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List Of Major National Historical And Cultural Sites In Ningxia
This list is of Major Site Protected for Its Historical and Cultural Value at the National Level, Major Sites Protected for their Historical and Cultural Value at the National Level in the Autonomous regions of the People's Republic of China, autonomous region of Ningxia, People's Republic of China. See also * Principles for the Conservation of Heritage Sites in China References {{National Heritage Sites in China, state=expanded Major National Historical and Cultural Sites in Ningxia, Lists of Major Historical and Cultural Sites Protected at the National Level, Ningxia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Major Site Protected For Its Historical And Cultural Value At The National Level
A Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National LevelEnglish translation for "全国重点文物保护单位" varies, it includes Major Site (to Be) Protected for Its Historical and Cultural Value at the National Level, Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level (both are official translations in thLaw and thRegulation), Cultural Heritage Sites under State-level Protection (by ''Atlas of Chinese Cultural Relics'' series), Key Cultural Relic Unit under State Protection (semi-literal translation), etc. (), often abbreviated as ''guobao'' (, "nationally protected"), is one of 5,058 monuments listed as of significant historical, artistic or scientific value by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, which is the cultural relics administrative department of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, State Council of China. This is the highest level of cultural heritage register in China at the national level, although there are m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Xia
The Western Xia or the Xi Xia (), officially the Great Xia (), also known as the Tangut Empire, and known as ''Mi-nyak''Stein (1972), pp. 70–71. to the Tanguts and Tibetans, was a Tangut-led Buddhist imperial dynasty of China that existed from 1038 to 1227. At its peak, the dynasty ruled over the modern-day northwestern Chinese provinces of Ningxia, Gansu, eastern Qinghai, northern Shaanxi, northeastern Xinjiang, and southwest Inner Mongolia, and southernmost Outer Mongolia, measuring about . Its capital was Xingqing (modern Yinchuan), until its destruction by the Mongols in 1227. Most of its written records and architecture were destroyed, so the founders and history of the empire remained obscure until 20th-century research in China and the West. The Western Xia occupied the area around the Hexi Corridor, a stretch of the Silk Road, the most important trade route between northern China and Central Asia. They made significant achievements in literature, art, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaicheng Site , North Hwanghae, North Korea, whose Hanja name, when transliterated into Mandarin, is Kaicheng
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Kaicheng may refer to: * Kaicheng (836–841), reign period of Emperor Wenzong of Tang * Kaicheng, Anhui, in Sihou County, Anhui, China * Kaicheng, Ningxia, in Yuanzhou District, Guyuan, Ningxia, China See also * Kaesong Kaesong (, ) is a special city in the southern part of North Korea (formerly in North Hwanghae Province), and the capital of Korea during the Taebong kingdom and subsequent Goryeo dynasty. The city is near the Kaesong Industrial Region close t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helan Mountains
The Helan Mountains, frequently called Alashan Mountains in older sources, are an isolated desert mountain range forming the border of Inner Mongolia's Alxa League and Ningxia. They run north-south parallel to the north-flowing Yellow River in the Ordos Loop section. The river is mostly east of the mountains, but in the north it crosses without making a significant gorge and flows on the west side. To the west lies the extremely arid Tengger Desert, while to the east is an irrigated area beside the Yellow River, in which lie the cities of Yinchuan and Shizuishan - a little further east of which lies the Mu Us portion of the Ordos Desert. To the north lies the Inner Mongolian city of Wuhai. They are about 200 km from north to south, from 15 to 50 km wide and average about 2000 meters in altitude (the Yellow River here is about 1,100 meters above sea level). Their highest peak is . Emerging wine industry With the increasing popularity of Ningxia wines, the Chinese aut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock Art Of The Helan Mountains
Rock most often refers to: * Rock (geology), a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals or mineraloids * Rock music, a genre of popular music Rock or Rocks may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * Rock, Caerphilly, a location in Wales * Rock, Cornwall, a village in England * Rock, County Tyrone, a village in Northern Ireland * Rock, Devon, a location in England * Rock, Neath Port Talbot, a location in Wales * Rock, Northumberland, a village in England * Rock, Somerset, a location in Wales * Rock, West Sussex, a hamlet in Washington, England * Rock, Worcestershire, a village and civil parish in England United States * Rock, Kansas, an unincorporated community * Rock, Michigan, an unincorporated community * Rock, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Rock, Rock County, Wisconsin, a town in southern Wisconsin * Rock, Wood County, Wisconsin, a town in central Wisconsin Elsewhere * Corregidor, an island in the Philippines also known as "The Rock" * Jamaica, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Xia Mausoleums
