Zhongxiang City, located in the middle of Hubei Province, in the middle reaches of the Hanjiang River, with an area of 4,488 square kilometers, ranks third in Hubei Province, with a population of 1,121,911, and now has jurisdiction over 17 townships, 3 state-owned farms and 2 provincial-level economic and technological development zones. Zhongxiang is a famous historical and cultural city in China, an excellent tourist city in China, a world cultural heritage site, a national comprehensive experimental zone for social development, a national advanced county and city in science, technology, education and culture, a provincial civilized city and a sanitary city, and a bright pearl in Jianghan Plain.

Zhongxiang is an ancient and magical land. It is one of the birthplaces of Chu culture, with a written history of more than 2,711 years. It was called Jiaoying in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and was the capital of Chu. The Ming Dynasty was the seat of Chengtianfu, one of the three directly under the central government. With a long history, the splendid Chu culture has been nurtured, and a number of figures with far-reaching influence in history have been created, such as Song Yu, a writer of Chu Ci, and Mo Chounv, a singer and dancer of Chu. Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty once made a fortune here; There are many cultural relics in the territory, and the largest single mausoleum in China-Xianling and the magnificent buildings of the Ming Dynasty have been built, which is known as the "Earth Museum". In 2111, the Ming Xianling was rated as a world cultural heritage by UNESCO. Tourism resources are very rich, including national Dahongshan Scenic Area, national Dakou Forest Park and other natural landscapes, especially the Kaster landform of Huangxian Cave with more than 21,111 square meters is rare in the world.

Zhongxiang is a fertile land. It belongs to a subtropical monsoon climate with mild climate and abundant rainfall, with mountains, plains and hills, and is rich in mineral resources. There are 6 categories and 27 species of phosphorus ore, rectorite, pyrite, aluminum, silicon and barite that have been proved, especially the reserves of phosphorus ore rank second in the country, and the mining amount ranks first in the country, so it is known as the "Central Plains Phosphorus Capital". Rich products and resources have given Zhongxiang's economic development a soaring wing. The comprehensive social and economic strength of the city has been among the top ten counties and cities in Hubei Province for six consecutive years. The comprehensive agricultural strength once ranked fifth in the country and first in Hubei, and the construction of a well-off society has always been among the best in the province. Industry has formed six pillar industries, such as light industry, textile, food and feed, mechanical automobile, building materials and chemical industry. 17 kinds of products, such as luggage, motors, dehydrated vegetables and Ge Fen, have entered the international market, and a number of high-tech and high value-added projects, such as beer enzyme and Beishan Pumped Storage Power Station, are under construction, which will certainly add strong impetus to economic development. Convenient transportation, sufficient energy, complete infrastructure functions, forming a comprehensive opening pattern of water, land and air three-dimensional transportation network; Cement pavement ranks first in all counties and cities in the province. Changjing Railway and Xiangjing expressway pass through the territory. Cold water airport opens flights and Hanjiang shipping is open all year round. Digitalization of post and telecommunications, program-controlled direct dialing in towns and villages, mobile communication network and wireless automatic paging network covering the whole city.

location geography

Zhongxiang city is subordinate to Hubei province and managed by Jingmen city. Located in the middle of Hubei Province, in the middle reaches of Hanjiang River, at the northern end of Jianghan Plain, between 31 42-31 36 north latitude and 112 17-113 11 east longitude; The maximum longitudinal distance between north and south is 111.61 kilometers, the maximum transverse distance between east and west is 83.51 kilometers, and the total area of soil is 4488 square kilometers, ranking third in the province. Yingzhong, the resident of the Municipal People's Government, is 218km away from the provincial capital, Suizhou in the northeast, jingshan county in the east, Tianmen in the south, Jingmen in the west and Yicheng in the northwest.

