Customs of Qu County, Dazhou City, Sichuan Province

Dazhou, located in the northeast of Sichuan Basin, governs 7 counties (cities, districts), with an area of 6,543,800 square kilometers and a population of 6,460,000. It is a big city of population, economy, resources and culture in Sichuan Province, and is known as the "Pearl of East Sichuan".

The famous red land. 1923, the first * * * producer group in eastern Sichuan was established in Xuanhan. 1929, Wanyuan Gujunba Uprising started the journey of Dazhou Agrarian Revolution, and established the earliest revolutionary armed forces in Sichuan-Sichuan First Guerrilla of Chinese Workers and Peasants Red Army. Dazhou has become an important part of the Sichuan-Shaanxi revolutionary base in China's second largest Soviet area, and has nurtured more than 50 generals of the Republic of China, including Wang Weizhou, Zhang Aiping, Wei Chuantong and Xiang Shouzhi. On this red land, the "Wanyuan Defence War" commanded by Xu, Li Xiannian and Xu is related to the life and death of the Red Fourth Army and the Sichuan-Shaanxi Soviet Area, affecting the fate of the entire Red Army of workers and peasants and the future of the China Revolution, and gestating the Red Army spirit of "wisdom, courage, perseverance, unity and struggle, and endless".

A strategic highland for resource development. Dazhou is rich in resources, with natural gas reserves as high as 3.8 trillion cubic meters and proven recoverable reserves of 630 billion cubic meters. Known as "China Gas Capital", Puguang Gas Field in Xuanhan County is the largest comprehensive offshore gas field in China. The planting area and output of ramie account for 30% of the whole country, and it is the "hometown of ramie in China". Known as "liquid gold", the olive planting area is 6,543,800 mu, and it is known as "Olive Capital of China". 28 kinds of mineral resources, such as coal, limestone and potassium-rich brine, are abundant, and the industrial systems of chemical industry, coal power, metallurgy, textile, food, medicine and building materials are gradually improved. Efforts will be made to build a natural gas energy and chemical base in western China, a big city at the junction of Sichuan, Chongqing, Hubei and Shaanxi, and a strong economic and cultural city in Qinba area, and strive to build a vibrant, open and harmonious Dazhou.

The cradle of Ba culture. Dazhou has a long history and belonged to Bati in ancient times. The Xia Dynasty called it Ba, the Shang Dynasty called it Ba Dian, the Western Zhou Dynasty called it Ya Guo, and the leader was Ba Zi, commonly known as Ba Guo. Since the second year of Yongyuan in the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 90), there has been a county magistrate's office, which was called Tongzhou in Sui and Tang Dynasties and Dazhou in Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. Dazhou is an outstanding place. Wang Ping, a famous scholar in Chunshu and Xishu, Zhang Sixun, a writer in Song Dynasty, and Tang Zhen, a thinker in Qing Dynasty, all lived here. Six prime ministers, including Li Qiao, Ada and Yuan Zhen, lived here in the Tang and Song Dynasties. Dazhou has a splendid culture, and there are as many as 6 and 7 Han Ques in Quxian, ranking first in the country and known as the "hometown of Han Ques". The cultural relics unearthed from the Ba people's site in Luojiaba cover the Han Dynasty, Zhou Dynasty, Shang Dynasty, Xia Dynasty and the late Neolithic period, which is 3000-4700 years ago. It is one of the three bright pearls of ancient Bashu culture after Sanxingdui site.

A good place for tourism development. There are 4 national key cultural relics protection units, 2 national AAA-level tourist areas, 2 AA-level tourist areas, 2 national forest parks and 1 national nature reserves in the city. Xu Xiake, a famous geographer in Ming Dynasty, praised it as "the wonder of southwest". Wanyuan Batai Mountain and Hua 'e Mountain are majestic, deep and majestic, and are known as "Little Emei in East Sichuan". Xuanhan Baili Gorge, with beautiful scenery and deep twists and turns, is no better than the Three Gorges. There are more than 10,000 mu of bamboo sponge in Wufeng Mountain of Dazhu, which is known as the "root of bamboo forests in the world". The Zhenfo Mountain Temple in Daxian, a religious resort, integrates "Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism" in one place; Deng Ying beef and old yard black-bone chicken are the characteristics of Dazhou. Dazhou's original natural scenery, unrepeatable human history, unique local products and booming tourism have attracted more and more attention from the world.

A hub that extends in all directions. Dazhou is connected to Shaanxi in the north, Chongqing in the south and the Three Gorges reservoir area and western Hubei in the east. Located at the junction of Sichuan, Chongqing, Hubei and Shaanxi, it is the geographical center of Sichuan-Shaanxi-Chongqing economic circle in the western region. Jiangcheng "3E class" airport, "Airbus" is busy taking off and landing; Hunan-Chongqing Railway, Dacheng Railway and Dawan Railway are interconnected in an orderly manner, and their capacity is second only to Chengdu, ranking third in southwest China. Dayu Expressway, Dacheng Expressway, Dashan Expressway (under construction), National Highway 3 18, 210; The mighty Zhouhe River and Qu Hui join Jialing River and Chongqing joins Yangtze River, which are natural golden waterways for exit. Driven by the radiation of four famous cities in the west of China (Chengdu, Chongqing, Han and An), Dazhou has become a transportation hub in the southwest, northwest and central regions, and an eastern channel for Sichuan Tongjiang to go to sea.