2024 Hengshui Travel Guide: Must-see attractions, popular food, hotels, transportation routes (updated in November)
Hengshui is a prefecture-level city in the southeast of Hebei province. A number of famous historical figures were born here including the Han dynasty scholar Dong Zhongshu, the Sui and Tang dynasty Confucianist Kong Yingda and the Tang dynasty poet Gao Shi. The city was renowned for its ancient pagodas, but only three remain intact today. Hengshui also boasts several other attractions including Hengshui Lake, Wuqiang Art Museum and the ancient town of Jizhou.
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Hengshui, Hebei | Who says Hengshui is only known for its high school?
| Who says Hengshui is only known for its high school? 🏞️
Hengshui is not only home to Hengshui Laobaigan and Hengshui High School, but also Hengshui Lake, the most beautiful wetland in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, as well as a rich history, culture, and cuisine!
🌈 Emperor Guangwu of Han, Liu Xiu, once led his army to battle in Shen County, Hengshui
🌈 Yuan Shao once stationed a million troops in Jizhou, Hengshui to fight against Cao Cao
🌈 Famous figures such as Dong Zhongshu, a Western Han philosopher, Sun Jing, a model of hard study in the Han Dynasty, Kong Yingda, a Tang Dynasty Confucian scholar, Gao Shi, a Tang Dynasty minister and frontier poet, and Sun Li, a modern Chinese writer and essayist, were all born or lived in Hengshui
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Hengshui is not a tourist city, but it's a great place for a weekend city walk to change your mood! ❤️
🚗 Recommended transportation: driving/🚶🏻♀️ walking/taxi 🚗
🌈🌈 Our itinerary: (not a special forces trip!)
Hengshui Railway Station ➡️🚶♀️ Raoyang Tofu Pudding ➡️🚗 Wanda Plaza (store luggage 🧳) ➡️🚶♀️ Fuyang River Sports Park ⛲️ ➡️🚶♀️ Fuyang Ecological Culture Park ➡️🚶♀️ Hengshui Museum ➡️🚶🏻♀️ Hengshui High School ➡️🚶🏻♀️ Fuyang Park ➡️🚶🏻♀️ Hengshui Anji Bridge ➡️🚗 Wanda Plaza for dinner and luggage ➡️ Hengshui High-Speed Railway Station 🚄
1⃣️ Raoyang Tofu Pudding
Originating in the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, this is a specialty of Raoyang County, Hengshui. Savory, best paired with a meat roll 🫓! Large portions and cheap.
🥣 Tofu pudding: 2.5 yuan/bowl 🥣, meat roll 🫓: 7 yuan/each
🚦 Store: Raoyang Tofu Pudding
🛤 Location: No. 18, Zhongxin Street, No. 6 Building, Heping North
2️⃣ Hengshui Museum
🕙 Opening hours: Tuesday–Sunday 9:00–17:00 (last entry at 16:00)
🎫 Tickets: Free, no reservation required, ID card required
3️⃣ Hengshui Anji Bridge
Built in the 31st year of the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. 🏞 116 meters long
🔆 In 1937, the Japanese invaders came south from the Fuyang River. Due to flooding, the bridge was submerged, so the Japanese blew up the middle arch of Hengshui Anji Bridge, which was later repaired.
🌠 Due to time constraints, there are still some places I haven't had time to visit. I'll come back again!
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Luli Ancient Town
Luli Ancient Town is located on the banks of Hengshui Lake. It is themed around Han culture and relies on the wetland scenery of Hengshui Lake. It inherits the national spirit of virtue, courtesy, and self-improvement, with "Luli" as its cultural symbol and the promotion of traditional Chinese culture as its core content. It is the first and only ancient town in China themed around traditional Chinese culture, offering an experiential study tour that combines food, clothing, accommodation, transportation, learning, travel, shopping, and entertainment.
