Shijiazhuang is the capital of Hebei Province, 280 km to Beijing in the south and 270 km to Tianjin. The Longxing Temple in Zhengding. known as the No. l Temple to the South of Beijing, is famous for the tallest copper Buddha in China and a great number of cultural relics and treasures. Mount Cangyan in Jingjing is noted for its unique bridges, towers and halls; Xibaipo is the last rural revolutionary base of China, where Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai once lived and worked; and Zhangshiyan in Zanhuang is a national scenic area with the largest echo wall in the world. Shijiazhuang occupies an important position in the Buddhist history because of the Linji and Longxing temples in Zhengding,

Bolin Temple of Zhaoxian County. Diyin Temple of Sun Village. and Pilu Temple in the suburbs. Shijiazhuang is also an important commodity collecting and distributing center, with the Xinhua Market which comes out in front of China, the Nansantiao Small Commodity Wholesale Market, the Clothing Wholesale Market in the Youth Street, Xinji Leather Goods Market and Beiguo Commercial City, Dongfang Shopping Center, where people can buy whatever they need.