The three major yellow peach producing areas in China are Yanling in Hunan, Jiashan in Zhejiang and Pingyi in Shandong.

Yanling County, formerly known as Ling County, is affiliated to Zhuzhou City, Hunan Province. It is located in the southeastern border of Hunan and at the western foot of Jinggang Mountain. It was renamed Yanling County in 1994 because "the city has a sacred mausoleum" - Emperor Yan's mausoleum. . Yanling County has a total area of ??2,030 square kilometers and governs 5 towns, 5 townships and 120 administrative villages.

Yanling County is located in the middle section of the Luoxiao Mountains on the border of Hunan and Jiangxi. It borders Jinggangshan City and Suichuan County in Jiangxi Province to the east, Guidong County and Zixing City to the south, and Anren County to the west. , adjacent to Chaling County in the north. The geographical coordinates are between 26°03′05″N to 26°39′30″N, 113°34′54″E to 114°07′15″E, with a length of 59 kilometers from north to south and a width of 51 kilometers from east to west. The total area is 2030.24 square kilometers, accounting for approximately 0.96% of the province’s area.

Topography:

Yanling County is a mountainous county dominated by Zhongshan landforms, with mountainous areas accounting for 86.9% of the total area. The county is basically covered by two main mountain ranges, Bamian Mountain to the west and Wanyang Mountain to the southeast. The two mountain ranges are arranged in a "Y" shape and are both branches of the Nanling Mountains.

The entire terrain within the territory is high in the southeast and low in the northwest. The highest point is Shennong Peak at the junction of Ceyuan and Jiangxi, with an altitude of 2122.35 meters; the lowest point is Aijiling at the junction of Sanhe Town and Chaling County, with an altitude of 166 meters. ;The maximum vertical height difference is 1956.35 meters. There are 549 peaks above 1,000 meters, including 197 above 1,500 meters. There are four landform types: mountains, hills, hills and valley plains.