On May 8, 2020, the ancient city of Xiangyang, Hubei Province under the blue sky and white clouds. Photo by Yang Dong

On February 20, 2021, in Xiangyang, Hubei, tourists checked in at Hubei Weidong Holding Group Co., Ltd., the filming location of "Hello, Li Huanying". The original appearance of the third-tier factory is still preserved here. Scenes such as the auditorium, boating reservoir, workers' cultural palace, staff canteen, kindergarten, basketball court, shop windows, etc. were all shot in the company's family area. Photo by Yang Dong

The scenery of the Zhongxuan Tower section of the ancient city of Xiangyang, Hubei, taken on April 14, 2020. Photo by Yang Dong

The moat of the ancient city of Xiangyang, Hubei, taken on September 17, 2020. Photo by Yang Dong

The ancient city of Xiangyang, taken on May 1, 2019, faces the Han Gate and the Han River. Photo by Yang Dong

Due to the popularity of the movie "Hello, Li Huanying", Xiangyang, Hubei Province, which had been dormant for a long time by the Han River, was "digged" by netizens.

This is a city of historical legends written by Luo Guanzhong, a city of military games in Jin Yong's works, a city where the cultures of the north and the south blend, and the harmony of the old and the new flourishes. For thousands of years, many stories have been staged here such as Han Gao's removal of Pei, three visits to thatched cottage, seven armies flooded, and fierce battles between Song and Yuan Dynasties.

Climbing to the ancient Xiangyang City, facing the Han River, touching the wall bricks with your hands, everything has changed, but the only thing that remains unchanged is the increasingly strong historical atmosphere accompanying the blue bricks.

(Subtitle) Why choose Xiangyang for third-line construction?

Old neighborhoods, old factories, red brick walls, tube buildings; vertical and horizontal steel frames, exposed water pipes, faded doors and windows, old tiled houses... No. 1 Sunjiachong, Huanshan Road, Xiangcheng District, Xiangyang City, Hubei Province , the compound of Hubei Weidong Holding Group Co., Ltd. (formerly the state-owned Weidong Machinery Factory) has a strong sense of age everywhere, and all buildings and decorations retain the style of the 1980s.

As an important filming location for the movie "Hello, Li Huanying", as the movie's box office and reputation continue to rise, it has become a popular place to check in. The canteens, restaurants, barber shops, kindergartens and other living scenes in the factory area exude a strong nostalgic atmosphere, arousing people's memories of past life.

The reason why "Li Huanying" can arouse strong political resonance is not only the warmth of family affection, but also the richness of history and the splendor of the times.

"In the movie, those mottled machines, old brick walls, etc. activate people's historical memory of the third-line construction period and remind people of those passionate years." School of Fine Arts, Hubei University of Arts and Sciences Liu Jingke, a teacher in the Department of History and Theory, said that in addition to the original Weidong Machinery Factory, there are many similar factory compounds in Xiangyang during the third-line construction period.

In the mid-1960s, my country launched a large-scale national defense and industrial construction in the central and western regions for the purpose of preparing for war, which was historically called the third-line construction.

The third-line builders awakened the sleeping mountains of northwest Hubei, and vigorous battles were fought in the mountains and forests. Liu Jingke said that in Xiangyang alone, there are 40 companies including Han Optoelectronics Factory, Jianchang Machinery Factory, Hongqi Machinery Factory, Hongshan Chemical Factory, Huaguang Equipment Factory, Hanjiang Machinery Factory, Hongwei Machinery Factory, Handan Machinery Factory, and Xiangfan Internal Combustion Engine Factory. There are many third-tier enterprises, which are mainly concentrated in Nanzhang, Gucheng, Yicheng, Laohekou and the suburbs of Xiangyang City.

"Xiangyang is located in the Jingshan Mountains and is an important transportation hub in northwest Hubei. It has high mountains and dense forests, and thoroughfares to seven provinces. It not only has a geographical advantage suitable for the location and layout of the third-line construction, but also has relatively convenient water and land transportation. The conditions are in line with the third-line site selection principle of "backing, concealment, and decentralization." In the early days of the establishment of the state-owned Weidong Machinery Factory, the first batch of production equipment was transported from Wuhan to Xiangyang. , Gu Yong, chairman of Hubei Weidong Holding Group Co., Ltd., introduced that at that time, the National Third-Line Office conducted research and inspections on third-line site selection in 13 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities across the country. Finally, Xiangyang was identified as a key area for third-tier construction, and Xiangyang, Xianyang, Mianyang, etc. became key cities for third-tier construction nationwide.

