Tangshan (Chinese: Tangshan; Pinyin: tángsān shì) is a prefecture-level city in Hebei Province, People's Republic of China (PRC), which is mainly industrial. It was known after 1976 Tangshan earthquake, which leveled the city with a magnitude of 7.5 on the Richter scale. The city has been rebuilt and has become a tourist attraction.

Tangshan City is located in the middle of Bohai Bay, bordering Bohai Sea in the south, Yanshan Mountains in the north, Luanhe River and Qinhuangdao City in the east, and Beijing and Tianjin in the west. It is a strategic throat and corridor connecting North China and Northeast China.

Tangshan is a part of the North China Plain, and the Yanshan Mountains are located in its north. The largest river in Tangshan is Luanhe River, which ranks second in the north of China.

[edit] management

Tangshan prefecture-level city governs 6 districts, 6 counties, 2 county-level cities and 2 county-level farms 16 county-level zoning.

region

Lunan district (lunan district)

Lubei district (lubei district)

Fengrun District (Fengrun District)

Fengnan District (Fengnan District)

Kaiping District (Kaiping District)

Guye district (guye district)

county

Tang Haixian (Tang Haixian)

Luannan county (Luannan county)

Luanxian county (Luanxian county)

Laoting County (Laoting County)

Qianxi county (qianxi county)

Yutian county (yutian county)

County city

Zunhua (zunhua city)

Qian an (Qian an)

County farm

Lutai farm (Lutai farm)

Hangu farm (Hangu farm)

[Edit] History

Tangshan has a history of more than one hundred years. Its name comes from the big cities and mountains in the city.

1At 3: 42 am on July 28th, 976, an instantaneous earthquake of magnitude 8.2 (officially reported as magnitude 7.8) occurred in Tangshan, causing heavy casualties. The official death toll is 255,000, but many experts believe that the actual death toll is two to three times this figure, which is the most destructive earthquake in modern history. Because of the earthquake, most of the town had to be rebuilt.

Tangshan: seaport

Tangshan: Nanhu Park?

Tangshan: Urban Landscape

[Editor] Economy and Industry

Tangshan is an important heavy industry city in northern China. Its manufacturing industry includes machinery, automobiles, chemicals, textiles, glass, petroleum products and cement. Since the late Qing Dynasty, it has been a coal mining center, because Guangdong businessman Tang Qingsheng opened the first coal mine in Kaiping in 1877 by using modern technology. [1]. With the construction of Caofeidian project, it started large-scale steel works, chemical projects and power projects. Tangshan is also called "the northern porcelain capital of China".

Historically, China's modern industry began in this city. The first railway in China was built from Xugezhuang. 1877 to Tangshan, the first refractory plant and the first and largest cement plant were also built in Tangshan.

What was the GDP of Tangshan in 2008? 356. 1 1900 million, ranking1among all prefecture-level cities in Hebei Province and19 in China. What is the per capita GDP? 48, 190 ($6,8 17).

[edit] industrial zone

Caofeidian new area

[Editor] Traditional Art

Pingju (Pingju)

Tangshan shadow play (Tangshan shadow play)

Laoting drum (Laoting drum)

[Editor] Education

Tangshan No.1 1 Senior High School (founded in 1902) is one of the most famous high schools in China.

[Edit] Attractions

Dongling in Qing dynasty

Zhong Jing, the holy land of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism.

Earthquake-resistant monument, a landmark building in Tangshan, is located in the earthquake-resistant square.

[Editor] Celebrity

Li Dazhao was the early founder of the Communist Party of China (CPC).

Jiang Contemporary Director and Actor

Cao Xueqin, the author of A Dream of Red Mansions

[Editor] Twin Cities

Sakata, Japan

? Polish Hiraldo

Malm? , Sweden

Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England

Cedar Rapids, USA

During the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, Tangshan was an isolated bamboo country, belonging to the northern post-country. The story of Boyi and Shu Qi has been passed down to this day.

