Nanyang is a national historical and cultural city with a history of more than 2,700 years. Located in the southwest of Henan province, at the junction of Henan, Hubei and Shaanxi provinces. It is named because it is located in Funiu Shan Zhinan, north of Hanshui River. Xichuan, Nanyang is the location of Taocha canal head project, and it is also one of the important core water sources of the Middle Route of South-to-North Water Transfer Project, the largest water transfer project in the world.

Nanyang, with profound historical and cultural heritage, is an important birthplace of Chu-Han culture, from which allusions or legends such as three visits to the thatched cottage, sheep hanging fish, Pangu myth, cowherd and weaver girl all originated. It is "the hometown of roses in China", "the hometown of Ai in the world" and "the hometown of jade carving in China".