Yuzhou, Henan

Coordinates: 34°9′48.12″N 113°27′39.06″E / 34.1633667°N 113.4608500°E / 34.1633667; 113.4608500

Yuzhou
禹州市
County-level city
Country China
Province Henan
Prefecture-level city Xuchang
Established Date June 25(th), 1998
Government
 • Party Secretary Wang Hongwu
 • Mayor Fan Xiaodong
Population
 • Total 1.30 million2,015
Time zone UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code 461670
Area code(s) 0374
Website www.yuzhou.gov.cn

Yuzhou (Chinese: 禹州; pinyin: Yǔzhōu; Wade–Giles: Yü-chou) is a county-level city in Xuchang, central Henan province in the People's Republic of China. The Xia Dynasty established the capital in Yuzhou, and Yuzhou was named for "DaYu(大禹)".[1]There is a statue named "DaYu Statue(大禹像)" in Yuzhou, and it is the symbol of the city.

The most famous specialty of Yuzhou is the "Jun-porcelain(钧瓷)" in ShenHou Town(神垕), together with the "Ru(汝)"、"Guan(官)"、"Ge(哥)"、"Ding(定)" porcelain,they were called five famous porcelain in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Also,Yuzhou is the main distribution center of Chinese herbal medicine in history.The Medicine King "Sun Simiao(孙思邈)", who has been a doctor here for a long time in Tang Dynasty.

For now, it was named the first historical and cultural city in Henan Province in 1989[2].In 2011, it was named "China Ceramics Historical and Cultural City",and in 2018, it was named "National Health City" by the National Aiwei Office[3][4].



  1. ↑ 中国禹州网. "大禹与夏禹文化". Retrieved 2017-12-17.
  2. ↑ 本刊编辑部 (1989年). "河南省公布首批省级历史文化名城". 中原文物杂志 (04期). Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ↑ 全国爱卫办. "全国爱卫办关于拟命名国家卫生城市（区）名单的公示". Retrieved 2018-02-12.
  4. ↑ 全国爱国卫生运动委员会. "全国爱卫会关于命名国家卫生城市（区）的决定". http://www.nhfpc.gov.cn. Retrieved 2018-03-24. External link in |website= (help)
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