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ThepearloftheBohaisea—TangshanTangshanisacoastalheavyindustrialcitywiththehistoryofahundreadyears,whichisregardedasashiningpearlofBohaibay.TangshanliesinthenorthofYanshan,thesouthofBohaisea,thenorthwestof154kilometersawayfromBeijingandthesouthwestof108kilometersawayfromTianjin.Itgovernstwocities,sixcountiesdistrictsanddevelopmentzones,withatotalareaof13472squarekilometersandapopulationof7.25million,especiallyfortheurbanareaof3874squarekilometersandapopulationof3.03million,whichisalargerprovincialcentercityinthecountry.Tangshanisanancientlandwithalonghistory.Asearlyas4000yearsago,therewereancienthumansliving;Asearlyas5000yearsago.Yellowemperorlefttheruinsofactivities;3hundredyearsago,RuichangMountainintheZunhuaDistrictwasidentifiedasroyalmausoleumbyQingdynasty,laterfiveemperorbeingburiedhereandnowEasternQingTombshasbeenlistedasworldculturalheritage.TangshanwadintheterritoryofGuzhuKingdominthetimeoftheShangDynastyandthenbecameapartofYanKingdomandintheHanDynastywasincludedtoYouzhou.InTangDynasty,LiShimininitiatedtwopunitiveexpeditionstotheeaststationedhisarmyatthedowntownDachengHillthengivingthenameTanghencethenameof“Tangshan”derivedfromit.Tangshanisaculturalcity.Farmingculture,thecenterplainculture,thegrasslandcultureandtheforeignculturehavefusionized,formingtheuniquecharacterandcharmofTangshanculture.CaoXueqinwhoistheauthorofTheDreamofRedMansion,hadhisancestralhomeinTangshan.AvarietyofcultureformsoriginatedfromTangshan,especiallyPingJuShadowPlayandLaoTingDrumsknownas“ThreeArtisticFlowersinEastHebeiProvince”isoneofthecradlesofnorthernChinarevolutionandthehometownofLiSazhao,arevolutionarypioneer.NewTangshanhumanisticspiritiscoinedbyDaZhaospirit,hard-workingofKailuanworkers,Yugongspiritofsandvalley,Tangshanseimicspirit,Caofeidianconstructivespirieinthenewperiod,grateful,fratemal,open,transcend.Now,asaspiritualpower,itinspiresgenerationsofTangshanpeopleasanunity.Tangshanisrichinresources.Tangshanisaplacewithmildclimate,diverselandscapeandfertilesoil,whichisconsideras“thejingdongtreasure”.Northernmountainousareaisrichinfreshandabroad.Thecentralplainisrichincorn,wheat,ricepeanutsandsomesubsidiaryagriculturalproducts,whichisknowas“granaryinEastHebeiProvine”.SoutherncoastisnotonlyanimportantsishinggroundinBohaiBaybutalsotheconcentrationofcrudesaltproductionarea.NanpuSaltworksistheAsia’slargestsaltpan.Thecoastlineofthecoastallandareais196.5kilometerslong.Tidalflatsandshallowseahaveagreatpotentialfordevelopment.Mineralresourcesarevarious,largereserves,goodquality,concentrateddistributionandeasytoselecting.Sofartherehavebeen47mineraldespositsdiscoveredandprovedreserves.Coalreserves5.4billiontons,forthecokingcoalmainproduction;Ironhas4.5billiontons,isoneofthethreebigironminingarea;Suchasnaturalgas,limestone,goldreservesareveryconsiderable.AbilliontonsoflargeoilfieldwadfoundinNanpuregion.Tangshan,whichisanotherexcitingdiscoveryinpetroleumexplorationfieldformorethan40years.Tangshanisthecradleofmodernindustry.AtthethirdyearofQingemperor,Guangxu(1877),westernizationersoperatedminesanddugcoals.China’sfirstmechanizedcoalmineandChina’sfiststandardgaugerailway,thefirststeamlocomotivecement,thefirstsanitaryceramicswereborninsequenceandtheyproducedinfluenceonthepromotingofChina’smodernindustrialsrise.TangshanhasbecomeChina’simportantenergyandrawmaterialsbaseafteronehundred-yeardevelopment.Tangshanisthemiracleofthephoenixnirvana.ThenicknameofTangshanis“Phoenix”derivingfromthePhoenixMountaininthecenterofcity,whichTangshanislikearebirthedphoenixthroughthefireafterexperienceofearthquake.