Huangshan City
Huangshan
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Huangshan (simplified Chinese: 黄山; traditional Chinese: 黃山; pinyin: Huángshān), is a prefecture-level city in southern Anhui Province, People's Republic of China. Huangshan means Yellow Mountain in Chinese and the city is named after the famously scenic Yellow Mountains which cover much of the city's vast geographic expanse. The prefectural city of Huangshan includes three urban districts and four counties. The urban center of Huangshan was originally the city of Tunxi and is now called Tunxi District. Locals still call the city Tunxi to distinguish the urban core from other parts of Huangshan. The population of Huangshan City As of the end of 2021, the resident population of Huangshan City was 1.332 million, with an urbanization rate of 59.25%, an increase of 0.96 percentage points over the previous year. By the end of 2021, the household population of Huangshan City will be 1,485,700, with an urbanization rate of 37.82%, an increase of 1.66 percentage points.
Huangshan occupies the southernmost part of Anhui. It is bordered by
Administration
The
- Tunxi District (屯溪区)
- Huangshan District (黄山区)
- Huizhou District (徽州区)
- She County (歙县)
- Xiuning County (休宁县)
- Yi County (黟县)
- Qimen County (祁门县)
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These are further divided into 145
Geography and Climate
Lower elevations of Huangshan City have a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa), with short, cool winters and long, very hot and humid summers. At the central Tunxi District, the monthly mean temperature ranges from 4.4 °C (39.9 °F) in January to 28.1 °C (82.6 °F) in July, and the annual mean is 16.66 °C (62.0 °F). Precipitation is concentrated in spring and the earlier part of summer, and, at 1,739 mm (68.5 in) annually, is very high for the province, and more than double than the normal annual precipitation in northern parts of the province.
| Climate data for Huangshan City (Tunxi District, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 22.7 (72.9) |
28.3 (82.9) |
35.1 (95.2) |
34.6 (94.3) |
36.6 (97.9) |
37.3 (99.1) |
39.5 (103.1) |
40.1 (104.2) |
39.2 (102.6) |
36.6 (97.9) |
30.5 (86.9) |
22.7 (72.9) |
40.1 (104.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.4 (48.9) |
12.4 (54.3) |
16.8 (62.2) |
23.0 (73.4) |
27.7 (81.9) |
29.7 (85.5) |
33.6 (92.5) |
33.5 (92.3) |
29.7 (85.5) |
24.5 (76.1) |
18.3 (64.9) |
11.9 (53.4) |
22.5 (72.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.7 (40.5) |
7.2 (45.0) |
11.3 (52.3) |
17.2 (63.0) |
22.0 (71.6) |
25.0 (77.0) |
28.3 (82.9) |
27.9 (82.2) |
24.1 (75.4) |
18.5 (65.3) |
12.3 (54.1) |
6.4 (43.5) |
17.1 (62.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.6 (34.9) |
3.7 (38.7) |
7.4 (45.3) |
12.9 (55.2) |
17.7 (63.9) |
21.4 (70.5) |
24.4 (75.9) |
24.1 (75.4) |
20.2 (68.4) |
14.2 (57.6) |
8.3 (46.9) |
2.7 (36.9) |
13.2 (55.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −7.6 (18.3) |
−6.7 (19.9) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
0.8 (33.4) |
8.6 (47.5) |
12.6 (54.7) |
18.1 (64.6) |
17.8 (64.0) |
10.0 (50.0) |
1.8 (35.2) |
−3.9 (25.0) |
−15.5 (4.1) |
−15.5 (4.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 92.5 (3.64) |
110.9 (4.37) |
174.7 (6.88) |
207.8 (8.18) |
241.9 (9.52) |
380.6 (14.98) |
221.3 (8.71) |
125.6 (4.94) |
79.4 (3.13) |
53.4 (2.10) |
74.9 (2.95) |
60.9 (2.40) |
1,823.9 (71.8) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 13.4 | 13.0 | 16.4 | 14.9 | 14.6 | 17.0 | 12.5 | 12.3 | 8.9 | 7.3 | 10.0 | 9.7 | 150 |
| Average snowy days | 3.7 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 7.9 |
| Average relative humidity (%)
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80 | 79 | 78 | 77 | 77 | 82 | 78 | 78 | 77 | 76 | 80 | 79 | 78 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 92.5 | 93.5 | 110.1 | 132.8 | 153.4 | 125.5 | 202.3 | 196.0 | 167.4 | 159.9 | 123.8 | 118.8 | 1,676 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 29 | 30 | 30 | 34 | 36 | 30 | 47 | 48 | 46 | 45 | 39 | 37 | 38 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[5][6] | |||||||||||||
Economy
Huangshan is famous for its tea, including
Transportation
Due to rugged terrain, Huangshan was historically a secluded region. The Xinan River provided an outlet to the east. Winding, narrow roads through Huang Mountains made trips to Xuancheng, Wuhu, Guichi and the Yangtze River slow and arduous. In recent decades, improvements to the transportation infrastructure have made the city and its surrounding tourist attractions more accessible.
