Qingyang is a magical land with high sky and thick soil. Qingyang is located at the intersection of northwest China and Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia provinces, with a total land area of 27,119 square kilometers and a total population of 2.56 million. It governs seven counties including Huanxian, Huachi, Qingcheng, Zhenyuan, Ningxian, Zhengning, Heshui and Xifeng District. The terrain is low in the south and high in the north, with an altitude between 885 meters and 282 meters. There are mountains, rivers and tablelands, and ditches, promontories and beams alternate with each other. The plateau is magnificent and unique. There are 12 tablelands over 1, mu, covering an area of 3.82 million mu. Dong Zhiyuan, with a vast expanse of 13,627 mu, is the largest loess surface in the world, with the thickest soil layer and the most complete preservation, and can be called "the first loess in the world". More than 4 million mu of secondary forest in Ziwuling is the largest water conservation forest with the best vegetation on the Loess Plateau in China, and is known as the "natural reservoir". National Highway 211 and Provincial Highway 22 run through the north and south. National Highway 39 and Provincial Highway 33 cross east and west, forming the main skeleton of "two vertical and two horizontal" highway. Power supply, communication and radio and television networks cover the whole territory.

Qingyang is one of the birthplaces of the Chinese nation. As far back as 2, years ago, human beings flourished here. Early farming began more than 7, years ago. According to Records of the Historian, Huangdi, the ancestor of humanity, once discussed medicine with Qi Bo, the originator of traditional Chinese medicine, and the Huangdi Neijing was published in the world, hence the name "Qihuang Hometown". Zhou Xianzu never led his people to "run between Rongdi (today's Qingyang)", and with his sons Jutao and Sun Gong Liu, he "taught the people to cultivate crops" and "cultivated the land in a proper way", which opened the precedent of farming culture in the early Zhou Dynasty, which is known as "the prosperity of Zhou Dao began from now on". The majestic Zhou Zuling stands on the top of the Dongshan Mountain in Qingcheng, and the temple is majestic. Laogong Temple, located in Wenquan Township, Xifeng District, was named "The First Temple of Gong Liu in China" by the Chinese Folklore Society.

Qingyang has splendid ancient treasures. The world-famous fossils of "pterosaur around the river" and "ancient elephant of the Yellow River" were discovered in the Ma Lian River basin. The first paleolithic in China, which marks the beginning of Paleolithic archaeology in China, was unearthed in Zhaojiacha, Huachi County. There are nearly 1, Yangshao and Qijia cultural sites and ancient buildings, stone carvings, tombs and paleontological fossils in the Neolithic age. Qin Changcheng in the Warring States Period spanned Zhenyuan, Huanxian and Huachi counties. The ancient "expressway" Qinzhi Road runs through Zhengning, Ningxian, Heshui and Huachi counties along Ziwuling. The Northern Cave Temple, which was excavated in the Northern Wei Dynasty, is one of the four largest caves in Gansu. Celebrities in Qingyang have come forth in large numbers, each leading the way. Wang Fu, a thinker in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Fu Zi, a scholar in the Western Jin Dynasty, and Kongtongji, a writer in the Ming Dynasty, have important influences on the history of China's thought and literature, and are immortal spiritual heritages left by the sages to later generations.

Qingyang is the only old revolutionary base area in Gansu. In 1927, the first rural party organization in Gansu was established in Ningxian, the first revolutionary armed force in Gansu-Nanliang Guerrilla was established in 1931, and the first Soviet regime in the Shaanxi-Gansu border region-Nanliang government was established in 1934. Shaanxi-Gansu border is the most well-preserved revolutionary base that our party has never lost in the revolutionary war years. Later, it was connected with the revolutionary base area in northern Shaanxi to form the northwest revolutionary base area, which provided a foothold for the Red Army and the Party Central Committee that went north to resist Japan. This hot land has nurtured the revolution and brought up a large number of revolutionary cadres. Ma Wenrui, the former secretary of Longdong District Committee, Ma Xiwu, the Commissioner, and Li Peifu, the county magistrate of Huachi, are all role models of the times. Mao Zedong wrote inscriptions for them: "Close contact with the masses", "Never leave the masses" and "Facing the masses". The existing "Nanliang Government" site, the site of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Provincial Government in Helianwan and the site of the Battle of Shancastle are the patriotic and revolutionary traditional education bases determined by the state, the province and the city respectively. The spirit of the old liberated areas forged in the struggle between blood and fire is a precious spiritual wealth left by the older generation of proletarian revolutionaries to Qingyang people.

