Hebei, or "Ji" for short, is a provincial administrative region of the People's Republic of China, with Shijiazhuang as its capital. It is located in North China, hugging the capital Beijing, adjoining Tianjin and the Bohai Sea in the east, bridging Shandong and Henan provinces in the southeast and south, leaning against the Taihang Mountains and Shanxi in the west, bordering Inner Mongolia in the northwest and north, and bordering Liaoning in the northeast, with a total area of 188,800 square kilometers. As of June 2020, Hebei Province has 11 prefecture-level cities, 49 municipal districts, 21 county-level cities, 91 counties, and 6 autonomous counties. This course takes participants through the history and development of Hebei, and leads them to appreciate the customs and people of Hebei.