First day at China, Tangshan City. Xinhua Hotel at Tangshan Downtown. Tangshan (Chinese: 唐山 ; pinyin: Tángshān shì) is a mainly industrial prefecture-level city in Hebei province, People's Republic of China. It became known after the 1976 Tangshan earthquake, at least 8.2 on the Richter scale which flattened the city. The city has since been rebuilt and has become a tourist attraction. Night at Tangshan City, the city proper and major road were lighted by street lighting and beautiful lights of buildings and establishments... Tangshan is located in the central section of circum-Bohai Sea Gulf region, facing the Bohai Sea in the south, depends on Yanshan mountain in the north, border Luanhe with Qinhuangdao city in the east, the west adjoin with Beijing, Tianjin. It is a throat strategic area and corridor linking two major regions of North China and Northeast China. Tangshan is part of North China Plain, with Yanshan Mountain lying its north. The greatest river in Tangshan is Luan...