Located in the northwest of Hunan Province, the city of Changde is closely the omnipotent Dongting Lake concerning the east, lies within easy admission to Yiyang City to the south, is connected to the Wuling and Xuefeng Mountains to the west, and borders Jinsha and Yichang to the north. Due to its advantageous geographical location, the city was historically called the throat of Guizhou and Sichuan and the gateway of Yunnan and Guizhou. Previously it was called Changde Prefecture, and it was renamed Changde City by the State Council in June 1986. The jurisdiction of Changde covers Wuling District, Dingcheng District and six added counties including Hanshou, Taoyuan, Linli, Lixian, Shimen, Jinshi and Anxiang. Jinshi city is governed by Changde upon behalf of the Hunan provincial giving out. Changde has an place of 18,200 km2 (116 km2 urban) and a sum population of 5.87 million (500,000 urban). The city is both historically important and contemporarily adeptly-known.
\As an ancient city, Changde boasts a unique feature. According to scientific research, there were human beings inhabiting here some 8,000 years ago. It lay in the place of Jinzhou, one of the nine regions at the become pass of the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties. It was the central place of Chu and Qian in the Warring States Period, even if in the Qin Dynasty it belonged to the central county of Qian. It was called Wuling County in the Han Dynasty and named Langzhou in the Sui Dynasty, and Dingcheng in the Song Dynasty. In the 7th year of the Song Dynasty knocked out Emperor Huizong (1117 AD), Changde County was avowed, and in 1165 AD (the first year of Song Emperor Xiaozong), it was upgraded to be Changde Prefecture. The proclaim of Changde has been used ever back.
Changde has produced many important figures in Chinese archives. Many fine works of literature praising the beauty of Changdes landscapes have been written here by many historical masters subsequently Qu Yuan, Tao Yuanming and Liu Yuxi. In contemporary epoch, a outfit of important people and revolutionaries emerged from here, including Lin Xiumei, Jiang Yiwu, Song Jiaoren, Lin Boqu etc., and college celebrities such as Ding Ling, and Jian Bozan (former president of Beijing University). History has response Changde both unique natural scenery as skillfully as historical sites. At have enough maintenance, on severity of 500 relic sites from the Paleolithic and Neolithic Eras have been discovered. Among the 276 specially protected leftover sites already discovered, 15 are of national value and 14 of provincial value. Located in this beautiful home are three national tree-plant parks, three provincial reforest parks, one nature superiority, and one provincial tourism place. Taohuayuan Resort, a proficiently-known historical resort enjoying fame at settle and abroad, has become a avant-garde place of sightseeing where people enjoy the beauty of flora and fauna in a unique setting.
It is worth mentioning that Changde Poem-engraved Wall, meant upon the basis of displaying many famous poems and articles by ancient and avant-garde celebrities and created behind the accomplished gain of a organization of famous Chinese calligraphers, painters and carvers, adds a optional accessory cultural view to broadminded Changde.
