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. |
Baoding, a prefecture-level city in Hebei Province, is located in the northern part of the North China Plain, constituting a golden triangle with Beijing and Tianjin, and is known as the "Gateway to the Gorge" and the "Southern Gate of the Capital". The city has a long history, since the Neolithic era, there will be the first people to flourish, the Warring States period for the junction of Yan and Zhao, the Yuan Dynasty, set up Baoding Road, to "defend the metropolis, stabilize the world," the Ming and Qing Dynasty for the capital of the Zhili province, is one of the political and cultural centers of northern China's modern times. There are many scenic spots and monuments in Baoding, including the Governor's Office of Zhili, one of China's top ten museums, the national 5A scenic spot Baiyangdian, and the thousand-year-old temple Mancheng Han Tomb, etc. Baoding has a rich cultural heritage. Cultural heritage, Baoding Military Academy is known as "China's modern military cradle", training a large number of military personnel; food culture is unique, Baoding dishes, locust Mao pickles, white Yunzhang buns and other famous. Nowadays, Baoding, as a regional center city in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei world-class urban agglomeration, is relying on the advantages of its location to vigorously develop new energy, automobile manufacturing and other industries, and is a livable city with both historical heritage and modern vitality.
Honghu Lake is located in the south of Hubei Province, the north bank of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, is China's seventh largest freshwater lake, the largest lake in Hubei Province, known as "Honghu Lake waves, four seasons of fish and rice" reputation. This water area of 355 square kilometers, well-preserved wetland ecology, is a national nature reserve, breeding a wealth of aquatic plant and animal resources, but also the "World Wetlands Convention" recognized as an important wetland. Honghu Lake is not only a natural "land of fish and rice", but also carries a profound red culture - it is the birthplace of the classic revolutionary modern Peking Opera "Honghu Red Guards", the core area of the revolutionary base in west Hunan-Erqi, where He Long, Zhou Yiqun and other revolutionaries of the old generation have left their fighting footprints. The old generation of revolutionaries, such as He Long and Zhou Yiqun, had left their battle footprints here. Nowadays, Honghu Lake integrates eco-tourism, red tourism and specialty aquaculture, and has become an important window to show the charm of water town and revolutionary spirit of Jianghan Plain.