Luoyang Quanzhou bridge
Quanzhou is located in the central hub of the economic zone on the west side of the Taiwan Strait, and is closely connected with Hong Kong, Macao and Southeast Asia. It is rich in historical and cultural accumulation, rich in natural resources and tourism resources, and rich in folk customs. Known as "beautiful mountains and rivers, rich humanities." Last year, GDP1380.11100 million yuan, ranking first in Fujian province for seven consecutive years. Quanzhou is listed as the coastal economic development zones of Xiamen, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou in southern Fujian, the pilot city of comprehensive reform in China and the national demonstration city of scientific and technological innovation projects. It has embarked on a successful road of economic construction with the characteristics of "market regulation, export-oriented economy, joint-stock cooperative system and common development of various economic components" and ranks third among prefecture-level cities in China.
Quanzhou is one of the first batch of 24 famous historical and cultural cities in China announced by the State Council, with cultural heritage and historical sites all over the country. There are 678 cultural relics protection units at all levels, including national 14. Quanzhou is the starting point of the ancient "Maritime Silk Road" and is famous at home and abroad. It once created the historical glory of "all countries do business at sea". Known as "the largest port in the East", "the city of light" and "the museum of world religions", it has left a large number of extremely precious historical sites of Hayes. "Maritime Silk Road Quanzhou Monument" and "China Quanzhou Nanyin" have been listed as world cultural heritage projects. UNESCO settled the world's first "World Multicultural Exhibition Center" in Quanzhou.
The renovation and protection project of Zhongshan Road, a historical and cultural block, won the "200 1 Asia-Pacific Heritage Protection Excellence Award" by the United Nations, and the renovation, flood discharge and drainage project of Neigou River with a total length of 28 kilometers won one of the top 40 international best examples of improving human settlements (Dubai) by the United Nations. Quanzhou was also awarded the first place in the gold medal of "International Garden City" and "National Advanced City in Landscaping". In addition, Quanzhou's "Cultural Heritage Management Project" won the only gold medal in 25 national city competitions.
Dali, the second among the top ten charming cities in China.
Dali three pagodas
Dali, known as a "literary state", is a paradise where multiculturalism and nature coexist harmoniously, and has four laurels: national historical and cultural city, national scenic spot, national nature reserve and excellent tourist city in China.
Dali has a long history. As early as the Neolithic Age, Dali was the place where Bai ancestors thrived. When the Qin Dynasty unified China, Dali had already attracted attention on the national map; During the reign of Emperor Wudi of the Western Han Dynasty, the county was established in Dali by the Han Dynasty. The Southern Silk Road and the Tea-Horse Road, the oldest international passages in China, crossed Dali and transported Sichuan Jin Shu and Yunnan Pu 'er tea to India and Afghanistan. Up to now, Dali is still the largest city in western Yunnan.
Dali has a splendid culture. The three pagodas of Chongsheng Temple, which have stood for thousands of years, are the ancient city of Dali bearing the heavy history and culture of Dali, the only surviving ancient market Sideng Street on the ancient tea-horse road, the historical and cultural relics distributed at the foot of Cangshan Mountain, the ruins of Taihe City on the shore of Erhai Lake, the Yan Ping Monument in Yuan Shizu, the pagoda of Fotu Temple and the famous folk houses of Xizhou Bai people, which run through the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties and vividly witness the development history of Dali.
Dali has beautiful scenery. Accompanied by Xiaguan wind and Shangguan flowers, Cangshan snow and Erhai moon, Dali's most romantic and charming "wind, flowers and snow moon" four scenes.
Dali is rich in folk customs. The costumes, houses, marriages, beliefs, customs and festivals of the Bai nationality are permeated with rich ethnic customs. Bai folk houses with "three squares, one wall, four entrances and five patios" are simple and quiet; Bai costume is a metaphor of "romantic love", bright and lively. ...
Dali was called "Miao Township Buddha Country" in ancient times. Buddhism prevailed in the late Nanzhao and Dali, and was honored as the state religion. Among the twenty-two emperors handed down from generation to generation in Dali, there are nine Zen monks, which is unique in the history of China.
Sanya, the top ten charming cities in China.
