Dongchang Subdistrict
Dongchang may refer to: *Eastern Depot, a Ming dynasty secret police agency *Dongchang District, a district in Tonghua, Jilin, China ** Dongchang Subdistrict, a subdistrict in Dongchang District * Dongchang, Sichuan (董场), a town in Dayi County, Sichuan, China * Dongchang, Guangxi (东昌), a town in Lipu County, Guangxi, China See also *Dongchangfu District, a district in Liaocheng, Shandong, China * Dong Chang (warlord) (died 896), warlord and self-proclaimed emperor during the late Tang dynasty * Dongcheng District (other) *Tongchang County Tongchang County is a ''kun'', or county, in the northeast of the far western North Pyŏngan province, North Korea. It borders Pyŏktong and Chagang's Usi county to the north, Unsan and Songwŏn (in Chagang province) to the east, Thaechŏn t ...

Eastern Depot
Eastern Depot or Eastern Bureau () was a Ming dynasty spy and secret police agency run by eunuchs. It was created by the Yongle Emperor. History After the Yongle Emperor usurped the throne in 1402 from his nephew, the Jianwen Emperor, he attempted to retain the officials who served in Jianwen's court, but some of them opposed him. In 1420, in order to suppress political opposition, Yongle decided to create the Eastern Depot (named as such because it was located east of the imperial palace), a spy and secret police agency run by eunuchs. They were responsible for spying on officials of any rank, including military officers, scholars, rebels and the general populace. The Eastern Depot would investigate and arrest suspects, and then hand them over to the Jinyiwei for interrogation. In the late Ming dynasty, the Eastern Depot had its own tactical forces and prisons, and became so powerful that even officials were ordered to kowtow to the Depot's leaders. The Eastern Depot lasted t ...
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Dongchang District
Dongchang District () is a district of the city of Tonghua, Jilin, China. Administrative Divisions Subdistricts: Guangming Subdistrict (), Minzhu Subdistrict (), Dongchang Subdistrict (), Longquan Subdistrict (), Xinzhan Subdistrict (), Laozhan Subdistrict (), Tuanjie Subdistrict (). The only town is Jinchang Jinchang () is a prefecture-level city in the centre of Gansu province, People's Republic of China, bordering Inner Mongolia to the north. Geography Jinchang City is located in central Gansu province, west of the Yellow River, north of the Qi ... () References External links County-level divisions of Jilin {{Jilin-geo-stub ...
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Dongchang Subdistrict
Dongchang may refer to: *Eastern Depot, a Ming dynasty secret police agency *Dongchang District, a district in Tonghua, Jilin, China ** Dongchang Subdistrict, a subdistrict in Dongchang District * Dongchang, Sichuan (董场), a town in Dayi County, Sichuan, China * Dongchang, Guangxi (东昌), a town in Lipu County, Guangxi, China See also *Dongchangfu District, a district in Liaocheng, Shandong, China * Dong Chang (warlord) (died 896), warlord and self-proclaimed emperor during the late Tang dynasty * Dongcheng District (other) *Tongchang County Tongchang County is a ''kun'', or county, in the northeast of the far western North Pyŏngan province, North Korea. It borders Pyŏktong and Chagang's Usi county to the north, Unsan and Songwŏn (in Chagang province) to the east, Thaechŏn t ...

Dayi County
Dayi County () is a county of Sichuan Province, China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Chengdu, the provincial capital. It is Chengdu City's westernmost division, bordering the prefecture-level divisions of Ya'an Ya'an (, Tibetan: Yak-Nga ) is a prefecture-level city in the western part of Sichuan province, China, located just below the Tibetan Plateau. The city is home to Sichuan Agricultural University, the only 211 Project university and the largest ... to the south and the Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture to the north. The Jianchuan Museum Cluster is located in the town of Anren, Dayi County, about one hour's drive from the provincial capital Chengdu. It consists of 15 museums which showcase China's largest private collection of artifacts amassed during the last 60–70 years. Climate References External links Geography of Chengdu County-level divisions of Sichuan {{Sichuan-geo-stub ...
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Lipu County
Lipu () is a county-level city in the northeast of Guangxi, China. It is under the administration of Guilin City, the downtown of which is to the north. Lipu has a population of 370,000 (2002). It covers an area of 1759 square kilometers. The seat of the city is at Lipu Town (荔浦镇). Lipu is divided into Licheng Town, Dongchang Town, Xinping Town, Dumo Town, Qingshan Town, Xiuren Town, Datang Town, Huaqi Town, Shuangjiang Town, Maling Town, Longhuai Township, Chacheng Township and Pulu Yao Township. Lipu is known as "China's hanger capital." The city is home to about 100 hanger companies, which have manufactured "billions" of clothes hangers that are used throughout the world, and distributed by companies such as Target and IKEA. Other industries include a food processing plant which makes packaged snacks. Fengyu Cave Fengyu Cave () is a cave in Dongli Village, Sanhe Township, Lipu LIPU, the Lega italiana protezione uccelli (En. “Italian League for Bird Protecti ...
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Dongchangfu District
Dongchangfu () is a district of the city of Liaocheng, Shandong Shandong ( , ; ; Chinese postal romanization, alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal Provinces of China, province of the China, People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region. Shandong has played a major role in His ... province, China. It is administered by Liaocheng. It has an area of and around 1 million inhabitants (2003). Administrative divisions As 2012, this District is divided to 10 subdistricts, 8 towns and 2 townships. ;Subdistricts ;Towns ;Townships *Xuying Township () *Zhulaozhuang Township () References External links Official home page {{County-level divisions of Shandong Dongchangfu Liaocheng ...
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Dong Chang (warlord)
Dong Chang (董昌, died July 3, 896''Zizhi Tongjian'', vol. 260.) was a warlord of the late Tang dynasty in China. He began his career as the leader of a local militia at Hang Prefecture (杭州, in modern Hangzhou, Zhejiang) and gradually increased in power to control most of modern Zhejiang. Not satisfied with the titles that the Tang emperors bestowed on him, he claimed an imperial title in 895 as the emperor of a new state known as Luoping of the Great Yue (大越羅平). His vassal Qian Liu turned against him and killed him, seizing his territory, and eventually becoming the founder of the new state of Wuyue. Background It is not known when Dong Chang was born, but it was known that he was from Lin'an (臨安, in modern Hangzhou, Zhejiang), which was part of Hang Prefecture (杭州).''New Book of Tang'', vol. 225, part 2. During the rebellion of the army officer Wang Ying in 876–877,''Zizhi Tongjian'', vol. 253. Dong joined a local militia to defend against Wang ...
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Dongcheng District (other)
Dongcheng District (; "East City District") may refer to two districts of the People's Republic of China: *Dongcheng District, Beijing The Dongcheng District (; literally "east city district") of Beijing covers the eastern half of Beijing's urban core, including all of the eastern half of the Old City inside of the 2nd Ring Road with the northernmost extent crossing into the are ... * Dongcheng Subdistrict, Dongguan, Guangdong See also * Dongchang (other) {{geodis ...
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