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Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia, also known as Washington or D.C. or locally simply as the District, is the capital city and federal district of the United States. It is located on the east bank of the Potomac River, which forms its southwestern and southern border with the U.S. state of Virginia, and it shares a land border with the U.S. state of Maryland on its other sides. The city was named for George Washington, a Founding Father and the first president of the United States, and the federal district is named after Columbia, the female personification of the nation. As the seat of the U.S. federal government and several international organizations, the city is an important world political capital. It is one of the most visited cities in the U.S., with over 20 million annual visitors as of 2016.

The U.S. Constitution provides for a federal district under the exclusive jurisdiction of Congress; the district is not a part of any U.S. state (nor is it one itself). The signing of the Residence Act on July 16, 1790, approved the creation of the capital district located along the Potomac River near the country's East Coast. The City of Washington was founded in 1791, and Congress held its first session there in 1800. In 1801, the territory, formerly part of Maryland and Virginia (including the settlements of Georgetown and Alexandria), officially became recognized as the federal district. In 1846, Congress returned the land originally ceded by Virginia, including the city of Alexandria; in 1871, it created a single municipal government for the remaining portion of the district. There have been efforts to make the city into a state since the 1880s, a movement that has gained momentum in recent years, and a statehood bill passed the House of Representatives in 2021.

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
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