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Asia/Shanghai |
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Time Zone |
Asia/Shanghai |
Standard Time GMT / UTC |
UTC+8 |
Daylight Saving Time |
Daylight saving time is not observed in the current region. |
Pingding County is part of Yangquan City, Shanxi Province, China, and is located in the Taihang Mountains in eastern Shanxi Province, with a total area of 1,394 square kilometers. As an important gateway to eastern Jin, Pingding is connected to Yu County in the north, Xiyang in the south, and Jingfu County in Hebei Province in the east, and has been a major transportation hub connecting Jin and Hebei provinces since ancient times.
Pingding has a long history, as early as in the Qin and Han Dynasties, the county has been set up, so far there have been more than 2,200 years of establishment history. It is the ancestral home of Wang Wei, a famous poet of the Tang Dynasty, and there are national key cultural relics protection units such as the Great Wall of Gu Guan and Niangziguan, of which Niangziguan is known as the "Ninth Pass in the World".
Pingding County is rich in mineral resources, coal reserves of 2.6 billion tons, is an important coal production base in Shanxi. In recent years, Pingding County has been actively developing ceramics, calcium-based new materials and other industries, as well as utilizing the natural scenery of the Taihang Mountains and red tourism resources to vigorously develop the eco-tourism industry.
Pingding retains a rich folk culture, such as Yazhou Drums, Wu Yazhou Drums and other traditional performing arts are listed in the national intangible cultural heritage. Pingding Sandware is the most famous specialty product, with a history of more than 1,300 years, and a reputation as the "best sandware in the world".
Ningjiang District is China's Songyuan City, Jilin Province jurisdiction, is located in the hinterland of the Songnen Plain, Songhua River, the Nenjiang River confluence of the two rivers, known as the "Songliao granary" reputation. Here the terrain is flat, fertile soil, is an important national commodity grain base, producing corn, rice, soybeans and other crops, agricultural industrialization features distinctive. As the main city of Songyuan, Ningjiang is a blend of riverside ecology and modern urban style, with beautiful scenery along the Songhua River, and water conservancy projects such as the Hadashan Water Conservancy Hub are both scenic and functional. Historically, it is a place inhabited by Manchu, Mongolian and other ethnic minorities, with diversified cultures, traditional folklore and the development of the new era. In recent years, relying on the location advantages, Ningjiang actively develops green agriculture, eco-tourism and modern service industry, which is a vibrant new riverside city on the Songnen Plain.