How about the city of Anshan, Liaoning?

Science and Technology

At the end of 2012, Anshan City had 91 high-tech enterprises above the provincial level, an increase of 11 over the previous year. The value-added of high-tech products of industrial enterprises above scale was 33.40 billion yuan, an increase of 30.0% over the previous year. Throughout the year*** 92 scientific and technological achievements were made, reaching 9 international leading ones, 33 international advanced ones and 39 Chinese leading ones. Among them, 92 achievements in applied technology. Annual acceptance of patent applications 2813, an increase of 14.9%; authorized patents 2173, an increase of 10.1%.

Health

Anshan has relatively strong medical conditions, with the existing Anshan General Hospital, Anshan Hospital of the First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Anshan Central Hospital, Anshan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Growing Up Hospital, Anshan Second Hospital, Third Hospital, Fourth Hospital, Women's and Children's Hospital, Shuangshan Hospital, Shuguang Hospital and other large-scale general hospitals.

At the end of 2012, there were 1,723 health institutions (including clinics) of various types in Anshan City. Among them, 152 are hospitals and health centers; 8 are maternal and child health care institutions; and 21 are community health service centers (stations). The coverage rate of community health service streets reaches 100%. The total number of beds in hospitals and health centers in Anshan City is 18,103. There are 19,742 health technicians. Among them, 7,920 practicing (assistant) physicians, 7,889 registered nurses. New rural cooperative medical care financing standards reached 295 yuan, participating farmers reached 1.65 million people, **** mobilized funds 490 million yuan, according to the total agricultural population participation rate of 96%. At the end of the year, Anshan City, there are eight disease prevention and control centers (epidemic prevention stations), disease prevention and control centers (epidemic prevention stations) 441 health technicians.

Sports

At the end of 2012, Anshan City, the total number of sports and fitness community **** there are 1450. The year hosted 4 sports events above the provincial level (times). Organized 45 mass sports activities (times). 2012 Anshan sportsmen and women won 8 world championships, 3 Asian championships and 13 Chinese championships in various sports events.

Education

At the end of 2012, Anshan City had 3 ordinary higher schools, 22 secondary vocational schools, 35 ordinary high schools, 128 junior high schools, 586 ordinary elementary school and 953 kindergartens. There are 453,000 students enrolled in schools of all levels and types (including kindergartens)***.

In 2012, 73,000 children were enrolled in kindergartens. Ordinary elementary school enrollment of 29,000 people, 178,000 students, 31,000 graduates. Junior high school enrollment of 31,000, 91,000 students, 35,000 graduates. General high school enrollment of 17,000, 53,000 students, 18,000 graduates. Secondary vocational education enrollment of 0.6 million, with 19,000 students and 0.7 million graduates. General higher education enrolled 10,000 students, with 38,000 students and 10,000 graduates. Graduate training units enrolled 484 students, with 1,261 graduate students enrolled and 287 graduates. Special education schools enroll 600 students.

Folklore

Because Anshan is conveniently located in Liaonan and has extensive contacts with the outside world, the folk culture of Anshan has been relatively well developed throughout its history, and the folk culture of Anshan has been varied, colorful and quite active, constituting an important part of the history and culture of Anshan. These include commentary, drums, two-people turn, stilts, drop, shadow play, rice-planting songs, dragon dance, lion dance, New Year's paintings, paper-cutting, calligraphy and so on.

Review of the book, in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasty, first popular in Beijing and Tianjin, in the Qing Dynasty to Hebei, Liaoning, Heilongjiang. At that time, there were storytellers in the cities and towns of Haicheng, Tai'an, and Xiuyan in the Anshan area. In the city, the storytellers mainly told commentaries in teahouses and tea houses, while in the countryside, people sat in groups under the shade of willow trees and listened to commentaries during the summer hoeing season. By and large in the speech "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Ching Chung Yue Chuan", "Seven Heroes and Five Heroes", "Water Margin", "Jigong biography", etc., a speech is a few days, popular with the masses.

Drums, Anshan region is popular in the "Northeast Drums", the old saying "Fengtian drums", later called the Liaoning drums, this art in urban and rural areas are also quite popular. Drums in the popularity of the process, the formation of "Fengtian tune", "Dongcheng tune", "Xicheng tune", "Nancheng tune", "North City Tunes" and other genres. Anshan region is popular in the South City tune, that is, with Liaonan accent in singing tunes, singing drums, holding a pair of small drums hammer, playing a small drum set up, and three strings accompaniment, melodious tunes, the people very much love to listen to.

The two-people turn, also known as "bouncing". Popular in the middle of the Qing Dynasty, in the long-term circulation, the formation of Jilin City as the focus of the East Road, focusing on Black Mountain County as the focus of the West Road, Haicheng County at the time as the focus of the South Road, to the Northern Great Wilderness of Heilongjiang as the focus of the North Road. Haicheng and Xiuyan in the Anshan area were naturally the south road duo, and Haicheng in particular had a large number of people singing duo, with a number of townships and villages with singers.

Historically, the duet was only performed by two people once a clown, singing while twisting, with singing as the main focus. During the Republic of China, there were two-people turn small theaters in Tiexi, Anshan City, as well as in Xiuyan and Haicheng City. At that time, the duo was both vulgar and elegant, no dirty words, can be said to be elegant and vulgar **** appreciation.

Stilts were popular in Anshan, especially in the towns and villages of Haicheng. At that time, most of a township have two or three stilt team, stilt team, there are Danjiao and clowns, a team of Danjiao and clowns have more than 20 people, stilt jumping, accompanied by gongs and suona very lively. From the second day of the first month of the lunar calendar, the stilt team went from village to village and performed until the end of the first month of the lunar calendar. At that time, there was a popular saying in the rural areas of Haicheng called "jumping in the first month of the year, the February, away from the March."

On the 15th day of the first lunar month, some villages and towns also perform dragon lantern dance and lion dance. New Year's paintings and paper cuttings are historically more developed in Xiuyan, and there are many folk artists in the fields of New Year's paintings and paper cuttings. Calligraphy has an even longer history. In ancient times, in private schools and later in the academy, students learned calligraphy as soon as they entered school, and anyone who studied could write with a brush, and in the Spring Festival, it was the village readers who wrote the Spring Festival couplets for each family. Calligraphy had a wide range of practical uses throughout history, unlike today when it is mainly appreciated as a work of art.

Expanded Information

Anshan, abbreviated as An, is a municipality in Liaoning Province, the third largest city in Liaoning Province, an important iron and steel industrial base in China, and an important central city in the central and southern regions of Liaoning Province[1]? Is approved by the State Council with local legislative power of the larger cities, Shenyang Economic Zone, the deputy center of the city, because the southern part of the city is shaped like a saddle mountain and named. Anshan is located in the hinterland of the Bohai Rim Economic Zone, the middle of Liaodong Peninsula, located in the important pivot point of the Shen-Da Golden Economic Belt, and is an important connecting belt between the central Liaoning urban agglomeration and the open area of Liaodong Peninsula.

Anshan is the largest iron and steel city in Northeast China, the cradle of new China's iron and steel industry, China's first iron and steel industrial city, with "*** and national steel capital" reputation, because of the abundance of Ciu Jade, so it is also known as "China's Jade Capital". Anshan is China's excellent tourist city, national forest city, national garden city, national sanitary city, national civilized city, and also one of China's top 30 cities in terms of comprehensive strength. Anshan boasts the world's first Jade Buddha, Asia's famous hot springs and the national scenic spot Thousand Hills.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Anshan