Schools: Pingdingshan Wellent Bilingual School

Brief Introduction of Pingdingshan

Location, area & Population : Located in the mid-south of Henan Province, it covers an area of 7980 square km with a population of 4.373 million.

There are with 4 counties 2 cities and 3 districts under its administration, it's a city of energy resources, one of the three major base in coal production, it's also the principal production area of grain, flue-cured tobacco. The local special products include silk in Lushan county, Baofeng wine, porcelain from Ru kiln, purple clay pottery etc.

Climate Features: Pingdingshan has superiority in natural environment. Being in the North Temperate Zone, it has a continental monsoon climate with its four seasons clearly demarcated. it has a mild climate, rich precipitation and a long non-frost period, available for the growth of many kinds of crops and animals.

Scenic Spots: There are over 40 tourism scenic spots open to the outside, the Mt. Shirenshan scenic area is the most eminent one.

Located in the west of Lushan County 45 km from the southwest of Pingdingshan City, and the eastern section of Mt. Funiushan. Yuhuang (Jade Emperor) Summit, the main peak, is 2153.1 meters above the sea level. The peaks in Mt. Shirenshan are unique and special with numerous waterfalls, dense forests, mild hot springs, and integrated the magnificent, precipitous, grotesque, elegant, and peace into one system. The specialists give their evaluation to this mountain as "as precipitous as Mt. Huashan, as magnificent as Mt. Emei, as beautiful as Zhangjiajie, and as elegant as Mt. Huangshan". It's an ideal place for sightseeing, summer resort, entertaining, scientific research and adventure

Located at the place 60 km from the northwest of Pingdingshan, south foot of Shaoshi mountain of Mt. Songshan northeast of Ruzhou City, first built in Northern Wei Dynasty, it was one of the oldest temples in China. There are many wind hole caves of different size, hence it got the name. At the mouth of Fengxue Hill, the road is flanked by mountains, with dense green woods and streams flowing.1.5 km northward, the temple can be seen. It fills with a sense of poem and picture that "Old temple concealed in the deep mountain, zigzag paths leading to the peaceful and secluded land".

Henan Province

Highlight of Henan Province, Songshan Mountain lies southwest of Zhengzhou and it is one of the most famous mountains in China because of the rugged beauty of its peaks and the Bonsai-like appearance of its beautiful old trees. Shaolin Temple, the most famous Buddhist temple in China and the largest of the Songshan range, is located on Shaoshi Mountain. Shaolin Temple and Shaolin Gongfu (martial arts) have long taken on a legendry color and are famous both in and outside China.

The name of the province Henan comes from its geographic situation. Henan means "the south of the river", including that Henan lies south of China's Yellow River . The province covers an area of over 160,000 square kilometers (about 62,000 square miles). It is populated by Han, Hui, Manchu, Mongolian and other ethnic groups totaling 92,560,000 people.

When to go

Henan has a humid warm-temperate climate. Dry and windy in winter and spring, the province is hot and rainy in summer and bakes in strong sunlight during the autumn months. Rainfall averages about 600-1000 millimeters increasing from north to south, as does the annual temperature which increases from about 12.8 C in the north to 15.5 C in the south.

History

Henan province is considered the cradle of Chinese civilization due to its location on the Yellow River. This rich historic heritage has endowed Henan with numerous historic treasures, from primitive dwellings to earliest wheel thrown pottery. The remains of some of the earliest human settlements have been unearthed here, including the over 7000-year-old Peiligang Culture Site, the 6000-year-old Yangshao Culture Remains and the 5000-year-old Dahe Culture Remains. All these cultural remains have profound significance in the history of Chinese civilization.

Luoyang City has been the capitals of nine dynasties since the time of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty (770BC-221BC). There are many historical sites to be viewed in Luoyang as well as the opportunity to purchase replicas of the framed Tang three-glaze horses. Luoyang's Longmen Grottoes , famous for its grand treasure trove of Chinese Buddhist statues, are located 12km (7 miles) south of Luoyang. First sculpted and chiseled around 493 AD when the capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534) was moved from Datong City to Luoyang, the grottoes of Luoyang house an awe-inspiring collection of sculpted Buddha and other religious subjects.

Kaifeng , one of the ancient capitals, also boasts the following buildings worthy of a visit: Iron Pagoda (Tie Ta) of the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127), Dragon Pavilion (Long Ting) - site of imperial palace of the Song and Jin dynasties - and the 1400-year-old Xiangguo Temple which is one of the most famous Buddhist temples in China. Also on view in Kaifeng are ruins of the Shang Dynasty, an important part of human cultural and historic heritage. The Shang Dynasty Ruins, also known as the "Yin Ruins", are famous because of the unique style of the large palace and its grand mausoleums, in which emperors of the Shang Dynasty are buried. The bronze vessels of the Shang Dynasty, which were both finely decorated and popularly used by the citizens of the Shang Dynasty, are well-known at home and abroad.