Anyang is located in the northernmost part of Henan Province, at the junction of Shanxi, Hebei and Henan provinces, bordering Changzhi in the west, Puyang in the east, Handan in the north and Hebi and Xinxiang in the south, with a total area of 74 13 square kilometers, including urban area 12 18 square kilometers and built-up area of central city1.
Anyang is an important birthplace of Chinese civilization and the Chinese nation. As early as 25,000 years ago in the late Paleolithic period, our ancestors lived here. Zhuan Xu and Di Ku, three emperors and five emperors, successively built their capitals here. Since then, Guo Wei, Cao Wei, Hou Zhao, Wei Ran, Yan Qian, Eastern Wei and Northern Qi have successively established their capitals here, so they are called "Seven Dynasties".
human landscape
Yin Ruins, the capital of Anyang in the middle and late Shang Dynasty, is the earliest capital site in China recorded and confirmed by archaeology and Oracle Bone Inscriptions. Anyang is the birthplace of Oracle Bone Inscriptions's discovery, the generous land of Simuwu, and the land of the Book of Changes. Pan Geng moved the capital to Yin, Wu Ding, Shang King, slave and female general.
Famous anecdotes such as the arrest of King Wen, the performance of Zhouyi, Ximen Bao's witch ruling Yedi, Lin Xiangru's birth in Gu Xiang Village, Xinlingjun's stealing symbols to save Zhao, Xiang Yu's burning the boat, Cao Cao's success in Yecheng, and the famous anti-gold star Yue Fei are endless. Anyang is rich in human landscape and landscape scenery, with two world cultural heritages, namely Yin Ruins, Hongqi Canal and Taihang Grand Canyon, three national AAAAA-level tourist attractions, and 22 national key cultural relics protection units, including Qilicheng, Caocao Gaoling and Yuefei Temple.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Anyang