Sanya is a central city and transportation hub in the south of Hainan Province, an important port for foreign trade at the southernmost tip of the golden coastline on the southeast coast of China, and an international tropical seaside tourist city under construction.
Sanya, located at the southernmost tip of Hainan Island, is called Yazhou in ancient times and has a long history. 1992, archaeologists discovered the Sanya human site 10,000 years ago in Robbie Cave, which advanced the human history of Hainan by two to three thousand years. It is the earliest known human settlement in Hainan Island and the southernmost site of Paleolithic culture in China. Ancient Persian tombs have also been found along the coast. Yazhou was one of the three southern counties established as early as Qin Shihuang. In the Song Dynasty, Sanya became the southernmost prefecture-level county in China. Sanya has been called "the ends of the earth" since ancient times because it is far away from the imperial capital and hangs overseas.
Sanya is rich in tourism resources, with ten scenic resources such as sunshine, seawater, beaches, climate, forests, animals, hot spring caves, villages and customs, and the first batch of national 4A-level scenic spots such as Yalong Bay, Tianya Haijiao and Nansan. Famous at home and abroad. Beautiful scenery. Sanya has perfect reception capacity, with an annual reception capacity of 8 million people. Sheraton, Gloria, Vientiane, Shangri-La, Holiday and other internationally renowned brand hotels have settled in Sanya.
Sanya's urban environment is extremely unique, with three natural beauties of mountains, sea and river concentrated in one place, which constitutes Sanya's unique natural landscape. The urban area is surrounded by mountains on three sides and faces the South China Sea. There are many bays, and many bays have their own beautiful scenery. The east and west islands on the sea seem to be a door facing the South China Sea, adding a sense of hierarchy to the wide sea surface. The sea fog floats by, and the two islands are hidden among them, adding a bit of mystery; Walking on the beach, you can vaguely see the deer as a symbol of Sanya city.
Kunshan, the fourth of the top ten charming cities in China.
Kunshan, which borders Shanghai in the east and Suzhou in the west, is the east gate of Jiangsu Province. 1989 withdrew from the county to set up a city, and administered 10 town and national economic and technological development zone. Kunshan is all-encompassing, and more than 500,000 foreign immigrants (37,000 foreigners) who have invested and started businesses are affectionately called "New Kunshan people", which embodies the spirit of openness and compatibility of the city.
Kunshan is a city with global economy. More than 3,600 foreign-funded enterprises from 54 countries and regions around the world have invested 654.38+0.8 billion US dollars in international capital here, including 23 Fortune 500 enterprises. The output of notebook computers accounts for 654.38+0/3 of the international market. Kunshan is a city with profound cultural heritage. Gu's "Everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world" and the Kunqu Opera "Orchid" named by UNESCO as "the masterpiece of human oral and intangible heritage" have become the eternal background of Kunshan culture. Zhouzhuang, Jinxi and Qiandeng, ancient towns with thousands of years of water towns, attract millions of Chinese and foreign tourists every year with their charming water town charm. Kunshan has a beautiful environment, and the per capita public green area is 12.7 square meters, which constitutes the urban pattern of "people in the city, the city in the garden and the garden in the mountains and rivers".
Kunshan is a city full of humanistic care. China's first city for disabled people to walk without barriers was born here, and the social security rate in urban and rural areas reached 95.8%, which enabled urban and rural residents to have a sense of security and medical care for the elderly. 100% of clinical blood in hospitals comes from citizens' unpaid blood donation. Last year, Zhou Ping, a young nurse, donated a matched bone marrow to a leukemia patient in Xuzhou, which set off a love upsurge in both places. Hundreds of citizens rushed to donate blood to help Allen, a British engineer who was involved in a car accident, which made "Action of Love" transcend national boundaries.
Yantai, one of the top ten charming cities in China, is an ecological city integrating mountains, cities, seas, islands and rivers.
Yantai is located in the northeast of Shandong Peninsula, facing Liaodong Peninsula, Japan and South Korea across the sea. Yantai is a beautiful and rich coastal city, one of the first 14 coastal cities in China, and an important city in the Bohai Economic Circle, which is the focus of national development.
