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Changcheng Subdistrict, Shizuishan
__NOTOC__ Changcheng is the pinyin romanization of various Mandarin Chinese names. It may refer to: "Great Wall", fortifications in China * The Great Wall of China (, "The Long Wall") ** Ming Great Wall * Great Wall of Qi in Shandong * Miaojiang Great Wall in western Hunan * Cheolli Jangseong in northeast China * Underground Great Wall of China * Great Firewall Administrative divisions of China * Changcheng District, a district of Jiayuguan, Gansu Towns * Changcheng, Shaanxi (长城), a town in Wuqi County, Shaanxi * Changcheng, Lanling County (长城), a town in Lanling County, Shandong * Changcheng, Zhucheng (昌城), a town in Zhucheng, Shandong Townships * Changcheng Township, Gansu (长城乡), in Wuwei, Gansu * Changcheng Township, Hunan (长城乡), in Xiangtan, Hunan *Changcheng Township, Shanxi (长城乡), in Yanggao County, Shanxi Subdistricts * Changcheng Subdistrict, Dalian (长城街道), in Lüshunkou District, Dalian, Liaoning * Changcheng Subdistrict, Shizui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinyin
Hanyu Pinyin (), often shortened to just pinyin, is the official romanization system for Standard Mandarin Chinese in China, and to some extent, in Singapore and Malaysia. It is often used to teach Mandarin, normally written in Chinese form, to learners already familiar with the Latin alphabet. The system includes four diacritics denoting tones, but pinyin without tone marks is used to spell Chinese names and words in languages written in the Latin script, and is also used in certain computer input methods to enter Chinese characters. The word ' () literally means "Han language" (i.e. Chinese language), while ' () means "spelled sounds". The pinyin system was developed in the 1950s by a group of Chinese linguists including Zhou Youguang and was based on earlier forms of romanizations of Chinese. It was published by the Chinese Government in 1958 and revised several times. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) adopted pinyin as an international standard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhucheng
Zhucheng () is a county-level city in the southeast of Shandong province, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of Weifang city and had at the 2010 census a population of 1,086,222 even though its built-up (''or metro'') area is much smaller. History Zhucheng was originally known as Langya (). It was from here that Emperor Qin Shi Huang sent Xu Fu to sail towards Japan in 210 BC, in pursuit of the elixir of youth. Song dynasty During the Song Dynasty, Zhucheng was known as Dongwu. Major figures who hailed from the area during the Song Dynasty include painter Zhang Zeduan, , and Zhao Mingcheng. Ming dynasty Wan Zhen'er, a famous concubine to Hongzhi Emperor, was born in Zhucheng. Qing dynasty Major Qing dynasty figures from Zhucheng include Liu Tongxun, Liu Yong, and . People's Republic of China A number of Mao-era figures hailed from Zhucheng, including Mao Zedong's last wife and leader of the Gang of Four, Jiang Qing, as well as Kang Sheng. , for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Wall (film)
''The Great Wall'' () is a 2016 monster film directed by Zhang Yimou, with a screenplay by Carlo Bernard, Doug Miro and Tony Gilroy, from a story by Max Brooks, Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz. An American and Chinese co-production starring Matt Damon, Jing Tian, Pedro Pascal, Willem Dafoe, and Andy Lau, the plot centers around a European mercenary warrior (Matt Damon) imprisoned by imperial Chinese forces within the Great Wall of China after arriving in search of gunpowder, eventually joining forces with the Chinese to help combat an alien threat. ''The Great Wall'' is Zhang's first English-language film. Principal photography for the film began on March 30, 2015, in Qingdao, China, and it premiered in Beijing on December 6, 2016. It was released by China Film Group in China on December 16, 2016, the United States on February 17 by Universal Pictures, and in Japan on April 14 by United International Pictures (in Japan through Toho, Toho-Towa). The film received mostly nega ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiangyou
