Ruzhou Voyage Tips and guide

Ruzhou is a county-level city in central and western Henan Province, managed by Pingdingshan City. It is named after the North Ruhe River, which runs through it.

As a colorful pottery jar with storks, fish, stone axes, and painted pottery, it possesses the "Three Treasures of Ruzhou" (Ru porcelain, "Ru Tie", and plum blossom jade), and Ru porcelain is the top of the five famous porcelain of the Song Dynasty. Ru porcelain town has also promoted the integration of traditional culture and modern tourism.

Ruzhou, a pearl in western Henan with millennia of culture and scenic beauty, is bordered by Songji Mountain north, outer mountains south, and crossed by Ruhe River north. With over 1,400 years of history since the Sui Dynasty, it boasts "Ruzhou Three Treasures" — top-tier Song-era Ru porcelain, national treasure calligraphy "Ru Tie", and rare plum blossom jade. It is also the birthplace of traditional Chinese opera, home to Fengxue Temple (one of Central China’s "Four Great Temples") with ancient pagodas and pavilions, and linked to Jet Li’s Shaolin Temple; the Neolithic Stork Fish Stone Axe Painted Pottery Jar witnesses its early civilization. Today, Ruzhou thrives with "Wan Gu Shen Tang" hot springs (comparable to France’s Vichy), the "strange slope" wonder, ecological flower seas and parks, blended traditional skills and modern industries in Ruci Town, and local delicacies like "eight bowls" and braised noodles. It has evolved from a Han-Tang royal favorite to a livable modern city, continuing its cultural and ecological legacy.

The ancient Ruzhou Zhili Prefecture, now central Henan’s Ruzhou City, was established as Yizhou in 584 AD (Sui Dynasty), renamed Ruzhou later, became a southeast gateway of Tang’s Luoyang with troops, was promoted in Song, directly governed in Jin, made a Zhili Prefecture (equivalent to a prefecture) independent of Nanyang in 1476 AD (Ming), retained as such in Qing (called "Old Ruzhou" or "Ruzhou Prefecture by folks"), and remained a provincial-direct Zhili Prefecture for over 400 years as part of Henan’s "Eight Prefectures and One Zhili Prefecture".

The Ruzhou dialect belongs to the Mandarin branch of the Northern Chinese language family and is classified under the Wanru sub-dialect (Southern Route Dialect). It is mainly spoken in Ruzhou City, Henan Province, and the surrounding areas of the "Old Ruzhou" region during the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Ruzhou City belongs to the warm temperate continental monsoon climate, with distinct four seasons. Spring is warm and the temperature rises rapidly, with drought and little rainfall;Summer is hot, with concentrated rainfall and mostly southeast winds;Autumn is cool and sunny;Winter is cold, with sparse rain and snow, and more northerly winds. The annual average temperature is 14.8 ℃.

Official website of Ruzhou Municipal Government, Henan Province.

Map of Ruzhou

• 24.86118.581 Zhanggongxiang Kiln Site (张公巷窑址), The intersection of Zhongda Street and Zhanggong Lane in the southeast of Ruzhou City (Bus: Take the Feixian Bus Route, departing from Feixian and passing through Shangye and Niulan. During weekends and holidays, buses run every 30 minutes and get off near the Zhanggong Kiln site. Taxi: Take a taxi from Feixian County to get there, which costs about ¥50-80 and takes about 10 minutes. Self driving: Take the Beijing Shanghai Expressway, get off at the Feixian exit, then drive along Guanghua Road for about 5 km, turn right to reach the Zhanggong kiln site.). 08:00-20:00. (updated Oct 2025)