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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. |
Yishui County is located in the north of Linyi City, Shandong Province, China, in the hinterland of Yimeng Mountain, named after the YI River running through it. It has a total area of 2434.8 square kilometers and a population of about 1.15 million. As the core area of Yimeng Old Revolutionary Region, it was once an important base for the Chinese Revolution and has a deep red culture.
Yishui is famous for its karst landscape, with national 4A-level scenic spots such as the Underground Grand Canyon, Natural Underground Gallery and Glowworm Water Cave. Among them, the Grand Canyon Rafting is more than 1,000 meters long, which is known as "the first hole of China's underground river rafting". With rolling hills and a vegetation coverage rate of over 60%, the city is a typical ecological livable city.
Yishui has formed four leading industries, namely, food, machinery, textile and new energy, and is especially famous for food processing, with the title of "China Food City". The local specialties, such as Yimeng scorpion, big cherries and apples, are well known throughout the country. 2022 GDP will reach 55 billion yuan, ranking among the top 100 county economies in China.
The history of Yishui can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period, with the ruins of the Great Wall of Qi running through the whole area. There are key cultural relics protection units, such as the Spring and Autumn Tomb of Jiwang mesa and the East Han Dynasty Picture Stone Tomb. Intangible cultural heritage such as traditional Yimeng paper-cutting and clay sculpture have been passed down to the present day, and Yishui receives more than ten million tourists annually.
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.