Shenyang Culture
		Shenyang is one of heavy industrial cities in Northeast China. As a historical and cultural city, it has a long history of over 2000 years. In the Western Han Dynasty (206BC-8AD), Shenyang grew to be a town called Houchen County. During the Liao (907AD-1125AD) and Jin (1115AD-1234AD) dynasties, it was called Shenzhou. In the year 1297, it was renamed Shenyang. In 1625 the Manchus established Shenyang as their capital and called it Shengjing. With the Manchu conquest of Beijing in 1644, Shengjing became a secondary capital under the name of Fengtian. In 1928 the c0ity was called Shenyang again. Shenyang became a colony in 1931 and liberated on November 1948. The major historic relics are the Imperial Palace, the North Tomb (Zhaoling), and the East Tomb (Fuling). Traditional artifacts and specialties include feather pictures, shell pictures, jade sculptures, ginseng, martens, and pilose antlers. Local food specialties are Qi noodles (Hongshao Qimian), Laobian dumplings (Laobian Jiaozi), Liliangui pancakes with smoked meat inside (Liliangui Xunroubing).