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Luyi
Luyi County () is a county of eastern Henan, People's Republic of China, bordering Anhui province to the east. It is under the administration of Zhoukou City. The county is known for its Makeup brush, make-up brushes production, with over 150 million brushes produced annually. This industry started concentrating in Luyi in the 2010s, the county already had a wool processing industry before. According to Sima Qian's ''Records of the Grand Historian'', the village of Quren (, ''Qūrén lǐ'') in Li township (, ''Lì xiāng'') in state of Chu, Chu's Ku County (, ''Kǔ xiàn'') was the birthplace of the Chinese legends, legendary Chinese philosophy, philosopher Laozi. This lies within what is now Luyi. During the Song dynasty the Taiqing Palace was built in Luyi, an important Taoist shrine. Although it only exists as ruins nowadays, it remains an important religious and archeological site. According to some historians, the Battle of Gaixia took place in what is now Luyi County. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhoukou
Zhoukou ( zh, s=周口 , p=Zhōukǒu, w=Chou-k’ou; Postal romanization, postal: Chowkow) is a prefecture-level city in eastern Henan province of China, province, China. It borders Zhumadian to the southwest, Xuchang and Luohe to the west, Kaifeng to the northwest, Shangqiu to the northeast, and the province of Anhui on all other sides. As of the 2020 census, its population was 9,026,015 inhabitants. However, as of the 2018 estimation, 1,601,300 lived in the built-up (''or metro'') made up of Chuanhui District, Chuanhui district and the northern part of Shangshui county. The rich history and geographical advantages of Zhoukou have made it a unique city. As the ancient capitals of Emperor Yao and the birthplace of Laozi, it carries a profound cultural heritage of China. At the same time, the remnants of the Chen and Chu cultures endow Zhoukou with a distinctive historical charm. The development of the Lin'gang New City showcases the city's modernization process and economic vit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laozi
Laozi (), also romanized as Lao Tzu #Name, among other ways, was a semi-legendary Chinese philosophy, Chinese philosopher and author of the ''Tao Te Ching'' (''Laozi''), one of the foundational texts of Taoism alongside the ''Zhuangzi (book), Zhuangzi''. The name, literally meaning 'Old Master', was likely intended to portray an archaic anonymity that could converse with Confucianism. Modern scholarship generally regards his biographical details as later inventions, and his opus a collaboration. Traditional accounts addend him as , born in the 6th-centuryBC state of Chu during China's Spring and Autumn period (). Serving as the royal archivist for the Zhou dynasty, Zhou court at Wangcheng (Zhou dynasty), Wangcheng (modern Luoyang), he met and impressed Confucius () on one occasion, composing the ''Tao Te Ching'' in a single session before retiring into the western wilderness. A central figure in Chinese culture, Laozi is generally considered the founder of Taoism. He was cla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Gaixia
The Battle of Gaixia was a battle of annihilation during Early Imperial China, fought between the forces of Han under Liu Bang and Western Chu under Xiang Yu in December 203 BC. It was the final major battle of the Chu-Han Contention, a civil war period following the collapse of the Qin dynasty, which finally ended when Xiang Yu committed suicide after making a last stand by the west bank of Yangtze River at Wujiang. The victorious Liu Bang would ascend to the throne a few months after the battle, declaring himself Emperor of the newly established Han dynasty. Background In November 204 BC the Han General-in-Chief Han Xin defeated the Chu-Qi coalition in the Battle of Wei River, and in early 203 he completed the Han conquest of the State of Qi, an ally of Western Chu. For these reasons, the situation of Xiang Yu, the Hegemon-King of Western Chu, had become increasingly precarious. Since 205 he and Liu Bang, the King of Han, had worn each other down in a war of attrition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Song Dynasty
The Song dynasty ( ) was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 960 to 1279. The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song, who usurped the throne of the Later Zhou dynasty and went on to conquer the rest of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period#Ten Kingdoms, Ten Kingdoms, ending the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. The Song frequently came into conflict with the contemporaneous Liao dynasty, Liao, Western Xia and Jin dynasty (1115–1234), Jin dynasties in northern China. After retreating to southern China following attacks by the Jin dynasty, the Song was eventually conquered by the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The History of the Song dynasty, dynasty's history is divided into two periods: during the Northern Song (; 960–1127), the capital was in the northern city of Bianjing (now Kaifeng) and the dynasty controlled most of what is now East China. The #Southern Song, 1127–1279, Southern Song (; 1127–1279) comprise the period following ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chengjiao Township, Luyi County
Chengjiao may refer to: *Zhao Chengjiao ( 3rd century BC), prince of Qin during the Warring States period who later defected to Zhao Subdistricts * Chengjiao Subdistrict, Guangzhou, in Conghua District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China * Chengjiao Subdistrict, Ningxiang County, in Ningxiang County, Hunan, China * Chengjiao Subdistrict, Ulan Hot, in Ulan Hot, Inner Mongolia, China * Chengjiao Subdistrict, Yushu, in Yushu, Jilin, China * Chengjiao Subdistrict, Guangshui, in Guangshui, Suizhou, Hubei, China Towns * Chengjiao, Shaowu, in Shaowu, Fujian, China * Chengjiao, Linxia, in Linxia, Gansu, China * Chengjiao, Shenyang, in Liaozhong District, Shenyang, Liaoning, China Townships * Chengjiao Township, Longyan, in Yongding District, Longyan, Fujian, China * Chengjiao Township, Ninghua County, in Ninghua County, Fujian, China * Chengjiao Township, Zherong County, in Zherong County, Fujian, China * Chengjiao Township, Gansu, in Wudu County, Longnan, Gansu, China *Chengjiao Township, Heilo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mapu Town
The Popular Unitary Action Movement or MAPU () was a small leftist political party in Chile. It was part of the Popular Unity coalition during the government of Salvador Allende. MAPU was repressed during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. In this period, some of its most radical members formed the Movimiento Juvenil Lautaro, whose leaders were political prisoners during the dictatorship and with the return to democracy. Another faction of the former members of the party joined the social democratic Party for Democracy in 1987. MAPU was part of the Popular Unity coalition of progressive political parties working to expand the role of everyday people in politics within Allende's government. It worked alongside the Socialist Party (PS) Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR), the Radical Party (PR) and Christian Left (IC) and dissented from Allende and the Communist Party to support a leftist counter-protest on May 12, 1972. This was known as "the first People's Assembly." H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
