Shunping Wanqing Peach Garden Folk Culture Park is located in Hekou Township and Baiyun Township (about 10 kilometers northwest of the county town). The Shunping Yiqi Mountain Scenic Area has been designated as one of the first “National Agricultural Tourism Demonstration Sites” — “Shunping Wanqing Peach Garden Folk Culture Park,” making it an excellent destination for agricultural eco-tourism. Here, you can not only…
Tanghe River Rafting is located in Beishenbei Village, Shen’nan Township, Shunping (35 km northwest of the county town and 10 km from Longtan Lake). The rafting section on the Tanghe River in Shunping was added as a tourism activity during the first Peach Blossom Festival in Shunping. The Tanghe River originates in Lingqiu, Shanxi, and flows through 10 km of Shen’nan Township in Shunping. The water follows the mountain terrain, sometimes gentle and sometimes rapid, with abundant flow. …
Longtan Lake Scenic Area is located in Longtan Village, Shennan Township, Shunping (45 kilometers northwest of the county seat), covering a total area of 50 square kilometers. With a vegetation coverage rate of 98%, the average summer temperature does not exceed 23°C, and the area enjoys a large diurnal temperature variation, cool climate, fresh air, and beautiful scenery. Longtan Lake stretches over 3,000 meters from south to north, winding...
The Wang Family Manor is located in Nanyaoshan Village, Yaoshan Town, Shunping County, about 25 kilometers due west of Baoding City. The manor was first built in the early years of the Shunzhi reign during the Qing Dynasty by the Wang family ancestor Wang Xigun and has a history of over 300 years. It is the largest and most well-preserved grand residence of a wealthy landlord and merchant from the Qing Dynasty still existing in North China, and it is a National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit…
Xingtanggou Scenic Area
Tianhu Natural Scenic Area
Wu Hou Pagoda is located in the northwest corner of Nanwuhou Village, Yaoshan Township, about 15 kilometers northeast of Shunping County. It is a Liao Dynasty structure and is designated as a provincial-level cultural relic protection unit. Currently, both the base and the body of the pagoda show varying degrees of weathering. The pagoda faces south and is a five-story hollow brick pagoda with a dense-eave hexagonal design. The entire pagoda consists of three parts: the base, the body, and the finial. The base is further...
Baiyintuo Provincial Forest Park is located in Shen Nan Township, Shunping County. It borders Longtan Lake to the west and lies at the heart of Beijing, Tianjin, and Shijiazhuang, approximately 60 kilometers from downtown Baoding and 50 kilometers from Shunping County. Baiyintuo is the first high-altitude mountainous area in the Taihang Mountain Range in the northwest of Baoding, with elevations ranging from 520 meters to 1,008 meters. The park boasts abundant plant resources...
The Xingtang Gully Grand Canyon is located on the beautiful Tang River near the downstream wharf of the Tang River Drift. It lies on the southern foothills of Sanmiaofeng in the Taihang Mountain Range on the north bank of the Tang River and was originally a Taoist sacred site during the transition from the Song to the Jin and Yuan dynasties. The Xingtang Gully developed within the Proterozoic dolomite and limestone strata. Its unique karst landforms and oddly shaped fossils are truly breathtaking...
The Shunping Zicheng Ruins are located in the Zicheng Village area of Shunping County and are ancient ruins from the Warring States and Han dynasties. On July 23, 1982, the Shunping Zicheng Ruins were designated as a provincial-level cultural heritage site by the People's Government of Hebei Province. The Zicheng Ruins, dating back to the Warring States and Han periods, are situated about 10 kilometers southeast of Shunping County in Gaoyupu Town, near Dawang and Zicheng villages...
The Site of the Yechang Massacre is located in Shigou, Yechang Village, Dabei Township, Shunping County. On February 7, 2001, it was designated as a provincial-level cultural relic protection unit by the People's Government of Hebei Province. In 1943, Japanese invaders during their occupation of China placed a bayonet at the neck of Wang Pu, a 14-year-old boy, and threatened him to reveal the hiding place of the Eighth Route Army’s ammunition depot...
