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Baoding 保定Bǎodìng
Home of the Qing viceroys, emperors' tombs and a reed-and-lotus lake
About Baoding
Baoding, about 150 km south-west of Beijing, was the capital of Zhili province under the Qing, and the Viceroy of Zhili's Office still stands beside the Ancient Lotus Pond, a garden begun in the Jin dynasty. Four Qing emperors lie in the Western Qing Tombs, a World Heritage Site, and Dingzhou has the 84-metre Liaodi Pagoda of 1055. Reeds and lotus fill Baiyang Lake, in the Xiong'an New Area; Yesanpo's gorges and Baishi Mountain lie in the hills to the north.
What to eat in Baoding
- Donkey meat burger (驴肉火烧)
Listed sites in Baoding
73 listed sites are in Baoding. These are the 23 rated 5A or 4A; see all 73 in the Hebei list.
- Baishi Mountain 白石山 5A scenic area
Baishi Mountain is the northern end of the Taihang range, a block of pale marble and dolomite in Laiyuan County whose jagged peaks poke out of low cloud on overcast days. - Baiyang Lake 白洋淀 5A scenic area
Baiyang Lake is the largest freshwater lake in northern China, a patchwork of shallow lakes, channels, reed beds and lotus ponds within the Xiong'an New Area. - Western Qing Tombs 清西陵 5A scenic area · National heritage site
The Western Qing Tombs are one of the Qing dynasty's imperial burial grounds, set among wooded hills in Yi County, with the tombs of four emperors (Yongzheng, Jiaqing, Daoguang and Guangxu) and of their empresses, concubines and princes. - Yesanpo National Park 野三坡 5A scenic area
Yesanpo is a mountain-and-river scenic area in Laishui County, where the Taihang and Yan ranges meet along the Juma River. - Baoding Banquet Food Museum 保定宴饮食博物馆 4A scenic area · on the map
A large food-hall and restaurant complex in Baoding's high-tech zone, opened in September 2023 and registered as a museum of Zhili (Qing-era provincial) cuisine, with a small collection of historic cookery books and tableware. - Beiyue Temple 北岳庙 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A walled temple compound in the old town of Quyang, built for worship of the spirit of the Northern Peak; emperors sacrificed to the Northern Peak from here until 1660, when the rite moved to Mount Heng at Hunyuan in Shanxi. - Dajidian Ancient Town 古镇大激店 4A scenic area · on the map
An old village on the western side of Baoding that has been restored as a cultural-tourism area. - Gaobeidian Green Building Technology Industrial Tourism Area 绿建科技工业旅游景区 4A scenic area · on the map
An industrial-tourism area in Gaobeidian's economic zone, run by Aorun Shunda, a maker of energy-saving windows and green-building systems, and earlier listed as its doors-and-windows industrial-tourism area. - Jin-Cha-Ji Border Region Memorial Hall 晋察冀边区革命纪念馆 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
A memorial museum at Chengnanzhuang that first opened in 1974 in the former headquarters of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region and was enlarged and renamed in 2005. - Liulingzui Distillery Site, Xushui 刘伶醉烧锅遗址 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
Liulingzui is a liquor distillery in Xushui whose old works preserve a distillery site of the Jin and Yuan dynasties: two rows of 16 fermentation pits that archaeologists say have been in continuous use ever since, and an underground 'wine sea' of Ming and Qing wooden and wicker storage vats. - Mancheng Han Tombs 满城汉墓 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
Two rock-cut tombs on Lingshan hill belonging to Liu Sheng, Prince Jing of Zhongshan, and his wife Dou Wan, dated to the end of the 2nd century BC and found by military engineers in 1968. - Mount Langya 狼牙山 4A scenic area
A scenic mountain area in the Taihang range in the west of Yi County, known for the story of the 'Five Heroes of Mount Langya'. - Qishan Ski Resort 七山滑雪场 4A scenic area · on the map
A ski resort on the hillside south of Laiyuan town, with ski runs and lifts. - Taihang Water Town 恋乡·太行水镇 4A scenic area · on the map
A purpose-built tourist town in Angezhuang township, Yi County, laid out in Ming-and-Qing style with stone-paved lanes and grey-roofed, white-walled buildings beside a lake on the Yishui River. - Tanpu Gorge 潭瀑峡 4A scenic area · on the map
Tanpu Gorge is a scenic area in the Taihang mountains of western Tang County, formerly known as Dashiyu, built around rocky valleys with a series of pools and waterfalls. - Tianshengqiao Waterfalls 阜平天生桥 4A scenic area · on the map
A mountain scenic area in western Fuping County, known for a single gully of nine waterfalls stepping down the valley, the highest of which, on Yaotai mountain, drops 112.5 metres. - Tiger Mountain Scenic Area, Quyang 虎山风景区 4A scenic area · on the map
A mountain scenic area of more than 20 square kilometres in the Taihang foothills at Quyang's northern edge, named after a tiger-shaped rock near the summit. - Viceroy of Zhili's Office, Baoding 直隶总督署 4A scenic area · National heritage site
The only complete provincial-level Qing government compound to survive in China, built in 1729 and used by successive viceroys of Zhili, the province around Beijing, until the end of the Qing. - Xiong'an Suburban Park 雄安郊野公园 4A scenic area · on the map
Xiong'an Suburban Park is a large planted-woodland park on the northern edge of the Xiong'an New Area, opened in 2021 and covering about 26,000 mu (roughly 17 square kilometres). - Yishui Lake 易水湖 4A scenic area · on the map
A mountain reservoir south-west of Yi County, ringed by steep hills and usually seen from the water, with a waterside plank walkway along the cliffs of Laozi Peak. - Yongji Bridge, Zhuozhou 永济桥 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A long stone-arch bridge across the Juma River on the northern edge of Zhuozhou. - Yugu Cave 鱼谷洞 4A scenic area · on the map
A karst cave and spring in the Yesanpo area of Laishui County, which the Baoding government describes as a geological attraction and summer retreat. - Yunhua Valley 云花溪谷 4A scenic area · on the map
A mountain scenic area in the Taihang range in Fuping County, built around a forested valley with streams and rock formations.
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