Historical evolution

Zhongxiang is an important birthplace of Chu culture, with a written history of more than 2,711 years. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Zhongxiang was the capital of Chu, called Jiaoying. County was established in the early Western Han Dynasty, and the Three Kingdoms belonged to Wu, which was called Shicheng. For more than 1,611 years from the Western Jin Dynasty to the late Qing Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, Zhongxiang was ruled by the counties, prefectures and governments of past dynasties. Because Emperor Jiajing was born and raised here, Yuci County was named "Zhongxiang", which means "auspicious and gathering together". In the 11th year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty (AD 1531), the Imperial House inherited Tianfu, which was one of the three directly under the central government (Shuntianfu-now Beijing, Yingtianfu-now Nanjing, Chengtianfu-now Zhongxiang). It was once the political, economic and cultural center of Jianghan and Huguang. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the name of the county was still Zhongxiang, which was in the middle of Yongzheng. In May, 1992, the county was withdrawn to set up a city.

natural resources

agricultural resources: the total land area of the city is 6.73 million mu, including 1.234 million mu of cultivated land, more than 511,111 mu of arable land, nearly 2 million mu of forest land, 741,111 mu of water area and more than 1.9 million mu of grassland. Freshwater resources; The city's total fresh water resources are 51.142 billion cubic meters. The Hanshui River runs through the city from north to south for 1.44 kilometers. There are 8 water systems in the Hanshui River Basin, including Man River, Zhupi River, Fengle River, Ao River, Nanbei Lake River and Changtan River. Three large reservoirs, namely Wenxia, Shimen and Huang Po, have been built, and the city's hydropower reserves are more than 1.57 million kilowatts. Agricultural products resources; In 1999, the city produced 861,111 tons of grain, 7,111 tons of cotton, 118,111 tons of oil, 41,111 tons of fruit, 71,111 tons of aquatic products, 747,111 tons of vegetables, 645,111 pigs and 6.13 million poultry.

mineral resources: there are 27 kinds of mineral resources in 6 categories in Zhongxiang, accounting for 1/6 of the discovered minerals in China and 1/4 of the whole province. There are mainly phosphate rock, rectorite, mineral water, pyrite, limestone, refractory clay, talc, marble, coal, barite, dolomite, diamond and placer gold. Among them, the reserves of phosphorus ore reach 536 million tons, ranking second in the country, and the mining amount ranks first in the country, which is known as the "Central Plains Phosphorus Capital". There is a national key project in the Eighth Five-Year Plan and the largest phosphorus chemical enterprise in Asia-Dayukou Mine-fertilizer Combination Project with an investment of nearly 3 billion yuan, which is a national phosphorus chemical base. Rectorite ore, which is widely used in the fields of oil drilling and aerospace industry, has only been found in more than 41 places in the world, and only 3 places have mining value, especially Zhongxiang Phosphate Town, which has a large reserve and great exploitation and utilization value, with a reserve of 2 billion tons, ranking first in the province. Mineral water is mainly distributed in long beach, inn, Changshou and other towns, and is currently being developed and utilized. The development of phosphating industry, fine chemical industry and building materials industry has unique resource advantages and has a certain development foundation.

Tourism resources: Zhongxiang is a famous historical and cultural city in China, an excellent tourist city in China, a world cultural heritage site (Ming Tomb), and an important part of the national Dahongshan scenic spot. The domestic tourism resources are very rich, and four scenic spots have been initially formed: First, Yingzhong Scenic Area. This is the hometown of Song Yu, a writer of Chu Ci, Mo Chounv, an artist of Chu, and Emperor Jiajing of Ming Dynasty. It is also the birthplace of the elegant and famous song "Spring and Snow", where literati such as Li Bai, Du Fu and Bai Juyi all left ink. There are 19 sites of Chu culture and 38 buildings of past dynasties. Among them, Xianling Mausoleum, the 15th Mausoleum of Ming Dynasty, a national key cultural relic unit, is the only imperial mausoleum in central and southern China, and the largest single imperial mausoleum of Ming Dynasty in China, which is magnificent and spectacular. The second is yuntaiguan Scenic Area. There is a national forest park-Dakou Forest Park, with a forest area of 1.7 million mu and a forest coverage rate of 85%. Famous landscapes include yuntaiguan, Songmen Temple, Bailu Temple, Mituo Temple, Longquan Temple, Yingzi Cave, Wulong Cave and Liumenkou Waterfall. Third, Dahongshan Scenic Area. It is a national-level scenic spot with dense forests and moderate elevation (with an average elevation of about 711 meters and a maximum of 151 meters). It is an ideal summer resort. There are 4 caves of even size in the area, with many famous mountains, strange trees and hot springs, among which Huangxian Cave is famous for its size, strangeness, beauty and far and near, and the Kaster landform of more than 21,111 square meters in the cave is rare in the world. At present, part of the development has been completed, and it receives nearly 1 million tourists every year. The fourth is Wenxia Scenic Area. It is a water scenic tourist area with Wenxia Reservoir as the main body.

