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Hunchun
Hunchun (; Chosŏn'gŭl: 혼춘; Hangul: 훈춘) is a county-level city in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, far eastern Jilin province. It borders North Korea (North Hamgyong province) and Russia (Primorsky Krai), has over 250,000 inhabitants, and covers 5,145 square kilometers. The site of the eastern capital of Balhae/Bohai Kingdom between 785 and 793, Donggyeong, was located here. The city's name Hunchun comes from ''Huncun'' in Manchu language. (). The city and the village Fangchuan is located near the point of junction of the borders of China, Russia, and North Korea; provided with an observation platform, it is a popular tourist attraction. Administrative divisions Hunchun has four subdistricts, four towns, and five townships. Subdistricts: * Xin'an Subdistrict ( / ), Jinghe Subdistrict ( / ), Henan Subdistrict ( / ), Jinhai Subdistrict ( / ) Towns: *Chunhua ( / ), Jingxin ( / ), Banshi ( / ), Ying'an ( / ) Townships: * Hadamen Township ( / ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture
Yanbian (; Chosŏn'gŭl: , ''Yeonbyeon''), officially known as the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, is an autonomous prefecture in the east of Jilin Province, China. Yanbian is bordered to the north by Heilongjiang Province, on the west by Jilin's Baishan City and Jilin City, on the south by North Korea's North Hamgyong Province and on the east by Primorsky Krai in Russia. Yanbian is designated as a Korean autonomous prefecture due to the large number of ethnic Koreans living in the region. The prefectural capital is Yanji and the total area is . The prefecture has an important Balhae archaeological site: the Ancient Tombs at Longtou Mountain, which includes the Mausoleum of Princess Jeonghyo. History In the Ming dynasty, Yanbian was governed by the Jianzhou Guard () and in the late Qing dynasty the area was divided into the Yanji () and Hunchun () subprefectures. From 1644 to the 1800s the Manchurian administrators of the Qing state attempted to separate No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jilin
Jilin (; Postal romanization, alternately romanized as Kirin or Chilin) is one of the three Provinces of China, provinces of Northeast China. Its capital and largest city is Changchun. Jilin borders North Korea (Rasŏn, North Hamgyong, Ryanggang and Chagang) and Russia (Primorsky Krai) to the east, Heilongjiang to the north, Liaoning to the south, and Inner Mongolia to the west. Along with the rest of Northeast China, Jilin underwent an early period of industrialization. However, Jilin's economy, characterized by heavy industry, has been facing economic difficulties with privatization. This prompted the central government to undertake a campaign called "Revitalize the Northeast". The region contains large deposits of oil shale. Name The name "Jilin" originates from ''girin ula'' () , a Manchu language, Manchu phrase meaning "along the river", shortened to Kirin in English. This Manchu term was transcription (linguistics), transcribed into ''jilin wula'' (traditional cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fangchuan
Fangchuan () is a village in Jingxin ( / 경신진), Hunchun, Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, Jilin, China. It is located along the Tumen River, near the China–North Korea–Russia tripoint where the borders of China, North Korea and Russia converge and is from the Sea of Japan. There is a national scenic area in Fangchuan. See also * Lake Khasan *Battle of Lake Khasan *Khasansky District Khasansky District (russian: Хаса́нский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #161-KZ and municipalLaw #187-KZ district ( raion), one of the twenty-two in Primorsky Krai, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the krai, wedged betwee ... References Hunchun China–North Korea border China–Russia border Villages in China {{China-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henan Subdistrict, Hunchun
Henan Subdistrict () is a subdistrict in Hunchun, Jilin province, China. , it has 6 communities under its administration. 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 Hunchun {{Jilin-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balhae
Balhae ( ko, 발해, zh, c=渤海, p=Bóhǎi, russian: Бохай, translit=Bokhay, ), also rendered as Bohai, was a multi-ethnic kingdom whose land extends to what is today Northeast China, the Korean Peninsula and the Russian Far East. It was established in 698 by Dae Joyeong (Da Zuorong) and originally known as the Kingdom of Jin (Zhen) until 713 when its name was changed to Balhae. Balhae's early history involved a rocky relationship with the Tang dynasty that saw military and political conflict, but by the end of the 8th century the relationship had become cordial and friendly. The Tang dynasty would eventually recognize Balhae as the "Prosperous Country of the East". Numerous cultural and political exchanges were made. Balhae was conquered by the Khitan-led Liao dynasty in 926. Balhae survived as a distinct population group for another three centuries in the Liao and Jin dynasties before disappearing under Mongol rule. The history of the founding of the state, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jinghe Subdistrict, Hunchun
