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Jinggu Dai And Yi Autonomous County
Jinggu Dai and Yi Autonomous County () is an autonomous county under the jurisdiction of Pu'er City, Yunnan Province, China. Administrative divisions In the present, Jinggu Dai and Yi Autonomous County has 6 towns and 4 townships. ;6 towns ;4 townships Ethnic groups The ''Jinggu County Gazetteer'' (1993:682) lists the following ethnic groups and their locations. *Hani (pop. 2,440) **Fengshan Township 凤山乡: Wenzhe 文折村 and Wenshao 文绍村 villages (total pop. 1,562) **Bi'an Township 碧安乡 *Hui (pop. 1,711) **Weiyuan 威远, Yongping 永平, Bi'an 碧安 townships *Bulang (pop. 1,532) **Manghai Village 芒海村, Mengban Township 勐班乡 **Guangmin Village 光明村, Bi'an Township 碧安乡 **Zhongshan 钟山, Lemin 民乐, Bianjiang 边江, Banpo 半坡 townships *Bai (pop. 1,153) **Bi'an 碧安, Zhengxing 正兴, Bianjiang 边江 townships Yi subgroups in Jinggu are: *Lalu 腊鲁 (Xiangtang 香堂) *Lami 腊米 (Mili 米俐) *Gaisu 改苏 (Luoluo 倮倮) *La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and borders fourteen countries by land, the most of any country in the world, tied with Russia. Covering an area of approximately , it is the world's third largest country by total land area. The country consists of 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four municipalities, and two Special Administrative Regions (Hong Kong and Macau). The national capital is Beijing, and the most populous city and financial center is Shanghai. Modern Chinese trace their origins to a cradle of civilization in the fertile basin of the Yellow River in the North China Plain. The semi-legendary Xia dynasty in the 21st century BCE and the well-attested Shang and Zhou dynasties developed a bureaucratic political system to serve hereditary monarchies, or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minyue
Minyue () was an ancient kingdom in what is now the Fujian province in southern China. It was a contemporary of the Han dynasty, and was later annexed by the Han empire as the dynasty expanded southward. The kingdom existed approximately from 334 BC to 110 BC. History Both Minyue and Dong'ou were founded by the royal Zou family who fled Yue after being defeated by Chu and Qi in 334 BC. When the Qin dynasty fell in 206 BC, the Hegemon-King Xiang Yu did not make Zou Wuzhu and Zou Yao kings. For that reason they refused to support him and instead joined Liu Bang in attacking Xiang Yu. When Liu Bang won the war in 202 BC, he made Zou Wuzhu king of Minyue and in 192 BC, he made Zou Yao king of Dong'ou (Eastern Ou). In 154 BC, Liu Pi King of Wu, revolted against the Han and tried to persuade Minyue and Dong'ou to join him. The king of Minyue refused but Dong'ou sided with the rebels. However when Liu Pi was defeated and fled to Dong'ou, they killed him to appease the Han, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dai Autonomous Counties
Dai may refer to: Names * Dai (given name), a Welsh or Japanese masculine given name * Dai (surname) (戴), a Chinese surname Places and regimes * Dai Commandery, a commandery of the state of Zhao and in early imperial China * Dai County, in Xinzhou, Shanxi, China * Dai (Eighteen Kingdoms), a short-lived state during the Eighteen Kingdoms period in Chinese history * Dai (Han dynasty), a realm and title during the Han dynasty * Dai (Sixteen Kingdoms), a Xianbei-led dynastic state during the Sixteen Kingdoms era of Chinese history * Dai (Spring and Autumn period), a state during the Spring and Autumn period in Chinese history * Dai (Warring States period), a short-lived state during the Warring States period in Chinese history People and language * Da'i al-Mutlaq or Da'i, a type of religious leader in Islam * Da'i, person engageing in Dawah, the act of inviting people to Islam * Dai language (other) * Dai people, an ethnic minority of China * Dai (Yindu), or Daai Chin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunming
Kunming (; ), also known as Yunnan-Fu, is the capital and largest city of Yunnan province, China. It is the political, economic, communications and cultural centre of the province as well as the seat of the provincial government. The headquarters of many of Yunnan's large businesses are in Kunming. It was important during World War II as a Chinese military center, American air base, and transport terminus for the Burma Road. In the middle of the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau, Kunming is at an altitude of above sea level and a latitude just north of the Tropic of Cancer. As of 2020 census, Kunming had a total population of 8,460,088 inhabitants, of whom 5,604,310 lived in its built-up (or metro) area made of all urban districts but Jinning, not conurbated yet. It is at the northern edge of Dian Lake, surrounded by temples and lake-and-limestone hill landscapes. Kunming consists of an old, previously walled city, a modern commercial district, residential zones and university areas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banpo
Banpo is an archaeological site discovered in 1953 by Shi Xingbang, and located in the Yellow River Valley just east of Xi'an, China. It contains the remains of several well organized Neolithic settlements, like Jiangzhai, carbon dated to 6700–5600 years ago. The area of is surrounded by a ditch, probably a defensive moat, wide. The houses were circular, built of mud and wood with overhanging thatched roofs. They sat on low foundations. There appear to be communal burial areas. Banpo is the type site associated with Yangshao Culture. Archaeological sites with similarities to the first phase at Banpo are considered to be part of the “Banpo phase” (5th millennium BC) of the Yangshao culture. Banpo was excavated from 1954 to 1957. The settlement was surrounded by a moat, with the graves and pottery kilns located outside the moat perimeter. Many of the houses were semisubterranean with the floor typically below the ground surface. The houses were supported by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jinggu Town
Jinggu () is a town in Jinggu Dai and Yi Autonomous County, Yunnan, China. As of the 2004 census it had a population of 16,991 and an area of . It is known as "Home of Tea" (). Administrative division As of 2016, the town is divided into nine villages: * Jinggu () * Yunpan () * Wenxing () * Wendong () * Tuanshan () * Wenlian () * Wenzhao () * Wenshan () * Xiangshui () History It was incorporated as a township in 1988. In June 2013 it was upgraded to a town. In August 2013, it was listed among the second batch of "List of Chinese Traditional Villages" by the State Council of China. Geography The town is situated at northern Jinggu Dai and Yi Autonomous County. The town is bordered to the north by Zhenyuan Yi, Hani and Lahu Autonomous County, to the east by Fengshan Town, to the south by Weiyuan Town, and to the west by Minle Town. The Jinggu River () flows through the town south to north. The Jinggu Reservoir () is a vast reservoir in the town, which provides drinking wate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
