Shijiazhuang, the capital of North China's Hebei province, is on its way to national prominence thanks to its rapid development in economy, tourism and culture. The provincial capital has one of the country's biggest industrial pharmaceutical bases.

Xibaipo was the PLA headquarters from 1948 until the victorious troops marched to Beijing to accept the surrender of the Kuomintang garrison there.

450 kilometers away from Beijing, Mulan Paddock belongs to Weichang Manchu Autonomous County, and it covers an area of 2,300 square kilometers, with an altitude between 1,400 meters and 2,000 meters.

Named after the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty (211-206 BC) Qinshihuang, who started the Great Wall, Qinhuangdao is noted as the place from which the emperor sent explorers to sea looking for the immortals, according to legends.

Located approximately 240 kilometers north of Beijing and covering an area of 350 square kilometers, the Bashang Grasslands is the nearest prairie from Beijing, which have long been one of the ideal sites to escape the city's summer heat.

The duck pear produced in JinZhou has won its fame throughout the world for its crispness and sweetness. In 1955, JinZhou was named The Home of Duck Pear by the Ministry Agriculture and Forestry.

This was Pingshan’s first ski resort and one of the largest and best ski areas around Shijiazhuang. It has an elevation difference of 158 meters, and has three different ski tracks -- primary, intermediate, and senior. Each track is 4,200 meters long and120 meters wide.

In Chinese history, the development of culture has nothing to do with the strength of the country's combat effectiveness, and sometimes it is inversely proportional.The Song Dynasty and the Southern Tang Dynasty are examples.

In China, the buried the alive with dead system can persist until the 15th century, and the foot-binding can persist until the 20th century, which shows that China is a society that is difficult to break the tradition.

In the Tang Dynasty, warlords led to the An Lushan and Shi Siming Rebellion，In the Song Dynasty, the power of civil officials was greater than that of general, A big warlord like Yue Fei could easily be destroyed by the civil service, the country's combat effectiveness is poor.

Lin Biao became a bad guy later.

Preface to the Diamond Sutra written by the Yongle Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

My new book is published.