Suizhou, known as "the throat of Han Xiang" and "the pearl of northern Hubei", is the north gate of Hubei Province. It covers an area of 9,636 square kilometers and has a population of 2.6 million. It is connected to the central city of Wuhan in the east and Xiangyang in the west. It has successively won the titles of: China's famous historical and cultural city, the hometown of Shennong in Yan Di, the hometown of chimes and ancient music, the special purpose vehicle capital of China, and the national garden city.
Suizhou is the hometown of Emperor Yan. Historically speaking, Yandi Shennong is one of the three emperors and five emperors. Emperor Yan taught people to sow grains and created the farming civilization of the Chinese nation. According to historical records, Shennong, the first emperor of China, was born in Lishan, Suizhou, and Lishan has thus become a treasure place for Chinese people at home and abroad to seek roots and worship their ancestors.
Root-seeking Festival is the biggest festival in Suizhou, which is held on Shennong's birthday on April 26th of the lunar calendar. People from China at home and abroad came here to pay their respects to Emperor Yan. With the help of the Root-seeking Festival, Suizhou's popularity and reputation have been continuously improved. Yu Dan, a famous scholar, once said that whenever you mention Shennong in Yan Di, you will think of Suizhou.
As the hometown of ancient music for chimes, Zeng Houyi's chimes unearthed in Suizhou in 1978 rewrote the history of world music and were praised as "the eighth wonder of the world". More than 2400 years later, 65 clocks, large and small, weighed 2567 kilograms. After it was unearthed, it was only played for three times and then stopped playing. It is the first batch of cultural relics in China that are prohibited from leaving the country.
The city streets in Suizhou are related to Suizhou culture everywhere. There are bells on both sides of the road and bridge, Yan Di Avenue, Shennong Avenue, Zhongming Avenue and other urban roads, as well as Shennong Grand Theatre and Shennong Park. These symbols with strong cultural characteristics have shaped the humanistic spirit of Suizhou city and will deepen people's impression of Suizhou.
Yan Di is the hometown of Shennong, the hometown of bells and ancient music. Suizhou has two major cultural brands, and Suizhou has mountains, waters and plains, which is a real landscape city. Suizhou is only a fifth-tier city, but the urban environment is very good and it is a good place to live. Just take a look. Maybe you will like Suizhou.