Introduction

Hengshui,located near the capital Beijing,has a long history.After Yu the Great tamed the flood in the ancient times,the country was divided into nine prefectures,among which Jizhou Prefecture was No.1.Today’s Hengshui,the hinterland of ancient Jizhou Prefecture,is one of the birthplaces of the Chinese nation.Because the Fuyang River passes through the boundary like a jade belt,it was named Hengshui,meaning well-connected waterways and permanent good luck.

Hengshui has profound cultural deposits.Many great men and women emerged here in history,including Dong Zhongshu,a famous Confucian master of the Western Han Dynasty; Kong Yingda,one of the eighteen major bachelors of the Early Tang Dynasty who wrote an annotation to the Five Confucian Classics; Empress Dowager Feng,an outstanding female politician and reformer in the Northern Wei Dynasty; Dou Jiande,who rebelled against the Sui Dynasty; Gao Shi,a famous poet of the Frontier Fortress School of the Tang Dynasty; and Sun Li,the founder of the Lotus Lake School.Those influential celebrities have made indelible contributions to promoting the development of the Chinese nation,shining like brilliant stars in the historical sky of the Chinese civilization.(https://www.daowen.com)

There are numerous famous products in Hengshui,including the innerpainted snuff bottle,Houdian brush pen,royal goldfish,and Wuqiang New Year pictures,which are well-known both at home and abroad; as well as Shenzhou juicy peach,Hengshui Laobaigan Liquor,Raoyang noodles,and Daying fur,which are well-known far and wide.Ten characteristic industries such as rubber and plastic,wire mesh,glass fiber reinforced plastic,arts and crafts,heating and casting,fur and leather,communication equipment,metal cupboard,food processing,and automobile parts,are booming,and characteristic bases and also famous brand enterprises such as Anping Screen Mesh,Taocheng Engineering Rubber,Jizhou Heating and Casting,Wuqiang Musical Instruments are shining brightly in Hengshui.

Hengshui is rich in tourism resources.There is beautiful natural scenery,a vast expanse of clear water,vast reed,abundant gulls and herons,singing birds and fragrant flowers at Hengshui Lake,the pearl of North China,which is like a fairyland on earth.There are also natural eco-tourism areas represented by Fucheng Wanmu Forest Park,modern rural tourism zones represented by Dengzhuang Agricultural Science and Technology Park,cultural and folk tourism items represented by Ancient Jizhou Town and Wuqiang New Year pictures,and red tourism sites represented by Memorial Hall of Taicheng Party Branch,and festival and exhibition tourism programs represented by Bird Watching Festival of Hengshui Lake,Taocheng Food Festival,Shenzhou Juicy Peach Festival,Fucheng Pear Flower Festival,Daying Fur and Leather Festival and Hengshui Lake International Equestrian Festival,from which people can not only experience the long history and culture of Hengshui,but also appreciate the new trend of innovative,practical and leaping development of the shoreside new city.