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The plain, the coast and the northern passes

A regional view of Hebei

From the Bohai coast and the North China Plain to the Great Wall passes and the Taihang foothills, these markers show approximate regional positions, not boundaries, entrances or routes.

Hebei
Shijiazhuang Tangshan Qinhuangdao Handan Xingtai Baoding Zhangjiakou Chengde Cangzhou Hengshui Langfang Zhaozhou Bridge (Anji Bridge) Longxing Temple, Zhengding Shanhaiguan The Mountain Resort and its Outlying Temples Putuo Zongcheng Temple Jinshanling Great Wall Eastern Qing Tombs Wahuang Palace Baiyangdian Western Qing Tombs Ding Kiln Dajingmen Jimingyi Yuxian Cangzhou Iron Lion Hengshui Lake Shengfang Puning Temple Tangshan Earthquake Memorial Park Cizhou Kiln Xing Kiln The Grand Canal at Cangzhou Zhengding Ancient City Laolongtou Beidaihe Xiangtangshan Grottoes Guangfu Ancient City Bian Que Temple Zhili Governor's Office Wuqiao County Wuqiang County

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Bian Que and the temple at Neiqiu built for a physician

The Bian Que temple stands at Shentou, west of Neiqiu in Hebei, and is first recorded in 497. Its steles trace a cult that gave a Warring States physician the rank of a king, while the biography behind the name rests on the stories in the Records of the Grand Historian.

Xing Kiln at Lincheng and Neiqiu: white porcelain of the Tang

The Xing kilns in Lincheng and Neiqiu made white porcelain from a local red sandstone and a magnesia-rich glaze, and their thin bowls reached Chang'an, Iran and Japan. The ware ended celadon's monopoly in the north, and in the Song it was displaced by Ding ware from Quyang.