Time Zone |
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. |
Gengma Dai and Wa Autonomous County, located in the southwestern part of Yunnan Province, at the southern end of Lincang City and bordering with Myanmar, is a typical border county and one of the important portals of Yunnan facing South and Southeast Asia. There are 24 ethnic groups, including Dai, Wa, Lahu, etc., living in this area, and their diversified ethnic cultures have intermingled and coexisted, resulting in unique folklore and customs, such as the Dai's "Water Splashing Festival" and the Wa's "Touching Your Black Carnival" and other highly distinctive ethnic festivals and celebrations. Gengma is rich in natural landscapes, including the Cangjiang River, Mengding Tropical Rainforest and Shifo Cave, and has remarkable biodiversity, epitomizing Yunnan's "Kingdom of Animals and Plants". As a traditional agricultural county, Gengma is rich in sugarcane, tea, coffee and other tropical cash crops, and in recent years, border trade and cross-border tourism have also flourished, becoming an important engine to promote the regional economy. The unique location, rich ethnic culture and beautiful natural scenery have made Gengma a bright border pearl in southwest Yunnan.
Baoding, a prefecture-level city in Hebei Province, is located in the northern part of the North China Plain, constituting a golden triangle with Beijing and Tianjin, and is known as the "Gateway to the Gorge" and the "Southern Gate of the Capital". The city has a long history, since the Neolithic era, there will be the first people to flourish, the Warring States period for the junction of Yan and Zhao, the Yuan Dynasty, set up Baoding Road, to "defend the metropolis, stabilize the world," the Ming and Qing Dynasty for the capital of the Zhili province, is one of the political and cultural centers of northern China's modern times. There are many scenic spots and monuments in Baoding, including the Governor's Office of Zhili, one of China's top ten museums, the national 5A scenic spot Baiyangdian, and the thousand-year-old temple Mancheng Han Tomb, etc. Baoding has a rich cultural heritage. Cultural heritage, Baoding Military Academy is known as "China's modern military cradle", training a large number of military personnel; food culture is unique, Baoding dishes, locust Mao pickles, white Yunzhang buns and other famous. Nowadays, Baoding, as a regional center city in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei world-class urban agglomeration, is relying on the advantages of its location to vigorously develop new energy, automobile manufacturing and other industries, and is a livable city with both historical heritage and modern vitality.