Hengshui
(Hebei Online)
Updated: 2004-07-16 15:11

Located in the southeast of Hebei Province, Hengshui is close to Dezhou in Shandong Province. It is just 250 kilometers away from Beijing. And the Beijing-Jiulong Railway runs across it.

Being in the fertile Heilonggang Basin, Hengshui has great agriculture. Shenzhou's peach, Xiakou's ya pear, Raoyang's noodles and some other locally grown products are very popular at home. Its industry and commerce are also developing quickly. The products like Hengshui Laobaigan white spirit, Hengshui battery, Wuyi's Tiger safe, Jizhou's Chunfeng tinned radiator, Xurisheng beverages, Anping's silk screen are very popular in China.

Hengshui is rich in history and local cultures. In the Three Kingdoms period, Hengshui's Jizhou was the very place where Yuan Shao had stationed his troops so as to fight against Cao Cao's troops.

Jingxian County was the birthplace of Dong Zhongshu, a famous philosopher and Confucianist in the Western Han Dynasty. Both the Fengs"tomb complex and the Sarira Stupa of Jingxian County are the national key cultural relics under the protection of the state.

Besides, there are 19 other places under the protection of the province including the Han Dynasty tombs at Jizhou, the Qingli Temple Pagoda at Gucheng, and the Pagoda of the Baoyun Temple at Taocheng District in Hengshui City. All these make Hengshui very charming for sightseeing.

In addition to the beautiful scenes and the historical charms, you can also enjoy the beauty of various traditional hand-made crafts. You may like Hengshui's top three handicrafts, namely the inside-painted snuff bottle, Houdian's calligraphy brush, and the imperial golden fish.

Besides, you will also be deeply impressed with some other handicrafts produced in Hengshui such as Wuqiang's Spring Festival pictures, jade carvings, bone carvings, hardwood carvings, filigrees, and dough modeling. The snuff bottles painted with the portraits of the six presidents attending the APPEC conference held in Shanghai in 2001 were presented to the presidents concerned by President Jiang Zemin as special gifts.

Hengshui, a flourishing garden city, welcomes you with its natural charms and cool service.

When in need, you may contact with the Tourist Office of Hengshui City by dialing the phone number 86-318-2026053.

Hengshui Lake
The Hengshui Lake is 10 kilometers south of Heng-shui City. With an area of 75 square kilomet-ers, it is the se-cond largest fr-esh water lake in the North China Plain. There are over 150 species of birds in this area, among which there are several rare species under the protection of either the state or the province like the red-crowned crane, swan, gray crane, pelican, and wild goose. The lake has been authorized as the wetland and the natural reserve of birds by the Government of Hebei Province.

The lake enjoys gentle ripples, clean water and blue sky. On its Wintersweet Islet, you can appreciate the natural beauty of green trees and fresh air; you can even see the flying birds, drive horses, go fishing and boating.

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