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河北(hé běi)Hebei province

河北(hé běi)Hebei province--- ---河北驴肉火烧，吃出一个爽快
河北（冀），在太行山以东，黄河以北，古属燕、赵之地。唐代设立“河北道”。元置行中书省，明直属京师，清改称直隶省。近代复称河北省，省会初设天津市，后迁保定市，又迁石家庄市。以其地在《禹贡》中属“冀州”，故简称“冀”。
Hebei is a province of the People's Republic of China in the North China region. Its one-character abbreviation is "冀" (jì), named after Ji Province, a Han Dynasty province (zhou) that included what is now southern Hebei. The name Hebei means "north of the river", referring to its location completely above the Yellow River. Beijing and Tianjin Municipalities, which border each other, were carved out of Hebei. The province borders Liaoning to the northeast, Inner Mongolia to the north, Shanxi to the west, Henan to the south, and Shandong to the southeast. Bohai Bay of the Yellow Sea is to the east. A small part of Hebei, an exclave disjointed from the rest of the province, is wedged between the municipalities of Beijing and Tianjin. A common alternate name for Hebei is Yānzhào (燕趙), after the state of Yan and state of Zhao that existed here during the Warring States Period of early Chinese history.
 

黑龙江(hēi lóng jiāng)Heilongjiang province

黑龙江(hēi lóng jiāng)Heilongjiang province--- ---北大荒的黑土地资源丰富
黑龙江（黑），古为肃慎地，汉属夫余郡。“黑龙江”之名，首见于《辽史》，以其江水黑色、蜿蜒如龙称为“黑龙江”。明代为女真族控制，清初沿黑龙江筑城，置将军府。清末定为黑龙江省至今。
The Amur or Heilong Jiang is the world's tenth longest river, forming the border between the Russian Far East and Northeastern China (Inner Manchuria). The largest fish species in the Amur is the kaluga, attaining a length as great as 5.6 metres.
 

河南(hé nán)Henan province

河南(hé nán)Henan province --- ---逐鹿中原，问鼎天下
河南（豫），地处黄河中下游，自古属豫州，因居古九州之中，故称“中州”。春秋战国时分别为宋、卫、郑、韩、魏、赵等国辖地，东周天子也居此。唐时划黄河以南、淮河以北为河南道，明清为河南省。
Henan is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the central part of the country. Henan is often referred to as Zhongyuan (中原 zhōngyuán) or Zhongzhou (中州 zhōngzhōu) which literally means "central plains" or "midland", although the name is also applied to the entirety of China proper. Henan is the birthplace of Chinese civilization with over 5,000 years of history, and remained China's cultural, economical, and political center until approximately 1,000 years ago. Numerous heritages have been left behind including the ruins of Shang Dynasty capital city Yinxu and the Shaolin Temple. Four of the Eight Great Ancient Capitals of China, Luoyang, Anyang, Kaifeng, and Zhengzhou are located in Henan. 

湖北(hú běi)Hubei province

湖北(hú běi)Hubei province--- ---武昌起义、共和国大批将领的出生地，湖北岂可缺席中国革命？
湖北（鄂），位于长江中游，洞庭湖之北，故称“湖北”。春秋战国时为楚国辖地；汉时属荆州；宋时设荆湖北路，简称湖北路；元属湖广行中书省；清初分湖广为湖南、湖北二省。清时因省会武昌故称“鄂州”，故简称“鄂”。
Hubei is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the central part of the country. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Lake Dongting.[1] The provincial capital is Wuhan, a major transportation thoroughfare and the political, cultural, and economic hub of Central China.Hubei is officially abbreviated to "鄂" (È), an ancient name associated with the eastern part of the province since the Qin dynasty, while a popular name for Hubei is "楚" (Chǔ), after the powerful state of Chu that existed here during the Eastern Zhou dynasty. It borders Henan to the north, Anhui to the east, Jiangxi to the southeast, Hunan to the south, Chongqing to the west, and Shaanxi to the northwest. The high-profile Three Gorges Dam is located at Yichang, in the west of the province. 

