Baisanguan is located in Baisanguan Town, Yunyang District, Shiyan City. It is the name of an administrative town, village and area. The name of Baisangguan comes from a strange old tree growing there. This tree looks like both a ginkgo tree and a mulberry tree. It is said to be

Baisanguan is located in Baisanguan Town , Yunyang District, Shiyan City. It is the name of an administrative town, village and area.

The origin of the name of Baisangguan comes from a strange old tree growing there. This tree looks like a ginkgo tree and a mulberry tree . It is said to be a ginkgo tree but it has mulberry leaves . It is said to be a mulberry tree but it actually bears ginkgo . The name of this tree cannot be found in the encyclopedia dictionary. It is simply a sacred tree. So what is going on here?

The thing is like this. Legend has it that during the and years of the Ming Dynasty, there was a large ginkgo tree growing locally. Over the years, the tree became large and hollow. A mulberry tree actually grew out of the hollow of the ginkgo tree. There were trees in the tree, and trees grew in the tree. , the two trees blend into one and look like one tree, so the wonder of the mulberry and ginkgo trees is created in heaven. The locals named this tree "White Mulberry Tree" in the simplest, most direct and most vivid terms. Not only that, but the area where this strange tree grows is also named White Mulberry or simply White Mulberry because of the tree. Unfortunately, this old tree was later cut down when the school was being built.

There is a Lei Feng Pass about 5 kilometers west of "White Mulberry Tree". The terrain of this pass is the most steep in this area, forming a natural pass. More importantly, this pass is not only the ancient Yunyang Prefecture leading to various places in Dongxiang. It is located in an important place, and it is also an essential route to Shangzhou from Shaanxi and Nanyang from Henan. As a result, the white mulberry tree and Lei Feng Ya (pass) have become the most representative symbols of the local area.

It is precisely because of these two local symbols that when the Ming Dynasty set up grassroots administrative agencies here to name them, they drew on the magic of the "White Mulberry Tree" and the danger of Lei Fengya, and named the newly established agency Baisangguan.

Baisanguan Town belongs to Yunyang District, Shiyan City, in the northeast of the district. In addition to the southeast corner adjacent to Danjiangkou City Xijiadian Town, the southeast and northwest sides are adjacent to Tanshan Town, Mepu Town, Anyang Town, Yangxipu Town, south Huatang Town is connected to and is a transportation hub connecting many surrounding towns and villages.

The terrain is mainly high mountains, low mountains and hills. The terrain is high in the west and low in the east, surrounded by mountains on three sides, with a north-south trend in the middle. The average altitude is 496 meters. The highest point is Siyazhai with an altitude of 918 meters. The lowest point is the Jujiahe Reservoir Hydrological Station with an altitude of 250 meters. The main rivers include Taogou River, Baizhugou River, etc.

Baisanguan Town belonged to Gaoze Sanli of Yun County after the establishment of Yunyang Prefecture in the Ming Dynasty, Dongxiang County in the late Qing Dynasty, and Sangma Township in the County during the Republic of China.

When the People's Republic of China was founded, it belonged to the fifth district of the county (Baisang District). In 1958, it was established as the Universal Commune. In 1960, it was reorganized into Baisang District and administered seven small communes: Baisang, Baiying, Baiwan, Gaomiao, Dongliang, Meizi and Huangshi. In 1975, the districts were withdrawn and merged into communes, becoming Baisang, Huangshi and Gaomiao communes. In 1987, it was restored to Baisang District. In 1989, the district was removed and townships were established, which were named Baisanguan Town, Huangshi Township and Gaomiao Township. In 2001, the towns and villages were merged. The original Baisanguan Town and the original Gaomiao Township were merged into the new Baisanguan Town, and the town headquarters is still located in Baisanguan Village.

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