Yantai is located on the dividing line between the Yellow Sea and the Bohai Sea. Tides in the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea make it a charming fairyland city on Jiaodong Peninsula.
Yantai's urban landscape is unique and charming, backed by green arc mountains, embracing a bay of blue sea and picturesque scenery. Excellent latitude and suitable humidity make Yantai distinct in four seasons and pleasant in climate, and it has won the titles of "Model Award for Human Settlements", "National Garden City" and "Excellent Tourist City in China".
Yantai's economy is developed because of its opening up. Yantai is famous all over the world for being lenient and enriching the people. Gold production ranks first in the country, and Haibao enjoys a long-standing reputation. Yantai apple, Laiyang pear and Changyu wine are well-known at home and abroad. Over the past 20 years of reform and opening up, foreign capital has been introduced to 9 billion US dollars, and more than 40 "Fortune 500 enterprises" have come to start businesses. Yantai is an important exhibition city. It has hosted five international fruit and vegetable expositions and four APEC meetings and activities in China on behalf of the country, and has been praised by overseas merchants as a kind and simple Yantai in the Asia-Pacific region. SOS Children's Village in Yantai, China was established to help social orphans. In order to help the needy people, Yantai City won the "National Double Support Model City" for three times by carrying out voluntary activities and other caring activities for ten years in a row.
Yantai's culture is prosperous because of compatibility. Yantai is the only experimental area of educational reform in China, and one of the first batch of "culturally strong cities in China", which is a veritable culturally strong city. With the development of urban economy, Yantai has become one of the top 50 cities in China.
Dujiangyan, the birthplace of Taoism, is one of the top ten charming cities in China.
Dujiangyan, located in the northwest of Chengdu Plain in Sichuan, is a city named after the weir. In 256 BC, Li Bing, the prefect of Shu County, led a crowd to build Dujiangyan water conservancy project, which was world-famous and was praised as the "living Great Wall" by human beings. Qingcheng Mountain, the birthplace of Taoism not far from here, is famous for its profound Taoist culture and natural scenery.
Dujiangyan is a world-famous tourist attraction. There are numerous tourist attractions such as Tancheng Site, Longchi National Forest Park and Lingyan Fairy Mountain, which are national key cultural relics protection units.
At the end of 2000, Dujiangyan, the city of Qingshan, was listed in the World Cultural Heritage List, and Dujiangyan has successively entered the ranks of China excellent tourist city, national key scenic spot, national ecological demonstration zone, national advanced health city, national historical and cultural city, national advanced cultural city and national garden city. And won the "China First Model Award for Human Settlements" and "Debye International Award for Good Human Settlements". The municipal government system, Dujiangyan Scenic Area and Qingcheng Mountain Scenic Area have passed the ISO 14000 environmental system certification. In 2002, the county economic competitiveness in western China ranked 1 1, and it was one of the top ten counties (cities) with comprehensive economic strength in Sichuan Province.
Dujiangyan has rich resource advantages. Dujiangyan is a city where the mountains are in the city, the city is in the water, the road is in the green, and people are in the flowers. Minjiang River is divided into six parts, which run through the city. Rivers, canals and ditches are interconnected. With the help of topographic differences, 36 counties and cities in western Sichuan irrigated by gravity from top to bottom, with an actual irrigation area of more than 6.5438+million mu and a beneficiary population of more than 20 million, making the people in the lower reaches of Minjiang River live a life of "following people's needs and not knowing hunger".
Dujiangyan has a superior living environment. Dujiangyan City is located in the western edge of Sichuan Basin, with an altitude of 592-4582 meters, which is the "water city charm" with both rivers and canals.
Seven of China's Top Ten Charming Cities: Shaoxing Jiangnan Watertown.
A water city that interprets the customs of ordinary lanes.
Shaoxing is one of the first 24 historical and cultural cities in the State Council. Written records have a history of more than 4000 years. If the Hemudu culture can be traced back to Yuyao (formerly Vietnamese territory), it has a civilization history of more than 7,000 years. The southern civilization represented by the ancient Yue culture is one of the oldest civilizations in China.
