Autum Period; Zhang Heng, the great scientist in the Eastern Han Dynasty;Zhan Zhongjing, a medical sage whose skills have benefited later generations Zhuge Liang, an outstanding statesman and strategist in the Period of th Three Kingdoms. Since modern times, Nanyang has been a place where person of superior talents have burst of forth in large numbers like brillian stars. Nanyang native celebrities experts, scholars and industrialist have been found throughout the world. Nanyang has an excellent geographical location, with super communications and transport facilities, it is the vital communicatio line between Henan, Hubei, Sichuan and Shanxi Province. The Jiaozuo-Liuzhou, Nanjing-Xi'an Railway run through its territory. Nanyang is one of the famous historical and cultural cities firs opened to the outside world. As one of the places with the most concentrated Han Dynasty culture, Nanyang is a major tourist place i Central China. Now in the city, there are more than 40 scenic spots an places of historical interest, which have a high aesthetic and cultura value: the Wuhou Temple, the Medical Sage Memorial Temple, the Zhang Hen Museum, the Museum of the Han Dynasty Stone Carving and the Neixiang Count Office Museum attract thousands upon thousands of visitors both from hom and abroad every year. Famous places such as the Danxia Temple,
the Xiangyan Temple, the Water Curtain Temple, the Shanshan Guide Hall, th state-level nature preservation zones as Boatianman and Taibaiding an the natural landscape as the Danjiang Reservoir, Stone Man Mountain, th Laojie Mountain and the Baihe River Tourist Area, are all places of touris and excellent relaxation. The dinosaur egg fossils unearthed in Nanyan Basin in 1993 have been classified as the \Legacy\by the UNESCO Protection against exploitation of dinosaur egg fossils has been place on the World Agenda 21. Nanyang is a treasure land with great potential waiting for the further development; Nanyang is a land full of hope! Being full of vigou and enthusiasm, the 10 million local people here are working hard to buil Nanyang into a regionally central city which will become the hub of th southwest part of Henan as well as the border regions of Henan, Hubei an Shanxi Provinces and to bring Nanyang into the 21st century with a
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