Taizhou has a long history, and ancestors lived here 5000 years ago. In the fifth year of Wude, Taizhou was established, named after Tiantai Mountain in China, and the name of Taizhou began. 1In June, 1949, the sixth district was renamed as Taizhou area;1In June, 1978, Taizhou area was renamed as Taizhou area;1In August, 1994, Taizhou area was abolished and a prefecture-level city was established. Known as the source of Buddhism and Taoism, Taizhou is the birthplace of Tiantai Sect of Buddhism and Nanzong Sect of Taoism.

Taizhou is a central city in the Yangtze River Delta, a water town in the south of the Yangtze River, a national civilized city and a national comprehensive experimental zone for new urbanization. It is the happiest city in China in 20 17, the top 30 best prefecture-level cities in Chinese mainland in 20 18, the 44th among the top 100 cities in China in 20 19 and the top 100 cities in China in 2020.

topography

Taizhou is surrounded by mountains and faces the sea. The terrain is inclined from west to east, with mountains in the northwest and thousands of meters of peaks. Southeast hills are gentle, plains and beaches are wide, and rivers are vertical and horizontal. With Yandang Mountain as the screen in the south, there are main peaks such as Kuocang Mountain, Rada Mountain and Tiantai Mountain, among which Kuocang Mountain is as high as1382.4m, which is the highest peak in eastern Zhejiang. There are 12 island and 69 1 island offshore, mainly including Taizhou Islands and Dongji Islands. The largest island is Yuhuan Island, which is now connected with the mainland, and roughly constitutes the structural characteristics of seven mountains, one water and two fields.

The low hills in Taizhou account for 70.4% of Taizhou's land area, the plain area accounts for 26.8%, and the inland waters account for 2.8%. Taizhou is a subtropical monsoon region with four distinct seasons. Due to the regulation of marine water bodies and the blocking of the cold current by the northwest mountains, ciel phantomhive is extremely hot, with no severe cold in winter, abundant heat, abundant rain and mild and humid climate. The average sunshine hours in the city are 1800-2037 hours, and the regional distribution is mostly in Tiantai County, Yuhuan County and Hongjia in Jiaojiang District.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Taizhou