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Africa/Niamey |
Standard Time GMT / UTC |
UTC+1 |
Daylight Saving Time |
Daylight saving time is not observed in the current region. |
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Asia/Shanghai |
Standard Time GMT / UTC |
UTC+8 |
Daylight Saving Time |
Daylight saving time is not observed in the current region. |
Diffa, the capital of the Diffa region in southeastern Niger, is located on the southern edge of the Sahara Desert and shares a border with Nigeria, making it one of the most important border cities in Niger. The city is located in the lower Niger River basin around the climate of the tropical desert climate, hot and dry throughout the year, the average annual precipitation is less than 300 millimeters. The economy is based on agriculture and animal husbandry, and the surrounding areas are rich in millet, sorghum and livestock. Diffa, as a regional trade center, undertakes the function of cross-border trade with neighboring countries, such as Nigeria, and is especially famous for the trade of livestock, agricultural products and handicrafts. The city is culturally diverse, with Hausa, Tuareg and Kanuri ethnic groups living in the area, and is unique in its crafts such as traditional leather weaving and silversmithing. Despite infrastructural challenges, Diffa remains an important economic and cultural node in the south-east of the Niger, thanks to its strategic location and rich cultural heritage.
Jingdezhen, located in the northeastern part of Jiangxi Province, is a thousand-year-old porcelain capital of China, famous for its ceramics that are "white as jade, bright as a mirror, thin as paper, and sound like a chime". Since the Song Dynasty, this place has become the center of national porcelain production due to the establishment of the Imperial Kiln Factory, and during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was even "craftsmen came from eight directions, and the ware became all over the world", and the porcelain arts of blue and white, pastel, color glaze, etc. were refined and sublimated here, and were exported all over the world through the Silk Road, and even became the etymology of the word "China". It even became the etymology of the word "China". Nowadays, Jingdezhen still retains the ancient kiln workshops and kiln sites of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and the handmade porcelain technology is listed as a national non-legacy, which combines historical heritage and contemporary innovation, attracting pottery lovers from all over the world to explore the living legacy of ceramic culture.