Jinhua's geographical location, topography, specialties, important historical sites and Jinhua's main food crops.

Jinhua City, located in the middle of Zhejiang Province, is a provincial-level city, named after Jin Huashan. It is bounded by east longitude11914'-120 46' 30 "and north latitude 28 32'-29 41'. Taizhou in the east, Lishui in the south, Quzhou in the west and Shaoxing and Hangzhou in the north. North-south span 129 km, east-west span 15 1 km, land area 1094 1 km2. The urban area is located at the intersection of Dongyang River, Wuyi River and Jinhua River, with an area of 2,044.68 square kilometers and a built-up area of 68.79 square kilometers.

Jinhua, located in the east of Jinqu Basin, is a hilly basin in the middle of Zhejiang, with high terrain in the north and south and low terrain in the middle. "Surrounded by mountains on three sides, with a river in the middle and three rivers scattered in the basin" is the basic feature of Jinhua landform. There are 208 peaks 1000 meters above the territory. Located at the junction of Wuyi and Suichang, the main peak of Niutou Mountain is 1560.2 meters above sea level, which is the highest peak in the city. The mountainous areas in the territory are mainly low mountains with a height of 500 ~ 1000m, which are distributed on the north and south sides. Hills with relatively gentle ups and downs are scattered inside the mountains. The central part is dominated by the eastern part of Jinqu Basin, and it is surrounded by small intermountain basins such as Wuyi Basin and Yongkang Basin. The whole of great basin is northeast-southwest, with shallow hills of large and small basins, and the relative altitude is less than 650m. The bottom of the basin is a broad alluvial plain with low and flat terrain. The upstream Dongyang River flows from east to west through Dongyang, Yiwu and Jindong District, joins Wujiang River and Wuyi River to form Jinhua River, and flows northward into Lanjiang River in Lanxi City. Lanjiangbei flows to Jiangjunyan and enters Jiande City. Jiangjunyan is 23 meters above sea level, which is the lowest point in the city.

Jinhua has a subtropical monsoon climate with four distinct seasons, moderate annual temperature, abundant heat and rainfall, and obvious dry and wet seasons. Spring is early and autumn is short, summer is hot, and light and temperature complement each other in winter. There are various microclimates in the basin with certain vertical differences. Catastrophic weather happens frequently.

Jinhua belonged to Yue State in the Spring and Autumn Period. Qin and Han Dynasties were Wu Shangjun, which belonged to Huiji County. In the first year of Wu Baoding in the Three Kingdoms (266), the county was named Dongyang, which was named after the county was in the east of Lishui (Qujiang) and the grandson of Changshan. Since then, Jinhua has established a county government. Dongyang County belongs to Yangzhou and governs nine counties, including Changshan (now Wucheng District, Jindong District and Lanxi City), Wu Shang (now Yiwu), Yongkang, Ning Wu (now Dongyang), Feng 'an (now Pujiang), Taimu (now Longyou), Xin 'an (now Ke Cheng and Quxian), Ding Yang (now Changshan) and Pingchang (now Suichang). In the second year of Liang Shaotai in the Southern Dynasties (556), a state was established, and in the third year of Chen Tianjia (562), Dongyang County was renamed Jinhua County, and the county name was Jinhua. In the 13th year of Emperor Kai of Sui Dynasty (593), he moved to Wuzhou. In the third year of Daye (607), Dongyang County was restored. In the fourth year of Tang Wude (62 1), Dongyang County was changed to Wuzhou, and Quzhou was divided into Xin 'an (Xin 'an) County. In the first year of Tang Tianbao (742), Wuzhou was changed to Dongyang County, and in the first year of Gan Yuan (758), Wuzhou was restored, which lasted until the Song and Yuan Dynasties. In the 13th year of Yuan Dynasty (1276), it was changed to Wuzhou Road. In the 18th year of Zheng Zheng (1358), Zhu Yuanzhang captured Wuzhou Road and renamed it Ningyuelou. In the twentieth year of Zheng Zheng, it was changed to Jinhua House. In the seventh year of Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty (147 1), Jinhua Prefecture led Jinhua, Lanxi, Dongyang, Yiwu, Yongkang, Wuyi, Pujiang and Tangxi, hence the name "Eight Wu". 19 12 years, the abolition of government was implemented at the provincial and county levels. Jinhua Road is located at 19 14, and its jurisdiction is extended to the original Quzhou and Yanzhou governments. 1927 abandoned roads, counties are still under the direct control of the province. In June, 1932, the eighth district of Zhejiang County Government Inspector's Office was established in Jinhua. In September, the Sixth Special Zone of the Administrative Inspector Office of Zhejiang Special Zone was established. During the Republic of China, the numbers of administrative supervision areas, counties under their jurisdiction and specialized stations changed from time to time. 1949 On May 7, Jinhua was liberated and the eighth administrative region of Zhejiang Province was established. 10, renamed Jinhua area. 1 1 Jinhua has jurisdiction over 2 cities and 9 counties. On March 1955, the merger of Quzhou District was cancelled. Later, the counties (cities) under the jurisdiction of Jinhua District continued to merge and relocate, and made adjustments with neighboring cities such as Hangzhou and Lishui. 1April, 968, Jinhua area was changed to Jinhua area. 1May, 985, Jinhua area was abolished, and the original two county-level cities, Jinhua and Quzhou, were upgraded to prefecture-level cities respectively, and the system of city governing counties was implemented. Wucheng District was established in Jinhua City, Jinhua County was established in the suburbs, Lanxi County was abolished, and Lanxi City (county level) was established. Jinhua has jurisdiction over Wucheng District, Lanxi City and seven counties including Jinhua, Yongkang, Wuyi, Dongyang, Pan 'an, Yiwu and Pujiang. Longyou, Hua Kai, Changshan and Jiangshan counties in Jinhua are under the jurisdiction of Quzhou City. 1988 in may, yiwu county abolished the organizational system of yiwu city (county level) and dongyang county abolished dongyang city (county level). 1992 10, Yongkang County was abolished and Yongkang City (county level) was established. From June, 5438 to February, 2000, Jinhua County was abolished and Jindong District of Jinhua City was established.

