Get to know Muye District
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- Administrative area
- District · 市辖区
- Part of
- Xinxiang
- Chinese name
- 牧野区
- Local areas
- District guide
Area & population
- Area in the source
- 89.20 km²
- Population · 2019
- 340,900
Source: cited geographic source, as of the dates shown.
History
Under the Shang the area lay within the royal domain. Three villages, Yanggang (杨岗村), Rugang (茹岗村) and Changgang (畅岗村), were once called the Old Dragon, Old Phoenix and Old Tortoise ridges, and are said to be where King Wu of Zhou (周武王) camped before the battle. The district itself was created in 1955.
When Xinxiang was the capital of Pingyuan Province (平原省) in the early years of the People's Republic, the provincial seat was in what is now Muye. The Former Site of the Pingyuan Provincial Party Committee (中共平原省委旧址), in use from 1949 to 1952, and the Former Site of Pingyuan Normal College (平原师范学院旧址), dating from 1951 and located in Rongxiao Road subdistrict (荣校路街道), are both on the Henan provincial heritage list.
What to see
The Xinxiang government lists the former home of Qu Boyu (蘧伯玉), a worthy of the Spring and Autumn state of Wei (卫国), among the district's surviving remains, together with Yangshao and Longshan culture sites, Xingguo Temple (兴国寺) and the Mafang site (马坊遗址), which are protected at provincial or city level.
Getting oriented
Xinxiang's high-speed railway station is in Muye District. The Beijing–Guangzhou railway, the Xinxiang–Heze and Xinxiang–Yueshan railways, the Beijing–Guangzhou high-speed line and National Highway 107 all cross the district, as do four expressways. Battery making started early here: the Xinxiang government names state Factory 755, built here, as China's first maker of rechargeable batteries. The China Research Institute of Radiowave Propagation and the Farmland Irrigation Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences are also based here.
Highlights
- Former Site of the Pingyuan Provincial Party Committee 中共平原省委旧址: Seat of the Pingyuan provincial committee from 1949 to 1952; Henan provincial heritage site.
- Former Site of Pingyuan Normal College 平原师范学院旧址: 1951 college site in Rongxiao Road subdistrict; Henan provincial heritage site.
- Former home of Qu Boyu 蘧伯玉故居: Linked to a Spring and Autumn-period worthy of the state of Wei.
Sources for this guide
牧野区简介_新乡市人民政府 · Xinxiang Municipal People's Government
牧野区 - 维基百科，自由的百科全书 · Wikipedia (Chinese) · CC BY-SA 4.0
牧野区各级文物保护单位列表 - 维基百科，自由的百科全书 · Wikipedia (Chinese) · CC BY-SA 4.0
Original English written from the listed sources and checked sentence by sentence against quoted extracts by a separate reviewer. Updated 2026-09-24.
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Sources & geographic information
Administrative names and parent areas: Official geographic directory · Reference date 2026-09-06.
Some facts checked against 牧野区 — Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Some facts checked against 牧野区各级文物保护单位列表 — Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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