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 (Huzhou pronunciation vu ciu) is a prefecture-level city in northern Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. Lying south of the Lake Tai, it borders Jiaxing to the east, Hangzhou to the south, and the provinces of Anhui and Jiangsu to the west and north respectively.

Location

 * Huzhou is in the center of Yangtze River Delta Economic Area, next to Shanghai in the east, on the south beach of Taihu lake—the third big freshwater lake in the China, rejoices Hangzhou in the south and links to Jiangsu and Anhui province in the west.
 * The State Way 318 of east-to-west direction, the State Way 104 of north-to-south direction, the Changxing-Huzhou-Shanghai Channel—Eastern Rhine River, Xuancheng-Hanghzou railway—the secondary tunnel in the east of China, Nanjing-Huzhou-Hangzhou express way and Shanghai-Jiangsu-Zhejiang-Anhui express way contributes to a quick and complicated transportation system.

Huzhou General Hospital
Dr. Fred P. Manget (1880-1979) went from the U.S. state of Georgia to Shanghai as a medical missionary in 1909. In 1912, he rented a building in Huzhou to establish a hospital that could hold about 30 beds. At the end of World War I, Dr. Manget returned to Shanghai and discussed with the representative of The Rockefeller Foundation in China about the Foundation’s intention to spread the practice of Western medicine in China. After much negotiation, the Chinese Government agreed to provide 9 acres of land, while the Foundation provided US$30,000 to build a hospital in Huzhou. The remaining needed funds were provided by the Southern Methodist Church and the Northern Baptist Church in the USA. Thus, the small hospital with a small rented building and one doctor was transformed into Huzhou General Hospital (湖州醫院), which had 9 acres of land, over 100 nurses and 100 other personnel, in addition to the most modern medical facilities in China. The facilities included a chemistry laboratory, an X-ray facility and a Nursing School. Later, Japanese troops occupied Huzhou General Hospital. Luckily, the family members of Dr. Manget were able to leave China for the USA. However, Dr. Manget was not willing to leave China. When he saw how badly the Japanese troops treated the Chinese people, he even dared to point out the wrongdoing of the Japanese troops. As a consequence, he was arrested by the Japanese troops, who wrongly accused him of espionage. Later, the Japanese troops released him. Under the strict control of the Japanese troops, Huzhou General Hospital reopened and Dr. Manget worked there for three and a half years.

History

 * 248 BC, Gucheng County (菰城縣) was set up by the State of Chu.
 * 222 BC, Qin Dynasty, Wucheng County (烏程縣) was set up.
 * 266, Kingdom of Wu, set Wuxing Shire (吳興郡), its administrative area including the modern Huzhou prefecture city and Hangzhou (杭州), Yixing (宜興).
 * 602, Sui dynasty, changed the name of Wuxing to Huzhou (湖州).
 * During the Tang Dynasty, Huzhou administered 5 counties: Wucheng (烏程), Wukang (武康), Changxing (長興), Anji (安吉), and Deqing (德清).
 * At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, Gui'an county (歸安縣) was divided from the Wucheng county.
 * During the Qing Dynasty, Huzhou administered 7 counties: Wucheng, Guo'an, Wukang, Deqing, Changxing, Anji, and Xiaofeng.
 * 1949, the People's Republic of China, Huzhou town became the seat of government of the First Special District of Zhejiang, administrative area including the modern Huzhou and Jiaxing prefecture cities.
 * 1983, Huzhou prefecture level city was set up.

Qing dynasty
American Baptist missionaries operated in Huzhou during the Qing dynasty. (the University of Wisconsin - Madison)(Digitized Jan 14, 2009) (the New York Public Library)(Digitized Feb 4, 2011)

Administration
The prefecture-level city of Huzhou administers six county-level divisions, including one economic development zone and two districts and threecounties.

These are further divided into 66 township-level divisions, including 50 towns, 10 townships and sixsubdistricts.


 * Huzhou Economic Development Zone (湖州经济开发区)

Economy

 * Huzhou is known as the City of Silk, is one of the Four Capital-cities of Silk in China.
 * Textiles (especially silk), building materials and agriculture.

Military
Huzhou is headquarters of the 1st Group Army of the People's Liberation Army, one of the three group armies that comprise the Nanjing Military Region responsible for the defense of China's eastern coast and the recovery of Taiwan.

Tourism
The Lotus Garden (pinyin "Lianhua Zhuang") is a small garden located near the city center of Huzhou. It was built in 1924 and features local history, including a Tea House, and ancient stones transferred from Tai Hu (Lake Tai). The park is open during daytime hours, free admission, and many local people will have Taiji exercise or Mahjong games. The park has a lake system where Lotus flowers bloom seasonally, and a large Koi pond attraction. Also, pedal boats are available for leisure.

Twin towns – Sister cities
Huzhou is twinned with:
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Notable people

 * Zhu Zhi 朱治 (156-224) and Zhu Ran 朱然 (182-248), military general for the Kingdom of Wu during the Three Kingdoms era of China.
 * Shen Yue 沈約 (441-513), prominent scholar of the Liang Dynasty and author of the Book of Song宋書.
 * Chen Baxian 陳霸先 (503-559), founder and Emperor Wu of Chen dynasty 陳武帝.
 * Lu Yu 陸羽 (733-804), sage of tea, author of the Classic of Tea.
 * Zhao Mengfu 趙孟頫 (1254–1322), great calligrapher in Yuan dynasty.
 * Yu Yue 俞樾 (1821–1906), famous scholar.
 * Shen Jiaben 沈家本 (1840–1913), Late Qing Chinese scholar and jurist.
 * Wu Changshuo 吴昌硕 (1844–1927), great calligrapher.
 * Chen Qimei 陳其美 (1878–1916), revolutionary, member of Chinese Tongmenghui. Chen Guofu 陳果夫 and Chen Lifu 陳立夫 are nephews of Chen Qimei.
 * Lei Zhen 雷震 (1897–1979), famous politician and political analyst of the Republic of China.
 * Dai Jitao 戴季陶 (1891–1949), famous politician of the Republic of China.
 * Zhu Jiahua 朱家驊 (1893–1963), famous politician of the Republic of China.
 * Qian Sanqiang 錢三强 (1913–1992), famous scientist of great merit in Chinese atomic bomb study; and his father Qian Xuantong 錢玄同 (1887–1939), famous scholar.
 * Tu Shou'e 屠守鍔 (1917-), famous scientist and rocket designer.
 * Fred P. Manget (1880-1979), medical missionary from the United States and founder of Huzhou General Hospital

Specialty

 * Silk

Zhouji dumping is founded by Zhouji. It is said that in 1930, the Zhouji saw Ding Lianfang( a Chinese Name) opened a snack store,which is booming, as a result. Zhouji also opened a store to compete. Soon after, Zhouji's snack store was defeated,then he opened a shop called " Zhouji's dumping shop ". Zhouji is very particular about the quality of the dumping and select all raw materials very carefully,such as the bamboo clothing(the out layer of bamboo leaf), sesame,sesame oil, wine, sugar, salt and other spices to be added into the dumping.Besides that,Zhouji invented a special processing of the dumping so that dumpings won't break up easily when boiled. Combined with the special sauce,the dumpings have a fantastic taste and is very popular among people.