Baoding, an ancient city with a history of more than 2,300 years, is a famous historical and cultural city in China, an open city, an excellent tourist city in China, a national model city with double support, a hometown of opera, a hometown of swimming, a national basketball city and a national key table tennis city. It is also called "City of Longevity" and "City of Champions", and was selected as one of the top 200 cities with special charm in China in 2008. It has a national high-tech industrial development zone-Baoding China Electric Valley. This is the first city in Chinese mainland to officially announce its participation in the "Earth Hour" global lights-out activity initiated by WWF.
1At the end of 994, the State Council approved the merger of the former Baoding area and Baoding City to form a new Baoding City. Baoding has jurisdiction over counties (cities) with a total area of 22 1 10,000 square kilometers and a population of more than 1000 million, including urban population of more than1000 million. It is the largest city in Hebei Province and occupies an important position in the Bohai Economic Circle. Baoding is a tourist paradise with plains, lakes, wetlands, hills, mountains and subalpine meadows. It is an excellent tourist city in China, with 1 national AAAA scenic spots, 6 national AAAA scenic spots, 2 world geoparks, 1 national key scenic spots, 3 national geoparks and 4 national forest parks.
The territory is dominated by mountains and rivers, fertile fields and Dongtan, with lush vegetation and beautiful mountains and rivers. There are both cities for summer and cool, and lakes for boating. Yesanpo Xanadu is magical and beautiful; Baiyangdian reeds are green and red, better than Jiangnan; Baishishan and damao mountain stand tall and misty. Tianqiao Waterfall and Longmen Tianguan are flying down, and the weather is myriad; Longtan, Xishenggou Canyon, turns around, and Beiyue Temple has gone through thousands of years, and its style remains the same; Wanqing Taoyuan "flowers are more and more charming", air grassland "shallow grass can have no horseshoe"; Zijingguan Jinan is the first natural disaster, and the ancient plank road underground Great Wall is the wonder of the world! Red culture is rich.
Baoding is the largest cultural relic city in Hebei Province. There is a world cultural heritage of the Qing Dynasty-Qing Xiling Mausoleum (in 2000 10, it was listed in the United Nations World Heritage List as "Ming and Qing Imperial Mausoleum" together with the Ming Xianling Mausoleum in Zhongxiang City, Hubei Province, the Qing Dongling Mausoleum in zunhua city City, Hebei Province, the Ming Tombs in Changping District, Beijing and the Ming Mausoleum in Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province); There is a "one government governor's office, half a portrayal of Qing history", which is the best preserved government office in Zhili in Qing Dynasty; There are 47 key cultural relics protection units in China, including the Tomb of King Jing Mancheng of the Western Han Dynasty, where Jin Yuyi and Gong Deng were unearthed, 89 provincial protection sites, 456 city (county) protection sites, more than 600 immovable cultural relics sites/kloc-0, and more than 80,000 pieces of cultural relics such as ancient treasures and sacred treasures are concentrated in the collection.
Eight Scenes in Baoding (Eight Scenes in Shanggu)
Shanggu is an ancient county name. After Qin Shihuang unified the world, the world was divided into 36 counties, and the north-central part of Hebei was changed to Shanggu County, among which Baoding was one. Later, Baoding became a metropolis in Hebei, which people called Baoding Shanggu. Eight scenic spots in Shanggu are eight scenic spots in Baoding.
1, Lingxiao City Pavilion-Dacige
Dacige is located in Yuhua Road, Baoding City, adjacent to the ancient lotus pond in the west. It is a masterpiece of ancient architecture in Baoding, a famous historical and cultural city, and a symbol of Baoding, an ancient city. There is a saying that "you have never been to Baoding until you have been to Dacige". Daci Pavilion was founded by Cai Guogong Zhang Rou in Yuan Dynasty (founded in 1227- 1232), formerly known as Dabei Pavilion, and it is one of the eight ancient scenes in Baoding. It is known as the "Lingxiao City Pavilion" in history, and its majesty can be called "the height can be tens of feet, the distance can be dozens of miles, and it looks like the sky from a distance". The existing Dacige was rebuilt many times after the fire in Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty.
