http://www.chinatravel.com/rssRSS-BoardMon 21 Apr 2008 0:00:00 GMTchinatravel http://www.chinatravel.com/henan/transport.htmThe major means of transportation for traveling inHenan are flights, railway and highway....Fri 22 Feb 2008 3:01:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/henan/transport.htm...Fri 22 Feb 2008 3:01:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/henan/transport.htm Special Local Products The abundant local products in Henan provide visitors with diversiform shopping choices. The rich and colorful traditional handicrafts with centuries-old history are most famous for Yuzhou Junci Porcelain, Nanyang Jade Carving, Luoyang imitated Tangsancai (tri-colored glazed pottery of the Tang Dynasty), Hua county tinny pot, Jiyuan plate inkstone (was called the tempe of heaven ink stone), etc. The other specialties are Henan Lushi Natural Fungus, Luanchuan agarics, Xi...Fri 22 Feb 2008 3:01:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/henan/transport.htm Regional Food Henan cuisine is also called “Yu Cai”, one of the traditional Chinese cuisines with unique flavor. Shaolin restaurant, locates in the NO.8 of Jinshui Road in Zhengzhou, is a famous restaurant for Henan cuisine.It provides a wide range of famous Henan cuisine. The ravioli and steamed dumpling in Laocaiji Restaurant, the traditional cuisine ravioli restaurant is made of superior material, making them fresh, tender and delicious. So, they are well-known Henan cuisine. The braised c...Fri 22 Feb 2008 3:01:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/henan/minorities-festival.htmLocal Festivals Flower Festival October 28 to November 28 Each year in this time, the streets and alleys are full of red, yellow, purple, white chrysanthemums, making Kaifeng a sea of flower. The major flower exhibitions are in Dragon Pavilion, Iron Tower, Big Xiangguo Monastery, Baogong Shrine, and Emperor Yu Platform. The chrysanthemums exhibited have varieties of more than one hundred. During the period of Flower Festival, there are also many economic and trade activities, in or...Fri 22 Feb 2008 3:01:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/henan/history.htmHenan province is regarded as one of the major birthplaces of the ancient culture of China. With abundance natural resources and treasures, Henan province has thousands of talented people who attributed to its splendid history. Back to the Neolithic times(5,500 B.C. to 2,500 B.C.) four thousand years ago, people in the central plain of China created famous Peiligang culture, Yangshao culture and Longshang culture. This area has given birth to the Chinese ancient ideologists Lier, Zhangzi...Fri 22 Feb 2008 3:01:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/henan/transport.htmThe highway, from Beijing to Zhuhai, runs through Henan province lengthways. One of the sections from Anyang to Luohe has been functioned. There are also highways between some major cities, such as Kaifeng, Zhengzhou, Luoyang. ...Fri 22 Feb 2008 3:01:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/henan/transport.htm Ethnic Groups The Hans, the most part in Henan province, constitute 98.8% of the population, while the minority ethnic groups make up just 1.2% of the population. ...Fri 22 Feb 2008 3:01:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/henan/transport.htmMany cities in Henan province have airports, such as Zhengzhou, Luoyang, Nanyang and so on. They provide flights to most of the big and medium-sized cities in China, such as Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu, and so on. ...Fri 22 Feb 2008 3:01:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/henan/transport.htm Economy The gross provincial product totaled 1053.52 billion yuan in 2005, making Henan province the fifth province whose economic gross exceed 1000 billion yuan. ...