Yuanling has a long history. In the Neolithic age, primitive people flourished in this area; During the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, ethnic minorities lived here, which was called "Nan Man" in history. After Qin Shihuang unified China, Yuanling was designated as the county in central Guizhou. In the fifth year of Emperor Gaozu (202 BC), Yuanling County was established for more than two thousand years. After Qin and Han Dynasties, Yuanling was ruled by prefectures, railways, prefectures, roads, provincial capitals, administrative offices and special agencies.
Yuanling is rich in resources. First, cultural tourism resources are abundant. China has more than 400 scenic spots for development. The famous ones in the country mainly include the Longxing Lecture Hall of the Millennium Buddhist College built by Emperor Taizong and Li Shimin, the Daqin Library Cave where the idiom "learning five cars and learning two devices" was published, the mountain-style tomb from the Warring States to the Han Dynasty, the Wuyang tomb in the Western Han Dynasty, 1999 "Ten New Archaeological Discoveries in China", and the tomb of Huang Chengcun and his wife in the Yuan Dynasty (a religious street with complete sects and different buildings for men) Second, there are abundant forest resources. The forest coverage rate is higher than the provincial and national average. Known as the country of natural forests, it is rich in "Chen Shan" and is the main supply base of commercial timber in South China. The county has 4 million mu of forest land, 3 million mu of grassland and 300,000 mu of water surface. The main cash crops are tea, chestnut, tung oil, sun-cured tobacco and peanuts. The famous "Tan Jiecha" and "Guanzhuang Maojian" have long enjoyed a good reputation and are well-known in China. The annual output of chestnut is about 5000 tons, accounting for 30% of the total output in the province, and it is known as the "hometown of chestnut". The annual output of honey, tung oil and turpentine is over 10,000 tons. Yuanling County is one of the four key forestry capital construction counties in Hunan Province, with a forest coverage rate of 7 1.2%, a standing stock volume of15.06 million cubic meters, and an annual commercial timber harvesting volume of10.00 million cubic meters. In addition to the advantages of pine and fir trees, there are hundreds of rare tree species such as camphor tree, catalpa bungeana, nanmu and ginkgo, as well as bamboo reserves. There are 1968 kinds of medicinal materials in Yuanling, including Dioscorea zingiberensis, Atractylodes macrocephala, Poria, Hu Xuan, Gastrodia elata, Eucommia ulmoides, Cortex Phellodendri, Ginkgo biloba, Galla Chinensis, Litsea cubeba and so on 100. Third, there are abundant hydropower resources. Yuanshui River and Youshui River meet in China, with more than 900 large and small rivers and 3 million kilowatts of hydropower reserves. The state and the province have successively built three large and medium-sized hydropower stations here, including Wuqiangxi Hydropower Station, with a total installed capacity of nearly 2 million kilowatts. Fourth, rich mineral resources. There are 40 kinds of minerals with proven reserves, among which the reserves of non-ferrous metals such as gold, lead, zinc and tungsten rank first in the province. The century-old Xiangxi Gold Mine (now Chenzhou Mining) is located in the territory.
Yuanling has convenient transportation. Shui Yuan and National Highway 3 19 pass through the territory, and Changyu Expressway, which is about to start construction, passes through the territory 100 kilometers, and four exits will be opened in the county.
Yuanling is economically backward. Since 1950s, Yuanling has been subject to major national construction for a long time and lost many development opportunities, so it is still a national poverty-stricken county. In order to speed up the development of Ji Shao in Yuanling, the provincial government, Huaihua Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government, and Yuanling County Committee and County Government formed a * * *, and decided to make full use of Yuanling's cultural tourism resources to make Yuanling the second international tourism brand in Hunan after Zhangjiajie, so that Zhangjiajie, Yuanling, Phoenix, Yongshun and Taohuayuan can complement each other and form a new tourism economic circle.