The important town in Northeast China is in Liaoning Province. As early as the Han Dynasty, Gaizhou City was an important town in the Northeast where merchants gathered. Gaizhou, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Liaoning Province, is managed by Yingkou City. It is located in the northwest of the Liaodong Peninsula. It has a stepped landform with high east and low west, with four distinct seasons and sufficient sunshine. It has a total area of ??3133.38 square kilometers, and governs 8 streets, 16 There are 3 towns and 3 townships; the total population in 2015 was 698,938. Extended information
Gaizhou Zhongchang Electric Railway, Harbin-Dalian Railway Passenger Line, Shenyang-Dalian Expressway, Gaizhuang Expressway, Harbin-Dalian Highway, Liaoning Province Binhai Road, and Zhuanglin Road run through the entire territory. One hour's drive from Gaizhou can reach Dalian Zhoushuizi and Shenyang Taoxian Airport. Yingkou Airport, which has been put into operation, is close to Gaizhou.
Gaizhou has a long history and rich cultural heritage. As early as the Han Dynasty, it was an important town in the Northeast where merchants gathered. In the middle of the Qing Dynasty, it became the "thoroughway for wealth and goods" in the Northeast, "famous throughout Fujian and as far as Sanjiang." After the founding of the People's Republic of China, it was known as the first county in southern Liaoning.
Gaizhou is the "Hometown of Chinese Calligraphy" and "The Hometown of Chinese Poetry". Famous calligraphers and calligraphers have emerged in an endless stream throughout history. Wang Tingyun, one of the three masters of poetry, calligraphy and painting in the Jin Dynasty, and Qi Cheng, the calligrapher and painter of Yu Tianchi in the late Qing Dynasty, were famous for a time. Jiang Yintang wrote the lyrics of "Su Wu Sheep" and became popular throughout the country. There are also contemporary famous artists Shen Yanyi, Feng Dazhong and Zhou Yong who were born here.
Gaizhou is the birthplace of shadow puppetry and stilt Yangge in southern Liaoning. Shadow puppetry and Gaizhou Yangge have been identified as national intangible cultural heritage. The local Liaonan opera is designated as "Liao Opera" and is the only local opera in Liaoning Province. It represented Liaoning opera and was performed at the Shanghai World Expo.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - Gaizhou
Reference: Gaizhou People's Government - Gaizhou Style