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Hebei Province, abbreviated as Ji, is located in the
northern part of Huahbei (North
China) Plain, facing the Bohai Sea in the east. During Yuan, Ming and Qing
dynasties, Hebei
was every important because Beijing was chose to be the capital of three
dynasties and was
known as the outskirt of the capital. Covering an area of more than
190,000 square kilometers,
the province has a population of 67,44 million of Han, Hui, Manchu,
Mongolian, Korean and
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As one of the famous provinces, which are rich
of Cultural relics in China, Hbei has numerous
historical sites and scenic spots dotted over
the land. There are three world heritage sites,
five national famous historical and cultural
cities, and more than 670 sites of historical
and cultural interests which are under key
protection at or above the provincial level.
Major cultural relics and historical remains
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Chengde, Eastern
and western Imperial Tombs of the Qing Dynasty,
the Great Wall at Jinshanling, Shanghaiguan and
Laolongtou cections, Longxing Temple in
Zhengding, Congtai Terrace in Handan, Anji
Bridge in Zhaoxian County, Iron Lion in Cangzhou
and Xiangtangshan Mountain Grottoes in Handan.
Hebei possesses multiplex landscapes such as
seashores, plains, lakes, mountains and plateau,
as well as most diversified natural scenery.
There are two out of national top ten scenic
spots, five national scenic resorts and nine
national forest parks in the province. Major
tourist attractions are Beidaihe Beach in
Qinhuangdao, Baiyangdian scenic resort, known as
¡°the Bright Pearl of North China¡±, Bashang
Grassland, Cangyan Mountain, Tiangui Mountain
and Yesanpo Scenic Area.
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Chengde was called Rehe in the past. It lies in
the northeast of Hebei Province. Chengde borders
Beijing and Tianjin on its south, Liaoning
Province and Inner Mongolia in the north. The
average temperature in the urban area is 8.8¡æ.
It is neither too hot in summer nor too cold in
winter.
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Chengde has a
long history. As early as in the Zhou Dynasty
(11th century ¨C 256BC), the Churong and the
Donghu (minority nationalities of China) started
to inhabit here. Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty
(206BC-8AD) first set up Youzhou County, and
Chengde was under its administration. In the
Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Chengde was under the
governance of Zhili Province, which was known as
Rehe Province in 1928. It was finally confirmed
as Chengde City in 1955.
Richly endowed by nature, Chengde enjoys a
special landscape. In 1994, the Chengde Mountain
Resort and the outer temples were ranked as the
World Cultural Heritage by UNSCO. It owns many
No.1s of the world: the largest imperial garden
-- the Mountain Resort; the biggest group of the
imperial temples -- the Outer Eight Temples; the
biggest wooden Buddha -- the Goddess of Mercy
with a thousand hands and a thousand eyes; the
shortest river -- the Rehe River; the
quintessence of the Great Wall -- the
Jinshanling Great Wall; the incomparable stone
pillar -- the Qingchui Peak; the most peculiar
pine -- the Jiulong (nine dragons) pine, so on
and so forth. Chengde enjoys the fame as the
secondary capital and the bright pearl beyond
the Great Wall. Being one of the Top 10 Scenic
Spots and the Top 40 Tourist Wonderlands,
Chengde is among the cities proclaimed by the
State Council as the famous historical and
cultural cities of the first batch. It is also
the one of the best open cities of China.
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Mean Temperature (Centigrade) |
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Month |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
April |
May |
June |
July |
Aug |
Sept |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
City |
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Temperature |
-2.7 |
-0.3 |
6.9
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14.8
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21.0 |
25.6 |
26.6 |
25.1 |
20.2 |
13.8 |
5.9 |
-0.6 |
Shijiazhuang |
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-9.2 |
-5.5 |
2.1 |
11.5 |
18.4 |
22.3 |
24.3 |
22.8 |
17.1 |
10.0 |
0.4 |
-7.1 |
Chengde |
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