Renhua County
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Renhua County 仁化县 |
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 Renhua
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| Coordinates: 25°08′N 113°47′E / 25.133°N 113.783°ECoordinates: 25°08′N 113°47′E / 25.133°N 113.783°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Guangdong |
| Prefecture-level city | Shaoguan |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
Renhua (postal: Yanfa; Chinese: 仁化; pinyin: Rénhuà) is a county of northernmost Guangdong province, China, bordering Jiangxi to the northeast and Hunan to the northwest. It is under the administration of Shaoguan City.
Renhua County has a long history, as it was established in AD 479, dating back more than 1500 years.
Renhua is located just north of the Tropic of Cancer
It has a subtropical monsoon climate (Köppen classification Cfa) which is season and pleasant.
Renhua has a jurisdiction of 1 street and 10 towns, including Danxia Street,Wenshao Town,Fuxi Town, Changjiang Town, Chengkou Town, Hongshan Town, Shitang Town, Dongtang Town, Daqiao Town, Zhoutian Town, Huangkeng Town.There are 109 village committee and Renhua Government is located in Danxia Street.
Most commonly spoken are Cantonese, Mandarin and Hakka. Some of towns speaking Shaozhou Tuhua (Sat Na Wa).
Resorts and attractions in Renhua include: "Mount Danxia" (丹霞山), Wanshishan Grassland (万时山大草原) is one of the rare grassland in Guangdong Province. "Shuang Feng Fort" (双峰寨),The "Chengkou Ancient City" (城口古秦城), was built in the Qin Dynasty. The "Yunlong Temple Tower" (云龙寺塔) was built in the Tang Dynasty. And the "Sixi Si Ta"(澌溪寺塔)was built in the late Tang and early Song Dynasty.
Centered on Danxia land-form, Mount Danxia also named as "The Red Stone Park of China". It's the largest attraction in Guangdong Province, which covers 292 square kilometers. It formed by red lake and river gravel rock from 70 thousand years, which being well-proportioned and attracting a lot of people. What's more, it has the shape most abundant among Danxia land-form, especially the male and female stone. It's mainly divided into Danxia scenic area, Shao Shi Xian traveled scenic, attractions, scenic spots and scenic Jinjiang gallery. In 1988, mount Danxia was listed to be National Park of China,National Nature Reserve, National Geo-park and National 5A Tourist Attraction. In 2004, Danxia Mountain was listed as World Geo-park. As Geo-park, mount Danxia has a lot of resources including 1,916 kind of plant, 88 mammals, 288 birds, 86 reptiles, 37 amphibians, 100 fishes and 1,023 insects.
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