Time Zone |
Asia/Shanghai |
Standard Time GMT / UTC |
UTC+8 |
Daylight Saving Time |
Daylight saving time is not observed in the current region. |
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Africa/Sao_Tome |
Standard Time GMT / UTC |
UTC+0 |
Daylight Saving Time |
Daylight saving time is not observed in the current region. |
The Hebei Canal of China is an important part of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, mainly covering the Hebei section of the Wei Canal and the South Canal, flowing through Handan, Xingtai, Hengshui and Cangzhou, with a total length of more than 300 kilometers. As a golden waterway for ancient transportation, it witnessed the economic and cultural exchanges between the north and the south from the Sui-Tang Dynasty to the Ming-Qing Dynasty, and gave birth to such cultural heritages as the Iron Lion of Cangzhou and the Xiejiaba of Lianzhen along its banks. Nowadays, the Hebei Canal continues to play an ecological, cultural and tourism value as a "living heritage", linking up the construction of the Grand Canal National Cultural Park (Hebei Section), and becoming an important link to show the historical vein of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei synergistic development, with a sense of historical gravity and modern vitality.
São Tomé and Príncipe is an island country in west-central Africa, consisting of the islands of São Tomé and Príncipe and the surrounding islets, with the capital, São Tomé, located in the northeastern part of São Tomé. Located on the Gulf of Guinea, about 200 kilometers from the African continent, the country was colonized by Portugal in the 15th century and became independent in 1975, with Portuguese as the official language and an economy based on agriculture (cocoa, palm oil) and tourism. It should be noted that "Java" is not a city or region of the country; Java is the main island of Indonesia, with cities such as Jakarta and Surabaya, and has nothing to do with São Tomé and Príncipe, possibly due to a confusion of names.