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One of the ten most charming cities in China: Quanzhou
Quanzhou Luoyang Bridge
Quanzhou is located in the central hub of the economic zone on the west coast of the Taiwan Strait and is closely connected with Hong Kong, Macao and Southeast Asia. , has rich historical and cultural accumulation, rich natural resources and tourism resources, and rich folk customs. It is known as "Flower Flowers, Mountains and Rivers, and Gathering of Humanities". Last year's GDP was 138.011 billion yuan, and its economic aggregate ranked first in Fujian Province for seven consecutive years. Quanzhou is listed as the Xiaquan-Zhang Coastal Economic Development Zone in southern Fujian, a national comprehensive supporting reform pilot city, and a national technological innovation project demonstration city. The successful path of economic construction with the characteristics of overseas Chinese hometowns, "the independent development of all economic sectors" ranks third among prefecture-level cities in the country.
Quanzhou is one of the first 24 famous historical and cultural cities in China announced by the State Council. It is dotted with cultural heritage and scenic spots and has 678 cultural relics protection units at all levels, including 14 at the national level. Quanzhou is the starting point of the ancient "Maritime Silk Road" that is well-known at home and abroad. It has created the historical glory of "the sound of rising seas has attracted merchants from all over the world". It is known as "the largest port in the East", "City of Light", and "Museum of World Religions", and has left behind a large number of extremely precious historical relics of the "Maritime Silk Road". "Maritime Silk Road·Quanzhou Historical Sites" and "China Quanzhou Nanyin" have been listed as world cultural heritage projects. UNESCO has designated the world's first "World Multicultural Exhibition Center" in Quanzhou.
The renovation and protection project of Zhongshan Road in the historical and cultural district won the United Nations "2001 Asia-Pacific Heritage Protection Excellence Award", and the 28-kilometer Neigou River renovation and flood drainage project won the United Nations "International Improvement of Living Environment" One of the top 40 "Best Examples (Dubai) Award". Quanzhou was also rated first in the "International Garden City" Gold Award and "National Advanced City in Landscaping". In addition, Quanzhou’s “Cultural Heritage Management Project” won the only gold medal in the city competition in 25 countries.
The second of the ten most charming cities in China: Dali
The Three Towers of Dali
Dali, known as the "Famous State of Literature", is a multicultural and A paradise of natural harmony and prosperity, it has four laurels: "National Historical and Cultural City", "National Scenic Area", "National Nature Reserve" and "China's Excellent Tourism City".
Dali has a long history. As far back as the Neolithic Age, Dali was the place where the ancestors of the Bai people lived and multiplied; when the Qin Dynasty unified China, Dali was already prominent on the national map; during the period of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty set up counties in Dali, which is my country's oldest international channel. ——The Southern Silk Road and the Ancient Tea Horse Road passed through Dali, transporting Sichuan brocade and Yunnan Pu'er tea to India and Afghanistan. To this day, Dali is still the largest city in western Yunnan.
Dali has a splendid culture. The three pagodas of Chongsheng Temple that have stood for thousands of years in the mountains and rivers of Yongzhen, the ancient city of Dali that carries Dali's rich history and culture, the only surviving ancient market on the Tea Horse Road, Si Deng Street, and the Taihe City ruins scattered at the foot of Cangshan Mountain and the shore of Erhai Lake Historical and cultural relics such as the Yunnan Monument of Emperor Shizu of the Yuan Dynasty, Buddhist temples and pagodas, and famous residences of the Bai people in Xizhou run through the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, vividly witnessing the development history of Dali.
Dali has beautiful scenery. The accompanying Xiaguan wind and Shangguan flowers, the complementing Cangshan snow and the Erhai moon, constitute the most romantic and charming four scenes of Dali's "wind, flowers, snow and moon".
Dali has rich folk customs. The costumes, houses, weddings, beliefs, customs and festivals of the Bai people are all filled with strong ethnic customs. The Bai folk residences with "three squares, one screen wall, four in one and five patios" are simple and quiet; the Bai costumes are bright and lively, which allude to the "wind, flowers, snow and moon"...
Dali was known as the "Fragrant Buddhist Country" in ancient times. Buddhism was popular in the late Nanzhao Kingdom and Dali Kingdom, and was respected as the state religion. Among the twenty-two generations of emperors of Dali Kingdom, nine have become Buddhist monks, which is unique in Chinese history.
Third of the ten most charming cities in China: Sanya
Sunshine, sea water, beach
Sanya is the central city and transportation and communication hub in southern Hainan Province. It is the southernmost important foreign trade port on the golden coastline of my country's southeastern coast that is open to the outside world. It is an international tropical seaside tourist city under construction.
