Huanggang is located in the east of Hubei Province, the south foot of Dabie Mountain, the North Bank of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, the middle section of Beijing Kowloon Railway, the junction of Chu head and Wu tail, Hubei, Henan, Anhui and Jiangxi, and connected with the provincial capital Wuhan.
黄冈地处中国湖北省东部、大别山南麓、长江中游北岸，京九铁路中段，楚头吴尾和鄂豫皖赣四省交界，与省会武汉山水相连。
It is an important part of Wuhan city circle; It gradually tilts from north to south, and the northeast is the Dabie Mountains at the junction of Henan and Anhui.
是武汉城市圈的重要组成部分；自北向南逐渐倾斜，东北部与豫皖交界为大别山脉。
Huanggang has a long history and culture, with more than 2000 years of construction history. It gave birth to the faith of the fourth ancestor of Chinese Buddhist Zen, the tolerance of the fifth ancestor and the Huineng of the sixth ancestor.
黄冈历史文化源远流长，有2000多年的建置历史，孕育了中国佛教禅宗四祖道信、五祖弘忍、六祖慧能。
Bi Sheng, inventor of movable type printing in Song Dynasty, Li Shizhen, medical saint of Ming Dynasty, Li Siguang, a giant of modern geological science, and Wen Yiduo, a patriotic poet and scholar. In addition, there are political figures such as president Li Xiannian and acting president Dong Biwu.
宋代活字印刷术发明人毕升，明代医圣李时珍，现代地质科学巨人李四光，爱国诗人学者闻一多。此外还有国家主席李先念、代主席董必武等政治人物。