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Introduction to Shijiazhuang Hebei Province, 269km (168 miles) SW of Beijing Hebei's nondescript capital is one of the few places in China where the intention to rebuild everything from scratch in only 20 years is actually improving the city. Down-at-heel Shijiazhuang is an accident arising from the crossing of major north-south and east-west railway lines -- here X really does mark the spot. It's grown from village to provincial capital in 100 years. Even that status is a hand-me-down from Tianjin, after the metropolis gained the right to report directly to Beijing rather than through the provincial government. As a result there's little of glamour here. But the city has a decent infrastructure for visitors and provides a base for exploring marvelous sights in the surrounding countryside, includingZhengding, about 15km (10 miles) northeast. It was an important town for centuries before anyone had heard of Shijiazhuang. Today it is still home toLongxing Si, one of the oldest, most atmospheric, and (luckily) least "restored" Chinese temples. Zhengding is also home to a number of pagodas so different from each other it's hard to believe they were produced by the same culture.Zhao Xian,42km (26 miles) southeast, has an important example of religious revival in the large Zen (Chan) Buddhist temple, theBailin Si.It also has the elegantZhaozhou Qiao-- the first bridge of its kind in the world. Roughly 80km (50 miles) southwest,Cangyan Shanhas the bridge-top temple featured in the closing scenes ofCrouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.附:Shijiazhuang City is located in the eastern edge of the Eurasian continent latitude, a temperate continental monsoon climate. The seasonal changes in solar radiation significantly, the ground level of depression frequent activities, four distinct seasons, the disparity between the Han Shu, concentrated rainfall, significant period of wet and dry, winter-summer, spring and autumn short. About 55 days in spring, summer is about 105 days, about 60 days in the autumn, winter is about 145 days. Dry spring weather, less rainfall, often 5,6-northerly winds or southerly wind, temperatures rise faster in April; summer, Temperature and Humidity airstream affected by the ocean, 6,7,8 three months of the year precipitation precipitation 63 to 70 percent; fall, the influence of high pressure Mongolia, sunny weather, the temperature moderate and pleasant weather, late autumn and more northeasterly winds, cold weather in winter, the Siberian cold high impact, the prevailing northwest wind, cold and dry climate, Shaoyang weather, less rainfall. Shijiazhuang City, the general climate characteristics: average temperature in the high-temperature hot summer and cold in winter Chiu-Liang, uneven distribution of rainfall, most parts of nearly all year round, the western part of Abundant rainfall in the mountains, there floods, less sunshine, spring High winds, the weather Yangsha more. Total precipitation for the 401.1-752.0 mm, the uneven distribution of time and space. One western mountain rainfall of 628.4-752.0 mm; 401.1-595.9 mm for the other regions. Abundant snow in winter, the snow was 10.0-19.2 mm, of which the urban areas to 19.2 mm of snow. Snow brought traffic to many people's inconvenience, vegetable prices rose, while a protective effect of winter wheat, for reviving the spring to provide a favorable water conditions. Less Rainfall in the spring, the quarter of the total rainfall of 11.0-41.7 mm. Uneven distribution of rainfall in the summer, 145.2-516.4 mm of rainfall. The total duration of bright sunshine hours for 1916.4-2571.2 hours, adequate sunlight in spring and summer, autumn and winter sunshine less.石家庄市地处中纬度欧亚大陆东缘，属于暖温带大陆性季风气候。太阳辐射的季节性变化显著，地面的高低气压活动频繁，四季分明，寒暑悬殊，雨量集中，干湿期明显，夏冬季长，春秋季短。 春季长约55天，夏季长约105天，秋季长约60天，冬季长约145天。春季气候干燥，降水量少，常有5、6级偏北风或偏南风，4月份气温回升快；夏季，受海洋温湿气流影响，6、7、8三个月降水占全年降水量的63%-70%；秋季，受蒙古高压影响，晴朗少雨，温度适中，气候宜人，深秋多东北风，有寒潮天气发生；冬季，受西伯利亚冷高压的影响，盛行西北风，气候寒冷干燥，天气晴朗少云，降水少。 石家庄市总的气候特点为：年平均气温偏高，春温夏热秋凉冬冷，雨量分布不均，大部分地区接近常年，西部部分山区雨量偏多，出现洪涝灾害，日照偏少，春季大风、扬沙天气较多。 总降水量为401.1-752.0毫米，时空分布不均。其中西部山区雨量为628.4-752.0毫米；其它地区为401.1-595.9毫米。冬季降雪量偏多，总雪量为10.0-19.2毫米，其中，市区雪量为19.2毫米。大雪给人们的交通带来许多不便，蔬菜价格上扬，同时对小麦越冬起到保护作用，为春季返青提供了有利的水分条件。春季降水偏少，季总雨量为11.0-41.7毫米。夏季雨量分布不均，降雨量为145.2-516.4毫米。 年总日照时数为1916.4-2571.2小时，其中春夏日照充足，秋冬日照偏少。
