Nanzhang County, which belongs to Xiangyang City, Hubei Province, is located in the northwest of Hubei Province, south of Hanshui River and east of Jingshan Mountain Range, and belongs to the transition zone from the mountainous area in northwest Hubei to the middle reaches of Hanshui River.
Nanzhang has a long history. Archaeological findings show that there were many paleolithic and Neolithic remains in Nanzhang area from about 6.5438+0.7 million years ago to 265.438+0 century BC, and Luochuan site was found to be the gathering place of human activities in Neolithic age. The civilization history of human activities in Nanzhang has been more than 4600 years.