Luli Ancient Town is located on the east side of National Highway 106 in Weitun Town, Binhu New District, Hengshui City. It covers a total area of 4,150 mu and has a total investment of CNY 2.5 billion. Luli Ancient Town relies on the wetland scenery of Hengshui Lake and inherits the national spirit of virtue, courtesy, and self-improvement of the ancient Jizhou, the first of the nine states. It uses Han elements represented by "Luli" as cultural symbols and the promotion of traditional Chinese culture as its core content. It aims to create a national Han culture tourism town that integrates cultural industry, tourism industry, and beautiful rural construction.
Admission: CNY 38/person
Experience: CNY 90/person
Hengshui Museum, a treasure trove of history, awaits your exploration!
【Explore Hengshui Museum and Experience the Charm of History】
Step into Hengshui Museum and travel through time to experience the splendor of a thousand years of history. Each exhibit tells the story of the rich history of the Hengshui region.
The History Hall takes you through time with dinosaur fossils, ancient porcelain, and folk crafts, each radiating the brilliance of the ages. The Art Hall showcases the wisdom and talents of the people of Hengshui with paintings, calligraphy, porcelain, jade, and other artworks. The Nature Hall lets you experience the wonders of nature with plant and animal specimens that reveal the charm of the ecosystem.
The Folk Hall is the museum's treasure, showcasing the folk customs and traditional crafts of the Hengshui region. Exquisite pottery, simple wood carvings, and colorful embroidery are all the crystallization of the wisdom of the people of Hengshui and the precious cultural heritage of the Chinese nation.
Here, you can also participate in cultural activities organized by the museum, such as paper cutting and calligraphy classes. Professional teachers will guide you in creating paper-cutting works, allowing you to experience the charm of traditional Chinese art firsthand.
Visit Hengshui Museum to experience the charm of history and appreciate cultural treasures. Let's explore the mysteries of culture and create unforgettable memories for your trip!
Hebei Hengshui | Ji Province is the first among the nine provinces.
🏨Recommended accommodation:
1⃣City center area: Located in the center of Hengshui City, with convenient transportation, there are many attractions and food streets nearby. Staying in the city center allows you to easily visit the city's attractions and taste the local cuisine.
2⃣Hengshui Lake area: Located near Hengshui Lake, south of Hengshui City, it is a popular tourist spot in the city. There are many attractions, restaurants and guesthouses here, making it convenient to visit the lakeside scenery and experience the local culture.
3⃣Development Zone area: Located in the southern part of Hengshui City, it is an important economic development zone in Hengshui. There are many companies, factories and technology parks here. Staying in the Development Zone area allows you to easily visit industrial sites and conduct economic activities.
🍱Cuisine:
Hengshui roast duck is the most famous. In addition, there are local specialties such as Hengshui dumplings and Hengshui tofu brain. You can taste authentic local snacks at the local night market or specialty restaurants.
🌈About the itinerary:
🚊First stop➡️📍Hengshui Lake
📝Attraction: Located in the hometown of the great Confucian scholar "Dong Zi", Hengshui Lake is the largest inland freshwater lake in the North China Plain.
🚌：101/7, Huanqiu Jiayuanhua Station
🎫：Book in advance
📆Recommended time: 5 hours
Recommendation index: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🚊Second stop➡️📍Jingzhou Pagoda (Sarira Pagoda)
📝Attraction: Jingzhou Pagoda, also known as Sarira Pagoda, has a history of over 1500 years. It was built during the Yongping period of the Northern Wei Dynasty. The original name was Sakyamuni Sarira Treasure Pagoda, located in the old city of Jingxian "Original. Kaifu Temple".
🗺️Navigation: Jingxian Jingzhou Pagoda
🎫：Free🆓
📆Recommended time: 2 hours
Recommendation index: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🚊Third stop➡️📍Baoyun Temple
📝Attraction: Founded in the Sui Dynasty. In fact, there was already a temple here during the Southern and Northern Dynasties. It is said that at its peak, the temple occupied 30 mu and had nearly 100 halls.
