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Introduction to Jehol Province

Rehe, referred to as Rehe, is the provincial capital of Chengde City. It is one of the provinces in China's old administrative divisions. It was drawn up in February 1914 and revoked on July 29, 1955. It is located at the junction of Hebei Province, Liaoning Province and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Including the current Chengde area in Hebei Province, the Chifeng area in Inner Mongolia, parts of Tongliao, Chaoyang and Fuxin in Liaoning, and Jianchang County in Huludao City.

The area is 179,982.05 square kilometers. The central and western parts are part of the Mongolian Plateau, and the eastern part is a flat and wide platform. The whole province is mainly the Liaohe River Basin, mainly the Liaohe River in the west, the Luanhe River in the south, and the Luanhe River in the southeast. Daling River, Xiaoling River. Mesas, valleys and hills are intricately intertwined.

Introduction to Chengde:

Chengde is located in the northeastern region of China and the northeastern part of Hebei Province, bordering Beijing and Tianjin to the south, Chifeng and Xilingol to the north, and adjacent to Chaoyang, Qinhuangdao, Tangshan and Zhangjiakou to the east and west. Neighboring, it is 435 kilometers away from the provincial capital Shijiazhuang and 225 kilometers away from Beijing.

It is an important node connecting Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Liaoning and Inner Mongolia. It has the unique location advantage of "one city connecting five provinces". It is a national Class A open city, a collection place for Chinese Mandarin standard sounds, the hometown of Chinese photography, The hometown of Chinese paper-cutting.

Chengde is one of the first batch of national historical and cultural cities. In 1703, Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty built a summer resort and became the second political center of the Qing Dynasty; in 1723, the Rehe Hall was established; in 1733, Yongzheng took the title of "Inheriting the Deze of the Ancestors" "The meaning of "Huang Cheng Tian De" is given to explain the late emperor's kindness of upholding the heaven and earth to nurture all things; the establishment of Chengde Zhili Prefecture was first called "Chengde".

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Rehe, Baidu Encyclopedia-Chengde