Hebei

Hebei Province is situated within the north China Plain, north of thelower reaches of the Huanghe Yellow River. Washed by using Bohai Sea in the east, it has a coastline of a few 500 kilometers. The whole province is 190,000 rectangular kilometers and is inhabited by 71.85 million 2010 human beings of Han, Hui. Manchu, Mongolian and Korean nationalities. The territory of the historic China become divided into 9 Zhou.

It turned into the fief of the Kingdoms of Yan and Zhao. During the Tang Dynasty 618-907 Hebei belonged to Hebei Dao. Dao became the equivalent to modern province. This is how Hebei Province came into being. In the subsequent dynasties the call and confines of the province changed a great deal. In 1928 it was renamed as Hebei Province. This mausoleum is situated in the western suburbs of Shijiazhuang.

The region, overlaying extra than 200,000 rectangular meters, is dotted with pine and cypress trees. More than 700 martyrs who laid down their lives for the reason of the liberation of China have been buried here. On the left flank of the mausoleum is the tomb of Dr. Norman Bethune, the wonderful internationalist fighter from Canada. A lifestyles-length statue of Dr. Bethune stands if the front of the tomb. On the east flank of the mausoleum are the tomb and statue of Doctor Dwarkanath Shantaram Kotnis, a chum of China from India.