Tangshan
Tangshan
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Tangshan (Chinese: 唐山; pinyin: Tángshān) is a coastal, industrial prefecture-level city in the northeast of Hebei province. It is located in the eastern part of Hebei Province and the northeastern part of the North China Plain. It is located in the central area of the Bohai Rim and serves as the main traffic corridor to the Northeast. The city faces the Bohai Sea in the south, the Yan Mountains in the north, Qinhuangdao across the Luan River to the east, and Tianjin to the west.
Much of the city's development is thanks to the industrialization, beginning in 1870, when Kailuan Group established coal mines in the region. It's the birthplace of China's first standard-gauge railway,[3] the first railway plant,[4] the first steam locomotive,[5] and the first cement factory.[6] It was hailed as China's "cradle of industrialization". Even today, Tangshan is a hub of steel, energy, chemical, and ceramics production.[7] Ping opera, which originated from the city's Luanzhou county, is one of the five most popular Chinese operas.
The city has also become known for the
The city of Tangshan is approximately 149 km (93 mi) east by south east of Beijing and 110 km (68 mi) northwest of Tianjin.[9] Tangshan's prefecture population was 7,717,983 at the 2020 census, with 3,687,607 in the built-up (or metro) area made of the 7 urban core districts.
Etymology
Tangshan is named after Dacheng Hill (大城山), which was called Mount Tang (唐山), in the middle of the city.
In A.D. 645,
History
Early history
Tangshan has a long history, with ancient humans living in the area as early as 4,000 years ago. It fell within the territory of the
Tang, Ming and Qing dynasties
Tangshan was a village at the time of the Tang dynasty (619–907) and developed further in agriculture, oil exploitation and ceramics during the Ming dynasty (1368–1644).
During the Hundred Days' Reform in the late Qing dynasty, the Kaiping Mining Administration was established in the third year of the
People's Republic
After the establishment of the People's Republic of China on October 1, 1949, Tangshan remained a provincially administered municipality with 12 areas under its jurisdiction. In March 1955, it was decided at the 2nd session of the first People's Congress of Tangshan City to change Tangshan Municipal people's government to Tangshan people's committee without changing its administration areas.
On April 28, 1958, the State Council approved the establishment of Tangshan prefecture. On August 29, 1958, it was decided at the Seventh Session of the first People's Congress of Hebei Province to move the Tangshan Commissioner Office from Changli County to Tangshan City.
The CPC Central Committee decided to designate Tangshan city as one of the 45 cities open to the world on June 3, 1959. On June 8, 1959, the CPC Hebei Provincial Committee and the Hebei Provincial People's Congress decided to combine the Tangshan Commissioners Office and the Tangshan People's Committee into the Tangshan People's Committee. On April 2, 1960, the State Council officially approved the abolition of Tangshan prefecture. Qinhuangdao city, Qian'an, Changli, Laoting, Baodi, Yutian, Jixian County and Zunhua which were formerly administered by Tangshan Prefecture were incorporated into the Tangshan Municipality. Luanxian County, Fengrun County (formerly a district) and Baigezhuang Farm were also incorporated into Tangshan Municipality. Meanwhile, Tangshan became a provincially administered municipality.
On May 23, 1961, the State Council approved the reinstatement of Tangshan prefecture, which was adopted at the 14th Meeting of the Hebei Provincial People's Committee on June 3, 1959. Tangshan prefecture and Tangshan municipality were separated again and Tangshan turned into a specially administered municipality.
The Tangshan Municipal Revolutionary Committee affiliated to the Revolutionary Committee of Tangshan Region was set up on January 6, 1968. On March 11, 1978, Tangshan turned to be a provincially administered municipality.
In October 1982, it was decided at the Seventh People's Congress of Tangshan city to abolish the Tangshan Municipal Revolutionary Committee and set up the Tangshan Municipal People's Government.
The State Council approved the move on March 3, 1983, and thereafter implemented the city-governing-county system. On May 13, 1983, the Hebei Provincial People's Government announced the cancellation of the Civic Administration office of Tangshan region, which ceased operation on May 15, 1983.
On December 15, 1984, the State Council approved Tangshan city as one of 13 national “comparatively big” cities.
1976 Tangshan earthquake
Tangshan suffered an earthquake of magnitude 7.8 (7.5 according to official reports) at 3:42 am on July 28, 1976, which resulted in many casualties. The official death toll was 255,000, but many experts believe that the actual number of fatalities was two to three times that number, making it the most destructive earthquake in modern history. As a result of the earthquake, most of the town had to be rebuilt. The earthquake was depicted in the 2010 movie Aftershock.
Geography
Tangshan is located in the central section of the Bohai Economic Rim, facing the Bohai Sea to the south. Lying on the North China Plain, Tangshan is adjacent to the Yan Mountains to the north, borders the Luan River and Qinhuangdao to the east, and to the west and southwest borders Tianjin. Because of its location in the northeast of Hebei, it is a strategic area and a corridor linking two China's north and northeast regions. The largest river in the prefecture is the Luan River.
