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Yuncheng
Yuncheng () is the southernmost prefecture-level city in Shanxi province, People's Republic of China. It borders Linfen and Jincheng municipalities to the north and east, and Henan (Luoyang and Jiyuan to the east, Sanmenxia to the south) and Shaanxi ( Weinan) provinces to the east, south and west, respectively. As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,774,508 inhabitants (5,134,779 in 2010), of whom 928,334 (680,036 in 2010) lived in the built-up (''or metro'') area made of Yanhu District. One can note than Pinglu County, 205,080 inhabitants in the south, is now part of Sanmenxia built-up (or metro) area. Yuncheng is a city that was born and prospered from salt. It is named after the "City of Salt Luck". Name Yuncheng was called the "Salt Family" in the Spring and Autumn Period. In the Han Dynasty, the salt city was named "Siyan City". Emperor Taizong of the Yuan Dynasty named Yuncheng Salt Lake "Shenghui Town" because it benefited the world. The city was built at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuncheng Airport
Yuncheng Yanhu International Airport is an airport serving the city of Yuncheng in North China’s Shanxi province. It is located in Zhangxiao Village, Taocun Town, northeast of the city center, and was formerly known as Yuncheng Zhangxiao Airport. In 2010 Yuncheng Airport served more than 600,000 passengers, ranking 62nd among all airports in China. History The airport was opened in February 2005, and expansion was started in May 2007 and completed in August 2008, with a total investment of 350 million yuan. On 9 May 2012, a new 25,000 square-meter terminal building was opened, ten times the size of the original building. Facilities Yuncheng Airport has a runway that is 3000 meters long and 60 meters wide (class 4D), and seven aircraft parking aprons. It has a 25,000 square-meter terminal building that was opened in May 2012. It is designed to serve 1.2 million passengers and 8000 tons of cargo per year, with a peak capacity of 875 passengers per hour. Airlines and desti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shanxi
Shanxi; Chinese postal romanization, formerly romanised as Shansi is a Provinces of China, province in North China. Its capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-level cities are Changzhi and Datong. Its one-character abbreviation is (), after the Jin (Chinese state), state of Jin that existed there during the Spring and Autumn period (). The name ''Shanxi'' means 'west of the mountains', a reference to its location west of the Taihang Mountains. Shanxi borders Hebei to the east, Henan to the south, Shaanxi to the west and Inner Mongolia to the north. Shanxi's terrain is characterised by a plateau bounded partly by mountain ranges. Shanxi's culture is largely dominated by the ethnic Han Chinese, Han majority, who make up over 99% of its population. Jin Chinese is considered by some linguists to be a distinct language from Mandarin and its geographical range covers most of Shanxi. Both Jin and Mandarin are spoken in Shanxi. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yanhu District
Yanhu District () is the main district of the city of Yuncheng, Shanxi Shanxi; Chinese postal romanization, formerly romanised as Shansi is a Provinces of China, province in North China. Its capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-level cities are Changzhi a ... province, China. Guan Yu's birthplace Xie county is located here. History In 2009, a series of ten kidnappings were reported in the area, part of a series of fifty kidnappings in Yuncheng. Transportation Yuncheng railway station is located here. References External linkswww.xzqh.org County-level divisions of Shanxi Guan Yu {{Shanxi-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haizhou Emperor Guan Temple
Haizhou Emperor Guan Temple (), or Haizhou Guandi Temple, is a temple located in Haizhou Town, Yanhu District, Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province. It is hailed as "the grand ancestor of temples dedicated to Guan Yu" (关庙之祖). The Temple is the largest extant palace-style Taoist complex and martial temple in China. Haizhou Emperor Guan Temple is the largest Emperor Guan Temple (关帝庙) in China. It has a total area of 220,000 square meters, with more than 200 rooms. History Haizhou Emperor Guan Temple was established in the ninth year of Kaihuang (开皇) during the Sui dynasty (589), expanded and rebuilt during the Song dynasty and Ming dynasty. Haizhou Emperor Guan Temple was destroyed by fire in the forty-first year of Kangxi (1702) during the Qing dynasty and was restored after more than ten years. Conservations In 1957, Haizhou Emperor Guan Temple was designated by the Shanxi Provincial People's Government as the first batch of provincial-level key cultural relic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guan Yu
Guan Yu (; ), courtesy name Yunchang, was a Chinese military general serving under the warlord Liu Bei during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. Along with Zhang Fei, he shared a brotherly relationship with Liu Bei and accompanied him on most of his early exploits. Guan Yu played a significant role in the events leading up to the end of the Han dynasty and the establishment of Liu Bei's state of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period. While he is remembered for his loyalty towards Liu Bei, he is also known for repaying Cao Cao's kindness by slaying Yan Liang, a general under Cao Cao's rival Yuan Shao, at the Battle of Boma. After Liu Bei gained control of Yi Province in 214, Guan Yu remained in Jing Province to govern and defend the area for about seven years. In 219, while he was away fighting Cao Cao's forces at the Battle of Fancheng, Liu Bei's ally Sun Quan broke the Sun–Liu alliance and sent his general Lü Meng to conquer Liu Bei's territories in Jing Provinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuncheng Salt Lake
Xiechi Lake (), also called Yuncheng yanchi (Yuncheng Salt Lake) is the largest natural lake in Shanxi in Northern China. It is a saline lake used for production of salt. In the summertime intense light and heat cause the algae ''Dunaliella salina'' to produce carotenoids as a protection against free radicals, due in turn to high metabolism. This turns the salt pans brilliant shades of violet, scarlet, magenta, and emerald (see photo in reference). Historical significance The most plausible explanation of the financial prominence of the province of Shanxi during the Ming and Qing dynasties states that its salt works at Xiechi Lake fostered mercantile activity that would ultimately need banks, these banks would become the '' piaohao''. An imperial government salt monopoly persisted, with only a few minor interruptions, from the Han dynasty until the year 1370 during the second year of the Ming dynasty. In 1370 the army of the Ming began using its salt rights, known as ''yan yin' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Licence Plates Of The People's Republic Of China
