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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. |
Fuling is located in the central part of Chongqing Municipality, China, at the confluence of the Yangtze River and the Wujiang River, and is one of the important metropolitan areas of Chongqing and the core node of the Upper Yangtze River Economic Belt. With a total area of 2,941 square kilometers and a population of about 1.15 million, it is predominantly hilly and mountainous, with a subtropical monsoon climate and four distinct seasons.
Fuling has a history of more than 2,300 years of establishment and was once the hometown of the State of Ba. It is famous for the "hometown of squash", and Fuling squash is a national geographic indications product. Modern industries are mainly food processing, equipment manufacturing and new materials, and the golden waterway of the Yangtze River and many highways and railroads form a comprehensive transportation network.
It has famous attractions such as Baiheliang Underwater Museum (the world's first underwater site museum) and Wuling Mountain Rift Valley. As a strategic node of the Twin Cities Economic Circle in the Chengdu-Chongqing region, it is actively promoting the integration of industry and city, and building a demonstration zone for green development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt.
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.