Shaoxing is an ancient water city. As early as when Fan Li built the city, there were 4 city gates, 33 rivers and 229 stone bridges. Shaoxing still maintains a complete pattern of water city, with rivers 17 (total length 3 1 km) and bridges 1 165438, of which Bazi Bridge built in the Southern Song Dynasty is the earliest urban overpass in China. There are more than 654.38+100000 bridges in the city. Yu Shun ruins, ancient ruins of Yue State, Yuewangtai on Fushan Mountain, Wenzhong Tomb, Feiyilou, Zhu Jie Temple under Ji Mountain, Yingtian Tower and Tashan Observatory, etc. It makes people think twice about the past. With the thirteen halls of Lvfu and countless ancient terraces and stone bridges, you will appreciate and feel the rich cultural heritage of the ancient water town. There are Luyou Shenyuan, Cai Yuanpei's former residence, Lu Xun Memorial Hall, Zhou Enlai's ancestral home, Fan Wenlan's former residence, Gu Yue Library and so on. ...
Shaoxing has outstanding people, including Dayu, the founder of Xia Dynasty, the first dynasty in China, and the hero of water control. Gou Jian is eager to revitalize Yue. Wang Chong, an outstanding materialist thinker in the Eastern Han Dynasty, is the author of Lun Heng. There were famous poets in the Tang Dynasty, such as How, Yu Shinan and Yuan Zhen. There are great educator and great scholar Cai Yuanpei, revolutionary and politician Zhou Enlai, great writer Lu Xun, "peaceful old man" Shao Lizi, famous mathematician Chen, physicist Qian Sanqiang, meteorologist Zhu Kezhen, demographer Ma Yinchu and so on.
Shaoxing has rich and colorful folk customs, such as dialects, products and costumes, teahouses and wineries, boat transportation, social drama competitions, four seasons and eight festivals, and wedding and funeral customs. Today, hotels, wine customs, social dramas and "three evils" are the most representative ones, and they can still clearly inherit the past customs.
Eight of the Top Ten Best Charming Cities in China: Guilin has the best scenery in the world.
Located in the northeast of Guangxi, Guilin is a world-famous scenic city and a famous historical and cultural city in China. It has a world-class landscape, a long history and culture, colorful ethnic customs, first-class ecological environment and unique urban characteristics. Guilin is the most suitable city for human habitation and an international tourist city that can meet the diversified tourism needs of modern people.
As early as the Southern Song Dynasty, "Guilin's landscape is the best in the world" has been famous at home and abroad. The landscape represented by Lijiang River scenery and karst caves has the reputation of "four wonders" of green hills, beautiful waters, strange caves and beautiful stones. & ltBR & gt Guilin has a profound cultural heritage. Ding Yuan, the Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, established Shi 'an County in the sixth year (11years ago), and it has been 2 1 15 years since the city was built. It is a prehistoric cultural site represented by Ou Tuoyan. Ancient military water conservancy culture represented by Lingqu in Qin Dynasty; Ancient captaincy culture represented by Jingjiang Wang Fu and Ming tombs: cliff stone carving and landscape poetry culture represented by Guihai forest of steles; China revolutionary culture represented by the breakthrough of the Red Army's Long March in Xiangjiang Martyrs Monument Park; The folk culture of China ethnic minorities, represented by Zhuang, Miao, Yao and Dong ethnic groups, constitutes a cultural landscape of "seeing mountains like a picture, visiting mountains like reading history".
Guilin's national economy has developed rapidly and healthily. The urban environmental quality ranked first in the comprehensive evaluation of 46 key cities in China for five consecutive years, with a forest coverage rate of 66.5%, and the urban ambient air quality reached or exceeded the national secondary standard. In recent years, it has been awarded the titles of "National Advanced City in Landscaping", "National Sanitary City", "China Excellent Tourist City", "National Cultural Model City" and "National Advanced City in Creating Civilized Cities".
Guilin pays attention to the relationship between landscape environmental protection and economic development. The urban environment is clean and tidy, and the air is fresh. In the urban area, there is a unique landscape tourism of "scenery in the city, city in the scenery".
Nine of the Top Ten Best Charming Cities in China: Dongguan Modern Manufacturing City.
