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.
Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu Province, is located in the northwest of China in the Yellow River Valley Basin, and is the only provincial capital where the Yellow River passes through the city. As an important transportation hub and commercial port on the ancient Silk Road, Lanzhou has a history of more than 2,000 years and is known as the "Golden City". With four distinct seasons, dryness, little rain, and a large temperature difference between day and night, Lanzhou has a temperate continental climate.
Lanzhou is famous for "a bowl of noodles, a book and a river": the beef ramen is famous all over the country, the circulation of "Reader" magazine is the first in Asia, and the Huanghe Wind Wind Line shows the unique cityscape. Major attractions include the Yellow River Iron Bridge, the White Pagoda Mountain Park, the Waterwheel Expo Park and the Gansu Provincial Museum (which houses national treasures such as the Horse Treading Swallow). Nowadays, Lanzhou has become a comprehensive transportation hub and a modern industrial center in Northwest China, with well-developed industries such as petrochemicals, equipment manufacturing, biomedicine, etc., and the Chinese-European liner trains converge here, making it a key node city of "One Belt, One Road".