To this day, Weidong Machinery Factory is still hidden in the mountains and forests on the outskirts of Xiangyang. In the eyes of Gu Yong, who grew up with Weidong Factory, that is not a "history" that only exists in cold textual narratives, but a surging time full of passion and burning ideals.

In the days of "production first, life later", for builders who came to Xiangyang Valley from cities with relatively superior conditions, adapting to the gap in living conditions was the first hurdle they had to pass.

"In the early days of the factory's establishment, Sunjiachong was overgrown with weeds, insects and snakes could be seen everywhere, and the roads were all muddy, especially on rainy days." Fang Hengqing, an old man who was over 60 years old, was an early employee of the Weidong Factory. One of the builders, after resigning from the army in 1969, he came to Weidong Factory from Beijing to participate in the third-line construction. When I first came here, I lived in an adobe house called "Ganda Lei" and drank mud water. Some older masters who had married families even lived with their children in the second living area away from the factory. In the shed, there is ventilation everywhere, and I have to walk for an hour or two several times a day to and from work. The hardships in life are evident. At that time, the place where the factory leaders worked was called the "Headquarters," and all the comrades who had seen it knew that it was an out-and-out bullpen.

Fang Hengqing never thought that such a life would be waiting for him after he changed his career, but he never regretted those years. "To be honest, I have many opportunities to go to a better platform, but I can't bear to do it. My youth is here and my family is here." He said.

Sweat, youth, life, hardship, passion, fearlessness, loyalty, hard work, sacrifice... In the policy of "preparing for war and famine for the people" and "good people are good at the third front" and "dedicating youth and life, dedicating Under the call of "dedicate their lives to their children and grandchildren", countless workers, cadres, engineering and technical personnel, and rural laborers like Gu Yong and Fang Hengqing came from all directions of the motherland to the mountains and forests of northwest Hubei.

The third-line construction changed the life trajectory of those builders from other places, and also changed Xiangyang, leaving another significant mark on the city's history.

Looking back at the past and looking through the archives, Xiangyang has played such an important role in history more than once.

(Subtitle) "Handan in the Pre-Qin Dynasty, Qinhuai in the Ming and Qing Dynasties"

Open the map. The ancient city of Xiangyang is located in the northwest of Hubei Province, in the middle reaches of the Han River. It controls both the southbound and northbound routes. The land route also closely controls the waterway traffic going east and west. The unique geographical location determines that there is no shortage of historical stories here.

Li Daoyuan said in "Shui Jing Zhu": "The city is located in the Yang of Xiangshui River, so it is called Xiangyang." Xiangshui River is usually considered to be a tributary of Han River, and was also called Nanqu in ancient times. But today, the Han River has become the main river, and the Xiang River is no longer hidden.

Whether it is the early humans who lived in caves and drank blood, or the clan society who built houses and lived in groups, hunting and farming, it seems that they can find suitable living and living conditions in the fertile soil of mountains and rivers in the upper reaches of the Han River.

At that time, this area was in the middle between the primitive culture of the north and the primitive culture of the south, with obvious characteristics of the transition and blending of northern and southern cultures.

Ye Zhi said that the predecessor of Xiangyang City was the Jin garrison in northern Chu during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The historian of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Xiangyang Qijiu Ji, recorded in "Xiangyang Qi Jiu Ji": "There are two Jin in Chu: that is, crossing from Xiangyang "Mian, from the Nanyang boundary, goes out to Fangcheng Pass, and leads to the roads of Zhou, Zheng, Jin, and Wei; to the east, it crosses Jiangxia from Hanjin, and goes out to Pinggao Pass, and leads to the roads of Chen, Cai, Qi, and Song Dynasties." It refers to the two ferry towns in the north of the Chu State during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period - Dongjin and Beijin. They became an important ferry crossing and military base for the north to the Central Plains and expansion to the east, and established the Chu State's hegemony for a generation. Among them, one from Dongjin is still retained.

In the era when boats were an important means of transportation, Xiangyang, located in the middle reaches of the Han River, almost formed an equilateral triangle relationship with Chang'an and Luoyang. It went west along the waterway to Chang'an and passed through Fangcheng along the Nanxiang Basin. Can reach Luoyang directly.

