Geographical history of Hanqiao Township

During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, Hanqiao Township was originally a lake swing. During the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty, the lake dropped and new beaches appeared, and people fleeing from the desert came here to settle down one after another. Hanqiao Township, located on the banks of Hongze Lake, is low-lying and suffers from floods all the year round. Historically, there have been three floods in Hanqiao. First, in 20 years of the Republic of China, farmland houses in Hanqiao Township were flooded for 20 days, and the groundwater level reached 1.5 meters at the peak; Second, the flood occurred in 199 1 year, and the area along the lake was generally flooded; Third, in 2003 1 10,000 mu of farmland was not harvested, and 1 10,000 people were evacuated. In order to completely eradicate the flood. In 2004, Hanqiao Town carried out an unprecedented "Bao Zhuang Wei and Resettlement Project". Earth and weirs were taken around Hanqiao Town, and a levee with an altitude of 17.5, a circumference of 5 kilometers and an area of 1.64 square kilometers was built. At the same time, there are 324 immigrants, all of whom are placed in four immigrant communities in the prime location of the market town.