The Natural Environment of An Baili Township
The township now governs two streets (Bailian Street and Niuji Street) and 18 administrative villages (An Baili, Jingzhuang, Liu Yao, Sancha Road, Qi Jing, Ding Yan, Man Cang House, Xihe, Wuxing, Mingzhu, Niuji, Laoyuan, Wangshuiwei, Dutanglou, Xintang, Changtang, Qiaotou and Qiao Liu). An Baili Post Office, An Baili Telecommunication Bureau, Anbaili Power Supply Office, An Baili Water Pipe Institute, Anbaili Supply and Marketing Cooperative, An Baili Livestock and Poultry Aquatic Station, An Baili Agricultural Technology Station, Anbaili Radio and Television Culture Station, Bailian Local Taxation Office, Bailian Finance Office, Bailian Agricultural Economics Station, Bailian Civil Affairs Office, Bailian Family Planning Office, Bailian Judicial Office, Bailian Township Health Center and Bailian Police Station). There are about 8,600 mu of lakes and bays in An Baili Township, of which 7,500 mu are cultivated around lakes (the township scale is 14). More than 2,000 mu of aquaculture, fish farming, planting cash crops such as lotus seeds and lotus roots, and raising livestock and poultry have been developed in polder areas, forming a trend of comprehensive breeding, recycling and three-dimensional development of lotus root fish and livestock.
The township is dominated by agriculture, including rice, wheat and taro. , and a small amount of miscellaneous crops; Cash crops include cotton, vegetables, soybeans, mung beans, sesame, kenaf and mint. There is much grass in the lake bay, which is suitable for raising cattle, sheep, geese and ducks. The back area mainly raises pigs. Because the township is located on the west side of the lake, floods have always been a concern of the people in the township. The flood in 199 1 year caused six villages such as Jingzhuang, Liu Yao, Sancha Road, Qi Jing, Ding Yan and Xihe to be affected to varying degrees. The flood swallowed dams and villages, washed away crops and trees, and caused direct economic losses of millions of yuan. 1998, 2003 and other floods caused some dikes to burst, crops were flooded, and farmers suffered huge losses. 1997 in autumn, rice planthoppers reduced the yield of some fields in this township to varying degrees.
Places of interest: There are few places of interest in An Baili Township. This is the origin of "White Lotus Pagoda". It is said that many years ago, Bailian Street ran east-west. There is a pagoda about twenty or thirty feet high in the north, and there is a big pond facing it 200 meters away in the south. Lotus flowers are in full bloom in the pond, and the water is crystal clear. Every evening, the reflection of the pagoda appears in the water of the pond, hence the name "White Lotus Pagoda". According to legend, it has a history of more than 200 years. The ruins of the pagoda still exist, and the Datang has been filled into streets.
There is also a legend of "dragon playing in the water". The north bank of Niu Jiao River is a big hillslope, which is oblong from east to west, about 100 meters. The slope is high in the north and low in the south, and the distance from the top to the bottom is about 1000 meters. There is a hill slope on the east and west sides, and a depression about 300 meters to the south. On the whole, the Dagang slope in the middle is like a dragon claw, and the Xiaogang slopes on both sides are like a dragon claw. From a distance, it looks like a dragon swimming in the river, and it has been regarded as a "land of feng shui" for generations. Since ancient times, rich and powerful families have buried their ancestral graves here in order to make their families prosperous.