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Fengnan, Tangshan
Fengnan District () is a district of Tangshan, Hebei, China on the coast of the Bohai Sea and bordering Tianjin to the west. The district spans an area of , and has a population of approximately 530,000 as of 2012. Toponymy Fengnan District was first established as Fengnan County in 1946, when it was carved out of the southern portions of Fengrun County and Luanzhou County. Its name, which literally means "south of Feng", was derived from this. History During the time of the Shang dynasty, the area of present-day Fengnan District belonged to the state of Guzhu. During the time of the Zhou dynasty, the area was part of the state of Yan. In the Qin dynasty, the area was split between Youbeiping Commandery and Liaoxi Commandery. During the Han dynasty, it was administered by Tuyin County () and Changcheng County (). During the Sui dynasty the area belonged to Lulong County () and Wuzhong County (). During the Tang dynasty, the area belonged to Yutian County () and Shicheng Count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Postal Code Of China
Postal codes in the China, People's Republic of China () are postal codes used by China Post for the delivery of letters and goods within mainland China. China Post uses a six-digit all-numerical system with four tiers: the first tier, composed of the first two digits, show the provinces of China, province, province-equivalent direct-controlled municipalities of China, municipality, or autonomous regions of China, autonomous region; the second tier, composed of the third digit, shows the postal zone within the province, municipality or autonomous region; the fourth digit serves as the third tier, which shows the postal office within prefectures of the People's Republic of China, prefectures or prefecture-level city, prefecture-level cities; the last two digits are the fourth tier, which indicates the specific mailing area for delivery. The range 000000–009999 was originally marked for Taiwan (The Republic of China) but is not used because it not under the control of the People' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Youbeiping Commandery
Youbeiping Commandery ( zh, 右北平郡), or Beiping Commandery ( zh, 北平郡) was a commandery in imperial China from the Warring States period to Tang dynasty. It was located in present-day Hebei and Tianjin. Youbeiping Commandery was established by the state of Yan for the defense against the Xiongnu. In Western Han dynasty, it administered 16 counties: Pinggang (平剛), Wuzhong (無終), Shicheng (石成), Tingling (廷陵), Junmi (俊靡), Ci (薋), Xuwu (徐無), Zi (字), Tuyin (土垠), Bailang (白狼), Xiyang (夕陽), Changcheng (昌城), Licheng (驪成), Guangcheng (廣成), Juyang (聚陽) and Pingming (平明). The population in 2 AD was 320,780, in 66,689 households. In Eastern Han, only 4 counties remained, namely Tuyin, Xuwu, Junmi and Wuzhong, while most of the others were abolished. In 140 AD, the population was 53,475, and the households numbered 9,170.''Book of Later Han'', Chapter 113. In Jin dynasty, the name was changed to Beiping. The population in 280 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaiping, Tangshan
Kaiping District () is a district of Tangshan, Hebei, China. The district spans an area of , and has a population of about 240,000 as of 2012. History From the Qin dynasty to the Han dynasty, the present-day Kaiping District was part of Youbeiping Commandery. During the Tang dynasty, the area was reorganized as Shicheng County (Hebei), Shicheng County (). Shicheng County was abolished during the Liao dynasty. The area was reorganized as Yifeng County (Hebei), Yifeng County () during the Yuan dynasty. During the Ming dynasty, the area fell under the jurisdiction of . In the Qing dynasty, the area was split between Luanzhou County () and Fengrun County (). People's Republic of China In 1949, upon the Proclamation of the People's Republic of China, establishment of the People's Republic of China, the area was reorganized as Tangshan Fifth District (). In 1956, it was placed under the jurisdiction of Jiao District (). The area was briefly organized as Kaiping District from 1961 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lunan, Tangshan
Lunan District () is a district of the city of Tangshan, Hebei province, China. The district spans an area of , and has a population of 430,312 per the 2020 government census. Toponymy Lunan District derives its name from its location to the south of the Beijing–Shanhaiguan railway. History Much of Tangshan's early industry was concentrated in the area, especially in present-day Xiaoshan Subdistrict. According to the Lunan District government, the area of the present-day district was the site of China's first mechanized mine, first standard gauge railway, first steam locomotive, and mainland China's first university professor. Lunan District was established in 1952. Geography The and the Qinglong river () both flow through the district. Administrative divisions Lunan District administers nine subdistricts, one town, and one township A township is a form of human settlement or administrative subdivision. Its exact definition varies among countries. Although the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lubei, Tangshan
Lubei District () is a District (China), district of the city of Tangshan, Hebei, China. The district's population totaled 743,504 as of 2010. History Lubei District was first established in 1955, but was merged into Lunan District and the now-defunct the following year. Lubei District was re-established in 1963. In July 2013, the Towns of China, town of was transferred from Fengrun District to Lubei District. In February 2021, the Hebei Provincial Government upgraded Guoyuan from a Townships of China, township to a town, reflecting the area's increased urbanization. Administrative divisions Lubei District administers 11 Subdistricts of China, subdistricts and 2 Towns of China, towns. The district's 11 subdistricts are Qiaotun Subdistrict (), Wenhua Road Subdistrict, Tangshan, Wenhua Road Subdistrict (), Diaoyutai Subdistrict, Tangshan, Diaoyutai Subdistrict (), Dongxincun Subdistrict (), Gangyao Subdistrict (), Jichang Road Subdistrict (), Hebei Road Subdistrict (), Longdo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fengrun, Tangshan
