Jinghu Railway
Jinghu may refer to: * Jinghu (instrument) (京胡), Chinese bowed string instrument in the ''huqin'' family Places *Jinghu District (镜湖区), a district in Wuhu, Anhui, China *Jinghu Subdistrict (镜湖街道), a subdistrict in Ningjiang District, Songyuan, Jilin, China * Jinghu Circuit (荆湖路), a circuit or province of the Song dynasty Beijing/Shanghai *Jinghu (京沪), a colloquial term referring to Beijing and Shanghai, two of the largest cities in China **Jinghu Expressway, road linking Beijing to Shanghai in China ** Jinghu railway, train line running between Beijing and Shanghai in China **Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway The Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway (or Jinghu high-speed railway, from its name in Mandarin) is a high-speed railway that connects two major economic zones in the People's Republic of China: the Bohai Economic Rim and the Yangtze River ...

Jinghu (instrument)
The ''jinghu'' ( 京胡; pinyin: jīnghú) is a Chinese bowed string instrument in the ''huqin'' family, used primarily in Beijing opera. It is the smallest and highest pitched instrument in the ''huqin'' family. The jinghu has a tone similar to a violin but raspier. Construction Like most of its relatives, the ''jinghu'' has 2 strings that are customarily tuned to the interval of a 5th which the hair of the non-detachable bow passes in between. The strings were formerly made of silk, but in modern times are increasingly made of steel or nylon. Unlike other ''huqin'' instruments (''erhu'', '' gaohu'', '' zhonghu'', etc.) it is made of bamboo. Its cylindrical soundbox is covered with snakeskin on the front (playing) end, which forms a taut drum on which the bridge rests, sandwiched between the drum and the strings, which are connected to a peg at the bottom of the soundbox. Use In Beijing opera, the jinghu often doubles the singer's voice. ''Jinghu'' performers in Beijing opera ...
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Jinghu District
Jinghu District () is a district of the city of Wuhu Wuhu () is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Anhui province, China. Sitting on the southeast bank of the Yangtze River, Wuhu borders Xuancheng to the southeast, Chizhou and Tongling to the southwest, Hefei city to the northwest, Ma' ..., Anhui Province, China. Administrative divisions Jinghu District is divided to 11 subdistricts and 1 town. ;11 Subdistricts ;1 Town * Fangcun () References External links Wuhu {{Wuhu-geo-stub ...
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Jinghu Subdistrict
Jinghu Subdistrict () is a subdistrict in Ningjiang District, Songyuan, Jilin province, China. , it has three residential communities under its administration: *Jinghu Community *Jing'an Community () *Wanghu Community () See also * List of township-level divisions of Jilin This is a list of township-level divisions of the province of Jilin, People's Republic of China (PRC). After province, prefecture, and county-level divisions, township-level divisions constitute the formal fourth-level administrative division ... References Township-level divisions of Jilin Songyuan {{Jilin-geo-stub ...
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Jinghu Circuit
Jinghu Circuit or Jinghu Province was one of the major circuits during the Song dynasty from 985 and 998. In 998 it was divided into 2 circuits: Jinghu North Circuit and Jinghu South Circuit. Its administrative area corresponds to roughly the modern provinces of Hunan, southern Hubei and northeastern Guangxi Guangxi (; ; alternately romanized as Kwanghsi; ; za, Gvangjsih, italics=yes), officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China, located in South China and bordering Vietnam .... References * Circuits of the Song dynasty {{China-hist-stub ...
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Beijing
} Beijing ( ; ; ), Chinese postal romanization, alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the Capital city, capital of the China, People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city, with over 21 million residents. It has an city proper, administrative area of , the third in the country after Guangzhou and Shanghai. It is located in North China, Northern China, and is governed as a Direct-administered municipalities of China, municipality under the direct administration of the Government of the People's Republic of China, State Council with List of administrative divisions of Beijing, 16 urban, suburban, and rural districts.Figures based on 2006 statistics published in 2007 National Statistical Yearbook of China and available online at archive. Retrieved 21 April 2009. Beijing is mostly surrounded by Hebei Province with the exception of neighbor ...
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Shanghai
Shanghai (; , , Standard Chinese, Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four Direct-administered municipalities of China, direct-administered municipalities of the China, People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowing through it. With a population of 24.89 million as of 2021, Shanghai is the List of cities in China by population and built-up area, most populous urban area in China with 39,300,000 inhabitants living in the Shanghai metropolitan area, the List of largest cities, second most populous city proper in the world (after Chongqing) and the only List of cities by GDP, city in East Asia with a GDP greater than its corresponding capital. Shanghai ranks List of administrative divisions of Greater China by Human Development Index, second among the administrative divisions of Mainland China in Human Development Index, human development index (after Beijing). As of 2018, the Greater ...
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Jinghu Expressway
Jinghu may refer to: * Jinghu (instrument) (京胡), Chinese bowed string instrument in the ''huqin'' family Places * Jinghu District (镜湖区), a district in Wuhu, Anhui, China * Jinghu Subdistrict (镜湖街道), a subdistrict in Ningjiang District, Songyuan, Jilin, China * Jinghu Circuit (荆湖路), a circuit or province of the Song dynasty Beijing/Shanghai *Jinghu (京沪), a colloquial term referring to Beijing and Shanghai, two of the largest cities in China ** Jinghu Expressway, road linking Beijing to Shanghai in China ** Jinghu railway, train line running between Beijing and Shanghai in China **Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway The Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway (or Jinghu high-speed railway, from its name in Mandarin) is a high-speed railway that connects two major economic zones in the People's Republic of China: the Bohai Economic Rim and the Yangtze River ...

Jinghu Railway
Jinghu may refer to: * Jinghu (instrument) (京胡), Chinese bowed string instrument in the ''huqin'' family Places *Jinghu District (镜湖区), a district in Wuhu, Anhui, China *Jinghu Subdistrict (镜湖街道), a subdistrict in Ningjiang District, Songyuan, Jilin, China * Jinghu Circuit (荆湖路), a circuit or province of the Song dynasty Beijing/Shanghai *Jinghu (京沪), a colloquial term referring to Beijing and Shanghai, two of the largest cities in China **Jinghu Expressway, road linking Beijing to Shanghai in China ** Jinghu railway, train line running between Beijing and Shanghai in China **Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway The Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway (or Jinghu high-speed railway, from its name in Mandarin) is a high-speed railway that connects two major economic zones in the People's Republic of China: the Bohai Economic Rim and the Yangtze River ...