Hebei Provincial Library is a provincial-level comprehensive public library established by the government. It is an important part of Hebei Province’s socialist scientific, educational, and cultural endeavors, serving as an academic institution that provides the public with book and periodical reading services and knowledge consultation. It is also the hub for book collection, cataloging, interlibrary collaboration, coordination, and professional research in Hebei Province...
The Earth Science Museum of Shijiazhuang University of Economics is an academic institution museum and one of the few natural science museums in Hebei Province. The new building of the Earth Science Museum of Shijiazhuang University of Economics began construction in July 2006 and was completed in December 2006. The museum is located at No. 136 Huai’an East Road on the main campus of Shijiazhuang University of Economics…
The Western Zhou Dynasty site in Xizhang Village is locally known as "Ba Wang Gang." The site stretches 350 meters from east to west and 310 meters from north to south, covering an area of approximately 100,000 square meters. Before scientific surveys and drilling were conducted, artifacts such as bronze arrowheads and bronze belt hooks were frequently discovered here. Notably, two tombs (Tomb 1 and …
Zhengfeng Mine Industrial Architecture Complex in Jingxing Mining District
The Fenglong Mountain (located at the border of Yuanshi County and Luquan City) Grottoes currently consist of two sites: one is located in the Western Stone Hall Courtyard on the western foothills of Fenglong Mountain, and the other is in the Eastern Stone Hall Courtyard on the eastern foothills. The cave sculptures in the Eastern Stone Hall Courtyard have been destroyed. The Western Stone Hall Courtyard contains three caves, arranged from west to east as Cave No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3. Cave No. 1 is the Trikāya...
The Yoga Mountain Cliff Carvings are located on Yoga Mountain, west of Nanyeh Village, 40 kilometers west of Pingshan County. There are three existing cliff carving sites: one in Incense Burner Valley, one at Temple Mouth, and one in Bodhisattva Cave on the western ridge, featuring a total of 74 Buddhist statues of various sizes. The Maitreya Pavilion in Incense Burner Valley was initially built in the late Tang Dynasty and renovated during the Jin Dynasty. Inside, a seated Buddha is carved directly into the rock face...
The Various Sub Han Tombs are located in the area around Various Sub Village in the northeastern part of Zhao County, Hebei Province. The tomb cluster centers on the north of Various Sub Village and spreads across an area approximately 8 kilometers long from northwest to southeast and 5 kilometers wide, encompassing villages such as Various Sub Village, Songcheng Village, and Damavillage. According to relevant records, the burial mounds of the Various Sub ancient tombs are large, mostly multi-chamber brick tombs. Analysis of artifacts unearthed from the site suggests that...
Chanyin Temple Stupa is located in Xidalisi Village, Gaocun Township, Zhao County, Hebei Province, about twenty kilometers from the county town. The ancient stupa was built in the ninth year of the Zhi Zheng era (1349) during the reign of Emperor Shundi of the Yuan Dynasty. Its full name is “The Stupa of Master Puming Jinghui, the Dharma Master of Chanyin Temple.” It is a key cultural relic protection unit at the provincial level in Hebei Province. The base of the stupa is connected to the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.
The Song Village site is located 700 meters west of Song Village in Zhaojiazhuang Township, Zhao County. The site has an irregular rectangular layout, measuring 116 meters from north to south, 75 meters from east to west, covering an area of approximately 9,000 square meters, with a cultural layer about 5 meters thick. Due to earth excavation in earlier years, the surrounding area of the site features cliff-like edges. According to the "Zhaozhou Annals" under the section on Temples: “Xilin Temple is located to the west of Song Village…”
The Tomb of the Han Dynasty at Xujiaguo, originally called "General Lian Po’s Tomb," is located 200 meters north of Xujiaguo Village and east of Yangjiaguo Village in Zhao County. The tomb mound stands 7.5 meters high, stretches 60 meters from north to south, and is 50 meters wide from east to west, covering an area of approximately 3,000 square meters. The earthen mound is relatively well-preserved, with only minor erosion and damage. On the southern slope of the mound, the remains of two broken stone turtle pedestals can be found. It is said that...
