Lishui City is situated in the Southwest of Zhejiang Province where Zhejiang and Fujian province meet. The mountains of the area belong to the Wuyi Mountain System. The terrain in the Lishui Area tilts from the southwest to the northeast with 3,573 mountain peaks that reach an altitude of 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) or more. The highest mountain in Zhejiang Province, which is 1,929 metres (6,329 ft) high, is located near Lishui and is called Huangmao Peak. The City of Lishui covers approximately 17,298 square kilometres (6,679 sq mi), among which 88.42% is mountainous 5.52% is plantation land, and 6.06% is creek, road and village. Lishui has a subtropical monsoon climate with four distinct seasons. The yearly average rainfall is 1400~2275 mm, and the mean annual temperature is 31.5-38.3 °C The Ou River runs past the city and deposits in the East China Sea.
交通基础设施Lishui enjoys a convenient communication and transportation network. Lishui uses optical cables and SPCETSS (Stored Program Controlled Electronic Telephone Switching System) to provide the whole prefecture with communication services such as telephone, fax, telegram, internet, and mobile phones. Over 4,000 kilometres (2,500 mi) of paved roads and highways link every sub-county of the prefecture. These roads, together wit
h the No.330 National Highway and Jinhua-Wenzhou Railway, form the public transportation system of the prefecture.
历史Lishui has a very long history, for during the Liangzhu Culture period 4000 years ago, there were tribes living in the area. In 589, a prefecture called Chuzhou was established by the Sui Dynasty with Kuocang, Songyang, Linhai, Yongjia, Angu and Lechen counties under its jurisdiction. Three years later, the prefecature's name was changed to Kuozhou and then to Yongjia County in 607. The name was changed back to Kuozhou in 621 during the Tang Dynasty, to Jinyun County in the first year of the Tianbao era (742) and back to Kuozhou in the first year of Qianyuan Era (758).
In 779, during the Tang Dynasty, it was renamed Lishui County. The name of the area was changed again in the year 1276 during the Yuan Dynasty to Chuzhou Lu and to Annan Fu in the 19th year of rule of Zhizheng (1359). The name of the area was maintained as Chuzhou Fu until the Ming and Qing Dynasties when it was changed back to Lishui. In the year 1935, the area was given the official name: Lishui Administrative Supervision District. I
n 1949, the Lishui Special District was established but then abolished in 1952. Later, it was re-instated in 1963 and the area was renamed as The Lishui Administrative Area, which is what it is called today. By the year 1997, the towns of Longquan, Qingtian, Jinyun, Yunhe, Qingyuan, Suichang, Songyang and Jingning counties under the jurisdiction of the Lishui Administrative Area, with the town of Lishui as its headquarters. An interesting fact is that the only She Nationality Autonomous County in the nation, Jingning, is found here. In the Lishui Prefecature, there are 129 villages, 65 towns, 3661 administrative villages, and 156 neighbourhood communities with a total population of approximately 2.45 million.
经济Timber, waterpower, mineral deposit and wilderness are four major natural resources of Lishui prefecture that rank first in Zhejiang province. 69% of the prefecture is covered with forest, which gives it the name "Foliage Ocean of Zhejiang". The prefecture boasts potential waterpower of about 2 gigawatts. So far, 57 mineral reserves are proved to scatter the prefecture and 460 mines are available for exploitation. Among its most important minerals, are gold, silver, lead, zinc, molybdenum, fluorite, pearlstone, pyrophylluite, dolianite, kaoline and mineral water, whose reserves claim an important plac
e in Zhejiang, even in China. In the recent years, Lishui prefecture has seen a rapid development in industry. An industry structure that carries the features of mountainous area is burgeoning. Its main industries are wood and bamboo production, ore smelting, textile, clothes making, construction materials, pharmaceutical chemistry, electronic machinery and food processing.
Over 180 brand name and high quality products of the prefecture sell well both within China and in about 100 foreign countries. Among them, wooden toys, mini electronic machinery, overedger, eider down products, gold pens and quality soaps are the most welcome. The three traditional handicrafts of the prefecture, Longquan celadon, Longquan swords, and Qingtian carved stones, enjoy high popularity both at home and abroad.丽水土特产
A comprehensive agricultural development program is beginning to take effect. The prefecture is now a commercial base for edible fungi, dried and fresh fruit, bamboo and bamboo shoots, tea, commercial forest, oil tea, sericulture, herb medicine, vegetable and nuts. Products like Xianggu mushrooms, tree fungus, Huiming tea, white pond lily, day lily,
sun-cured tobacco, and orange and oil tea are produced in large quantities and are well known throughout Zhejiang.