Los Angeles (US: /lɔːs ˈændʒələs/ (listen) lawss AN-jəl-əs;[a] Spanish: Los Ángeles [los ˈaŋxeles], lit. 'The Angels'), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world's most populous megacities. Los Angeles is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits as of 2020, Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, being the home of the Hollywood film industry, and its sprawling metropolitan area. The city of Los Angeles lies in a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabriel Valley to its east. It covers about 469 square miles (1,210 km2), and is the county seat of Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county in the United States with an estimated 9.86 million residents as of 2022.
Xiangcheng County, under the jurisdiction of Xuchang City, Henan Province, is located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, the head of the Funiu Mountains in the west and the eastern edge of the Huang-Huai Plain in the east. The terrain is high in the west and low in the east, with a distinct climate of four seasons; the total area is 920sq km, with jurisdiction over 10 towns and 6 townships; the total population is 881700 in 2018. Xiangcheng County in the Spring and Autumn period said "Yi", later because of the refuge of King Zhou Xiangcheng, hence the name Xiangcheng. Xiangcheng County has been established after Qin Tong and six Kingdoms for more than 2200 years. There are many cultural relics and monuments in the territory, including Ziyun Academy, one of the eight major academies in the country in the Ming Dynasty, Qianming Temple, the first Zen Forest in Zhongzhou, which was built during the Tang Dynasty (618-626), and the Taoist shrine, Bainingang Wuyue Temple. The ancient city walls and urns left in the Spring and Autumn period, as well as cultural relics protection units, cultural relics and monuments, cultural relics protection sites, such as Confucian temples and Kuibi, 10