【Honors of Changzhou】National Model City of Etiquette and Cultural Advancement,
National Famous Historical and Cultural City, National Ecological City,
National Forest City, National Pilot Low-Carbon City, China Habitat Environmental
Award, Chinese Excellent Tourist City, “Tourism + Internet” Innovation
Demonstration City, National Hygienic City, National Garden City, National
Double-Support Model City, and National Advanced Area of Cultural System
Reform.
【Annual Figures】
Total
area:4,372.15 square kilometers
Urban
area: 2,837.63 square kilometers
Resident
population: 5.278 million
Local
GDP: 880.76 billion yuan
Local
GDP per capita (based on the resident population): 166,000 yuan
【Geographic Location】 Changzhou, located in
southern Jiangsu province, is seated in the center of the Yangtze River Delta
(YRD) region. The city borders the Yangtze River in the north and the Taihu
Lake in the south. It is halfway between Shanghai and Nanjing and neighbors
both Suzhou and Wuxi. The city tree of Changzhou is the southern magnolia, and
the city flower is the Chinese rose.
Changzhou,
belonging to the northern subtropical monsoon region, enjoys a warm climate,
good weather and distinctive seasons. There is the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal
passing through the city, and the West Taihu Lake, Tianmu Lake, and Changdang
Lake scattered in-between like pearls. It is a land of fish and rice south of
the Yangtze River, which connected waterways, lakes, and rivers.
【Administrative Divisions】 Changzhou currently
administers the county-level city of Liyang and the five districts of Jintan,
Wujin, Xinbei, Tianning, and Zhonglou.
【History and Culture】Changzhou is an ancient city
with a written history of over 3,200 years and more than 2,560 years of city
governance, nurturing many famous people in various spheres of life.
There
were 15 Zhuangyuan (No.1 Imperial Scholar), 11 Bangyan (No.2 Imperial Scholar),
15 Tanhua (No.3 Imperial Scholar), and 1,947 Jinshi (a degree offered by
ancient Chinese Imperial Examination) coming from Changzhou. In the Qing
Dynasty (1644-1912), the Changzhou School of Thought, Changzhou School of
Painting, Yanghu School of Literature, and Menghe School of Chinese Medicine
emerged and left a profound influence.
Changzhou
is the hometown of some early leaders of the Communist Party of China (CPC) such
as Qu Qiubai, Zhang Tailei, and Yun Daiying. The city has also nurtured masters
in different
disciplines,
including Wu Jieping, Wu Zuguang, Hua Luogeng, Yuen Ren Chao,
Zhou Youguang, Lu Simian, and Liu Haisu. Since the founding of the
People's Republic of China, there have been more than 60 academicians from the
Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering coming from
Changzhou.
【Tourist Attractions】Changzhou has 36 national
A-class scenic spots, including three 5A, eleven 4A, and fourteen 3A
attractions. There are also six key villages for rural tourism at or above the
provincial level.
【Cultural Heritage】In 2014, the Grand Canal was
added to UNESCO' s World Heritage List. Thus, the Changzhou Section of the
Grand Canal has become the city's first world-class heritage site. The city has
also preserved the Yancheng Ruins, the Helu Ruins, and several national-level
ancient towns or villages such as Jiaoxi and Yangqiao.
【Traditional Crafts】Among many of Changzhou’s folk
crafts, there are 13 items on the list of national intangible cultural
heritage, including Jintan paper-cutting, Changzhou comb, green-retaining
bamboo carving, and random-stitch embroidery. Among them, Jintan paper-cutting
has been inscribed onto the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage
of Humanity by UNESCO.
【Local Foods】Changzhou cuisine, with
stir-frying and stewing as the main cooking techniques, highly values the
freshness of ingredients, the delicateness of each process and the perfect mix
of different flavors. The local cuisine not only possesses the fresh, crisp and
tender taste of Huaiyang food, but also integrates the salty, colorful style
and thick juices of other cuisines. Changzhou’s
catering industry stands out for the tasty dishes, integration of other food
cultures, constant innovation and outstanding services.
The ten delicacies in Changzhou are: Tianmu Lake
fish head in casserole, stir-fried rice with pickled radish, pork braised in
distillers' grains, silver thread noodles, fried dough with red bean filling,
bean-curd soup and sesame cake, simple sautéed celery,crystal shrimp
meat, sweet taro with osmanthus flower and dried bean-curd in soy sauce soup.
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