湖南(hú nán)Hunan province

湖南(hú nán)Hunan province--- ---辣妹子辣，辣妹子辣
湖南（湘），大部分在洞庭湖以南，故称“湖南”。春秋战国时为楚国辖地；秦置长沙郡；汉属荆州；唐设湖南观察使；宋为荆湖南路，简称湖南路；元属湖广行中书省；清分湖北湖南二路。境内有湘江南北贯通，故简称“湘”。
Hunan is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the south-central part of the country to the south of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and south of Lake Dongting. Hunan became an important communications center due to its position on the Yangzi River (Changjiang). It was also on the Imperial Highway constructed between northern and southern China. Hunan cuisine is noted for its use of chili peppers. 

内蒙古(nèi měng gǔ)Inner Mongolia

内蒙古(nèi měng gǔ)Inner Mongolia--- ---西北望，射天狼，风吹草低见牛羊
内蒙古自治区（蒙），蒙古原为蒙古高原部族名，唐代已见于文献记载。13世纪初，成吉思汗建立蒙古汗国，其后忽必烈建立元朝。明清以来，习惯上将蒙古分为内、外两部分，内蒙古指大漠以南、长城以北、东起哲里木，西至河套的广大地区。1947年成立自治区。
Mongolia Autonomous Region or Nei Mongol Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China, located in the northern region of the country. The Autonomous Region was established in 1947 on the area of former Republic of China provinces of Suiyuan, Chahar, Rehe, Liaobei and Xing'an along with the northern parts of Gansu and Ningxia. It is the third-largest subdivision of China spanning about 1,200,000 km² or 12% of China's total land area. It has a population of about 24 million as of 2004. The majority of the population in the region are Han Chinese, with a substantial Mongol minority. The official languages are Chinese and Mongolian, the latter written in the Mongolian script, as opposed to the Mongolian Cyrillic alphabet used in the state of Mongolia. 

江苏(jiāng sū)Jiangsu province

江苏(jiāng sū)Jiangsu province--- ---苏州刺绣，天下为之一羞
江苏（苏），位处长江下游、黄海之滨。春秋战国时属吴、楚等国，秦属东海、会稽郡，汉属徐、扬二州，清初建为江南省，康熙六年（公元1667年）改设江苏布政使司，两江总督驻江宁府（今南京市）、巡抚驻苏州府（今苏州市），合两地之名为“江苏”。
Jiangsu is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. Since the initiation of economic reforms in 1990, Jiangsu has been a hot spot for economic development, and now has the highest GDP per capita of all Chinese provinces. The wealth divide between the rich southern regions and the more rural north, however, remains a prominent issue.

江西(jiāng xī)Jiangxi province

江西(jiāng xī)Jiangxi province--- --- 江西景德镇，美名天下传
江西（赣），地处长江中下游南岸，春秋战国时属楚，秦置九江郡，汉属扬州，唐设江南西道，简称江西道，始有“江西”之名。元设江西行中书省，明清为江西省。
Jiangxi is a province in the People's Republic of China, located in the southeast of the country. Jiangxi is also alternately called "Gompotaiti" (贛鄱大地) which literally means the "Great Land of Gan and Po". Jingdezhen is widely regarded as the producer of the best porcelain in China. 

吉林(jí lín)Jilin province

吉林(jí lín)Jilin province--- --- 长白山上现东北老虎
吉林（吉），古为肃慎地，汉属夫余郡，唐为渤海国的一部分。元属辽阳行省，明为女真族控制，清时在松花江沿岸建吉林乌拉城（今吉林市），简称吉林。清末定为吉林省至今。
Jilin is a province of the People's Republic of China located in the northeastern part of the country. The literal meaning of the Chinese characters for "Jilin" is "auspicious forest".Jilin province is rich in natural mineral deposits with 136 different types of minerals, of which 70 have already been extracted. Jilin has abundance of Traditional Chinese medicine resources, with approximately 27,000 kinds of wild plants and 9,000 kinds of medicinal herbs. 