2. Kuilou should stay-the residual wall is still there today, but Gu Lou is gone.
Relevant records are as follows: "There were two Kuilou buildings in Baoding in ancient times. A double-eaved octagonal building, which was built in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty and located at the top of the ancient city wall east of the south gate; The other was built in the early years of Qing Dynasty, located in the south of Dacige. It is six feet high and has four holes under it. People can come and go. It is commonly known as the heart-piercing building, later called the street building, and it still has the name of the street building. Kuilou, also known as Kuixing Pavilion and Wenchang Pavilion, is a symbol of the ancient city's long culture. Kuilou should stay, describing the height of Kuilou as echoing with Kuixing among the 28 stars in the sky. " Above the ancient city wall to the east of the south gate are two Kuilou buildings, which are known as one of the eight scenic spots in Baoding. However, the "heart-piercing building" left in the hearts of old Baoding people ceased to exist as early as the 1940s.
3. Hengcui Zhao Hui-Zhao Hui is everywhere. Where is the balcony?
Hengcui Zhao Hui, as its name implies, should be said that Gu Lou Hengcui and Zhao Xia complement each other and stand tall, which should be a beautiful scenery among the eight ancient scenes in Baoding. Guo Shu, a bachelor of cabinet in Qing Dynasty, described this in his poem: "The scenic spot is isolated in ancient Taizhou, and the name of the building does not float. The weather is fine, even the sea and the sun add color to the building, and the rain forces the building to embrace the smoke. " Imagine the city features of ancient Baoding-Dacige, where Hengcui Building is located, stands tall, and Kuixing Building ranks among them. The Governor's Mansion is majestic, the lotus pond in spring is beautiful, the bells of the ancient temples outside the city are ringing, pedestrians are singing and dancing, the grass is green, and the east city is endless. Not to mention climbing to the top of the mountain overlooking the beautiful scenery of Lang Feng, not to mention the ups and downs of the ancient temple in Xicheng. For the bustling crowd downstairs, isn't living in such a beautiful city a kind of happiness?
According to research, Hengcui Building is the Drum Tower, which was built in the early Yuan Dynasty and should be located in the east of the Governor's Office and the west of the Bell Tower. Opposite South Street, it faces south, about 8 meters high, and there is a passage about 5 meters wide below. There is an archway in front of the building, with Jintai on the left and Zhao Lao on the right. Chaoyang rises from the east, heavy buildings are immersed, auspicious clouds are shrouded, and the bearing is majestic. Coupled with the lush city, the scenery is self-evident.
4. Friendship Xia Yan-Guhetang
Gulianchi was first built by Zhang Rou more than 770 years ago, formerly known as Xiangxueyuan. At that time, "the curtains are sparse, the ripples are clear, fish swim and birds fly, and the city is prosperous, but it is the joy of three Hunan and seven Ze" (Linyi Pavilion). After the Yuan Dynasty, Baoding suffered an earthquake and the park was destroyed. It was not until the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty that Zhang Lie, then the magistrate of Baoding, was paid to repair the garden, and the garden was rediscovered. In the pool, "lotus plants scales, willows surround the pool", and pavilions and walls are built, which is called "water appraisal place", which means taking water as a mirror and teaching psychology by example, becoming a place for dignitaries to drink and have fun. In Ming and Qing Dynasties, Baoding Road was changed to Baoding House in Yuan Dynasty. In the second year of Yongzheng in Qing Dynasty, the Governor's Office in Yuan Zhili was upgraded to the Governor's Office, and Baoding House became the capital of Zhili. In the 11th year of Yongzheng (1733), Li Jue, governor of Zhili, ordered Lianchi to open an academy and build a hotel, which was later expanded into a palace. In Qing Dynasty, Lianchi had been consolidated and rebuilt three times on a large scale. In the garden, the rockeries are covered with green trees, the ancient trees are dense, the exotic flowers and grasses are in full bloom, and the mountains, water, buildings, platforms, pavilions and pavilions are uneven, forming the famous 12 scenes of Lianchi, which has won the reputation of "a few suspected cities are like Penglai". Since it was expanded into a palace, emperors Qianlong, Jiaqing and Guangxu have visited here. In the thirty-second year of Guangxu (1906), Zhili government changed the lotus pond to "Lotus Garden" after heating and maintenance. In the Republic of China 10, Cao Rui, the governor of Zhili, and Cao Kun, the governor, raised funds to rebuild it, and asked Xu Shichang, the president, to inscribe the four-character plaque "Gulian Huachi". The garden is centered on Linyi Pavilion, which is a pavilion in the water. It consists of twelve scenic spots, such as Junzixian Pavilion, Guanlan Pavilion, Jinzhuo Pavilion, Hanbi Pavilion, Algae Pavilion and Qinxiang Pavilion, all of which are set around the pool, with dense and scattered features.
