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Anyang (Simplified: 安阳; Traditional: 安陽; Hanyu Pinyin: Ānyáng) is a prefecture-level city in northeastern Henan province, People's Republic of China. The northernmost city in Henan, Anyang borders Puyang to the east, Hebi and Xinxiang to the south, and the provinces of Shanxi and Hebei to its west and north respectively. Anyang - Administration. The prefecture-level city of Anyang administers 4 districts, 1 county-level city and 4 counties. Beiguan Distric ... Including:

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The gulf is formed by the Liaodong Peninsula to the northeast and the Shandong Peninsula to the south. Bo Hai consists of three bays: Laizhou Bay to the south, Liaodong Bay to the north, and Bohai Bay to the west. The rivers Huang He, Liao He, and Hai He empty into Bo Hai. Bo Hai borders the Chinese provinces of Shandong, Liaoning, and Hebei, and Tianjin municipality. Port cities on Bo Hai coast include: Hebei: Qinhuangdao Liaoning: Dalian, Huludao, Jinzhou, Yingkou Shandong: Longkou, Weihai, Yantai Tianjin: Tanggu Islands include: Zhifu Island, part o ...

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Plains in Hebei were the home of Peking man, a group of Homo erectus that lived in the area around 200,000 to 700,000 years ago. During the Spring and Autumn Period, parts of Hebei, including the state of Xingguo, were conquered by fierce aristocratic nomadic people known as the Red Di. They were eventually absorbed into the local population. During the Warring States Period (403 BC - 221 BC), Hebei was under the rule of the states of Yan (燕 yān) in the north and Zhao (赵 zhào) in the south, before both succumbed to the Qi ...

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Bo Hai (Chinese: 渤海; Hanyu Pinyin: Bóhăi; Wade-Giles: Po-hai literally "Bo Sea"), also known as Bohai Sea or Bohai Bay, is the innermost gulf of the Yellow Sea on the coast of northeastern China. It is approximately 823,000 km², its proximity to Beijing, the capital of China, make it one of the busiest seaways in the world. In recent decades, petroleum and natu ... Including:

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Bājíquán (八極拳,literally eight extremes fist) is a style of wushu (Chinese martial arts) that features explosive, short range power and is famous for its elbow strikes. It originated in Hebei Province of North China, but is also well-known in other places as well today, especially Taiwan. Baji Quan was originally called Bazi Quan, or "rake fist", due to the fact that when not striking, the fist is held loosely and slightly open. When held in this position, the fist looks somewhat like a rake. However, the name was considered to be rather crude sounding in its native tongue, and so ...

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Mandarin dialects are spoken in Shandong. Linguists classify these dialects into three broad categories: Ji Lu Mandarin spoken in the northwest (as well as in neighbouring Hebei), such as the Jinan dialect; Zhongyuan Mandarin spoken in the southwest (as well as in neighbouring Henan); and Jiao Liao Mandarin spoken in the Shandong Peninsula (as well as the Liaodong Peninsula across the sea), such as the Qingdao dialect. When people speak of the "Shandong dialect" (山东话), it is generally the first or the second that is meant; the Jiao Liao dialects of Shandong are commonly called ...

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