Liaoyang is the earliest city in the northeast of China and an ancient cultural city with a history of more than 2,400 years.
From 3rd century BC to17th century, it has always been the political, economic, cultural center, transportation hub and military center of northeast China.
Liaoyang is now one of Liaoning 14 provincial cities, a new modern petrochemical textile industrial base and an excellent tourist city in China.
It covers an area of 4,744 square kilometers, with a population of 1, 8 1, and governs 5 districts 1 city 1 county.
Liaoyang
Mbth: Liaoyang
Administrative category: prefecture-level cities
Location: Liaoning Province
Area under its jurisdiction: Area 5, 1 city, 1 county.
Telephone area code: 04 19
Postal code: 1 1 1000
Location: Central Liaoning Province
Area: 4744 square kilometers
Population: 65,438+850,000 (2006)
Famous scenic spots: white pagoda park, Cao Xueqin Memorial Hall, etc.
Railway Station: Liaoyang Station
License plate number: Liao K.
City Tree: Sophora japonica
City flower: Chinese rose
Liaoyang is located in the middle of Liaoning Province, bordering Benxi, Fengcheng and Xiuyan in the east, Anshan and Haicheng in the south, Liaozhong and Taian in the west and Shenyang in the north.
Changda Railway and Shenyang-Dalian Expressway run through the north and south, and Liaoxi Railway runs through the east and west. Adjacent to Dalian Port, Yingkou Bayuquan Port and Shenyang Taoxian International Airport.
The existing cultivated land area in the city is 22 1 10,000 mu, accounting for 3 1.2% of the total area, and the per capita cultivated land is 1.3 mu.
Liaoyang is a national and provincial commodity grain base with relatively developed agriculture, and it is also a key area for lean pig and freshwater fish breeding.
The planting area of grain and beans in the city is more than 6.5438+0.8 million mu, with an average annual grain output of 750,000 tons, fruit tree planting area of 3.65438+0.0 million mu and freshwater fish output of 40,000 tons, ranking second in the province.
In 2009, it was rated as the top ten happiest cities in China by CCTV Financial Channel.
Liaoyang new meteorology
There are 48 kinds of mineral deposits found in Liaoyang, 9 categories, 28 kinds of proven reserves and more than 30 kinds of developed and utilized.
Coal, iron, silica, magnesite, mica, gypsum, clay and so on are the most abundant, which can be called one of the cities with rich resources in the province.
Among them, silica and muscovite account for 60% and 70% of the province's total respectively, and the mineral resources rank first in the province; The reserves of iron ore, gypsum, cement limestone and flux limestone also rank in the forefront of the province.
In addition, oil, natural gas, coal and gold also occupy an important position in the province.
Liaoyang diquan resources are well-known, with 42 eyes registered in 27 places. The famous underground springs are Tanghe Hot Spring and Tanghe Cold Spring.
Hot springs contain precious trace element radon, and the water temperature is 50℃-60℃, up to 70℃. They are ideal medical mineral springs. Cold spring contains trace element selenium, which is a rare mineral water source for processing natural mineral drinks.
There are abundant animal and plant resources, and there are more than 200 kinds of wild animals. There are many kinds of trees, fruit trees, Chinese herbal medicines and flowers, and Dahlia won the gold medal at the Kunming World Expo.
Liaoyang has a long history and splendid culture, and a large number of outstanding people from home and abroad were active on the historical stage of China.
In 227 BC, Yan Taizi Dan sent Jing Ke to stab Qin, and the following year attacked the capital of Yan and Ji (now Beijing). Yan and Taizi Dan led the troops to retreat to Liaodong.
Prince Taizi Dan was "hidden in Yanshui" (now Prince Taizi River in Liaoyang). The prince liked to listen to Zhao Wangjia's plan, killed Prince Taizi Dan and gave his head to the king of Qin. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Gongsun Du, a native of Xiangping, was recommended by Dong Zhuo and was appointed as the magistrate of Liaodong County by Emperor Han Ling.
His sons Gongsun Kang and Gongsun Kang and his grandson Gongsun Yuan lived between Wei and Wu for more than 50 years. Until AD 238, Wei Emperor sent Sima Yi to conquer Liaodong, and Liaoyang City was besieged. When Gongsun Yuan broke through, he was beheaded on the west bank of the Prince River in Liaoyang. In the Sui Dynasty, Yang Di made an eastward expedition to Koguryo (later changed to North Korea) and arrived at the gates of Liaoyang three times, all without success.
Until the nineteenth year of Zhenguan Gongchangling International Ski Resort.
(AD 645), Emperor Taizong led an army to conquer Liaoyang City.
After the victory, Li Shimin wrote a song "Looking at the Moon in Liaocheng" in Chengtou to congratulate the victory.
In addition, Shimi, one of the leaders of the Wagangzhai Rebel Army in Sui and Tang Dynasties, Yong of Ye Hou in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, a famous figure in Qing Dynasty (Qianlong and Jiaqing years), and anti-Japanese heroes Li, Bai Yihua, Wang Yifu, Dai and Yuan Hua all came from Liaoyang.
The murals of tombs in the Han and Wei Dynasties were discovered in Liaoyang more than 500 years earlier than those in Dunhuang. There are 5 painted murals in the city, 9 of which are listed as national cultural relics protection units, which are precious materials for studying politics, economy and culture in the Han and Wei Dynasties.
The White Pagoda in Liao Dynasty is one of the six famous ancient pagodas in China, and it is a national key cultural relic with a history of 1000 years. Cao Xueqin, a great master of world literature, was recognized as a native of Liaoyang by China Red Cross Society. Feng Qiyong, the president of China Red Society and a famous expert in red studies, once said: "Xueqin's ancestral home is Liaoyang, and it is recorded in his family tree. The literature can be tested and the stone tablet can prove it, although it will never change."