Xuzhou Travel Guide - Brief Information on Xuzhou

Xuzhou in Chinese Pinyin:  xú zhōu
Xuzhou in Chinese Writing:    

Xuzhou in Chinese Pronunciation:    Click the button to learn how to say Xuzhouin Mandarin Chinese. Or you can download it to your hand device to play it to a conductor when buying a train ticket to Xuzhou.

Xuzhou Overview:  Xuzhou is located in the northwest of Jiangsu Province, the common boundary of Jiangsu Province, Shandong Province, Henan Province and Anhui Province. It is about 300 kilometers away from Nanjing, Jinan, Zhengzhou and Hefei. Covering a land of 1,125 square kilometers, Xuzhou has a population of 8.60 million.

Map of Xuzhou:  Here is a rough map of Xuzhou showing where Xuzhou is located on the map of China.

 

Xuzhou Climate & Weather:  By the influence of warm temperature zone semi-moist monsoon climate, Xuzhou has apparently different four seasons with cool summer and warm winter. The yearly average temperature is 14℃ with the yearly average rainfall volume of 866mm and the frost free period in Xuzhou is between 200 and 220 days. The yearly average sunshine period is 2100 hours to 2400 hours. The best time for traveling in Xuzhou is in fall.

Xuzhou Transportation:

By Air:  Xuzhou Guanyin Airport is an important civil airport in Huaihai Area and currently, the flight routes from Xuzhou to Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Haikou, Chengdu, Dalian, Xiamen and Wenzhou have already opened for use and furthermore, the direct flight routes from Xuzhou to Shenyang, Zhangjiajie, Qingdao, Guilin and Hangzhou as well as the flight route from Xuzhou to Fuzhou via Hangzhou are also opened for use at present.

By Train:  As one of the most important railway transportation hub in China, Jing (Beijing)-Hu (Shanghai) Railway, Long (Lanzhou)-Hai (Lianyungang) Railway are crossing here in Xuzhou. There are totally 16 trains starting from Xuzhou to Beijing, Shanghai, Wuhan and Qingdao but the trains via Xuzhou are quite a lot, which provide various choices for passengers to go to Xuzhou.

By Bus:  The superior location of Xuzhou made the transportation in Xuzhou advanced and convenient. The direct schedule buses operate between Xuzhou and more than 80 cities both inside the province and outside the province everyday.

Xuzhou Food:  Xuzhou cuisine is different from much Jiangsu cuisine, which is light in taste with a little bit sweet. The cuisine in Xuzhou is influenced by geography location greatly. Xuzhou located at the middle region of southern and northern China, and by the influence of different provinces, different cuisine styles, and Xuzhou cuisine is between northern cuisine and south cuisine, forming the taste of freshness and palatedfullness. And the snacks in Xuzhou are also famous in China.

Local delicacies include Chicken and Vegetables Braised in Pot, Baked Pancake, and Pancake with Lamb Inside, Salt Beans, Spicy Soup and Oil Tea Camellia.

Major Xuzhou Tourism Resources:  The history of more than four thousand years hands down abundant cultural remains and interests as well as ancient heritages in Xuzhou.

Tourist Attractions:  Xuzhou has a lot of tourism resources, among which the major attractions are “Three Wonders on Han Dynasty”, including Terra Cotta Warriors of Han Dynasty, Tombs in Han Dynasty and Xiang Shi Stone Figure of Han Dynasty, Yunlong Landscape Scenery Zone, Quanshan Forest Park, which are gentle as the scenery in both Jiangnan and north China.

Travel Agencies:  There are 1 licensed tour operators which can offer travel services to international travelers. Please refer to all these Xuzhou travel agencies.