Bengbu (bèng bù 蚌埠), located in the the middle-lower reaches of Huaihe River (huái hé 淮河), facing the Yangtze River Delta (cháng jiāng sān jiǎo zhōu 长江三角洲), is one of the biggest cities as well as the first prefecture-level city in Anhui Province (ān huī shěng 安徽省). With a wide economic hinterland, it has become the economic lifeblood in the province and an important transport hub in China. As a result it has been always regarded as the stronghold for Huainan (huái nán 淮南) and Huaibei (huái běi 淮北).

Hefei  (hé féi shì 合肥市), lying between the Yangtze River  (cháng jiāng 长江) and Huaihe River  (huái hé 淮河), is located at the center of Anhui Province  (ān huī shěng 安徽省) with Huainan  (huái nán shì 淮南市) to its north, Chuzhou  (chú zhōu shì 滁州市) to its northeast, Chaohu  (cháo hú shì 巢湖市) to its southeast and Lu'an  (liù ān shì 六安市) to its west.

Deep in the prosperous Anshan Road  (ān shān dào 鞍山道), lies a quiet little courtyard with lush flowers, mazy corridor, rugged rocks and clear spring, just like an untouched paradise on earth-Jingyuan Garden  (jìng yuán 静园). It is the heritage site under city protection and the important historic architecture under the special protection area of Tianjin  (tiān jīn 天津). As a building where modern Chinese history comes to life, it archives the flow of time in its materiality. The last emperor, Pu yi  (pǔ yí 溥仪) had just left his unquiet life in this courtyard which was built in 1921. In July 2007, Jingyuan Garden has been emptied and restored by Tianjin Historical Architecture Restoration and Development Co.Ltd.