Tai'erzhuang, Zaozhuang

Tai'erzhuang District (simplified Chinese: 台儿庄区; traditional Chinese: 臺兒莊區; pinyin: Tái'érzhuāng Qū) is the southernmost of five districts under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Zaozhuang. The district is located in the south of Shandong Province, China, bordering Jiangsu province to the south. It covers an area of 538 km² (208 sq mi) and has a population of 290,000.According to the seventh population census data, as of 0:00 on November 1, 2020, the permanent population of Taierzhuang District was 305102.^[1]

In 2009, Taierzhuang was designated by the Taiwan Affairs Office as China's first "Cross Strait Exchange Base".^[2]

The district was the site of the Battle of Taierzhuang fought between the armies of the Chinese Kuomintang and Imperial Japan in 1938 during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The site of the battle (台儿庄大战旧址; Tái'érzhuāng dàzhàn jiùzhǐ) has been listed as a national monument of the People's Republic of China since 2006 (resolution number 6-981).

Administrative divisions

As 2012, this district is divided to 1 subdistrict and 5 towns.^[3]

Subdistricts

• Yunhe Subdistrict (运河街道)

Towns

Climate

Taierzhuang is a warm temperate continental monsoon climate zone.Four distinct seasons, abundant sunshine, abundant heat, and a long frost-free period.^[6]

Transportation

Taierzhuang is located at the border of Shandong and Jiangsu provinces, passing through are the Beijing-Fuzhou Expressway, the National Highway 206, and the Beijing-Shanghai HSR. There are four airports (Xuzhou Guanyin, Linyi, Jining, and Lianyungang), three high-speed railway stations (Zaozhuang, Xuzhou, and Tengzhou), and three seaports (Shijiu, Lanshan, and Lianyungang) nearby. The Grand Canal, known as the "Golden Waterway", spans 42 kilometers across the district and is open to 2000 ton ships year-round. Water transportation directly reaches areas such as Yangzhou, Nanjing, Shanghai, and Hangzhou.^[7]

Main tourist attractions

As of November 2013, Taierzhuang has 1 5A level scenic spot in Taierzhuang Ancient Town, 2 Taierzhuang War Memorial Hall, and 2 4A level scenic spots in Taierzhuang National Canal Wetland Park.^[8]

In February 2016, it was selected as one of the first batch to create a "National Comprehensive Tourism Demonstration Zone".^[9]

Taierzhuang Ancient Town, containing 11 functional divisions, 8 scenic spots and 29 attractions, it is the largest ancient city in China.For the national AAAAA level tourist attractions, the ancient city of Taierzhuang has an ancient river, ancient wharf, Chinese ancient water city, Taierzhuang Battle Memorial Hall, cross-strait exchange base. Together with Warsaw, the capital of Poland, it is one of the only two cities in the world to have been rebuilt as a World Heritage Site after being destroyed by the shelling of the Second World War.^[10]

Taierzhuang Battle Memorial Hall, built to commemorate the famous Battle of Taierzhuang at the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War, it is a national AAAA level scenic spot.It consists of monument, exhibition hall, movie and television hall, panoramic painting hall, war correspondent's hall, tomb of the unsung heroes, etc. It also has a temporary exhibition hall, multifunctional report hall and red library.^[11]

Taierzhuang Canal Wetland Park, the first national wetland park construction pilot approved by the State Forestry.Administration with the theme of canal wetland in China.There are more than a thousand kinds of plants and animals in the territory, which is a natural gene pool of species.In 2013, it passed the acceptance of national 4A level tourist attraction and was promoted to national 4A level tourist attraction.^[12]

See also

• Battle of Taierzhuang

References

External links

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