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Asia/Shanghai |
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UTC+8 |
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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. |
Located in the southeastern part of China's Hebei Province, Daming County is part of Handan City and is situated at the junction of Hebei, Luzhou and Henan provinces, with a total area of 1,052 square kilometers. The county has a long history and was the seat of the Daiming Prefecture in Beijing during the Song Dynasty. It has a rich cultural heritage, such as the ruins of the ancient city of Daiming Prefecture and the Museum of Stone Carvings. Agriculture is dominated by wheat, corn and cotton, while industry covers food processing and machinery manufacturing. With a population of about 800,000, it has a temperate monsoon climate with four distinct seasons. The transportation is convenient, with the Beijing-Kowloon Railway and the Daguang Expressway passing through the county. In recent years, Da Ming County has focused on cultural tourism and economic development, and is committed to building a regional center town.
Located in Yongzhou City, Hunan Province, Zuling District is situated in the upper reaches of the Xiangjiang River, where the two waters of "Xiaoxiang" converge, and has been known as the "Embroidered Xiaoxiang" since ancient times. As the burial place of Emperor Shun's southern tour, Zuling has a history of more than 2,200 years, and the county was established at the beginning of the Western Han Dynasty, which is one of the four ancient counties in Hunan. It has a rich cultural background, and Liu Zongyuan, who was banished to Yongzhou for ten years, wrote "Eight Memoirs of Yongzhou", which laid the cornerstone of Chinese landscape prose. There are many famous places in the city, such as Shun Di Mausoleum, Liu Zi Street and Chaoyang Rock, among which Shun Di Mausoleum is the earliest and the most complete place to worship Shun Di in China, which is known as the "Ancestral Mausoleum of Huaxia". The old town of Zuoling has preserved the street pattern of Ming and Qing Dynasties, and the green stone road and the scenery of Xiangjiang River, which is both historical and natural, and is an important window to explore the culture of Xiaoxiang.