The geographical environment of Raoyang County
Raoyang County is located in the southeast of Hebei Province, on the bank of Hutuo River in the central Hebei Plain, 240 kilometers away from Beijing and Tianjin in the north, adjacent to Qin, Tang, and Cang Development Zones in the east, and 110 kilometers away from the provincial capital Shijiazhuang in the west. Raoyang County borders Suning County and Li County to the north, Anping County and Boye County to the west, Wuqiang County and Xian County to the east, and Shenzhou City to the south. It is 25 kilometers wide from east to west and 29 kilometers long from north to south, with a total area of 573 square kilometers.
Raoyang County has a warm temperate subhumid monsoon climate, with cold winters and little snowfall, springs with drought and sandstorms, summers with high temperatures and rainy weather, and autumns with sunny weather and moderate temperatures. The annual average temperature is 12.5℃, and the total annual precipitation is about 510 mm.
As of 2011, the vegetable sowing area in Raoyang County is 380,000 acres, of which 300,000 acres are facility vegetables, ranking among the top in the province. The county has built 8 pollution-free, green vegetable production bases and 8 melon and vegetable wholesale markets.
As of 2012, there were 13 dairy farming communities (farms) in Raoyang County, with 12,400 dairy cows on hand and an annual output of 21,000 tons of fresh milk. There are 126 Sige pig farms above designated size in the county, with a population of 192,800 pigs. There are 160 laying hen farms above designated size, with more than 4 million laying hens on hand all year round. There are 20 special breeding communities in the county, with more than 400,000 minks, foxes and raccoons in stock all year round.
As of 2012, the timber forests in Raoyang County are mainly poplar trees, with a total area of 82,000 acres, and the farmland forest network in Raoyang County controls an area of 580,000 acres, with a control rate of 100%; the economic forests are mainly grape trees. , apples, pears and peaches mainly, with a total area of 156,000 acres. Raoyang County’s facility grape planting area reaches 58,000 acres. The Book of Songs Platform
In the early Han Dynasty, Mao Chang built a platform called the Book of Songs Platform in his hometown of Shiqin Village in Nannan. Mao Chang taught "The Book of Songs" to students on this stage. The village was named Shijing after the platform, and was later rumored to be Shiqin. It was also divided into three villages: South, North and Zhongshiqin based on its orientation.
Shanxi Immigration
During the Ming Dynasty, they moved from Yuci, Shanxi Province in the second year of Hongwu (1369) and from Hongdong County, Shanxi Province in the second year of Yongle (1404). The people came to Raoyang and built more than 70 villages. Among the immigrants from Shanxi, the majority were from Hongdong and nearby areas. Raoyang Jinsi Mixed Noodles
Grind mung beans, wheat, and sesame seeds into fine powder, mix with sesame oil, sugar, egg white and appropriate amount of water to form a dough, and set aside. Roll out the dough into a large sheet like tissue paper, cool slightly until it is neither dry nor wet, fold it continuously, and when it does not stick to the roll, fold it and cut it into thin strips.