Hefei, the capital of the province, *** has 17 prefecture-level cities, 44 municipal districts, 5 county-level cities and 56 counties.

The province is about 570 kilometers long from north to south and 450 kilometers wide from east to west, with a total area of 13.96 million square kilometers, accounting for about 1.45% of China's land area.

Anhui is located in the mid-latitude zone, under the combined influence of solar radiation, atmospheric circulation and geography, Anhui has a transitional climate from warm temperate zone to subtropical zone. In China's climate zoning, north of the Huaihe River is a temperate semi-humid monsoon climate, south of the Huaihe River is a subtropical humid monsoon climate. The main climatic characteristics are: distinct monsoon, four distinct seasons, mild climate, moderate rainfall, variable spring temperatures, high and refreshing autumn, significant rain, summer rain concentrated. To summarize, Anhui has superior climatic conditions and abundant climatic resources. Abundant light, heat and water resources are conducive to the development of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery. However, due to the transitional characteristics of the climate, the north and south of the cold and warm air masses, the weather is changing, precipitation, inter-annual variation is large, there are often droughts, floods, winds, freezing, frost, hail and other natural disasters, to the adverse impact of agricultural production.

One, monsoon obvious, four seasons

Anhui Province, the four seasons, "spring", "summer", "autumn", "winter", "spring", "summer", "summer", "summer", "summer", "winter", "winter", "winter", "winter", "winter", "winter", "winter", "winter", "winter", "winter". The climate of "winter cold" is obvious. If the average temperature is divided into four seasons, the average temperature <10 ℃ for the winter, > 22 ℃ for the summer, between 10-22 ℃ for the spring and fall, then the province around the distribution of the four seasons is roughly: spring and fall 2 months, summer and winter 4 months, winter and summer, spring and fall short. Because of the obvious difference in climate between north and south, winter is longer than summer in Huaibei, while summer is longer than winter in Jiangnan. The start date of the season, spring and summer first south and then north, fall and winter first north and then south, before and after the difference of about 5-15 days, the biggest difference in spring, the smallest difference in summer.

Two, mild climate, moderate rainfall

Anhui Province, the average annual temperature between 14-17 ℃, belonging to the mild climate type. The average temperature in January in winter is between -1 and 4 ℃, the average temperature in July in summer is about 28-29 ℃, the annual difference is less than 30 ℃ everywhere, so the continental climate is not obvious. Except for a few years, the general cold and hot period is relatively short. The annual precipitation of the province is between 750-1700 millimeters, characterized by more in the south and less in the north, more in the mountains and less in the plains and hills. Huaibei is generally below 900 millimeters, Jiangnan, the western part of the Yangtze River and the Dabie Mountain area is above 1200 millimeters, and the 1000-millimeter rainfall equilibrium line crosses the central part of the Jianghuai hills. Precipitation in mountainous areas generally increases with height, and the average annual rainfall at the Bright Top of Huangshan Mountain reaches 2300 millimeters. From the national precipitation distribution map, the province's rainfall is relatively moderate, the average year can meet the needs of crop growth and development.

Three, spring temperature changeable, autumn high

April and May is the transition period of winter winds to summer winds, the north and south air currents compete with each other, in and out of uncertainty, frontal zones move north and south, cyclone activity is frequent, the weather and climate change is unpredictable, so the cold and warm, rain and sunshine is a major feature of the climate of the spring of our province. Spring temperature rise is unstable, large inter-day changes, spring temperature is lower than the autumn temperature, spring rain more than the autumn rain. 3, 4, May three months of precipitation accounted for about 20-38% of the annual precipitation, from the north to the south increases. Jiangnan rainy season comes early, the annual rainfall concentration period in 4, 5, 6 months, along the western part of the river, Tunxi, Qimen area spring rain or even more than the summer rain. Low spring temperatures, spring rains, especially long periods of low-temperature overcast rain, on early rice and cotton and other spring sown crops in the seedling growth is unfavorable. In the fall, in addition to the ground often cold high-pressure disk, the high altitude is still subtropical warm high-pressure maintenance, the atmospheric layer junction is relatively stable, autumn high, sunny weather.

Fall September-November precipitation accounts for only about 15-20% of the annual precipitation, the difference between north and south is not large. As a result, pinch-autumn drought and fall drought often occur throughout Anhui Province. In a few years, in the process of summer wind retreat and winter wind strengthening, cyclones, fronts, bring the autumn wind and autumn rain, the fall harvest and fall planting is not conducive.

