Yuzhou, Henan

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Yuzhou 禹州市
County-level city
Yuzhou railway station [zh]
Yuzhou in Xuchang
Yuzhou Location in Henan
Coordinates: 34°08′31″N 113°29′20″E / 34.142°N 113.489°E / 34.142; 113.489
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Henan
Prefecture-level city	Xuchang
Established Date	25 June 1998
Government
• Party Secretary	Wang Hongwu
• Mayor	Fan Xiaodong
Area [1]
• Total	1,472 km2 (568 sq mi)
Population  (2019)[1]
• Total	1,167,000
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	461670
Area code	0374
Website	www.yuzhou.gov.cn

Yuzhou (Chinese: 禹州; pinyin: Yǔzhōu; Wade–Giles: Yü-chou) is a county-level city in the central part of Henan, People's Republic of China.^[2][3] Yuzhou City, referred to as "Jun", was called Yangzhai, Junzhou and Yingchuan in ancient times, and also called Xiadu, Jundu and Medicine Capital.^[4] It occupies the northwest corner of the prefecture-level city of Xuchang.^[2] The city is named for Yu the Great,^[5] the founder of the Xia Dynasty, which the city's government claims was founded in present-day Yuzhou,^[3] and that the dynasty's capital was located in present-day Yuzhou.^[5] There is a statue of Yu the Great in Yuzhou, and he serves as a symbol of the city.

The famous Jun ware (钧瓷) of porcelain originates in Yuzhou,^[3] specifically, in the town of Shenhou [zh] (神垕镇).^{[citation needed]} Jun ware comprises one of the Five Great Kilns,^[3] a group of highly esteemed porcelain types from the Song dynasty. Yuzhou has historically served as a major center of traditional Chinese medicine, and the city's historic medicinal tradition has been recognized by the national government.^[3] Famous Chinese doctor Sun Simiao (孙思邈) had been a doctor in Yuzhou for a long period of time during the Tang dynasty.^{[citation needed]}

Nicknames for the city include "Summer Capital" (Chinese: 夏都; pinyin: xià dū), "Jun Capital" (Chinese: 钧都; pinyin: jūn dū), and "Medicine Capital" (Chinese: 药都; pinyin: yào dū).^[3] Yuzhou was named the first historical and cultural city in Henan Province in 1989. In 2011, it was named "China Ceramics Historical and Cultural City", and in 2018, it was named "National Health City" by the National Patriotic Health Campaign Committee [zh].