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  • Guangfu: 2,600 years old, birthplace of tai chi

    2012-08-10 07:53

    The ancient town of Guangfu, in Yongnian county, Hebei province might be known to the outside world in China as the birthplace of tai chi.

  • Tourists finding sedate respite in Yuxian county

    2012-08-10 07:53

    After intensive days touring the grandeur of Beijing's imperial palaces and gardens, increasing numbers of tourists take a relaxing trip to a county 250 kilometer west of the national capital to experience another kind of cultural charm.

  • City walls invoke a vivid story from ancient past

    2012-08-10 07:53

    Most cities and towns along the Great Wall have their origins as important military bases to defend against nomadic tribes from the north, and the ancient city of Xuanhua in Hebei province is no exception.

  • Record conservation funding for Chengde imperial gardens

    2012-07-27 07:32

    The world's largest imperial garden complex is expected to receive 600 million yuan ($94.2 million) for conservation from the Chinese government during the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015) period, according to a conservation official in the city of Chengde in North China's Hebei province.

  • InMusic Festival set to rock Zhangbei county

    2012-07-27 07:32

    Rock'n' roll fans will soon be able to indulge their passion as preparations are in full swing for the 2012 InMusic Festival in Zhangbei county of northwestern Hebei province.

  • Historic Hebei rich in antiquity

    2012-07-27 07:32

    While Xanadu, the summer capital of the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), was made a World Heritage site in June, conservation efforts are also underway.

  • Beachside Beidaihe: Alluring for more than a century

    2012-07-02 07:49

    Today a favorite vacation destination, beachside Beidaihe was a small fishing village when English railway engineers provided a getaway in the 1890s.

  • Imperial opulence lives on at Qing tomb complex

    2012-07-02 07:49

    The Egyptian pyramids and tombs of its ancient pharaohs are renowned over the world, but few outside China are familiar with the Eastern Royal Tombs of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), the largest, most complete and best-preserved extant mausoleum complex in China.

  • Wuqiao county flies high on acrobatics

    2012-07-02 07:49

    Wuqiao county in North China's Hebei province is considered the birthplace of Chinese acrobatics due to a history of aerial virtuosity that stretches back more than 2,000 years.

  • As economy booms, Hebei govt notes greater need for civility

    2012-05-30 08:01

    In February, an aged man from Zanhuang county took his granddaughter to the provincial capital Shijiazhuang to seek medical treatment for her stomach ailment. But because they had little money, the two had to wait and sleep in a hospital corridor for nights.

  • Capital city Shijiazhuang all set and ready to grow

    2012-05-30 08:01

    Shijiazhuang, the capital of Hebei province, is on its way to national prominence thanks to its rapid development in economy, tourism and culture.

  • Reviving Hebei’s Traditional Dramatic Arts

    2012-05-16 18:10

    Two thousand years before the advent of cinematography, Chinese people had already started to use tricks of light to create moving images telling stories.

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