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Qibao Temple
Qibao (; Shanghainese: Tshih4pau2) is a town in Minhang District, Shanghai. Its formation can be traced back to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, to the Northern Song Dynasty. The name comes from the local temple, " Qibao Temple". Today, Qibao is a tourist attraction, in the area known as Qibao Old Town by the Puhui River with traditional Chinese architecture and a number of attractions, including museums and street food. The town was also once the residence of the noted painter Zhang Chongren, a friend of the Belgian cartoonist Hergé, on whom the character Chang Chong-Chen from "The Adventures of Tintin" was based. Qibao is also known for crickets (with a "Cricket House") in the Qibao Old Town area. Location Located in the western suburbs of Shanghai, Qibao covers an area of . It can be accessed by taking Shanghai Metro Line 9 to Qibao Station. , it has 54 residential communities () and nine villages under its administration. See also * List of twin towns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minhang
Minhang District is a suburban district of Shanghai with a land area of and population of 2,429,000 residents as of 2010. The original Minhang consist of present-day Jiangchuan Road Subdistrict (Former Minhang Town) and the eastern strip of Wujing along the Huangpu River in 1992, the surrounding Shanghai County merged with Minhang. It is mostly a residential district, though it is also home to some of the many factories and production facilities in Shanghai. Residential housing development is the main source of local government revenue. Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena (旗忠森林体育城) is located in Ma Qiao Town (马桥镇). The Aerospace Museum is being constructed at Pujiang Town. Shanghai Jiao Tong University and East China Normal University both have campuses in the southern part of Minhang District. Administrative divisions Minhang administers 4 subdistricts and 9 towns. Of particular note is Qibao (七宝), a tourist attraction in the northern part of the d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minhang District
Minhang District is a suburban district of Shanghai with a land area of and population of 2,429,000 residents as of 2010. The original Minhang consist of present-day Jiangchuan Road Subdistrict (Former Minhang Town) and the eastern strip of Wujing along the Huangpu River in 1992, the surrounding Shanghai County merged with Minhang. It is mostly a residential district, though it is also home to some of the many factories and production facilities in Shanghai. Residential housing development is the main source of local government revenue. Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena (旗忠森林体育城) is located in Ma Qiao Town (马桥镇). The Aerospace Museum is being constructed at Pujiang Town. Shanghai Jiao Tong University and East China Normal University both have campuses in the southern part of Minhang District. Administrative divisions Minhang administers 4 subdistricts and 9 towns. Of particular note is Qibao (七宝), a tourist attraction in the northern part of the di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qibao Old Town 2
Qibao (; Shanghainese: Tshih4pau2) is a town in Minhang District, Shanghai. Its formation can be traced back to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, to the Northern Song Dynasty. The name comes from the local temple, "Qibao Temple". Today, Qibao is a tourist attraction, in the area known as Qibao Old Town by the Puhui River with traditional Chinese architecture and a number of attractions, including museums and street food. The town was also once the residence of the noted painter Zhang Chongren, a friend of the Belgian cartoonist Hergé, on whom the character Chang Chong-Chen from "The Adventures of Tintin" was based. Qibao is also known for crickets (with a "Cricket House") in the Qibao Old Town area. Location Located in the western suburbs of Shanghai, Qibao covers an area of . It can be accessed by taking Shanghai Metro Line 9 to Qibao Station. , it has 54 residential communities () and nine villages under its administration. See also * List of twin towns a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lonely Planet
Lonely Planet is a travel guide book publisher. Founded in Australia in 1973, the company has printed over 150 million books. History Early years Lonely Planet was founded by married couple Maureen and Tony Wheeler. In 1972, they embarked on an overland trip through Europe and Asia to Australia, following the route of the Oxford and Cambridge Far Eastern Expedition. The company name originates from the misheard "lovely planet" in a song written by Matthew Moore. Lonely Planet's first book, ''Across Asia on the Cheap'', had 94 pages; it was written by the couple in their home. The original 1973 print run consisted of stapled booklets with pale blue cardboard covers. Tony returned to Asia to write ''Across Asia on the Cheap: A Complete Guide to Making the Overland Trip'', published in 1975. Expansion The Lonely Planet guide book series initially expanded to cover other countries in Asia, with the India guide book in 1981, and expanded to rest of the world later on. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qibao Station (Shanghai Metro)
Qibao () is the name of an underground station on Line 9 of the Shanghai Metro. It is located in Qibao, Minhang District, near a popular tourist attraction to the south, Qibao Old Town (from Exit 2). The station, situated at the crossing point of Caobao Road, a part of Shanghai Highway S124, and Qixin Road, significantly facilitates traveling in the area. It has become a focal point for the buses that shuttle among nearby residence blocks, since both Qibao Route 2 and Minhang Route 33 (Former Qibao Route 1), two shuttle bus lines in Qibao town, stop at this station. See also * Qibao Old Town * Qibao Qibao (; Shanghainese: Tshih4pau2) is a town in Minhang District, Shanghai. Its formation can be traced back to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, to the Northern Song Dynasty. The name comes from the local temple, " Qibao Temple". Toda ... References Railway stations in Shanghai Shanghai Metro stations in Minhang District Railway stations in China opened i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Twin Towns And Sister Cities In China