Vehicle registration plates in China are mandatory metal or plastic plates attached to motor vehicles in mainland China for official identification purposes. The plates are issued by the local traffic management offices, which are sub-branches of local public security bureaus, under the rules of the Ministry of Public Security. Hong Kong and Macau, both of which are special administrative regions of China, issue their own licence plates, a legacy of when they were under British and Portuguese administration. Vehicles from Hong Kong and Macau are required to apply for licence plates, usually from Guangdong province, to travel on roads in mainland China. Vehicles from mainland China have to apply for Hong Kong licence plates or Macau licence plates to enter those territories. The font used are in the Heiti (Traditional: 黑體, Simplified: 黑体) style. History 1986-series plate In July 1986, the 1986-series Plates were put into use. The layout and format for them are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wang Yuyan
Wang Yuyan (; born May 1966) is a Chinese politician serving as head of the Organization Department of the Qinghai organization of the Chinese Communist Party. Wang was born in Xiangcheng County, Henan province. She joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1986. In 2008, she became party chief of Xiangcheng City (county-level), in December 2011, she was named deputy party chief of Jiyuan, then acting mayor (Jiyuan is a county-level division directly governed by the province; when Wang served here, she was considered an official of full prefecture-level rank). In March 2015 she was named party chief of Jiyuan. On July 31, 2015, she was named party chief of Yuncheng. In May 2017, Wang was transferred to Qinghai to serve on the provincial party standing committee Members of the standing committees of the Chinese Communist Party provincial-level committees, commonly referred to as ''Shengwei Changwei'' (), make up the top ranks of the provincial-level organizations of the Chinese C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanmenxia
Sanmenxia ( zh, s= , t= , p=Sānménxiá; Postal romanization, postal: Sanmenhsia) is a prefecture-level city in the west of Henan, Henan Province, China. The westernmost prefecture-level city in Henan, Sanmenxia borders Luoyang to the east, Nanyang, Henan, Nanyang to the southeast, Shaanxi, Shaanxi Province to the west and Shanxi, Shanxi Province to the north. The city lies on the south side of the Yellow River at the point where the river cuts through the Loess Plateau on its way to the North China Plain. As of the 2020 census, it was home to 2,034,872 inhabitants of which 820,300 lived in the built-up area made of Hubin District, Hubin, Shanzhou urban districts and Pinglu County in neighboring Shanxi (205,080 inhabitants), now within the agglomeration. Names and History The city's name in Chinese () means "The Gorge of Three Gateways" and is derived from two islands that split the Yellow River into three parts. According to Chinese mythology, Yu the Great used a divine axe to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linfen
Linfen () is a prefecture-level city in the southwest of Shanxi province, People's Republic of China, China, bordering Shaanxi province to the west. Linfen City is located in the southern part of Shanxi Province, with the remaining branches of Taiyue to the east and the Luliang Mountains to the west. In the middle is a vast river valley plain, with the Fen River mainstream running across the north and south, and the land on both sides is fertile. It is situated along the banks of the Fen River. It has an area of and according to the Seventh National Population Census of the People's Republic of China, 2020 Census, a population of 3,976,481 inhabitants of which 959,198 live in the built-up (or metro) area made up of Yaodu District, Yaodu urban district. The GDP of Linfen ranked second in Shanxi, Shanxi Province. It was known as Pingyang ( zh, labels=no, t=平陽) during the Spring and Autumn period. In 2006, the American Blacksmith Institute listed Linfen as one of the ten most po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luoyang
Luoyang ( zh, s=洛阳, t=洛陽, p=Luòyáng) is a city located in the confluence area of the Luo River and the Yellow River in the west of Henan province, China. Governed as a prefecture-level city, it borders the provincial capital of Zhengzhou to the east, Pingdingshan to the southeast, Nanyang to the south, Sanmenxia to the west, Jiyuan to the north, and Jiaozuo to the northeast. As of December 31, 2018, Luoyang had a population of 6,888,500 inhabitants with 2,751,400 people living in the built-up (or metro) area made of the city's five out of six urban districts (except the Jili District not continuously urbanized) and Yanshi District, now being conurbated. By the end of 2022, Luoyang Municipality had jurisdiction over 7 municipal districts, 7 counties and 1 development zone. The permanent population is 7.079 million. Situated on the central plain of China, Luoyang is among the oldest cities in China and one of the cradles of Chinese civilization. It is the earl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiyuan
Jiyuan ( zh, s= , t=濟源 , p=Jìyuán) is a sub-prefecture-level city in northwestern Henan province, People's Republic of China. It borders the prefecture-level cities of Jiaozuo and Luoyang to the east and southwest respectively, as well as the province of Shanxi to the north. Administration The sub-prefecture-level city of Jiyuan administers 5 subdistrict and 11 towns. Jiyuan is named after the Ji river whose source is said to be a spring located on the west of the city. ;Subdistricts ;Towns Mythology *A famous Chinese mythology The Foolish Old Man Removes the Mountains may come from this area. Mountains mentioned in this myth are Taihang and Wangwu. History Jiyuan was a county belonging to Jiaozuo City in the past, then it was divided from the city. The former Ji River—one of the ancient "Four Rivers", alongside the Yangtze, Huai, and Yellow Rivers—originated around Jiyuan, which was the source of its name, Chinese for "Source of the Ji". (Today, the Ji ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