Four, significant rain, summer rain concentrated

The longest period of rain (1954) amounted to 57 days, the amount of rain exceeded 1-2 times the normal annual precipitation, occurred in a hundred years of flooding. 1958, 1959, 1966, 1967, 1978 and 1994 years, due to the short period of rain or empty plum, resulting in severe drought or even a hundred years of flooding. Caused a serious drought or even a hundred years of drought. It can be seen that the amount of rainfall and Anhui Province, drought and floods and agricultural production of the relationship is very great.

The concentration of summer rains is one of the characteristics of monsoon climate, is the result of the rain belt from the south to the north slowly. The degree of concentration of summer rains in our province gradually increases from south to north, and the rainfall in June, July and August accounts for about 33-60% of the annual precipitation.

The spring and summer rains along the river and in the south of the river are almost equal, with summer rains accounting for 40-50% of the total between the river and the Huaihuai, and more than 50% in most areas in the north of Huaihuai. Summer is the season of strong crop growth, water demand, summer rain concentrated on crop growth is favorable, but too concentrated, too much rain, it is easy to flooding, agricultural production and people's lives are harmful.

World Cultural and Natural Heritage - Huangshan Mountain

Huangshan Mountain Huangshan Mountain resides in the scenic mountains of southern Anhui Province, and she is famous in the world for her three wonders, four wonders (strange pines, strange rocks, sea of clouds, hot springs) and the wonders of the elegance of the world. With the Egyptian pyramids, the Bermuda Triangle is in the mysterious north latitude 30 degrees line. Mount Huangshan has are nature's masterpiece, majestic and magnificent, strange in the see male, strange hidden in the ghost, strange in the Huai show, strange in the danger. Mount Huangshan King set of Mount Tai's majestic, Mount Hua's precipitous, Emei's cool, Kuanglu's waterfalls, Yandang's rock, Hengshan's smoke and clouds. In the scenic area, there are 36 big peaks and 36 small peaks, among which Lotus Peak, Tendu Peak and Bright Peak are the three main peaks, all of which are more than 1,800 meters above sea level. The Ming Dynasty traveler Xu Xiake visited Mount Huangshan, sighed: "Thin inside and outside the sea is not as bad as the Huangshan Mountain, Mount Huangshan world no mountain, view stop." Mount Huangshan to change to win, the year-round scenery is different, different days on the mountain and off the mountain. Unique granite peaks, all over the peaks and gullies, thousands of forms of the Huangshan Pine, Dimension of the strange rocks, the vagaries of the sea of clouds, constituting the Huangshan Mountain static in the movement, movement in the quiet of the giant scroll. This picture scroll style magical, endless charm, spirit of eternity. The former has said: Outrageous, said also do not believe; really wonderful, to this know.

Huangshan, located in Huangshan City, Anhui Province, across the city of Yixian County, Xiuning County and Huangshan District, Huizhou District, an area of 1078 square kilometers. Mount Huangshan for the three mountains and five mountains in one of the three mountains. Mount Huangshan Scenic Area natural landscape is beautiful, strange pines, rocks, sea of clouds, hot springs, winter snow known as Mount Huangshan "five", so that visitors at home and abroad to marvel at. Mount Huangshan 82 peaks, or Cuiwei majestic, or precipitous and beautiful, the layout of the staggered, natural and ingenious, and to the Tendu Peak, Lotus Peak, Bright Top three peaks as the center of the three weeks to spread, fell into deep ravines and valleys, rising into the peaks and cliffs.

Huangshan has a long history, as far as six or seven thousand years ago, that is, 51st century BC, the late matrilineal clan society in China, mankind has been in this beautiful and fertile mountainous region of labor and living. In three or four thousand years ago, during the Yin and Shang Dynasties, there lived an ancestor called Shan Yue. Shan Yue was one of the Hundred Yue. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, this area belonged to Wu first, then to Yue after Wu's death, and to Chu after Yue's death. After the unification of the six states by Qin Shi Huang, the county system was implemented, and this area was a part of Huiji County. During the Southern Dynasty, Xin'an County was set up, and the county capital was moved to the upper reaches of Xin'an River, which is the source of the ancient name of Huizhou, Xin'an. On May 24th of the third year of Emperor Huizong's Xuanhe reign in the Song Dynasty (1121 AD), the name of Shezhou was changed to Huizhou by imperial decree. About the origin of the name of Huizhou, one says that because of its territory, there are Huiling, Huizhou water, big Huizhou village, etc., the state is named because of the place; another says that the Zhao-Song dynasty is to take the "Huizhou, beauty and goodness" meaning to flaunt his loss of this area back to gain. This two say and coexisted for more than 800 years, the state name has been used by successive generations, the Qing dynasty Kangxi six years (1667 AD) when the province was established, is to take the first word of Anqing, Huizhou two capitals as the name of the province.

