Is He Xia Ancient Town a famous historical and cultural town in China?
He Xia Ancient Town, formerly known as Beichen Town, is located in the northwest corner of Chuzhou City, Huai 'an City. It is one of the core protected areas of Huai 'an historical and cultural city. Liang Hongyu, a heroine in the Southern Song Dynasty, Wu Cheng'en, a great writer in the Ming Dynasty and other historical celebrities were born here. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were also 56 scholars here, 123 juren, and 12 Hanlin, which was known as the "hometown of scholars" with profound cultural heritage. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the river was a salt distribution center in Huaibei, and was once the seat of Huaibei Salt Transportation Department, where many salt merchants operated. At the same time, the river is also the supporting material processing base of Qingjiangdu Shipyard. He Xia is a typical ancient town that has experienced a thousand years of prosperity and decline due to traffic. In its heyday, it was a famous commodity market in China. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the distribution center of Huaibei salt moved to Xiba, Wang Jiaying, and the water transportation changed to sea transportation, and the river surface gradually declined. Guzhen is now a cultural relic of Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, a national key cultural protection unit.