華閱文章網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 (華北平原) 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 (趙國) in the Warring States Period (戰國時期). It is also a commercial centre during the Western and Eastern Han Dynasties (西漢和東漢).There are many renowned historical figures such as the First Emperor of China, Qinshihuang (秦始皇), Emperor Wuling (武靈王) of the Zhao Kingdom, Lian Po (廉頗) and (藺相如), 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(負荊請罪). imitating another without success and losing what used to be own ability（邯鄲學步）. 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 沉魚落雁，閉月羞花, which is used to compliment somebody,s beauty). Nowadays, Handan has a very good reputation, It is called an "Excellent Tourism City (優秀旅游城市)", "National Garden City (國家園林城市)", "National Double-supported Model City (全國雙擁模范城市)", "the Hometown of Idiom and Allusions (成語典故之都)", "the City of Prose (散文之城)" and “the Cradle of Tai Chi (太極之鄉)". Handan is also approved by the State Council (**) with local legislative power. Welcome to Handan and enjoy its beautiful landscape and culture.
idiom and allusions
Riding and shooting in Hu's garbs --(胡服騎射)
Returning the jade intact to the state of Zhao --(完璧歸趙)
The story "The General and the Premier Make Up --- (將相和)".
The carriage return alley Carrying rod to ask for punishment --(負荊請罪)
Imitating another without success and losing what used to be one's own ability --(邯鄲學步) Volunteering one’s service (毛遂自薦);
Relieving the besieged by besieging the base of the besiegers (圍魏救趙); No one picks up and pockets anything lost on the road (路不拾遺);
Embracing a woman on his breast, one has no indecent feeling (坐懷不亂); Worth a couple of towns together (價值連城);
When the snipe and the clam grapple, it is the fisherman who stands to benefit (鷸蚌相爭, 漁翁得利);
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 ( 葉公好龍).
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