Which province does Bengbu belong to?

Bengbu City belongs to Anhui Province.

Bengbu City, referred to as Mingzhu City for short, is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Anhui Province. It is located in the Yangtze River Delta in the east of China, in the northeast of Anhui Province, in the middle reaches of Huaihe River, with Suzhou and Huaibei in the north, Huainan and Chuzhou in the south, Chuzhou and Suqian in Jiangsu Province in the east and Bozhou and Huainan in the west.

Located in the Qinling-Huaihe line, the geographical boundary between north and south of China, it belongs to the transitional zone between the humid monsoon climate zone in the north subtropical zone and the semi-humid monsoon climate zone in the south temperate zone. As of 202 1, there are four districts and three counties in the city, with a total area of 595 1 km2. As of 202 1, the resident population of Bengbu city is 33 1.7 million.

History and culture

Bengbu City is the birthplace of ancient painting lanterns, Sizhou Opera and Fengyang Ancient Painting Opera. Huagu Lantern, known as Oriental Ballet, spreads in Huaiyuan, Fengtai, Fengyang, Yingshang and other places. Sizhou Opera, also known as Soul-pulling Opera, is of the same origin as Liuqin Opera in Shandong, Jiangsu and Henan. Fengyang Huagu Opera, also known as micro-carved Huagu Opera and micro-carved Huagu Opera, originated in Huaiwei Town, Longzihu District, Bengbu City.

Bengbu is not only the birthplace of Fengyang ancient painting and drama, but also the birthplace of Fengyang ancient painting and drama of the North School. It is also called Fengyang three flowers with Fengyang ancient paintings and ancient painting lamps. Fengyang Flower Drum, the main repertoires are Fengyang Song, Sister Wang's Fair, Meng Jiangnv and so on.

As long as Wuhe folk songs are popular in Wuhe, Fengyang, Bengbu and surrounding areas, Wuhe folk songs originated in Xiaoxi Town, Wuhe County (formerly Fengyang County), and the representative tracks include Picking Pomegranates, Washing White Clothes, and Dacaitai.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Bengbu City