for a variety of organisms. It is an important national and provincial grain and oil production base and is known as the "Zhongyuan Granary", "Zhongzhou Oil Depot" and "Sesame Kingdom".

The city has more than 24 million acres of annual crop planting area, 18 million acres of grain crop planting area, and a total grain output of 7 billion kilograms, accounting for one-eighth of the province's total grain output, of which the total wheat output accounts for one-seventh of the province.

Shangcai, Xiping, Zhengyang, Pingyu and Runan are the major grain-producing counties in the country. Zhengyang, Runan, Biyang and Queshan are the major oil-producing counties in the country. Xiping, Shangcai, Xincai, Zhengyang, Biyang and Runan are key counties for comprehensive agricultural development in the province, accounting for a quarter of the province. Zhengyang, Pingyu and Biyang are the top counties in peanut, sesame and mushroom production respectively.

Zhumadian "Xiaomo Sesame Oil" is famous throughout the country for its mellow taste and high quality. Shangcai's flowers and trees, Queshan's chestnuts, Runan's vegetables and other specialty agriculture have a high reputation in the province and even the country. .

In 2015, the total grain output (including Xincai) was 7.588 million tons, achieving "twelfth consecutive increase". It once again won the title of "National Grain Production Advanced Unit" and was named "Grain-Producing City" ", Shangcai County, Xiping County, Zhengyang County, Pingyu County and Runan County were named "major grain-producing counties".

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