Famous Buddhist Mountain--Jiuhua Mountain

One of the Four Famous Buddhist Mountains--Jiuhua Mountain in Anhui Province is one of the Four Famous Buddhist Mountains in China, which is the home of Jizang Bodhisattva, and one of the first batch of National Key Scenic Spots. It is one of the three major mountain systems (Mount Huangshan, Mount Jiuhua, and Mount Tianmu) diagonally listed in southern Anhui. Located in the southeast of Chizhou City, Anhui Province, northwest of the Yangtze River and Tianzhu Mountain, southeast of Taiping Lake and Huangshan with the light, is Anhui "two mountains and a lake" (Huangshan, Jiuhua Mountain, Taiping Lake) gold tourism area of the main entrance to the north, the main scenic area. Scenic area of 120 square kilometers, protection of 174 square kilometers. The geographic coordinates of the center location Jiuhua Street are 117 ° east longitude, 30 ° north latitude. It is now a national AAAAA-level tourist area, a national civilized scenic tourist area demonstration site, and is known as an international Buddhist dojo.

The main body of Jiuhua Mountain consists of granite, mainly peaks, basins and canyons, streams and springs intertwined. There are more than 70 famous peaks in Jiuhua Mountain, more than 30 peaks above 1,000 meters, and the highest Ten Kings Peak is 1,342 meters above sea level. Liu Yuxi of the Tang Dynasty exclaimed when he viewed the mountain, "The strange peaks startle the soul at first sight" and "It is a special thing of creation". The mountains are dotted with deep ravines and gorges, hanging streams and abyssal pools, flowing springs and waterfalls, and there are thousands of meteorological features. "A painting of Wang Wei by the river, a thousand years of Li Bai's poems on the stone". Jiuhua Mountain is a fresh and natural landscape painting. Everywhere there is scenery, step by step, the Qing Dynasty summarized the "Jiuhua Ten Scenic Spots". After opening to the outside world, eight new scenic spots and more than a hundred new attractions have been opened. The old and new attractions reflect each other, the natural beauty and humanistic landscape are fused with each other, coupled with the four distinct seasons and sunrise, sunset, sea of clouds, freezing fog, snow snow shrapnel, Buddha's light and other celestial wonders, the beauty is breathtaking, and make people forget to go back and forth. It is known as "the first mountain in the southeast" and "the first mountain in Jiangnan".

Tianzhushan

Tianzhushan, Anhui Tianzhushan, has been a famous mountain in Chinese history and culture since ancient times. 106 BC, Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, climbed Tianzhushan and named it "Nanyue". Taoism will be listed as the 14th cave heaven, 57 blessed; Sanzu Temple is one of the birthplaces of Buddhism Zen, legend has it that the three Buddhist masters monk Can had been here to promote Buddhism, the temple has a Jue Silent Pagoda, but unfortunately out of repair, and now no longer open for tourists. Tianzhu Mountain is also known as Anhui Mountain, from which the abbreviation "Anhui" is derived. The Tang Dynasty poet Bai Juyi's poem, "Tianzhu Mountain is a peak of the sun and the moon, and the cave gate is a thousand-foot-long lock of clouds and thunder," is a wonderful description of Tianzhu Mountain's majestic scenery.

Tianzhushan belongs to granite peaks, rich in geological relics, and is an important part of the globally noted Dabie Mountain Ultra-high-pressure Metamorphic Belt, as well as one of the first batch of national key scenic spots, national AAAA-level tourist areas, national civilized forest parks, and China's Ten Famous Mountains, etc. In September, 2005, after the evaluation of the experts, the Ministry of Land and Resources approved Tianzhushan Mountain to be the national geopark, with an area of 135.12 square kilometers. 135.12 square kilometers.

World Cultural Heritage--Xidi Hongcun

Hongcun is located in the northwest corner of Yixian County, Anhui Province, 65 kilometers away from Tunxi and 11 kilometers away from Yixian County. The village was built in the Northern Song Dynasty, nearly 1,000 years ago, and was originally a place where the Wang family lived. Ancient Hongcun people have developed their own "bionics", planning and constructing a bull-shaped village and an artificial water system that can be called "one of the best in China". Looking at the whole village, the village looks like a big water buffalo with its head held high and its hooves strenuously, which has become "one of the major wonders in the history of architecture". The village now has more than 140 well-preserved ancient houses of the Ming and Qing dynasties. Folk Palace "Chengzhitang" is rich and magnificent, which can be called the most ancient houses in South Anhui Province. Inside the village, there are layers of buildings and courtyards lined up together with the charming lake and mountains, which are suitable for static and dynamic, and the airy spirit is not bad, and everywhere is a scene, and every step is a picture. From the natural environment outside the village to the water system, streets, buildings and even the interior layout of the village, the original state of the ancient village has been completely preserved, without the slightest sign of modern civilization. Hongcun, with its unique shape and wonderful idyllic scenery, is known as "China's Painted Countryside".