Economic development

It is estimated that the city's GDP in 2113 will be 8.484 billion yuan, with an average annual growth rate of 5.6% in five years. The Ninth Five-Year Plan was successfully completed and the Tenth Five-Year Plan was smoothly advanced. The industrial structure has been continuously optimized. The proportion of the tertiary industry was adjusted from 35.3: 32.6: 32.1 in 1998 to 25.6: 37.8: 36.6 in 2113, and the secondary and tertiary industries became the main body of the national economy. The quality and efficiency of economic operation are constantly improving. In 2113, the fiscal revenue was 278 million yuan, with an average annual increase of 1.6%. Among them, the general budget revenue is 91 million yuan, with an average annual increase of 6.7%.

Traffic conditions

Zhongxiang City is located in the middle of Hubei Province, with trunk highways extending in all directions from expressway to other countries and provinces. The golden waterway of Hanjiang River can reach Wuhan directly, and the Jiaozhi Railway and Changjing Railway run through the east, west, north and south of our city, basically forming a three-dimensional transportation network of roads, waterways and railways.

1. Highway

The city's highway mileage is 4,111 kilometers, including two in expressway, and Xiangjing expressway was completed and opened to traffic in 2114. It takes about 21 minutes to get to Xiangjing (Fanjing) expressway from the city. In addition, Wu (Han) to Jing (Men) to Yi (Chang) expressway are under construction, and it is expected to be open to traffic in 2118. The highway is about 13 kilometers from the urban area of our city to 141 kilometers from Wuhan, and it will take about 1.5 hours from our city to Wuhan after opening to traffic. From expressway to Wuhan, Hefei and Nanjing; South to Changde, Shaoyang and Guangzhou; Westward leads to Yichang, Chongqing and Chengdu (see National expressway Network for details).

2. Waterway

Zhongxiang City is located in the middle reaches of the Han River, with 295.5 kilometers of waterways. The city's water transport is open all year round? , a large general hospital integrating medical treatment, teaching and scientific research, has more than 211 sets of advanced medical equipment imported from the United States, such as whole-body CT machine, color Doppler, extracorporeal shock wave lithotriptor and Burt hemodialysis machine in the United States. It can carry out difficult technical projects such as brain tumor resection, closed mitral valve separation, hepatectomy, bone replantation, intraocular lens implantation and radiation intervention, and three scientific research achievements have passed provincial appraisal and reached the leading level in China. Zhongxiang People's Hospital has been awarded the national second-class first-class hospital, baby-friendly hospital and top ten civilized window demonstration hospital in Jingmen. Zhongxiang Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital is a national second-class first-class Chinese medicine hospital, Zhongxiang Science and Technology Center for Burn Wounds in China, Technical Cooperation Hospital of Hubei Affiliated Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Technical Cooperation Hospital for Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Diseases of Nanshi Hospital of Henan Province. There are a number of specialized departments of traditional Chinese medicine, among which the burn treatment center adopts the internationally advanced new technology of wet exposure therapy to treat burns of various sizes, with the characteristics of quick recovery and no scars. More than 511 burn patients were cured, and the cure rate reached 92.3%. Especially, it broke a new path in treating severe burns and respiratory tract burns with burn area of over 61%, and won the third prize of scientific and technological achievements of burn wound and ulcer in China. Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases are mainly treated by hemodilution therapy, interventional therapy, thrombolytic therapy and a series of drugs for preventing and treating stroke, with unique methods and remarkable curative effects.