辽宁(liáo níng)Liaoning province

辽宁(liáo níng)Liaoning province--- ---仙风鹤骨，水饺糖葫芦
辽宁（辽），地处辽河流域，战国时属燕，为辽东郡。秦汉置辽东、辽西郡，其后也有称辽东为辽左者。元设辽阳行省，明直属京师，清以其为自己的发祥之地，取奉天承运之意，改名奉天省。直至张学良主持东北易帜，才取辽河地域永久安宁之意，改称“辽宁”，沿用至今。
Liaoning is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the northeast of the country. Liaoning is well known for its extraordinary fossils from the Lower Cretaceous period; e.g., the early 'placental' mammal known as Eomaia. Liaoning is located in the southern part of the Northeast, and is often called "the Golden Triangle". 

宁夏(níng xià)Ninghsia Autonomous Region

宁夏(níng xià)Ninghsia Autonomous Region--- ---西通西域，北连大漠，内接中原
辽宁（辽），地处辽河流域，战国时属燕，为辽东郡。秦汉置辽东、辽西郡，其后也有称辽东为辽左者。元设辽阳行省，明直属京师，清以其为自己的发祥之地，取奉天承运之意，改名奉天省。直至张学良主持东北易帜，才取辽河地域永久安宁之意，改称“辽宁”，沿用至今。
Ningxia is an autonomous region of China located in the northwest part of the country. The Yellow River flows through Ningxia. The Ningxia ecosystem is one of the least studied regions in the world. Ningxia has a larger Muslim and a small Christian population.  

青海(qīng hǎi)Qinghai province

青海(qīng hǎi)Qinghai province--- ---天海锁钥，玉塞咽喉
青海（青），古为西戎地；汉为羌地；隋置西海、河源等郡；唐宋为吐蕃地；清代分属甘肃西宁府、青海蒙古部和玉树土司等。
Qinghai is a province of China located in the northwest of the country. As one of the largest province-level administrative division of China by area, the province is ranked fourth-largest in size, but has the third-smallest population. Located mostly on the Tibetan Plateau. The majority Han Chinese mostly live in the provincial capital of Xining to the north east. Qinghai borders Gansu on the northeast, the Xinjiang on the northwest, Sichuan on the southeast, and the Tibet Autonomous Region on the southwest. 

陕西(shǎn xī)Shaanxi Province

陕西(shǎn xī)Shaanxi Province--- ---关中之固，金城千里，兵马俑起，三秦之地
陕西（陕，秦），西周初年以陕原为界分东西两地，周公主陕东，召公主陕西；春秋战国为秦国辖地；秦时为内史、汉中郡等；汉分属司隶、益州等；唐安史之乱后置陕西节度使；宋置山西路；元设陕西行中书省；明清为陕西省。
Shaanxi is a province of the People's Republic of China, officially part of the Northwest China region. It includes portions of the Loess Plateau on the middle reaches of the Yellow River in addition to the Qin Mountains (Qinling) across the southern part of this province. Shaanxi is the historical home, along with Gansu of the dialect of the Dungans, of the Hui people, who emigrated out of China to Central Asia. 

山东(shān dōng)Shandong province

山东(shān dōng)Shandong province--- ---山东汉子讲义气好喝酒
山东（鲁），地处黄河下游，在黄、渤海之滨。春秋战国时为齐、鲁等国，秦置济北、胶东、琅琊等郡，汉属青、兖、徐州，金设山东东、西二路，山东始作为政区名，明改山东布政使司，清为山东省。
Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history from the beginning of Chinese civilization along the lower reaches of the Yellow River and served as a pivotal cultural and religious site for Taoism, Chinese Buddhism, and Confucianism. Shandong's Mount Tai is the most revered mountain of Taoism and one of the world's sites with the longest history of continuous religious worship. The Buddhist temples in the mountains to the south of the provincial capital of Jinan were once among the foremost Buddhist sites in China. The city of Qufu is the birthplace of Confucius, and was later established as the center of Confucianism. Shandong's location at the intersection of ancient as well as modern north-south and east-west trading routes have helped to establish it as an economic center. After a period of political instability and economic hardship that began in the late 19th century, Shandong has emerged as one of the most populous (95,793,065 inhabitants at the 2010 Census) and most affluent provinces in the People's Republic of China (GDP of 3.94 trillion CNY in 2010). 