Fengyang Ming Imperial Mausoleum

After Zhu Yuanzhang, the Great Ancestor, assumed the throne, he built the capital of Nanjing and made Linhao (present-day Fengyang) the central capital. Zhongdu was built in the second year of Hongwu (1369 AD), to the eighth year of Hongwu (1375 AD) to stop building, due to the construction and use of a short period of time, did not form a political center, but it is in the urban planning of some of the layout of the ideas, including the layout of the palaces in the city, but it has influenced the planning of the Ming city of Beijing.

The Ming imperial mausoleum is located 7 kilometers southwest of the central capital city, the mausoleum is buried with the remains of Zhu Yuanzhang's parents and brother and sister-in-law, nephews and children. Zhu Yuanzhang came from a poor family and his parents, brother and sister-in-law died in the fourth year of the Yuan Dynasty (1344 AD). Zhu Yuanzhang was only 10 years old and could not afford to organize a big funeral, but only to "be body evil clothes, floating cover three feet" rituals, to store their relatives. 20 years later, Zhu Yuanzhang was crowned King of Wu, and ordered his former ministers, such as Wang Wen, to go to Haozhou to repair the mausoleum of his parents. Hongwu two years, he issued an edict in his hometown to build the city, at the same time, the edict of the old mausoleum of the land, cultivating soil and sealing. Hongwu eight years, the strike built in the city, but also with the remaining material in the city, once again camping parents of the mausoleum. To Hongwu twelve years, the mausoleum of the overall pattern of the basic form, outside the city wall, inside the guard, sacrificial facilities; and in front of the mausoleum erected a tall mausoleum monument and pairs of stone statues of life.

Ming Middle Capital City

Ming Hongwu two years (1369) in September, Zhu Yuanzhang edict to hometown Linhao for the middle capital. Set the national famous material and a hundred craftsmen skills, sergeants, civilians, criminals and other nearly one million people, after six years of construction, to Hongwu eight years in April, suddenly to "labor costs" as the reason to stop building. However, at this time, a grand and luxurious capital city has stood on the land of Fengyang.

Central capital built in, in, outside three cities. Outside the city, more than 60 miles in circumference, open 9 doors. In the forbidden wall, more than 15 miles in circumference, open 4 doors, said the noon gate, Donghua, Xihua, Xuanwumen. Inside the city, there are the main hall, Wenhua and Yingwu two halls, Wen, martial arts two buildings, east, west, after the three palaces, Jinshui River, Jinshui Bridge and so on. Outside the main South Noon Gate, the left is the Zhongshu Province, the Imperial Temple, and the right is the Dudu Palace, the Imperial Palace, and the Dasheji. Inside and outside the city, there is the City God Temple, the State Prison, the Hall of the same, the temple of the emperors and kings, the temple of the ministers, Stargazer, millions of warehouses, military barracks, the Prince's residence, the bell tower, the Drum Tower, and so on. The Zhongdu Zhi says, "The splendor of the system is really the best in the world".

After more than six hundred years, the inner and outer buildings of the city are destroyed, leaving only the Imperial City of the Wumen, Xihua Gate foundation and 1100-meter-long wall, but the old site and relics, can still be seen as one of the lofty and magnificent spot.

Longxing Temple

In Fengyang City, north of Phoenix Hill, under the Rixing Peak, built in Hongwu sixteen years (A.D. 1383), is the Ming Dynasty royal temple buildings. It is the predecessor of Zhu Yuanzhang Buddhist rituals in the imperial temple, because the temple for the founding emperor of the Ming dynasty Zhu Yuanzhang's birthplace, and the entire Zhu Ming dynasty has a relationship of origins, over the centuries has been one of the domestic famous temples. 1981 was listed as a national key cultural relics protection unit

Wolu Niu Lake

Wolu Niu Lake scenic area is 20 kilometers away from the city of Fengyang County in Anhui Province, the south and the Zen Cave Temple scenic area, the west and the Leek Mountain Cave Scenic Area, with a total area of 29 square kilometers. It is a scenic area with undulating mountains, open lake, winding shoreline and gentle mud sand beach as the content of the tour.