"The Han River is the most convenient, smoothest and busiest 'golden waterway' in ancient China. By the middle of the Qing Dynasty, there were about 20,000 ships on the Han River from Hankou to Xiangyang every year, and from Laohekou to Xiangyang. There were about 1,600 ships traveling between Fancheng and Sheqi for a long time, which shows that Xiangyang's water transportation was developed at that time. "Ye Zhi believes that Xiangyang can become a commodity distribution center where merchants gather and goods flow smoothly, and it is closely connected to the "golden waterway" of the Han River. Inseparable, the Han River route from Hankou to Xiangyang is the artery that promotes the economic and trade development of Xiangyang.

The activities of the Chu people also revolved around the Han River.

According to historical records, the ancestors of Chu were originally tribes in the Central Plains. Under the leadership of generations of tribal leaders, their clans migrated south. The route of their activities was roughly along the Han River to the south, from "the blue strands of the road to open up the mountains and forests" to "if there is no sound, then the mountains and forests will be opened". Already, a blockbuster", and finally established a powerful vassal state in the Yangtze River Basin that could aspire to dominate the Central Plains.

Chu culture integrates Chinese culture and primitive culture (barbarian culture) in the Yangtze River Basin. It was praised highly by the famous historian Zhang Zhengming in "History of Chu Culture": "From the time when Chu culture was formed, Chinese culture is divided into two branches, the north and the south...the two branches of Chinese culture, the north and the south, are examples of the splendid culture of ancient China, and the cultures of ancient Greece and Rome, which were roughly the same era, reflected each other."

The Han River completes the civilized connection between the upper reaches and the lower reaches. It also makes Xiangyang a place where northern and southern cultures merge and an important birthplace of Jingchu culture. Song Yu, the originator of Chu Fu, was born here. Allusions such as "Xiaoliba people", "Bai Xue in Yangchun" and "Qu Gao and few" have been passed down to this day. Chuantian Festival, Duan Gong Dance, Liang Gou Opera, Baomao Jiujiu and other Chu customs have been left behind. We visited Dengcheng in the Western Zhou Dynasty, Chuhuangcheng in Yicheng, Nanzhang Mountain Village Group, Jiuliandun in Zaoyang and other Chu cultural sites.

(Subtitle) "Since the Han and Jin Dynasties, it has been an important town"

When eating in Xiangyang's large and small restaurants, you will always be asked: "What staple food do you want, pasta or rice?" Eating rice is rare in the south. The connection between the north and the south, as well as the south and the north, has long been embedded in Xiangyang's bones, and this city is tolerant because of it.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was war in the north. Liu Biao led the pastoralists in Jingzhou and managed Xiangyang to achieve economic prosperity and social stability, becoming an "oasis" of peace in troubled times. In order to avoid the war, many scholars settled in Xiangyang. Zhuge Liang, Sima Hui, Xu Shu, Cui Zhouping, a group of strategic elites, a group of outstanding figures such as the writer Wang Can, the calligrapher Liang Hu, and local celebrities Pang Degong, Pang Tong, Ma Liang, etc. Gather in Xiangyang. At that time, Xiangyang was full of talented people and was very prosperous.

Zhuge Liang’s hard work in cultivating Longmu was not really “to live in troubled times and not seek to gain knowledge and reach the princes”. He just wanted to choose a place to better observe the general trend of the world. Xiangyang is a place where north and south meet and east and west meet, so it may be an ideal choice.

During the Han Dynasty, Xiangyang’s status as a land and water dock became more prominent. Cai Yong, a writer of the Eastern Han Dynasty, described Xiangyang Wharf in "Han Jin Fu": "It supports the three states in the south, gathers Kyoto in the north, controls Longdi at the top, and connects the rivers and lakes at the bottom. It guides the transportation of wealth and goods, and determines whether there is any relocation."

Gu Zuyu, a geographer in the early Qing Dynasty, wrote in "Minutes of Du Shi Fang Yu": "Those who are in Xiangyang are the backbone of the world. If they exist in the Central Plains, they can be combined with the southeast. If they are obtained in the southeast, they can also be taken in the northwest. . Therefore, it is said that Xiangyang is the most important place. "(Xiangyang) spans Jingyu and controls the north and south. It has been the most important place in the world since the Three Kingdoms."

