- Zunyi
Zunyi (zh-stp|s=遵义|t=遵義|p=ZūnYì), known as the "Famous City in History", is one of the two most important cities (
Guiyang andZunyi ) ofGuizhou Province, thePeople's Republic of China .Zunyi is a
prefecture-level city inGuizhou province in southwesternChina (People's Republic of China ). The two main district of the city, known as HuiChuan and Honghuagang, have a population of around 800,000 people, and the whole region, including 14 county-level administration area as a whole, has a population of approximately 7 million.Location
Zunyi is located in North Guizhou province, situated at the side of the
Xiangjiang River - a branch ofWujiang River . The altitude of the city is approximately 900 meters.History
Zunyi is known for being the location where
Mao Zedong was first elected to the leadership of theCommunist Party of China during theLong March . After this famours "Zunyi meeting",Mao Zedong and other two leaders formed a group to control the procedure ofLong March . Chinese tourists come to take photographs in the meeting hall where this historic election took place (at theZunyi Conference ). This historical meeting hall once belonged to a local warlord and after being occupied by the Red Army served as the temporary headquarters.Economy
Zunyi is the economic and commercial hub of the North Guizhou Province. The GDP of the city accounts for one quarter of the whole province among its 9 prefecture-level divisions.
Culture
Being known as the "home of culture" of Guizhou province, Zunyi, or the North-Guizhou area, is the education and Economics centre of the province.
Institutions of higher learning
*Zunyi Medical College (遵義醫學院)
Culture of food and wine
Zunyi is known for being a place where Chinese leaders, including
Deng Xiaoping , visited to enjoy its fiery hot local cuisine, includingyangrou fen (spicy hot rice noodle soup with lamb and bean curd).This is made with
Lai fen , a kind of thick wide roundrice noodle that is made locally (at a factory in the town of Gaoping), and is difficult to find elsewhere.The rice liquor
Maotai is brewed nearby, as isDongjiu . The local beerGaoyuan is quite delicious.It is said that the local mountain water accounts for the quality of these locally-brewed beverages, although pollution currently threatens the water of the Chishui River, from which Maotai is made. [http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSPEK29292220070515]External links
* [http://www.zyol.gz.cn/ Official site of Zunyi(Simplified Chinese)]
* [http://www.Zunyi.gov.cn/ Government Site]
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