Sanya City is located at the southernmost tip of Hainan Island. It was called Yazhou in ancient times and has a long history. In 1992, archaeologists discovered the 10,000-year-old Sanya Man ruins in Luobi Cave, which advanced the human history of Hainan by two to three thousand years. It is the earliest known human settlement site in Hainan Island and the most widely distributed Paleolithic culture in my country so far. A site in the south; ancient Persian tombs were also found along the coast. As early as the time of Qin Shihuang, there were three southern counties established, and Yazhou was one of them, Xiang County. In the Song Dynasty, it became the southernmost prefecture-level state in my country. Because it was far away from the imperial capital and isolated overseas, Sanya has been called "the ends of the world" since ancient times.
Sanya is very rich in tourism resources, bringing together ten major scenic resources such as sunshine, sea water, beaches, climate, forests, animals, hot spring caves, pastoral, and customs. The first batch of Yalong Bay, Tianya Haijiao, Nanshan Cultural Tourism Area, etc. It is a national 4A-level scenic spot. Well-known at home and abroad. Beautiful scenery. Sanya has complete reception capacity, with an annual reception capacity of 8 million people. Internationally renowned brand hotels such as Sheraton, Gloria, Vientiane, Shangri-La, and Holiday Inn have settled in Sanya.
Sanya’s urban environment is extremely unique. The three natural beauties of mountains, seas and rivers are concentrated in one place, forming Sanya’s unique natural landscape. The urban area is surrounded by mountains on three sides. Sanya faces the South China Sea and has many bays, each with its own beautiful scenery. The east and west islands on the sea seem to be a gate facing the South China Sea, adding a sense of layering to the wide sea surface. The sea fog drifts over, and the two islands are hidden between them, adding a bit of mystery. Walking on the beach, as a symbol of Sanya City, The deer looking back is looming.
Fourth of the top ten most charming cities in China: Kunshan
Beautiful environment
Kunshan, adjacent to Shanghai to the east and Suzhou to the west, is the east gate of Jiangsu Province . In 1989, the county was removed and established as a city, with 10 towns and a national-level economic and technological development zone under its jurisdiction. Kunshan is inclusive, and more than 500,000 immigrants (37,000 foreigners) who have invested in and started businesses are affectionately called "new Kunshan people", reflecting the city's open, inclusive and inclusive spirit.
Kunshan is a city with a globalized economy. More than 3,600 foreign-funded companies from 54 countries and regions around the world have invested US$18 billion in international capital here. There are 23 Fortune 500 companies, and notebook computer production accounts for 1/3 of the international market. Kunshan is a city where people gather together. Gu Yanwu's "Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world" and the "orchid" of Kunqu Opera named "Masterpiece of Oral Heritage and Intangible Heritage of Humanity" by UNESCO. One strong and one soft has become the eternal background of Kunshan culture. The thousand-year-old water town ancient towns of Zhouzhuang, Jinxi and Qiandeng attract millions of Chinese and foreign tourists every year with their charming water town charm. Kunshan has a beautiful environment, with 12.7 square meters of public green space per capita, forming an urban pattern of "people in the city, the city in the garden, and the garden in the scenery".
Kunshan is a city full of humanistic care. The country's first barrier-free city for disabled people was born here. The urban and rural social security rate reached 95.8%, realizing that urban and rural residents have access to poverty relief, old age care, and medical care. 100% of the hospital’s clinical blood comes from voluntary blood donations from citizens. Last year, young nurse Zhou Ping donated successfully matched bone marrow to a leukemia patient in Xuzhou, setting off a love craze in the two places. Hundreds of citizens rushed to donate blood to rescue British engineer Alan who was involved in a car accident, making the "Operation Love" transcend national borders.
Five of the top ten most charming cities in China: Yantai
An ecological city integrating mountains, cities, seas, islands and rivers
Yantai is located in The northeastern part of the Shandong Peninsula faces the Liaodong Peninsula, Japan and South Korea across the sea. Yantai is a beautiful and prosperous coastal city. It is also one of the first 14 coastal cities in the country to be opened to the outside world and an important city in the Bohai Rim Economic Circle that is being developed by the country.
Yantai is located on the dividing line between the Yellow Sea and the Bohai Sea. The Yellow Sea and the Bohai Sea have benefited from generations to come, making this a unique and charming fairyland city on the Jiaodong Peninsula.
