Ding Qiao Town is located at the southern end of Hangjiahu Plain, just across the river from Ningshao and Xiaoshaoping. At its southern end, there are the culture of crossing the lake bridge more than 8,000 years ago and Hemudu culture more than 7,000 years ago, Majiabang culture in the northeast and Liangzhu culture in the west for more than 5,000 years. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Provincial Institute of Literature Examination excavated a large number of wooden paddles, bamboo mats, chaff dustpans, a number of stone tools and pottery, as well as a large number of rice, peach stones and gourd seeds in the "paddy field fan site" on its west side. The Municipal Institute of Literature and Art also discovered two large-scale pit tombs in the late Warring States period at the northern foot of the Yellow River, and unearthed a beautiful crystal cup and a number of exquisite funerary objects such as primitive porcelain, lacquerware and jade. In recent years, jade billets of Liangzhu period have been found from time to time in villages such as Yanshan and Gaocheng in Ding Qiao Town, which fully shows that our ancestors lived here in Ding Qiao for more than 5,000 years.
Gaoting Mountain in the north of Ding Qiao Town is the eastward vein of Tianmu Mountain, which is about eighteen miles long from east to west and five miles deep from north to south. It was originally called "Gaoting Mountain", and later it was subdivided into Mid-Levels, Yellow Heshan, Foshan and Tongkou Mountain. Linping Mountain in the east and Chaoshan Mountain in the northeast are the barriers to the north of Hangzhou.
"Castle Peak Yellow Crane Tower, White Water and Black Dragon Pool". According to historical records, the old Yellow Crane Tower in Yellow Crane Mountain was built in the pre-Qin period. It once faced the "Crane Pavilion" of Gaoting Mountain. It was originally used in the military and later used as a Taoist place. During the Five Dynasties, Qian Liu, King of Wu Yue, stationed troops and set up a village here, which was recorded as "Wang Qian Shili". In 935 AD, Wang Qiankui of Wu Yueguo built the "Longju Temple" in the southeast of the Yellow River Mountain (now the main peak of Gaoting Mountain). Since then, the Buddhist temples in Gaoting Mountain are in full swing. There are more than 60 historical sites, such as sogou Temple, Fori Temple and yongfu temple. At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhao Gou, the king of a well-off society, left the "Mid-level Niangniang Temple" because he was alienated from the silkworm god.
At the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, "the top of Gaoting Mountain has millions of Han troops". Gaoting Mountain is famous all over the world because of the national hero Wen Tianxiang's "On the preface to Gaoting", which is known as the place where literature is "painted blue and shines with historical light".
Shangtang River was built in the Spring and Autumn Period, so it is called "Guwu Waterway". Qin Shihuang toured the southeast, "governing Lingshui Road, going to Qiantang Yuedi and leading to Zhejiang", so it was also called "Qinhe River". Yang Di has dug the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and Shangtang River has become a part of the Grand Canal. Qian Liu, King of wuyue, built the official warehouse of salt grain in Chian Port in Ding Qiao, and Ding Qiao Port became the lifeline of salt grain in Hang Cheng, and Ding Qiao became the water transport hub in the north of Hangzhou. The capital of song dynasty moved to the south, and the "Banjing Pavilion" was rebuilt in Chi 'an Port, which was the place where the imperial court received foreign envoys, hosted banquets for ministers of various countries, and offered sacrifices to the first emperor of Zhao and Song Dynasties and the little emperor to ascend to the throne. As a result, it has brought a prosperous and prosperous scene of the industry in the red bank section of Shangtang River. Originally called "Chicheng", the name "Gaocheng" is still in use today.
Ancient Ding Qiao, a landscape, a transportation hub, a royal post station and a religious shrine. The towering Gaoting Mountain and the leisurely Shangtang River. It not only has a civilization history of more than 5,000 years, but also is a famous tourist attraction in Hangzhou, which lasted from the Sui and Tang Dynasties to the Qing Dynasty for more than 1500 years.
"This is also a peach blossom, and that is also a peach blossom, each with its own spring buds." Speaking of the most attractive place of Gaoting Mountain, it is naturally the "Shili Taohai" on both sides of Shangtang River at the foot of the mountain. Zhi Tao in Gaoting Mountain can be traced back to ancient times. Song Taizong Linxing Gaoting Mountain has a poem "Looking at Peach", which means "Under the old peach garden of Gaoting Mountain, Liu Ruan forgot to return to me". But the fruits such as plum, plum, orange and bamboo in Gaoting Mountain are equally famous for a long time. There are many poems, such as "If you buy a house and live in Gaoting Mountain, you must plant 3,000 plums", "Peach blossoms are red under Gaoting Mountain, and 3,000 plums compete for warm air" and "Oranges gather branches in front of eaves and marshes are in front of fishing nets".