Climate
Tangshan has a monsoon-influenced, humid continental climate (Köppen Dwa), with cold and very dry winters, and hot, rainy summers. Spring and autumn are short with some rainfall. The monthly 24-hour average temperature in January is −3.6 °C (25.5 °F), and 26.9 °C (80.4 °F) in July, and the annual mean is 12.8 °C (55.0 °F). Close to 60% of the annual precipitation of 590 mm (23.2 in) falls in July and August alone. The frost-free period lasts 180−190 days, and the area receives 2,600−2,900 hours of sunshine annually.
Climate data for Tangshan (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1971–2010) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 12.9 (55.2) |
19.5 (67.1) |
28.3 (82.9) |
32.8 (91.0) |
38.8 (101.8) |
39.6 (103.3) |
40.1 (104.2) |
36.0 (96.8) |
35.3 (95.5) |
31.4 (88.5) |
22.7 (72.9) |
13.2 (55.8) |
40.1 (104.2) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 1.5 (34.7) |
5.4 (41.7) |
12.3 (54.1) |
20.2 (68.4) |
26.3 (79.3) |
29.8 (85.6) |
31.1 (88.0) |
30.2 (86.4) |
26.5 (79.7) |
19.3 (66.7) |
10.0 (50.0) |
2.9 (37.2) |
18.0 (64.3) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −4.6 (23.7) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
5.9 (42.6) |
13.8 (56.8) |
20.0 (68.0) |
24.1 (75.4) |
26.4 (79.5) |
25.4 (77.7) |
20.6 (69.1) |
13.0 (55.4) |
4.2 (39.6) |
−2.6 (27.3) |
12.1 (53.8) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −9.5 (14.9) |
−6.2 (20.8) |
0.2 (32.4) |
7.7 (45.9) |
13.9 (57.0) |
19.1 (66.4) |
22.4 (72.3) |
21.3 (70.3) |
15.5 (59.9) |
7.6 (45.7) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
−7.1 (19.2) |
7.0 (44.6) |
Record low °C (°F) | −22.7 (−8.9) |
−19.8 (−3.6) |
−14.6 (5.7) |
−4.7 (23.5) |
3.5 (38.3) |
9.4 (48.9) |
14.6 (58.3) |
11.2 (52.2) |
4.7 (40.5) |
−5.6 (21.9) |
−14.5 (5.9) |
−17.0 (1.4) |
−22.7 (−8.9) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 2.7 (0.11) |
4.9 (0.19) |
7.0 (0.28) |
22.8 (0.90) |
40.8 (1.61) |
79.2 (3.12) |
158.7 (6.25) |
140.0 (5.51) |
49.0 (1.93) |
31.7 (1.25) |
12.8 (0.50) |
3.6 (0.14) |
553.2 (21.79) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 1.7 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 4.9 | 6.5 | 9.1 | 11.2 | 9.7 | 5.8 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 63.8 |
Average snowy days | 2.9 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 11.1 |
Average relative humidity (%)
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55 | 53 | 49 | 49 | 53 | 64 | 75 | 77 | 70 | 65 | 62 | 58 | 61 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 178.2 | 186.5 | 233.8 | 246.9 | 270.0 | 230.5 | 190.3 | 204.4 | 214.0 | 202.6 | 166.5 | 167.9 | 2,491.6 |
Percent possible sunshine | 59 | 61 | 63 | 62 | 61 | 52 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 59 | 56 | 58 | 57 |
Source 1: China Meteorological Administration[10][11] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: Weather China[12] |
Air pollution
As
Economy
Tangshan is an important heavy industrial city in North China. Its output include machinery, motor vehicles, chemicals, textiles, glass, petroleum products, and cement. It has been a coal-mining center since late
Modern industry in China first arose in Tangshan. The second railway in China – after the abortive
Tangshan has experienced near-constant GDP growth in recent years, but has slowed down in the latter-half of the 2010s.
Industrial zone
- Caofeidian New Zone.
