◎Idiom Culture

As a National Historical and Cultural city,Handan boasts numerous places of interest and historical stories which have been condensed into popular idioms. There are roughly as many as 1,500 idioms with the local characteristics of or closely related to Handan,such as “To shoot on horses in Hu dress” (Hu Fu Qi She),“To study the walking method of Handan people”(Han Dan Xue Bu),“To return the jade intact to the State of Zhao”(Wan Bi Gui Zhao),“Carry thorned grass and pleading guilty” (Fu Jing Qing Zui),“Gold millet dream”(Huang Liang Yi Meng). These idioms,full of exotic charms and philosophy of ancient people,are unique in Chinese culture and history. Among them,more than 500 have complete storylines. In addition,there are numerous relics of the places where these stories took place. For instance,the Idioms Garden,located in the Zhaoyuan Park in Handan,is the only cultural garden in China with idioms as its theme. Covering an area of 68,000 square meters,the garden reproduces the stories happened in Handan to remind and spur on future generations. On October 26,2005,Handan was awarded the title of Home to Idioms in China.(https://www.daowen.com)