Anhua County is located on the Zishui River in central and northern Hunan, north of Xuefeng Mountain, bordering Taojiang and Ningxiang in the east, Lianyuan and Xinhua in the south, Xupu and Yuanling in the west and Changde and Taoyuan in the north. The northern part of Xuefeng Mountain, formerly known as Anhua Meishan, is the birthplace of Meishan culture, which was established in Song Shenzong in the fifth year of Xining (1072).

Anhua, with a total area of 4,950 square kilometers, is the third largest county in Hunan Province, with a mountainous area accounting for 82%. It is also a typical mountainous county and reservoir county, with a forested area of 5.36 million mu and a forest coverage rate of 76.5438+0%. In 20 13, Anhua administered 5 townships and 18 towns.

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Anhua was called "Meishan Mandi" in ancient times, and most of the aborigines were Yao. It is the birthplace of the famous Meishan culture. Founded in the fifth year of Song Xining (AD 1072), it has a history of nearly a thousand years.

Anhua has a long history and outstanding people. The discovery of ancient villages and paleolithic sites in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty proves that ancestors lived here10.5 million years ago. Anhua is the site of Gumei Mountain, which belongs to yiyang county.

In the second year of Guangqi in Tang Xizong (886), Meishan Cave cut off Shaozhou Road and did not communicate with the imperial court. Until the fifth year of Xining in Song Shenzong (1072), the court recovered Meishan and established Anhua County.

According to historical statistics, from the Song Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, Anhua passed the imperial examination with 14 Jinshi and17 candidates. Influential figures in the history of China are: Tao Shu, Governor of Liangjiang in Qing Dynasty, Luo Raodian, Governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, and Huang Ziyuan, a famous calligrapher. At the beginning of 20th century, Li Xie-He, et al. He was the first to participate in the Huaxing Association and the Allied League, participated in the Revolution of 1911, and became an all-powerful figure at that time.

In the decades-long revolutionary struggle from the Great Revolution to the War of Liberation, a large number of revolutionary heroes such as Yao Bingnan, Lu and Liu advanced wave after wave, and 389 people gave their precious lives. Mao Zedong, a great man, conducted social investigation and peasant activities in Anhua on 19 17 and 1925 respectively.

After the founding of New China, Anhua was full of talents. Hu and Tan were successively rated as national forestry model workers, and world badminton champions Tang, Gong Zhichao, Gong Ruina and Huang Sui went to the world from here.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Anhua County

Anhua County People's Government-Historical Evolution