🚌：23, Municipal Women and Children's Hospital Station
🎫：Free🆓
📆Recommended time: 1 hour
Recommendation index: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🚊Fourth stop➡️📍Anji Bridge
📝Attraction: Anji Bridge, also known as Hengshui Stone Bridge, was built in the 31st year of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty (1766). In a sense, it is a symbol of Hengshui's historical memory.
🚌：32, Zai Shui Yi Fang Station
🎫：Free🆓
📆Recommended time: 2 hours
Recommendation index: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🚊Fifth stop➡️📍Taocheng District Catholic Church
📝Attraction: A super photogenic church
🗺️Navigation: Hengshui City Taocheng District Catholic Church
🎫：Free🆓
📆Recommended time: 1 hour
Recommendation index: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🚊Sixth stop➡️📍Xingye Street
📝Attraction: This street is full of retro vibes‼️A 1950s old street, with a Xinhua Bookstore full of Chairman Mao's quotations, a photo studio, a department store, and a People's Restaurant, all of which look like they came out of a TV series.
🗺️Navigation: Jizhou Ancient Street Xingye Street
🎫：Free🆓
📆Recommended time: 1 hour
Recommendation index: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Travel Tips:
Be sure to check the weather forecast before traveling in summer, and pay attention to sun protection.
Hengshui Anji Bridge
Hengshui Anji Bridge is located on Shengli East Road, Taocheng District, Hengshui City, Hebei Province. It is a seven-arch stone bridge spanning the Fuyang River and the Yellow River, first built during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. The bridge is 116 meters long and 7.5 meters wide, with each arch spanning 10 meters.
In a certain sense, Hengshui Anji Bridge is a 'symbol of historical memory' and a 'chain of urban cultural development' for Hengshui. Protecting Hengshui Anji Bridge is a form of respect and inheritance of historical culture.
On May 3, 2013, Hengshui Anji Bridge was announced by the State Council of the People's Republic of China as the seventh batch of national key cultural relics protection units.
Jizhou Old Street
Jizhou ancient city block is now a key cultural relics protection unit in Hebei Province, but it is not recommended to visit recently, as it is currently undergoing extensive renovation, and many landmark buildings have been enclosed (see last image). After inquiring with the construction team, it is estimated that the renovation may not be completed until the end of this year.
Jizhou ancient city block is located in the northern part of the city, on the southwest shore of Hengshui Lake, east of Hengshui Lake, 1000 meters north of Hengshui Lake District, west of Ji Ma Canal, and south of the intersection of Hengshui Lake and Ji Ma Canal. Surrounded by water, it covers an area of 15,000 square meters. The district was built in the early 1960s, with buildings mainly consisting of flat houses with blue brick ridges, square battlements on the houses for reinforcement, arched doors, and shapes such as square pools and triangles above the doors, engraved with slogans of the era, reflecting the strong specific atmosphere of X governance of the sixties and seventies of the last century. On October 23, 2008, it was announced by the People's Government of Hebei Province as a provincial key cultural relics protection unit.
Jizhou Old Town District|You definitely shouldn't miss this street when you're in Hengshui
You definitely shouldn't miss this street when you're in Hengshui.
The surprise of this trip to Hengshui was discovering this old town area from the 1960s.
"The Jizhou Old Town District has not been developed at all, the old alleys hide the most comfortable life, it's the atmosphere of daily life, a sense of belonging, memories, necessities like firewood, rice, oil, and salt, the dawn and dusk, days are plain but joyful."
Taking photos is also very rewarding, with a documentary feel and very nice lighting effects, local people in Hengshui should definitely go and experience it!! It's worth mentioning that the items in the shops are also very cheap, ice pops are only 1 yuan each!!
Now these old buildings have been protected... However, it's fortunate to be able to see them as it's not easy, they are all traces of history... I'm also very grateful, to be born in such a fortunate place as China.
