Xinxiang is located in the north of Henan province, bordering the Yellow River in the south and facing Zhengzhou and Kaifeng across the river. North of Taihang, adjacent to Hebi and Anyang; Jiaozuo in the west and Shanxi in the west; It is adjacent to Puyang, an oil city in the east, and connected with Shandong, with a total area of 8,249 square kilometers. Xinxiang City belongs to the North China Plate, located in the Yellow River and Haihe River basins, with high terrain in the north and low terrain in the south. The northern part is mainly Taihang Mountain and hilly land, and the southern part is Yellow River alluvial fan plain, which accounts for 78% of the city's total land area.
Xinxiang, the capital of Pingyuan province in the early days of the People's Republic of China, is an important central city in northern Henan, an important industrial city in the Central Plains, one of the central cities in the Central Plains economic zone and the Central Plains urban agglomeration, and also the economic, educational and transportation center in northern Henan. Xinxiang city has a long history, with sites of Yangshao culture and Longshan culture. It is one of the important birthplaces of the Book of Songs, and the poems popular in ancient Xinxiang area account for a quarter of the national style.