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Mingde Reservoir
Mingde may refer to: * Mingde (明德; 934–938), an era name used by the Later Shu emperor Meng Zhixiang * Mingde (name) * Mingde Dam, in Miaoli County, Taiwan * Mingde High School, in Changsha, Hunan, China * Mingde metro station, in Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan * Ming Tak Bank Ming Tak Bank () was a bank in Hong Kong. The bank was owned and managed by Poon Kai-kwong who was also involved in construction and property businesses. And Poon was very active in investing in the property boom in the early 1960s in Hong Kong. ..., a bank in Hong Kong See also * Empress Mingde (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meng Zhixiang
Meng Zhixiang (; 10 May 874–7 September 934, courtesy name Baoyin, ;''New History of the Five Dynasties'', vol. 64. formally Emperor Gaozu of (Later) Shu ) was a general of the Later Tang who went on to found the independent state of Later Shu during the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. Meng Zhixiang was an in-law of the Later Tang ruling family, who went by the family name Li. Meng married the eldest sister or perhaps a cousin of the founding emperor, Zhuangzong.Though historical sources such as ''New History of Five Dynasties'', ''Zizhi Tongjian'' and ''The Autumn and Spring of the Ten Kingdoms'' referred to Meng Zhixiang's wife as daughter of Li Keyong's younger brother Li Kerang, her epitaph referred to her as the eldest daughter of Li Keyong and born by Empress Dowager Cao. Meng served the Later Tang as the military governor (''Jiedushi'') of Xichuan Circuit (西川, headquartered in modern Chengdu, Sichuan), after the conquest of Former Shu. After Emper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mingde (name)
Mingde is the Mandarin Pinyin spelling of a Chinese given name. People with this name include: * Chen Mingde (born 1940), a Chinese politician * Li Mingde (李明德) **Li Mingde (born 1996), a Chinese actor **Li Mingde, Taiwan Amis campus folk singer * Shi Mingde (born 1954), a Chinese diplomat *Shih Ming-te (施明德; Shi Mingde), a statesman and human rights defender in Taiwan (born 1941) *Mantak Chia (謝明德; Xie Mingde) is a Taoist Master (born 1944) *Benoît Vermander Benoît Vermander (born 1960), also known as Wei Mingde () and Bendu (), is a French Jesuit, sinologist, political scientist, and painter. He is currently professor of religious sciences at Fudan University, Shanghai, as well as academic director ... (born 1960), also known as Wei Mingde (魏明德), a French Jesuit, sinologist, political scientist and painter {{given name Given names Chinese given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mingde Dam
Mingde Dam () is a rockfill dam across the Laotianliao River in central Touwu Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan. The Mingde Reservoir ( ''Míngdé Shuǐkù'') behind the dam serves mainly for irrigation and municipal water supply for Miaoli City. The dam consists of a main embankment high and long, holding back a reservoir with a capacity of 17.1 million cubic metres (14,350 acre feet). The dam and reservoir control runoff from a catchment area of . A spillway located to the north of the main dam consists of a six-bay gated overflow section, with a release capacity of . History The dam was built in 1966–1970. See also *List of dams and reservoirs in Taiwan This is a partial listing of dams and reservoirs in Taiwan (Republic of China). List of dams and reservoirs See also * List of power stations in Taiwan References * Reservoirs, dams and weirs of Taiwan(Taiwan Water Resources Agency ... References 1970 establishments in Taiwan Dams completed in 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mingde High School
Mingde High School () is a public coeducational high school in Tianxin District of Changsha, Hunan, China. Etymology The name was formulated based on a sentence from ''Great Learning'', one of the "Four Books" in Confucianism. History Mingde High School traces its history back to the former "Mingde School" (), founded by educater Hu Yuantan () in 1903, during late Qing dynasty. In 1932, Chiang Kai-shek inspected the school and took pictures with teachers and students, inscribing four Chinese characters "". In February 1938, due to the Second Sino-Japanese War, the school moved to Zeng's Ancestral Temple in Mount Xia () at the junction of Hengshan, Xiangxiang and Xiangtan. In 1941, the school was renamed "Hunan Provincial Mingde Middle School" (). In November 1944, when the Japanese invaded Hunan, Hu Shaokui (), then dean of education at Mingde Middle School, led the teachers and students to move to Lantian County. On March 16, 1946, the school moved back to Taianli Campus () ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mingde Metro Station
The Taipei Metro Mingde station (formerly transliterated as Mingte Station until 2003, traditional Chinese: 捷運明德站) is located in the Beitou District (北投區) of Taipei, Taiwan. The station is on the Tamsui Line, otherwise known as "the red line" by locals. It is also a minor bus transfer point for connections to Tianmu (天母) and Yangmingshan National Park (陽明山). Station overview The two-level, elevated station structure with one island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ... and one exit, situated between Donghua Street (東華街) and Xi'an Street (西安街) at the midsection of Mingde Road (明德路). Originally, it was planned to be called "Tianmu Station," but was changed before the station opened on 28 March 1997. Station layout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ming Tak Bank
Ming Tak Bank () was a bank in Hong Kong. The bank was owned and managed by Poon Kai-kwong who was also involved in construction and property businesses. And Poon was very active in investing in the property boom in the early 1960s in Hong Kong. In January 1965, the bank was taken over by the British Hong Kong Government but it later went bankrupt as a result of heavy losses from its property investment. This led to a series of bank runs in other small and medium-sized banks, and eventually a stock market crash A stock market crash is a sudden dramatic decline of stock In finance, stock (also capital stock) consists of all the shares by which ownership of a corporation or company is divided.Longman Business English Dictionary: "stock - ''especia .... References {{reflist Defunct banks of Hong Kong Banks disestablished in 1965 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