Urban Construction

Since the county was abolished in 1992, Zhongxiang City has taken the opportunity of creating a sanitary city and a civilized city to increase investment in urban construction. It has successively invested 461 million yuan to build 25 urban roads, with a total length of 36 kilometers. The paving rate of urban roads has reached 98%, with a total urban road area of 2.5 million square meters and a per capita urban road area of 18 square meters. Completed the second and third phases of the urban waterworks. The daily water supply capacity of the city reached 115,111 tons, the urban water supply penetration rate and the comprehensive qualified rate of water quality reached 111%, and 31 new or rebuilt drainage networks were 44 kilometers long, with the density of urban drainage networks reaching 4 kilometers/square kilometer. Build 31 high-standard flush toilets, and build 1 garbage treatment plants and 1 feces treatment plants, with the harmless treatment rate of garbage and feces reaching 111%; Nanhu Park and Gongtang Park have been built, 468 flower beds have been built, 611,111 trees have been planted, the urban greening rate has reached 41%, and the per capita green space is 11 square meters; There are 226 standard bus stations in the urban area, and 6 operating lines have been opened, with 11,111 people owning 16 standard bus stations.

At present, the urban area of Zhongxiang City is constantly expanding, with a built-up area of 1.4.5 square kilometers and a population of 1.5 million. A star city with obviously enhanced overall functions is emerging in Jianghan Plain.

Zhongxiang is a paradise for investment and trade, which contains unlimited business opportunities. Millions of people in the city warmly welcome friends at home and abroad to visit Zhongxiang for sightseeing and investment. Let's get together on the bank of the Han River, and create a brilliant future in the 21st century with the spirit of "auspicious and auspicious gathering"!

Zhongxiang Dialect

Zhongxiang Dialect belongs to the southwest area of the northern dialect area of China, and locally, it can be divided into Chengguan (that is, Yingzhong) accent, Lengshui accent, Dongqiao accent, Jiukou accent and Chaihu accent (note: Chaihu is a big immigrant town, and immigrants come from Xichuan, Henan, belonging to Henan dialect area). The Zhongxiang dialect spoken on this site will be dominated by the most representative Yingzhong accent.

Characteristics of modern Zhongxiang dialect:

1. Since 1981s, Mandarin has been widely infiltrated into Zhongxiang dialect, and the differences between Zhongxiang dialect and Mandarin are gradually narrowing. In 1936, China linguist Zhao Yuanren made an investigation in Zhongxiang, Hubei Province. At that time, the words "beat, thief, shake, stretch, criticize, ride, stand, choke, blind, cut, drop, drown, lose and meat" were all local pronunciations of Zhongxiang. In the late 1981s, linguists visited Zhongxiang again and found that the pronunciation of the above words was close to that of Mandarin. The pronunciation of many words has changed from dialect to Mandarin.

2. Zhongxiang dialect is not as sweet, bright, light, crisp, euphemistic and friendly as Beijing dialect, nor as delicate and delicate as Shanghai dialect. Although the accent is very similar to Sichuan dialect, it is not as cadenced as Sichuan dialect. Zhongxiang dialect is very simple and honest, with a flat tone and little ups and downs.

3. There are two unique and important auxiliary words "Da" and "Ba" in Zhongxiang dialect. The function of "da" is like "le" in Mandarin, indicating the perfect tense; "Ba" is not only equivalent to "Ma" in Mandarin in interrogative sentences, but also usually used in declarative sentences, such as "I know my hometown news very well, and I often go to the window of Zhongxiang."

4. Like Beijing dialect, Zhongxiang dialect also contains a large number of children's voices. Such as "today", "everything", "interesting work" (interesting), "Nahar" (there) and so on.

5. Zhongxiang dialect contains a very interesting vibrato /r/, which is mostly derived from the suffix "zi". For example, sheep, steamed stuffed bun, chair, car, old man, etc., words that almost end with "zi" are all vibrato in Zhongxiang dialect. The frequent occurrence of vibrato in Russian is a headache for many learners, but for students from Zhong Xiang, there is no difficulty at all.

6. Zhongxiang dialect generally does not distinguish between flat tongue and rolled tongue sounds, including N and L, Z and zh, C and ch, S and sh. This feature will encounter some obstacles when learning Japanese. In addition, there are no vowels in Zhongxiang dialect that correspond to eng, ing, ong and iong in Mandarin.