上海(shàng hǎi)Shanghai

上海(shàng hǎi)Shanghai--- ---上海的小笼馒头要吃伐
上海（沪），“沪”即“扈”，是一种渔具。春秋时属吴，战国时为楚国春申君的封地，故又称“申”。宋代于此设市交易，名为“上海浦”，遂有上海之称。元代正式设县，明建城垣以防倭寇，清设立江海关、兵备道。鸦片战争后，被辟为通商口岸。解放后划为直辖市。
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper by population in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities of the PRC, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010. It is a global city, with influence in commerce, culture, finance, media, fashion, technology, and transport. It is a major financial center and the busiest container port in the world. 

山西(shān xī)Shanxi province

山西(shān xī)Shanxi province--- ---老陈醋要不要？煤炭要不要？
山西（晋），在太行山以西，古称“唐”，春秋属晋，战国时分为韩、赵、魏，故称“三晋”。唐代设河东道。元代设山东山西道宣抚司，属中书省。明清为山西省，沿袭至今。
Shanxi is a province of China, located in the North China region.Its geographic location limits it participation in international trade, which involves mostly eastern coastal provinces. Important crops in Shanxi include wheat, maize, millet, legumes, and potatoes. The local climate and dwindling water resources limits agriculture in Shanxi.
 

四川(sì chuān)Sichuan province

四川(sì chuān)Sichuan province--- ---熊猫的萌呆，四川的变脸
四川（川，蜀），春秋战国时为巴、蜀等国辖地；秦置巴、蜀郡；唐设剑南西川、剑南东川两节度使；宋分设益州、梓州、利州、夔州四路，合称“川峡四路”，简称四川路；元置四川行省；明清为四川省。
Sichuan is a province of China, located in the southwest of the country. The current name of the province, "四川", is an abbreviation of "四川路" (Sì Chuānlù), or "Four circuits of rivers", which is itself abbreviated from "川峡四路" (Chuānxiá Sìlù), or "Four circuits of rivers and gorges", named after the division of the existing circuit into four during the Northern Song Dynasty. The capital is Chengdu, a key economic centre of Western China. 

天津(tiān jīn)Tianjin

天津(tiān jīn)Tianjin--- ---咱夸一夸天津那狗不理包子！
天津（津），原处海中，隋以后露出水面。宋时称“直沽寨”。元代已成港口，人口集结成镇，名“海津镇”。据传，明代燕王朱棣起兵往南京夺位，由此出兵南下，因天子渡津于此，赐名“天津”。清代已成为保卫京师的军事重镇。新中国成立后，初属河北省，后改为直辖市。
Tianjin is a metropolis in northern China and one of the five national central cities of China. It is the fourth largest in China, after Shanghai and Beijing and Guangzhou. Tianjin is a dual-core city, with its main urban area (including the old city) located along the Hai River, which connects to the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers via the Grand Canal; and Binhai, a New Area urban core located east of the old city, on the coast of Bohai Sea. As of the end of 2010, around 285 Fortune 500 companies have set up base in Binhai, which is a new growth pole in China and is a hub of advanced industry and financial activity. Since the mid-19th century, Tianjin has been a major seaport and gateway to the nation's capital. 

