Basic situation of Wang Nan town

Wang Nan Town is located in the southwest of Wenshang County, east longitude 1 16 2 1', north latitude 35 35', and it is 0/9 km away from the county seat. It is adjacent to Liulou Township in the east, Jiaxiang County in the west, Jining City in the south and Liangshan County in the north. It covers an area of 59.3 square kilometers and has a population of 57,000. Jurisdiction over 32 administrative villages. The terrain is high in the north and low in the south, belonging to the plain. The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal runs through the north and south, and there are many rivers in pits and ponds. The provincial roads of Ji Liang and Jinwen run through the town. Places of interest include Wang Nan Fenshui Hub, Wang Nan Fenshui Longwang Temple, Hancheng Site, Chiyou Tomb, Lu Jiu Cemetery, Shushan Temple, and Zhouji Imperial Forest.

Wang Nan has modern irrigation and water conservancy facilities, which can ensure a good harvest in drought and flood. The superior geographical location is not only suitable for human habitation, but also an entrepreneurial paradise for people of insight.

Wang Nan is a fusion place of canal culture, ancestral culture and Buddhist culture. There are many cultural relics and ancient buildings in the territory, such as the Tomb of Chiyou, Huang Lin Lu Jiu Cemetery, Fenshui Longwang Temple and Shushan Temple. Since ancient times, it has been famous for its unique location advantages and rich cultural accumulation. It is a famous transportation and cultural center in ancient times. Wang Nan Town, located in the middle section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, is known as the "water ridge" of the Grand Canal. Bai Ying, a famous local farmer water conservancy expert in ancient times, built a world-famous water diversion project in Wang Nan, which eradicated canal water transport. The scientific value and artistic level of Wang Nan water diversion project can be compared with Dujiangyan. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, in order to commemorate Bai Ying's great achievements, spectacular buildings, represented by Fenshui Longwang Temple, were successively built in Wang Nan, and they made six tours to the south, leaving poems and songs for the buildings each time, leaving countless literati's ink. When President Mao Zedong learned about the Wang Nan Water Diversion Project, he left the eternal admiration of "three points for the emperor and seven points for the south of the Yangtze River". The Tomb of Chiyou and Lu Jiu Cemetery are under renovation and construction, and the ancient buildings such as the Longwang Temple, which draws water, are included in the national 11th Five-Year Plan as rescue cultural relics. The protection, consolidation and development of the ancient canal diversion project are expected to be included in the national South-to-North Water Transfer Project.

Rich cultural background gave birth to Wang Nan's brilliant modern civilization. In this hot land, in the tide of market economy, a large number of outstanding sons and daughters have emerged, which makes Wang Nan heroic and proud. Han Suyun, a well-known military wife in China, is one of the outstanding representatives, from Gu, a good teacher who was exhausted from the podium of Spring Silkworm to Death, to Liu Xianjiang, a village director who died of breaking his heart for the people and enriching the people.