5, Gaodong spring rain-a few degrees of spring breeze and a few degrees of rain, the flowers are overflowing.
In the Qing Dynasty, there was a poem praising Dong: "It's drizzling in the eastern suburbs, let's talk about Sang Ma hand in hand. The plateau is full of spring, chicken water and sand on both sides. Young grass is irrigated like smoke, and Changhong hides color. Who gave the song and rain and flew into the restaurant with a smile. " It can be seen that the so-called spring rain in Gaodong is just a description of the natural pastoral scenery outside the ancient city of Dongguan.
According to records, there were four gates and four passes in ancient Baoding, and the north pass was the capital tunnel, and the street was three miles long. Xiguan is the main road in the south of the Yangtze River, with a street length of two miles. Nanguan is a water transport pier, and the street is one mile long. Only Dongguan, low-lying, sparse villages, endless fields, small bridges and flowing water. Tao Yuanming, a great pastoral poet in Jin Dynasty, wrote a famous sentence-"Be quiet, flow in a clear spring and write poems", from which the "Spring Rain in Gaodong", one of the eight ancient scenes, came. "The east wind rises all night, and the mountains return to spring." Advocating nature is not the patent of modern people, it has existed since ancient times.
The specific scenic spot of Gaodong Spring Rain is on the north slope to the east of Dashiqiao in Dongfeng Park. Legend has it that it is the beacon tower site in the Northern Song Dynasty. Before liberation, it became a mass grave and an execution ground. After liberation, it was converted into Dongfeng Park.
6. Looking for bridges and flowing water in the ancient city.
Of the "Eight Scenes of Shanggu" in Baoding, two are related to Fuhe River. In ancient times, the upper reaches of Fuhe River were called both an acre of spring river and a chicken-distance river. The spring water gathers and flows day and night, and flows to the vicinity of Yu Ling Temple (now No.8 Middle School), splitting in two. A small stream flows into Fuhe River through the south of Dazha, and the sound of water is roaring, which is called "Xisha Tao Qiu". One goes around the city to the northeast, joins the Fuhe River on the north side of Tianshui Bridge in Nanguan today, and then flows into the city. The river is crystal clear, and the fish swim vividly, which is "clear chicken water." Fuhe River, a mother-like clear river, is from pure and kind to filthy. I have never understood how Baoding people treat this mother river that once raised themselves. A few years ago, I heard that I would "pay off the Fuhe River", but now there is no news. At this point, Fuhe is hiding his face and crying, waiting hard.
7, chicken water is clear-drowning and listening to birds fly, I want to ask how clear the city is.
Baoding, an ancient city, an acre of spring water and Fuhe River have made the ancient city brilliant in the past. There is a mural in Baoding Riverside Park, which reads "Chicken water is clear": "In the early Yuan Dynasty, when Zhang Rou rebuilt Qingyuan County, a new canal was built to introduce chickens from an acre of spring water into the city. During the Wen Jian period of Ming Dynasty, when Baoding was transformed into a brick city, a moat was built to lead an acre of spring water from a chicken farm around the ancient city. The clear river water and the majestic ancient city of Baoding constitute a beautiful scenery of the chicken water ring. " It shows the beauty of watercolor in old Baoding. Spring, with an acre of land divided into three parts, has won the reputation of "Little Jiangnan" because of the fragrance of roses and the moving scenery of birds and fish. In 1950s, the "Eight Factories" relying on an acre of spring water laid the foundation for Baoding's industrial take-off. However, due to the massive exploitation of groundwater in the later period, not only a "funnel area" was formed, but also the mother river in Baoding was cut off and dried up, and the "root of Wanquan" became the memory of the old people.
