Beijing 1

Beijing, referred to as "Beijing" for short, is the provincial administrative region, capital and municipality directly under the Central Government of People's Republic of China (PRC), and is the political and cultural center of the whole country. Beij is located in that north of China, with its cent at 1 16 20' east longitude and 39 56' north latitude. It borders Tianjin in the east and Hebei in the rest, with a total area of 164 10.54 square kilometers.

2. Chengde

Chengde is a city under the jurisdiction of Hebei Province, which is located in the transitional zone connecting North China and Northeast China. It borders Beijing and Tianjin in the southwest and Mongolia and Liaoning in the south. The province is adjacent to Qinhuangdao, Tangshan and Zhangjiakou, and to Chifeng and Xilin Gol League in Inner Mongolia in the north. It is a national A-level open city. The Republic of China and the early liberation were the capital of the former Jehol Province.

3. Datong

Datong, a municipality under the jurisdiction of Shanxi Province, is one of the first 24 national historical and cultural cities in China and one of the nine ancient capitals of China. Datong is located in the center of Datong basin in northern Shanxi Province, at the junction of Shanxi, Hebei and Mongolia provinces, and on the northeast edge of the Loess Plateau. In fact, it is the barrier of the whole Shanxi and the gateway to the north, and it is the throat of Shanxi, Hebei and Inner Mongolia. It is a battleground for military strategists in past dynasties and is known as the "northern lock key".

4. Nanjing

Nanjing, known as Jinling and Jiankang in ancient times, is the capital of Jiangsu, a sub-provincial city and the core city of Nanjing metropolitan area. Nanjing is located in the east of China, the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the waters along the Yangtze River. It is the headquarters of China Eastern Theater, the shipping and logistics center of yangtze river international, an important national gateway city driven by the radiation of the Yangtze River Delta, and an important node city where the eastern coastal economic belt and the Yangtze River economic belt meet strategically.

5. Suzhou

Suzhou, called Wu in ancient times, is called Su for short, and also called Gusu and Pingjiang. It is a national historical and cultural city, a scenic tourist city and a national high-tech industrial base, and has the reputation of "paradise on earth". Suzhou is located in the southeast of Jiangsu Province, in the middle of the Yangtze River Delta, bordering Shanghai in the east, Jiaxing in the south, Taihu Lake in the west and the Yangtze River in the north.

6. Yangzhou

Yangzhou, a prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province, is a national historical and cultural city and a scenic tourist city with traditional characteristics. It is located in the middle of Jiangsu Province, at the intersection of the Yangtze River and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. Known as "the capital of Huaizuo, the best place of Zhuxi" and "the first city of China Canal". Known as Yang Yi one or two, Moon City? . Yangzhou, called Guangling, Jiangdu and Weiyang in ancient times, can be traced back to 486 BC. ?

7. Hangzhou

Hangzhou, referred to as "Hangzhou" for short, is the capital of Zhejiang Province, a sub-provincial city, the central city of Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration, the core city of Greater Bay Area around Hangzhou Bay, the core city of Hangzhou metropolitan area, the central city of Shanghai-Jiaxing-Hangzhou G60 Science and Technology Corridor, and an important international e-commerce center. Located in the southeast coast of China, the north of Zhejiang Province, the lower reaches of Qiantang River and the southern end of Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, it is the political, economic, cultural, educational, transportation and financial center of Zhejiang Province.

8. Shaoxing

Shaoxing, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Zhejiang Province, is a cultural eco-tourism city with the characteristics of a water town in the south of the Yangtze River. Shaoxing has a history of more than 2500 years. It is one of the first batch of national historical and cultural cities, United Nations Habitat Award cities, excellent tourist cities in China, national forest cities, and the most dynamic cities in China's private economy. It is also a famous water town, bridge town, wine town, hometown of calligraphy and celebrity. Shaoxing is known as the "hometown of cultural relics and land of plenty".

9. Quanzhou

Quanzhou is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Fujian Province, which is called Quan and Carp for short, and also called Licheng and Erythrina. It is located in the southeast coast of Fujian Province, bordering Fuzhou in the north, Xiamen in the south and Taiwan Province Province in the east.

Quanzhou has a long history. The Three Kingdoms, Wu Yongan, lasted for three years. Dong 'an County was located in Fengzhou Town, Nan 'an City, and Nan 'an County was located in Liang Prison in the Southern Dynasties, which was the beginning of local county governance. At the end of the Western Jin Dynasty, there was a war in the Central Plains, and a large number of gentry in the Central Plains entered the spring and lived along the river, hence the name.

Jingdezhen 10

Jingdezhen City, alias "Porcelain Capital", borders dongzhi county in Anhui Province in the northwest, Wannian County in the south, Poyang County in the west, Qimen County in Anhui Province in the northeast and Wuyuan County in the southeast. Jingdezhen is located at the junction of Anhui, Zhejiang and Jiangxi provinces, and is one of the important transportation hub cities in Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Anhui provinces. During the Republic of China, it was once known as the four famous towns in China together with Foshan in Guangdong, Hankou in Hubei and Zhu Xian in Henan.

