Zaoyang, Hubei Province is the hometown of Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu of Han Dynasty, and is known as the "hometown of ancient emperors". Li Bai, Du Fu, Han Yu and other literati have all been here, leaving many well-known poems. Since 20 13, Zaoyang has developed rural tourism with rich historical and cultural resources, and has invested nearly 100 million yuan successively. Based on historical and cultural sites such as Jiuliandun Chu Tomb Site, Diaolongbei Settlement Site, Baishui Temple Scenic Park and Baizhuyuan Temple, a large number of rural tourist attractions with rich cultural connotations have been built. In addition, Zaoyang City also pays attention to the actual situation of nature, history, humanities and geography, and integrates "local culture" into rural tourism. There are more than 50 scenic spots in the city, such as "fisherman's house" and "boathouse", which vividly show the "fishing" culture such as watching fish, fishing and eating fish. Integrate the construction of villages and towns with rural pastoral culture and develop 120 ecological pastoral sightseeing agricultural base; Invested 1 10,000 yuan, established 1.20 rural art performance groups, excavated, restored and packaged 8 operas with strong local cultural colors, such as Henan Henan Opera and Shadow Play, for tourists to watch.

1In March, 1995, the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee and the Ministry of Culture awarded the "Five One Project Award" and the "Wenhua Award" respectively.

Zaoyang is a typical north-south region in China, with the urban area as the center. The people in the northern part of the city, that is, Zaobei, live on pasta, and this area belongs to Nanxiang Basin, with a language close to Henan dialect, while the people in the southern part of the city live on rice. This dialect is quite different from Zaobei dialect, which is close to the southern language family represented by southern Wuhan.