Handan is a medium-sized city located in the southern part of Hebei Province .It lies at the east foot of Taihang Mountains (太行山), and borders the North China Plain (华北平原) in the east. it is in the communication center of Hebei, Henan , Shanxi and Shandong provinces. Handan has a history of more than 2,500 years, and is considered one of China's historical and cultural cities’. It was the capital of the Zhao Kingdom (赵国) in the Warring States Period (战国时期). It is also a commercial centre during the Western and Eastern Han Dynasties (西汉和东汉).There are many renowned historical figures such as the First Emperor of China, Qinshihuang (秦始皇), Emperor Wuling (武灵王) of the Zhao Kingdom, Lian Po (廉颇) and (蔺相如), etc
As a notional historical and cultural city, Handan is the hometown of idiom and allusions, There ore over 500 Chinese idioms and allusions derived from Handan including the following typical ones: Riding and shooting in Hu's garbs, carrying rod to ask for punishment(负荆请罪). imitating another without success and losing what used to be own ability（邯郸学步）. As we all know beautiful girls always come from Handan. Xishi, do you know? Yeah, she is the best beautiful girls in ancient china. Her beauty is said to be so extreme, that while leaning over a balcony to look at the fish in the pond. The fish would be so dazzled that they forgot to swim and gradually sunk away from the surface. Birds would forget to fly and fall down from the sky, The moon would fade, and flowers would close their petals in shame in comparison to her. (Thus the idiom 沉鱼落雁，闭月羞花, which is used to compliment somebody,s beauty). Nowadays, Handan has a very good reputation, It is called an "Excellent Tourism City (优秀旅游城市)", "National Garden City (国家园林城市)", "National Double-supported Model City (全国双拥模范城市)", "the Hometown of Idiom and Allusions (成语典故之都)", "the City of Prose (散文之城)" and “the Cradle of Tai Chi (太极之乡)". Handan is also approved by the State Council (国务院) with local legislative power. Welcome to Handan and enjoy its beautiful landscape and culture.
idiom and allusions
Riding and shooting in Hu's garbs --(胡服骑射)
Returning the jade intact to the state of Zhao --(完璧归赵)
The story "The General and the Premier Make Up --- (将相和)".
The carriage return alley Carrying rod to ask for punishment --(负荆请罪)
Imitating another without success and losing what used to be one's own ability --(邯郸学步) Volunteering one’s service (毛遂自荐);
Relieving the besieged by besieging the base of the besiegers (围魏救赵); No one picks up and pockets anything lost on the road (路不拾遗);
Embracing a woman on his breast, one has no indecent feeling (坐怀不乱); Worth a couple of towns together (价值连城);
When the snipe and the clam grapple, it is the fisherman who stands to benefit (鹬蚌相争, 渔翁得利);
Burning one's own way to retreat and being determined to fight to the end (破釜沉舟);
The proverbial Lord Ye who claimed to be fond of dragons was in fact mortally afraid of them ( 叶公好龙).