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Qufu, the old capital of Lu and the hometown of Confucius, is known as the "Holy City of the East" and "Jerusalem of the East". Located in the southwest of Shandong Province, north of Jinan, the provincial capital 135km. Surabaya in the east, Yanzhou in the west, Zoucheng in the south and Mount Tai in the north. Qufu is the hometown of Confucius, a great thinker, educator and founder of Confucianism in ancient China. Qufu is also the seat of Confucius Institute, which is the center of Confucianism research and exchange in the world.

Luoyang 12

Luoyang, referred to as Luoyi and Luo Jing for short, is a prefecture-level city in Henan Province, spanning the north and south banks of the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River. Luoyang has a civilization history of more than 5,000 years, a city history of 4,000 years, and a capital construction of 1500 years.

As far back as 500,000-600,000 years ago in the Paleolithic Age, Luoyang was inhabited by ancestors, Yu zoned Kyushu, and Heluo belonged to Guyuzhou. Luoyang is one of the birthplaces of Chinese civilization, the eastern starting point of the Silk Road and the center of the Sui and Tang Grand Canal. More than ten dynasties established their capitals in Luoyang in history.

Kaifeng 13

Kaifeng, formerly known as Laoqiu, Daliang, Chenliu, Bianzhou, Tokyo, Bianjing and Bianliang, is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Henan Province, located in the hinterland of the Central Plains and on the bank of the Yellow River. Kaifeng is one of the five ancient capitals of China, a famous ancient capital of the Eight Dynasties. Kaifeng has four characteristics: rich cultural relics, long urban pattern, rich ancient city style and unique northern water city. Up to now, Dou Shi has been built for more than 4 100 years.

Jingzhou 14

Jingzhou, known as Jiangling in ancient times, is a prefecture-level city in Hubei Province and an important member of the urban agglomeration in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. Located in central and southern Hubei, the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and the hinterland of Jianghan Plain. ?

Jingzhou is a riverside city with ancient culture and modern civilization. "Draw Kyushu, there is Jingzhou." Jingzhou has a history of more than three thousand years. Since Jinan, the capital of Chu State, was founded in 689 BC, six dynasties and 34 emperors have established their capitals here.

Changsha 15

Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province, is an important central city in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, an experimental zone for comprehensive reform of "two-oriented society" in China, an important grain production base in China, and an important node city in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and the Yangtze River Economic Belt. Changsha is one of the first national historical and cultural cities. After 3,000 years, its name and address remain unchanged, and it is known as "the hometown of Qujia", "the famous city of Chu and Han" and "Xiaoxiang bamboo silk".

Guangzhou 16

Guangzhou, referred to as Guangzhou and Flower City for short, is located in the south-central part of Guangdong Province, on the northern edge of the Pearl River Delta, near the South China Sea, Hong Kong and Macao. It is the southern gate of China to the world, the central city of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the Pan-Pearl River Delta Economic Zone, and the hub city of the Belt and Road Initiative. Since the Qin Dynasty, Guangzhou has been the political, military, economic, cultural, scientific and educational center of southern China, the birthplace and prosperous place of Lingnan culture.

Guilin 17

Guilin is a world-famous scenic city, an important international tourist city for the country's opening to the outside world, an international tourism and shipping hub, a national demonstration base for healthy tourism, and a sacred place for thousands of years of wisdom. Guilin belongs to mountainous and hilly areas, and it is a typical karst landform. After hundreds of millions of years of weathering and erosion, limestone all over the city has formed a unique landscape, surrounded by thousands of peaks, a city surrounded by water and beautiful caves and rocks.

Guilin, formerly known as Bagui and Guizhou, is one of the first national historical and cultural cities and one of the important birthplaces of Chinese civilization. Guilin is named for its rich osmanthus trees and osmanthus trees. Guilin is the holy land of human wisdom, with a history of thousands of years, and it is the only city in the world with three thousand-year-old ancient pottery sites.

Chengdu 18

Chengdu is the capital of Sichuan Province, also referred to as Rongcheng and Jincheng. Located in the west of Sichuan Basin, in the hinterland of Chengdu Plain, with flat terrain, dense river network and developed agriculture. It belongs to subtropical monsoon humid climate and enjoys the reputation of "Land of Abundance" since ancient times. Chengdu is a national historical and cultural city, the birthplace of ancient Shu civilization, and one of the top ten ancient capitals of China.

