In the first year of Hongzhi in Ming Dynasty (1488), the city wall was built.
The county market is small, the houses are low, and the government agencies and public cultural and entertainment facilities are relatively simple.
Houses and farmhouses in rural areas are mostly bungalows with civil structures, and there are few gorgeous and spacious buildings.
In the 25th year of the Republic of China (1936), a few wealthy families in the county began to use electric lights for lighting.
From 30 to 37 years of the Republic of China, the small streets in the county were widened three times, and a street with a length of 400 meters and a width of 4 meters was opened.
After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), the people of the county attached great importance to urban and rural construction, with the gradual increase of public and civil buildings in the county, the improvement of commercial, post and telecommunications and service outlets, and the continuous construction of cultural and entertainment venues and hydropower facilities.
By 1978, the main streets in the county were widened to 10 meter.
Commune stations were built in rural areas, and public facilities were greatly increased.
* * * After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee, with the implementation of the reform and opening-up policy, urban and rural construction has accelerated.
1984 began to implement the overall planning of towns and villages. By 1988, the total length of main streets rebuilt and newly built in the county is 7 1 10,000 meters, and the width of main streets is 16 ~ 20 meters. Seven bridges, 5500 meters of sewers and 9600 meters of water pipes were built.
The resident construction of each township has begun to take shape as a market town.
1988 has 38 county offices (halls) with a building area of12300m2; Organs, administrative enterprises and institutions have collective dormitories; Yao Yao, Dutouyang, Qinglongzhuang Nanzhuang and Fengzui have been newly built in the urban area. Farmers' housing has developed from civil structure and wood structure to brick-wood structure and mixed structure, and from bungalow to building, and most rural areas have realized building.
There are 2,409,300 square meters of rural houses in the county, including 2,253,800 square meters of buildings, accounting for 93.54%.