Jiangyou () is a Chinese county-level city located in Mianyang, Sichuan. The city proper is subdivided into four urban districts and has jurisdiction over 21 towns, and 19 rural townships. It is the hometown of Li Bai, a leading Tang Dynasty poet. Jiangyou has an area of and a population of 870,000 in 2004. Administrative divisions Jiangyou has five subdistricts, 30 towns and 10 townships A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca .... Subdistricts *Changgang () *Huaping () *Wudu () *Hanzeng () *Zhongba ()[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Changcheng Subdistrict, Jiangyou
__NOTOC__ Changcheng is the pinyin romanization of various Mandarin Chinese names. It may refer to: "Great Wall", fortifications in China * The Great Wall of China (, "The Long Wall") ** Ming Great Wall * Great Wall of Qi in Shandong * Miaojiang Great Wall in western Hunan * Cheolli Jangseong in northeast China * Underground Great Wall of China * Great Firewall Administrative divisions of China * Changcheng District, a district of Jiayuguan, Gansu Towns * Changcheng, Shaanxi (长城), a town in Wuqi County, Shaanxi * Changcheng, Lanling County (长城), a town in Lanling County, Shandong * Changcheng, Zhucheng (昌城), a town in Zhucheng, Shandong Townships * Changcheng Township, Gansu (长城乡), in Wuwei, Gansu * Changcheng Township, Hunan (长城乡), in Xiangtan, Hunan *Changcheng Township, Shanxi (长城乡), in Yanggao County, Shanxi Subdistricts * Changcheng Subdistrict, Dalian (长城街道), in Lüshunkou District, Dalian, Liaoning * Changcheng Subdistrict, Shizui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dawukou District
Dawukou District (, Xiao'erjing: دَاوُکِو ٿِيُوِ) is a district and the seat of the city of Shizuishan in the northwest of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China, bordering Inner Mongolia to the north and northwest. It has a total area of , and a population of approximately 230,000 people. Characteristics Dawukou District is a well-known industrial region, and it has attracted considerable investment in recent years. The district's main projects vary greatly, and mainly include light polluting or non-polluting industries. The district's postal code is 753000. Administrative divisions Dawukou District has 10 subdistricts. ;10 subdistricts * Renmin Road Subdistrict (, ) * Chaoyang (, ) * Changsheng (, ) * Jinlin (, ) * Changxing () is a county of the prefecture-level city of Huzhou, in the northwest of Zhejiang province, China. Situated on the southwest shore of Lake Tai, it borders the provinces of Jiangsu to the north and Anhui to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Changcheng Subdistrict, Shizuishan
__NOTOC__ Changcheng is the pinyin romanization of various Mandarin Chinese names. It may refer to: "Great Wall", fortifications in China * The Great Wall of China (, "The Long Wall") ** Ming Great Wall * Great Wall of Qi in Shandong * Miaojiang Great Wall in western Hunan * Cheolli Jangseong in northeast China * Underground Great Wall of China * Great Firewall Administrative divisions of China * Changcheng District, a district of Jiayuguan, Gansu Towns * Changcheng, Shaanxi (长城), a town in Wuqi County, Shaanxi * Changcheng, Lanling County (长城), a town in Lanling County, Shandong * Changcheng, Zhucheng (昌城), a town in Zhucheng, Shandong Townships * Changcheng Township, Gansu (长城乡), in Wuwei, Gansu * Changcheng Township, Hunan (长城乡), in Xiangtan, Hunan *Changcheng Township, Shanxi (长城乡), in Yanggao County, Shanxi Subdistricts * Changcheng Subdistrict, Dalian (长城街道), in Lüshunkou District, Dalian, Liaoning * Changcheng Subdistrict, Shizui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lüshunkou District
Lüshunkou District (also Lyushunkou District; ) is a district of Dalian, Liaoning province, China. Also formerly called Lüshun City () or literally Lüshun Port (), it was formerly known as both Port Arthur (russian: Порт-Артур, translit=Port-Artur) and Ryojun ( ja, 旅順). The district's area is and its permanent population is 324,773. Lüshunkou is located at the extreme southern tip of the Liaodong Peninsula. It has an excellent natural harbor, the possession and control of which became a '' casus belli'' of the Russo-Japanese War (1904–05). Japanese and then Russian administration was established in 1895 and continued until 1905 when control was ceded to Japan. During that period, it was world-famous and was more significant than the other port on the peninsula, Dalian proper. Toponym In English-language diplomatic, news, and historical writings, it was known as Port Arthur after a British Royal Navy Lieutenant named William Arthur who surveyed the harbor i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Changcheng Subdistrict, Dalian
