Get to know Yuhua District
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- Administrative area
- District · 市辖区
- Part of
- Shijiazhuang
- Chinese name
- 裕华区
- Local areas
- District guide
Area & population
- Administrative seat
- Yuxing Subdistrict
Source: cited geographic source, as of the dates shown.
Setting and landscape
The district borders Qiaoxi District (桥西区) to the west, Chang'an District (长安区) to the north, the Shijiazhuang High-Tech Zone to the east and Luancheng District (栾城区) to the south. When the Shijiazhuang Suburban District was abolished in 2001, Yuhua received a township and a town from Zhengding County (正定), twelve villages of Luancheng County, three subdistricts of Chang'an and parts of the old suburban district. Two of the city's main east–west roads, Yuhua Road (裕华路) and Huai'an Road (槐安路), cross it, along with north–south avenues such as Jianshe Street (建设大街) and Tiyu Street (体育大街). The district government counts 65 parks and gardens, the most of any district in the city.
What to see
Diyin Temple (谛音寺), on the east side of Jianshe South Street at Suncun (孙村), stands on the site of a temple founded under Emperor Gaozong of the Tang. The old temple, later also called Xiangyan Temple (香严寺), was destroyed during the Eight-Nation Alliance invasion of 1900. Rebuilding began in 1994, and the new temple is a single seven-storey building fronted by a square with a Nine-Dragon Wall; its Jade Buddha Hall, consecrated in 1995, holds a 3.18-metre Burmese jade Buddha, and an Old Buddha Hall keeps three jade figures dug up on the original site. The Shijiazhuang Buddhist Association has its offices in the rear building.
The Jianling ancient tombs (尖岭古墓) and Jianling stone carvings (尖岭石造像) are the district's provincial-level protected monuments.
Getting oriented
Besides its universities, including Hebei Medical University and Hebei GEO University, the district holds well-known schools such as Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School and hospitals, among them Hebei Medical University's First Hospital. Metro Line 3 runs through the district, as do National Road 308 and the Xinyuan Expressway (新元高速).
Highlights
- Diyin Temple 谛音寺: Seven-storey temple rebuilt from 1994 on a Tang-era temple site at Suncun, with a 3.18-metre Burmese jade Buddha.
- Jianling stone carvings 尖岭石造像: Provincial-level protected monument in the district.
- Hebei Normal University 河北师范大学: One of the universities located in the district.
Sources for this guide
全区概况 · Yuhua District People's Government, Shijiazhuang
裕华区 · Chinese Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
谛音寺 · Chinese Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
裕华区各级文物保护单位列表 · Chinese Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
Original English written from the listed sources and checked sentence by sentence against quoted extracts by a separate reviewer. Updated 2026-09-24.
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Yuhua District 裕华区
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Yuhua District is about 4 km in a straight line from central Shijiazhuang. Search for 裕华区 in a map app to find stations and your accommodation.
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Sources & geographic information
Administrative names and parent areas: Official geographic directory · Reference date 2026-09-06.
Some facts checked against 裕华区 — Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Some facts checked against 谛音寺 — Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Some facts checked against 裕华区各级文物保护单位列表 — Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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