InancienttimesYueyangwascalled'BalingorYuezhou'andisahistoricandculturalcitywithalonghistoryofmorethan2,500years.LocatedatthenortheastofHunanProvince,neighboringJiangxiProvinceintheeastandHubeiProvinceinthenorth,Yueyangwasahinterlandofmilitaryimportanceduringthepastdynasties.Nowadays,renownedforsomanyhistoricinterests,Yueyangisrankedasoneofthe'China'sTopTourismDestinationCities'. 　　YueyangCity'sgovernancecovers3municipaldistricts(YueyangLouDistrict,JunshanDistrict,YunxiDistrict),4counties(YueyangCounty,HuarongCounty,XiangyinCounty,PingjiangCounty)and2county-levelcities(MiluoCity,LinxiangCity).InYueyang,thewhiteandbeautifulgardeniaisitscityflowerwhiletheflourishingDuying(Long-floweredehretia)treeisitscitytree.TheflowersandthetreesaddacharminglustretoYueyang. 　　However,Yueyang'srealcharmrestswithhumanculturalrelicsaswellasthenaturallandscape.Thewell-knownYueyangPavilion(YueyangLou)isoneofthethreefamouspavilionsinSouthChina.China'ssecondlargestfreshwaterlakeDongtingLakeisagoodtouristdestinationinYueyang.OnthelakeislocatedanislandcalledJunshanHillandisalsoagoodtouristresort.Fromaculturalaspect,theMiluoRiverisworthyofavisitbecauseitistheplacewherethestoryabout'QuYuan(339BC-278BC)DrowningintheMiluoRiver'happened. 　　Yueyangisprolificinnaturalresourcesduetoitsrichsoil:Yueyangistheagriculturalproductsbaseforproducinghigh-qualitygrain,cotton,pigs,fishetc.Theagriculturalby-productslikeorganictea,organicallygrownvegetablesandhigh-qualityfruit,DongtingLakeshrimpsellwellonthemarket.Moreover,thefreshwaterresourceisplentifulandadvantageousforthedevelopmentoftheplantindustry,freshwaterfisheriesindustryandtheshippingindustry. 　　Yueyangisaburgeoningindustrialcity:ThePetroleumandChemicalIndustryisflourishing,whichmakesYueyangthebiggestpetroleumandchemicalbaseinthemid-southareaofChina;paper-making,thetextileindustryandthemachineindustryarealsowelldeveloped.YueyangboastsofDongtingRamieTextilePrintingandaDyeingMillwhichisthebiggestinAsiawiththetextilesbeingsoldtothecountriesinSoutheastAsiaandtheOccident. 　　InYueyang,touristsneednoworriesinregardtotransportation.TouristscanreachChangshaHuanghuaInternationalAirportwhichisonly130kilometers(80.78miles)fromYueyangandtakesaboutonehour'srideonthehigh-speedmotorwaytoYueyang.Thehigh-speedmotorwaysystemforroadtransportationhasbeenlongestablishedinYueyangandradiatesinalldirections.TransportationbywaterisalsoconvenientinYueyangbecauseYueyangistheonlyportinHunanProvincewhichisbesidetheYangtzeRiver.