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Heze

China

Watercolour of Heze, China. The "Peony Capital of China" (Zhongguo Mudan Zhi Du) on the ancient Yellow River plain, centered around the Caozhou Peony Garden and the historic Fangshan/Leize heritage, with Caozhou Peony Garden and Bailian Lake.
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
Caozhou Peony Garden; Bailian Lake; Yellow River Old Course; Sun Bin Memorial Hall; Lu-southwest; Yellow River; lush Yellow River plain flora; Yellow River
Viewpoint
Favor the classic viewpoint looking across the peony beds and Bailian Lake toward the classical pavilions in Caozhou Garden, showing peony foliage and stone paths in the foreground, the calm lake water, arched bridge, and timber pavilions in the middle-ground, and the vast, peaceful Yellow River plain horizon fading in the background.
Palette
Green should be the predominant color, especially in the thick, lush leafy canopies of peony bushes, weeping willows around Bailian Lake, and cypress trees.
Guarded against
Not Jinan, Jining, or Kaifeng
Population1,346,717Wikidata: 8,795,939
Coordinates35.24°N, 115.47°E
Area12,155 km²
Time zoneAsia/ShanghaiUTC+8
Solar noon12:18clock runs 0.3 h ahead of the sun

Through the Earth

Dig straight through the Earth from Heze and you surface nearest to Parera, Argentina — 10 km from the exact antipodal point.

Nearest cities in the atlas

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JiningCN102 km
KaifengCN116 km
AnyangCN137 km
LiaochengCN143 km
XinxiangCN152 km
BozhouCN154 km
ZhengzhouCN174 km

Twinned cities

Wikidata records no twinned cities for Heze inside this atlas.

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