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Checheng is located on the Hengchun Peninsula in Pingtung County, Taiwan, and is one of the southernmost townships in Taiwan. It is famous for the "Checheng Onion", which accounts for about 80% of Taiwan's total annual onion production, and attracts many tourists to its annual onion festival held in March-April. There is also the Houwan Coastal Wetland, a national wetland, and the historic Dominican Church of Our Lady of the Rosary. Checheng Hot Spring (Sizhongxi Hot Spring) is one of the four most famous springs in Taiwan. The quality of the spring is alkaline carbonic acid, and the year-round water temperature is about 50-60 degrees Celsius. Geographically located between Mudan Township in the north, Hengchun Township in the south, and the Taiwan Strait in the west, it has rich marine ecological resources and humanistic and historical landscapes.
Pingding County is part of Yangquan City, Shanxi Province, China, and is located in the Taihang Mountains in eastern Shanxi Province, with a total area of 1,394 square kilometers. As an important gateway to eastern Jin, Pingding is connected to Yu County in the north, Xiyang in the south, and Jingfu County in Hebei Province in the east, and has been a major transportation hub connecting Jin and Hebei provinces since ancient times.
Pingding has a long history, as early as in the Qin and Han Dynasties, the county has been set up, so far there have been more than 2,200 years of establishment history. It is the ancestral home of Wang Wei, a famous poet of the Tang Dynasty, and there are national key cultural relics protection units such as the Great Wall of Gu Guan and Niangziguan, of which Niangziguan is known as the "Ninth Pass in the World".
Pingding County is rich in mineral resources, coal reserves of 2.6 billion tons, is an important coal production base in Shanxi. In recent years, Pingding County has been actively developing ceramics, calcium-based new materials and other industries, as well as utilizing the natural scenery of the Taihang Mountains and red tourism resources to vigorously develop the eco-tourism industry.
Pingding retains a rich folk culture, such as Yazhou Drums, Wu Yazhou Drums and other traditional performing arts are listed in the national intangible cultural heritage. Pingding Sandware is the most famous specialty product, with a history of more than 1,300 years, and a reputation as the "best sandware in the world".