Zhengding

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Lying at the eastern piedmont of Taihang Mountain, the ancient city of Zhengding is 15 kilometres to the north of Shijiazhuang City, 258 kilometres to the south of Beijing, 350 kilometres to the Tianjin New Port, and 275 kilometres to the Huanghua Port. The whole county is divided into three parts by the Hutuo River and the Laoci River.

Zhengding is a time-honoured cultural city. Historical records show that the place had been inhabited by human beings as early as 5,000 years ago. The long history left numerous historic sites and colourful cultural relics under either national or provincial level protection, such as the Longxing Temple, the Linji Temple, the Temple of Literature, the Chengling Tower, the Linxiao Tower and the Hua Tower, etc. The famous Longxing Temple is a magnificent and well-preserved ancient building complex. First built in 586, the temple has a history of more than 1,300 years, and is one of the Four Treasures in Hebei, with the other three being the Stone Lions in Cangzhou, the Tower in Dingzhou, the Great Stone Bridge in Zhaozhou.