8. Wolf Peak Competition Show-Langya Mountain
Langya Mountain is a famous mountain, surrounded by dangers and beautiful scenery. As early as two thousand years ago during the Warring States Period, "Langya Jingxiu" was one of the ten scenic spots in Yan State at that time. Today, it is not only a provincial patriotism education base, but also a provincial forest park. The newly completed "Langya Mountain Five Warriors Exhibition Hall" covers an area of 8 16 square meters, with a building area of 1300 square meters. There are pictures, historical materials, anti-Japanese cultural relics, battle scene sculptures, etc. The museum vividly reproduces the heroic achievements and tragic history of our anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians under the leadership of the party in fighting against Japanese aggressors and defending the country.
Langya Mountain is located at the eastern foot of Taihang Mountain, 45 kilometers southwest of Yixian County, Baoding, and 45 kilometers away from downtown Baoding. It is named after its strange peaks and rocks, towering and steep, and resembling spikes. The petals of the main peak lotus are 1 105 meters above sea level, with steep cliffs on the west and north, and a narrow path leading to the main peak on the east and south. Climbing high and overlooking, you can see that thousands of peaks are like waves in the sea, ups and downs. Near the west side, the stone forest is tall and natural, with lotus peaks of all sizes, such as hibiscus, in full bloom proudly, and the Metz Gorge is misty and mysterious.
Characteristic festival
Baoding, the city of longevity, has the habit of fitness since ancient times and has become a social fashion. Because of this special reason, its average life expectancy is obviously higher than that of the whole country. The annual China Elderly Fitness Festival is a unique festival in Baoding 10- 10.
-Shunping Peach Blossom Festival-Shunping County is a fruitful county with an area of nearly 300,000 mu of fruit trees, including 200,000 mu in Taoyuan alone. In August of 200 1 year, it was named "Xiang Tao, China" by the Ministry of Forestry. In mid-spring, 10,000 mu of peach blossoms are competing to open up, competing for beauty, stretching for hundreds of miles, smelling the flowers all the time along the way, everywhere is the peach blossom source, facing the sea of flowers, the world is sad, and then it is gone. It's really "April is full of flowers, and the peach blossoms are still smiling in the spring breeze."
-Hebei Baigou International Fashion Festival-
-Baiyangdian Lotus Festival-In order to create a new image of Baiyangdian tourism brand and enhance the popularity and reputation of Baiyangdian scenic spot, since 199 1, Anxin County holds Baiyangdian Lotus Festival from July 23rd to September 23rd every year.
-Zhuozhou Lantern Festival-Zhuozhou Lantern Festival began in Han Dynasty, flourished in Tang Dynasty and flourished in Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is named after the Tonghui Building, which is located in the middle of Zhuozhou North-South Street. At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, it was listed as one of the eight scenic spots in Zhuozhou, and it was called "Tonghui Lantern Festival", which was a traditional cultural activity with a long history. On the Lantern Festival night on the fifteenth day of the first month of every year, the streets and alleys of Zhuozhou are decorated with lanterns, the fire trees are in full bloom, the silver flowers are in full bloom, and thousands of families light candles all night. ......
-Anguo International Medicine Festival-Anguo was called qi zhou in ancient times. The trade of Chinese herbal medicines has a history of 1000 years, which began in the Northern Song Dynasty and flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. After the reform and opening up, it developed supernormally. "When the grass reaches an anguo, the medicine becomes medicine, and the medicine is fragrant after Zhou Qi" has become the motto believed by drug dealers all over the world. Since 1980, Anguo has followed the law of market development, relocated and expanded the Chinese herbal medicine market with a history of thousands of years twice, and built the qi zhou pharmaceutical market covering an area of 400 mu, with more than 400 buildings and 4 trading greenhouses, and won the reputation of "the first pharmaceutical market in the world". ......