Dongguan, China, located at the Pearl River Port, is an important birthplace of Lingnan civilization, the opening place of China's modern history, the anti-Japanese base in South China and the vanguard of reform and opening up. This is a charming modern new city.
Dongguan has many businessmen and developed economy. Over the past 20 years, Dongguan's national economy has grown at an average annual rate of more than 20%, ranking first in the province for many years, and its comprehensive economic strength ranks among the top 30 large and medium-sized cities in China. "Made in Dongguan" is world-famous. Dongguan has become a world-famous international processing and manufacturing base, an important foreign trade export base and a foreign exchange earning base in China.
Dongguan is the ancient city of Lingnan, where our ancestors fished, hunted, farmed and wove five thousand years ago. During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, Shixiang in Dongguan was one of the "four famous cities" in Guangdong, and Wanxiang was exported overseas from Hong Kong, hence the name Hong Kong. The outstanding people here have nurtured a number of national heroes such as Yuan Chonghuan, Xiong Fei, Lin Zexu and Jiang Guangnai. Rong Geng, the authority on the study of Chinese bronze inscriptions; A group of famous artists, such as Ju Chao and Ju Lian, the originator of Lingnan School of Painting; A group of scientific and technological elites such as Wang Chongyou, the "father of China deposit"; And many sports stars, such as Chen Jingkai and China, became the first person to break the world record.
Dongguan is inclusive and people-oriented. 10.5 million local people live in harmony with more than 5 million employees and foreign-invested entrepreneurs from all over the country. Dongguan took the lead in establishing the old-age insurance system for farmers in China, and established a social insurance system covering urban workers and farmers. "Pioneering and innovation, honesty and law-abiding, unity and pragmatism, hard work and dedication" is a high summary of Dongguan spirit. Dongguan has successively won the honorary titles of National Model City with Double Support, National Advanced City with Civilized Villages and Towns, National Health City, National Advanced Sports City and National Excellent Tourism City. It is also the hometown of famous Cantonese opera, dragon and lion, dragon boat, weightlifting and national basketball city. The hometown of Cantonese opera, dragon and lion, dragon boat, weightlifting and national basketball city.
The Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang, one of the ten best charming cities in China, was listed on the World Heritage List by the United Nations.
Luoyang is the earliest and oldest ancient capital of the State Council. With a history of more than 4,000 years, thirteen dynasties established polis here. The long history has left this land with rich cultural heritage. At present, there are national cultural relics protection units 10, 69 provincial units and 57 cities and counties, and more than 400,000 precious cultural relics have been unearthed. Longmen Grottoes, the three world-famous grottoes in China, are listed on the World Heritage List by the United Nations. Buddhism was introduced into the first temple built in China-Baima Temple, a thousand-year-old temple with the reputation of "releasing the source" and "ancestral court"; Mangshan Mountain in the north is the largest group of ancient tombs in China, which consists of tombs from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. ...
In the endless history of Chinese civilization, Luoyang has always been a chapter in the great works of scholars in previous dynasties. The earliest historical document of the Chinese nation, The Book of Hutuluo, came from Luoyang, on which Fu drew the Eight Diagrams and Nine Domains. Since then, the Duke of Zhou has written the Rites and Music System, Confucius went to Li Chuan, Ban Gu wrote Han Shu, Sima Guang wrote Zi Jian, and the famous "Seven Scholars of Jian 'an" and "Seven Sages of Bamboo Forest" all gathered here. Zuo Si's "Sandu Fu" made Luoyang paper expensive for some time ... "Heluo Culture" centered on Luoyang. In modern Luoyang, the streets and alleys are still filled with a strong cultural atmosphere. There are five universities and schools at all levels, including Henan University of Science and Technology. People love learning, admire knowledge, aim high and be positive. It is a well-known country of etiquette.
Luoyang, she has the peony of the crown. Peony is a traditional famous flower in China, which has been rich and auspicious since ancient times, and represents the demeanor of the Chinese nation as a big country. Luoyang peony began in Sui Dynasty, flourished in Tang Dynasty and became in Song Dynasty. Tang Dynasty poets Liu Yuxi and Bai Juyi all have poems as evidence: "Only peony is the true national color, and the capital moves when it blooms", "The city is full of people when it blooms for 20 days".