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Guan (other)
Guan may refer to: * Guan (surname), several similar Chinese surnames ** Guān, Chinese surname * Guan (state), ancient Chinese city-state * Guan (bird), any of a number of bird species of the family Cracidae, of South and Central America * Guan (instrument), a Chinese wind instrument * Guan (headwear), a Chinese hat * Guang people, or Guan people, a people of modern Ghana * Mandarin (bureaucrat), bureaucrat scholar in the government of imperial China * String of cash coins (currency unit), an old currency unit used for Chinese cash coins * Guan ware, one of the Five Great Kilns of Song dynasty China ; Locations in China * Gu'an County (固安县), Hebei **Gu'an Town (固安镇), seat of Gu'an County * Guan County, Shandong (冠县) * Dujiangyan City (灌县), formerly Guan County, Sichuan See also * Kwon * Kuan (other) * Kwan (other) * Quan (other) * Quon (other) Quon could refer to * Guan, a Chinese family name rendered in Cantonese as ''K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guan (surname)
Guan may refer to any of at least four Chinese family names (all rendered in Cantonese as Kwan, or also in English as Kuan). The four names are as follows: Guān (關) The most famous of all the Guan surnames due to its association with the war deity Guan Yu, the Guan (關) family name came from Dongfu (董父) the descendant of ruler Shuan (叔安) in Chifeng in old Rehe Province. * Guwalgiya (瓜尔佳) family the Jurchen people of Jin dynasty Guān (官) Guan ( 官) is a Chinese family name, Guan, Kuan, Quan, Kwan in common, origin from; * During the Zhou Dynasty, Guan (官) family found from name of Guan Country of Jin (state) (晉) * The Guan People (官) are an old Ancient Chinese Minority, the surname Guan came from the tribe name * In the Chu state, shortened from the compound surname 上官 (Shangguan) * Another Guan (關) family adopted the surname Guan (官) with the same dialect * During the Jin dynasty (金), Mulao (仫佬) people took the surname Gua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Five Great Kilns
The Five Great Kilns (), also known as Five Famous Kilns, is a generic term for ceramic kilns or wares (in Chinese 窯 yáo can mean either) which produced Chinese ceramics during the Song dynasty (960–1279) that were later held in particularly high esteem. The group were only so called by much later writers, and of the five, only two (Ru and Guan) seem to have produced wares directly ordered by the Imperial court, though all can be of very high quality. All were imitated later, often with considerable success. All except Ding ware used celadon glazes, and in Western terms the celadon kilns are stoneware, as opposed to the Ding early porcelain. The celadons placed great emphasis on elegant forms and their ceramic glazes, and were otherwise lightly decorated, with no painting. The five kilns produced respectively: * Ru ware (汝) * Jun ware (钧) * Guan ware (官) * Ding ware (定) * Ge ware (哥) History of the term Although the group and name is generally said in books ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kwan (other)
Kwan may refer to: People * Kwan (surname) (關), a Chinese surname * Kwan Cheatham (born 1995), American basketball player for Ironi Nes Ziona of the Israel Basketball Premier League * nickname of Kwandwane Browne (born 1977), Trinidadian field hockey player * nickname of Suchakree Kwan Poomjang (born 1975), Thai former professional snooker player *Kwan, Canadian music producer, songwriter and engineer Other uses * Kwan, Canadian music producer, songwriter and engineer * Kwan (band), a Finnish hip hop/pop group. * Kwan (martial arts), a Korean term for a school or clan of martial artists. * Mandarin (bureaucrat), bureaucrat scholar in the government of Joseon dynasty. * String of cash coins (currency unit), a superunit of the Korean mun. See also *Guan (other) * Kuang (other) *Kwon *Quan *Quon (other) Quon could refer to * Guan, a Chinese family name rendered in Cantonese as ''Kwan'', or also in English as ''Quan'' or ''Quon'' * Quon Kisaragi, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuan (other)
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Kuan may refer to: ;Ethnic groups *Khuen people, an aboriginal people of Laos * Khün, a Tai ethnic group in southeast Asia ;Other uses *Fan Kuan (990–1020), Chinese landscape painter of the Song dynasty *Lee Kuan Yew (1923–2015), founding father of Singapore, prime minister 1959–1990 * Agam Kuan, an ancient well in India *Dhaula Kuan, major intersection of roads in Delhi, India ;Television *KUAN-LD, a low-power television station (channel 17, virtual 48) licensed to serve Poway, etc., California, United States See also *Guan (other) *Guang (other) Guang may refer to: * Guang (vessel), an ancient Chinese drinking vessel * Guang people, ethnic group of northern Ghana * Guang languages, languages spoken by the Guang people * Guangzhou, city in Guangdong, China * Liangguang, Guangdong and Guang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kwon
Gwon also written as Kwon () is a List of Korean family names, Korean family name. Some sources list as many 56 clans, but most of them were merged with the Andong Gwon clan under the Sijeung-gong faction soon after the establishment of the Goryeo Kingdom. Andong Gwon clan The founder of Andong Gwon clan, Kim Haeng (金幸), was originally a royalty of the Silla Gyeongju Kim clan. He participated in the Battle of Gochang and helped Taejo of Goryeo, Taejo, who established the Kingdom of Goryeo in 918; the new king bestowed upon Kim Haeng a new surname: Gwon (權), as he could judge the situation correctly and achieve a purpose flexibly (能炳幾達權). Yecheon Gwon clan One account has its original surname was Heun (昕). However, in 1197, the name Heun (昕) was chosen as the posthumous name for the Goryeo kingdom's King Myeongjong. To avoid the use of a king's posthumous name, the Heun (昕) family were directed to change their name to Gwon (權). The head of the Heun cla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dujiangyan City
