Taihe County, Jiangxi

Taihe County
泰和县
County

Location in Ji'an City (yellow) and Jiangxi province
Coordinates: 26°47′24″N 114°54′32″E / 26.790°N 114.909°E / 26.790; 114.909Coordinates: 26°47′24″N 114°54′32″E / 26.790°N 114.909°E / 26.790; 114.909
Country People's Republic of China
Province Jiangxi
Prefecture-level city Ji'an
Area
 • Total 2,666 km2 (1,029 sq mi)
Elevation 57 m (188 ft)
Population
 • Total 526,000
 • Density 200/km2 (510/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+8 (China Standard)
Area code(s) 0796
GDP (RMB) 4.692 billion
Website http://www.jxth.gov.cn/

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.

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

Demographics

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.

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.

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 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. - 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.

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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