The cityscape of Yantai is unique and attractive. It is backed by a green arc-shaped mountain range and embraces a bay of blue sea. The scenery of Yantai is picturesque. The excellent latitude and suitable humidity give Yantai four distinct seasons and a pleasant climate. It has won the titles of National "Human Settlements Environment Model Award", "National Garden City" and "China's Excellent Tourism City".
Yantai’s economy has developed due to openness. Yantai is famous all over the world for its fertile land and rich people. The gold output ranks first in the country, and its marine treasures have long been famous. Yantai apples, Laiyang pears, and Changyu wine are famous both at home and abroad. In the past 20 years of reform and opening up, foreign investment of 9 billion US dollars has been introduced, and more than 40 "Fortune 500 companies" have come to smoke to start businesses. Yantai is an important exhibition city. It has hosted 5 "International Fruit and Vegetable Expo" on behalf of the country and 4 APEC meetings and activities in China. It is praised by overseas merchants as the Asia-Pacific Yantai's folk customs are friendly and simple. In order to rescue social orphans, the SOS Children's Village in Yantai, China was established; in order to rescue people in need, it has carried out unpaid volunteer actions and other loving activities for ten consecutive years, making Yantai City win the "National Double Support Model City" three times.
Yantai’s culture thrives because of its compatibility. Yantai is the only experimental zone for educational reform in the country. It is one of the first batch of "National Advanced Cultural Cities" and is a veritable cultural powerhouse. With the development of urban economy, Yantai has become "China's Top 50 Cities in Comprehensive Strength".
The Sixth of the Ten Most Charming Cities in China: Dujiangyan
The birthplace of Taoism and a landscape city on the banks of the Minjiang River
Dujiangyan City is located in the northwest of the Chengdu Plain in Sichuan , is a city named after a weir. In 256 BC, Li Bing, governor of Shu County, led his troops to build the Dujiangyan Irrigation Project, which is world-renowned and known as the "Living Great Wall" by humans. Not far away, Qingcheng Mountain, the birthplace of Taoism, is even more famous for its extensive and profound Taoist culture and the natural beauty of the world. Scenic and famous all over the world.
Dujiangyan is a world-famous tourist attraction. There are countless tourist attractions such as Mangcheng Ruins, a national key cultural relic protection unit, Longchi National Forest Park, and Lingyan Fairy Mountain.
At the end of 2000, Qingshan City-Dujiangyan was included in the World Cultural Heritage List. Dujiangyan has successively entered the list of China's outstanding tourist cities, national key scenic spots, national ecological demonstration areas, national health advanced cities, and national historical and cultural cities. , ranks among the national culturally advanced cities and national garden cities, and won the "China's First Human Settlements Environment Model Award" and the "Debai International Good Human Settlements Environment Award". The municipal government system, Dujiangyan Scenic Area and Qingcheng Mountain Scenic Area passed ISO14000 environmental system certification in 2002. It ranks 11th in the county economic competitiveness ranking in western China and is one of the top ten counties (cities) with comprehensive economic strength in Sichuan Province.
Dujiangyan has abundant resource advantages. Dujiangyan is a city with "mountains in the city, city in the water, roads in the green, and people in the flowers". The Minjiang River is divided into six parts and passes through the city. The rivers, canals and ditch branches are connected. Taking advantage of the terrain differences, it irrigates 36 counties and cities in western Sichuan from top to bottom. The actual irrigation area is more than 10 million acres, benefiting more than 20 million people. The people in the lower reaches of the Minjiang River live a life of "depending on people when it comes to floods and droughts, but not caring about hunger."
The living environment in Dujiangyan City is extremely superior. Dujiangyan City is located on the western edge of the Sichuan Basin, with an altitude ranging from 592 meters to 4582 meters. It has the "charm of a water city" with crisscrossing rivers and canals.
Seven of China's top ten most charming cities: Shaoxing
A water city that interprets ordinary alleyways and customs
Shaoxing is among the first 24 cities announced by the State Council One of the famous historical and cultural cities. It has a recorded history of more than 4,000 years. If it can be traced back to the Hemudu culture in Yuyao (formerly a territory of Vietnam), it has a history of civilization of more than 7,000 years. The southern civilization represented by the ancient Yue culture is one of the oldest civilizations in the Chinese civilization.
