Xuzhou, abbreviated as Xu, anciently known as Pengcheng, a prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province, is located in the northwestern part of Jiangsu Province, the southeastern part of the North China Plain, and the northern wing of the Yangtze River delta, with the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal passing through it, and the two railroad lines of Longhai and Beijing-Shanghai intersecting in Xuzhou, which is known as "the thoroughfare of five provinces".
Xuzhou is an important gateway city in East China, an important center of science and education, culture, finance, tourism, medical care and exhibition in East China, and an important economic, commercial and foreign trade center in Jiangsu Province.
Xuzhou is a national historical and cultural city. At the end of primitive society, Pengzu built the state of Dapeng Clan in the time of Emperor Yao, which was the first city to appear in Jiangsu. Xuzhou is one of the nine states of China, and has been the key to the north, the gateway to the south, the place of war and the center of commerce since ancient times.
Xuzhou is the political, economic and cultural center of the Huaihai region. Xuzhou has a civilization history of more than 6,000 years and a city history of 2,600 years, and it is famous as the hometown of emperors and kings, and it is said that "the emperors and kings of the nine dynasties were born in Xuzhou". Xuzhou is the birthplace of the two Han cultures.
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Xuzhou has a temperate monsoon climate, with four distinct seasons, and no scorching heat in summer and no severe cold in winter. The annual temperature is 14℃, and the annual sunshine is 14℃. The annual temperature is 14℃, the annual sunshine hours are 2284 to 2495 hours, the sunshine rate is 52% to 57%, the average annual frost-free period is 200 to 220 days, the average annual precipitation is 800 to 930 millimeters, and the rainy season precipitation accounts for 56% of the year.
The climate is characterized by four distinct seasons, abundant light, moderate rainfall, and simultaneous rain and heat. Among the four seasons, spring and fall are short, winter and summer are long, the weather is changeable in spring, hot and rainy in summer, high and cool in fall, and frequent cold waves in winter.?
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