Demographics
Government data from 2017 shows that 7.897 million people live in Tangshan, of which, 61.64% live in an urban area.[22] The city's residents had a mean disposable income of ¥27,786, which was ¥36,415 among urban residents.[22]
Ethnic composition
Tangshan, like many other locations in China, is largely Han Chinese, who account for 95.25% of the city's population.[23] In Zunhua City, there are 3 ethnic townships and ethnic towns.[23] The following table shows the city's ethnic breakdown:
Ethnic Group | Population (total) | Population (percent) |
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Han Chinese | 7,194,200 | 95.25% |
Manchu | 287,700 | 3.81% |
Hui | 32,800 | 0.43% |
Mongol | 14,100 | 0.19% |
Zhuang | 12,900 | 0.17% |
Other | 13,700 | 0.18% |
Administration
The
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Lunan Lubei Guye Kaiping Fengnan Fengrun Caofeidian | ||||||
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Hanyu Pinyin
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Population (2010 census)[24] | Area (km2) | Density (/km2) | Seat |
Lubei District
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路北区 | Lùběi Qū | 743,504 | 112 | 6,638 | Qiaotun Subdistrict |
Lunan District
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路南区 | Lùnán Qū | 311,076 | 355 | 876 | South Xueyuan Road Subdistrict |
↳Hangu Administration Zone* | 汉沽管理区 | Hàngū Guǎnlǐqū | ||||
↳Lutai Economic Development Zone* | 芦台经济技术开发区 | Lútái Jīngjì Jìshù Kāifāqū | ||||
Guye District
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古冶区 | Gǔyě Qū | 358,461 | 253 | 1,417 | Jinghua Subdistrict |
Kaiping District
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开平区 | Kāipíng Qū | 262,571 | 252 | 1,042 | Kaiping Subdistrict |
Fengrun District
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丰润区 | Fēngrùn Qū | 916,092 | 1,334 | 687 | Taiping Road Subdistrict |
Fengnan District
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丰南区 | Fēngnán Qū | 595,467 | 1,568 | 380 | Qingnian Road Subdistrict |
Built-up area | 3,187,171 | 3,874 | 823 | |||
Caofeidian District
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曹妃甸区 | Cáofēidiān Qū | 184,931 | 700 | 264 | Tanghai Town |
Zunhua City | 遵化市 | Zūnhuà Shì | 737,011 | 1,521 | 485 | Wenhua Road Subdistrict |
Qian'an City | 迁安市 | Qiān'ān Shì | 728,160 | 1,208 | 603 | Yongshun Subdistrict |
Luanzhou City | 滦州市 | Luánzhōu Shì | 554,315 | 999 | 555 | Luanhe Subdistrict |
Luannan County | 滦南县 | Luánnán Xiàn | 584,518 | 1,270 | 460 | Youyilu Subdistrict |
Laoting County | 乐亭县 | Làotíng Xiàn | 526,222 | 1,308 | 402 | Lean Subdistrict |
Qianxi County | 迁西县 | Qiānxī Xiàn | 390,128 | 1,439 | 271 | Lixiang Subdistrict |
Yutian County | 玉田县 | Yùtián Xiàn | 684,833 | 1,165 | 588 | Wuzhong Subdistrict |
* Ninghe District in Tianjin .
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Education
Universities and colleges
- North China University of Science and Technology (formerly named Hebei United University), which was co-established by North China Coal Medical College in May 2010 [25]
- Tangshan Normal University
- Tangshan College
- Hebei University of Science and Technology Tangshan Branch
High schools
- Tangshan No.1 high school(founded 1902), one of the most famous high schools in China
- Hebei Tangshan Foreign Language School
Culture
Specialty
- Diet
- Wanlixiang roast rhicken (萬里香燒雞)
- Chessboard pancake (棋子燒餠)
- Honey sugar candy (蜂蜜麻糖)
- Peanut crisp (花生酥糖)
- Big gezhe (大格摺)
- Small gezhe (小格摺)
- Dried fruits
- Chinese chestnut (板栗)
- Walnut
Traditional arts
- Ping opera, or Pingju, one of the most popular operas in China
- Tangshan Shadow Play (唐山皮影)
- Laotingdrums (樂亭大鼓)
Tourism
- Eastern Qing tombs
- Anti-Seismic Monument, located in Anti-Seismic Square
- Lunan District)
- Lunan District)
- Lubei District)
Religion
- Datang Xingguo Chan Temple (大唐興國禪寺), a Buddhist temple
- Jingzhong Mountain, a joint religious shrine for the believers of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, respectively.
- Two Christian churches.
Transport
As of 2017, Tangshan has 18,000 kilometers of roads, of which, 16,000 were in rural areas.[26] The city's roads served 410 million tons of freight, and the city's port served 570 million tons.[26] As of 2023, Tangshan is the largest city in China without an operating or planned metro system.
Air
- Tangshan Sannühe Airport, 20 kilometers (12 mi) from the city center, in Fengrun District
Rail
- Beijing–Harbin Railway
- Tianjin–Shanhaiguan Railway
- Beijing-Qinhuangdao Railway
- Tianjin-Shanxi Railway
Roads
- China National Highway 102, in the south of Fengrun District
- China National Highway 112, ring road encircling Beijing, traversing the west side of Tangshan's urban area
- China National Highway 205, which runs along the eastern and southern front of the urban area
- G1 Beijing–Harbin Expressway, on the northern side of the urban area
- G25 Changchun–Shenzhen Expressway, on the western side of the urban area
Notable people
- Li Dazhao - early founder and leader of Chinese Communist Party
- Jiang Wen - a contemporary director and actor
- Cao Xueqin - author of Dream of the Red Chamber
- Liu Wenjin - classical Chinese music composer
- Zhang Tielin - Chinese-born British actor
- Zhao Lijian - Chinese spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Gao Yuanyuan - Chinese actress and model
- Tseng Cheng - businessman and philanthropist
- Wu Guiying - Chinese Communist Party Secretary of Changsha
- Zhang Xudong - General of the PLA and former commander of the Western Theater Command
- Minister of Justice
See also
- List of twin towns and sister cities in China
- 1976 Tangshan earthquake
- 2022 Tangshan restaurant attack
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External links
- Official website of Tangshan Government Archived 2009-04-17 at the Wayback Machine