The Tomb of Li Xian is the burial site of Li Xian, a prominent official of the Northern Wei Dynasty who served as Grand General of Chariots and Cavalry and Governor of Dingzhou. Li Xian, who held the titles of Grand General of Chariots and Cavalry and Governor of Dingzhou during the Northern Wei Dynasty, has long been regarded as a source of pride by the people of Zhao County. After his death, he was buried east of Duan Village in Gaocun Township, Zhao County—now the location of his tomb, which has been designated as a provincial-level key cultural relics protection unit. …
The Zanhuang Li Clan Tomb Cluster, also known as the Northern Dynasties Zhao Commandery Li Clan Family Tomb. It is located on the hillside south of Xigao Village, Zanhuang County, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province. A tomb cluster consisting of nine ancient tombs has been discovered on the hillside south of Xigao Village, Zanhuang County, Hebei Province. Four of them have been excavated so far, while the other five are still under excavation and cleaning. Based on the unearthed epitaphs and artifacts...
The Wanpodeng Site is located on a highland to the west of Zanhuang County and is commonly referred to by locals as "Wanpodeng." The site is roughly rectangular in shape, measuring approximately 300 meters from east to west and 205 meters from north to south, covering an area of about 61,500 square meters. The cultural strata are complex, with a depth of around 3 meters, and the site has not been formally excavated. The terrain of the site gradually…
The Ancient Tombs of Donghantai are located in Donghantai Village, Yuanshi County. These are ancient tombs from the Han Dynasty. They were designated as a cultural relic protection unit of Hebei Province on July 23, 1982. …
The Pagoda of Monk Langong is currently located within Panlong Temple in Panlong Lake Resort, Yuanshi County, Hebei Province. Originally situated in the farmland between Mengcun and Zhaobao villages, the pagoda was relocated to Panlong Temple for preservation in 1998. This ancient pagoda was built in the 24th year of the Zhiyuan era during the Yuan Dynasty and is now a key cultural relic protection unit of Hebei Province. …
Shengxian Bridge in Xingtang County is located over the moat outside the west gate of the old county town and was originally built during the Tang Dynasty. It was renovated in the fifth year of the Yuanyou era of the Northern Song Dynasty (1090), and is a single-arch, open-spandrel stone bridge constructed with adjacent voussoirs. The bridge is 15.3 meters long, 6 meters wide, and 4.7 meters high from the bridge deck to the riverbed. The main arch consists of 20 individual horseshoe-shaped segments, with a maximum span...
Fengchong Temple, an ancient structure located within Xingtang County, is a key cultural relic protection unit of Hebei Province and has been hailed by Chinese ancient architecture experts as one of the precious ancient buildings in the country. According to the 1680 (19th year of the Kangxi reign in the Qing Dynasty) Xingtang County Chronicles, a monk named Chongbian who lived during the Sui Kaihuang era was revered for his spiritual practice and was conferred...
Xingtang County Confucius Temple is located in Xingtang County, Hebei Province. It was first built in the fifth year of the Tianqi era of the Ming Dynasty (1625), and underwent renovations in the thirteenth year of the Shunzhi era (1656), the twenty-ninth year of the Kangxi era (1690), the forty-sixth year of the Kangxi era (1707), the sixtieth year of the Kangxi era (1721), and the forty-fourth year of the Qianlong era (1779) of the Qing Dynasty. The temple...
Shangnanzhuang Martyrs' Cemetery in Xingtang County is located to the north of Shangnanzhuang Village, Jiukouzi Township, Xingtang County, covering an area of 30 mu. It was built on May 1, 1945, by the Jijin Military District, the Fourth Sub-district of the Jijin Military District, the 30th Regiment, the Xingtang County Committee of the Communist Party of China, the county government, and the Xingtang Detachment. The cemetery includes a Revolutionary Martyrs Memorial Hall, an Anti-Japanese Martyrs Memorial Tower, a martyr...
Xinle Confucius Temple is located on the campus of the former Cheng'an Town Middle School in Xinle City. Originally built in the late Tang Dynasty, it has undergone multiple cycles of prosperity and decline. The existing structures are remnants of the reconstruction during the Yongle Bing Shen year (1416 AD). Xinle Confucius Temple served as the county school Confucian temple of Xinle County (now Xinle City, Hebei Province) during the Ming and Qing dynasties. It was situated in Cheng'an Town, the site of the former county seat, within the campus of the town middle school...