Introduction to Handan History and Culture Introduction to Handan History and Culture

1. Handan, a municipality under the jurisdiction of Hebei Province, is located at the southern end of Hebei Province, the eastern foot of Taihang Mountain, the western section of Taihang Mountain, and the eastern part of North China Plain, bordering Shanxi, Shandong and Henan provinces, with a total area of 12073.8 square kilometers.

2. Handan has a history of 3 100 years, and magnetic mountain culture in the early Neolithic age was born 8,000 years ago. During the Warring States Period, Handan was the capital of Zhao, and Wei County was the capital of Wei. Luoyang, Linzi, Nanyang and Chengdu enjoyed the reputation of "five capitals" in Han Dynasty. At the end of the Han Dynasty, the capital of Cao Wei was Linzhang, which was the capital of Cao Wei, Zhou Wei, Dong Wei and Northern Qi. In the Northern Song Dynasty, Daming House became the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty; In the Qing Dynasty, Daming House was the first capital of Zhili Province.

3. Handan is a national historical and cultural city, a national garden city, an excellent tourist city in China, a national green model city, a national double-support model city, a national civilized city, a national excellent city for comprehensive management of social security, and a capital of idioms and allusions in China.