City flower: camellia.

Camellia, also known as camellia, is cold-resistant, and is called sea pomegranate in ancient times. It is an evergreen shrub or tree with gray-brown bark, alternate leaves, leathery, short stems, oval to oval, tapering at the top, wide wedge-shaped to round at the base, dark green leaves, smooth and hairless, and small serrations at the edge. The flowers are bisexual, axillary, nearly sessile, single, double, red, white and pink in color and slightly fragrant in smell. The varieties are Eighteen Bachelor, Gongfen, Wubao, Chidan, Dahong and so on. Camellia is a traditional famous flower in China and one of the world famous flowers. Because of its beautiful plant shape, bright green leaves and colorful flowers, it is cherished by horticultural circles all over the world. Camellia cultivation has entered the court and the people's pavilions as early as the Sui and Tang Dynasties. In the Song Dynasty, camellia cultivation became more and more popular. Fan Chengda, a poet in the Southern Song Dynasty, once described the grand occasion of camellia blooming in Liuhai Temple in Chengdu at that time with the poem "Door fragrance cheers Shili Temple, and the scenery before wax is spring". Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica in Ming Dynasty, Wang's Huapu in Qing Dynasty and Pu's Camellia all describe Camellia in detail. Camellia was first introduced to Japan in the 7th century, and has been introduced to Europe and America for many times since the 18th century. Camellia is widely used in gardens. Camellia has a crown color, green leaves, large and gorgeous flowers and a long flowering period, which is worth blooming in late winter and early spring. The city has nearly 10,000 mu of Camellia oleifera production base. In 2002, China Camellia Cultural Park and Jinhua International Camellia Garden were built in our city.

City Tree: Cinnamomum camphora

Family: evergreen trees of Lauraceae.

Alias: Cinnamomum camphora, Cinnamomum camphora, Cinnamomum camphora, Cinnamomum camphora.

Scientific name: Cinnamomum camphora (Linn. )Presl。

Features: Native to southern provinces of China, distributed in Japan, Ryukyu and Viet Nam.

Cinnamomum camphora is an evergreen tree with broad crown, dense branches and leaves, and magnificent momentum. It is an excellent garden and street tree species. Camphor tree smells of camphor all over its body. Camphor and camphor oil can be extracted and used in industry and medicine. Wood is hard and beautiful, and it is a good furniture material. Cinnamomum camphora is a national second-class protected wild plant, which is widely distributed in the south of the Yangtze River in China and is one of the main tree species in Jinhua flower and seedling industry.

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Jinhua ham is famous all over the country;

There is also a bergamot, which is a plant that can be used as medicine;