The Ancient City of Zhengding 正定古城

With its stunning temples, towers and gates, the ancient city of Zhengding in Hebei Province in North China is becoming increasing popular as a tourist attraction. Zhengding is called “the treasure-house” due to its wonderful Chinese ancient buildings and is quickly becoming one of the most famous ancient cities in the north. In the Spring and Autumn period (770-476 BC), the city was the capital of Yu State. Around 2,000 years ago Zhengding was one of the leading political and military centers in the north. The long history that this city holds has left plenty of splendid historic relics. There are currently five places of historical interest that are preserved by the state and seven sites that are preserved by the province. Longxing Temple, built in the Sui Dynasty (581-618) and extended into the Song Dynasty (960-1279), has the oldest and highest bronze statue of Guanyin ever discovered in China as well as other ancient Buddhist statues. It is an ideal place to study the style of Buddhist temple architectures of the Song Dynasty. There are also several areas where film companies make and shoot their films in Zhengding, including Rongguofu, Ningrong Street, Among them, Rongguofu, an architectural complex in the style of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), has the reputation of being “East Hollywood.” Nearly 80 films, including the Dreams of Red Mansion, a film based on a famous ancient novel of the same name, was shot here.

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