What are three Hunan and four waters?

Sanxiang refers to Xiangtan, Xiangxiang and Xiangyin, and Sishui refers to the four famous rivers in Hunan: Xiangjiang, Zijiang, Yuanjiang and Lishui.

"Sanxiang" is actually named because of Dongting Lake's unique geographical and cultural status in Hunan. Dongting Lake is located in the eastern part of northern Hunan, and its topography is mainly lakes, plains and hills, which is obviously different from the mountainous areas in the west and south. The terrain determines that the traffic, history and culture around Dongting Lake are relatively developed.

In this way, the plain and hilly areas radiated by Dongting Lake have been developed since ancient times. As the political, economic and cultural center of Hunan, it is called "Central Hunan". The area around Xuefeng Mountain in the west is called "Xiangxi" and the area near Nanling Mountain in the south is called "Xiangnan".

The significance of three Xiang and four Shui.

The slogan of "Three Hunan and Four Waters Meet Hunan" describes the eternal wind of Hunan, the unique geographical features of the vast Dongting and Hunan, Zi, Yuan and Li, and the long-standing regional culture of "Li Xiang, Xiaoxiang and Steamed Hunan". It has written the elegance of Huxiang land for thousands of years, but it is also rich in Chu, prosperous in Sri Lanka, a thousand-year university, and endless string songs.

The "green" in Xiaoxiang's How to get help from Jiangshan without poetry; He wrote a century-old ode to the land of Huxiang, "Give your life to be more determined and dare to teach the sun and the moon to change the sky"; The beautiful "night" of "Qiong Lou Yu Yu staggered, fire trees and silver flowers are inexhaustible" It also wrote new achievements in the high-quality development of Hunan's cultural tourism industry in the new era and ten years.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Sanxiang and Sishui