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China City and Province Introduction:
Beijing |
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Beijing Geography and Climate |
Beijing,
China's national capital, is situated at the north edge of
the North China Plain. Not far to its northwest is the vast
Inner Mongolian Plateau and a hundred kilometers to the east
is the Bohai Sea. Beijng is also flanked by the crawling
Taihang Mountains to its west and the alluvial plain by the
rivers of Yongding and Chaobai to its south.
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Corner Tower of the
Forbidden City of Beijing |
Located in the
North
Temperate Zone with a continental monsoon climate,
Beijing enjoys and annual mean temperature of 11.8°C
(53.24°F) and annual mean precipitation of 630 mm, which
concentrates mainly in the summer. January is the coldest
month with the monthly mean temperature of -4.7°C (23.54°F)
while July the hottest month with a mean temperature of
26.1°C (78.98°F). Beijing's spring is relatively short, and
people used to say that when the last day of the winter is
gone, the summer is about to set in. Summer is usually hot
with abundant rainfall. Autumn days are cool with clear sky
and gentle breeze, making it the best season to travel. As
winter is severe, outings naturally require heavy clothing.
Climatically, Beijing's
four seasons cater to different interests of
tourists.
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Bird's
view of Tianan'men Square, and the up part of the picture is the Forbidden City
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Brief History of Beijing |
Beijing is a
great city noted for the rich heritage of oriental
history and culture. As early as three thousand years ago, a
primitive tribal community started to take shape here. A
tone had already come into being two thousand years ago.
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Beautiful Stone
Carving, Beijing |
From 900
A.D. onward, Beijing served first as the secondary capital
of the Liao Dynasty (916-1125) and then capitals of the Jin
(1115-1234), Yuan (1271-1368), Ming (1368-1644) and Qing
(1644-1919)Dynasties successively. Beijing was made the
capital of the People's Republic of China which was founded
on October 1, 1949.
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Beijing Local Products |
Beijing and
its surrounding counties are known to have the best
quality Miyun dates, Jingbai pears and Liangxiang chestnuts.
King-size persimmon and especial the frozen ones are unique.
Preserved fruits from of a part of Beijing's traditional
speciality. The Beijing Duck is a fine breed, well-know for
its delicate meat. Beijing also offers artefacts, jade and
stone carvings, filigree and lacquer ware, jewellery and the
watercolor wood block printing of Rongbaozhai.
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Beijing Local Cuisine |
Beijing
presents a galaxy of China's famous cuisine. Here you not
only are offered with four major schools of Chinese cuisine,
namely, Shandong, Sichuan, Jiangzhe and Guangdong, but have
a great variety of gastronomically specialities to choose
from Beijing, Hunan, Shanxi and Henan styles, let alone
numerous local flavors and snacks.
Beijing roast duck provides a special enjoyment to thousands
of
customers, Chinese and foreigners alike. The top restaurants
serving Beijing roast duck are Quanjude Roast Duck
Restaurant at Hepingmen and its branch at Qianmen and
Bianyifang Roast Duck Restaurants. They stick to the
traditional roasting method and maintain the original
flavor. You will find the duck with dark brown color, crispy
skin, and tender and tasty meat lightening the enjoyment of
the guests. Your visit to Beijing is incomplete without a
try at the Beijing roast duck.
You can also try the Beijing rinsed mutton with Mongolian
hot pot at Donglaishun Restaurant, imperial recipes at
Fangshan Restaurant, any of the famous dishes at Sichuan,
Guandong, Huaiyang, and Tanjin, styles at the Beijing Hotel
Restaurant, a "complete fish meal" at the Hall of Listening
to the Oriole Restaurant at the Summer Palace, or a
"complete pork meal" at Shaguoju or a "complete lamb meal"
at Hongbinlou. The Barbecue of Kaorou Ji and Kaorou Wan is
also quite famous.
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Beijing Pictures |
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The Great Wall in
Mutianyu Section, Beijing |
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China's icon: Tiananmen Square,
the largest in the world |
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Useful
Links about Beijing |
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Pictures
about Old and New Beijing |
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China's
Administrative Divisions |
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4 Municipalities*
23 Provinces:
5 Autonomous Regions***
2 Special Administrative
Regions (SAR)****
Notes
* Municipalities
are directly under the administration of central government. A
municipality has the same political, economical and jurisdictional
rights as a province;
**Taiwan
Issue:
a result of China's civil
war in late 1940s'. In the earlier years of separation of mainland
China and Taiwan, both sides of China (also called People's Republic
of China "PRC" or "communist China", "red China" , "mainland China")
and Taiwan (also called Republic of China "ROC") claim the legal
sovereignty over China. Mainland China keeps claiming Taiwan as one of
its provinces while Taiwan regards itself as an independent country.)
*** Autonomous Regions was
provincial level administrative division of China, like
province, an autonomous region has its won local government,
but has more legislative rights. Autonomous Region is a
minority entity which has higher population of a particular
minority ethnic group.
**** Special Administrative
Regions (SAR) was established specially designed for solving
Hong Kong and Macao issues and based on the concept of "one country,
two systems", SAR is in a pattern within which two completely
different social systems (socialist system and capitalist system) and
ideologies can coexist, SAR has more autonomous power regulated
clearly by laws, including executive, legislative and independent
judicial power.
The statistics of each administrative division are collected from
official and unofficial publications, updated constantly and for your
reference only.
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Statistics of Beijing
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Population: 13.819 million (3 million increase during the past
decade, increase rate: 27.7%, average annual increase rate: 2.4%)
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Total
number of families: 4.176 million
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Average
number of family members: 2.9
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Men Vs.
Women: 52.1:47.9
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The group
of 0-4 years old: 1.878 million, shares 13.6% of total city
population; The group of 15-64 years old: 10.786 million, shares 78%
of total city population; The group of 65 and older: 1.155 million,
shares 8.4% of total city population.
(2001 )
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