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What is Baigou most famous?

Baigou, named after the river more white hibiscus, history is the famous land and water wharf, commercial towns, at that time, "the day over a thousand sails, merchants gathered, goods through the Yangtze River to the north and south, the flow of nine continents into the east and the west," there is a "Yannan Metropolis," the name.

White Gully is famous for its market, has built a bag trading city, White Hibiscus Commodities, knitwear, toys, clothing, leather raw materials, hardware accessories, shoes and hats, waste materials, goods, such as intermodal eleven professional market. There are more than 20,000 fixed and mobile stalls, two thousand fixed stores, the market covers an area of 2 million square meters, the business area of 750,000 square meters, the daily listing of more than 10,000 varieties. At present, the daily traffic of the market reaches 60,000 to 80,000 times, and at the peak it reaches 100,000 to 120,000 people, with a daily turnover of 10 to 12 million yuan. It has become a nationally famous bag production and distribution center for small commodities. The sales volume of bags in Baigou accounts for one-tenth of the domestic market and is exported to more than ten countries and regions such as Japan, Korea, the United States, Russia, etc. In 1999, the total industrial and agricultural output value of Baigou Town reached 1.7 billion yuan, and the market turnover amounted to 6 billion yuan. It was honored as "the first town of Baoding" and listed as "the pilot town of national comprehensive reform of small towns" by the National Reform Commission.