__NOTOC__ Changcheng is the pinyin romanization of various Mandarin Chinese names. It may refer to: "Great Wall", fortifications in China * The Great Wall of China (, "The Long Wall") ** Ming Great Wall * Great Wall of Qi in Shandong * Miaojiang Great Wall in western Hunan * Cheolli Jangseong in northeast China * Underground Great Wall of China * Great Firewall Administrative divisions of China * Changcheng District, a district of Jiayuguan, Gansu Towns * Changcheng, Shaanxi (长城), a town in Wuqi County, Shaanxi * Changcheng, Lanling County (长城), a town in Lanling County, Shandong * Changcheng, Zhucheng (昌城), a town in Zhucheng, Shandong Townships * Changcheng Township, Gansu (长城乡), in Wuwei, Gansu * Changcheng Township, Hunan (长城乡), in Xiangtan, Hunan *Changcheng Township, Shanxi (长城乡), in Yanggao County, Shanxi Subdistricts * Changcheng Subdistrict, Dalian (长城街道), in Lüshunkou District, Dalian, Liaoning *Changcheng Subdistrict, Shizuis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yanggao County
Yanggao County is a county in the northeast of Shanxi province, China, bordering Inner Mongolia to the northwest and Hebei province to the east. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Datong. History Yanggao was formerly known as Gaoliu. Under the Qin and Western Han, it was part of Dai Commandery. Under the Eastern Han, it served as the prefectural seat, although lost this status to Daixian (near present-day Yuzhou in Hebei) during the Three Kingdoms Period The Three Kingdoms () from 220 to 280 AD was the tripartite division of China among the dynastic states of Cao Wei, Shu Han, and Eastern Wu. The Three Kingdoms period was preceded by the Eastern Han dynasty and was followed by the West ..... Climate See also * Other Gaolius References Citations Bibliography www.xzqh.org * . County-level divisions of Shanxi Datong {{Shanxi-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Changcheng Township, Shanxi
__NOTOC__ Changcheng is the pinyin romanization of various Mandarin Chinese names. It may refer to: "Great Wall", fortifications in China * The Great Wall of China (, "The Long Wall") ** Ming Great Wall * Great Wall of Qi in Shandong * Miaojiang Great Wall in western Hunan * Cheolli Jangseong in northeast China * Underground Great Wall of China * Great Firewall Administrative divisions of China * Changcheng District, a district of Jiayuguan, Gansu Towns * Changcheng, Shaanxi (长城), a town in Wuqi County, Shaanxi * Changcheng, Lanling County (长城), a town in Lanling County, Shandong * Changcheng, Zhucheng (昌城), a town in Zhucheng, Shandong Townships * Changcheng Township, Gansu (长城乡), in Wuwei, Gansu * Changcheng Township, Hunan (长城乡), in Xiangtan, Hunan * Changcheng Township, Shanxi (长城乡), in Yanggao County, Shanxi Subdistricts * Changcheng Subdistrict, Dalian (长城街道), in Lüshunkou District, Dalian, Liaoning * Changcheng Subdistrict, Shizu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xiangtan
Xiangtan () is a prefecture-level city in east-central Hunan province, south-central China. The hometowns of several founding leaders of the Chinese Communist Party, including Chairman Mao Zedong, President Liu Shaoqi, and Marshal Peng Dehuai, are in Xiangtan's administration, as well as the hometowns of Qing dynasty and republic era painter Qi Baishi, scholar-general Zeng Guofan, and tennis player Peng Shuai. Xiangtan forms a part of the Greater Changsha Metropolitan Region with Changsha as the core city along with Zhuzhou, also known as Changzhutan City Cluster, one of the core cities in Central China. Xiangtan is one of the top 500 cities in the world by scientific research outputs, as tracked by the Nature Index. It is home to Xiangtan University, a new Double First Class university and two provincial key public universities of Hunan Institute of Engineering and Hunan University of Science and Technology. Geography Xiangtan is located on the lower reaches of the Xia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
