On this day, 68 years ago, on September 20, 1957 (August 27, 1957, the lunar calendar), Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture was established. On September 20, 1957, people of all ethnic groups gathered in Jishou to celebrate the establishment of Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture. Xiangxi was one of the earliest places in my country to implement regional ethnic autonomy. The Xiangxi Miao Autonomous Region was established in August 1952, and Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture was established on September 20, 1957. It is the only minority autonomous prefecture in Hunan Province. Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture is located in the northwest of Hunan Province, at the junction of the four provinces and cities of Hunan, Hubei, Chongqing and Guizhou. The current area of the prefecture is 15,400 square kilometers. It governs Jishou City and 7 counties of Guzhang, Luxi, Fenghuang, Huayuan, Baojing, Yongshun and Longshan, with a total population of 2.7393 million. There are 43 ethnic groups including Tujia, Miao, Han, Yao and Zhuang living in the prefecture. The ethnic minority population accounts for 75.5% of the total population, including 1.14 million Tujia and 910,000 Miao. The Zhiliu Railway and National Roads 209 and 319 pass through the border. Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture is a key area for the country to implement the scope of the western development and a new round of poverty alleviation and development. It is the main battlefield for the development and poverty alleviation in the Xiangxi region of Hunan Province. Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture has rich history and culture, rich ethnic customs, magical mountains and rivers and rich natural resources. There are three national-level key cultural relics protection units in Quanzhou, namely the Ancient City of Warring States and the Liye Qin Bamboo Slips, the Laosicheng, the former capital of the Tusi Dynasty of Yongshun in the 800th year, which was built in the second year of Tianfu in the Later Jin Dynasty, and the bronze pillars of Xizhou, which was built in the fifth year of Tianfu in the Later Jin Dynasty; There is a national-level historical and cultural city, namely the ancient city of Fenghuang, which was built in the 54th year of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty; There are also a number of historical and cultural monuments such as the ancient city of Huangsiqiao, which was built in the third year of Chuigong in the Tang Dynasty, the Great Wall of the South built in the forty-third year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, and the former sites of the Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan and Guizhou Soviet Party Committees and Provincial Governments. Xiangxi has outstanding people. A number of celebrities such as Xiong Xiling, Prime Minister of the Republic of China, Shen Congwen, painter Huang Yongyu, entrepreneur Li Zhuchen, and singer Song Zuying have all gone from Xiangxi to the whole country. There is a comprehensive university that has begun to take shape and has distinctive national and local characteristics-Jishou University. The main ethnic minorities in Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture are Tujia and Miao. These two ethnic minorities both have their own unique languages, customs, costumes, architecture, music, dances, etc., and their ethnic customs are very strong. Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture has unique tourism resources. It has 1 national-level scenic spot, 1 national-level natural ecological reserve, 2 national-level forest parks, 5 provincial-level scenic spots and 5 provincial-level geological parks. Biological resources are very rich and can be called a natural treasure house of wild animal and plant resources and a gene bank with high research value. Mineral resources are very rich, with 34 types of minerals with proven reserves, manganese ore reserves rank second in the country, mercury prospective reserves rank fourth in the country, bauxite reserves rank first in the province, and lead, zinc, phosphorus and other ores have a large development scale. The hydropower resource reserves are 1.78 million kilowatts, and 435 million kilowatts have been developed.