Huangqiao, located on the north bank of the Yangtze River, is one of the largest towns in northern Jiangsu and one of the small and medium-sized cities in Jiangsu under construction. In ancient times, Huangqiao was called black pine forest, also called Li Yongfeng. The whole town covers an area of 175.05438+0 km2, with a total population of 192247, of which the built-up area is 10 km2, with nearly 65438+ 10,000 people. Huangqiao is known as a water hub in the history of "Huaiwo in the north and Jiangchao in the south". Provincial Highway 334, such as Huangxian Line and Jiangba Line, passes through the town, while Ningjing Salt and Tong Ning expressway pass through Huangqiao. The new (Yi)-Chang (Xing) railway has a passenger and freight marshalling station at Huangqiao.
Huangqiao is a military town that has made great contributions to the revolution. The decisive battle of Huangqiao has written a shameless page in the history of the * * * army. Dating back to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were 4 Jinshi, 10 juren and 100 Jinshi in He Family alone. There are more than 2,000 well-preserved buildings in Ming and Qing Dynasties and a few in Song Dynasty. East, south and west are three traditional ancient blocks with a total area of nearly 30 hectares. There are 5 provincial-level cultural relics protection units, 5 municipal-level cultural relics protection units 15, 24 ancient streets, 3 ancient temples and 7 ancestral temples, with a large number of stone carvings and woodcuts from Tang, Song, Ming and Qing dynasties. Influential cultural relics include I-shaped building, headquarters, memorial hall of Huangqiao Battle of the New Fourth Army, buildings in Ming and Qing Dynasties, Master Yu, He Ancestral Hall, Fuhui Temple, Songgu Xiaozi Pavilion, Memorial Tower of Revolutionary Martyrs in Huangqiao Battle, Ding Xilin's former residence, Comrade Su Yu's tomb, Ximachi and the Second Bridge of "Getting Rich" and "Civilization". Gu Xin, Song Xiaozi, He Wei, the rhyming artist He Xuan of Taibu Temple in Ming Dynasty, Zhu, the elder of Xinhai, Ding Wenjiang, the father of modern geology in China, Ding Xilin, vice minister of culture, and Wang Debao, a famous life scientist, were all born in Huangqiao. Huangqiao was also the place where Chen Yi, Su Yu and other proletarian revolutionaries of the older generation commanded the famous Huangqiao Campaign, and there are still many revolutionary historical sites. In recent years, more than 200,000 Chinese and foreign tourists come to Huangqiao for sightseeing every year. The Memorial Hall of Huangqiao Campaign of the New Fourth Army is a revolutionary traditional education base in Jiangsu Province, and has been identified as a national red tourism classic scenic spot by the State Council.