What are the roots of Taixing City?
What are the Gensi in Taixing City?
Origin of the place name: Gensi, revolutionary martyr, national combat hero of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, the first special meritor and super hero of the Chinese People’s Volunteers Yang Gensi name.
In January 2022, the Jiangsu Provincial Patriotic Health Campaign Committee named Gensixiang a 2021 Jiangsu Provincial Health Town. In January 2021, the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment named Gensixiang as the third batch of ecological civilization construction demonstration towns and villages in Jiangsu Province.
The roots of Chinese place names named after people are homesick: Gensi, the name of Yang Gensi, a revolutionary martyr, a national fighting hero of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, the first special meritorious official and a super hero of the Chinese People's Volunteers.
A township under the jurisdiction of Taixing City. In 1955, it was renamed as a township in memory of the internationalist hero Yang Gensi. In 1963, it was renamed Gensi Commune and in 1983 it was reestablished as a township. It is located in the northwest of the city, 9 kilometers away from the city hall.
It covers an area of 27.9 square kilometers and has a population of 25,000. It governs Gensi, Li Xiuhe, Yuxiu, Wuzhuang, Xiagang, Caodang, Nanhu, Xiaohu, East Lake, West Lake, Beihu, Qianqiang, Fandang, Qianjin, Dajing, Xiaojing, Henan, Nansen, Xubao, Zhangxu , Daxin, Xiaoxin, Fuyang, Xiaobizhuang 24 village committees. Industries include water pumps, tools, chemicals, clothing and other industries. Agricultural products include wheat, rice, corn, etc. Volunteer Army super hero Yang Gensi was born here.
Yang Gensi (November 6, 1922 - November 29, 1950), formerly known as Yang Gengxi, was a revolutionary martyr, a native of Taixing, Jiangsu Province, a national combat hero of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, and the first special class member of the Chinese People's Volunteers. A hero and super fighting hero, the first "Hero of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea" of the Chinese People's Volunteers.
Martyr Yang Gensi Martyr Yang Gensi was born on November 6, 1922 in Yanglangdian, Huangqiao District, Taixing County, Jiangsu Province. After growing up and joining the army, he was awarded titles such as "Combat Model", "Demolition King", "Level Three People's Hero", "First Level Combat Hero", etc.