During the Warring States Period, Tangshan was under the jurisdiction of the Yan State, and from the Qin and Han Dynasties to the Southern and Northern Dynasties, it was the territory of Youbeiping County and Liaoxi County, and was later placed under Youzhou. The eastern part of Tangshan area belongs to Beiping County from Sui Dynasty to now, and it is the outpost of Tang Dynasty's enterprising Liaodong expedition to Koguryo. After that, the Liao Dynasty ruled Tangshan for nearly 2 10 years, and then it was the territory of the Jin Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, Tangshan smelted iron and coal and became the center of ceramic industry.

1876, the Qing government built mines and coal mines in Kaiping town and set up Qiaotun town. 1899 Qiaotun Town is named Tangshan Town because there is Tangshan (now Dacheng Mountain) in the north of the town, which belongs to Luanzhou. Tangshan City was founded on 1938. 1948 Tangshan was occupied by the People's Liberation Army in February. 1960, cities merged and changed to provincial cities.

1On July 28th, 976, a major earthquake occurred in Tangshan (refer to Tangshan earthquake). According to official reports, the Richter scale reached 7.8 (the measured magnitude was above 8.2), resulting in more than 240,000 deaths and no buildings in the city were complete. Later, Tangshan was rebuilt and many earthquake-resistant buildings were built one after another. 33 residential quarters have been built, and the urban area is expanding.

[edit] economy

Tangshan is the cradle of emerging industries in China. 1877, in the 20th century, China's first railway Tang Xu Railway (Tangshan-Xugezhuang Railway), the first modern coal mine Kailuan Coal Mine, the first refractory factory and the first cement factory were built in Tangshan. Tangshan is the northern porcelain capital of China and the largest production base of sanitary ceramics and industrial ceramics in China. Kailuan coal mine is the coal mine with the largest coking coal output.

In 2006, Tangshan's GDP reached 236.2 billion yuan.

[edit] administrative divisions

It governs six municipal districts, two county-level cities, six counties and two state-owned farms, with a total area of 13472 square kilometers and a population of 7.03 million.

Municipal district: (urban area of 3,874 square kilometers, population of 2.93 million)

Lunan

Northbound

Plump and delicate

Fengnan

Kaiping

surname

County-level cities:

Zunhua

Qianan

County:

Tanghai

Luannan

luan county

Laoting

Millennium

Yutian

Farm:

Lutai farm

Hangu farm

[editor] major

prescribe a diet

Wan Li Xiang roast chicken

Qizi sesame seed cake

Honey candy

Peanut crisp candy

Big lattice

Small lattice fold

industrial product

china

cement

mineral

coal

Iron ore

[Edit] Tourist attractions

Qing Dongling (Zunhua)

Dazhao former residence

[Editor] Education

Shanhaiguan Beiyang Railway Institute was founded in Shanhaiguan in 1896 and moved to Tangshan in 1905. It is one of the earliest institutions of higher learning in China and the source of higher education in civil engineering and traffic engineering in China. It was named Tangshan Jiaotong University and Tangshan Institute of Technology of China Jiaotong University. 1952, after the adjustment of the national department, it was renamed Tangshan Railway Institute. The college headquarters was moved to Emei, Sichuan on 1972 and renamed Southwest Jiaotong University. The main entrance of Xipu Campus of Southwest Jiaotong University, which was opened in 2004, is the original school gate of Tangshan Jiaotong University and was built by Tangshan Municipal Government. On the front of the school gate is the word "Jiaotong University" and on the back is the word "Tangshan Road Mining School".

Existing institutions of higher education:

hebei polytechnic university

North China Coal Medical College

Tangshan teachers college

tangshan college

secondary education

Tangshan No.1 Middle School

[Editor] A celebrity born in Tangshan

Li Dazhao

Zhang Guanghou

journey

Jiang Wen

Tangshan is a coastal heavy industry prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Hebei Province, with a history of 100 years. Tangshan is located in the center of Bohai Bay, bordering Bohai Sea in the south, Yanshan Mountain in the north, Qinhuangdao City in the east and Tianjin City in the west. It is an important city in beijing-harbin railway. In 1984, People's Republic of China (PRC) (China) and the State Council listed it as one of the larger cities.