Beihai in China, port of international trade, large shipyard, business, shipping
Beihai (Chinese: 北海; pinyin: Běihǎi) is a prefecture-level city in the south of Guangxi, People's Republic of China. The name of the city means north of the sea in Chinese, signifying its status as a seaport on the north shore of the Gulf of Tonkin, which has granted it historical importance as a port of international trade for Guangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou, and Yunnan.[1] Between the years 2006 and 2020, Beihai is predicted to be the world's fastest growing city.[2] Beihai has a large shipyard, but most of the money generated in the city is derived from trade.
In addition, it governs the small islands of Weizhou and Xieyang, and is directly west of Leizhou Peninsula.After the 1876 Sino-British Treaty of Yantai, eight Western nations (the UK, US, Germany, Austria-Hungary, France, Italy, Portugal, and Belgium) set up consulates, hospitals, churches, schools, and maritime customs. Today, 15 of these western buildings remain in Beihai. It officially became an international tourist spot (旅遊對外開放城市) in 1982.
City timeline[edit]
December 4, 1949: Beihai became a town of Hepu County under the Communist Party of China .
January 1951: a province-administered city of Guangdong
May 1951: entrusted to Guangxi
March 1952: officially administered by Guangxi
May 1955: Administered by Guangdong again
1956: reduced to a county-level city
1958: reduced to Beihai People's Commune of Hepu County
1959: county-class town
1964: restored to county-class city
June 1965: Administered by Guangxi again
October 1983: restored to prefecture-level city
Language[edit]
Vernacular languages of Beihai include Qin-Lian Yue, Hakka and Min. Mandarin is of increasing prevalence as a result of the Chinese government's general promotion of it.
Transportation[edit]
Air Transportation[edit]
Beihai is served by Beihai Fucheng Airport (BHY). It serves domestic destinations and also Hong Kong.
Rail[edit]
Beihai is served by a railway branch from Nanning. There are passenger trains to Nanning and Guilin.[3] At the end of 2013, the introduction of high-speed (D-series) train service to Beihai was announced as well.[4]
Climate[edit]
Beihai has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa), with mild to warm winters and long, hot (but not especially) summers, and very humid conditions year-round. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from 14.5 °C (58.1 °F) in January to 28.8 °C (83.8 °F) in July, while extremes have ranged from 2.0 to 37.1 °C (36 to 99 °F). Rain is both the heaviest and most frequent from June to September, when 70% of the annual rainfall also occurs. This is in contrast to the autumn and winter months, where only 20 to 40 millimetres (0.79 to 1.57 in) of rain falls per month. The area receives about 2,000 hours of sunshine annually.[1]
Chengkan village, Anhui, China - An interesting journey along a rural road in China.
Chengkan Village in Huizhou District of Huangshan City is renowned for its well-preserved and amazingly designed residential architecture of Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 A.D.). The village is located about 40km (24.85mi) away from Mt. Huangshan and about half an hour drive from Tunxi.
Chengkan Village is a wonder among the ancient villages in China for its elaborate layout. The whole village is arranged according to the theory of the Eight Diagrams in the I Ching (also Yi Jing in Chinese), or Classic of Changes, one of the oldest of the Chinese classic texts.
When stepping into the village, you are as if stepping into a maze: three main streets and ninety-nine lanes criss-crossing the village with hills and rivers surrounding it. Of course it's not the Labyrinth of Minos in Greek Mythology, but in Chengkan, a exploration of the intricacy of lanes as well as the primitive life of the locals is surely worthwhile. The special layout of the residences together with the mother river of the village, Longxi River, are believed to bring liveliness and fortune to the whole village and the welfare will be passed down from generation to generation.
Li River - Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang, China
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- ... Jerry also talked with us about what tours we would like, we decided to book the Li River tour for tomorrow and the Dragons Backbone rice terraces in Longsheng for the following day ...
- ... I started the day with a Li River cruise from Guilin to Yangshuo with my rent-a-friend (AKA my guide, Li ) ...
- ... Travelers can enjoy these pageants at the Li River Folk Customs Center ...
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