Guangshan County is located in the southeast of Henan Province, in the middle of Xinyang City, with Dabie Mountain in the south and Huaihe River in the north. It is located in the connecting zone of Hubei, Henan and Anhui provinces. The county is 60 kilometers long from east to west and 55 kilometers wide from north to south. The county is adjacent to Huangchuan and Shangcheng in the east, Luoshan in the west, Xinxian in the south and Xixian in the north. It is 227 kilometers east of Hefei, 220 kilometers south of Wuhan, 430 kilometers north of Zhengzhou and 696 kilometers west of Xi, with a total area of 1835 square kilometers.

Guangshan county is located in the transition zone from subtropical zone to warm temperate zone, and belongs to the monsoon humid and semi-humid climate in northern subtropical zone. There are four distinct seasons throughout the year, with an average annual sunshine time of 1990 hours, an average annual temperature of 15.4℃, an average annual frost-free period of 226 days, and an average annual precipitation of 1027.6 mm. Guangshan is a "natural oxygen bar county in China". Since 20 15, the county's air quality has ranked first in the province for many times.

There are 2 large reservoirs (Pohe Reservoir and Wuyue Reservoir) and 37 small reservoirs/kloc-0 (Longshan Reservoir, etc.). ) In Guangshan County, the total water resources is 2 billion cubic meters, with a total storage capacity of 590 million cubic meters. The Wuyue Pumped Storage Power Station in Guangshan, Henan Province has started construction, and the Yuanwan Reservoir in the upper reaches of the Yellow River has also started construction.

Attractions in Guangshan County:

1. Dasushan National Forest Park: The planned total area of Dasushan National Forest Park in Henan is 2,788.53 hectares, with a forest coverage rate of 92.3%. It consists of three scenic spots: Dasu Mountain, Longshou Mountain and Wangmuguan. It is a national 4A-level tourist scenic spot, one of the top ten cultural and ecological scenic spots in China, and the 20 18 "China Forest Health Base". Dasu Mountain is an ecological blessed land and a high cultural mountain. The Jingju Temple, a thousand-year-old temple in the core area, is the birthplace and ancestral hall of Tiantai Sect of Buddhism.

2. Sima Guang's former residence: Sima Guang's former residence scenic spot is located in the middle of the main streets in the city. Sima Guang, a famous politician, historian and writer in the Northern Song Dynasty, was born here on October 18th in the third year of Tianxi in Song Zhenzong (A.D. 10 19). County annals: The official residence faces south, enters the second place, and the courtyard becomes a quadrangle. There is a zhaobi outside the north eaves of the gatehouse, including the front hall, wing, study and back hall. They are all brick and wood buildings with hanging mountains. There are cypresses, walnuts, phoenix trees and a well (Sima well) in the yard.

3. Purple Water Tower: The Purple Water Tower is located in Sima Guang East Road, the county seat. Built in the late Ming Dynasty, it is an octagonal seven-level pavilion-style brick tower with a total height of 27 meters. It is an important symbol of the ancient Guangshan Mountain, and people often use "Zishuixian Mountain" to symbolize Guangshan County. In 2000, it was announced by Henan Province as a provincial-level cultural relics protection unit. There is China Tea Set Museum next to the tower.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Guangshan County.