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.
Longyou County, belonging to Quzhou City, Zhejiang Province, is located in the Jinqu Basin of western Zhejiang Province, and has been a "four-province thoroughfare" since ancient times, and is an important node at the junction of the four provinces of Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi and Anhui. This ancient city with a history of more than 2,200 years is the birthplace of "Longyou Merchants", which was on a par with Huizhou Merchants and Jin Merchants during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, leaving behind the commercial legend of "No Longyou No City". Longyou Grottoes in the territory is known as the "Ninth Wonder of the World", the scale is grand, the layout is peculiar, is the ancient underground architectural art of the treasures. apart from the cultural heritage, Longyou also boasts the beautiful scenery along the Qu River, with a continuous bamboo sea and streams, which has given birth to non-heritage delicacies such as Longyou Hair Cake and Longyou Bean Curd Skin. Nowadays, this small city in the south of the Yangtze River is aiming to become a "landscape garden city", integrating historical culture and modern development, and becoming a unique and charming cultural tourism and livable place in the Yangtze River Delta region.