Chenzhou has a long history. The bones found in Guiyang county in the late Paleolithic period show that primitive people lived and developed in Chenzhou as early as 10 thousand years ago. The word "Chen" belongs to Chenzhou and was first seen in the Qin Dynasty. It is a seal character "Chen", which is synthesized by the words "Lin" and "Yi", meaning "the city in the forest". The word "Chen" is found in historical biography, and it is the Historical Records written by Sima Qian in Han Dynasty, in which it is recorded that (Xiang Yu) "moved Yidi to Chen County, Changsha". Since then, the word "Chen" has been written on paper. Chenzhou has a written history of more than two thousand years. Since Qin established Chen County, it has left countless beautiful legends and historical stories in Chenzhou. Tang and Song scholars Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan, Qin Shaoyou and Zhou Dunyi wrote many famous articles in Chenzhou. Chenzhou is one of the cradles of China revolution. Chenzhou is rich in resources. Known as "the hometown of nonferrous metals in China" and "the silver capital of China". The city's coal reserves are11million tons, which is an important energy supply place in South China. With a hydropower reserve of 6.5438+0.7 million kilowatts, it is one of the United Nations small hydropower bases. The forest coverage rate is 62%, which is an important forest producing area in Hunan. Chenzhou is one of the agricultural products supply bases in Hong Kong, and its agricultural and sideline products such as Linwu Duck, Guiyang Tobacco, Dongjiang Fish, Yuxiang Noodles, Yongxing Sugar Orange and Linglong Tea in Guidong are well-known at home and abroad. Chenzhou is an ecological kingdom. "There are green mountains and green screens on all sides, and the plants are blooming in Man Chun." Chenzhou's original natural landscape is well preserved, and its tourism resources are strange, dangerous, beautiful and beautiful. It is a new tourist attraction featuring ecological leisure, drifting exploration and hot spring fitness, integrating mountains, water, caves and springs, and integrating natural scenery, history and culture and modern spirit into one furnace. There are many famous eco-tourism areas (spots) in the city: Su Xianling, the 18th blessed land in the world, Dongting Lake in southern Hunan, Dongjiang ecological drifting, Danxia landform, Tian Fei, the only international hunting ground in southern China, Wanhuayan, the world cave landscape, Paradise Hot Springs and Yongxing. Mangshan National Forest Park with "Animal and Plant Gene Bank", Bian Jiang with "Ya Dan Green Water", Wang Xianling Ecological Park with "Jiangnan Inner Mongolia" and Tian Yang Lake Alpine Grassland all make tourists at home and abroad feel relaxed and forget to return. Chenzhou has beautiful scenery and fresh air, and the air quality has reached the national excellent standard. Many tourist areas (spots) such as Dongjiang Lake and Mangshan Mountain generally have more than 50,000 negative oxygen ions per cubic centimeter, and Dongjiang Longjing Canyon has as many as 94,000, which is known as "natural oxygen bar". One of the important reasons is that the rich ecological resources have created the blessed land of Chenzhou, a forest city.