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Anxi County
() is a County (People's Republic of China), county of the prefecture-level city of Quanzhou, in southern Fujian province, People's Republic of China. It lies adjacent to and directly north of Xiamen. Anxi is well known for a number of varieties of Oolong tea, the best-known of which is Tieguanyin (铁观音, "Iron Boddhisatva of Mercy"). Anxi Tieguanyin () is classified as one of the Top 10 Chinese Tea. Attractions Qingshuiyan () is a mountain hosting a very large Buddhist temple. China Tea Capital () is a large center dedicated to showcasing Anxi County's famous tieguanyin tea. Administration The county executive, legislature and Basic People's Court, judiciary are in Fengcheng Town (), together with the Communist Party of China, CPC and Public Security Bureau, PSB branches. Towns There are 13 Towns in China, towns () in Anxi County: * Penglai, Anxi County, Penglai () * Hutou, Anxi County, Hutou () * Fengcheng, Anxi County, Fengcheng () – the county seat * Guanqiao, Anxi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Counties Of The People's Republic Of China
Counties ( zh, t=縣, s=县, hp=Xiàn), formally county-level divisions, are found in the Administrative divisions of China#County level, third level of the administrative hierarchy in Provinces of China, Provinces and Autonomous regions of China, Autonomous regions and the second level in Direct-controlled municipality#People's Republic of China, municipalities and Hainan, a level that is known as "county level" and also contains autonomous county, autonomous counties, county-level city, county-level cities, Banners of Inner Mongolia, banners, Banners of Inner Mongolia#Autonomous banner, autonomous banners and District (China)#City districts, City districts. There are 1,355 counties in Mainland China out of a total of 2,851 county-level divisions. The term ''xian'' is sometimes translated as "district" or "prefecture" when put in the context of History of China, Chinese history. History ''Xian'' have existed since the Warring States period and were set up nationwide by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Towns In China
When referring to political divisions of China, town is the standard English translation of the Chinese (traditional: ; ). The Constitution of the People's Republic of China classifies towns as third-level administrative units, along with for example townships (). A township is typically smaller in population and more remote than a town. Similarly to a higher-level administrative units, the borders of a town would typically include an urban core (a small town with the population on the order of 10,000 people), as well as rural area with some villages (, or ). Map representation A typical provincial map would merely show a town as a circle centered at its urban area and labeled with its name, while a more detailed one (e.g., a map of a single county-level division) would also show the borders dividing the county or county-level city into towns () and/or township () and subdistrict (街道) units. The town in which the county level government, and usually the division's main ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jingu (town)
Jingu may refer to: People *Empress Jingū (c. AD 169–269) *Toshio Jingu (born 1948), a Japanese fencer Other uses *Jingu Stadium, Tokyo, Japan *Jingū, a name for Shinto shrines connected to the Imperial House of Japan *Busanjin District, South Korea, abbreviated locally as "Jin-gu" *Ise Grand Shrine, known simply as ''Jingū'' (''The Shrine'') *''Jingū taima'', an ''ofuda In Shinto and Buddhism in Japan, an is a talisman made out of various materials such as paper, wood, cloth or metal. are commonly found in both Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples and are considered to be imbued with the power of the deities ...'' issued by the Ise Grand Shrine {{disambiguation, surname Japanese-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |