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Wucheng Symbols
Wu Cheng or Wucheng may refer to: People *Emperor Wucheng of Northern Qi (537–569), emperor of the Northern Qi dynasty * Wu Cheng (Wuyue) (893–965), chancellor of the Wuyue Kingdom * Wu Cheng (philosopher) (1249–1333), philosopher during the Song and Yuan dynasties Places in China *Wucheng County, a county in Shandong *Wucheng District, a district in Jinhua, Zhejiang * Wucheng Township, Zhangshu, a township in Zhangshu, Jiangxi **Wucheng culture, Bronze Age culture in Wucheng Township, Zhangshu * Wucheng Township, Shanxi (吴城乡), a township in Hunyuan County, Shanxi *Wucheng Subdistrict (坞城街道), a subdistrict in Xiaodian District, Taiyuan, Shanxi Towns * Wucheng, Wuwei County (无城), in Wuwei County, Anhui * Wucheng, Xiuning County (五城), in Xiuning County, Anhui * Wucheng, Tongbai County (吴城), in Tongbai County, Henan * Wucheng, Wuyang County (吴城), in Wuyang County, Henan * Wucheng, Jiangsu (吴城), in Huai'an, Jiangsu * Wucheng, Yongxiu County (� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emperor Wucheng Of Northern Qi
Emperor Wucheng of Northern Qi ((北)齊武成帝) (537–569), personal name Gao Zhan (高湛 which can also romanized as Gao Dan), nickname Buluoji (步落稽), was an emperor of the Chinese Northern Qi dynasty. In traditional Chinese historiography, he was presented as a minimally competent ruler who devoted much of his time to feasting and pleasure-seeking, neglecting the affairs of the state. The state was governed with assistance from his adviser He Shikai and other appointed administrators. In 565, he passed the throne to his young son Gao Wei, taking the title ''Taishang Huang'' (retired emperor), but continued to make key decisions. He died in 569 at the age of 31, and the Northern Qi would fall in 577. Background Gao Zhan was born in 537, as the fourth of six sons of Eastern Wei's paramount general Gao Huan and his wife Lou Zhaojun (and Gao Huan's ninth son overall). He was greatly favoured by his father due to his exceptionally good looks. In 544, Gao Huan, in ord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tongbai County
Tongbai County () is a county in the south of Henan province, China, bordering Hubei province to the south. The easternmost county-level division of the prefecture-level city of Nanyang, it has an area of and a population of 420,000. Administrative divisions As 2012, this county is divided to 9 towns and 7 townships. ;Towns ;Townships Climate Transport *China National Highway 312 China National Highway 312 (312国道), also referred to as Route 312 or The Mother Road, is a key east-west route beginning in Shanghai and ending at Khorgas, Xinjiang in the Ili River valley, on the border with Kazakhstan. In total it spans ... References {{authority control County-level divisions of Henan Nanyang, Henan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wang Jian (Former Shu)
Wang Jian (; 847 – July 11, 918), courtesy name Guangtu (光圖), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Gaozu of Former Shu (前蜀高祖), was the founding emperor of the Former Shu, one of the ten kingdoms during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period in Chinese history. He started his career as an army officer under the Tang dynasty eunuch generals Yang Fuguang and Tian Lingzi, eventually seizing control of the modern Sichuan and Chongqing region, founding his state after Tang's destruction. Background Wang Jian was born in 847, during the reign of Emperor Xuānzong of Tang. He was from Wuyang (舞陽, in modern Luohe, Henan), and was said to be ambitious and alert in his youth. However, he was also described to be a hoodlum, abandoning his ancestral craft of baking to be involved in butchering cattle, stealing donkeys, and privateering in salt. His father died while he was still a commoner. At one point, for misdeeds, he was incarcerated at the jail at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Li Xilie
Li Xilie () (died May 9, 786) was a Chinese military general, monarch, and politician of the medieval Tang dynasty who, believing himself to be strong enough to claim imperial title, did so as the emperor of a new state of Chu. His efforts to expand Chu was repeatedly thwarted by generals loyal to Tang, however, and in 786, after he grew ill, he was killed with poison by his general Chen Xianqi. Background It is not known when Li Xilie was born, but it is known that his family was from Yan Prefecture (燕州, in modern Siping, Jilin), and that his father's name was Dading (). His surname might have been originally Dong. It was said that he joined the army of Pinglu Circuit (平盧, then headquartered in modern Chaoyang, Liaoning). During the Anshi Rebellion, when part of the Pinglu army was led by Li Zhongchen — then still named Dong Qin and who might have been Li Xilie's father's cousin — across the Bohai Sea, to join the campaign against the rebel Yan state north of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emperor Ming Of Northern Zhou
Emperor Ming of Northern Zhou ((北)周明帝) (534 – 30 May 560), personal name Yuwen Yu (宇文毓), Xianbei name Tongwantu (統萬突), was an emperor of the Xianbei-led Chinese Northern Zhou dynasty, although at the start of his reign he used the alternative title "Heavenly Prince" ('' Tian Wang''). He was made emperor after his younger brother Emperor Xiaomin was deposed and killed by the regent Yuwen Hu. Emperor Ming himself assumed some, but not all, powers from Yuwen Hu, and was generally considered able. Because of this, Yuwen Hu became apprehensive, and in 560, he poisoned Emperor Ming to death. While near death, however, Emperor Ming appointed his brother Yuwen Yong (Emperor Wu) as his successor, believing Yuwen Yong to be intelligent and capable, and in 572, Yuwen Yong was finally able to kill Yuwen Hu and assume full imperial powers. Background Yuwen Yu was born in 534, as the oldest son of the then- Northern Wei general Yuwen Tai. His mother was Yuwen Tai's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wucheng, Lüliang
Wucheng () is a town in Lishi District, Lüliang, in western Shanxi province, People's Republic of China. It is located east-southeast of downtown Lüliang as the crow flies. The Taiyuan-Zhongwei-Yinchuan Railway runs through Wucheng, but there is apparently no passenger station here; in addition, China National Highway 307 and G20 Qingdao–Yinchuan Expressway pass through the town. , it has 16 villages under its administration. See also *List of township-level divisions of Shanxi This is a list of township-level divisions of the province of Shanxi, People's Republic of China. After province, prefecture, and county-level divisions, township-level divisions constitute the formal fourth-level administrative divisions of ... References Township-level divisions of Shanxi {{Shanxi-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xi County, Shanxi
Xi County or Xixian () is a county in the southwest of Shanxi province, China. It is located in the northwest of the administrative area of the prefecture-level city of Linfen. The county spans an area of , and according to the 2010 Chinese Census, Xi County had a population of 103,617. Toponymy The county was named after a definition in the Erya which stated "that which is wet shall be called ''xi''" (), in reference to the county's wet period during the spring. History During the Han dynasty, the area was organized as Puzi County (). Under the Northern Wei, the northern portion of present-day Xi County was organized as part of , and the southern portion was part of Pingchang County (). In 579 CE, the Northern Zhou established Changshou County () in the area, under the jurisdiction of . In 585 CE, the area was reorganized as , which existed on and off until the area was reorganized as Xichuan County () in the mid 14th century. In 1912, the area was reorganized as Xi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yongxiu County
Yongxiu () is a county under the administration of Jiujiang City in northern Jiangxi province, People's Republic of China, on the western shores of Poyang Lake. , the county has a total population of 361,000 residing in an area of . Bordering counties are Duchang, Xingzi, De'an, Wuning, Jing'an, Xinjian, and Anyi, while the county seat is north of Nanchang, the provincial capital, and south-southwest of downtown Jiujiang. Administrative divisions Yongxiu County has 12 towns and 4 townships. Towns (镇) The county has 12 towns: Townships (乡) There are 4 townships: Transport The Yongxiu County seat is north-northeast of Nanchang Changbei International Airport, and south of Jiujiang Lushan Airport. The Beijing–Kowloon Railway and Nanchang–Jiujiang Intercity Railway traverse the county, and are served by the Yongxiu Railway Station. Major highways passing through Yongxiu County are G70 Fuzhou–Yinchuan Expressway, China National Highway 105, and China Nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huai'an
Huai'an (), formerly called Huaiyin () until 2001, is a prefecture-level city in the central part of Jiangsu province in East China, Eastern China. Huai'an is situated almost directly south of Lianyungang, southeast of Suqian, northwest of Yancheng, almost directly north of Yangzhou and Nanjing, and northeast of Chuzhou (Anhui). Huai'an is famous as the birthplace of Han Xin, the renowned general who helped found the Han Dynasty; Wu Cheng'en (1500–1582), the Ming Dynasty writer who authored the ''Journey to the West''; and Zhou Enlai (1898–1976), a prominent Chinese Communist Party leader and Premier of the People's Republic of China from 1949 till his death in 1976. As of the 2020 Chinese census, the municipality had 4,556,230 inhabitants (4,801,662 in 2010), of whom 2,544,767 people lived in the built-up (''or metro'') area made of 3 urban districts (all but Hongze not conurbated yet). Geography Most of the Huai'an city area lies in the Jianghuai Plain, whose landscape t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
