Brief introduction of Qidong county

Qidong County is located in the southwest of Hengyang, on the north bank of the middle reaches of Xiangjiang River. It is long and narrow from east to west, high in the north and low in the south. 1952 was separated from the original Qiyang county, and it was named because it was located in the east of Qiyang. The county has jurisdiction over 23 townships and 9 10 administrative villages (community neighborhood committees). It is a famous "hometown of yellow flowers in China", "hometown of generals" and "hometown of ferrous metals", and it is also the only "hometown of Chinese Quyi" in Hunan Province at present. In recent years, it has successively won the titles of "provincial civilized county" and "Top Ten counties of urban and rural environmental sanitation in the province". A land of splendid culture. Qidong calendar belongs to Qiyang, 1952 divided and ruled. It was the land of Yangyue in ancient times, belonging to Chu State in the Spring and Autumn Period, and Qiyang County in the Three Kingdoms Period. The ancient history and splendid civilization gave birth to the regional style of "Chufeng", which was full of courage and boldness. Qi Opera and Fishing Drum have been circulating for more than 400 years, and Qi Opera is one of the outstanding operas in China. In this land of Jingchu, there are many talented people, including Jiang Wan, Shu Xiang of the Three Kingdoms, Liang Ning and Chen Jian, the important ministers of the Ming Dynasty, Chen Dashou, the minister of the Qing court, Wang Ruchi, the general of the Red Army, Cao Yan, a revolutionary and Guan Chufei, a famous painter. At present, there are 0/4 Qidong generals, 2 academicians of the two academies, 7 provincial and ministerial leaders, 78 departmental leaders and more than 300 departmental leaders. The throat area connecting east and west. According to Gui Xiang, the transportation hub, which is close to the southwest gateway of Hengyang City, it has a unique transportation location advantage and is known as the "throat of Gui Xiang". Hunan-Guangxi high-speed railway will bring Qidong into the national high-speed railway network, Louheng, Quannan and Qiyong expressway will bring Qidong into the national high-speed network, and the "six vertical and six horizontal" national and provincial trunk lines will bring Qidong into the expressway traffic network. The Guiyang 1,000-ton wharf will make Qidong have convenient conditions to cross the river and enter the sea. Starting from the county seat, it takes 20 minutes to enter the National expressway Network and 3 hours to integrate into the Pearl River Delta and Yangtze River Delta economic circles.