Tanggou Town has a long history.

Tanggou Town, a famous historical and cultural town in China, is densely covered with ditches and lakes, with sweet water and fragrant soil. Since ancient times, it has been rich in products, outstanding people, beautiful Zhong Ling, merchants gathered, passionate and romantic, and prosperous. The town has accessible roads and convenient land and water transportation, 20 kilometers east of Ninglian Expressway and 30 kilometers west of Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway. It is a provincial-level central town and one of the top 100 famous towns in Jiangsu. Located about 60 kilometers southwest of Lianyungang City, Guo Hua, water curtain cave and northwest of the county seat. It borders Mengzhuang Town in the east and north, Henry and Taoyi in Shuyang County in the west, and Li Ji Township and Yangkou Township in Lianshui County in the south. It is about 7 kilometers long from east to west and 8 kilometers long from north to south, with a total area of about 33.8 square kilometers. Meaning of place names: According to historical records, tanggou was an earthquake subsidence area in history. There was a big earthquake in the Qin Dynasty, which broke into a Wang Yang. Before the Song Dynasty, it was called "Big Three Lakes" and "Shuohuo Lake". During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the southeast was renamed "Shuoxiang Lake" and the northwest was renamed "Sangxu Lake". Tanggou was formed at the junction of two lakes. Later, because the Yellow River diverted into the sea many times, sediment accumulated here and the terrain gradually increased. After the Song Dynasty, the original Great Lakes gradually became a place where land and water intersect, with dense ditches and lakes, sweet water and fragrant soil, and rich products. Therefore, lakes and depressions are connected here, weeds are overgrown, lake fish gather, and warblers compete to inhabit and reproduce here. Therefore, tanggou is known as the "Bird's Nest", later called Tangjiazhai. A fragrant, sweet and legendary upside-down "fragrant spring" was quietly born, gradually revealing its amazing beauty and elegance. In ancient times, there was a natural nameless communication to the east and west of Gushuoxiang Lake. At that time, most immigrants living on the north side of the ditch were named "Tanggou" and "Tangjiagou". "tanggou Village" got its name from this, and it is famous at home and abroad for its famous "Tanggou Liquor". Because the town is located in tanggou Village, and the popularity of tanggou Village is the highest among all villages in the town, its traditional famous product "Tanggou Liquor" is world-famous, so it is named tanggou Town. Historical Evolution: According to the records of Zhili Prefecture in Haizhou, Jiaqing, tanggou was originally named Tangjiagou, also known as tanggou. In the Ming Dynasty, it belonged to Haizhou, Huai 'an Prefecture, and in the Qing Dynasty, it belonged to Hanshan Town, Shuyang County, Haizhou. In the Republic of China, it was located at the junction of Lianshui, Guanyun and Shuyang counties, belonging to the fifth district of Shuyang county. After liberation, it was included in Shuhong District of Guanyun County. 1958 When guannan county was founded, it was included in Baizao Township. 198 1 In June, tanggou People's Commune was established from the west of Baizao and Mengxingzhuang Commune. 1March, 983, the town community was renamed as tanggou Township. 1985 10 10 to set up a town. In 2009, there were 8 village committees including Geji Village, Datong Village, Goudong Village, Lianwu Village, Xiayao Village, Jinxing Village, Zhigou Village and Tanggou Village, 103 villagers' groups and 48 natural villages. The town has 26 1 10,000 mu of arable land, 6,497 households and 29,300 people, including 2 1.70 non-agricultural population, and most of the town's population belongs to the Han nationality. Famous for brewing wine since ancient times, it faces the sea in the east, with warm climate, abundant rainfall and unique natural conditions. It is especially suitable for brewing wine, especially the legendary "Xiangquan" water, which is the origin of Tanggou wine, a traditional famous product with a long history and outstanding reputation in China. Brewing industry is a pillar industry in tanggou, where tanggou Liangxianghe Liquor Co., Ltd., a well-known national enterprise, is located. Xingxin Iron and Steel is the only heavy industrial enterprise in this city, located in this town, and has initially formed an industrial-oriented town pattern with wine, food, packaging materials, grain feed and building materials as the main support. Tanggou wine, paulownia board and other products sell well at home and abroad. The mild climate and geographical environment provide unique conditions for agricultural development. It is a national commodity grain base, Lianyungang "hometown of paulownia" and "hometown of Yiyang", "Guanchao" brand rice and "Jintong" brand pepper are recognized as green pollution-free foods by the state. Various social undertakings in the town have developed rapidly, the environment is beautiful and clean, and the ancient charm of the ancient town is distinct. The town's GDP reached 258 million yuan, and the per capita GDP reached 8 100 yuan, a year-on-year increase of 30%; The fixed assets investment of the whole society was10.80 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 23%; Fiscal revenue reached 60 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 20%; The per capita net income of farmers is nearly 5,500 yuan, and the number of transferred laborers will reach 1.8 million in the whole year. The town meets on the second, fourth, sixth and ninth day of the lunar calendar.