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Asia/Shanghai |
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UTC+8 |
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UTC-5 |
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Located in the center of Zhejiang Province and belonging to Jinhua City, Yongkang is a historical and cultural city famous for its hardware industry. It has a history of more than 1,700 years since the county was established in the Three Kingdoms period, and was known as "Lizhou" in ancient times, and has the reputation of "Hardware Capital of China". The hardware industry here has deep roots, from copper and iron smelting in the Tang Dynasty to modern hardware manufacturing, which has given birth to China Science and Technology Hardware City - a globally important hardware distribution center, covering more than 1,000 categories such as doors, power tools, thermos flasks, etc., and the products are exported to more than 200 countries and regions. Yongkang is not only strong in industry, but also in humanities and natural landscape: Fangyan Scenic Area attracts tourists with Danxia landforms and Hu Gong culture (Hu Ze, a famous minister of the Song Dynasty), and Yongkang meat and wheat cake, Wuzhiyan ginger, and other specialties add to the fireworks. This "Millennium Gold City" is writing a new chapter of the city in central Zhejiang with traditional heritage and modern innovation.
Located in western Massachusetts, on the banks of the Connecticut River and part of the Springfield metropolitan area, Holyoke was an important hub of the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century, and is known as the "Paper City" - famous for having housed nearly half of the nation's paper mills in the late 1800's. Today, the city combines industrial history with natural charm, and is home to Mount Tom State Park, which is the first of its kind in Massachusetts. Today, this city combines industrial history and natural charm with Mount Tom State Park, which offers panoramic views of the Connecticut River Valley, and a downtown with a collection of Victorian-era industrial buildings, including the Holyoke Canal System, which still stands as a testament to the prosperity of water transportation in the days of yore. As a multicultural community, the city retains its history and continues to revitalize itself with traditional events such as the annual Three County Fair and educational institutions such as Holyoke Community College.