Fangcheng County is located in the southern part of Henan Province, in the northeastern corner of Nanyang Basin, at the eastern foot of Funiu Mountain, and in the upper reaches of Tangbai River. It borders Wugang and Biyang County to the east, Sheqi County and Wancheng District to the south, Nanzhao County to the west, and Lushan County and Ye County to the north. It is the north gate of Nanyang City. The county is 72 kilometers long from east to west and 61 kilometers wide from north to south, with a total area of ??2,542 square kilometers. Fangcheng is known as the "Five Boundaries and One Mouth". It is located in the five natural areas of the northern subtropical zone and the southern warm temperate zone, the Yangtze River Basin and the Huaihe River Basin, the Nanyang Basin and the Huanghuaihai Plain, the Funiu Mountains and the Tongbai Mountains, and the North China Platform and the Qinling Geosyncline. On the dividing line, in the northeast is Fangcheng Gap, one of the nine major passes in the country. The terrain slopes from northwest to southeast, with a maximum altitude of 760.3 meters and a minimum altitude of 108 meters. The shallow mountainous area, hilly area and plain area each account for one-third. There are more than 70 rivers in the territory, the average annual temperature is 14.4℃, the average annual sunshine is 2092 hours, the average annual precipitation is 803.9 mm, and the frost-free period is 220 days. Fangcheng County governs 16 towns, 561 administrative villages, 4,115 natural villages, and more than 5,400 villager groups. The county has more than 230,000 households and nearly 1 million people, with a population density of about 390 people per square kilometer. There are 13 ethnic groups in the county, including Han, Hui, Manchu, Bai, Zhuang, Mongolian, Naxi, Tibetan, Miao, Yi, Dong, Lisu, and Uyghur. Han people account for about 98.3%, and ethnic minorities account for about 1.7%. Among the ethnic minorities, the Hui population accounts for approximately 98.9%. Fangcheng has been home to human activities since the Neolithic Age more than 7,000 years ago and is one of the birthplaces of Chinese civilization. It got its name because the Great Wall built in the Chu Dynasty was called Fangcheng. It has a long history, beautiful mountains and rivers, and rich tourism resources. There are more than 80 scenic spots available for viewing. It is the Neolithic site of Dazhangzhuang with a single tree dating back more than 7,000 years, the site of the Chu Great Wall, the earliest Great Wall in China, the ancestral hall of Zhang Shi, the emperor of the Western Han Dynasty, and the overturning well of the Eastern Han Dynasty - Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty - Liu Xiu drank his horse. The ruins include the Lianzhen Palace ruins where Princess Huyang practiced asceticism, the Fogou cliff statue carved in the Northern Wei Dynasty, Puyan Temple, one of the four famous temples in the Tang Dynasty, the Caoqu ruins of the Song and Han Dynasties, and the monument to the bloody battle of Dushu Town by the 25th Red Army. , Memorial to Air Force combat hero Du Fengrui and other landscapes; there are Huangshi Mountain, known as North Wudang, as well as Qifeng Mountain, Mahacheng Mountain, Sanxian Mountain, Wanghuating Reservoir and other natural landscapes from Puyan Temple. Among them, Dazhangzhuang, Pinggaotai ancient cultural sites, the Great Wall of Chu, Confucian Temple, Bowang Ancient City, Fogou Cliff Statues and the Dushu Town Monument of the 25th Red Army are provincial cultural relics protection units. Fangcheng has beautiful mountains and rivers and rich tourism resources. Within the territory there are the Great Wall of Chu, the oldest existing Great Wall in China, Huangshi Mountain, a Taoist resort known as North Wudang, the place where diplomat Zhang Qian of the Western Han Dynasty was granted a title, Lianzhen Palace, a thousand-year Taoist temple where Princess Huyang practiced in the Han Dynasty, and Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Xiu, who "pulled a stone to find a spring". "The overturned well where the horses drank, the ruins of Liu Bei's "Burning Bowangpo" in the Three Kingdoms, the Fogou cliff statues first carved in the Northern Wei Dynasty, Puyan Temple, one of the four famous temples in the Tang Dynasty, and other ancient places of interest. The Wanghua Lake Reservoir Tourist Area, the Yahekou Reservoir, the summer resort with unique and novel architecture, beautiful water and green mountains, the Seventy-Two Pools connected by jade waterfalls, and other scenic spots make people forget to leave. Natural landscapes such as the provincial Dasi Forest Park and the provincial Qifeng Mountain Forest Park, with beautiful peaks and secluded valleys, green forests and clear springs, are even more popular places to visit. Attractions such as the Burning Bowangpo Site are also listed as major attractions on my country's Three Kingdoms Tourist Route. Fangcheng's folk art has a long history. The famous scholar's treasure, Huangshi Inkstone, one of the five famous inkstones in China, was founded in the Han Dynasty, flourished in the Song Dynasty, and is brilliant today. Its exquisite carving work is considered to be unparalleled. The ancient great calligraphers Mi Fu and Huang Tingjian, and the great contemporary calligraphers Jia Qigong and others have spoken highly of him. In 1993, Fangcheng Huangshi Inkstone won the gold medal at the International Chinese Calligraphy and Painting Expo; in 1994, it participated in the National Famous Inkstone Exhibition and won gold medals in stone quality and craftsmanship; in 1995, it was listed as a famous brand product by the Ministry of Light Industry and listed as a national-level gift international product. friends. At present, nearly 100 new products have been developed, with an annual output of 50,000 square meters of high-quality inkstones. The products are exported to 26 provinces and cities in China and more than 10 countries and regions including Japan, the United States, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.