Hengshui
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Hengshui 衡水市 |
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| Prefecture-level city | |
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.png) Location of Hengshui City jurisdiction in Hebei |
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 Hengshui
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| Coordinates: 37°44′N 115°42′E / 37.733°N 115.700°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hebei |
| Area | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 8,836.95 km2 (3,411.97 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 602.5 km2 (232.6 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 602.5 km2 (232.6 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 census) | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 4,340,773 |
| • Density | 490/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 522,147 |
| • Urban density | 870/km2 (2,200/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 522,147 |
| • Metro density | 870/km2 (2,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| License Plate Prefix | 冀T |
Hengshui (pinyin: Héngshuǐ) is a prefecture-level city in southern Hebei province, People's Republic of China, bordering Shandong to the southeast. At the 2010 census its population was 4,340,373 inhabitants whom 522,147 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of Taocheng urban district. It is on the Jingjiu Railway.
Hengshui comprises
Hengshui High School is located in Hengshui.
Hengshui No. 2 High School is in the city.
Hengshui is also the home of Hengshui University.
The Harrison International Peace Hospital is located in Hengshui. This comprehensive teaching and research hospital was named after Dr. Tillson Harrison, a martyr to the Chinese revolution. Dr. Harrison, a Canadian, died in 1947 while transporting medical equipment and supplies. Some of this equipment is on display in an exhibition room in the hospital. The hospital uses both traditional Chinese medicine and modern western diagnostic and therapeutic technology.
The city is renowned as the centre for inside painting, mainly of small snuff bottles. Zhang Rucai was born in Hebei Province and since 1972, he started to learn the art of inside painting. In April 1996, he was conferred the title Master of Chinese Folk Arts & Crafts by UNESCO. The city has a fascinating museum and exhibition of the art of the inside painter - many complex paintings done on the inside of small snuff bottles as well as special larger pieces of glassware. See [1]
There is a Buddhist Temple on the outskirts of the city which is well worth a visit, as is the bridge in the old part of the city - one of the few remnants of the old town.
Hengshui Old Town Bridge
Hengshui Buddhist Temple
As air pollution in China is at an all-time high, several Hebei cities are among the most polluted cities and have the worst air quality in China. Reporting on China's airpocalypse has been accompanied by what seems like a monochromatic slideshow of the country's several cities smothered in thick smog. According to a survey made by "Global voices China" in February 2013, 7 cities in Hebei including Xingtai, Shijiazhuang, Baoding, Handan, Langfang, Hengshui and Tangshan, are among China's 10 most polluted cities.
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