According to Baidu Encyclopedia, Anqing City, referred to as Yi for short, is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Anhui Province, located in the southwest of Anhui Province, on the north bank of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, with latitude of 29 47'-316' and longitude of115 45'-65433.
In the seventeenth year of Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty (1 147), Zhou Shude's Qing army was changed to Zhou Shuan's Qing army, hence the name "Anqing". Anqing City was founded in the tenth year of Jiading in the Southern Song Dynasty (12 17). Anqing is a national historical and cultural city, known as "the hometown of culture", "the hometown of drama" and "the holy land of Zen". It is the birthplace and central area of Wanjiang culture, the hometown of Tongcheng School, the mature place of Huangmei Opera, the cradle of Huiban, the originator of Peking Opera, and the hometown of celebrities such as Chen Duxiu, Deng Jiaxian and Zhang Henshui. China is an early city to accept modern civilization. In the 11th year of Xianfeng in Qing Dynasty (186 1), Zeng Guofan founded Anqing Inner Ordnance Institute and manufactured the first steam engine and motor in China. Anqing is a central city in the Yangtze River Delta, a national demonstration area for ecological civilization construction, an excellent tourist city in China, one of the top ten this beautiful city, a national model city for greening and a national civilized city. It is also the central city in the Yangtze River Delta region, the key city connecting the Yangtze River Delta with the central region, and the node city of Wanjiang City Belt to undertake the industrial transfer demonstration zone.