The Western Xia mausoleums occupy an area of some at the foot of the Helan Mountains in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of northwestern China, and include nine imperial mausoleums and 250 tombs of imperial relatives and officials of China's Western Xia dynasty. This burial complex lies some westward from capital city of the Western Xia, the Xingqing fu or Xingqing, what is modern-day Yinchuan, capital of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Some have so far been excavated, and efforts are underway to secure and preserve the remains of this poorly understood era. History The Western Xia dynasty, existed between 1038 and 1227, when it was conquered by the Mongols under Genghis Khan. The empire was founded by the Tangut ethnic group, about which little is currently known. Of current excavations, only the No.3 mausoleum has been adequately excavated and researched. This mausoleum is attributed to Western Xia's first emperor Jingzong, born Li Yuanhao, (1003-1048), has been dete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lingwu
Lingwu (, Xiao'erjing: لِئٍوُ شِ) is a county-level city of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Southwest China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Yinchuan. It is the most important industrial city of Ningxia. Lingwu spans an area of , and according to the 2010 Chinese census, Lingwu has a population of 261,677. Toponymy Lingwu was historically known as Lingzhou (, Xiao'erjing: لِئٍجِوْ). History During the Warring States period, the area was absorbed into the Qin dynasty under Beidi Commandery. The area was first incorporated into the Han dynasty in 191 BCE by Emperor Hui. In 437 CE, under the Northern Wei, the area was incorporated as . In 526 CE, Bogulu Town was renamed as Lingzhou. In 756 CE, during the Tang dynasty, Emperor Suzong fled to Lingzhou during the Anshi Rebellion, where he ascended the throne with the aid of loyal bureaucrats and military supporters, only notifying his father Xuanzong after the fact. Lingzhou be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Paleolithic Sites In China
This is a list of Paleolithic sites in China. They are sorted in chronological order from the earliest founding to the latest: List See also *History of China *List of Bronze Age sites in China *List of Neolithic cultures of China *List of inventions and discoveries of Neolithic China *Prehistoric Asia References {{DEFAULTSORT:Paleolithic sites in China Archaeology-related lists Paleolithic sites in China, Archaeological sites in China, Stone age sites, China Lists of tourist attractions in China ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shuidonggou Site
Shuidonggou is an archaeological site and tourist attraction in Ordos, Yinchuan, Ningxia. It is the earliest paleolithic site in China, dating from over 30,000 years ago, and one of the AAAAA Tourist Attractions of China, a list of the most important and best-maintained tourist attractions in the People's Republic of China. History Human occupation of the site took place in the Late Pleistocene to Middle Holocene. Over 50,000 individual items have been collected from the site. A section of the Great Wall of China lies within the site. Discovery Émile Licent, a paleontologist from France, was the first to discover the site in 1920, finding a Rhinoceros A rhinoceros (; ; ), commonly abbreviated to rhino, is a member of any of the five extant species (or numerous extinct species) of odd-toed ungulates in the family Rhinocerotidae. (It can also refer to a member of any of the extinct species o ... fossil and stone tools. His discovery was followed up by a formal excavati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qingtongxia
Qingtongxia (, Xiao'erjing: ٿٍْطْوثِيَا شِ) is a city in north-central Ningxia, China. Administratively, Qingtongxia is a county-level city within the prefecture-level city of Wuzhong. It is located on the left (northwestern) bank of the Yellow River, opposite and a bit upstream of Wuzhong main urban area, and borders Inner Mongolia to the west. Qingtongxia had 264,717 residents in 2010. Many residents of Qingtongxia are Hui Muslim. Places of interest On the bank of the Yellow River outside the city of Qingtongxia is the site of 108 Buddhist stupas which were constructed during the Western Xia period. Economy Qingtongxia Dam on the Yellow River () is located in Qingtongxia. A major irrigation canal branches off the river near the dam and runs north. Administrative divisions Qingtongxia City has 1 subdistrict 7 towns and 2 farms. ;1 subdistrict * Yumin (, ) ;7 towns * Xiaoba (, ) * Chenyuantan (, ) * Xiakou (, ) * Qujing Qujing () is a prefecture-level ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
