The ancient city of Phoenix is located in the southwestern part of Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in Hunan Province, 52 kilometers away from the prefectural capital of Jishou, with a total area of more than 1,700 square kilometers and a population of 440,000. It is a gathering county for ethnic minorities mainly composed of Miao and Tujia nationalities. Due to the back of the Castle Peak resembles a Phoenix wings to fly named.