Tangshan Overview,News from Tangshan

The major industrial city of Tangshan in Hebei Province is perfectly situated at the center of the triangle formed by Beijing, Tianjin, and Qinhuangdao, each only a two to three hour road trip away.
Completely recovered from the nightmare of 1976, when a disastrous earthquake took 240,000 human lives here overnight, the city is now a picture of economic growth and social development. Abundant in natural resources, Tangshan sells coal, crude oil, steel, and other materials over the world.
Tourist sites are aplenty in and around the city. The Eastern Qing Tombs, the ruins of the Ming Dynasty Great Wall, the former residence of Li Dazhao, and many other spots welcome millions of visitors from all over the world each year. In addition, though a city of heavy industry, Tangshan enjoys fresh air from the Bohai Sea 40 km away.

Tangshan — a city of ceramic art

Besides the scenic spots and heavy industries, ceramic art is another thing that puts Tangshan on the map. First founded over 600 years ago in the Ming Dynasty, Tangshan’s ceramic industry is still flourishing today, with its products enjoying great popularity all over the world.

As the “Northern Ceramic City” of China, Tangshan has been hosting the annual China Ceramic Fair successively for 10 years since 1998. Every September, hundreds of ceramic makers will come here from all over China and abroad with their best products, attracting numerous visitors and customers to the Fair.

Tanshan tourist attraction — The Eastern Qing Tombs

As a national 4A-level scenic spot in China, the group of Eastern Qing Tombs near Beijing is one of the most popular attractions among tourists visiting Tangshan. Altogether 5 emperors (Shunzhi, Kangxi, Qianlong, Xianfeng, and Tongzhi), 15 empresses, 136 imperial concubines, 3 princes, and 2 princesses of the Qing Dynasty were buried here. Surrounded by Changrui Mountain, Jinxing Mountain, Huanghua Mountain, and Yingfei Daoyang Mountain, the Tombs take up a total of 80 sq km of space.

Yuling, the tomb of Emperor Qianlong (the fourth emperor of the Qing Dynasty), may be the most splendid one of all royal tombs in Chinese history in terms of Buddhist scriptures and sculptures. It took thousands of skilled craftsmen 3 years to finish the carving and sculpting.
Another tomb especially worth mentioning is the one of Empress Dowager Cixi, the notorious woman who ruled China behind a curtain for 48 years. The tomb was named Putuoyu Dingdongling, after the Putuoyu Mountain that stands behind it. Numerous treasures were once buried here, though most of them have since been stolen by tomb robbers.
The Eastern Qing Tombs welcome some 400,000 visitors from all over the world each year.