subject: Top Cities in Liaoning Provinces [print this page] Liaoning Province, often called 'the Golden Triangle' because of its superior geographical location, includes boundaries on the Yellow Sea, the Bohai Gulf, and the Yalu River, which makes Liaoning the closest gateway to the Korean Peninsula. As the southernmost province of the three provinces in northeast China, Liaoning Province's proximity to the sea has given it commercial and strategic advantages throughout its history.
1. Shenyang
Shenyang, the largest city in Northeast China, is the political, economic, and cultural center of Liaoning Province. It is also an important industrial base and a famous historical city. As the host city of the 2006 International Horticultural Exposition and venue for the football (soccer) matches of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Shenyang will soon be the focus of world-wide attention.
2. Fushun
Human settlers first came to Fushun more than seven thousand years ago. By the Han Dynasty (221BC-220AD), coal had been used in daily life or for manufacturing. At the same time, this area had been rather advanced in agriculture, handicraft industry and commerce. During the early Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Fushun involved in depression for near one and a half centuries. It was in 1783 that the new city was completed southwest of the old one. Gradually, economic rejuvenation made it a distributing center of goods in eastern Liaoning.
3. Jinzhou
Bijia Mountain is situated on the coast of the Bohai Sea adjacent to Jinzhou Port. Bijiashan Island and Sky Bridge are the key scenic spots in the mountain resort. The Sky Bridge is exactly a 1,620-meter-long (1772-yard-long) sand and pebble road between the island and the seashore, which dodges in and out of the water as the tide changes. The Sanqing Pavilion is a 'must go' spot in the scenic area. It is a stone, wooden-like building without a single nail standing at the top of the mountain, from which visitors can have a bird's-eye view of the beautiful, vast sea. In addition, there are forty-eight Buddhas sacrificed in the pavilion.
4. Dalian
Dalian, compared to ancient capital cities such as Beijing, Xian, Nanjing or Luoyang, is a young city with only a 100-year history. Situated at the tip of China's Liaodong Peninsular, it is a trading and financial center in northeastern Asia and has gained the name the 'Hong Kong of Northern China'.
5. Telling
Situated in the north part of Liaoning, Tieling neighbors Shenyang, the capital city of the province in the southwest, and is bordered by Jilin in the east and Inner Mongolia in the west. History: Present realm of Tieling was dominated by Kitan and Koguryo kingdoms in ancient times. The name of Tieling first appeared in the Ming Dynasty as Tieling Wei which was later reestablished in Yinzhou (old name of present Tieling area).