西藏(xī zàng)Tibet autonomous region

西藏(xī zàng)Tibet autonomous region--- ---扎西德勒
西.藏（藏），：古为羌、戎地；唐宋时为吐蕃地；元设乌斯藏、纳里速、古鲁孙等三路宣抚使司，隶属中央宣政院；明设乌斯藏行都指挥使司，乌斯藏即“卫藏”，简称藏，处国之西，故称西.藏；清派驻藏大臣统辖卫、藏、喀木、阿里四地；1965年设立自治区。
Tibet is a province-level autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Tibet is identified with the Autonomous Region. The current borders of Tibet were generally established in the 18th century and includes about half of ethno-cultural Tibet. The Tibet Autonomous Region is the second-largest province-level division of China by area, spanning over 1,200,000 square kilometres (460,000 sq mi), after Xinjiang, and mostly due to its harsh and rugged terrain, is the least densely populated provincial-level division of the PRC. 

新疆(xīn jiāng)Xinjiang (Uygur Autonomous Region)

新疆(xīn jiāng)Xinjiang (Uygur Autonomous Region) --- ---大漠戈壁、天山雪水、葡萄美酒
新疆（新），汉时为西域都护府；唐设北庭和安西都护府；宋为西辽地；元为察合台汗国及哈喇火州；明为亦力把里部及吐鲁番部；清乾隆时设伊犁将军，统辖天山南北两路；清政府以其为新辟疆域，故名新疆；光绪十年设新疆省；1955年10月设自治区。
Xinjiang is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China in the northwest of the country. It was known as Huijiang (回疆), meaning "Muslim Frontier," during the Qing Dynasty before becoming the province of Xinjiang, which literally means "New Frontier" or "New Border," in the 1880s. The general region of Xinjiang has been known by many names in earlier times including 西域 (Mandarin: xiyu) = 'Western Regions', Chinese Tartary, High Tartary, East Chagatay, Mugholistan, Kashgaria, Altishahr ('the six cities' of the Tarim), Little Bokhara and Serindia.The name "Xinjiang", which literally means "New Frontier," was given during the Qing Dynasty. Present-day Jinchuan County was known as "Jinchuan Xinjiang", etc. After 1821, the Qing changed the names of the other regained regions, and "Xinjiang" became the name specifically of present-day Xinjiang.

云南(yún nán)Yunnan province

云南(yún nán)Yunnan province--- ---孔雀舞动的圣地
云南（云，滇），地处我国西南边陲，与缅甸、老挝、越南等国为邻。旧因其处云岭以南，故称“云南”。战国为楚属滇国；唐属南诏国；宋为大理国；元置云南行中书省；明清为云南省。
Yunnan is situated in a mountainous area, with high elevations in the northwest and low elevations in the southeast. Most of the population lives in the eastern part of the province. In the west, the relative height from mountain peaks to river valleys can be as much as 3,000 metres. Yunnan is rich in natural resources and has the largest diversity of plant life in China. Of the approximately 30,000 species of higher plants in China, Yunnan has perhaps 17,000 or more.[3] Yunnan's reserves of aluminium, lead, zinc and tin are the largest in China, and there are also major reserves of copper and nickel. 

浙江(zhè jiāng)Zhejiang province

浙江(zhè jiāng)Zhejiang province--- ---温州赚钱，杭州修身，财艺双绝，两不耽误
浙江（浙），位于东海之滨，因境内钱塘江古称浙江而得名。春秋时为越国地，战国属楚，秦时为会稽郡，汉属扬州，唐设浙江东西两道，元属江浙行省，清置浙江省至今。
Zhejiang is an eastern coastal province of China. The word Zhejiang (crooked river) was the old name of the Qiantang River, which passes through Hangzhou, the provincial capital. Zhejiang consists mostly of hills, which account for about 70% of its total area.he province is traditionally known as the "Land of Fish and Rice". True to its name, rice is the main crop, followed by wheat; north Zhejiang is also a center of aquaculture in China, and the Zhoushan fishery is the largest fishery in the country. The main cash crops include jute and cotton, and the province also leads the provinces of China in tea production.