🤫Address: Jizhou District, Haisheng Moxibustion Supplies Distributor
🤫Transport: We drove ourselves, it took about three to four hours to drive from Puyang in Henan to Hengshui... The time passed quickly chatting and laughing with friends on the road
Visit the ancient town of Lüli by the Hengshui Lake
During the May Day holiday, I came to Hengshui, Hebei with good friends, first visited the Hengshui Lake Wetland Park, and then arrived at the ancient town of Lüli on the east side of Hengshui Lake. It is located between Taocheng District and Jizhou District of Hengshui City, about ten kilometers south of Hengshui city center. Lüli ancient town is newly built in reference to the ancient architectural style, taking Sun Jing, a local Confucian scholar of Hengshui, as a model, continuing his spirit of 'diligent study and valuing education', aiming to inherit history and shape a distinctive cultural soul. It has been honored as one of the top ten research bases in Hebei Province that 'must be visited' and the Hebei Province Ecological Environment Education Base. Inside, there are many courtyards, including schools, inns, homestays, and so on.
Hengshui Lake
The Hengshui Lake National Nature Reserve in Hebei Province is located in the Binhu New District of Hengshui City, covering a total area of 163.65 square kilometers, of which Xihu (West Lake) is 32.5 square kilometers and Donghu (East Lake) is 42.5 square kilometers.
It is the only natural reserve in the North China Plain that maintains a complete wetland ecosystem, including marshes, mudflats, waters, meadows, and forests. The reserve is home to a wide variety of animal and plant species, serving as an ecological sanctuary for inland freshwater wetlands and a natural protection area for first and second class protected bird species.
It is a national AAAA-level tourist attraction and a national-level tourism demonstration unit.
Hengshui Museum
Hengshui Museum is a comprehensive museum with a building area of 12,000 square meters and an exhibition hall area of 5,000 square meters. It consists of seven exhibition halls, namely 'Hengshui Ancient City', 'Hengshui Historical Culture', 'Hengshui Celebrities', 'Hengshui Folk Culture', 'Hengshui Cultural Relics', 'Hengshui Art', and 'Hengshui Modern Culture'. Each hall has a different theme, displaying aspects of Hengshui's history, culture, celebrities, folklore, cultural relics, art, and modern culture.
Hengshui Museum
athena_cordeliawillowdale Hengshui Anji Bridge
Also known as Hengshui Stone Bridge or Hengshui Old Bridge, it is located on Shengli East Road, Taocheng District, Hengshui City, Hebei Province, spanning the Fuyang River from east to west. It was built in the 31st year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty (1766).
The Hengshui Anji Bridge spans the Fuyang River from east to west. It is a seven-hole continuous arch stone bridge, 116 meters long and 7.5 meters wide. Each hole spans 10 meters. The bridge body originally had 58 stone pillars topped with stone lions on both sides; there are 57 stone railings carved with a combination of cloud patterns and rectangular patterns with concave corners.
In a certain sense, the Hengshui Anji Bridge is a symbol of Hengshui's 'historical memory' and a 'chain of urban cultural development'. The protection of the Hengshui Anji Bridge is a respect and inheritance of historical culture.
In 2013, the Hengshui Anji Bridge was announced by the State Council of the People's Republic of China as the seventh batch of national key cultural relics protection units.
Hengshui, Hebei.
The Jizhou Museum at the top of the nine provinces
The Jizhou Museum is located on the north side of Hubin East Road, Jizhou District, Hengshui City, Hebei Province. The exhibition area of the museum is 9,218 square meters, divided into three floors. The first floor is the Jizhou Museum, including three exhibition halls: Jizhou History, Jizhou Celebrities, and Jizhou Intangible Cultural Heritage.
After more than 5,000 years of history, as early as the Neolithic Age, there were ancestors thriving here. Yu divided the nine provinces with Jizhou as the first. The abbreviation of Hebei Province is "Ji", which is derived from this.
Jizhou District·Hengshui
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