Zhenping County (simplified Chinese:镇平县;traditional Chinese:鎮平縣;pinyin:Zhènpíng Xiàn) is a county in the southwest ofHenan province, China. It is under the administration of theprefecture-level city ofNanyang.
The total area is 1580 square kilometers. According to the seventhpopulationcensus data, as of 0:00 on November 1, 2020, the permanent population of Zhenping County is 829780.
Zhenping was known in ancient times as Nieyang. It has a long history ofjade carving for more than 4,000 years, and it is known as the jade capital of China. It is one of the birthplaces of Chinese jade culture. Jin Laizong Zhengda was set up in Zhenping County for three years (1226 AD). Yuan Haowen, a famous poet in the Jinyuan period, was the first county magistrate in Zhenping. Zhenping was also the hometown of the modern generalPeng Xuefeng.
Zhenping was established as a county in the third year of Jinzhengda (1226). It was separated from the originalDeng County (nowDengzhou City). Zhenping County was originally located in Yangguan Town, Dengzhou, and then moved north to its present location.[1]
The inscription on the stele "Record of the Reconstruction of Santan Dragon Temple in theYuan Dynasty" records "Guyang Guan Town was established as a county and the town was leveled on the same day". Although the autonomous center of Zhenping was in Houji Town during the Wanxi Autonomous Period, after liberation, the county seat of Zhenping was not moved to Houji Town like Nanzhao moved the county seat to Liqingdian. Since moving north of Zhenping County to its current location, it has remained unchanged. However, the size of its city should increase or decrease with the changes of the times, at least it should be fine-tuned.[2]
As of 2012, this county is divided to 3 subdistricts, 11 towns, 7 townships and 1 ethnic township.[3]
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Zhenping County is a subordinate county under Nanyang City, Henan Province. It is composed of 32 ethnic groups and has a population of 1.0494 million.[4]
Peng Xuefeng (1907～1944), senior commander and military strategist of theChinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army andNew Fourth Army.[5]
Yang'an Temple, built in theTang Dynasty and flourished in theMing Dynasty. It is a precious national historical and cultural heritage. In 2019, the main hall of Yang'an Temple was selected into the eighth batch of national cultural relics protection units.[6]
Puti Temple, located at the foot of Xinghua Mountain in Zhenping County. Apricot trees are widely planted on the mountain and peaches and pears are planted at the foot of the mountain.[6]
Zhenping InternationalJade City, the world's largest wholesale and retail trading market for jade carvings and related handicrafts, integrating jade product sales,Buddhism promotion, cultural expos, park landscapes, tourism and leisure, and living and residence.[7]
The 10,000-acre cherry orchard, located in Laozhuang Town, Zhenping County. It is a specialty fruit ecological plantation and an important part of the Bodhi Temple Scenic Area. Whenever the cherry blossoms bloom in early spring, the entire cherry orchard becomes a sea of flowers.[8]
| Climate data for Zhenping, elevation 240 m (790 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 21.8 (71.2) | 22.9 (73.2) | 30.5 (86.9) | 34.4 (93.9) | 39.8 (103.6) | 40.4 (104.7) | 38.7 (101.7) | 38.4 (101.1) | 38.6 (101.5) | 33.5 (92.3) | 27.9 (82.2) | 21.3 (70.3) | 40.4 (104.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 6.9 (44.4) | 10.3 (50.5) | 15.3 (59.5) | 21.8 (71.2) | 27.3 (81.1) | 31.2 (88.2) | 31.6 (88.9) | 30.7 (87.3) | 26.9 (80.4) | 22.0 (71.6) | 15.0 (59.0) | 9.1 (48.4) | 20.7 (69.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 1.4 (34.5) | 4.5 (40.1) | 9.5 (49.1) | 15.7 (60.3) | 21.3 (70.3) | 25.8 (78.4) | 27.2 (81.0) | 26.1 (79.0) | 21.8 (71.2) | 16.2 (61.2) | 9.3 (48.7) | 3.4 (38.1) | 15.2 (59.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −2.9 (26.8) | −0.1 (31.8) | 4.4 (39.9) | 9.8 (49.6) | 15.4 (59.7) | 20.7 (69.3) | 23.4 (74.1) | 22.3 (72.1) | 17.6 (63.7) | 11.6 (52.9) | 4.9 (40.8) | −1.0 (30.2) | 10.5 (50.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −14.6 (5.7) | −11.9 (10.6) | −8.6 (16.5) | −2.1 (28.2) | 1.2 (34.2) | 10.6 (51.1) | 16.5 (61.7) | 13.3 (55.9) | 7.2 (45.0) | −2.1 (28.2) | −7.2 (19.0) | −16.3 (2.7) | −16.3 (2.7) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 10.0 (0.39) | 12.4 (0.49) | 26.6 (1.05) | 42.7 (1.68) | 72.3 (2.85) | 98.5 (3.88) | 145.0 (5.71) | 126.8 (4.99) | 68.6 (2.70) | 47.2 (1.86) | 30.2 (1.19) | 9.6 (0.38) | 689.9 (27.17) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 4.5 | 5.6 | 6.9 | 8.0 | 9.3 | 9.1 | 11.8 | 11.1 | 9.4 | 8.2 | 6.4 | 4.8 | 95.1 |
| Average snowy days | 4.2 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 11.7 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 67 | 66 | 69 | 72 | 68 | 68 | 80 | 81 | 76 | 71 | 72 | 68 | 72 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 114.8 | 115.9 | 146.7 | 178.4 | 184.4 | 168.1 | 159.3 | 169.6 | 140.0 | 146.4 | 130.6 | 126.7 | 1,780.9 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 36 | 37 | 39 | 46 | 43 | 39 | 37 | 41 | 38 | 42 | 42 | 41 | 40 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[9][10] | |||||||||||||
TheNingxi Railway andG40 Shanghai–Xi'an Expressway run from east to west, while theJiaozuo–Liuzhou railway and Tai'ao Expressway run from north to south. They are more than 30 kilometers east of NanyangJiangying Airport, and have basic land and airtransportation conditions. They have been included in the "half hour economic circle" of the central urban area of Nanyang.
The Henan Kangyuan Softshell Turtle Farm (河南省南阳镇平县康苑鳖业有限公司), located in Zhenping County'sJiasong Town is one of China's largestfacilities for raising the Yellow River Turtle (黄河鳖), a variety of theChinese softshell turtle. The farm, which occupies 600mu (100 acres) of land and water, raises some 6 million of those creatures per year.[11][12]
The Zhenping County Government has formulated a series of preferential policies, committed to creating a relaxed environment, expandingChinese economic reform, greatly improvinginfrastructure such astransportation,communication andenergy, and achieving comprehensive economic development.[13]
On May 9, 2019, after aprovincial-level special evaluation and inspection, it met thepoverty alleviation standards and officially withdrew from thepoverty alleviation county sequence. In the same year, the gross domestic product of Zhenping County was 25.693 billion yuan, an increase of 7.1% compared to 2018.
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