Yicheng dialect belongs to the southwest sub-dialect in the northern dialect, formerly known as Southwest Mandarin. Yicheng, referred to as Yi for short, is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Xiangyang. Located in the northwest of Hubei Province, in the middle reaches of Hanjiang River, Suizhou and Zaoyang are connected to the east, Zhongxiang and Jingmen to the south, Nanzhang to the west and Xiangyang to the north. The total area is 2 1 15 square kilometers, and the total population in 20 19 years is 6 1 10,000. It has jurisdiction over eight towns, two sub-district offices, an industrial park and a provincial economic development zone. Yicheng is a grain-producing county (city), an advanced city in basic education, an advanced city in culture, a popular science demonstration city and an advanced city in civil affairs.