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. |
Xiyang County is located in the eastern part of China's Shanxi Province, under Jinzhong City, at the western foot of the Taihang Mountains, with a total area of 1,952 square kilometers and a population of about 200,000 people. The county is a typical resource-based county with agriculture and coal industries, and has been actively promoting economic transformation and ecotourism development in recent years.
With a long history, Xiyang is one of the birthplaces of the Chinese civilization, with famous red tourist attractions such as Dazhai Village, and was famous nationwide for the "Agricultural Learning Dazhai" movement in the 1960s. The region retains a rich traditional culture, such as Jin Opera, paper-cutting and face-molding techniques, and unique folk activities.
Xiyang has a temperate continental climate with four distinct seasons, and the terrain is mainly mountainous and hilly. The main attractions include Dazhai Terraces, Shima Temple, Longyan Grand Canyon, etc., combining natural scenery and humanistic landscape, which is an important part of the Taihang Mountain tourism belt.
The economy of Xiyang is based on coal mining, agricultural cultivation and processing of agricultural products, and in recent years, it has vigorously developed new energy and rural tourism industries. Transportation is convenient, with the Yangshi Railway and G207 National Highway passing through the city, and public service facilities such as education and medical care continue to improve.
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.