Songping (), or Tống Bình in
Vietnamese, was a former
imperial Chinese and Vietnamese settlement on the south bank of the
Red River within the present-day
Từ Liêm and
Hoài Đức districts of
Hanoi
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, Vietnam.
History
A fortified settlement was founded by the
Chinese Liu Song dynasty
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as the
seat
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of within
Jiaozhi (')
commandery. The name refers to its pacification by the dynasty. It was elevated to its own commandery vi, Tống Bình quận) at some point between AD 454 and 464. The commandery included the districts of Yihuai and Suining .
The
Sui general
Liu Fang reconquered the territory from the Vietnamese state of
Van Xuan
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in 603 and made Tống Bình the capital of Jiaozhi in place of
Long Biên. During this period, it was also known as Luocheng ( Wall"; vi, La Thanh), although this name originally referred to nearby
Long Biên and later referred to the fortification which grew into
Thăng Long and modern
Hanoi
Hanoi or Ha Noi ( or ; vi, Hà Nội ) is the capital and second-largest city of Vietnam. It covers an area of . It consists of 12 urban districts, one district-leveled town and 17 rural districts. Located within the Red River Delta, Hanoi i ...
.
Under the
Tang, the city continued to function as the capital of
Annam. For a few years after 621, the city administered a
prefecture as Songzhou . The name Tống Bình was ended in 714. The rebellion of
Mai Thúc Loan
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captured the city in 722.
See also
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Hanoi
Hanoi or Ha Noi ( or ; vi, Hà Nội ) is the capital and second-largest city of Vietnam. It covers an area of . It consists of 12 urban districts, one district-leveled town and 17 rural districts. Located within the Red River Delta, Hanoi i ...
, the modern city
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History of Hanoi
The following is a timeline of the history of Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam:
Prehistory
* BCE — The Bronze-Age Dong Son culture of the Lac people occupies the Red River valley
Van Lang
* BCE — According ...
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Long Biên, the nearby settlement and former capital
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Đại La Đại La (), means ''the Citadel of the Great Dike'', or La Thành (羅城, means ''the Citadel of the Dike'') was an ancient fortified city in present-day Hanoi during the third Chinese domination of the 7th and 8th centuries, and again in the 11 ...
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