-Mancheng Autumn and Red Leaves Persimmon Festival-Mancheng County was named "Hometown of China Mopan Persimmon" by the Ministry of Forestry, and its Mopan Persimmon is famous at home and abroad for its "big size and delicious juice". Shen Xing persimmon ditch in Mancheng is an eco-tourism scenic spot of Mopan persimmon in Mancheng. Tens of thousands of acres of persimmon forests are distributed around six villages in the ditch. Shen Xing persimmon ditch is surrounded by mountains, with vast persimmon forests, beautiful scenery, fresh air and original natural features. Spring is full of flowers and birds, full of vitality; Lin Ruhai Spring Persimmon ......
-Mancheng North China Aviation Tourism Festival-
Mancheng Han Tomb Scenic Area consists of three connected peaks, the main peak is located in the middle and high, with an altitude of 236 meters. The peaks on both sides are located on the east side of the main peak, symmetrically arranged at the north and south ends, in a zigzag arrangement, just like a plush chair from west to east. Looking at the west like a fairy turtle exploring the sea, looking at the south like a divine peak spreading its wings, looking at the east like a cancer lying across.
Rojo city
Baoding is a red city. Baoding people have a glorious tradition of revolutionary struggle. Chairman Mao Zedong wrote the inscription "Anti-Japanese Model Base", which gave birth to a group of Baoding writers represented by the famous writer Sun Li in the history of modern literature in China. Famous film and television literary works such as Lotus Lake, Red Flag Spectrum, Little Soldier Zhang Ga, Armed Behind the Enemy, Song of Youth, Wildfire and Spring Fighting against the Ancient City, Tunnel Warfare, The Five Heroes of Langya Mountain, King Kong of Fire, Young Hero Wang Erxiao, Gunshot in the Plain, and The Name of Baoding. Baoding has three national patriotic education bases and five national red classic scenic spots.
Special resources
A collection of special resources. Baoding is a big family with 43 nationalities, which has formed a rich and colorful folk culture. There are 5 national intangible cultural heritages and 5 national industrial and agricultural tourism demonstration sites. There is an Anguo drug capital, which is "the Millennium drug capital is famous in the world, and the world event welcomes guests"; China Baigou, a famous tourist town and shopping paradise; There are 1 1 characteristic regional economies, such as Yishui Gu Yan, one of the four famous inkstones in China.
The best time to travel to Baoding is summer. At this time, you can go to Baiyangdian for the summer and see the lotus flowers in the gentleman longevity pavilion of Lianchi Academy. Baoding's food culture has a long history, rich accumulation and a long history. Baoding cuisine is an important source of Hebei cuisine. The food tools and cooked pottery unearthed in the territory, as well as the mutton soup of the Shang Dynasty princes and Zhongshan State at that time, all confirmed the food history of Baoding.
Because it is located in the vast central Hebei plain, it is rich in products, specialties, delicacies and aquatic products. Since the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, Baoding has always been the capital city, deeply influenced by Beijing cuisine and court cuisine, coupled with the comings and goings of local officials, which makes local dishes more or less combined with Baoding's diet, thus determining that Baoding's diet has certain compatibility.
Special snack
First, donkey meat is on fire.
