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Qixing Subdistrict, Guilin
Qixing or 七星 may refer to: China *Qixing District (七星区) *Seven-star Cave, or Qixingyan (七星岩), cave complex in Guilin *Seven Star Crags (七星岩), in Zhaoqing, Guangdong Taiwan *Qixing Mountain (Taipei) (七星山) *Qixingyan (Taiwan) (七星岩), off the coast of Pingtung County in the Bashi Channel *Qixingtan Beach (七星潭海邊), a beach in Xincheng Township, Hualien County facing the Pacific Ocean Other uses *Lotte Chilsung Lotte Chilsung Beverage Co., Ltd. () is a drink manufacturer in South Korea affiliated with Lotte Corporation. The company's name, Chilsung (), signifies "Big Dipper" or seven stars, and its logo displays seven stars aligned in a row. History Ch ... (, ), a drink manufacturer in South Korea See also * Seven star (other) {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qixing District
Qixing District (; ) is a district of the city of Guilin, Guangxi Guangxi,; officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People's Republic of China, located in South China and bordering Vietnam (Hà Giang Province, Hà Giang, Cao Bằn ..., China. Administrative divisions Qixing District is divided into 4 subdistricts, 1 township and 1 other: Qixingqu Subdistrict (七星区街道), Dongjiang Subdistrict (东江街道), Chuanshan Subdistrict (穿山街道), Lidong Subdistrict (漓东街道), Chaoyang Township (朝阳乡), and Guilin Overseas Chinese Tourism Economic Zone Management Committee (桂林华侨旅游经济区管理委员会). References County-level divisions of Guangxi Administrative divisions of Guilin {{Guangxi-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seven-star Cave
Seven-Star Cave () is an extensive limestone cave complex in Seven Star Park, both of which are popular tourist attractions in the city of Guilin in Guangxi Autonomous Region in China. The name derives from the fact the main karst limestone peaks form roughly the same pattern as the stars of the Big Dipper constellation. The earliest exploration of Seven-star Cave dates back to the Tang dynasty, about 1,300 years ago. The name can also be rendered Seven Stars Cave, Cave of Seven Stars, etc. The cave has a year-round temperature of about 20 Celsius. The maximum ceiling height inside is 27 metres, and the maximum width is 49 metres. A concrete and stone tour path of approximately 1,000 metres runs through the cave between its entrance and exit points. Artificial lighting for walkways and displays is staged throughout, including colored accents, and various formations have been given names such as "A Natural Fresco" and "The Chessboard". During the Japanese invasion of China in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seven Star Crags
The Seven Star Crags () are located across from the center of Zhaoqing City, Guangdong, People's Republic of China. The crags are all situated in or around Star Lake directly opposite Paifang square in downtown Zhaoqing. The area including the crags and Star Lake compromise . The lake is partitioned into five separate sections divided with small strips of land and walkways. They form one of the most scenic locations in the province and are one of the main tourist draws of the city, the other being Dinghu Mountain. The crags are many times referred to as the little Guilin due to their striking visual similarity to Guilin's mountains. Description The limestone crags are naturally arranged in the same formation as the seven stars of the Big Dipper constellation. Legend has it that the pillars of limestone grew from stars that fell from the skies. There are a number of caves in this area and some contain underground rivers that are large enough to navigate by boat. One of the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qixing Mountain (Taipei)
Qixing Mountain, also spelled Cising Mountain or Chihsing Mountain, () is a mountain in Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan. It is located within the Tatun Volcanic Group and is the highest mountain in the city, at the rim of Taipei Basin. It is also the highest (dormant) volcano in Taiwan. It is located in the center of Yangmingshan National Park; its main peak is above sea level. It began erupting about 700,000 years ago. There was a crater at the peak but it became seven small peaks due to post-eruption erosion. The mountain has faults running across the southeast and northwest contours, and has volcanic landforms such as hot springs and fumaroles. Shamao Mountain is a round volcanic dome that looks like a black gauze cap. As the lava was more viscous when the mountain was formed, it gradually became a tholoid, also known as a cumulo-dome volcano, it is above sea level. Shamaoshan and Cigushan (七股山, ) are parasitic volcanoes of Qixingshan. This mountain is the source ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qixingyan (Taiwan)
Qixingyan or Ch'ihsingyen (), also known as the Vele Rete rocks, is a group of coral islands in the Bashi Channel, located off the southern coast of Pingtung County, Taiwan. The island group is composed by seven coral reefs. Qixingyan is shaped like the Big Dipper, hence the name "Seven Star Reef". It is about from the southernmost point of Taiwan, Eluanbi. Due to strong currents and shoals in the area, many ships were wrecked and lives lost in the early to mid-19th century after the Qing court opened trade between the West and China. Notable shipwrecks include the 1867 US merchant ship ''Rover'' that resulted in the Rover incident and the 1871 Japanese merchant vessel ''Ryukyu'' which resulted in the Mudan incident. See also * |
Qixingtan Beach
The Qixingtan Beach or Chihsingtan Beach or in Sakizaya language Malongayangay () is a beach in Xincheng Township, Hualien County, Taiwan facing the Pacific Ocean. Naming and history Qixingtan Beach was originally located at the east of Hualien airport. Its shape is like the Big Dipper, so it is called Qixingtan. Back in 1936, Japanese government filled the lake in order to build the Hualien airport, and now there are only four ponds left. Japanese government forced the residents who lived at the original Qixingtan to move to “Crescent Bay”. The residents named the place Qixingtan in memory of the original Qixingtan. In June 2009, officials from Hualien County Government made a proposal to the Department of Environmental Protection to abolish the ''Qixingtan Environmental Impact Statement''. Consequently, this led to the construction of private and large-scale development projects at the beach. Features Located in a half moon-like shape gulf, the beach is famous for its be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lotte Chilsung
Lotte Chilsung Beverage Co., Ltd. () is a drink manufacturer in South Korea affiliated with Lotte Corporation. The company's name, Chilsung (), signifies "Big Dipper" or seven stars, and its logo displays seven stars aligned in a row. History Chilsung was founded in May 1950, then known as the Dongbang Beverage Company, and began with the launch of Chilsung Cider#East Asia, Cider, a lemon-lime soft drink. In 1967, they became Hanmi Foods Industry Co., then changing to Chilsung Hanmi Foods Corporation in 1973, eventually becoming the Chilsung Beverage Company. In 1975, the company acquired Busan Joint Beverage Corporation and signed a technology partnership agreement with PepsiCo in 1976. In 1985, it was appointed the official beverage supplier for the 1986 Seoul Asian Games and 1988 Seoul Olympics, merged with Lotte Brewery in July 1986 and introduced CIP in December. In 1987, the Opo plant became the first in the industry to receive the KS mark. By 2009, Chilsung products acco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
