The relationship between Wuxi and Yixing

Wuxi and Yixing belong to the same province.

Yixing is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province and is managed by Wuxi City. Wuxi is located in the east of China, the south of Jiangsu Province, the Yangtze River in the north, Taihu Lake in the south, Suzhou City in the east, Changzhou City in the west, Zhejiang Province and Anhui Province in the south and southwest, and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal passes through the territory, with a total area of 4,627.46 square kilometers.

Wuxi is an important birthplace of Jiangnan civilization and Wu culture. According to legend, Wuxi was named after Xishan tin mine was dug, and it was recorded in writing at the end of Shang Dynasty. In the fifth year of Emperor Gaozu, it originally belonged to Wuxi County, and later belonged to Changzhou Prefecture for a long time. Since the Republic of China 16, it has been directly under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province. On April 23rd, 1949, Wuxi County was upgraded to Wuxi City. 1March, 983, Jiangyin County and Yixing County were added to Wuxi.

Geographical environment of Wuxi city

The territory of Wuxi is dominated by plains, with scattered low mountains and residual hills. The south of Wuxi is a water network plain; North high sand plain; The middle part is a water network polder field composed of lowlands; Southwest is a high-lying area with low mountains and hills in Yixing. The mountains in Yixing extend from east to west, with an absolute height of over 500 meters. The highest peak is Huangta, with an altitude of 6 1 1.5 meters.

Wuxi city belongs to the humid monsoon climate zone in the north subtropical zone, with four distinct seasons, abundant heat, abundant precipitation and the same season of rain and heat. Summer is controlled by the summer monsoon from the ocean, with southeast wind prevailing and hot and rainy weather; Winter is controlled by the prevailing winter wind in Chinese mainland, with more northerly winds; Spring and autumn is a period of alternating winter and summer monsoon, with changeable weather in spring and fresh air in autumn.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Wuxi City.