Shaanxi Circuit or Shaanxi Province was one of the major circuits during the

Northern Song dynasty The Song dynasty ( ) was an 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 Ten Kingdoms, endin ...

. In 1072 (first year of Yuanfeng, era name in Shenzong regin) it was split into

Qinfeng Circuit Qinfeng may refer to: * Qinfeng, Jiangxi (秦峰), a town in Shangrao, Jiangxi, China *Qinfeng, Yunnan (勤丰), a town in Lufeng County, Yunnan, China * Qinfeng Circuit (秦鳳路), a circuit (province) split from Shaanxi Circuit during the Song d ...

(秦凤路二路) and Yongxingjun Circuit (永宁军路). Headquartered in Jingzhao fu (京兆府, modern

Xi'an Xi'an is the list of capitals in China, capital of the Chinese province of Shaanxi. A sub-provincial city on the Guanzhong plain, the city is the third-most populous city in Western China after Chongqing and Chengdu, as well as the most populou ...

) its administrative area corresponds to roughly the modern provinces of central and southern

Shaanxi Shaanxi is a Provinces of China, province in north Northwestern China. It borders the province-level divisions of Inner Mongolia to the north; Shanxi and Henan to the east; Hubei, Chongqing, and Sichuan to the south; and Gansu and Ningxia to t ...

, southern

Ningxia Ningxia, officially the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region in Northwestern China. Formerly a province, Ningxia was incorporated into Gansu in 1954 but was later separated from Gansu in 1958 and reconstituted as an autonomous ...

, eastern

Gansu Gansu is a provinces of China, province in Northwestern China. Its capital and largest city is Lanzhou, in the southeastern part of the province. The seventh-largest administrative district by area at , Gansu lies between the Tibetan Plateau, Ti ...

, western

Henan Henan; alternatively Honan is a province in Central China. Henan is home to many heritage sites, including Yinxu, the ruins of the final capital of the Shang dynasty () and the Shaolin Temple. Four of the historical capitals of China, Lu ...

and southwestern

Shanxi Shanxi; Chinese postal romanization, formerly romanised as Shansi is a Provinces of China, province in North China. Its capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-level cities are Changzhi a ...

References

* Circuits of the Song dynasty Former circuits in Shaanxi Former circuits in Ningxia Former circuits in Gansu Former circuits in Henan Former circuits in Shanxi {{China-hist-stub