Cangzhou (Chinese: 沧州; Pinyin: Cāngzhōu) is a prefecture-level city in Hebei province, People's Republic of China. Cangzhou's urban center has a population of approximately 488,600 (2004), while the administrative region in totla has a population of 6.8 million. It lies 180 km from Beijing, China's capital, and 90 km from the major port city of Tianjin. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Pinyin, more formally called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ), is the most common variant of Standard Mandarin romanization system in use. ... A prefecture-level city (地级市 Pinyin: dìjí shì, literally region-level city) or prefecture-level municipality is an administrative division of the Peoples Republic of China, ranking below a province and above a county in Chinas administrative structure. ... Look up city, City in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Hebei (Chinese: 河北; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Ho-pei; Postal System Pinyin: Hopeh) is a northern province of the Peoples Republic of China. ... A province, in the context of China, is a translation of sheng (省 shÄ›ng), which is an administrative division of China. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...   (Chinese: ; Pinyin: ; Postal map spelling: Tientsin) is one of the four municipalities of China. ...

Economics

Cangzhou's urban center is a heavily industrial city but the city's administrative territory also includes strongly agricultural areas, and is renowned in China for its Chinese jujube fruits and Ya pears (well-known by the export name of Tianjin Ya Pear). The North China Oil Field is within Cangzhou City's jurisdiction. Cangzhou also encompasses a large fishing port and the modern, coal-exporting Huanghua Harbour. Binomial name (L.) H. Karst. ... For other uses, see Fruit (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Fishing is the activity of hunting for fish by hooking, trapping, or gathering. ... Seaport, a painting by Claude Lorrain, 1638 The Port of Wellington at night. ... Coal Coal (IPA: ) is a fossil fuel formed in swamp ecosystems where plant remains were saved by water and mud from oxidization and biodegradation. ...

Geography and transportation

Cangzhou is located to the south of Beijing, near the coast of the Bohai Sea of the Pacific Ocean. It lies on the Jinghu (Beijing-Shanghai) railway line and the notional Jinghu Axis, a geographic and transportation corridor between Beijing and Shanghai to the south. Beijing (Chinese: 北京; pinyin: BÄ›ijÄ«ng; Wade-Giles: Peiching or Pei-ching; IPA: ; literally Northern capital;  ), a metropolis in northern China, is the capital of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ... A map showing the location of the Bohai Sea. ... The following is a list of railways in the mainland of the Peoples Republic of China. ... For other uses, see Shanghai (disambiguation). ... Railroad or railway tracks are used on railways, which, together with railroad switches (points), guide trains without the need for steering. ... Map of the Earth Geography (from the Greek words Geo (γη) or Gaea (γαια), both meaning Earth, and graphein (γραφειν) meaning to describe or to writeor to map) is the study of the earth and its features, inhabitants, and phenomena. ...

The Shicang Expressway connects Cangzhou to Shijiazhuang, capital of Hebei province, and from thence links by road to the Jingshi Expressway leading to Beijing, part of the Jingzhu Expressway connecting all the way to southern China, Hong Kong, and Macau. Cangzhou's Huanghua Harbour is the end of a main Chinese coal shipping railway, the Shuohuang Line. Website: http://www. ... Not to be confused with capitol. ... The Jingshi Expressway (Chinese: 京石高速公路; pinyin: ; or Jingshi Freeway, as it was formerly known) is an expressway in China which links Beijing to the Shijiazhuang. ... The Jingzhu Expressway is the first completed north-south expressway in the Peoples Republic of China, starting from Beijing and ending in Zhuhai, on the border with the Macao SAR. The Jingzhu Expressway is formed mainly by the main trunk route from Beijing to Shijiazhuang (Jingshi Expressway), and by... Alternative meaning: In geology, North China (continent) and South China (continent) were two ancient landmasses that correspond to modern northern and southern China. ...

Major airports located closest to Cangzhou include Beijing Capital Airport and Tianjin Airport. Airport terminal architecture in Beijing Airport (July 2004 image) Beijing Capital International Airport (北京首都国际机场 Pinyin: Běijīng Shǒudū Guójì Jīchǎng) is an airport in Beijing, Peoples Republic of China. ... Tianjin Binhai International Airport is an airport located east of Tianjin, China in Dongli District. ...

Climate

Cangzhou's climate is mild to warm in the summer to cold in the winter, as in most of Hebei and north China. In winter months, snowfall is common. Northern Peoples Republic of China region. ...

History

Cangzhou is reported to have been founded in the Southern and Northern Dynasties period (420-589 CE). This article is about China. ... For other uses, see 420 (disambiguation). ... Events October 17 - The Adige River overflows its banks, flooding the church of St. ...

Culture

The Iron Lion

The city has historically been known in China for its wushu (martial arts) and acrobatics. Cangzhou is also famed for its historic thousand-year-old 40-ton lion sculpture. The sculpture is reportedly the largest cast-iron sculpture in the world, cast in 953 in Tang Dynasty. The famed lion has even given its name to a locally-brewed beer and is a symbol of the city.^[1] Image File history File links IronLion. ... Image File history File links IronLion. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Hawaiian State Grappling Championships. ... High wire act Acrobatics (from Greek Akros, high and bat, walking) is one of the performing arts, and is also practiced as a sport. ... The Iron Lion of Cangzhou (Chinese: ; Pinyin: ) is a cast iron sculpture located in the town of Cangzhou in Hebei Province, China, about 180 km (110 mi) southwest of the national capital Beijing. ... For other uses, see World (disambiguation). ... Events First time that Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal appeared in a Roman map. ... China under the Tang Dynasty (yellow) and its sphere of influence Capital Changan (618–904) Luoyang (904-907) Language(s) Chinese Religion Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism Government Monarchy Emperor  - 618-626 Emperor Gaozu  - 684, 705-710 Emperor Zhongzong  - 684, 710-712 Emperor Ruizong  - 904-907 Emperor Ai History  - Li Yuan... For other uses, see Beer (disambiguation). ...