Shaoxing is an ancient water city. As early as when Fan Li built the city, it had four city gates, 33 rivers, and 229 stone bridges. Shaoxing City still maintains a complete water city layout, with 17 rivers (total length 31 kilometers) and 110 bridges. Among them, the Eight-Character Bridge built in the Southern Song Dynasty is the earliest urban overpass in my country. There are more than 10,000 bridges of various shapes in the city. The ruins of Shun and Yu, the ancient site of the Yue Kingdom, the Yuewang Terrace in Fushan, Wenzhong Tomb, Feiyi Tower, Jiezhu Temple at the foot of Jishan Mountain, Yingtian Pagoda on Tashan Mountain and the Observation Deck, etc., make people think about the ancient times. With three halls and countless ancient gates and stone bridges, you will appreciate and feel the rich cultural heritage of the ancient water town; there are also Lu You Shen Garden, Cai Yuanpei's former residence, Lu Xun Memorial Hall, Zhou Enlai's ancestral residence, Fan Wenlan's former residence, Guyue Library...
Shaoxing has outstanding people, including Dayu, the founder of the Xia Dynasty, the first dynasty of China, and the hero of flood control; Gou Jian, who worked hard to revitalize the Yue Kingdom; Wang Chong, the outstanding materialist thinker of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the author of "Lunheng"; The famous poets of the Tang Dynasty, He Zhizhang, Yu Shinan, and Yuan Zhen; there are the great educator and scholar Cai Yuanpei, the revolutionary and statesman Zhou Enlai, the great writer Lu Xun, the "Old Man of Peace" Shao Lizi, as well as the famous mathematician Chen Jiangong, the physicist Qian Sanqiang, the meteorologist Scholar Zhu Kezhen, demographer Ma Yinchu and so on.
Shaoxing’s folk customs are rich and colorful, including dialects, local products and clothing, teahouses and restaurants, boat transportation, social opera competitions, four seasons and eight festivals, weddings and funerals, etc. Today, the customs of the past can still be clearly inherited. The most representative ones are hotels, wine customs, social operas, and "Sanwu".
Eight of the ten most charming cities in China: Guilin
The landscape is unmatched in the world
Guilin is located in the northeast of Guangxi and is a world-renowned scenic tourist city and A famous historical and cultural city in China. It has unparalleled landscape scenery, a long history and culture, colorful ethnic customs, a first-class ecological environment and a unique urban style. Guilin is a city most suitable for human habitation and an international tourist city that can meet the diversified travel needs of modern people.
As early as the Southern Song Dynasty, "Guilin's landscapes are the best in the world" and have become famous at home and abroad. The landscapes represented by the scenery of the Li River and the caves have the "four unique features" of green mountains, beautiful waters, strange caves and beautiful rocks. "Reputation.
Guilin has a profound cultural heritage. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty established Shi'an County in the sixth year of Yuanding (111 BC), and the city has been established for 2115 years. It has prehistoric cultural sites represented by Zengpiyan; ancient military water conservancy culture represented by Lingqu of the Qin Dynasty; Jingjiang Palace of the Ming Dynasty and the ancient vassal culture represented by royal tombs; the cliff stone carvings and landscape poetry culture represented by the Guihai Forest of Steles; the Chinese revolutionary culture represented by the Red Army’s Long March Breakthrough through the Xiangjiang Martyrs Monument Garden; the Zhuang, Miao, Yao, Dong, etc. The folk culture of China's ethnic minorities represented by the Chinese ethnic group constitutes a cultural attraction where "looking at the mountains is like viewing paintings, and traveling around the mountains is like reading history".
Guilin’s national economy continues to develop rapidly and healthily. The city's environmental quality has ranked first in the comprehensive evaluation of 46 key cities across the country for five consecutive years. The city's forest coverage rate is 66.5%, and the urban ambient air quality has reached or exceeded the national secondary standards. In recent years, it has won titles such as "National Advanced City in Landscaping", "National Sanitary City", "China's Excellent Tourism City", "National Cultural Model City", and "National Advanced City in Creating Civilized Cities".
Guilin pays attention to the relationship between landscape environmental protection and economic development. The urban environment is clean and the air is fresh. The urban area is "surrounded by thousands of peaks and surrounded by wild mountains, and one river embraces the city flow". It has a unique "scenery in the city, in the city" The charm of the landscape city in the scenery.
Nine of the ten most charming cities in China: Dongguan
Famous modern manufacturing city
Dongguan, China, located at the port of the Pearl River, is an important birthplace of Lingnan civilization , the beginning of China’s modern history, the base of South China’s resistance against Japan, and the pioneer of reform and opening up, is a modern new city full of charm.
