Songping (), or Tống Bình in
Vietnamese, was a former
imperial Chinese and Vietnamese settlement on the south bank of the
Red River within the present-day
Từ Liêm and
Hoài Đức districts of
Hanoi
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, Vietnam.
History
A fortified settlement was founded by the
Chinese Liu Song dynasty
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as the
seat
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of within
Jiaozhi
Jiaozhi (standard Chinese, pinyin: ''Jiāozhǐ''), or
,
was a historical region ruled by various Chinese dynasties, corresponding to present-day northern Vietnam. The kingdom of Nanyue (204–111 BC) set up the Jiaozhi Commandery (; , ch� ...
(')
commandery
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. The name refers to its pacification by the dynasty. It was elevated to its own commandery ) at some point between AD 454 and 464. The commandery included the districts of Yihuai and Suining .
The
Sui general
Liu Fang
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reconquered the territory from the Vietnamese state of
Van Xuan in 603 and made Tống Bình the capital of Jiaozhi in place of
Long Biên. During this period, it was also known as Luocheng ( Wall"; ), although this name originally referred to nearby
Long Biên and later referred to the fortification which grew into
Thăng Long and modern
Hanoi
Hanoi ( ; ; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Vietnam, second-most populous city of Vietnam. The name "Hanoi" translates to "inside the river" (Hanoi is bordered by the Red River (Asia), Red and Black River (Asia), Black Riv ...
.
Under the
Tang, the city continued to function as the capital of
Annam. For a few years after 621, the city administered a
prefecture
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as Songzhou . The name Tống Bình was ended in 714. The rebellion of
Mai Thúc Loan captured the city in 722.
See also
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Hanoi
Hanoi ( ; ; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Vietnam, second-most populous city of Vietnam. The name "Hanoi" translates to "inside the river" (Hanoi is bordered by the Red River (Asia), Red and Black River (Asia), Black Riv ...
, the modern city
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History of Hanoi
Hanoi ( ; ; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Vietnam, second-most populous city of Vietnam. The name "Hanoi" translates to "inside the river" (Hanoi is bordered by the Red River (Asia), Red and Black River (Asia), Black Riv ...
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Long Biên, the nearby settlement and former capital
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Đại La
Đại La (), means ''the Citadel of the Great Dike'', or La Thành (羅城, means ''the Citadel of the Dike'') was an ancient fortified city in present-day Hanoi during the third Chinese domination of the 7th and 8th centuries, and again in the 11 ...
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