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Chongyang, located at the junction of southeastern Hubei and Hunan, Hubei and Jiangxi provinces, now governs 8 towns and 4 townships. The total population is about 470,000, and the land area is about 1.968 square kilometers. 1985 is listed as an open county. Located in the Yangtze River Economic Development Zone, the center of the triangle economic zones such as Wuhan, Changsha and Nanchang. Land and water transportation is convenient and roads extend in all directions. The county seat is 55 kilometers away from the provincial capital Wuhan/KLOC-0, and less than 20 kilometers away from the Yangtze River, Beijing-Guangzhou Railway, 107 National Road and Beijing-Zhuhai Expressway. Hangrui Expressway and 106 National Highway run through the whole territory.

Chongyang has a long history, outstanding people, rich cultural background and beautiful natural landscape. Jianxian County was named Chongyang in the fifth year of Emperor Gaozu (202 BC) and the eighth year of Kaibao in the Northern Song Dynasty (975 BC). The bronze drum of Shang Dynasty unearthed in 1970s has been over 3,000 years ago, which has become a symbol of Chongyang's long history and culture. The people in the city are very handsome and talented. Mi Yingsheng, one of the founders of Peking Opera and a famous Huiban actress, Wang Shijie, former Minister of Education and Foreign Affairs of Kuomintang government and the first president of Wuhan University, and Wu, the main founder of Jiu San Society and counselor of the State Council, are all from Chongyang. The folk narrative long poems "Love on the Double River" and "Zhong Jiu Nao Cao" written in the19th century are praised by experts as masterpieces of Han folk literature creation. In 2000, Chongyang County was named "Hometown of Chinese Folk Art" by the Ministry of Culture.

The main attractions of Chongyang are Qingshan Reservoir, Guihua Forest Farm, Jinsha Scenic Area and Daquan Cave. Qingshan Reservoir is a man-made building in 1960s, with a total storage capacity of 448 million cubic meters. There are legendary coffin mountain and deep big spring cave beside the reservoir, surrounded by green mountains and clear waters, which are poetic and picturesque. Osmanthus fragrans Forest Farm has an existing plantation of10.4 million mu, with pine, fir and bamboo, which is boundless, shaded in midsummer and snowy in winter, forming a unique forest climate. Jinsha Scenic Area is 725 meters above sea level, full of mountains and bamboos, with beautiful scenery and pleasant temperature. Known as "Little Lushan Mountain", more than 20 units directly under the provincial government have built retired cadres' buildings here. The water of Qingshan, the forest of osmanthus, the wind of Jinsha and the bamboo under flood are called "the four treasures of southern Hubei" by tourists living in the north and south. There are Shang bronze drums, bronze ritual vessels in the Spring and Autumn Period, bronze swords and bronze mirrors in the Warring States Period. And the former site of Xia County in the Western Han Dynasty and the tomb of Prince Honghua in the Western Jin Dynasty. "Zhongwang" brand has many varieties with small twist and refreshing taste, and is exported to Europe, America, Southeast Asia and other countries and regions. "San Pu" brand wild osmanthus honey is white in color, fragrant in smell and rich in nutrition, and is known as "the king of honey". Now it not only sells well in China, but also sells well in Southeast Asia and Japan. . "Ruifa" brand Qingshui Lei bamboo shoots, "Tiancheng" brand ecological high-quality rice, lily and so on are well-known both inside and outside the province.