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Luyi
Luyi County () is a county of eastern Henan, People's Republic of China, bordering Anhui province to the east. It is under the administration of Zhoukou City. The county is known for its make-up brushes production, with over 150 million brushes produced annually. This industry started concentrating in Luyi in the 2010s, the county already had a wool processing industry before. According to Sima Qian's ''Records of the Grand Historian'', the village of Quren (, ''Qūrén lǐ'') in Li township (, ''Lì xiāng'') in Chu's Ku County (, ''Kǔ xiàn'') was the birthplace of the legendary philosopher Laozi. This lies within what is now Luyi. During the Song dynasty the Taiqing Palace was built in Luyi, an important Taoist shrine. Although it only exists as ruins nowadays, it remains an important religious and archeological site. According to some historians, the Battle of Gaixia The Battle of Gaixia was a last stand fought in December 203 BC during the Chu–Han Contention bet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhoukou
Zhoukou (; Postal romanization, postal: Chowkow) is a prefecture-level city in eastern Henan province of China, province, China. It borders Zhumadian to the southwest, Xuchang and Luohe to the west, Kaifeng to the northwest, Shangqiu to the northeast, and the province of Anhui on all other sides. As of the 2020 census, its population was 9,026,015 inhabitants. However, as of the 2018 estimation, 1,601,300 lived in the built-up (''or metro'') made up of Chuanhui District , Chuanhui district and the northern part of Shangshui county. Administration The prefecture-level city of Zhoukou administers 2 district of China, districts, 1 county-level city and 7 County (People's Republic of China), counties. *Chuanhui District () *Huaiyang District () *Xiangcheng City () *Shenqiu County () *Dancheng County () *Luyi County () *Taikang County () *Fugou County () *Xihua County () *Shangshui County () Climate History For thousands of years, Chen (now at Huaiyang County, Huaiyang) had been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laozi
Laozi (), also known by numerous other names, was a semilegendary ancient Chinese Taoist philosopher. Laozi ( zh, ) is a Chinese honorific, generally translated as "the Old Master". Traditional accounts say he was born as in the state of Chu in the 6th centuryBC during China's Spring and Autumn Period, served as the royal archivist for the Zhou court at Wangcheng (modern Luoyang), met and impressed Confucius on one occasion, and composed the ''Tao Te Ching'' before retiring into the western wilderness. Chinese folk religion considers he then became an immortal hermit or a god of the celestial bureaucracy under the name Laojun, one of the Three Pure Ones. A central figure in Chinese culture, Laozi is generally considered the founder of philosophical and religious Taoism. He was claimed and revered as the ancestor of the 7th10th century Tang dynasty and similarly honored by modern Chinese with the surname Li. His work had a profound influence on subsequent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Gaixia
The Battle of Gaixia was a last stand fought in December 203 BC during the Chu–Han Contention between the forces of Liu Bang (later Emperor Gaozu of Han) and Xiang Yu. The battle concluded with victory for Liu Bang, who proclaimed himself Emperor of China and founded the Han Dynasty. This is the last major battle of the Chu-Han Contention, ending with the suicide of Xiang Yu and the undisputed rule of Liu Bang. Background In November 204 BC the Han General-in-Chief Han Xin defeated the Chu-Qi coalition in the Battle of Wei River, and in early 203 he completed the Han conquest of the State of Qi, an ally of Western Chu. For these reasons, the situation of Xiang Yu, the Hegemon-King of Western Chu, had become increasingly precarious. Since 205 he and Liu Bang, the King of Han, had worn each other down in a war of attrition in the Central Plain, and Xiang had effectively run out of options to wrest control of northern China from Han Xin. Therefore, Xiang Yu sent an envoy to Han ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Postal Code Of China
Postal codes in the China, People's Republic of China () are postal codes used by China Post for the delivery of letters and goods within mainland China. China Post uses a six-digit all-numerical system with four tiers: the first tier, composed of the first two digits, show the provinces of China, province, province-equivalent direct-controlled municipalities of China, municipality, or autonomous regions of China, autonomous region; the second tier, composed of the third digit, shows the postal zone within the province, municipality or autonomous region; the fourth digit serves as the third tier, which shows the postal office within prefectures of the People's Republic of China, prefectures or prefecture-level city, prefecture-level cities; the last two digits are the fourth tier, which indicates the specific mailing area for delivery. The range 000000–009999 was originally marked for Taiwan (The Republic of China) but is not used because it not under the control of the People' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chengjiao Township, Luyi County
Chengjiao may refer to: *Zhao Chengjiao ( 3rd century BC), prince of Qin during the Warring States period who later defected to Zhao Subdistricts * Chengjiao Subdistrict, Guangzhou, in Conghua District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China *Chengjiao Subdistrict, Ningxiang County, in Ningxiang County, Hunan, China * Chengjiao Subdistrict, Ulan Hot, in Ulan Hot, Inner Mongolia, China * Chengjiao Subdistrict, Yushu, in Yushu, Jilin, China *Chengjiao Subdistrict, Guangshui, in Guangshui, Suizhou, Hubei, China Towns * Chengjiao, Shaowu, in Shaowu, Fujian, China * Chengjiao, Linxia, in Linxia, Gansu, China * Chengjiao, Shenyang, in Liaozhong District, Shenyang, Liaoning, China Townships * Chengjiao Township, Longyan, in Yongding District, Longyan, Fujian, China *Chengjiao Township, Ninghua County, in Ninghua County, Fujian, China *Chengjiao Township, Zherong County, in Zherong County, Fujian, China * Chengjiao Township, Gansu, in Wudu County, Longnan, Gansu, China *Chengjiao Township, Heilongji ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mapu Town
The Popular Unitary Action Movement or MAPU ( es, Movimiento de Acción Popular Unitario) was a small leftist political party in Chile. It was part of the Popular Unity coalition during the government of Salvador Allende. MAPU was repressed during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. In this period, some of its most radical members formed the Movimiento Juvenil Lautaro, whose leaders were political prisoners during the dictatorship and with the return to democracy. Another faction of the former members of the party joined the social democratic Party for Democracy in 1987. History MAPU was first formed as a splinter group of the Christian Democratic Party of Chile on May 19, 1969. At the time, Christian Democrats were in the government and many party members, especially among the youth, became critical of the party's policies that they regarded as pro-American and pro-imperialist. It joined the Unidad Popular coalition of Salvador Allende and participated in his government. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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