10 Facts About Huzhou

1.

Huzhou is a prefecture-level city in northern Zhejiang province .

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2.

Huzhou is headquarters of the 1st Group Army of the People's Liberation Army, one of the three group armies that comprise the Nanjing Military Region responsible for the defense of China's eastern coast.

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3.

Huzhou is served by Huzhou railway station, situated to the west of the city.

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4.

Huzhou is well known as one of the birthplaces for silk cultivation.

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5.

Huzhou silk has many desirable features, such as paleness in color, luster, flexibility, and roundness in shape.

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6.

Huzhou silk has won awards at World Fairs, and is desired by clothing and furnishing manufacturers overseas.

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7.

Huzhou has a long history of manufacturing ink brushes, and it can be traced back to the Qin Dynasty.

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8.

Huzhou holds an annual "Huzhou Ink Brush Festival", and the festival has some memorial activities dedicated to Meng Tian - the inventor of ink brush pen.

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9.

The most famous brush pen workshop in Huzhou could be the Shanlian, thus its brush pens are named Shanlian Hubi in reverence of this workshop.

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10.

Huzhou sold a wonton bowl with flower dumplings filled with various ingredients.

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