Where is Pinggang Village located?
Pinggang Village is located in Xiangyanling Market Town, adjacent to Longhu in the south, Sufu transportation trunk line in the north, and adjacent to Maoba and Wuli in the northwest, covering an area of 9.7 square kilometers. The village has 28 villager groups, 827 households, 3,386 people, and a cultivated land area of 3,193.4 acres, including 2,078 acres of paddy fields and 1,115.4 acres of dry land. The mountain farm is 650 acres.
Pinggang Village is located in a hilly area and is rich in agricultural products such as rice, cotton, wheat, peanuts, and sesame.
Pinggang Village has a long history and culture, and there are two places of interest within its territory, namely "Baoen Temple" and "Wangyang Temple". "Wangyang Temple" was built in the Yuan Dynasty; "Baoen Temple" is said to have been built in the 12th year of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty. It is magnificent and popular. These two temples were destroyed in 1967 and 1958 respectively, and rebuilt with the approval of the County Religious Affairs Department in 1993 and 1995. Especially Baoen Temple, with its simple and elegant architecture and exquisite shape, attracts an endless stream of tourists before and after the Qingming Festival.
Pinggang Village has outstanding people. In the 1960s, there was a revolutionary martyr who could be praised and praised—Chai Liuzhi.
The economic development of Pinggang Village adopts multi-pronged measures. Based on agriculture, the second round of land contract responsibility system was improved group by group in 1995, planting rice and cotton well, providing agricultural technology consulting services, achieving high quality and high yield, focusing on economic benefits; supporting individual enterprises, running kilns, prefabricated plants, and briquettes well Factory, vigorously develop the local resources and human resources; encourage young people and skilled craftsmen to go out to work, expand the scope of economic resources, there are more than 1,100 migrant workers every year, and the income from work has become a major source of income in the village.
In the spring of 1998, 140,000 yuan was raised to build two village-level roads, Xiangping and Cunbu.
In August 1998, 110,000 yuan was invested to build two primary schools, Zhuluan and Huawu. Now 100 school-age children in the village are enrolled. There are 2 people in the village with doctorate degrees, 9 people with master's degrees, and 130 people who have graduated from colleges and technical secondary schools and are students in colleges and technical secondary schools.
In the autumn of 2000, we raised 100,000 yuan and secured a state investment of 400,000 yuan. It took 4 months to rectify the power supply facilities in the whole village. The power supply is now normal and safe. Most villagers have purchased refrigerators and large color TVs, and some households have also installed air conditioners.
The village has installed 410 fixed phones and 207 mobile phones.
Housing conditions have been improved, and 79 villagers have moved into new homes, with the per capita housing area reaching 48 square meters. The annual per capita net income reaches 1,400 yuan, which provides food and clothing for all, and about 10 families have reached a moderately prosperous level.
The landmark project of changes in Pinggang Village is the resettlement town construction project. In October 2002, Pinggang Village relied on the advantages of national policies and invested 420,000 yuan to relocate 68 residents. At the end of the year, the middle section of Longhu Road, which was 320 meters long and 28 meters wide, was opened.
In November 2002, another 190,000 yuan was invested to build six two-story village committee office buildings in the middle of the street. Pinggang Village, which is undergoing reform and opening up, will have a brighter future!
In 2011, the construction of the standardized Pinggang Village Headquarters was completed, and a villager activity and leisure center was established in the village.
On January 1, 2021, Pinggang Village was recognized as the 2020 Beautiful Rural Demonstration Village in Anhui Province.
Near Pinggang Village there are tourist attractions such as Shilian Cave, Baiyazhai, Xiaogushan, Jiujinggou Tourist Area, and Yanghe Lake Group Provincial Nature Reserve, as well as Yellow Lake hairy crabs, Susongxiang, etc. Buds, Wanshu spring wine, Liuxi jade leaves, Susong bracken and other specialties.