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Jinhua, known as Wuzhou in ancient
times, got its name as the ˇ°place where the
JINxing (Venus) and the WUnu (four stars in the constellation
Aquarius) compete
for splendorˇ±, with a history of more than 1,700 years and
brilliant civilization. ˇ°Splendid is th' Eight-Chant Tower
ages through, leaving the posterity deep in blue; A thousand
miles in South the river flows, Above the fourteen towns the
City glows.ˇ± 860 years ago, Li Qingzhao the famous poetess
in the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279) once described the
verve of Jinhua with this poem when she visited the Eight-Chant
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Known as "Home to Crafts,"
Jinhua enjoys advanced civilian -owned economy, with its industry
mainly supported by processing and manufacturing. Leading industries
of the City include clothing and textile, mechanics and electronics,
pharmacy and chemistry, |
| manufacturing crafts, metalwork
processing, architecture and building materials, automobile-and-motorcycle
accessories, food processing, plastic ware, etc. Industries
are distributed with different characteristics in different
counties or county-level cities. For instance, Yiwu is characterized
by its light-industry commodities, Yongkang by its automobile-and-motorcycle
accessories and mechanical and electric tools, Dongyang by its
clothing, architecture and magnetic materials, the City Proper
by its pharmacy, construction materials and industrial measures,
Lanxi by its non-ferrous metal, cement, towels and daily chemicals,
and Pujiang by its textiles, lockmaking, and lantern ornaments
of crystals, etc. |
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| As a famous scenic area in Southeast China, Jinhua boasts
a long history, beautiful land, and a lot of places of historic
interest, so much so that it is known as a "City of Cultural
Relics". With its forest acreage being above 60%, it is
honored one of the sanified cities in the Province and one of
the top tourist cities in the country. |
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