Qingmuchuan is located in the northwest corner of Hanzhong ningqiang county in the south of Shaanxi, at the junction of Shaanxi, Gansu and Sichuan provinces, bordering Qingchuan County in Sichuan Province in the west and Wudu County and Kangxian County in Gansu Province in the north. Known as the westernmost ancient town in Shaanxi Province, it is 227 kilometers west of Jiuzhaigou with a total area of 208 square kilometers. The formation of place names in Qingmuchuan and the gathering of people have a long history. According to textual research, Qingmuchuan was originally a mixed area of Qiang and Han in Sichuan. During the Chenghua period of Ming Dynasty, the imperial court unified the place name and named it Yongningli; During Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty, it was Ningqiang Zhouxi Road 18 brand; After the founding of New China, the villagers took a local big Aoki tree as a symbol and renamed it Aoki River.
Qingmuchuan was once one of the main roads into Sichuan, the throat of Qin and Shu, a battleground for military strategists and a border trade town where merchants gathered. As early as the Three Kingdoms period, when Wargo attacked Shu, the army entered the south. In the tenth year of Chongzhen in the late Ming Dynasty (1637), the Li Zicheng King Rebels crossed the border from Qingmuchuan and occupied Qingchuan County. The Qing army, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Shunyi Army and the loyalist fought fiercely in Qinjiaya. In the 22nd year of the Republic of China (1933), the Kuomintang Army 1 Division and the 64th Division entered Qingmuchuan in an attempt to enter Sichuan and Gansu to prevent the Red Army of Workers and Peasants from going north to resist Japan. 1949 10 Lv Jihua, the brigade commander of Hu Zongnan cavalry brigade, led the remnants to stay in Qingmuchuan for 9 days, trying to use the natural terrain for a life-and-death battle and fled to Sichuan under the powerful offensive of the People's Liberation Army. 1950, a battalion of PLA 19 army stationed in Qingmuchuan to carry out the task of eliminating bandits and defend the new regime.
Qingmuchuan is rich in resources, with lush and golden trees on the ground and jade hidden underground. The forest area of the town is 220,000 mu, and the main tree species and vegetation are rich and diverse, reaching 10 family and 35 genera. Among them, five species are relict plant, a unique Paleotropical flora of Tertiary in China, which belongs to precious tree species. There are 4 species of national first-class protected animals and 2-class protected animals 17 species, especially rare species such as giant panda, golden monkey, macaque and takin, which have become indicative animals in this area and are praised as natural animal and plant gene banks by experts. Mountain products native products such as auricularia auricula, mushrooms, gastrodia elata, walnuts, raw lacquer, honey, etc. It has enjoyed a high reputation since ancient times. There are many kinds of mineral resources, high grade and large reserves, and 9 kinds of minerals have been proved.
There are many historical sites in Qingmuchuan, including Qinglong Ancient Plank Road, Mo Yan Guanyin, General Deng Ai Stone, Erlang Shen Footprint, Shimenguan, Jingangxia, etc., especially ancient buildings with different styles in different periods such as Ming and Qing Dynasties and the Republic of China. The legend of humanistic folklore attracts ancient and modern literati to visit. Qingmuchuan has convenient transportation and communication, and its infrastructure is constantly developing. This is a beautiful, rich, magical and developing land of geomantic omen. It is rich in resources, has a long history and culture, and has many intoxicating natural and human landscapes. Welcome to visit Qingmuchuan! !