Cangzhou is home to a traditional Chinese form of musical performing arts, Kuaiban Dagu.

The city's Hui residents have seven mosques. One of them, the West Mosque, has collected at its museum one of Chinas's best collections of Islamic manuscripts and artefacts.^[2] The Hui people (Chinese: ; Pinyin: , Xiaoerjing: حُوِ ذَو ) are a Chinese ethnic group, typically distinguished by their practice of the Islamic religion. ...

Demographics and society

Cangzhou, though predominated by the Han Chinese majority, is home to a sizable population of the Muslim Hui minority. Intermarriage occasionally occurs between the majority Han and the Hui, but stereotypes of Hui still exist among Cangzhou's Han residents, and some tensions remain. Migration to Hebei province and Cangzhou by Xinjiang Muslim minorities (generally ethnic Uighurs) is increasing. Languages Chinese languages Religions Predominantly Taoism, Mahayana Buddhism, traditional Chinese religions, and atheism. ... There is also a collection of Hadith called Sahih Muslim A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Persian: Mosalman or Mosalmon Urdu: مسلمان, Turkish: Müslüman, Albanian: Mysliman, Bosnian: Musliman) is an adherent of the religion of Islam. ... The Peoples Republic of China officially describes itself as a multinational unitary state and as such officially recognizes 56 nationalities or M (民族), within China: the Han being the majority (>92%), and the remaining 55 nationalities being the national minorities. ... Intermarriage normally refers to marriage between people belonging to different religions, tribes, nationalities or ethnic backgrounds. ... For the county in Shanxi province, see Xinjiang County. ... Uyghurs (also called Uighurs, Uygurs, or Uigurs) (Chinese: 維吾爾 or 维吾尔 in pinyin: wéiwúěr) are a Turkic ethnic group of people living in northwestern China (mainly in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, where they are the dominant ethnic group together with Han people...

Language

The dominant first language of Cangzhou's population is a variety of the northeastern Mandarin dialect continuum (may be considered Ji Lu Mandarin), with some similarities with the Tianjin dialect of Mandarin. Cangzhou-area topolects are partially mutually intelligible with standard Mandarin. Dialects vary between localities, including among the many rural and urbanized areas, though are generally intelligible among each other. First language (native language, mother tongue, or vernacular) is the language a person learns first. ... This article is on all of the Northern and Southwestern Chinese dialects. ... A dialect continuum is a range of dialects spoken across a large geographical area, differing only slightly between areas that are geographically close, and gradually decreasing in mutual intelligibility as the distances become greater. ... Ji Lu Mandarin (Simplified Chinese: 冀鲁官话; Traditional Chinese: 冀魯官話; pinyin: jìlǔguānhuà) is a Mandarin dialect spoken in the Chinese provinces of Hebei and Shandong. ... Tianjin dialect (天津话, pinyin: Tiānjīnhuà) is the dialect of Mandarin spoken in the urban area of Tianjin, China. ... Standard Mandarin, also known as Standard Chinese, Modern Standard Chinese or Standard spoken Chinese, is the official modern Chinese spoken language used by the Peoples Republic of China, the Republic of China (Taiwan), and Singapore. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Government

Administrative structure

Cangzhou City comprises

• 2 districts: Yunhe District and Xinhua District
• 4 county-level cities: Potou County, Renqiu County, Huanghua County, and Hejian County
• 9 counties: Cang County, Qing County, Xian County, Dongguang County, Haixing County, Yanshan County, Suning County, Nanpi County, and Wuqiao County
• one autonomous county: Mengcun Hui Autonomous County

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Military

Cangzhou is home to Cangzhou Airbase of the People's Liberation Army-Air Force Flag of the Peoples Liberation Army Air Force The Peoples Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ) is the aviation branch of the Peoples Liberation Army, the military of the Peoples Republic of China. ...

Reference

1. ^ Wagner, Donald B. "The cast iron lion of Cangzhou", Needham Research Institute newsletter, no. 10, June 1991, pp. 2-3.
2. ^ WEST MOSQUE MUSEUM, CANGZHOU, HEBEI PROVINCE CHINA HERITAGE NEWSLETTER, No. 5, March 2006. (China Heritage Project, The Australian National University. ISSN 1833-8461).

External links

• http://www.china-military.org/units/cangzhou.htm
• Lions of Cangzhou: a Martial arts (wushu) school in Malle, Belgium
• Article about the Cangzhou Lion (in Chinese)
• "Chinese 'serial killer' arrested". BBC World Service. 15 November, 2003. (Incident in Cangzhou)
• http://www.spotsoftime.com/blog/archives/cat_china.html
• http://archives.foodsafetynetwork.ca/animalnet/1999/7-1999/an-07-10-99-01.txt

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