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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. |
Time Zone |
Asia/Shanghai |
Standard Time GMT / UTC |
UTC+8 |
Daylight Saving Time |
Daylight saving time is not observed in the current region. |
Dingxing County is under the jurisdiction of Baoding City, Hebei Province, China, and is located in the hinterland of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, with a total area of 714 square kilometers and a population of about 600,000 people. As an important agricultural county in the North China Plain, Dingxing focuses on wheat and corn cultivation, while developing modern manufacturing and food processing industries.
Dingxing has a history of more than 2,200 years since it was established in the Qin Dynasty. It is the birthplace of the allusion to the "Golden Platform", and the story of King Yan Zhaoxing's recruiting is famous all over the world. There are national cultural relics protection units such as Ciyun Pavilion and Yi Cihui Stone Pillar in the territory, and the non-legacy project "Dingxing Peking Opera" is integrated with local characteristics.
The county has convenient transportation, with the Beijing-Guangzhou Railway and the Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Expressway passing through, 89 kilometers away from Beijing. The economy is based on agriculture, but in recent years it has focused on the development of new energy and equipment manufacturing industries to create an "important node city in the south of Beijing", and the ecology is characterized by a temperate monsoon climate and abundant river resources.
Minfeng County, belonging to Hotan Region of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, is located in the northern foothills of the Kunlun Mountains and the southern edge of the Taklamakan Desert, and was an important post on the southern route of the ancient Silk Road. It is famous for the "Niya Ruins", the ruins of the old city of Jingjie State during the Han and Jin Dynasties, which are hidden in the yellow sand, and the national treasures such as the "Five Stars in the East and Benefiting China" brocade unearthed, which tell the story of the prosperity of the Silk Road. The oasis and desert are intertwined within the county, and the county is rich in Hetian jade, jujube, grapes and other specialties. The unique ecology of the desert oasis and the rich Uyghur folk customs make the county a unique window for exploring the history and nature of the southern border. Minfeng, meaning "prosperity and abundance", is an apt interpretation of the vitality of this land.