As Hebei surrounds the nation's
capital, Beijing, it is a geographically important province. It is situated
36"01"-42"37" north latitude and 113"04"-119"53" east longitude. North of the
lower reaches of the Yellow River and along the Bohai Sea in the east, it has an
area of more than 187,700 square kilometers. 43% of the plains are less than 100
meters above sea level.
Hebei Province has a temperate continental
monsoonal climate, with dry and windy springs, hot and rainy summers and
dry-cold winters. Its maximum temperature is 40oC and minimum temperature -18oC.
It has a mean annual temperature of 1-13oC and a mean annual precipitation of
Administrative Division and
is divided into 11 prefecture-level cities,
32 county-level cities, 109 counties and 6 autonomous counties, with a population
of 67.44 million by 2000, mainly ethnic groups of Han, Hui, Manchu,
Mongolia, and Korea.
Baiyangdian preserved egg, Bohai prawn,and
Artistic genres of Quyi such as Xihe big
drum, Leting big drum, etc.
Special Local Products
The special local products include Zhangbei
mushroom, Hebei pears, Xuanhua grapes, Shenzhou honey peaches, Tangshan pottery
and Zhuzhou blankets.
Hebei Province, Ji for short. Hebei's long
and proud history can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period
(770-476BC). At that time it was called "the Land of Yan and Zhao", because its
northern area was dominated by the Kingdom of Yan, while its southern area was
occupied by the Kingdom of Zhao.
Hebei has highly developed agriculture,
together with fishery, iron industry and pottery manufacturing. It abounds in
mineral resources, such as petroleum, limestone, asbestos, phosphorus, vanadium,
platinum and lead, the reserves of which are the most abundant in China.
Communications in Hebei Province are very
convenient. Mainly, there is railway, highway, water transport and aviation.
Qinhuangdao, with throughput ranking second in China, is the important port of
the ocean shipping.
Hebei abounds in historical and cultural
resources. The places of interest include the Shanhai Pass, the Chengde Mountain
Resort, the Waiba Temple, Qinhuangdao, Beidaihe River, Yeshanpo Hillside and so
on. The Zhaozhou Bridge was listed as World Cultural Heritage in 1991 and the
Iron Lion in Cangzhou of Hebei Province was listed among China's World
The Shanhai Pass, widely known as the First
Pass under the Heaven, is a small, sleepy town and port of the northern section
of the Bohai Gulf, holding the access between northeast China and north China.
Shanhai Pass (Mountain & Sea Pass), 15 kilometers from the tourist city of
Qinhuangdao, got its name from its location between Yanshan Mountains and the