1995年盛夏,我随几位政协委员去鄂西北的竹溪县作山区扶贫调查。离十堰市,沿316国道西行约500华里,途经房县和竹山,于薄暮时分,我们抵达古称“朝秦暮楚”之地的竹溪县城。它地处鄂西北的咽喉地带,与陕西的平利,四川的镇坪毗邻,周朝属上庸国,明代始设竹溪县,因境内的竹溪河得名。县政协主席吴克敏同志向我们介绍说竹溪的自然条件的特征 In the summer of 1995, with several members of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, I went to investigate the poverty alleviation work in the mountainous areas of Zhuxi County, northwestern Hubei. From Shiyan City, along the State Road 316 about 500 Wali, via Fangxian and Zhushan, at the twilight time, we arrived at the ancient name of “Chupin” “Zhuxi county.” It is located in the throat of northwestern Hubei Province, adjacent to Pingli in Shaanxi Province and Zhenping in Sichuan Province. The Zhou Dynasty belonged to the Shangyong country. In the Ming Dynasty, Zhuxi County was established and was named after the Zhu Xi River in the country. Comrade Wu Kemin, chairman of the County Committee of the CPPCC, introduced to us the characteristics of the natural conditions of Zhuxi