Time Zone |
Asia/Shanghai |
Standard Time GMT / UTC |
UTC+8 |
Daylight Saving Time |
Daylight saving time is not observed in the current region. |
Time Zone |
Asia/Shanghai |
Standard Time GMT / UTC |
UTC+8 |
Daylight Saving Time |
Daylight saving time is not observed in the current region. |
Baode County is located in the northwestern part of China's Shanxi Province, under Xinzhou City, on the east bank of the middle reaches of the Yellow River, across the river from Fugu County in Shaanxi Province. The county has a long history and is an important cultural node in the Yellow River Basin. It is known for its rich coal resources and belongs to the core area of the Golden Triangle of Energy in Jin, Shaanxi and Mongolia. Baode has a temperate continental climate with four distinct seasons, and agriculture is dominated by miscellaneous grain cultivation, while industry is anchored by energy and mineral development.
Baode has a rich cultural heritage, such as the ruins of the Ming Dynasty Great Wall, the Tianqiao Hydroelectric Power Station and the natural landscape of the Yellow River, which combines the simple folklore of northwestern Jin and the history of the Red Revolution. Local specialties such as Baode Bowls and Yellow River Fresh Fish are quite attractive. In recent years, Baode has been actively promoting eco-tourism and rural revitalization, and has become an important transit point connecting the tourism routes of Jin, Shaanxi and Mongolia.
Xiaogan is located in the north of Hubei Province, in the northeast of the Jianghan Plain, closely connected with the provincial capital of Wuhan, and is a core member city of the Wuhan City Circle. It is named after the legend of Dong Yong who sold his body to bury his father in the Eastern Han Dynasty and his filial piety moved the sky, and is known as "the hometown of Chinese filial piety culture", and its territory carries the profound filial piety cultural heritage such as Dong Yong Park and the Museum of Filial Piety. The area is rich in products, Xiaogan hemp sugar, rice wine and other specialty snacks are well-known throughout the country, is an important representative of non-heritage food. Economically, Xiaogan is an important industrial base and agricultural production area in Hubei, with outstanding advantages in industries such as auto parts, food processing, salt and phosphorus chemicals. At the same time, Tangchi Hot Spring, Shuangfeng Mountain, Guanyin Lake and other natural landscapes and humanistic landscapes are intertwined, and it is an important tourist destination in Northeast Hubei.