Jinghe may refer to: Places in China *Jing River (), a river in Gansu and Shaanxi provinces *Jinghe County, Börtala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang ** Jinghe Town, Xinjiang, in Jinghe County * Jinghe, Hebei, in Hejian, Hebei * Jinghe, Hunan, in Xiangyin County, Hunan * Jinghe, Jiangsu, in Baoying County, Jiangsu * Jinghe Subdistrict, Hunchun, in Hunchun, Jilin *Jinghe Subdistrict, Tengzhou, in Yicheng District, Shandong (see List of township-level divisions of Shandong) *Jinghe Subdistrict, Wuhan, in Dongxihu District, Hubei ** Jinghe station Jinghe Station () is a station on Line 1 of the Wuhan Metro and it is the western terminus of Line 1. It entered revenue service on December 26, 2017. It is located in Dongxihu District Dongxihu District () is one of 13 urban districts of the ..., on the Wuhan Metro People * Pan Jinghe, Chinese Indonesian landlord and social activist * Paul Liu Jinghe, Chinese bishop {{Disambiguation, geo, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County-level City
A county-level municipality (), county-level city or county city, formerly known as prefecture-controlled city (1949–1970: ; 1970–1983: ), is a county-level administrative division of the People's Republic of China. County-level cities have judiciary, judicial but no legislature, legislative rights over their own local ordinance, local law and are usually governed by Administrative divisions of China#Prefectural level (2nd), prefecture-level divisions, but a few are governed directly by Administrative divisions of China#Provincial level (1st), province-level divisions. A county-level city is a "city" () and "county" () that have been merged into one unified jurisdiction. As such it is simultaneously a city, which is a municipal entity and a county which is an administrative division of a prefecture. Most county-level cities were created in the 1980s and 1990s by replacing denser populated Counties of China, counties. County-level cities are not "city, cities" in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Provinces Of Balhae
The Balhae (or Bohai) kingdom controlled the northern Korean Peninsula, the area from the Amur River (''Heilong Jiang'') to the Strait of Tartary, and the Liaodong Peninsula. Similar to the workings of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, the administration system of the Balhae kingdom was composed of: *5 capitals: a Supreme capital with four secondary capitals *15 provinces; and *62 prefectures. Table of provinces Former Balhae provinces '' Manzhou Yuanliu Kao'' provides records which show that the Balhae had occupied the ''Bisa Fortress'' at the southern tip of the Liaodong Peninsula. The ''History of Liao'' records that the Balhae established provinces at the ''Sin Fortress'', ''Gaemo Fortress'', ''Baegam Fortress'', ''Yodong Fortress'' and ''Ansi Fortress'' area in Liaodong, as well as a substantial portion of the Liaoxi area. The Balhae sovereign’s message to Yamato Kingdom in 796 states that it has recovered the entire old Goguryeo territory and its ruler’s authority now shi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County-level City
A county-level municipality (), county-level city or county city, formerly known as prefecture-controlled city (1949–1970: ; 1970–1983: ), is a county-level administrative division of the People's Republic of China. County-level cities have judiciary, judicial but no legislature, legislative rights over their own local ordinance, local law and are usually governed by Administrative divisions of China#Prefectural level (2nd), prefecture-level divisions, but a few are governed directly by Administrative divisions of China#Provincial level (1st), province-level divisions. A county-level city is a "city" () and "county" () that have been merged into one unified jurisdiction. As such it is simultaneously a city, which is a municipal entity and a county which is an administrative division of a prefecture. Most county-level cities were created in the 1980s and 1990s by replacing denser populated Counties of China, counties. County-level cities are not "city, cities" in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chosŏn'gŭl
The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, . Hangul may also be written as following South Korea's standard Romanization. ( ) in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea, is the modern official writing system for the Korean language. The letters for the five basic consonants reflect the shape of the speech organs used to pronounce them, and they are systematically modified to indicate phonetic features; similarly, the vowel letters are systematically modified for related sounds, making Hangul a featural writing system. It has been described as a syllabic alphabet as it combines the features of alphabetic and syllabic writing systems, although it is not necessarily an abugida. Hangul was created in 1443 CE by King Sejong the Great in an attempt to increase literacy by serving as a complement (or alternative) to the logographic Sino-Korean ''Hanja'', which had been used by Koreans as its primary script to write the Korean language since as early as the Gojoseon period (spanni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
