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Chishui Township
Chishui may refer to: Rivers and city *Chishui River (赤水河), a major tributary of the Yangtze **Chishui City (赤水市), Guizhou *Chishui River (Shaanxi), a tributary of the Wei River in Shaanxi *Jishui River (急水溪), also romanised Chishui, in Tainan, Taiwan Towns (赤水镇) *Chishui, Dehua County, Fujian *Chishui, Zhangping, Fujian *Chishui, Guangdong, in Kaiping *Chishui, Jiangxi, in Guangchang County *Chishui, Shaanxi, in Hua County, Shaanxi, Hua County *Chishui, Sichuan, in Xuyong County {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chishui River
Chishui River (; historically, Huainanzi"Lecture on Terrains"quote: "何謂六水？曰河水、赤水、遼水、黑水、江水、淮水。") is a major tributary of the upper Yangtze. Its name literally means "red water river"/"red river" because it shows reddish color in lower stream due to a large sediment concentration. With the source in Yunnan Province, it forms part of the boundary between the provinces of Guizhou and Sichuan and flows into Yangtze River in Sichuan. It is sometimes called the River of Wines since there are several types of famous Chinese wines, including Lang Wine, Xi Wine and Maotai, originated along the river. It is also known as the field of a major battle commanded by Mao Zedong in 1935 during the Long March The Long March (, lit. ''Long Expedition'') was a military retreat undertaken by the Red Army of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the forerunner of the People's Liberation Army, to evade the pursuit of the National Army of the Chin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chishui City
Chishui () is a county-level city of Guizhou Province, China, bordering Sichuan to the north and west. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Zunyi. The city has a total area of 1,801 km2, and in 2007, it had a population of 300,00 Chishui is famous for its bamboo forestry, the city has around of bamboo forest coverage. The bamboo is used for paper production and bamboo weaving among others. In 1935 the Battle of Chishui River The Battle of Chishui River (), more widely known as The Four Crossings of Chishui River or Crossing the Chishui River Four Times () in Mainland China, was a major battle between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the Nationalist Party (KMT) ... took place in the city. Climate References External links Chishui City Government website Cities in Guizhou Zunyi {{Guizhou-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chishui River (Shaanxi)
The Chishui River (; literally "Red Water River") is a river in China. It is a tributary of the Wei River. It is near the town of Chishui (), in Hua County, under the jurisdiction of Weinan, in the northwestern province of Shaanxi. On December 30, 2009, the Lanzhou–Zhengzhou–Changsha product oil pipeline that connects Lanzhou, Gansu with Zhengzhou, Henan burst, spilling of diesel oil into the Chishui River. For details, see the article Yellow River oil spill The Yellow River oil spill was an oil spill in the Yellow River in Shaanxi, China which took place due to the rupturing of a segment of Lanzhou-Zhengzhou oil pipeline on December 30, 2009. Approximately of diesel oil flowed down the Wei River .... References Rivers of Shaanxi {{China-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jishui River
The Jishui River () is a river in Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort .... It flows through Tainan City for 65 km. See also * List of rivers in Taiwan References Rivers of Taiwan Landforms of Tainan {{Taiwan-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chishui, Dehua County
Chishui () is a mountainous town and one of eleven fourth-order administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of northwest Dehua County, Quanzhou, Fujian, China, located 33 kilometres from the county seat and home to a species of '' Apanteles'' ''( Apanteles opacus''). Chishui has Jiuxian Mountain in its administrative town boundaries. Daiyun Mountain (also known as Yingxue Mountain) is another mountain in Daiyun, a village administered under Chishui. Daiyun Mountain is 1856 metres tall, takes up 35 km2, and is heavily vegetated, protected and trailed. It is known as 'the ridge of Mid-Fujian' and overlooks Alishan mountain ranges in Taiwan. Huangshan pine trees are scattered over the mountain. Chishui also has a ceramics museum and a location on the Taoxian River. The town has a humid-subtropical climate (Cfb) on the Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaiping
Kaiping (), alternately romanized in Cantonese as Hoiping, is a county-level city in Guangdong Province, China. It is located ín the western section of the Pearl River Delta and administered as part of the prefecture-level city of Jiangmen. The surrounding area, especially Sze Yup (), is the ancestral homeland of many overseas Chinese, particularly in the United States. Kaiping has a population of 688,242 as of 2017 and an area of . The locals speak a variant of the Toishan (Hoisan) dialect. History During the Northern Song dynasty (960–1127), Kaiping was under the administration of Xin'an county () Under the Qing (1649), made up part of the commandery of Shiuhing (Zhaoqing). It was promoted to county-level city status in 1993. Administration Administratively, Kaiping is administered as part of the prefecture-level city of Jiangmen. Geography Kaiping's city centre is located on the Tanjiang River, away from Guangzhou, on the edge of the county Kaiping west of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guangchang County
Guangchang County () lies in the municipal region of Fuzhou (抚州), Jiangxi. It is the southernmost and most remote of Fuzhou's ten counties, being bordered by counties in Ganzhou to the south and west and, to the east and over the watershed and provincial border, by Jianning and Ninghua Counties, Sanming, Fujian. It is the source of the second largest river in Jiangxi: Fuhe (抚河). This county built in the Southern Song Dynasty Shaoxing eight years (1138, Shaoxing is an era name of Gaozong Gaozong () is the temple name of several Chinese monarchs. It can refer to: * Emperor Yuan of Han (reign: 49 BC–33 BC) * Emperor Gaozong of Tang (reign: 649–683) * Emperor Gaozong of Song (reign: 1127–1162) * Qianlong Emperor of the Qing dyna ...), because the rich white lotus, known as "the hometown of Chinese White Lotus." County has width of from west to east, long from north to south. The total area is , with a population of 240,000 in 2003. Administration In the present, G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hua County, Shaanxi
Huazhou District (), formerly Hua County or Huaxian (), is a district of Weinan, Shaanxi province, China. It was upgraded from a county to a district in 2015. The district spans an area of , and has a population of about 324,300 as of 2012. History During the Western Zhou period, the area belonged to the State of Zheng. During the Spring and Autumn period, the State of Qin established in the area of present-day Huazhou. Zheng County was put under the jurisdiction of Hua Prefecture. Early in the Yuan dynasty, Zheng County was merged into Hua Prefecture. The epicenter of the 1556 Shaanxi earthquake was in Huazhou District. In 1913, Hua Prefecture was re-organized as Hua County. On May 23, 1949, the area was taken by forces of the People's Liberation Army. In 1958, Hua County was placed under the jurisdiction of Weinan County, which soon became Weinan Prefecture in 1961, and was upgraded to a prefecture-level city in 1994. In October 2015, Hua County was upgraded to H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |