Yingzhou or Ying Prefecture () was a ''

zhou Zhou may refer to: Chinese history * King Zhou of Shang () (1105 BC–1046 BC), the last king of the Shang dynasty * Predynastic Zhou (), 11th-century BC precursor to the Zhou dynasty * Zhou dynasty () (1046 BC–256 BC), a dynasty of China ** West ...

'' (prefecture) in imperial China in modern

Shanxi Shanxi (; ; formerly romanised as Shansi) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the North China region. The capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-lev ...

, China, seated in modern

Ying County Ying County or Yingxian () is a county in the north of Shanxi province, China. It is the easternmost county-level division of the prefecture-level city of Shuozhou. Ying County is best known for the Pagoda of Fogong Temple, which is built in 105 ...

. It existed (intermittently) from the 9th century until 1912. It was one of the

Sixteen Prefectures The Sixteen Prefectures () comprise a historical region in northern China along the Great Wall in present-day Beijing, Tianjin, and northern Hebei and Shanxi. Name It is more specifically called the Sixteen Prefectures of Yan and Yun or the ...

Geography

The administrative region of Yingzhou in the

Tang dynasty The Tang dynasty (, ; zh, t= ), or Tang Empire, was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907 AD, with an interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdo ...

falls within modern northern

. It probably includes parts of modern: * Under the administration of

Shuozhou Shuozhou is a prefecture-level city in northern Shanxi province, China, bordering Inner Mongolia to the northwest. It is situated along the upper reaches of the Fen River. The prefecture as a whole has an area of about and, in 2010, a popu ...

Shanyin County Shanyin County () is a county in the northwest of Shanxi province, China. It is under the administration of Shuozhou Shuozhou is a prefecture-level city in northern Shanxi province, China, bordering Inner Mongolia to the northwest. It is ...

* Under the administration of

Datong Datong is a prefecture-level city in northern Shanxi Province in the People's Republic of China. It is located in the Datong Basin at an elevation of and borders Inner Mongolia to the north and west and Hebei to the east. As of the 2020 cen ...

Hunyuan County Hunyuan County is a county under the administration of Datong City, in the northeast of Shanxi province, China. History During the Spring and Autumn Period of Chinese history, present-day Hunyuan County formed part of the Baidi state of Dai t ...

References

* Former prefectures in Shanxi Sixteen Prefectures Prefectures of the Tang dynasty Prefectures of Later Tang Prefectures of the Liao dynasty Prefectures of the Jin dynasty (1115–1234) Prefectures of the Yuan dynasty Prefectures of the Ming dynasty Prefectures of the Qing dynasty 9th-century establishments in China 1912 disestablishments in China {{PRChina-geo-stub