Ding Lan's filial piety, literary loyalty and the royal style of Banjing Pavilion are of course other attractive factors. At the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty, scholars represented by Wang Meng preferred to buy land and houses here. The painter Wang's best friend lived in seclusion at the southern foot of Yellow Crane Mountain for more than 30 years, so he was buried here. Jin Nong, the head of Yangzhou Eight Eccentrics in Qing Dynasty, was also buried at the foot of Shan Zhinan, the Yellow Crane, because he admired Wang Meng's works.
There are many religious sites in Gaoting Mountain, the most famous of which is Longju Temple. It was originally built by Wang Jian of wuyue, where Song Taizong lived. Later, Lord Qianlong counted the tidal scenes in the south of the Yangtze River and moved his "nanny's tomb" to Jinmen in the south of the temple.
In ancient times, Gaoting Mountain and Yellow Crane Valley were deep and quiet, with towering old trees and orchards everywhere, and streams gurgled all year round. There was a scene of "I have long said that Jinmen will hinder the ship and the middle stream will be splashed with water". "Peaches and willows on the embankment and smoke on the embankment, the scenery in front of Grain Rain is clear", "Meet Gaoting Mountain, enjoy fragrant boats along the river", and there are winter landscapes such as "Gaoting Snow" and "Yuzhu Windward", so Gaoting Mountain has scenery all year round. As a result, "men and women in the city love to travel and rush to the team one after another." Until the early years of the Republic of China, the "one-day tour" from Hang Cheng to Gaoting Mountain was still very lively.
As a barrier to the north of Hangzhou, Gaoting Mountain Range has been built and destroyed repeatedly for thousands of years due to war, but it has also been destroyed and built repeatedly. However, by the end of19th century, due to the siege of Taiping military camp by the Qing court, part of it became a scorched earth. During the "August 14th" air battle during the Anti-Japanese War, Ding Qiao experienced the baptism of a modern war, especially after the "Qiaosi Massacre" in the first month of 1938, the Japanese troops stationed at Jianqiao Airport carried out a large-scale "three lights" policy on several towns and villages south of Gaoting Mountain, east of Qiaosi Mountain and west of the Mid-Levels, resulting in the whole occupied area being "almost empty". Gaoting Mountain, a Millennium scenic spot, has faded out of people's sight.
After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), the people of Ding Qiao embarked on the road of long-term, stable and peaceful development. From the collectivization road in 1950s to the planned economy in 1960s and 1970s, we managed the agricultural production mainly based on grain and hemp. In people's minds, Ding Qiao is only the most remote agricultural town in Hangzhou.
After the Third Plenary Session of the 11th CPC Central Committee, Ding Qiao began to develop "self-employed" and "specialized households", and sideline and township industries gradually developed. Especially with the establishment of "Hangzhou Private Economic Park" in the early 1990s, Ding Qiao has become a hot spot for entrepreneurs inside and outside the province. In the first decade of this century, Ding Qiao's industrial enterprises strode to the development road of "scale and collectivization", and the town's economy grew rapidly at an average annual rate of more than 30%. The annual tax revenue increased from 10 million yuan in 2006 to 475 million yuan in 2006. At the same time, since 2004, "eight villages and one residence" south of Shangtang River has entered the period of modern new city construction in the core area of Chengbei New City.
The reconstruction of Gaoting Mountain Eco-tourism Zone also began in 2002. At the beginning of 20 10, with the great attention of city and district leaders and the strong support of relevant departments, the construction of Gaoting Mountain and Huangheshan scenic tourist areas, which have been very lively for decades, is in full swing.
Ding Qiao, with a splendid civilization of 5,000 years, will rise with a brand-new attitude after experiencing glory and decline. A modern Ding Qiao is not only a charming waterfront scenery, but also a beautiful water town with rhyme and green. This will be a large-scale ecologically livable new area with perfect functions, such as "water is in the city, and the city is in green and green sunshine". Ding Qiao's future will certainly attract more people's attention than in the past.