Handan has a low-key ancient city, known as the 'Little Jiangnan of the North', and is also the hometown of Taijiquan.

Handan in Hebei Province is a well-known city with a long history. It has not changed its name in 3,100 years. In the Qing Dynasty, Damingfu was the first provincial capital of Zhili Province. I am afraid that only Xianyang can compete with it.

And there are many well-known idioms allusions, such as Mao Sui's self-recommendation, Handan learning to walk, and guilt, etc., so Handan is also known as "the capital of idioms".

The most important thing is that Ying Zheng, the first emperor of the ancient times, was also born in Handan. Although the former ancient capital of Handan is no longer glorious and is already a third-tier city, it is still a vibrant city and the third largest city in Hebei.

As a famous historical and cultural city, Handan has a low-key ancient city, known as the "Little Jiangnan of the North", and it is also the hometown of Chinese Taijiquan!

This is the ancient city of Guangfu located in Guangfu Town, Yongnian County, about 20 kilometers away from the city center. There is a local saying: one part of the history of Handan is in Guangfu.

First of all, the ancient city of Guangfu was called Quliang in the Spring and Autumn Period. It used to be the Maosui fief of Zhao State. Since then, all dynasties have been the seat of prefectures, prefectures, prefectures and counties.

Today, the ancient buildings in the ancient city were mainly built in the Ming Dynasty.

In addition, the ancient city of Guangfu was originally a waterless city. In the Ming Dynasty, Li Jin, the prefect, dug a moat for the ancient city, and then attracted the water from the Fuyang River.

Therefore, the ancient city is surrounded by Yongnianwa with an area of ​​​​46,000 mu. Because its terrain is two meters lower than the Fuyang River in the south of the city, it is common to accumulate water here and exists in the form of wetlands.

As a result, there are endless aquatic plants such as reeds, gorgonians, lotus roots, etc., which have a rare and beautiful water town scenery in the north.

The ancient city has a long history and many scenic spots. There are more than 30 places of historical interest inside and outside the city. For example, the famous Hongji Bridge and Zhaozhou Bridge are "sister bridges". They are very similar in structure. They are both single-hole and double-shouldered stone arch bridges, which have high artistic appreciation value.

There is also the Guangping Prefectural Office. In the Qing Dynasty, it had jurisdiction over one state and nine counties. It was one of the famous “Eight Prefectures in the South of Jin” in history and has now become one of the landmark buildings of the ancient city of Guangfu.

However, the charm of the ancient city of Guangfu is that it is the famous hometown of Taijiquan, because Yang Luchan, the founder of Yang's Taijiquan, and Wu Yuxiang, the founder of Wu's Taijiquan, both came from here.

As time goes by, the ancient Tai Chi culture originated here and passed down from generation to generation, making Chinese culture flourish.

At present, there are more than ten Taijiquan organizations in the ancient city of Guangfu, and more than 70% of the city's population practice Taijiquan. On December 17, 2020, Chinese Taijiquan also successfully applied for the World Heritage List, and Yongnian Yang's Taijiquan and Wu's Taijiquan are among them.

Of course, as the holy place of Taiji in the world, the ancient city of Guangfu attracts many famous Taijiquan masters and enthusiasts to exchange boxing skills here every day.

Today, the ancient city of Guangfu is a national 5A-level tourist attraction, attracting a large number of tourists every year. Compared with the general ancient city, the life atmosphere of Guangfu ancient city seems to be stronger.