<p class="ql-block">Hebei Province belonged to Jizhou and Zhili in ancient times, referred to as "Ji", governing 11 prefecture level cities and the provincial capital Shijiazhuang. It is located in the north of North China and Zhanghe River, bordering Bohai Sea and Beijing Tianjin in the East, Taihang Mountain in the west, Yanshan Mountain in the north and Zhangbei plateau in the north.</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p> <p class="ql-block">5000 years ago, the battle between the Yellow Emperor, Chiyou and Zhuolu opened the precedent of Chinese civilization. During the spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period, Hebei belonged to the states of Yan and Zhao. In the Han Dynasty, Hebei belonged to Youzhou and Jizhou. In the Yuan Dynasty, Hebei was the Central Secretariat province directly under the central government. The Qing Dynasty belonged to Zhili Province. During the war of liberation, Xibaipo, Hebei Province was the seat of the CPC Central Committee.</p> <p class="ql-block">Hebei is one of the birthplaces of the Chinese nation. There are 930 cultural relics protection units above the provincial level, ranking first in China. It has three World Cultural Heritages: the Great Wall, Chengde summer resort, the eastern Mausoleum of the Qing Dynasty and the Western Mausoleum of the Qing Dynasty; It has five national famous historical and cultural cities: Handan, Baoding, Chengde, Zhengding and Shanhaiguan. Hebei is the province with the longest distance and the best preservation of the Great Wall. The remains of the Great Wall in Hebei are more than 2000 kilometers.</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p> <p class="ql-block"> As an important birthplace of Chinese civilization, Hebei Province has formed a rich and unique culture after thousands of years of accumulation, and has become a real province of cultural resources. There are 34046 immovable cultural relics in the province, including 3 items and 5 world cultural heritages, including the Great Wall, summer resort and its surrounding temples, the eastern Mausoleum of the Qing Dynasty and the Western Mausoleum of the Qing Dynasty; 168 national key cultural relics protection sites, ranking third in the country; There are 930 provincial-level cultural relics protection units, ranking among the top in China; 227 national intangible cultural heritage projects, ranking second in China; There are 400 provincial intangible cultural heritage projects and 91 National Intangible Cultural Heritage Representative inheritors, ranking in the forefront of the country.There are 260 representative inheritors of provincial intangible cultural heritage.</p>