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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. |
Located in the northeastern part of China's Guizhou Province, Sinan County belongs to Tongren City and is situated in the middle and lower reaches of the Wujiang River, making it a famous cultural city with a long history. With an area of about 2,230 square kilometers and a population of about 680,000, the county is dominated by Han Chinese, while a number of ethnic minorities, such as Tujia, Miao and Gelao, live together.
Sinan is located on the slope of the transition from the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau to the hills of western Hunan, with the Wujiang River running through it, forming a unique canyon landscape. With a mild climate, abundant rainfall and rich natural resources, Sinan is known as the "Gateway to Northeastern Guizhou" for its abundance of tea, Chinese herbs and specialty agricultural products.
Founded in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Sinan County has a history of more than 1,800 years and is one of the earliest developed areas in Guizhou. There are ancient architectural complexes, cliff carvings and traditional villages from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, among which the Sitang Ancient Architectural Complex is a national key cultural relics protection unit. The county also inherits intangible cultural heritages such as lantern theater and Nuo opera.
Sinan is rich in tourism resources, the Wujiang River Canyon is a magnificent scenery, known as the "Thousand Mile Wujiang River Gallery". The main attractions include Sinan Stone Forest, Haojiawan Ancient Village, Changba Stone Forest and Wujiang Karst National Geological Park. Local specialties such as sour soup fish and green bean noodles are also popular among tourists.
In recent years, Sinan has made great efforts to develop ecological agriculture and tourism, and strengthened the construction of transportation infrastructure. With the completion of Hangrui Expressway and Sinan New Port, Sinan is gradually becoming an important eco-tourism destination and a regional transportation hub in the Wujiang River Basin.
Wangdu County, Hebei, belonging to Baoding City, is located in the west-central part of Hebei Province, in the plains at the eastern foot of the Taihang Mountains, and has been the gateway to central Hebei since ancient times. It has a long history and was founded in the Han Dynasty. The name of Wangdu originates from the allusion of "climbing Yao Mountain and looking at the Du Mountain", which has a profound cultural background. Wangdu Han Tomb in the territory of the national key cultural relics protection units, unearthed painted pottery figurines and other cultural relics of the Han Dynasty, witnessed the high level of Han Dynasty funerary art, is the study of Yanzhao culture of the important physical information.
As the "Hometown of Chinese Chili Pepper", Wangdu, with unique sandy soil and climate conditions, has a history of chili pepper planting for more than 300 years, and the chili peppers it produces, with bright red color, thick flesh and thick taste, are exported to domestic and foreign markets, which has driven the development of the local characteristic agricultural economy. In recent years, relying on the historical, cultural and agricultural advantages, Wangdu continues to promote rural revitalization, and this thousand-year-old township is taking on a new lease of life.