Taihe County, Jiangxi

Taihe County (simplified Chinese: 泰和县; traditional Chinese: 泰和縣; pinyin: Tàihé Xiàn) is a county of southwest Jiangxi province, People's Republic of China, situated on the west (left) bank of the Gan River. It is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Ji'an, 37 kilometres (23 mi) to the north-northeast.

Taihe County

泰和县

Taiho
County
Location in Ji'an City (yellow) and Jiangxi province
Coordinates: 26°47′24″N 114°54′32″E
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceJiangxi
Prefecture-level cityJi'an
Area
  Total2,666 km2 (1,029 sq mi)
Elevation
57 m (188 ft)
Population
 (2010)
  Total512,225
  Density190/km2 (500/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Area code(s)0796
GDP (RMB)4.692 billion
Websitehttp://www.jxth.gov.cn/

Its area is almost the size of that of Rhode Island.[1]

Demographics

Map including Taihe (labeled as 泰和 T'AI-HO) (AMS, 1954)

The population of the district was 505,795 in 1999.[2] The beautiful county consists of 16 towns, 6 villages and 2 cultivation farms. These villages and towns are called Chengjiang(Chinese: 澄江), Shuicha(水槎), Tangzhou(塘洲), Guanchao(冠朝), Shacun(沙村), Mashi(马市; 馬市), Shangmu(上模), Shangyi(上圯), Laoyingpan(老营盘; 老營盤), Zhonglong(中龙; 中龍), Xiaolong(小龙; 小龍), Heshi(禾市), Guanxi(灌溪), Bixi(碧溪), Luoxi(螺溪), Nanxi(南溪), Suxi(苏溪; 蘇溪), Qiaotou(桥头; 橋頭), Yanxi(沿溪), Shishan(石山), Yuanqian(苑前), Wanhe(万合; 萬合), Wushan Farm(武山垦殖场; 武山墾殖場) and Taihe Farm(泰和垦殖场; 泰和墾殖場) respectively.[3]

History

According to the recent archaeological discovery, the history of Taihe County can date back to the west zhou dynasty.

Education

Culture

Its famous landmark is K'uai-ko Pavilion, which Huang Tingjian wrote about.[1]

Famous Local Products

One of the most famous local products of Taihe County is Gallus domesticus, called "Taihe Wuji" in Chinese.

Climate

Scenery

Notes and references

  1. Chu, Hung-Lam (1998). "A Ming Society: T'ai-ho County, Kiangsi, in the Fourteenth to Seventeenth Century". 5 (2). China Review International: 401–405. Cite journal requires |journal= (help) - Cited: p. 401: "In the minds of Chinese literati, T'ai-ho County, covering an area slightly smaller than Rhode Island, in the southwestern part of Kiangsi Province,[...]"
  2. (in English) National Population Statistics Materials by County and City - 1999 Period, in China County & City Population 1999, Harvard China Historical GIS
  3. (in English) Government of Taihe County, Jiangxi Province, China - 2008 Period, in Taihe China Archived 2011-11-11 at the Wayback Machine
  4. 中国地面气候标准值月值(1981-2010) (in Chinese). China Meteorological Data Service Center. Retrieved 20 October 2018.

Further reading

  • John W. Dardess (1996). A Ming Society: Tʻai-ho County, Kiangsi, Fourteenth to Seventeenth Centuries. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-20425-6.
  • Qian Hang (钱杭; Qián Háng; Ch'ien Hang), 传统与转型: 江西泰和农村宗族形态; Chuántǒng yǔ Zhuǎnxíng: Jiāngxī Tàihé Nóngcūn Zōngzú Xíngtài; Ch'uan-t'ung yu chuan-hsing: Chiang-hsi Tai-ho nung-ts'un tsung-tsu hsing-t'ai. 上海社会科学院出版社, 1995 (Shanghai). See profile at Google Books.


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