Anhui Attractions
The province of Anhui in eastern China lies between 114°43' and 119°38'E and 29°25' and 34°39'N.
Two large rivers, the Huaihe and the Changjiang (Yangtse), flow through Anhui from west to east. The province can be divided into three different zones - the plain to the north of the Huaihe, the hilly region between the Huaihe and the Changjiang, and the mountainous country south of the Changjiang.
Summers in the province are hot and humid and the winters generally cool but colder and drier in the north. Rainfall amounts are less in the north than in the south.
Commencing with the Qin dynasty (221-206 BC), Anhui was the first region of southern China to be settled by the ethnic group known as the Hans. It suffered considerable hardship and distress when the Huanghe river changed its course in the mid-18th C. The province was occupied by the Japanese during the Second World War.
After 1949 the province's economy developed through the mining of coal and iron and copper ore, and it became a center of heavy industry.
There are some 4.4 million ha/11 million acres of agricultural land, more than a half of which is irrigated; the main crops are rice, grain, soya beans, sweet potatoes, cotton and tea.
Two large rivers, the Huaihe and the Changjiang (Yangtse), flow through Anhui from west to east. The province can be divided into three different zones - the plain to the north of the Huaihe, the hilly region between the Huaihe and the Changjiang, and the mountainous country south of the Changjiang.
Summers in the province are hot and humid and the winters generally cool but colder and drier in the north. Rainfall amounts are less in the north than in the south.
Commencing with the Qin dynasty (221-206 BC), Anhui was the first region of southern China to be settled by the ethnic group known as the Hans. It suffered considerable hardship and distress when the Huanghe river changed its course in the mid-18th C. The province was occupied by the Japanese during the Second World War.
After 1949 the province's economy developed through the mining of coal and iron and copper ore, and it became a center of heavy industry.
There are some 4.4 million ha/11 million acres of agricultural land, more than a half of which is irrigated; the main crops are rice, grain, soya beans, sweet potatoes, cotton and tea.
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