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Hebei Province is named after its location north of the lower reaches of the Yellow River. Part of it belonged to Jizhou in ancient times, so it is called "Ji" for short. It is bordered by the Bohai Sea in the east, Shandong and Henan provinces in the southeast and south, Shanxi province in the west across the Taihang Mountains, and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and Liaoning province in the northwest, north and northeast. The area is vast, spanning 36 degrees 03 minutes north latitude and 42 degrees 40 minutes east longitude 113 degrees 27 minutes and 119 degrees 50 minutes, with a total area of 187,700 square kilometers, accounting for 1.96% of the country's total land area, ranking 14th. In this rich and beautiful land, 66.99 million people live. The geographical position of Hebei Province is very important. It is located around Beijing, the political, economic and cultural center of the country, and can get support from Beijing in all aspects nearby, with unique conditions. Beijing-Guangzhou, Beijing-Kowloon, Beijing-Shenzhen, Beijing-Bao, Beijing-Shanghai, Shi Tai, Shi De, Beijing-Tong, Beijing-Cheng, Jin Cheng and other railroads from the province through, so Hebei is the Northeast and the provinces and regions of the pass, or Shanxi, Inner Mongolia and the vast Northwest to the northern sea gateway - the port of Tianjin, the road to the must. The economic links and collaboration between Hebei Province and the rest of the country are very close, and domestic and foreign trade can be carried out through the province's unfrozen port of Qinhuangdao. Developed transportation brings great convenience to tourism. Yanzhao land has a lot of attractions, tourism resources are extremely rich, can be divided into the north and south of the two tourist routes, of which the northern line for Qinhuangdao to Chengde. Qinhuangdao and its Shanhaiguan, Old Dragon Head, Beidaihe area is a nationally renowned seaside resort. Chengde attractions built in the Qing dynasty Kangxi forty-two years, was then the royal summer resort, in nearly 300 years of change, has been a long time to win the famous attractions. The southern route is from Baoding to Shijiazhuang to Handan, surrounded by Zhangjiakou and Cangzhou. All these places have a large number of long-established historical monuments, which are an important part of Hebei's tourism resources. Hebei Province is located in China's southern temperate and mesothermal continent on the east coast, facing the sea back land, Jibei, Jixi mountains towering in the northwest, Hebei Plain spread in the southeast. Influenced by the geographic location and landforms, the climate of Hebei Province is characterized by the monsoon phenomenon. In winter, China's mainland in Mongolia under the control of high pressure, by the influence of this high pressure, Hebei Province over the prevailing northwesterly air flow, which is the winter monsoon, which is characterized by wind speed and dry cold, for a long time. In summer, the Indian low pressure shrouds our continent, Hebei Province, the air pressure also fell to the lowest season of the year, with the Pacific subtropical high pressure to further strengthen the sea to the summer winds frequent entry. Spring and autumn for the transitional season, the climate also has a transitional color; but come and go in a hurry, for a short period of time. By the control of the monsoon circulation and other weather conditions, Hebei Province, the specific performance of the climate is: winter cold and less snow, spring dry, wind and sand prevalence, summer hot and rainy, autumn sunny, warm and cold moderately. Surrounding the capital city of Beijing, Hebei Province is located between longitude 113°27′-119°50′ East and latitude 36°05′-42°40′ North. It has a total area of 187,693 square kilometers and the provincial capital is Shijiazhuang. 283 kilometers from Beijing in the north, east and Tianjin City, adjacent to the Bohai Sea, southeast and south of Shandong, Henan Province, west of Taihang Mountains and Shanxi Province as a neighbor, northwest and north of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region border, northeast and Liaoning border. National Economy and Social Development Hebei is a major agricultural province in China. In the process of Hebei's agriculture moving rapidly from traditional to modernized agriculture, the green economy and regional specialties are flourishing, technology-intensive and efficiency-oriented agriculture such as facility agriculture has become a new growth point, and famous, high-quality, special and new products are constantly increasing.In 2003, the national economy achieved fast growth, and the total economic volume and the per capita level crossed a new stage. After years of self-development, Hebei has formed a good momentum of outstanding advantages of heavy chemical industry and continuous enhancement of development momentum, and strongly developed leading industries such as iron and steel, medicine, petrochemicals, equipment manufacturing, construction and building materials, foodstuffs and