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On 14 December 2012 between 7 and 8 a.m. local time, a 36-year-old villager identified as Min Yongjun stabbed 24 people, including 23 children and an elderly woman, in a knife attack at Chenpeng Village Primary School (simplified Chinese: 陈棚村完全小学; traditional Chinese: 陳棚村完全小學; pinyin: Chénpéng Cūn Wánquán Xiǎoxué), Wenshu Township, Guangshan County, Henan province, China. The attack occurred as the children were arriving for classes around 8:00 to 9:00.

Mount Jigong (simplified Chinese: 鸡公山; traditional Chinese: 雞公山; pinyin: Jīgōng Shān) is a mountain in Shihe District, Xinyang, Henan Province, China, located near the border with Hubei Province to the south. The name, which means Rooster Mountain or Cockerel Mountain, is derived from its shape.

Pingqiao District (simplified Chinese: 平桥区; traditional Chinese: 平橋區; pinyin: Píngqiáo Qū) is a district of the city of Xinyang, Henan province, China, bordering Hubei province to the northwest.

Shihe (Chinese: 浉河; pinyin: Shīhé) is a district of the city of Xinyang, Henan province, China.

Guangshan County (Chinese: 光山; pinyin: Guāngshān; postal: Kwangshan) is a county in the southeast of Henan province, China. It is under the administration of Xinyang city. The regional dialect is the Xinyang city dialect of Southwestern Mandarin.

Xinyang (simplified Chinese: 信阳; traditional Chinese: 信陽; pinyin: Xìnyáng; postal: Sinyang) is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Henan province, People's Republic of China, the southernmost administrative division in the province. Its total population was 6,234,401 according to the 2020 census. As of the 2010 census, 1,230,042 of them lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of two urban districts, Pingqiao and Shihe.

The Battle of Shuangqiaozhen (Chinese: 雙橋鎮戰鬥) was fought from March 6 to March 12, 1931, between the 34th Division of the Army of the Kuomintang Nationalist Government and the Fourth Red Army of the Chinese Communist Party. It took place during the second encirclement campaign against the Eyuwan Soviet. The commander of the 34th Division, Major General Yue (a descendant of Song dynasty general Yue Fei) was captured by the communists. In August 1932, Yue was executed by firing squad on the orders of Zhang Guotao and posthumously promoted to full general.

Wenshu (Chinese: 文殊乡; pinyin: Wénshū Xiāng) is located in Guangshan County in southeastern Henan province, China. The name of "Wenshu, 文殊" comes from Buddhism (Manjushri). As of 2011, it has 1 residential community (街居委会) and 21 villages under its administration.

Xin County or Xinxian (simplified Chinese: 新县; traditional Chinese: 新縣; pinyin: Xīn Xiàn) is a county in the southeast of Henan province, China, bordering Hubei province to the south. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Xinyang. The primary dialect is Jianghuai Mandarin.

Luoshan County (simplified Chinese: 罗山; traditional Chinese: 羅山; pinyin: Luóshān; postal: Loshan) is a county in the southeast of Henan province, China, bordering Hubei province to the south. It is under the administration of Xinyang city. The primary dialect is the Xinyang city dialect of Southwestern Mandarin.