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Asia/Shanghai |
Standard Time GMT / UTC |
UTC+8 |
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Daylight saving time is not observed in the current region. |
Time Zone |
Asia/Shanghai |
Standard Time GMT / UTC |
UTC+8 |
Daylight Saving Time |
Daylight saving time is not observed in the current region. |
Xintian County is located in the south of Hunan Province, China, in the northeast of Yongzhou City, belonging to the south Hunan region. It has a total area of 1,022.4 square kilometers and a population of about 450,000 people. The terrain is predominantly hilly, with a subtropical monsoon climate, four distinct seasons and abundant natural resources.
Xintian has a long history and was founded in the Sui Dynasty. It is an old red revolutionary area and was once a place where the Red Army marched on the Long March. The area is predominantly Han Chinese, and retains traditional folklore from southern Hunan, such as dragon boat races and flower-drum operas. The dialect is Xiang Yongquan, and the culture is profound.
The economy is based on agriculture, producing selenium-rich agricultural products, such as selenium-rich rice and soybeans, and is known as "China's selenium-rich food industry base". In recent years, the city has developed light industry and tourism, with natural attractions such as the Wudang Mountains in the South and the Jinling Reservoir, which have significant potential for eco-tourism.
Located in the western part of Guangdong Province, Luoding is a county-level city under the administration of Yunfu City, known as the "Gateway to Western Guangdong" and the "Breadbasket of Lingnan", situated at the crossroads of Guangfu and Bagui cultures, with a long history of more than 1,400 years since it was established in the Southern Dynasty, and is one of the "Ancient Cultural Counties of Guangdong". It is one of the "Ancient Cultural Counties of Guangdong". The Changgangpo Ferry Trough in the county is known as the "Red Flag Canal of the South", which is a model of modern water conservancy engineering; Luoding has abundant products such as rice and cinnamon, and has deep agricultural roots. As an important node of the Maritime Silk Road, Luoding integrates the diverse cultures of Guangfu, Hakka and Lingnan, and retains a rich human heritage of ancient villages and ancestral halls. Nowadays, Luoding, relying on the advantages of the transportation hub, is accelerating its integration into the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and writing a new modern chapter of the millennium-old town with the synergistic development of eco-agriculture, cultural and tourism industries, and manufacturing industry.