A noted temple is the Longxing Monastery, where the historical building ensemble has been preserved almost intact.

Archeological finds indicate that the area of Zhengding County has been settled since the early Neolithic Period.

Under the Han dynasty, the county was the site of Dongyuan, where the emperor Liu Bang led a siege during Chen Xi's rebellion in the early 190s BC.

The year-round averages are 13.6 °C (56.5 °F) for the temperature, 62% for the humidity, 474.4 millimetres (18.68 in) for the precipitation, and 2,736 hours for the sunshine time.

The pagoda was first built in 867 to serve as a shrine for the mantle and alms bowl of Linji Yixuan.

Because it is seen as one of the birthplaces of Zen Buddhism, the Chengling Pagoda is favorite site for pilgrims and tourists from Japan.

The architectural style of the present-day pagoda was created during the Song dynasty in 1045 and was left unchanged during later repairs.

The pagoda has an austere geometric design with a square floor plan set on a stone platform which is likewise square-shaped.

Apart from a wooden ceiling over the first storey (of which no floorboards remain), the inside of the pagoda is hollow and there is no staircase either.

The pagoda is one of originally four fiducial buildings on the grounds of the Kaiyuan Monastery: Tianwang Hall in the front and Fachuan Hall (now in ruins) in the back, a bell tower (built in 540 during the Eastern Wei dynasty, renovated in 898 during the Tang dynasty) in the east and the pagoda in the west.

Today, the Monastery is largely destroyed and the Xumi pagoda stands surrounded by trees.

: Flower Pagoda, part of Guanghui Temple (Chinese: 广惠寺; pinyin: Guǎnghuì Sì), in the south of Zhengding) is a four-storey brick building with an unconventional shape and a total height of approximately 40 meters.

In June 2000, a gigantic bixi turtle was unearthed in Zhengding's Fuqian Street (府前街).