Xiaotangshan Town () is a small town in the Changping District of Beijing, China.Modern Agricultural Science Demonstration Park at Xiaotangshan Chineseoo.com accessed 2020-02-06. It lies immediately outside Beijing's 6th Ring Road, to the north of the city. According to the 2020 census, Xiaotangshan was home to 80,273 inhabitants.

With a total area of 70.1 square kilometers, Xiaotangshan has rich geothermal resources, so much so that the name Xiaotangshan () originated from its abundance of geothermal springs. Xiaotangshan Hospital appeared in the news in May 2003 when the government hastily built a 1000-bed field hospital there to deal with an outbreak of SARS.China TimesChina rushes to build new hospital for virus care: The facility in the central city of Wuhan is expected to be in use by February 3 (2020) 2 February 2020, www.asiatimes.com, accessed 2020-02-06.

History +Timeline of Xiaotangshan's HistoryYearStatusUnder1949–19564th DistrictChangping County1956–1958Sixiao District1958–1982Xiaotangshan People's Commune (Beiqijiazhuang, Songlanbao and Shahe Working Stations separated away in 1959)1982–1990Xiaotangshan Township1990–1999Xiaotangshan Town (Integrated Dadongliu Township in 1997)1999–presentChangping District

Administrative divisions By 2021, Xiaotangshan Town was divided into 30 subdivisions, more specifically 6 communities and 24 villages: Administrative division codeSubdivision namesName transliterationType110114110001市场街社区ShichangjiesheqvCommunity110114110003大东流社区DadongliusheqvCommunity110114110004太阳城社区TaiyangchengsheqvCommunity110114110005汤南社区TangnansheqvCommunity110114110006龙脉社区LongmaisheqvCommunity110114110007金汤社区JintangsheqvCommunity110114110201小汤山村XiaotangshancunVillage110114110202尚信村ShangxincunVillage110114110203讲礼村JianglicunVillage110114110204马坊村MafangcunVillage110114110205官牛坊村GuanniufangcunVillage110114110206阿苏卫村AsuweicunVillage110114110207葫芦河村HuluhecunVillage110114110208大柳树村DaliushucunVillage110114110209大汤山村DatangshancunVillage110114110210后牛坊村HouniufangcunVillage110114110211大东流村DadongliucunVillage110114110212土沟村TugoucunVillage110114110213酸枣岭村SuanzaolingcunVillage110114110214前蔺沟村QianlingoucunVillage110114110215后蔺沟村HoulingoucunVillage110114110216小东流村XiaodongliucunVillage110114110217常兴庄村ChangxingzhuangcunVillage110114110218大赴任庄村DafurenzhuangcunVillage110114110219小赴任庄村XiaodurenzhuangcunVillage110114110220赴任辛庄村FurenxinzhuangcunVillage110114110221南官庄村NanguanzhuangcunVillage110114110222赖马庄村LaimazhuangcunVillage110114110223西官庄村XiguanzhuangcunVillage110114110224东官庄村DongguanzhuangcunVillage

Hot springs

Xiaotangshan has a long history of geothermal hot spring. The use of hot spring water can be traced back to the Southern and Northern Dynasties period of China, dating back over 1,500 years ago. The Xiaotangshan hot springs has records of early emperors using the springs for medical baths. The Qianlong Emperor of the Qing dynasty built the Xiaotangshan imperial palace and inscribed "九华兮秀". The hot spring water contains minerals and trace elements such as strontium, lithium, selenium, and other silicic acid mineral elements.

Xiaotangshan has rich geothermal resources. In Xiaotangshan center, resources are within 30 kilometers of ground water. Deep geothermal water depth in regions ranging from about 150–1400 meters to Xiaotangshan for the most shallow, less than one hundred meters. Due to the different regions and the depth of water, the water temperature is different, mostly in the 40-50 °C, the highest in the central area of Xiaotangshan 55-64 °C.

Economy

In 1994, Xiaotangshan town was named the pilot town for the construction of small towns in Beijing. In 1995, it was identified as the national pioneer town of comprehensive reform. In 2002, it was named by the United Nations Development as the small pilot town for sustainable development in China. In 2003 it was named "National Environmentally Beautiful Town" by the National Environmental Protection Administration. In 2004, it was identified as the first batch of national development and Reform pilot town and the Ministry of Construction and other six ministries identified it as one of the 1887 focus town. In 2005, the China Mining Association named Xiaotangshan as "Chinese hot springs town", and the National Steering Committee awarded it as "spiritual civilization advanced the town".

Features Xiaotangshan Palace, The Hot Springs and The Xiaotangshan Dragon Venture Hot Springs Plaza. , a hospital near Xiaotangshan hot spring, which became famous during the 2003 SARS epidemic. This saw a sudden increase in patients with the same condition and similar needs, and so an additional 'Rehabilitation Hospital' was built adjacent to the hospital site in little more than a week. The temporary structure, built of prefabricated units and with a service life of 3 years, was operational for 51 days in 2003, from April 30 to June 20.Expert Interpretation: Why Xiaotangshan was demolished after seven years 2010-04-10 www.cyol.net accessed 2020-02-06. Subsequently, it was 'quietly abandoned' and in 2010 was to be demolished. It was rebuilt due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Xiaotangshan Modern Agricultural Science Demonstration Park, the largest modern agricultural park in China.Investment Changping/ Xiaotangshan modern agricultural technology demonstration park , accessed 2020-02-06.

Transport

See also

Datangshan

References

External links Xiaotangshan website Changping District website