In the 4th century BC, the Ninth Dynasty of Ming Kai was named Chengdu because of "one city a year, two years Chengdu". Seven separatist regimes established their capitals here; It has always been the prefecture and county jurisdiction of various dynasties; Han is one of the five major cities in China. Tang is one of the most developed industrial and commercial cities in China, and is known as "Yang Yi Er" in history. The Northern Song Dynasty was the second largest city outside Bianjing, and invented the first paper money in the world.

Zunyi 19

Zunyi, referred to as Zun for short, is located in the northern part of Guizhou Province, a central city at the junction of Guizhou, Sichuan and Chongqing provinces, and is a national tourism demonstration area. Guiyang city in the south, Chongqing city in the north and Luzhou city in Sichuan province in the west. Located in the core area and main corridor of Chengdu-Chongqing-Guizhou Central Economic Zone, it is the bridgehead, main position and pioneer area of cooperation between Guizhou and Chongqing. It is an important transportation hub in the southwest of China, connecting north and south, connecting east and west, and connecting the river to the sea.

Zunyi is one of the first national historical and cultural cities, with the world cultural heritage Hailongtun and the world natural heritage Chishui Danxia. 1935, the China * * * production party held a famous "Zunyi Conference" in Zunyi, which became a turning point of the party's life and death, and was called "the city of turning point and the conference capital".

20. Kunming

Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province, is located in the middle of Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, bordering Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in the north, Yuxi City in the southwest, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture in the southeast, Wei Chu in the west and Qujing City in the east. It is the core circle of urban agglomeration in central Yunnan, the center of five-hour aviation circle in Asia and one of the first-class logistics parks in China.

Kunming enjoys the reputation of "Spring City", and China is a gateway city open to Southeast Asia and South Asia, and a national historical and cultural city. It is an important tourist and commercial city in China and one of the important central cities in the western region. ?

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Dali, located in the west of Yunnan Province, China, is the capital of Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture. Dali is located in Erhai Plain of Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, at the foot of Cangshan Mountain and on the shore of Erhai Lake. It is the capital of Nanzhao and Dali in ancient times, and has been the political, economic and cultural center of ancient Yunnan for more than 500 years.

From 65438 to 0982, Dali was listed as one of the first 24 national historical and cultural cities by China Municipal Government. Dali is the first of the top ten charming cities in China, and it is a minority area dominated by Bai people. Places of interest include Weishan Scenic Area and Taihe City Site.

22. Lhasa

Lhasa, referred to as "La" for short, is the capital of Xizang Autonomous Region, China, an international tourist city with plateau and ethnic characteristics, a political, economic, cultural, scientific and educational center of Tibet, and a holy place of Tibetan Buddhism. Located in the middle of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, on the north side of the Himalayas, at an altitude of 3,650 meters, it is located in the valley plain of the middle reaches of the Lhasa River, a tributary of the Yarlung Zangbo River, where the Lhasa River flows and joins the Yarlung Zangbo River in the southern suburbs. ?

Lhasa is sunny all year round, with little rainfall, no severe cold in winter, no intense heat in summer and a pleasant climate. The annual sunshine time is more than 3000 hours, and it is known as the "Sunshine City". As the first batch of national historical and cultural cities, Lhasa is famous for its beautiful scenery, long history, unique customs and strong religious color.

23. Xian

Xi 'an, known as Chang 'an and Haojing in ancient times, is the capital of Shaanxi, a sub-provincial city, the core city of Guanzhong Plain urban agglomeration, the starting point city of the Silk Road, the core area of the Belt and Road, an important central city in western China, and an important national scientific research, education and industrial base. UNESCO's "World Historic City" 198 1.

Xi is one of the important birthplaces of Chinese civilization and the Chinese nation. Chang 'an has established its capital for many times, and successively the Western Zhou Dynasty, Qin Dynasty, Western Han Dynasty, Eastern Han Dynasty, Western Jin Dynasty, Former Zhao Dynasty, Former Qin Dynasty, Later Qin Dynasty, Western Wei Dynasty, Northern Zhou Dynasty, Sui Dynasty, Tang Dynasty and other 13 dynasties established their capital here.

24. Yanan

Yan 'an City, called "Yan" for short, was called Pumice and Yanzhou in ancient times, belonging to Shaanxi Province. It is the first mausoleum in the world-the location of Huangdi Mausoleum, the ancestor of the Chinese nation, and it is also the national holy land and revolutionary holy land of China. Yan 'an is located in the north of Shaanxi Province, in the middle reaches of the Yellow River. Known as "the throat is blocked" and "the military town", it is known as "the key of Sanqin, the throat of the five roads".

Yan 'an is an important birthplace of the Chinese nation, where the ancestor of mankind, the Yellow Emperor, once lived. 1935 10, the Central Committee and the Central Red Army successfully arrived in Wuqi, and Yan 'an became the foothold and starting point of the China revolution. It is the city with the largest preservation scale, the largest number and the most complete layout among the cities in the revolutionary base area of China.

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Baidu Encyclopedia —— National Historical and Cultural City