The origin of Shiyan city name

The origin of the name of Shiyan: Shiyan has a long history. In the past, farmers built 10 small reservoirs on the local Baier River and zhang wan River for drinking water irrigation, named after one weir and two weirs respectively. Later, after various changes, the weir became a place name. ?

The earliest place in Shiyan is called Chen Jiajie. It used to be an area of Yunxian County. In fact, the place name "Shiyan" has a long history and is a village name. Today is near the railway station, and later it refers to the whole city.

Extended data:

Shiyan City is located in the mid-latitude area and belongs to the subtropical monsoon climate. Annual average temperature 15.4℃, annual extreme maximum temperature 41.9℃ (1July 996 19), annual extreme minimum temperature-1.9℃ (/kloc-

The precipitation reached 456 mm, accounting for 59.2% of the annual rainfall. The rainfall in the southeast is slightly higher than that in the northwest. The average annual total precipitation days in the region are 1 15- 120 days, with the highest in summer (34.5 days), slightly higher in autumn (32.2 days and 30.7 days respectively) and the lowest in winter (only 15.8 days).

Shiyan city is bounded by Qingfeng fault, which belongs to Qingfeng platform fold bundle in Yangtze paraplatform area in the south and Qinling fold system in the north. Among them, Qinling fold system belongs to Jinjiling syncline area, Wudang Mountain anticlinorium area and Beidaba Mountain fold area, with two cloud faults and Zhushan faults respectively, and the structural characteristics of each area are obviously different.

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