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. |
Liuhe District is a municipal district under the jurisdiction of Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, People's Republic of China, located in the northern part of Nanjing, on the northern bank of the Yangtze River, and is an important part of the Nanjing metropolitan area. With a long history dating back to the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, the area is rich in cultural heritage and natural landscapes, such as the Liuhe National Geopark and Lingyan Mountain Scenic Area. Liuha is famous for its specialties such as Longchi Carp and Liuha Pig's Head Meat, and has continued to develop economically as an industrial and agricultural base for Nanjing. Conveniently located adjacent to the main city of Nanjing, it is well connected through a network of subways and highways, making it an important node in the Yangtze River Delta region.
Qixian County, located in the central part of Shanxi Province, in the hinterland of Jinzhong Basin, is one of the important birthplaces of Jin merchant culture, known as the "hometown of Jin merchants" and "cultural city". Here in the Ming and Qing dynasties, merchants gathered, was an important hub of the Miles Tea Road and Jin trade, retained a large number of Jin merchants compound and ancient architectural complexes. Among them, the Qiao family compound as "the first residence of Jin merchants", its exquisite brick carvings, wood carvings and architectural layout can be called a model of the northern residence; the old street of Jin merchants preserved the Ming and Qing dynasties of the ticket, dart boards, merchant houses and other old sites, strolling through them as if you could hear the camel bells and abacus sound. In addition, Qixian paper-cutting, Jin opera and other intangible cultural heritages have been passed down to the present day, showing the profound folk heritage. Nowadays, this thousand-year-old city is attracting tourists from all over the world with its unique cultural charm of Jin merchants.