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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. |
Wei Capital, or Xuchang City in Henan Province, is a famous historical and cultural city in China, famous for being the capital of the Cao Wei regime during the Three Kingdoms period. As the core area of "Wei Capital", Xuchang is located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, with a history of more than 2,000 years, and was once the political center for Cao Cao's military and state affairs, leaving behind many cultural relics of the Three Kingdoms, such as the Chunqiu Building (where Guan Yu resigned from Cao), Ba Ling Bridge (where Guan Yu picked his robe), and the residence of Cao's prime minister. Nowadays, as the core urban area of Xuchang City, Weidu District has retained its deep historical heritage and renewed the vitality of a modern city, and is an important window for exploring the culture of the Three Kingdoms and experiencing the civilization of the Central Plains, as well as a bright business card of Xuchang, a national historical and cultural city.
Zigui County is located in the west of China's Hubei Province, belonging to the city of Yichang, located in the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River on the banks of the Xiling Gorge, is the hometown of Qu Yuan and the Three Gorges Reservoir District, an important county and city. With a total area of 2427 square kilometers and a population of about 400,000, it is mainly mountainous and hilly, with a subtropical monsoon climate and four distinct seasons.
Zigui is the hometown of the great poet Qu Yuan, and organizes the International Dragon Boat Festival and Qu Yuan Cultural Tourism Festival every year. It is also the hometown of Chinese navel oranges, producing zigui navel oranges, with agriculture and cultural tourism as the economic pillars. After the construction of the Three Gorges Dam, Zigui became a key area for resettlement of immigrants in the reservoir area, and the new county town was built along the river with modern facilities.
Well-known attractions include Qu Yuan Temple, Jiuwanxi River, Three Gorges Bamboo Sea, etc. Combined with the Three Gorges Tourist Route, it attracts a large number of tourists. Conveniently accessible via the Hurong Expressway, the Yangtze River waterway and Yichang Three Gorges Airport, it is an important node of the Yangtze River Economic Belt.