Dānyáng shì Zhōngguó zuì dà de yǎnjìng shēngchǎn jīdì.
Danyang is China's largest eyewear production base.
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culture
丹阳 makes roughly 70% of the world's optical lenses and over 40% of the world's eyewear frames - its 丹阳眼镜城 is the biggest eyewear wholesale market on the planet.
history
Ancient 丹阳 was the power base of the Southern Qi and Liang dynasties (5th-6th c.) - the surrounding Southern Dynasties stone tombs (南朝陵墓石刻), with their carved mythical beasts, are World-Heritage-listed cultural relics.