Air
The Huangshan Tunxi International Airport, also referred to as the Tunxi Airport, is located in Tunxi District and is known by the IATA abbreviation TXN.[11] The airport was opened in October 1959, and has been expanded five times, including an expansion in 2000.[11] The airport offers regular flights to cities across China, as well as Seoul, Hong Kong, and Taipei.[11] The airport also offers chartered flights to Incheon, Nagasaki, Osaka, Fukuoka, and other regional destinations.[11]
Rail
Huangshan's main passenger station is now
Until 2015, Huangshan City was served by one railway line, the
Road
Major expressways which pass through Huangshan City include the G56 Hangzhou–Ruili Expressway, the G3 Beijing–Taipei Expressway, and National Route G205.[7]
The Hefei-Tongling-Huangshan Expressway heads north to Tongling on the Yangtze River and then to Hefei, the provincial capital of Anhui.[12] The Huangshan-Taling-Taolin Expressway and Anhui Provincial Route S326, also pass through the city.[13]
Cultural history
In the Ming dynasty, Zheng Zhizhen (鄭之珍; 1518–1595), a native of Qimen County, wrote the opera Mulian Rescues His Mother[14][15] According to local legend, Zheng was blind when he wrote the opera and was restored to full sight by a grateful Guanyin (the legend also has it that when Zheng later wrote a love story he went blind again).[16]
In 2011, Local authorities promoted performance of the Ming dynasty play Mulian Rescues His Mother as a tourist attraction.[17]
Notable people
- Zhang Rongqiao (b.1966), physicist and aerospace engineer, served as the chief designer of Tianwen-1 Mars mission
- Gloria Ai (b.1987), business anchorwoman and author
International relations
Huangshan City is
- Serravalle, San Marino (1999) [18]
Other notes
In early 2008, the BBC broadcast a series of 5 documentaries on life for schoolchildren in China, called "Chinese School". One of the three schools documented was Xiuning High School, the top school in the county. This was situated in the town of Xiuning, in the county of Xiuning in Huangshan.
Notes
- ^ "《安徽统计年鉴2022》电子查阅版". tjj.ah.gov.cn. Archived from the original on 2022-10-18. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
- ^ 黄山市行政区划. xzqh.org (in Chinese). 2015-12-29. Archived from the original on 2017-09-17. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- ^ 2019年统计用区划代码. www.stats.gov.cn (in Chinese). 2019. Archived from the original on 2020-06-25. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- ^ a b 人口区划. Huangshan City People's Government (in Chinese). 2019-06-10. Archived from the original on 2019-07-13. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
- ^ "Experience Template" 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
- ^ a b c d 黄山市概况地图. xzqh.org (in Chinese). 2015-12-29. Archived from the original on 2017-09-17. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- ^ 名优特产. Huangshan City People's Government (in Chinese). 2018-08-23. Archived from the original on 2018-09-25. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- ^ 黄山旅游文化走进联合国. travel.people.com.cn (in Chinese). 2019-05-04. Archived from the original on 2020-06-25. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- ^ 黄山旅游发力海外市场 亮相柏林旅交会备受青睐. travel.people.com.cn (in Chinese). 2019-03-13. Archived from the original on 2020-06-25. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- ^ a b c d 机场介绍 [Airport Introduction]. Huangshan Tunxi International Airport (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2019-12-21. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- ^ Zhang, Yanlin (2007-09-29). "Hefei-Tongling-Huangshan Expressway opened to traffic". anhuinews.com. Archived from the original on 2008-04-15. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- ^ Zhang, Yanlin (2008-04-14). "Huangtatao expressway is to be completed". anhuinews.com. Archived from the original on 2020-06-25. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- OCLC 44465384. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
- ^ "Mulian Rescues His Mother". www.wdl.org. 2018-01-03. Archived from the original on 2018-06-20. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- ISBN 978-0-8047-5032-5.
- ^ Mulian Opera 'Ghost Drama' Revival Archived 2014-12-15 at the Wayback Machine Women of China March 24, 2011.
- ^ "San Marino. Gemellaggio tra Castello di Serravalle e Huangshan, giovedì scorso i festeggiamenti" (in Italian). 2 December 2019. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
Further reading
- Guo, Qitao (2005). Ritual Opera and Mercantile Lineage: The Confucian Transformation of Popular Culture in Late Imperial Huizhou. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0804750327.
External links
- Official website
- Huangshan Tours and Hotels
- Yin Yu Tang: A Chinese Home provides a detailed look at life within the Huangshan District of East China through the examination of a Huang family residence built during the late Qing dynasty and occupied for over 200 years.