The population of Dingzhou

There are five major religions in the city: Catholicism, Christianity, Buddhism, Taoism and Islam, involving 25 township offices and 43 village streets. There are 79 sites for religious activities approved by the government in the city, with 48 teaching staff.

There are four legal religious groups in Dingzhou:

Dingzhou Christian "Two Sessions" (Christian Association, Christian Three-Self Patriotic Movement Committee), which was established on November 15th, 1996, is a set of teams with two brands, and its office is in the Christian chapel in Nanjie, the city.

Dingzhou Buddhist Association. On July 12, 213, Dingzhou Buddhist Association was formally established, and the first general assembly was held. The Articles of Association of Dingzhou Buddhist Association was adopted, and the leadership of the Buddhist Association was elected.

Kaiyuan Temple Pagoda, Chunzhong Garden, Xuelang Hanzhai, Zhongshan Houpu, Pingshan Scenic Spot, Xixi Moon-playing, Tangshui Qiufeng, and continuing to read ancient halls.

The existing main scenic spots in the city are Kaiyuan Temple Pagoda, Dingzhou Gongyuan and Dingzhou Confucian Temple

Dingzhou Gongyuan: Dingzhou Gongyuan was built in the third year of Qing Qianlong (1738), and it was rebuilt in the 13th year of Daoguang until the end of Qing Dynasty, which has been a place for students in Dingzhou and nearby areas to obtain outstanding talents and tribute students. Dingzhou Gongyuan building is graceful and spectacular. You can not only appreciate the unique architectural art, but also imagine the rigorous and grand examination scene of that year.

Dingzhou Confucian Temple: Located in the central part of Dingzhou city, it was built in the second year of Tang Dynasty (AD 848) and is a place to worship Confucius. It is the most well-preserved ancient building complex of Confucian Temple in Hebei Province and a provincial key cultural relic protection unit, covering an area of 15,685 square meters.

Kaiyuan Temple Pagoda: Kaiyuan Temple Pagoda is an octagonal pavilion building with a height of 83.7 meters. As the whole tower goes up, the tower diameter becomes smaller and the height becomes shorter.

Jade wares During the Qin, Han, Wei, Jin, Northern and Southern Dynasties (221 BC-589 AD), jade wares in Qin and Han dynasties developed rapidly, including Liu Sheng's tomb in Mancheng, Hebei Province, Ping Ling (Xianyang, Shaanxi Province), Weiling, Yuan Di (Xianyang, Shaanxi Province), Liu Yan's tomb in Zhongshan (Dingzhou, Hebei Province) and Liu Chang's tomb in Nanyue (Guangzhou).

Zhongshan Songlao Liquor: The products on the market have high price and crystal packaging. Originated from the reign of Emperor Zhezong in Song Dynasty, it was brewed by Su Dongpo, a great writer, when he was appointed as the prefect of Dingzhou. "Zhongshan Songlao Fu" is Su Dongpo's monument handed down from generation to generation. In the poem, he praised wine as "sweet and bitter, sighing for its unique height, knowing how sweet and sour it is, and laughing at the grapes of Liangzhou". The wine is made of yellow rice as the main material, plus some valuable Chinese medicines such as Panax notoginseng, Codonopsis pilosula, almond, etc. It is brewed from natural mineral water in Black Longquan.

Dingzhou braised pork is one of the most famous special snacks in Dingzhou, Hebei Province. Braised pork in the north is a kind of food made from donkey meat and baked in Hejian pie, with frozen skin, which can be eaten with donkey meat to increase the taste. Dingzhou braised pork is not like this, it is a kind of pillow-shaped cooked meat, mainly lean meat, and its taste is refreshing. There is a saying that Dingzhou braised pork is heard all over the world.

Dingzhou people usually call it intestines, but when it spread to other parts of the country, it was renamed as hand-broken intestines. Dingzhou's sausage is flushed and shiny with attractive fragrance, which is more than braised pork. It is mainly lean meat, with a variety of pure Chinese herbal medicines as spices. It looks better than ordinary sausages and has the nourishing function of strengthening the body.

Wang Zong Bacon (Xinzong Bacon): Traditional craft, with ancestral secret recipe (Dingzhou Zhaixidian), made of old soup and fresh pork, cooked, soaked, smoked and roasted, with bright color, delicious taste, fragrant but not greasy, and unique flavor. Smoked products include pig's elbow, pig's hoof, duck, chicken, pig's ear, donkey meat and so on.

Dingzhou has a splendid culture with a long history. Including literature, drama, painting, calligraphy, seal cutting, photography, music, dance and other professional and amateur creative activities have been revitalized and prospered, and remarkable achievements have been made, and the mass amateur cultural life has become more colorful. There is a cultural center and a museum in the city, and a TV station, a cable TV station, a radio station and a micro-broadcasting station. The total collection of books in the city's libraries has reached more than 5, volumes, and various amateur theatrical troupes have grown to 34. The protection and excavation of cultural relics marks that Dingzhou's cultural protection work has achieved remarkable results. Ziwei Blowing Song is a famous folk art in Dingzhou, and Ziwei Town is named "the hometown of Chinese folk art" by the Ministry of Culture. Dingxian Yangko, also known as Dingzhou yangko dance, originated in Heilongquan, Dingxian County, Hebei Province. Traditional Chinese operas. Popular in some rural areas south of Baoding, Hebei and north of Shijiazhuang. It is said that Su Dongpo, a poet in the Northern Song Dynasty, wrote lyrics for the folk labor songs, so it is also called "Su Yangge". At the end of the Qing Dynasty, it was moved to the rural Tutai, and its themes were mainly folk life stories, such as Wang Xiao's Catch the Foot, Wang Ma's Matchmaking, and Fairy Match. The dialogue of singing words is mainly dialect, and the structure is free. Percussion accompaniment. After liberation, the first, second, banjo, erhu, sanxian and other stringed instruments were added. It belongs to the board cavity, and the singing boards include slow 26, fast 26, inch board, three boards, crying board, etc. There are picks, sharp boards, cavities, guide boards, and occasional folk tunes and folk songs.