Fengrun District () is a district of the city of Tangshan, Hebei province, China. The district spans an area of , and has a population of 800,740 as of 2020. History During the Warring States period, the area of present-day Fengrun District belonged to the Yan State. In the Qin dynasty, the area was incorporated as part of the Youbeiping Commandery. During the Western Han dynasty, the area belonged to Tuyin County (), Xuwu County (), and Changcheng County (). During the Northern Qi dynasty, Tuyin County was abolished, and merged into Wuzhong County (). In 1187, during the Jin dynasty, the area was reorganized as Yongji County (). In 1209, Yongji County was reorganized as Fengrun County, which it remains today, although some put the date of this change at 1368, during the Ming dynasty. People's Republic of China In 1983, Fengrun County was placed under the jurisdiction of Tangshan. On February 1, 2002, Fengrun County was upgraded to a district, and absorbed the now-defunct Ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County-level City
A county-level city () is a County-level divisions of China, county-level administrative division of the China, 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 the strictest sense of the word, since they usually contain rural areas many times the size ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prefecture-level City
A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the China, People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province of China, province and above a Counties of the People's Republic of China, county in China's administrative structure. Details During the Republican era, many of China's prefectural cities were designated as Counties of Taiwan, counties as the country's second level division below a province. From 1949 to 1983, the official term was a province-administrated city (Chinese: 省辖市). Prefectural level cities form the second level of the administrative structure (alongside prefecture of China, prefectures, Leagues of China, leagues and autonomous prefectures). Administrative chiefs (mayors) of prefectural level cities generally have the same rank as a division chief () of a national ministry. Since the 1980s, most former prefectures have been renamed into prefecture-level cities. A prefectural level city is a "city" () and "p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prefectures Of China
zh, p=Dìqū, labels=no , alt_name = , map = , category = Second level administrative division of a unitary state , territory = China , start_date = , current_number = 7 prefectures , number_date = , population_range = 95,465 ( Ngari) – 3,979,362 ( Kaxgar) , area_range = ( Daxing'anling) – ( Ngari) , government = Various, Central Government , subdivision = Counties Prefectures are one of four types of prefecture-level divisions in China, the second-level administrative division in the country. While at one time prefectures were the most common prefecture-level division, they are in the process of being abolished and only seven formally-designated prefectures remain. The term "prefecture" is also used as a translation of three unrelated types of administrative divisions that were historically in use in China: the ''xian'', the ''zhou'', and the ''fu''. Modern prefectur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ming Dynasty
The Ming dynasty, officially the Great Ming, was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol Empire, Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming was the last imperial dynasty of China ruled by the Han people, the majority ethnic group in China. Although the primary capital of Beijing fell in 1644 to a rebellion led by Li Zicheng (who established the short-lived Shun dynasty), numerous rump state, rump regimes ruled by remnants of the House of Zhu, Ming imperial family, collectively called the Southern Ming, survived until 1662. The Ming dynasty's founder, the Hongwu Emperor (1368–1398), attempted to create a society of self-sufficient rural communities ordered in a rigid, immobile system that would guarantee and support a permanent class of soldiers for his dynasty: the empire's standing army exceeded one million troops and the naval history of China, navy's dockyards in Nanjing were the largest in the world. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jin Dynasty (1115–1234)
The Jin dynasty (, ), officially known as the Great Jin (), was a Jurchen people, Jurchen-led Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China and empire ruled by the Wanyan clan that existed between 1115 and 1234. It is also often called the Jurchen dynasty or the Jurchen Jin after the ruling Jurchen people. At its peak, the empire extended from Outer Manchuria in the north to the Qinling–Huaihe Line in the south. The Jin dynasty emerged from Emperor Taizu of Jin, Wanyan Aguda's rebellion against the Liao dynasty (916–1125), which held sway over northern China until being driven by the nascent Jin to the Western Regions, where they would become known in Chinese historiography as the Qara Khitai, Western Liao. After conquering the Liao territory, the Jin launched a Jin–Song Wars, century-long campaign against the Song dynasty (960–1279) based in southern China, whose rulers were ethnically Han Chinese. Over the course of the Jin's rule, their emperors Sinicization, adap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emperor Zhangzong Of Jin
Emperor Zhangzong of Jin (31 August 1168 – 29 December 1208), personal name Madage, sinicized name Wanyan Jing, was the sixth emperor of the Jurchen-led Jin dynasty of China. He reigned from 20 January 1189 to 29 December 1208.Tao, p. 85-86 During his rule, he is credited for ordering the construction of the beautiful Taiye Lake, an artificial lake in Beijing, that remains to this day. He also established many Confucian temples throughout Northeast China and was tolerant of both Han and Jurchen cultures and customs. However, the Jin dynasty began to decline as he started neglecting governmental affairs and showing favoritism to one of his concubines Li Shi'er and her family members in political office. The Tatar confederation who once allied with the Jin dynasty rebelled and joined the rising Mongol Empire. The Southern Song chancellor Han Tuozhou tried to take advantage of Madage's incompetency by launching an attack on the Jin. However the Jin dynasty defeated the Sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
