Tongcheng is located in the southwest of central Anhui Province, in the hinterland of the Yangtze River Economic Cooperation Zone. The terrain is from northwest to southeast, and the mountains, hills and plains are distributed step by step. It belongs to subtropical climate zone, with mild climate, abundant rainfall and four distinct seasons, which is suitable for forest, agriculture, animal husbandry and fishing. The territory is rich in mineral resources, with more than 65,438+00 kinds of graphite, alum, granite, marble, copper and iron. The rare animals protected by the state include leopard, pangolin, water cat, otter, finless porpoise, crane and giant engine. Rare plants include Ginkgo biloba, Pinus bungeana, Liriodendron chinense and Eucommia ulmoides. And there are as many as 20 kinds of medicinal plants.

Tongcheng has a long history and a prosperous style of writing. It is the birthplace and concentration of the Jianghuai cultural circle. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period, it was called Guo Tong; In 757 AD, the county was officially established, and in 996 1996, it was withdrawn from the county to set up a city, which lasted for more than 200 years. In the meantime, there are many talents. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, Cao Song and Li were both famous for their poems and paintings. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were more than 240 scholars. Among them, Fang Yizhi, a great thinker and scientist in the late Ming Dynasty, can be called an "unparalleled encyclopedic" scholar in the 17th century. In particular, Tongcheng School, represented by Dai Mingshi, Fang Bao, Liu Dakui and Yao Nai, has dominated the literary world for more than 200 years, with more than 200 writers/kloc-0 and more than 2,000 works handed down from generation to generation. It is the prose school with the longest time, the most writers and the greatest influence in the history of China literature. Famous people in Tongcheng in modern times include Zhu Guangqian, an aesthetic master, Fang Dongmei, a great philosopher, Huang Zhen, a revolutionary and diplomat, Zhang Boju, the founder of the Democratic Party of Agriculture and Workers, and Ci Yungui, the father of computers. Tongcheng middle school is a century-old school founded by Mr. Wu Rulun, the first general teacher of Shi Jing University. At present, the city sends more than 2000 freshmen to colleges and universities every year, and the success rate of college entrance examination keeps the leading level in the province. Tongcheng is the hometown of Huangmei Opera, which has bred a generation of Huangmei Opera actors represented by Yan Fengying. Tongcheng has therefore become a famous historical and cultural city in Anhui Province, enjoying the reputation of "Cultural Capital".