Dongguan has a large number of merchants and a developed economy. For more than 20 years, Dongguan's national economy has continued to grow at an average annual rate of more than 20%, ranking first in the province for many years in a row, and its comprehensive economic strength ranks among the top 30 large and medium-sized cities in the country. "Made in Dongguan" is world-famous, and Dongguan has become a world-renowned international processing and manufacturing base, an important foreign trade export base and foreign exchange earning base in my country.
Dongguan is an ancient city in Lingnan. Five thousand years ago, our ancestors were engaged in fishing, hunting, farming and weaving. During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, Dongguan Xiang Market was one of the "Four Famous Markets" in Guangdong. Wanxiang was sold overseas from Hong Kong, hence the name Hong Kong. It has outstanding people and has given birth to a number of national heroes such as the anti-Jin hero Yuan Chonghuan, the anti-Yuan hero Xiong Fei, the anti-British hero Lin Zexu, and the anti-Japanese hero Jiang Guangnai. It has also given birth to a number of national heroes such as Rong Geng, an authority on Chinese bronze inscriptions. Ju Chao, the originator of the Lingnan School of Painting, A group of art celebrities such as Ju Lian, a group of scientific and technological elites such as the "Father of China's Mineral Resources" Wang Chongyou, and a group of sports stars such as Chen Jingkai, China's first world record-breaker.
Dongguan is inclusive and people-oriented. More than 1.5 million local people live in harmony with more than 5 million corporate employees and foreign investment entrepreneurs from all over the country. Dongguan took the lead in the country in establishing a pension insurance system for farmers and a social insurance system covering urban employees and farmers. "Pioneering and innovative, honest and law-abiding, united and pragmatic, hardworking and dedicated" is a high-level summary of the Dongguan spirit. Dongguan has won the honorary titles of National Double Support Model City, National Advanced City in Creating Civilized Villages and Towns, National Sanitary City, National Advanced City in Sports, and National Excellent Tourism City. It is also the hometown of famous Cantonese opera, dragon and lion dance, dragon boat racing, weightlifting and national basketball city. It is the hometown of Cantonese opera, the hometown of dragons and lions, the hometown of dragon boats, the hometown of weightlifting, and the national basketball city.
Ten of the ten most charming cities in China: Luoyang
The Longmen Grottoes are included in the World Heritage List by the United Nations
Luoyang is one of the first batch of capitals announced by the State Council The oldest and longest-standing ancient capital. With more than 4,000 years of history as a port and city, 13 dynasties have established states here. The long history has left this land with rich cultural heritage. There are currently 10 national-level cultural relics protection units and 69 provincial-level cultural relics protection units. There are more than 571 places at the local, city and county levels, and more than 400,000 precious cultural relics have been unearthed; the world-famous Longmen Grottoes, the three largest grottoes in China, have been included in the World Heritage List by the United Nations; the first temple built after Buddhism was introduced to China - the Thousand-Year Famous Temple The White Horse Temple is known as the "source of Buddhism" and the "ancestral court"; Mang Mountain in the north contains China's largest ancient tomb group formed by the royal tombs of all dynasties since the Eastern Zhou Dynasty...
The endless history of civilization in China Among them, Luoyang has always been a special chapter in the books of literati of all dynasties. The earliest historical document of the Chinese nation, "Hetu Luoshu", came from Luoyang, and Fuxi drew the Bagua and Jiuchou accordingly. Since then, Zhou Gong "made rites and music", Lao Dan wrote articles, Confucius entered the Zhou Dynasty to ask about rites, Ban Gu wrote "Han Shu", Sima Guang wrote "Zi Zhi Tong Jian", the famous "Seven Sons of Jian'an" and "Seven Bamboo Forests" Wise people once gathered here, and Zuo Si's "Ode to the Three Capitals" made "Luoyang paper expensive" for a while... The "Heluo culture" centered on Luoyang has always been the core of Chinese culture. Modern Luoyang still retains a strong cultural atmosphere in the city. There are five colleges and universities in the city, including Henan University of Science and Technology, and schools of all levels. People love learning, admire knowledge, have high aspirations, and are positive. , is a well-known country of etiquette.
Luoyang, she has the most fragrant peony. Peony is a famous traditional Chinese flower. It has the meaning of wealth, auspiciousness and prosperity since ancient times, and represents the style of the Chinese nation as a great nation. Luoyang peony took root in the Sui Dynasty, flourished in the Tang Dynasty, and became the world's leader in the Song Dynasty. Poet Liu Yuxi and Bai Juyi of the Tang Dynasty have poems to prove this: "Only peonies are the true national beauty, and they move the capital when they bloom."