Dujiangyan () is a county-level city of Sichuan Province, Southwest China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Chengdu. Its north-west region forms a border with southern Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture. It has an area of and had a population of 600,000 in 2003. Dujiangyan was formerly a county named Guanxian or Guan County (). The county became a county-level city in 1988 and was renamed after the Dujiangyan Irrigation System, in the city's northwest, famous for providing Chengdu with water for over two millennia, since around 250 BC. History Around 250 BC during the Warring States period, Li Bing, a governor of Shu (present Sichuan Province) in the Qin state with his son directed the construction of Dujiangyan. Li Bing gave up the old ways of dam building, which were simply directed at flood control, employing a new method of channeling and dividing the water of the Min River. He accomplished this by separating the project into two m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guan County, Shandong
Guan County () is a county of western Shandong province, People's Republic of China, bordered by Hebei province to the west. It is administered by Liaocheng City. The population was in 1999. History As an isolated county, with relatively low education levels and a weak orthodox gentry, Guan long served as center for secret societies and heterodox sects. For example Guan was one of the earliest places where Yi-he boxing was practised, namely in 1779. This material arts style later served as base for the prominent Yìhéquán (Boxer) movement. In 1861–63, the county was also the center of a rebellion against the Qing dynasty, led by Song Jing-shi and supported by the White Lotus. In the last decades of the Qing Empire and the early Republic, Guan County was home to the Red as well as Green Gangs, the Yellow Sand Society, and the "Way of the Sages". Administrative divisions As 2012, this County is divided to 3 subdistricts, 7 towns and 8 townships. ;Subdistricts * Qingquan Sub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gu'an Town
Gu'an Town () is the seat of Gu'an County in central Hebei province, located just south of the border with Beijing. , it has 8 residential communities () and 103 villages under its administration. Access to central parts of Beijing is provided by G45 Daqing–Guangzhou Expressway and China National Highway 106. See also *List of township-level divisions of Hebei This is a list of township-level divisions of the province of Hebei, People's Republic of China (PRC). After province, prefecture, and county-level divisions, township-level divisions constitute the formal fourth-level administrative divisions of ... References Township-level divisions of Hebei Gu'an County {{Langfang-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gu'an County
Gu'an County () is a county of Hebei province, China, bordering Beijing to the north. It is under the jurisdiction of Langfang City, with direct access to central Beijing via both G45 Daqing–Guangzhou Expressway and China National Highway 106. Administrative divisions The county administers five towns and four townships. Towns: *Gu'an Town Gu'an Town () is the seat of Gu'an County in central Hebei province, located just south of the border with Beijing. , it has 8 residential communities () and 103 villages under its administration. Access to central parts of Beijing is provided by ... (), Gongcun (), Liuquan (), Niutuo (), Mazhuang () Townships: * Dongwan Township (), Pengcun Township (), Qugou Township (), Lirangdian Township () Climate References External links Langfang County-level divisions of Hebei {{Langfang-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Song Dynasty
The Song dynasty (; ; 960–1279) was an imperial dynasty of China that began in 960 and lasted until 1279. The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song following his usurpation of the throne of the Later Zhou. The Song conquered the rest of the Ten Kingdoms, ending the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. The Song often came into conflict with the contemporaneous Liao, Western Xia and Jin dynasties in northern China. After retreating to southern China, the Song was eventually conquered by the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The dynasty is divided into two periods: Northern Song and Southern Song. During the Northern Song (; 960–1127), the capital was in the northern city of Bianjing (now Kaifeng) and the dynasty controlled most of what is now Eastern China. The Southern Song (; 1127–1279) refers to the period after the Song lost control of its northern half to the Jurchen-led Jin dynasty in the Jin–Song Wars. At that time, the Song court retreated south of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guan Ware
Guan ware or Kuan ware () is one of the Five Famous Kilns of Song dynasty China, making high-status stonewares, whose surface decoration relied heavily on crackled glaze, randomly crazed by a network of crack lines in the glaze. ''Guan'' means "official" in Chinese and Guan ware was, most unusually for Chinese ceramics of the period, the result of an imperial initiative resulting from the loss of access to northern kilns such as those making Ru ware and Jun ware after the invasion of the north and the flight of a Song prince to establish the Southern Song at a new capital at Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. It is usually assumed that potters from the northern imperial kilns followed the court south to man the new kilns. In some Asian sources "Guan ware" may be used in the literally translated sense to cover any "official" wares ordered by the Imperial court. In April 2015, Liu Yiqian paid US$14.7 million for a Guan ware vase from the Southern Song. Dating and kiln sites The ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guān
Guan () is a Chinese surname. Guan is 394th in the Hundred Family Surnames. In Hong Kong, the surname is Hong Kong Government Cantonese Romanisation, romanised as Kwan in Cantonese. In Taiwan, the Wade–Giles spelling Kuan is used. In Macao, the surname is as Kuan due to the Portuguese people, Portuguese influence. In many overseas Chinese communities, both spellings, Kuan and Kwan, as well as Quan, are common. It is also a Vietnamese surname that uses the same character, romanised as Quan. It is also a Japanese surname, Seki ( ja, 関), that uses the same character. The Vietnamese surname, Quan and the Japanese surname, Seki, was derived from the same Chinese character as the Chinese surname (The Japanese Kanji 関 is a Shinjitai of the Chinese character 關). Origin and timeline A number of groups in different geographic areas are believed to have shared the surname in history. *Guan(关 or 關) - meaning is City Gate, or Close the City Gate - originally name for an offi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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