Longzhong is not far from the Han River, whether by land or water. , it is very convenient to communicate with the outside world. Later, facts proved that Zhuge Liang's choice was correct. After living in seclusion in Longzhong, Zhuge Liang mainly did three things: plowing his acres during the day, reading at night, visiting celebrities and making friends in his spare time. Here he had more contact with Pang Degong and Pang Tong, and gradually formed his own circle of friends, such as Boling Cui Zhouping, Yingchuan Xu Shu, etc.

Perhaps due to the moisture of the Han River, the green pines and cypresses of Wolong Mountain and the tall and straight camphor trees make Zhuge Kongming's study place, Sangu Hall and Liujiaojing where Liu Bei visited appear mysterious and awe-inspiring. In a trance, the scene of "Three Visits to the Thatched Cottage" reappeared before my eyes: Zhuge Liang was sleeping soundly on the couch; Liu Bei stood with his hands folded, waiting quietly at the door; Guan Yu and Zhang Fei stood outside the door, restless.

"The mountains are not high but elegant, the water is not deep but clear; the land is not wide but flat, the forests are not large but lush; apes and cranes are close to each other, and pines and bamboos are green." This is the description in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" Longzhong's description. Longzhong is the secluded place where Zhuge Liang "cultivated long acres", the place where Liu Bei "visited the thatched cottage three times" to seek talents, and it is also the birthplace of "Longzhong Dui". Longzhong has preserved many relics of Zhuge Liang's study, friendship, and life. After more than 1,800 years of baptism, it is still full of elegance.

In this "Longzhong Dui" and "three visits to trouble the world", Zhuge Liang finally left the mountains and traveled far, from the Han River to the Yangtze River and then to the Han River to assist Liu Bei.

It is said that a history of the Three Kingdoms began in Xiangyang and ended in Xiangyang. Ma Yue Tanxi, Sima Jianxian, Three Visits to the Thatched Cottage, Seven Flooded Armies...these legendary stories all happened here.

In the streets and alleys of Xiangyang, there are often encounters with "Three Kingdoms", such as Zhuge Liang Square, Kongming cuisine and Gulong Chinese wine on billboards. A "Three Kingdoms" has been torn apart, crushed into pieces, and put into In the streets and recipes of this city.

(Subtitle) "The landscape is stunning, Xiangyang is beautiful in Kuaiji"

About 15 kilometers southeast of Xiangyang City, there is a mountain that is famous all over the world because Meng Haoran and Pi Rixiu lived here in seclusion. . There are no dangerous rocks and cliffs in Lumen Mountain. The mountain roads are quiet and shaded by trees. Only wild flowers and trees can be seen in the eyes, and the chirping of birds can be heard in the ears.

In Meng Haoran's poems, the beautiful scenery here can be seen everywhere: "To make friends refers to pines and cypresses, and to ask questions to find orchids. The creek is not suitable for boats, and the strange rocks often startle horses. The most secluded place where I live, The place where everyone lives is quiet. Clouds gather in the corner, and the sky falls below the stairs."

Meng Haoran, who was born in Xiangyang, must have loved the tranquility and the sounds of nature here. In Meng Haoran's writings, Xiangyang City is a beautiful city with beautiful landscapes. "The landscape and shape are stunning, and Xiangyang is beautiful in Kuaiji."

The subtlety of Chinese characters is melted into such poems, just like the flowing water of the Han River beside Xiangyang City, refreshing and clear. After searching for mountains and rivers in Xiangyang, and recalling his poems, I gained many concrete and vivid impressions.

Water flows through the city, and the vast Han River runs across the middle. Not only does Xiangyang City become much warmer, but also there are boats in the south and horses in the north, and life can be seen everywhere.

In the Tang Dynasty, Xiangyang was the choke point between the capital Chang'an and the wealthy areas in the south of the Yangtze River. It was said in history that "the path passed down by imperial edicts and collected tributes must be through Jingxiang", thus driving the flow of people along the way. Cultural development and prosperity.

This kind of beautiful scenery and bustling market also attracted many literati and poets to stop here.

"On a beautiful sunny day in Xiangyang, the drunkenness and mountain man are left behind." It is not only a traveler's sentiments, but also the most simple and enthusiastic praise of the splendor of a place. The great poet Wang Wei traveled south from Luoyang via Xiangyang. Because of his friendship with Meng Haoran, he stayed here for a few days. Either the natural scenery triggered his vigorous poetry, or he stopped by the Han River to overlook the distance and recited this poem that has been passed down through the ages. Poetry.

