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Many people in Heze have never seen a foreigner. The local dialect is more widely spoken than standard Mandarin. Native Chinese speakers typically have no trouble with the dialect, as it is similar to the Beijing dialect, but it can prove challenging for non-native Chinese speakers.
Heze has a long distance bus station and a train station.
It is possible to get around the city by bus, but they shut down on major holidays such as during the Chinese New Year. Cab rides are very inexpensive: about ¥10 will get you most places in town. If you are going to one of the surrounding villages, cab rides are often around ¥150. It is also possible to get around much of the city by walking.
There are some nice paths and bridges along the river. Heze is famous for its peony blossoms.
Dumplings are one of the specialties of northeast China, and are common in Heze. Heze also has a surprising number of Sichuan restaurants.
Heze Melon Juice (菏泽瓜汁): Heze is renowned for its melon production, and you can find freshly squeezed melon juices such as watermelon juice and cantaloupe juice.
Emergency numbers: 110 - Police, 119 - Fire, 120 - First aid, 122 - Traffic accidents
Heze's area code for landlines is 0530, adding a "0530" at the beginning if calling from outside of the city. For international calls add +86, the country code for China.
Heze has many Internet cafés .Most of the bars that cater to the expatriate community and many of the foreign-based fast food chains — Starbucks, KFC, McDonald's and likely others — offer free WiFi. Many hotels also provide free WiFi service. The Great Firewall of China blocks popular web services including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Google, and Yahoo. Some of the websites that are partially blocked include Wikipedia, BlogSpot, WordPress, and Tumblr. To overcome these restrictions, travelers use VPN services that unblock these favorite websites. VPNs also help travelers to access Public Wi-Fi Hotspots securely.
菏泽市,简称菏,古称曹州,是中华人民共和国山东省下辖的地级市,位于山东省西南部。市境东界济宁市,东南接江苏省徐州市、安徽省宿州市,南、西、北分別与河南省商丘市、开封市、新乡市、濮阳市毗邻。地处鲁苏皖豫四省交界,黄河南岸冲积平原,地势平坦。主要河流有洙赵新河、万福河、东鱼河等,黄河流经北部边界。全市总面积12238.62平方公里,常住人口879.59万(2021)。 菏澤市的市人民政府位於牡丹区,菏澤市本身也是中國牡丹花中產量最高的地區,另外該市還是《水滸傳》中郓城县的所在地,亦是曹州教案的所在地。
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Jinan is about 4 hours by train (6 hours by bus) to the northeast. Zhengzhou, Henan is likewise a few hours away by bus or train to the southwest.
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