1. Hunan is a provincial administrative region of People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the south-central part of China, south of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. In the Song Dynasty, it was designated as Jinghu South Road, which began to be referred to as Hunan. Xiangjiang River is the largest river in Hunan Province, running through the north and south, also known as Xiaoxiang, and its capital is located in the northeast of Changsha. Hunan borders Jiangxi in the east, Chongqing and Guizhou in the west, Guangdong and Guangxi in the south and Hubei in the north.
Hunan is one of the important birthplaces of Chinese civilization. According to legend, Emperor Yan Shennong is in this kind of grain, weaving hemp into cloth and making pottery. Located in the west of Yanling County, Yandiling has become the spiritual symbol of the Chinese nation. Shun Di is a famous place in the world, with Dongting everywhere, and Jiuyi Mountain in Yongzhou is its mausoleum. Hibiscus has been planted in Hunan since ancient times. During the Five Dynasties, it was called "Li Furong Kingdom in the Autumn Wind", so it was also called "Furong Kingdom".