Huating City is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Gansu Province, which is managed by Pingliang City. Located in the east of Gansu Province, at the eastern foot of Guanshan Mountain, between east longitude 106 2 1' and north latitude 106 53' and north latitude 35 0 1'. Total area 1 183 square kilometers. By the end of 2022, Huating had jurisdiction over 1 street, 7 towns and 3 townships, with a permanent population of 17.9 1 10,000. In the second year of Putai in the Northern Wei Dynasty (532), Jianhua Pavilion Town was built to meet the needs of the war, and it was named after Huajianshan Pavilion at the foot of Huangfu Mountain.
1955, huating city belongs to Pingliang district. 1958 65438+In February, the county was withdrawn and Pingliang City was merged. The scenic spots in Huating City include Mijiagou Ecological Park and Shuangfeng Mountain. Huating, known as the "porcelain capital of coal city", is the only place on the ancient Silk Road. Huating City is the core area and an important industrial town for the integrated industrial development of coal, electricity, chemistry and transportation in Gansu Province. It is one of the thirteen major coal production bases in China and one of the three major coal production bases in northwest China.
Huating county history and culture
Huating Quzi Opera is a traditional drama of the Han nationality that spreads in Huating City, Gansu Province. Also called petty bourgeoisie, laughing stall, stall, belief room, etc. It has traces left over from the history of Yuan Dynasty zaju, and its aria is composed of many tunes, with about 65,438+000 commonly used tunes, such as "Last Month Tune" and "Back to Palace Tune".
Longdong shadow play is mainly distributed in Pingliang and Qingyang, Gansu Province. Its main artistic features are compact and exaggerated proportions, mainly open lines, simple and bright coloring, especially decorative patterns. At the same time, the sculpture is exquisite and the style is simple, which combines the artistic techniques of paper-cutting, stone carving and sculpture in Longdong, creating its unique artistic modeling and style.
The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Huating County.