"Clouds, dreams and fog around Yueyang" describes the extraordinary momentum when Dongting Lake rises. The ancient Yunmengze is about to boil and transpiration, and Yueyang City seems to be shaken by huge waves. Dongting Lake was called Yunmeng in ancient times, and Yunmengze is one of the nine ancient rivers, which is the general name of ancient lakes on Jianghan Plain in Hubei Province.

Brief introduction of Hubei province

Hubei Province is located in the middle of China, named after it is located in the north of Dongting Lake. It is 740 kilometers long from east to west and spans the transition zone of the second and third steps in China. It is dominated by mountains and hills, accounting for more than 80% of the area. The western line of Danjiangkou, Jingmen, Yichang and Yidu is the edge of the second ladder. This series of mountains is called the western Hubei mountains, with an altitude of 1000 meters.

Shennongding in Shennongjia is the highest peak in the province, with an altitude of 3 105 meters. There is Wudang Mountain in the northwest corner, which is said to be the place where Jesus Zhenwu the Great made his fortune in Taoism. Later, it became a holy place for Taoist priests to cultivate immortality and alchemy, and now we ordinary tourists can also go up the mountain.

The mountainous area in western Hubei is one of the birthplaces of the Chinese nation. Changyang County, Yichang discovered the Changyang people who were earlier than Zhoukoudian Beijingers and 800,000-100 years ago. The whole Hubei terrain is surrounded by mountains on three sides in the northwest and east, and the southern plain is open. Surrounded by mountains, the high temperature of 40 degrees often appears in the plain area in summer. There is no heating in winter, and it is wet and cold.