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Handan

China

Watercolour of Handan, China. The ancient capital of the Warring States State of Zhao, centered on the ancient Wuling Congtai terrace and the Fuyang River, with Wuling Congtai and Xuebu Bridge.
AI-generated artistic rendering. Painted from written research on the city's setting, architecture and materials — not from a photograph.
What guided this image
Landmarks
Wuling Congtai; Xuebu Bridge; Zhao King City Ruins; Northern Qi Dynasty Buddhist; Fuyang River; Hebei; lush North China Plain flora; Warring States Zhao
Viewpoint
Favor the classic viewpoint looking across the lotus pond in Congtai Park toward the elevated Wuling Congtai terrace and pavilion, showing weeping willow fronds and lotus leaves in the foreground, the calm water reflections, stone balustrades, and multi-tiered terrace in the middle-ground, and the distant silhouette of the Taihang Mountains fading in the background.
Palette
Green should be the predominant color, especially in the thick weeping willows of Congtai Park, Fuyang River embankments, and lotus ponds.
Guarded against
Not Shijiazhuang, Xingtai, or Anyang
Population1,358,318Wikidata: 9,174,683
Coordinates36.61°N, 114.49°E
Area12,065 km²
Time zoneAsia/ShanghaiUTC+8
Solar noon12:22clock runs 0.4 h ahead of the sun

Through the Earth

Dig straight through the Earth from Handan and you surface nearest to Telén, Argentina — 39 km from the exact antipodal point.

Nearest cities in the atlas

AnyangCN58 km
ChangzhiCN132 km
LiaochengCN136 km
ShijiazhuangCN159 km
XinxiangCN170 km
HezeCN176 km
JinzhongCN195 km
KaifengCN202 km

Twinned cities

Wikidata records no twinned cities for Handan inside this atlas.

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