Where is Macheng?

Macheng is located in the northeast of Hubei Province, at the southern foot of the middle Dabie Mountain at the junction of Hubei, Henan and Anhui provinces, and in the center of the encirclement of Wuhan, Zhengzhou and Hefei. It covers an area of 3,747 square kilometers, governs 19 township offices, 1 provincial economic and technological development zones, 7 16 administrative villages, and 746 1 villagers' groups with a population. Urban planning area 17 1.7 square kilometers, and built-up area of 35 square kilometers; The urban population exceeds 320,000.

Macheng has a long history. Developed more than 7,000 years ago, it was the land of Chu in the Spring and Autumn Period. It was famous in history because of the Wu Chu War, so it was named Baiju. Qin belongs to Nanjun and Han belongs to Xiling. The post-Zhao general Schleswig-Holstein defended the city in Machu and named it Macheng. In the eighteenth year of Emperor Kai of Sui Dynasty (AD 598), a county was established, officially named Macheng, which belongs to Huangzhou County and has been attacked repeatedly since the Tang and Song Dynasties. 1986, the county was withdrawn to set up a city, which was managed by Huanggang city, but the financial and administrative examination and approval were independent.

Macheng is rich in natural resources. Cultivated land 1 more than 10,000 mu, and forest land is nearly 3 million mu. The waters are 450,000 mu. The surface water and groundwater reserves are more than 2 billion cubic meters, which is higher than the provincial average. Basalt, marble, fluorite, silicon and jade are rich in minerals, as well as gold, silver, copper, ferrotitanium, mirror iron, magnets, hematite and brown iron. There are more than 0/00 kinds of wild animals/kloc-,and rare animals include northern leopard, plum blossom, wild boar, otter, grass fox, giant salamander, broken turtle, silver ring snake and so on. There are more than a thousand kinds of plants, and the main specialties are silkworm, chestnut, chrysanthemum, persimmon and ginkgo. There are also a large number of precious Chinese herbal medicines such as Vitex negundo, Gastrodia elata, Eucommia ulmoides and so on.

Macheng is also rich in tourism resources. Scenic spots, cultural relics, revolutionary sites, ancient battlefields and ancient cultural sites can be seen everywhere. There are the tombs of Wei Shangshu, a famous doctor in the Jin Dynasty, Mao Jie, and a sage in the Tang Dynasty, the Xinghua Village where Su Shi and hermits, one of the eight masters in the Tang and Song Dynasties, often meet, and the Buddhist Academy where famous thinker Li Zhi wrote books and gave lectures. Macheng is also the hometown of Shang Shu of the Ming Dynasty's official department, Liu Tianhe of the Ministry of War, Zou Pusheng of Xu Shouhui's rebel commander, and Zhou Wenjiang of the Ministry of War of Zhang Qiyi. Famous scenic spots include turtle peak rising sun, cypress autumn shadow, Magu fairy cave and so on. The three major reservoirs built after liberation have beautiful lakes and mountains, and the establishment of Wunaoshan National Forest Park attracts people's attention. What's more famous is that Macheng is the location of Xiaogan Township in Macheng, Huguang, the eight holy places for immigrants in the history of China, and the ancestral home of many Sichuanese and Chongqing people.