Crouching Bull Lake, also known as Fengyang Mountain Reservoir, is named after a hill near the lake that looks like a crouching bull. It is 8 kilometers long from east to west, 1.5-2 kilometers wide from north to south, with a water surface area of 11 square kilometers. The water body is deep, the water surface is wide, 10,000 hectares of blue waves, quiet and peaceful, no dust pollution, no noise disturbance. Lake yachts such as shuttle, fishing sails point; lake side of the mountains and water color, reflecting each other; lake bamboo island attracted hundreds of birds living, constituting a bird paradise. Climbing at a glance, bamboo trees dense deep show, birds jumping and singing, is the rare green island on the Jianghuai land. Crouching Niu Mountain faces the water on three sides and stands by the lake. Mountain jagged rocks, forest trees verdant, climbing can be collected lake panorama. Every evening, the sunlight filled the sky, the distant mountains, such as in the smoke, this is the lake in the Twin Peaks haze.

The Woliu Lake Scenic Spot is now an important part of the Fengyang Mountain Scenic Spot, a scenic spot in Anhui Province. It is also one of the main scenic spots of leek mountain national forest park. Has built a boat dock, purchased a yacht, to carry out water fun. Woliu Lake is gradually becoming a water amusement center along the Jianghuai River.

Dietary Culture

Anhui flavor includes the characteristics of dishes from southern Anhui, along the river and along the Huaihuai. South Anhui cuisine is the main representative of Anhui flavor. It includes Huangshan, Shexian (ancient Huizhou), Tunxi and other places. South Anhui cuisine pay attention to the fire power. Famous for cooking mountain delicacies and seafood, heavy gravy oil, simple and affordable, to maintain the original flavor. Many dishes are taken with charcoal stew, simmering and become, soup clear flavor mellow, the original pot on the table, the aroma. Although not many aquatic products in the southern Anhui Province, but the cooking of marinated "stinky gui fish" is very high visibility, and later also spread to the Hefei area. It is to cook river poultry, pay attention to knife work, pay attention to color, shape, good use of sugar seasoning, to smoke dishes unique. Along the Huai cuisine, including Bengbu, Suzhou, Fuyang and other local flavors, dishes pay attention to the salty and spicy, soup flavor and color, and through the use of cilantro flavor and color.

Famous Anhui flavor dishes are: Xiaoxian mutton, Wuhui duck, Mao Feng smoked anchovies, Fuli set of roasted chicken, chicken stewed in stone ear, square wax fish, curry mussels, cloudy meat, caper round, Geng Fuxing crispy pancakes, green bean pancakes, butterfly noodles, Taihe board noodles, Fuyang Gelato, Dingyuan marinated old goose and so on.

Anhui Famous Brand

Chery, Conch, MaGang, JAC, Tongling Nonferrous Metals, Guofeng, Liuguo, Fengyuan, Huamao, Meiling, Gujinggong, Golden Seed, Heili, Yingjiao, Changjiang Machinery, Hebaida, Huangshan, and Kouzi.

Anhui Huangmei Opera

One of the local opera genres in Anhui, one of the five major opera genres in the country, absorbing folk tea songs, fishing songs, woodcutting songs and other flowery tunes to develop and mature, with a light and beautiful melody. The representative repertoire includes "The Match of Heavenly Immortals". Because the main tune originated in Huangmei County, Hubei Province and named. It is also called "Huangmei tune".

Huangmei Opera, in terms of repertoire, is known as "36 big plays and 72 small plays". The main expression of the opera is the people's dissatisfaction with the reality of class oppression, the disparity between rich and poor and the desire for a free and beautiful life. For example, "Buckwheat", "Sue the grain official", "Tianxian Match", etc. Most of the small plays are about rural laborers. Most of the small plays show the life of rural laborers, such as "point barley", "spinning cotton yarn", "selling bucket".

After the liberation, a number of large and small traditional plays such as "The Match of Heavenly Immortals", "Female Emperor's Son-in-Law", "The Story of Luo Pa", "Zhao Guiying", "Tears of a Compassionate Mother" and "Three Searches for the Abbot's Mansion" were organized and adapted, and the mythological play "Cowherd and Weaving Maiden", the historical play "Losing the Punishment Chopping", "Yutang Chun", and the modern plays "Spring Blossoms", "Spring Morning at a Small Store" and "The Beading Begins to Blossom" were created. Among them, "The Match of Heavenly Immortals", "Female Emperor's Son-in-law", "Yutang Spring" and "Cowherd and Weaving Maiden" were successively brought to the screen, which had a great influence at home and abroad.

There are three forms of singing in Huangmei Opera: the main cavity, the flower cavity, and the three cavities (a collective term for the three cavities: "colorful cavity", "immortal cavity", and "yinji cavity").