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Jinhua is a prefecture-level city in central Zhejiang province in eastern China. It borders the provincial capital of Hangzhou to the northwest, Quzhou to the southwest, Lishui to the south, Taizhou to the east, and Shaoxing to the northeast. Jinhua is rich in red soil and forest resources. The Jinhua or Wu River flows through the Lan and Fuchun to the Qiantang River beside Hangzhou, which flows into Hangzhou Bay and the East China Sea. In mediaeval China, it formed part of the water network feeding supplies to the southern end of the Grand Canal. It is best known for its dry-cured Jinhua ham. In the Spring and Autumn Period (770BC-476), this area belonged to Yue State. Dongyang Shire was set up in the Three Kingdoms Period when the area firstly appeared in the history as a county. In 1360, it was named as 'Jinhua'. In 1949, it became the eighth administrative area of Zhejiang. In 1985, it turned into a prefecture-level city from a county-level one.