Qingyang folk culture is unique. Embroidery, paper-cutting, shadow play, Taoist feelings and folk songs can be called "five musts" in Qingyang. Qingyang folk songs are well-known as "the soul of loess songs", and three revolutionary songs, Our Leader Mao Zedong, Embroidered Gold Tablet and Mass Production of the Army and the People, have been sung all over the country, which are excellent works of farmers singers such as Sun Wanfu and Wang Tingyou from Qingyang. Liu Qiaoer, a masterpiece of pingju opera, tells the true story of Feng Zhiqin, a farmer in Huachi County, fighting for marriage autonomy. The Dragon Opera, which was conceived and born on the basis of Longdong's love, is the only new drama in Gansu. Qingyang paper-cut is wonderful, and folk embroidery represented by sachets has a long history and profound foundation, which has been well-known at home and abroad. At present, Qingyang has been named by the Chinese Folklore Society as the hometown of sachet embroidery in China, the hometown of bare-handed yangko, the hometown of folk paper-cutting, the hometown of cave dwellings, the five-bat leather drum-a must in Qingyang, the hometown of Taoist shadow play, the Gong Liu Temple in the hot spring town, the first temple in Gong Liu, the hometown of farming culture in Zhouzu, the hometown of lotus dance, the research base of folk culture and folk arts in China and the teaching and research base of folk arts in China. In 24, our city stood out from more than 17 participating cities in the selection of famous western cities jointly organized by CCTV and CCTV International Network, and was rated as the most artistic western city. The Folk Arts and Crafts Committee of China Arts and Crafts Society also named 48 folk artists such as He Meiying of Qingyang City as China folk artists; Gansu Folk Artists Association named 63 folk artists such as Ma Xiuzhen of Qingyang City as folk artists in Gansu Province. Qingyang Folk Arts and Crafts Association named 17 people as Qingyang Arts and Crafts Masters.

Qingyang is rich in resources. The territory has a mild climate, abundant sunshine, deep soil layers and rich resources. Qingyang has an arid and semi-arid climate, with an average annual temperature of 7℃-1℃, annual sunshine of 2,25-2,6 hours and frost-free period of 14-18 days. The average annual rainfall is 48mm-66mm. Qingyang is the petroleum and natural gas chemical base in Gansu and the main producing area of Changqing Oilfield, with a reserve of 2.847 billion tons of oil resources and a crude oil output of 1.86 million tons in 23. Xifeng oilfield has proved more than 4 million tons of tertiary geological reserves, which has broad development prospects. Qingyang coal reserves cover the whole city, and Qingyang accounts for 134.2 billion tons of the province's 142.8 billion tons of predicted reserves, which is 94% of the province's predicted reserves. The shallow resources of 1, meters reach 8.4 billion tons, which has the conditions for the construction of hundreds of millions of tons of large coalfields. Qingyang is known as the "granary in Longdong", which is rich in wheat, corn, oilseeds, buckwheat, millet, oats, soybeans and other characteristic minor cereals. Qingyang is a production base of high-quality agricultural and livestock products in Gansu, which is located in the best latitude area of apple production in China. It has been listed by the Ministry of Agriculture as an apple eugenic belt in the northwest loess plateau, and a large number of high-quality agricultural and pastoral products, such as Red Fuji apple, Cao Xing, Huangmandarin peach, Jiulong, Jinzao and Zaoshengniu, Huanxian Tan sheep, Longdong black goat, and sheep wool, are well-known at home and abroad. Qingyang is also the largest apricot product processing base in China, the largest white melon seed processing and export base in China, the largest day lily base with the best quality and the largest development area in China, and the national specialty white melon seed and day lily demonstration base determined by the National Specialty Economic Development Center. Qingyang is also the hometown of traditional Chinese medicine, producing more than 3 kinds of Chinese herbal medicines such as licorice, astragalus, ephedra, earthworm and Bupleurum. Qingyang industry is mainly engaged in petrochemicals, food, building materials and medicine. The backbone enterprises include Changqing Oilfield No.2 Oil Production Plant, Qingyang Refining and Chemical Company of CNPC, Gansu Tongda Juice Co., Ltd., PengYangchun Liquor Co., Ltd., Jiulianshan Cement Plant and Xifeng Pharmaceutical Factory.

Qingyang's economic and social development has entered the fast lane. In recent years, under the guidance of Deng Xiaoping Theory and Theory of Three Represents, the Qingyang Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government have adhered to and implemented the Scientific Outlook on Development, seized the historical opportunity of the western development and the opportunity of the state to implement macro-control policies, and thoroughly implemented the "six strategies" of project-driven, strong agriculture and rich people, industrial breakthrough, foundation first, open development and revitalizing the city through science and education. It focuses on the development of oil, natural gas and coal resources, the processing of green agricultural and livestock products, and the development of characteristic cultural industries, and builds Longdong energy and petrochemical base, agricultural and livestock native products processing and foreign exchange earning base, and three tourist resorts focusing on historical culture, folk culture and red culture, making every effort to promote the process of industrialization, industrialization and urbanization, which has promoted the overall economic and social development of the city. In 24, the GDP exceeded 1 billion yuan for the first time, reaching 1.83 billion yuan, up 12.23% year-on-year. The investment in fixed assets of the whole society was 6.12 billion yuan, an increase of 28.6%; The total retail sales of social consumer goods reached 2.593 billion yuan, an increase of 16.9%; The added value of industrial enterprises above designated size was 4.292 billion yuan, an increase of 21.8%; Large-caliber fiscal revenue reached 1.24 billion yuan, up 21.6%, and small-caliber revenue reached 548 million yuan, up 2.44%; The per capita net income of farmers was 1,633 yuan, an increase of 8.1%; Disposable income of urban households 625 yuan, an increase of 11.6%; Foreign exchange earned by export was 41.36 million US dollars, up by 63.9%, and the export of agricultural and sideline products ranked first in the province. The beautiful land of Qingyang is full of vitality.