"Chu Sai and Xiang are connected, and Jingmen is connected to nine factions." To understand Wang Wei's poem, it is best to climb the city wall and take a look. The Han River is green and the ancient city is long. As far as the eye can see, there are bustling streets and water transport terminals.

A river of spring water flows around the city, and half of the ten miles of green mountains enter the city. Landscapes are more charming because of many poems; water and soil are like an endless treasure to literati and poets. The aura of mountains and rivers nurtured Meng Haoran, a pastoral poet of the Tang Dynasty. He led Li Bai, Bai Juyi, Wang Wei, Cen Shen, etc. to travel to Xianshan, Lumen Mountain, Wanshan, Xijiachi, Hanshui and other places, and recorded their travels here in poems and prose. Feel the splendor of history and the beauty of nature.

Li Bai's song "Xiangyang Song" is full of elegance and restores our imagination of Xiangyang in those days: "Xiangyang Recreation Place, singing and dancing white copper tantans. The river city returns to the green water, the flowers and the moon make people enchanted. The mountains are fascinating. When the public is drunk, his head is covered with white fences, and he is riding a horse upside down. The water is green and the sand is like snow. The moss has been wiped out for a long time. When the king wants to mount his horse, he kills the children of Xiangyang with a smile.

(Subtitle) The golden horse and the iron horse ride on the "Jianghu"

The superior geographical location, coupled with the abundant products and the ability to sail from the south to the north. Convenient transportation allows Xiangyang to possess the capital of "its dangers are solid and its soil is sufficient for food".

Xiangyang not only controls the land routes going south and north, but also controls the water transportation going east and west. Because of its unique geographical location, many wars that changed Chinese history are related to it. .

From the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to the 1940s, this place was a place where celebrities gathered, and a place where military heroes competed for supremacy, with frequent wars. According to research by Jin Hongzhong, a well-known scholar in Xiangyang, more than 200 wars of varying sizes have occurred in the Xiangyang area since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. He introduced 172 wars in detail in his book "Xiangfan Military Spring and Autumn Period".

Among them, the familiar Battle of Xiangyang in the Song and Yuan Dynasties was not only a decisive war for dynasty change, but also a fierce collision between the cultures of the north and the south. This major battle in China's military history was huge in scale, lasted for a long time, and had countless casualties. When placed in Jin Yong's martial arts novels, even though it was the end of the hero, it is still breathtaking.

Under the rendering of Jin Yong's "The Condor Trilogy", Xiangyang, which has been filled with the atmosphere of conquest for thousands of years, has been cast with a filter of Jianghu sentiment.

Just like in the novel, Yang Guo asked Guo Jing whether he could defend Xiangyang? Guo Jing only left eight words: "I will devote my whole life to death."

Years of war and rich culture have also provided novelists with excellent imagination space and creative inspiration.

In the last chapter of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", Jin Yong asked the protagonists Guo Jing and Huang Rong to gallop to help defend Xiangyang City after discussing swords in Mount Huashan. Starting from the twentieth chapter of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", about 1/4 of the book is set in the Xiangyang area. The youngest daughter of Guo Jing and Huang Rong was also named Guo Xiang because she was born in Xiangyang. Many plots in these two books are based on the Battle of Xiangyang in the Song and Yuan Dynasties.

After countless battles, the flames of war have been engraved into the character of this city. Just like the majestic city gate in front of the Linhan Gate in the ancient city, it will not fall down due to wind erosion and will remain new for a long time.

Regardless of history books or martial arts novels, whenever Xiangyang City is mentioned, the word "Xia" is always capitalized from inside to outside. Rather than living a stable life, they are more looking forward to a snowy night wind. Chatting in Lingdu.

The ancient city of Xiangyang has a history of more than 2,800 years. It has gone through the military ferry "Beijin garrison" of the Chu State, the establishment of a county to build the city in the early Western Han Dynasty, the expansion in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the construction of a brick city in the Southern Song Dynasty, and the expansion and finalization again in the Ming Dynasty. The several constructions may be a kind of self-consciousness after experiencing too many wars.

From Meng Xiangyang (Meng Haoran)'s uninhibitedness to Mi Xiangyang (Mi Fu)'s chicness, from "On a nice windy day in Xiangyang, I stay drunk with the mountain man" to "I pass through Wu Gorge from Ba Gorge and then go down. From the war-torn "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" to the iron-blooded "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", the name "Xiangyang" has accumulated rich historical and cultural connotations in the long history.

