Youyang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County
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Youyang County 酉阳县 |
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酉阳土家族苗族自治县
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 Location of Youyang County in Chongqing |
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| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Municipality | Chongqing |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5,173 km2 (1,997 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 840,000 |
| • Density | 160/km2 (420/sq mi) |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
Youyang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County, or Youyang County for short(simplified Chinese: 酉阳土家族苗族自治县; traditional Chinese: 酉陽土家族苗族自治縣; pinyin: YǒuYáng Tǔjiāzú Miáozú Zìzhìxiàn) is located in southeastern Chongqing Municipality, China.
Youyang, also called Youzhou in ancient time, is located east of Wu River and west of Youshuihe. It is the largest county of Chongqing, having a 5,173 km² area and an 840,000 (2012) population. It is an ethnic enclave for about 16 minority nationalities, and is known as the "Cradle of Tujia people" for its rich Tujia culture. It is famous for being the hometown of proletarian revolutionary Zhao Shiyan.
Youyang has a broad space for development, which contains about 1.5939 million mu (1,062.6 km²) of Arable land, 4.46 million mu (2,973.3 km²) of forestry land,and 2.92 million mu (1,946.6 km²) of grass land; it also has much labor force which is 40-50% cheaper than that of coastal areas; it is one of the counties having the most water resource of China; it has more than 20 kinds of mineral resources; Youyang is also a "Sanmu (三木，three kinds of Chinese medicine: 杜仲、厚朴、黄柏)" medicine production base, and it has about 1,200 kinds of Chinese herbal medicine materials, other than that, it is the most productive area of Artemisia annua.
Baishou Dance is the most symbolic tradition of Tujia pelple. It's a sacred dance generally featured by waving hands. It was used to worship totem, ancestors of chiefain, and now serves as a regular entertainment for all Youyang pelple. Former NPC(National People's Congress) chairman and member of the Standing Committee of the political Bureau(Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China), Li Peng, danced Baishou Dance at Taohuayuan Square with his Youyang folks during his visit in 2001, Dec.
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