main cities of liaoning: shenyang , dalian , anshan , fushun , benxi , dandong , jinzhou , yingkou
dalian is a large, clean, modern, rich and sprawling city on the yellow sea. it's one of china's most cosmopolitan cities, partly because it has changed hands so often; as the only ice-free port in the region it was eagerly sought by the foreign powers who held sway over china in the nineteenth century. the japanese gained the city in 1895, only to lose it a few years later to the russians, who saw it as an alternative to ice-bound vladivostok.
dalian manages to be a leisurely place, popular with tourists who come here for the scenic spots and beaches outside the city, to recover their health in sanatoriums and to stuff themselves on seafood. the city is also known for soccer, which explains the large sculptures of footballs you'll see around - dalian's team, wanda, has been the champion of the chinese league for four of the last five years. the city holds two festivals: the locust flower festival in spring is the time to visit the city's parks, and the international fashion festival around september 10 sees fashion models parading in the streets. dalian's brand-new scenic drive, binhai lu, hugs the cliffs of the yellow sea, winding 40km past the villas of party bigwigs as well as wanda's stars. the city also boasts a large aquarium, a new zoo and easy connections to the town of lushun.
tourists looking for relics from dalian's colonial past will be disappointed; unlike other treaty ports such as shanghai, dalian is looking firmly forward to the future. plans for a history museum have been tabled, a topic that your taxi driver will be sure to comment on once he's finished heralding the soccer team.
location: located between 3843' - 4010' north latitude and 12058' - 123 east longitude, and in the southernmost point of liaodong peninsula; with the yellow sea to its east and the bohai sea to its west
neighboring areas: jilin and hebei provinces; inner mongolia autonomous region
physical features: situated in the south part of liaodong hilly region surrounded by sea on three sides; one of the three largest hilly regions in china; the terrain sloping down from northeast to southwest
population: 5.4 million
urban population: 2.59 million
area: 12,578 sq km
nationalities: han
history: in early tang dynasty, called "lion mouth" for its inaccessibility; in 1371, settled by troops sent by zhu yuanzhang - the emperor of ming dynasty at port of lushun from shandong; renamed "qingni wa" since ming and qing dynasties
climatic features: located in the warm temperate zone of the north hemisphere with a warm temperate continental monsoon climate ; no extreme coldness in winter or utterly hot in summer; 4 four distinc seasons
average temperature: 8.4c - 10.5c with the highest of 35c and the lowest of - 24c
rainfall: annual precipitation of 600 mm to 790 mm
products: grain, flax, corn, ripe, broomcorn, soybean, cotton, peanut, tobacco leaf
specialties: haw, apple, yellow peach, grape and cherry, prawns, abalones, and sea cucumbers
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