This is a list of places in China which have standing links to local communities in other countries known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world). A Anqing * Calabasas, United States * Cheboksary, Russia * Ibaraki, Japan * Kütahya, Turkey Anshan * Ansan, South Korea * Birmingham, United States * Bursa, Turkey * Holon, Israel * Lipetsk, Russia * Sheffield, England, United Kingdom B Baoding * Charlotte, United States * Hafnarfjörður, Iceland * Saijō, Japan Baotou * Mbombela, South Africa * Orkhon, Mongolia Beihai * Gold Coast, Australia * Hat Yai, Thailand * Imatra, Finland * Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic * Kep, Cambodia * Leduc, Canada * Leduc County, Canada * Lugano, Switzerland * Puerto Princesa, Philippines * Semarang, Indonesia * Suva, Fiji * Tulsa, United States * Yatsushiro, Japan Beijing * Addis Ababa, Ethiopia * Ankara, Turkey * Astana, Kazakhstan * Athens, Greece * Bangkok, Thailand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qibao Station (Shanghai)
Qibao () is the name of an underground station on Line 9 of the Shanghai Metro. It is located in Qibao, Minhang District, near a popular tourist attraction to the south, Qibao Old Town (from Exit 2). The station, situated at the crossing point of Caobao Road, a part of Shanghai Highway S124, and Qixin Road, significantly facilitates traveling in the area. It has become a focal point for the buses that shuttle among nearby residence blocks, since both Qibao Route 2 and Minhang Route 33 (Former Qibao Route 1), two shuttle bus lines in Qibao town, stop at this station. See also * Qibao Old Town * Qibao Qibao (; Shanghainese: Tshih4pau2) is a town in Minhang District, Shanghai. Its formation can be traced back to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, to the Northern Song Dynasty. The name comes from the local temple, " Qibao Temple". Toda ... References Railway stations in Shanghai Shanghai Metro stations in Minhang District Railway stations in China opened i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shanghai Metro Line 9
Line 9 is a southwest-northeast line of the Shanghai Metro network. The line runs from in Songjiang District to in Pudong. The line is colored on system maps. History In the initial planning of Line 9, the entire line was from Fengjing to Chongming Island. Later, the plan to extend to Fengjing was cancelled, and the section to Chongming Island was changed to Chongming line. The first phase of Line 9, from to stations, opened on December 29, 2007. It uses the Bombardier Movia trains which were lended to line 1. Line 9 did not directly connect to the rest of the Shanghai Metro network until the opening of the Line 9 portion of the station on December 28, 2008. The station is an interchange between lines 3 and 4. A shuttle bus conveyed passengers between Guilin Road and Yishan Road stations until construction was completed. In December 2009, the second phase of line 9 (from to ) was completed, providing passengers with a direct link from Songjiang District in the west t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cricket (insect)
Crickets are orthopteran insects which are related to bush crickets, and, more distantly, to grasshoppers. In older literature, such as Imms,Imms AD, rev. Richards OW & Davies RG (1970) ''A General Textbook of Entomology'' 9th Ed. Methuen 886 pp. "crickets" were placed at the family level (''i.e.'' Gryllidae), but contemporary authorities including Otte now place them in the superfamily Grylloidea. The word has been used in combination to describe more distantly related taxa in the suborder Ensifera, such as king crickets and mole crickets. Crickets have mainly cylindrically-shaped bodies, round heads, and long antennae. Behind the head is a smooth, robust pronotum. The abdomen ends in a pair of long cerci; females have a long, cylindrical ovipositor. Diagnostic features include legs with 3-segmented tarsi; as with many Orthoptera, the hind legs have enlarged femora, providing power for jumping. The front wings are adapted as tough, leathery elytra, and some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventures Of Tintin
''The Adventures of Tintin'' (french: Les Aventures de Tintin ) is a series of 24 ''bande dessinée'' albums created by Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi, who wrote under the pen name Hergé. The series was one of the most popular European comics of the 20th century. By 2007, a century after Hergé's birth in 1907, ''Tintin'' had been published in more than 70 languages with sales of more than 200 million copies, and had been adapted for radio, television, theatre and film. The series first appeared in French on 10 January 1929, in (''The Little Twentieth''), a youth supplement to the Belgian newspaper (''The Twentieth Century''). The success of the series led to serialised strips published in Belgium's leading newspaper (''The Evening'') and spun into a successful ''Tintin'' magazine. In 1950, Hergé created Studios Hergé, which produced the canonical versions of 11 ''Tintin'' albums. The series is set during a largely realistic 20th century. Its hero is Tintin, a courage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chang Chong-Chen
Chang Chong-Chen (french: Tchang Tchong-Jen) is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Although Chang and Tintin only know each other for a short time, they form a deep bond which drives them to tears when they separate or are re-united. Chang was based on the Chinese artist Zhang Chongren, a real friend of Hergé's. The story which introduced him was to have a major effect on Hergé and ''Tintin'', making it one of the most popular series of all time. His next appearance would also be in one of the most moving of Tintin's adventures. Character history In the process of planning his story, Hergé was contacted by a Father Gosset, chaplain to the Chinese students at Louvain University, who suggested that he do some actual research into life in China as it really was. Hergé agreed and Gosset introduced him to Zhang Chongren, a student at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. The two men, both aged ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hergé
Georges Prosper Remi (; 22 May 1907 – 3 March 1983), known by the pen name Hergé (; ), from the French pronunciation of his reversed initials ''RG'', was a Belgian cartoonist. He is best known for creating ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the series of Franco-Belgian comics#Formats, comic albums which are considered one of the most popular European comics of the 20th century. He was also responsible for two other well-known series, ''Quick & Flupke'' (1930–1940) and ''The Adventures of Jo, Zette and Jocko'' (1936–1957). His works were executed in his distinct ''ligne claire'' drawing style. Born to a lower-middle-class family in Etterbeek, Brussels, Hergé began his career by contributing illustrations to Scouting magazines, developing his first comic series, ''The Adventures of Totor'', for ''Le Boy-Scout Belge'' in 1926. Working for the conservative Catholic newspaper ''Le Vingtième Siècle'', he created ''The Adventures of Tintin'' in 1929 on the advice of its edito ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
