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Ge Lake
Ge Lake () is a freshwater lake in the south of Jiangsu Province, China, northwest of Lake Tai Taihu (), also known as Lake Tai or Lake Taihu, is a lake in the Yangtze Delta and one of the largest freshwater lakes in China. The lake is in Jiangsu province and a significant part of its southern shore forms its border with Zhejiang. Wit .... The lake has a total area of about 146.5 square kilometers. The average depth is 1.19 m, the water storage capacity is about 1.74×108m3. Notes {{Lakes of China Lakes of Jiangsu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yixing
Yixing () is a county-level city administrated under the prefecture-level city of Wuxi in southern Jiangsu province, China, and is part of the Yangtze River Delta. The city is known for its traditional Yixing clay ware tea pots. It is a pene-exclave with Changzhou. The city spans an area of , and has a registered hukou population of about 1,075,800 as of 2020. History During the Xia dynasty and the Shang dynasty, the area fell under the jurisdiction of Yangzhou and was known as Jingxi (). The area was subsequently known as Jingyi () during the Zhou dynasty. The area was first organized as a county in 221 BCE, during the Qin dynasty, under the name of Yangxian County (). Between 303 and 310 CE, local general , the eldest son of General Zhou Chu, suppressed three rebellions. Yangxian County was then renamed Yixing Commandery (), in honor of Zhou Qi. Yixing Commandery remained under the jurisdiction of Yangzhou. In 589 CE, under the Sui dynasty, Yixing was re-designated from a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wujin District
Wujin District (; postal: ''Wutsin'') is a district under the jurisdiction of Changzhou in Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. In 2005 Wujin was ranked as 8th in the top 100 best cities and counties in mainland China. History In 2005 the total population was recorded at 951,000 people, a decline from the 1.2m inhabitants recorded in 1999. In 2005 Wujin was ranked as 8th in the top 100 best cities and counties in mainland China. On May 7, 2015, Qishuyan District became a part of Wujin District. Administrative divisions In the present, Wujin District has 5 subdistricts and 14 towns. ;5 subdistricts * Nanxiashu () * Xihu () -Former Qishuyan District has 3 subdistricts. * Qishuyan () * Dingyan () * Lucheng () ;14 towns Dialect The local language is the Changzhou dialect of Wu Chinese. Tourism The district is most famous for the Chunqiu Yancheng, the remains of an ancient city from the Spring and Autumn period. Education The Wycombe Abbey International Sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiangsu
Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its capital in Nanjing. Jiangsu is the third smallest, but the fifth most populous and the most densely populated of the 23 provinces of the People's Republic of China. Jiangsu has the highest GDP per capita of Chinese provinces and second-highest GDP of Chinese provinces, after Guangdong. Jiangsu borders Shandong in the north, Anhui to the west, and Zhejiang and Shanghai to the south. Jiangsu has a coastline of over along the Yellow Sea, and the Yangtze River passes through the southern part of the province. Since the Sui and Tang dynasties, Jiangsu has been a national economic and commercial center, partly due to the construction of the Grand Canal. Cities such as Nanjing, Suzhou, Wuxi, Changzhou, and Shanghai (separated from Jia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Tai
Taihu (), also known as Lake Tai or Lake Taihu, is a lake in the Yangtze Delta and one of the largest freshwater lakes in China. The lake is in Jiangsu province and a significant part of its southern shore forms its border with Zhejiang. With an area of and an average depth of , it is the third-largest freshwater lake entirely in China, after Poyang and Dongting. The lake contains about 90 islands, ranging in size from a few square meters to several square kilometers. Lake Tai is linked to the Grand Canal and is the origin of a number of rivers, including Suzhou Creek. In recent years, Lake Tai has been plagued by pollution as the surrounding region experienced rapid industrial development. Formation Scientific studies suggest that Lake Tai's circular structure is the result of a meteor impact, which resulted in shatter cones, shock-metamorphosed quartz, microtektites, and shock-metamorphic unloading fractures. The prospective impact crater has been dated to be g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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