Originated in Caohe Town, xushui county, it has spread all over the land of Zhao Yan, "Dragon meat in the sky, donkey meat on the ground". Burning donkey meat is said to have originated in the early Ming Dynasty. Judy rebelled and came to Caohe River in xushui county, Baoding, and was defeated. The prince is dying of hunger. The soldier had an idea that he should follow the example of the ancients and kill the horse to eat. In fact, the so-called "donkey meat smells good, horse meat stinks, and you don't eat mule meat when you are killed." Horse meat is thick and not particularly delicious. But when I was hungry, I cooked the horse meat and roasted it with a local fire. I didn't know it tasted good. So later, the local people began to kill horses for the "horse meat fire", which was famous for being eaten by the emperor. But the good times didn't last long, not long, because it took horses to beat Mongols. Kyle here is not a dead horse cooked and eaten by fire, but a living war horse. Horses have become strategic materials, and of course they cannot be cooked and eaten by ordinary people. But what if you want to eat horse meat and burn it? So there is a substitute-donkey meat. Donkey meat fiber is more delicate than horse meat, and it is pure, thin and not fat. It has been a good dish since ancient times. Moreover, Baoding area belongs to the central Hebei plain, which is rich in aquatic plants and is most suitable for raising donkeys. There are two kinds of donkeys in Hebei, one is the Bohai donkey along the coast, and the other is the Taihang donkey in the mountain plain. The donkeys in Baoding are generally Taihang donkeys, and another donkey fire-Hejian donkey fire is Bohai donkey. Comparatively speaking, Taihang donkey is more delicious than Bohai donkey. So under various international conferences, donkey meat fire was born.
Second, white steamed stuffed bun
Bai Yu 19 19 was named after himself. White steamed stuffed bun was once known as a famous product with the same name as Tianjin Goubuli steamed stuffed bun, and was commended by provincial and municipal leaders with inscriptions and won a century-old brand. It is characterized by big stuffing and thin skin, good taste, exquisite materials and unique flavor, and is the representative of the old Baoding steamed stuffed bun. The old shop is opposite to "Lianchi" on Yuhua Road and has been demolished.
3. Stewed chicken in Majia Old Chicken Shop
The braised chicken made by Majia Laoji Store in Baoding has been passed down for five generations for nearly two hundred years from the early years of Jiaqing in Qing Dynasty to now. According to legend, there was a Hui Ma Shi brother in Guoziwa Village, Hejian County in Qing Dynasty, who farmed during busy farming and sold roast chicken in his spare time. Later, he moved to Baoding and opened Majia Old Chicken Shop. The shopkeeper has made great efforts in production technology. Besides, I know some medical skills. Every time I cook chicken, I often add various Chinese herbal medicines to help me improve my health and taste. Therefore, Huangqi chicken is a famous Zhao Yan with bright color, beautiful appearance and delicious taste.
Majia braised chicken is famous for its fine processing. At the national appraisal meeting of meat, poultry and eggs held in 198 1, Majia braised chicken was rated as one of the 33 national high-quality products, along with Zhejiang Jinhua ham, Suzhou spiced beef sauce, Beijing Su Wu barbecued pork and Nanjing salted duck.
Fourth, Yichun white meat Gai Lou fire
It is said that Yichun Building, formerly a butcher shop, began to operate cheap pig's head meat pot fire, which was very popular with poor working people. When Feng Yuxiang was a child, his family was poor. When he went to town, he couldn't afford a big restaurant. He always goes to Yichun Building to eat pig's head meat and then sets fire to it, and he has a good impression on restaurants. After Feng Yuxiang became a general, every time he returned to Baoding, he would go to Yichun Building to eat and build a fire. Since then, the reputation of Yichun Building has been greatly improved. Aisingiorro Puyi's uncle, Aisingiorro Puyi, the last emperor, personally wrote a plaque for famous food "Authentic White Meat Covers Fire".
The cover fire of Yichun building is carefully selected, and the fresh pork selected for the meat cover must be the front sandwich or ribs. Beat the meat into cubes, soak it in cold water, rinse it several times, wash away the blood, scrape the pigskin with a knife and put it in the pot. First, boil the water with strong fire, remove the stains and froth in the meat, then add pepper, aniseed, old onion, ginger, old garlic, clove, cinnamon, angelica dahurica, mugwort leaf, fennel and salt, cook the soup until it is milky white, and then simmer slowly. Crisp outside the fire and tender inside. After tearing, layer upon layer. Tear the fire into clouds layer by layer, slice the cooked and soft meat, cut the green onions into sections, put them in a bowl, and pour the fire with boiling soup several times. It must be completely covered and slightly filled with a little soup. When eating, put some white soy sauce in the bowl, such as sugar and garlic, shrimp oil and assorted side dishes. Fresh and tender meat, clear soup, delicious taste, fat but not greasy, soft but not rotten.