Historical evolution of Danyang Town

The ancients built water conservancy here and built Jiuchong Water Weir, so it was called Jiuchong Weir. Materials from the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China refer to this place as Jiuchongyan. In modern times, it is claimed that the descendants of the Mongols built the Jiuzhongyuan here and got its name, which is actually a misinformation. This fallacy is caused by the similar pronunciation of Yan and Yuan.

In ancient times, it was Jiuchongyan.

The Jiuchong People's Commune was built in 1958 and was affiliated to Deng County (today's Dengzhou City).

On January 26, 1969, the Taocha canal head hub project started in Pangang, Taocha, Jiuchong.

With the preliminary completion of the South-to-North Water Diversion Middle Route Project in the early 1970s, the Danjiangkou Reservoir flooded a large area of ??land in Xichuan. In December 1972, 56 brigades and 573 people in Jiuchong and Houpo communes in Deng County The production team was placed under the jurisdiction of Xichuan County. Therefore, Taocha Village, where the canal head of the middle line of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project was under the jurisdiction of Dengzhou City, was placed under the jurisdiction of Xichuan County. However, Dengzhou City retained the jurisdiction and administrative authority over the 100 meters on both sides of the canal head.

In 1984, Jiuchong People's Commune was renamed Jiuchong Township.

In 1996, Jiuchong Township was upgraded to Jiuchong Town and placed under the jurisdiction of Xichuan County.

In 2007, with the approval of the Henan Provincial People's Government, the original Jiuzhong Town was officially renamed Danyang Town (but the Xichuan People's Government portal always refers to Jiuchong Town as Jiuzhong Town.

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