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Deva is the capital of Hunedoara County in western Romania, located on the banks of the river Mureş, with a population of about 60,000 people. The city is famous for the hilltop Deva Castle, a 13th-century fortress perched on a volcanic cone that offers panoramic views and symbolizes the history of the region. The economy of Dva is based on industry and services, and it is also a transportation hub, connecting it to the Carpathian region.
Dva has a long history, first recorded in 1269, and was once a fortress of the Kingdom of Hungary. The city retains medieval buildings such as the castle and the Church of the Holy Cross. Culturally, Deva has museums, theaters, and is close to the ruins of the Dacian civilization, reflecting Romania's diverse heritage. The city is known for its mild continental climate with four distinct seasons, making it suitable for tourism.
Deva is a natural gateway for exploring the Carpathian Mountains, with the nearby Retezat National Park for hiking and eco-tourism. The city life is peaceful and has a good infrastructure, offering educational and medical resources. As an important regional center of Romania, Deva blends history and modernity, attracting visitors to experience its unique charm.
Gushi County is located in the southeast of Henan Province, belonging to Xinyang City, at the junction of Henan and Anhui Provinces, and is an important gateway of Henan facing East China. As a place where the Central Plains and Chu cultures meet, it has a history of more than 1,800 years and is known as "the first hometown of expatriates in the Central Plains". The county has a total area of 2,946 square kilometers, with a population of about 1.7 million people. It has a subtropical to warm-temperate transition climate, and produces rice, wheat and other crops, and is an advanced county for grain production in China.
Gushi is the hometown of the Tang people - the ancestral land of Fujian and Taiwan, the starting point of four large-scale migrants southward in history, known as "the most desirable roots of the global Chinese holy land". There are national cultural relics protection units such as the ruins of the old city of Fanguo and the ancestral shrine of Chen Yuguang. West Jiuhua Mountain Scenic Area is a national 4A-level tourist attraction with ten thousand acres of tea gardens, bamboo sea and Zen cultural landscape, and receives more than one million tourists annually. The Roots Cultural Festival is listed as a key cultural festival in Henan Province.
Gushi has now become a regional center city in the southeast of Henan Province, forming three leading industries: willow weaving, grain and oil processing, and equipment manufacturing. Gushi chicken, Gushi goose and Gushi duck are listed as national geographical indication products, and "Gushi willow weaving" is selected as national intangible cultural heritage. Ningxi Railway, Shanghai-Shaanxi Expressway passes through the city, and it takes 1 hour to reach Xinyang Minggang Airport. The transportation network radiates to the three provinces of Henan, Hubei and Anhui, and it is building a regional center city at the junction of Henan and Anhui.