Cao County - The Cultural Hub
Cao
County is located in Shandong province, very close the border of Henan province in the
People's Republic of China. Cao is alternatively also known as Caoxian and is
under the administration of Heze City. The ancient city of Bo, which was one of
the capitals during Shang Dynasty, is located in Cao. The county was notorious for law and order problems till Boxer rebellion.
The law and order problem was curtailed after the first Sino-Japanese War. As
result of the war the local garrisons become weak with the help of Great World
Company, Dadaohui, which has its operation till 1985 and that, was considered
as an inspiration for the Boxer rebellion.
Important attractive locations:
If we summarize the must visiting location in
Cao County that can be jotted as Heze Caozhou Peony Park, MinZu BuXingJie,
MengZeHu ShangYeJie, Shishi Shang Yejie, Heze Nigxiang Park, Heze Caozhou
Martial Arts Hall and Heze Garden. Few important located are narrated here
under.
Heze Caozhou Peony Park:
This garden is 350 kilometers far from the
airport and just five kilometers distance from the Railway station. By boarding
a bus, within 10 minutes you can reach to the Peony garden. This is the largest
cultivation field of Peony and the park is spread over 120,000 square
kilometers. You can find 800 different types of Peony plants including Chinese
Peony. From here flowers are sold across China and also exported foreign
countries. The park is opened 8 in the morning to 6 in the evening.
Heze Garden:
Haze Peony Tourist Zone is one of the largest
Peony production gardens that produce the finest Peony on earth. Lots of scientific
research has been carried out here to produce the best quality Peony flowers
that are being sold all over China and exported to various countries. The
plantation and production of Peony flowers are dated back to Southern Song
Dynasty and it reached to peak stage during Ming Dynasty. You can find about 6,000 different types of
Peony verities here. Apart from Peony there are other verities of flower plants
also can be seen here.
Heze Caozhou Martial Arts Hall:
The city is having long association with martial
arts. Sun Bin, the famous author of The Art of War was from Heze. He has
compiled the various traditional martial art forms made it available for the
new generation. The original works of Sun Bin was beleived to be lost but 1972
the authorities were able to trace out the script and is used for teaching the
Wushu Martial Arts. The Martial Arts Hall School 12 is famous to this effect in
teaching the Wushu Martial Arts.
Ningxiang Park:
Ningxiang Park is also known as Spring Park.
Located in the Heze city, this park is known for Peony flowers with more than
70 different species and also more than 40 other flowering plants add up its
crown. The other varieties include Erythrina, Jade fruit, Ginkgo, Tower, Huang
Ya Ball, Cimei, Jujube lead, Papayas, Ziwei, Rose, Pomegranates, Begonia stems
etc. Seeing different verities of plants in one location is a beautiful
experience.
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