textiles. Metallurgy, machinery, building materials, chemical industry and a number of leading advantageous industries to develop faster, the province's rapid industrial growth has played an important role in supporting and pulling. High-tech industries in Hebei Province, electronic communications, network equipment, computer software, new displays and other faster development, has become a leading industry of the national economy. People's life has improved significantly, realizing the historic leap from subsistence to a moderately prosperous society. With the development of the national economy, people's living standard has continuously reached a new level, exceeding US$1,000 in 2001 and reaching US$1,300 in 2003. At present, Hebei Province has entered a new stage of building a moderately prosperous society. Folk Art The long history, splendid culture and superior natural conditions have given birth to colorful and diverse folk art. Hebei folk art of local opera, folk music, folk songs and dances, village ancient music, folk art, special crafts, Cangzhou martial arts, Wuqiao acrobatics, are well known both at home and abroad. Hebei folk art in the long river of historical development, the people's cultivation of sentiment, entertainment, physical and mental, express emotions, exchange of ideas, played the role of an invisible link, for the promotion of social progress in Hebei Province, has made a piquant contribution to history. Wuqiao County, Hebei Province, has always been known as the "hometown of acrobatics". Wuqiao acrobatic art has a long history, in this county found more than 1,400 years ago, an ancient tomb mural, there are depictions of horsemanship, inverted, scorpion crawling, belly top and other acrobatic images. In recent years, Wuqiao acrobatics is constantly developing and innovating. Approved by the Ministry of Culture of China, the "China Wuqiao International Acrobatic Arts Festival" was established. During the festival, many acrobatic artists from all over the world come to Hebei to perform. Wuqiao acrobatics is going to the world, and is making its own contribution to the friendship of the peoples of the world. Paper-cutting, also called as window flower. It is used as decorations on festive days and pasted on windows or walls to add an auspicious and joyful atmosphere to people. Hebei folk have a long history of paper-cutting, and all over the city and countryside. The paper-cutting of Weixian County in the hundred gardens of folk art is unique, with distinctive national characteristics and local characteristics of Hebei. 1979, Weixian County paper-cutting has been exhibited in the capital of China's National Art Museum, at the same time, there are a part of the fine works of the United Nations departments selected for exhibition. Now, as a famous brand product of Hebei Province, the paper-cutting products of Wei County have been sold to more than 40 countries and regions in Europe, Asia and the United States. History and culture Hebei has a long history, the famous historical and cultural city of Chengde, Chengde is a beautiful tourist city in the north of China. There is the largest existing royal garden in China - summer resort, the majestic temple group outside the eight temples, but also beautiful natural scenery. The city is surrounded by Yanshan Mountains, east of the sky towering Chime Peak, jagged and lofty Jiguan Mountain; west of the rolling Guangren Ridge; north of the lofty Jinshan veins; south of the steep monks leaning against the crown peak, the landscape is very beautiful and fascinating. Ancient dash Yan Zhao wind, the accumulation of a thousand years of chivalrous culture has formed a generous and intense cultural atmosphere here, the birth of generations of chivalrous men and their heroic deeds, is the vast number of tourists in the heart of the chivalrous dream to chase forever. Ethnicity and Religion Hebei Province is the province of scattered minority populations, Han Chinese accounted for 96% of the province's population; the other 55 ethnic minorities **** 2,883,300 people, accounting for 4% of the province's total population, ranked 10th in the country, all over the province's counties (cities, districts). There are six autonomous counties, Mengcun, Dafang, Qinglong, Fengning, Kancheng and Weichang, which are relatively inhabited. There are also 54 ethnic townships. There are five religions in Hebei Province: Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Catholicism and Christianity. There are more than 2 million religious people. Among them, there are nearly one million Catholics, accounting for one-fourth of the total number of Catholics in the country. There are 640 churches, 743 meeting houses, and 320 bishops and priests. Famous temples include: Linji Temple in Zhengding County, Berlin Temple in Zhao County, Putong Temple in Nangong City, and Longquan Temple in Luquan City. There are more than 20,000 followers of Taoism, and more than 50 palaces and temples are open to the public. There are about 550,000 followers of Islam (in terms of Hui population), 395 mosques and 512 imams.

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