Geographical location and characteristics of Zhangjiajie

Zhangjiajie City is located in the hinterland of Wuling Mountain in the middle and upper reaches of Lishui River in the northwest of Hunan Province. Its geographical coordinates are north latitude109 40 ~1120 ″, and north latitude is 28 52 ~ 29 48 ″. It is famous for its amazing peaks, quiet valleys and beautiful forests.

Zhangjiajie is a prefecture-level city, formerly known as Dayong City. It has jurisdiction over two districts (Yongding County and Wulingyuan) and two counties (Cili and Sangzhi), with a total area of 9,653 square kilometers and a population of 1.6 million. Ethnic minorities, mainly Tujia, are located in the northwest of Hunan Province, in the middle and upper reaches of Lishui, and belong to the hinterland of Wuling Mountain.

Zhangjiajie is the birthplace and central area of Hunan, Hubei, Chongqing and Guizhou revolutionary base areas. The result of tourism is the open window of Hunan, the welcoming living room, the leader of global tourism and the beautiful business card of beautiful China. Known as "enlarged bonsai, reduced fairyland". There are many rivers in the territory, with Lishui and Laishui as the mainstream, and there are three sources above Nancha in Sangzhi County: north, middle and south. Beiyuan is the main stem, which originated from Chinese fir in Sangzhi County. The Central Plains comes from the eastern foot of Badagong Mountain; Nanyuan comes from Longjiazhai, Yongshun County.

Zhangjiajie specialty

1, Rubus pubescens tea

Rubus pubescens is a wild plant that grows in the virgin forest of Zhangjiajie. The hairy raspberry tea extracted from it has the unique freshness and simplicity of this side of the soil and water.

2. Dried bean curd with mulberry salt

Mulberry salted dried bean curd is a specialty of Sangzhi County, Zhangjiajie City, Hunan Province. Mulberry salted dried bean curd is a famous local specialty. During the Xianfeng period of Qing Dynasty, the salted dried bean curd made by Sangzhi County bean curd industry sold well in Changsha, Wuhan, Guangzhou and other places, and was once listed as a tribute and famous in Beijing.

3. Cili Jinxiang pomelo

Cili Jinxiang pomelo originated in Jiuxi Village, Jiangya Town, Cili County, Hunan Province (now Jiuxi Neighborhood Committee). 1960, fruit tree experts at the city and county levels found in the general survey of citrus resources that people at that time were commonly known as "sweet melon pomelo" because its fruit looked like melon and tasted sweet.

The above content reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Zhangjiajie City