The Ranzhuang Tunnel Warfare Site is located in Qingyuan County, Hebei Province. In March 1961, it was listed among the first batch of Major Historical and Cultural Sites Protected at the National Level by the State Council. In January 1995, it was designated as a National Youth Education Demonstration Base by the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, and in June 1997, it was named a National Patriotic Education Demonstration Base by the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee. It is a national A-level...
Ruins of Biyang City The ruins of Biyang City are located about 20 kilometers southwest of the county seat, on the north bank of the Jiulong River, in what is now Yangcheng Village. The site stretches approximately 1,400 meters from north to south and about 800 meters from east to west. A large number of pottery fragments are scattered across the surface of the site. Artifacts unearthed include stone mortars, tripods, pottery well tiles, and more. Several small Han Dynasty tombs have been discovered nearby, yielding…
The hometown of Emperor Taizu of Song, Zhao Kuangyin, is now Dong’an Village in Qingyuan County, Hebei Province, which has been confirmed by a wealth of detailed historical records. The Three Song Tombs are located about 1 kilometer east of Pingling Village. Originally, there were three burial mounds here. It is said that they are the tombs of Zhao Kuangyin’s great-great-grandfather Tiao, great-grandfather Ting, and grandfather Jing, commonly known as the Three Song Tombs. In the first year of the Jianlong era of the Song Dynasty (960 AD)...
Tomb of Peng Yue The Tomb of Peng Yue is located 1.5 kilometers north of Beiwangli Village. It originally had an earthen mound 2–3 meters high, covering several acres of land, and was fronted by stone statues of humans and horses, as well as a memorial archway. During the Cultural Revolution, it was leveled to the ground. Legend has it that this is the burial site of Peng Yue, the King of Liang during the Han Dynasty. In 1982, the People’s Government of Hebei Province designated the tomb as a provincial-level key cultural relic...
Guogongying Guanyin Temple Guogongying Temple is located 15 kilometers northeast of the county town. The Guanyin Temple in the village is currently the largest Buddhist temple within Baoding City and serves as the headquarters of the Baoding Buddhist Association. Major structures include the Heavenly King Hall, Mahavira Hall, Three Saints Pavilion, Scripture Chanting Hall, and Dangyang Pagoda. The Guanyin Temple was built before the Sui Dynasty, renovated during the Jin Dynasty’s Dading era…
The Yangshao Culture Site in Dongzang Village is located approximately 19.6 kilometers northeast of Qingyuan County, about 1,000 meters southwest of Dongzang Village and 4,000 meters south of the Fu River. The site stretches around 280 meters in length and 240 meters in width, standing 1–1.9 meters higher than the surrounding area. Scattered across the ground are ash pits of varying sizes, containing pottery rings...
The Ancient City of FanYu is located about 18.6 kilometers northeast of the county seat, connected to the south with Yucheng Village. The site stretches approximately 600 meters from east to west and 300 meters from north to south, with a large number of pottery fragments scattered on the ground. In 1986, local farmers digging for soil discovered seven Han Dynasty wells, built with clay well tiles and bricks inscribed with Chinese characters. The cultural layer at the site is about 1 meter deep…
Ruins of Qingliang City The Ruins of Qingliang City are located 14 kilometers southeast of the county town, connected to the southwest with Qingliangcheng Village. The site is approximately 400 meters in both length and width. A large number of pottery fragments are scattered on the ground, including vessels such as pots, jars, basins, and urns. In the second year of the Yuanshuo era of the Han Dynasty (127 BC), Emperor Wu of Han enfeoffed Liu Chaoping, son of King Jing of Zhongshan, as Marquis of Jiangliang, establishing the Jiangliang Marquisate...
Era: Five Dynasties, Song Dynasty. There are many historical records about the Zhao-Song Ancestral Tombs. They were previously known as the "Three Song Tombs," namely: the Qinxing Tomb of Emperor Xizu Zhao Xian, the Kangling Tomb of Emperor Shunzu Zhao Heng, and the Jingling Tomb of Emperor Yizu Zhao Jing. Their actual location is in Baozhou, now Qingyuan County. The tomb system of the Northern Song Dynasty largely followed that of the Tang Dynasty, but with the difference that the Song tombs were still built on flat land...