However, judging from the history of urban development and administrative establishment in the Xiangyang area, the place names of present-day Xiangyang area have changed several times in history. They were sometimes called Xiangyang, or Xiangzhou, and some overseas Chinese settled in Yongzhou. The founding of New China Later, the name Xiangfan was also used. In 2010, bidding farewell to 60 years of wandering, the historical name of "Xiangyang" finally returned to this ancient city. It can be seen that this place name has been internalized into the local culture and is difficult to let go.

Today, the pace of life is getting faster and faster. There are also many people in Xiangyang who are willing to slow down and walk to the top of the city before tea and after dinner, touching the green bricks, looking at the moss of the years, and watching the traces of war. This also includes local "post-90s" musician Guan Zezhen.

(Subtitle) The war songs are fading away, but the heroic songs are yet to come

"These old houses are just like the factory where I used to work. They are very friendly. So many people seem to have returned to that time. "It's so lively." 70-year-old Wang Daoqin brought his children and grandchildren to Weidong Factory to look for memories of those years. In front of her, the red brick house with old-fashioned signboards still made her feel the heat of that era.

During the Spring Festival holiday that just passed, Xiangyang City received 837,600 tourists and achieved tourism revenue of 154.04 million yuan. After "Hello, Li Huanying" was released, more than 30,000 tourists visited Hubei Weidong Holding Group Co., Ltd., 603 Cultural and Creative Park and other film shooting locations every day. Xiangyang City also specially opened a bus from the city to the filming locations. Dedicated line.

With the changes in the world structure in the 1980s and the implementation of my country's reform and opening up policy, third-line construction gradually withdrew from the stage of history. Many companies converted or relocated, and the original factory areas became idle, leaving a large number of Equipment, factories and other third-tier industrial heritage.

"Architecture, as a visible material carrier, provides a detailed and vivid touch space for the passionate years in Xiangyang during that period, and contributes to the continuation of the national spirit, the construction of regional culture and the city's industrial brand. The development provides a good foundation," said Zhu Yalan, associate professor at the School of Civil Engineering and Architecture of Hubei University of Arts and Sciences. The industrial heritage of third-line construction is an important part of historical and cultural heritage and is a scarce cultural resource of the city. Developing the industrial and tourism industries not only helps to inherit the third-tier culture, but also creates economic benefits.

Xiangyang City has made it clear that through government planning and policy guidance, it will mobilize the enthusiasm of enterprises to participate as market entities, encourage industrial enterprises to use industrial resources as attractions, expand corporate influence through the development of industrial tourism, and enrich The city’s tourism products will explore new tourism growth points.

At the foot of Xian Mountain in the south of Xiangyang City, another industrial relic, the 603 Factory, has also completed its transformation - the 603 Cultural and Creative Park focuses on culture and art, sports and fitness, leisure and entertainment, education and training and other businesses. , planning areas such as creative design offices, visual art exhibitions, cultural leisure experiences, etc., and has gathered and cultivated more than 40 cultural enterprises with nearly 1,500 employees.

In the wave of urban renewal and industrial transformation, the old factories imprinted with the "third-line spirit" have not been lost. The ancient city walls engraved with historical stories are still standing, and modern economy and cultural creativity have found their roots here. .

With the reform and opening up and the layout of my country's economic and social development, the function of Xiangyang's important military strategic position has undergone positive changes, and its important influence has gradually transitioned from the military field to the strategic layout of national and regional economic development. middle. However, the Han River, which achieves mutual success with Xiangyang, is still an important support for Xiangyang’s future development.

The "Han River Ecological Economic Zone Development Plan" promulgated and implemented by the state clearly states that "support Xiangyang in consolidating its status as a sub-central city in Hubei Province and accelerating the construction of a central city in the Han River Basin and a national comprehensive transportation hub", clarifying Xiangyang’s urban positioning and mission.

Xiangyang Mayor Qie Yingcai said that during the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period, Xiangyang's two high-speed railways were opened to traffic, one high-speed railway started construction, and five China-Europe international freight trains and four rail-sea combined transport lines were opened. . Facing the future, Xiangyang must make every effort to build a central city in the Han River Basin during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period.

In looking back at history, Xiangyang has also become more clear about its historical belonging.

References for part of the manuscript: "Impression of Xiangyang", "Xiangyang on the Han River", "Imprint of Xiangyang" (End)