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Qian may refer to: *Guizhou, abbreviated as ''Qián'' (黔), province of China * Mace (unit), or Qian, one of the Chinese units of measurement, equal to 5g *Qian (hexagram), the first hexagram of the ''I Ching'' *Qian (surname), a Chinese surname (钱 / 錢) *Qiān (surname), a Chinese surname (千) *Qian County, in Xianyang, Shaanxi, China *Qian Mountains Qian Mountains or Qianshan (), a branch of the Changbai Mountains on the China-North Korea border, start from eastern Jilin Province, China, and extend to eastern and southern Liaoning Province, down to Liaodong Peninsula. Some of the prominent mou ...
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Guizhou
Guizhou (; formerly Kweichow) is a landlocked province in the southwest region of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Guiyang, in the center of the province. Guizhou borders the autonomous region of Guangxi to the south, Yunnan to the west, Sichuan to the northwest, the municipality of Chongqing to the north, and Hunan to the east. The population of Guizhou stands at 38.5 million, ranking 18th among the provinces in China. The Dian Kingdom, which inhabited the present-day area of Guizhou, was annexed by the Han dynasty in 106 BC. Guizhou was formally made a province in 1413 during the Ming dynasty. After the overthrow of the Qing in 1911 and following the Chinese Civil War, the Chinese Communist Party took refuge in Guizhou during the Long March between 1934 and 1935. After the establishment of the People's Republic of China, Mao Zedong promoted the relocation of heavy industry into inland provinces such as Guizhou, to better protect them fr ...
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Mace (unit)
A mace (; Hong Kong English usage: tsin; Southeast Asian English usage: chee) is a traditional Chinese measurement of weight in East Asia that was also used as a currency denomination. It is equal to 10 candareens and is of a tael or approximately 3.78 grams. A troy mace is approximately 3.7429 grams. In Hong Kong, one mace is 3.779936375 grams. and in Ordinance 22 of 1884, it is ounces avoirdupois. In Singapore, one mace (referred to as chee) is 3.77994 grams. In imperial China, 10 candareens equaled 1 mace which was of a tael and, like the other units, was used in weight-denominated silver currency system. A common denomination was 7 mace and 2 candareens, equal to one silver Chinese yuan. Name Like other similar measures such as tael and catty, the English word "mace" derives from Malay, in this case through Dutch ''maes'', plural ''masen'', from Malay ''mas'' which, in turn, derived from Sanskrit ', a word related to "mash," another name for the urad bean, and masha, a tr ...
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Qian (hexagram)
__NOTOC__ This is a list of the 64 hexagrams of the '' I Ching'', or ''Book of Changes'', and their Unicode character codes. This list is in King Wen order. (Cf. other hexagram sequences.) Hexagram 1 right ''Hexagram 1'' is named (qián), "Force". Other variations include "the creative", "strong action", "the key", and "god". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☰ ( qián) force = () heaven, and its outer (upper) trigram is identical. Hexagram 2 right ''Hexagram 2'' is named (kūn), "Field". Other variations include "the receptive", "acquiescence", and "the flow". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☷ ( kūn) field = () earth, and its outer (upper) trigram is identical. Hexagram 3 right ''Hexagram 3'' is named (zhūn), "Sprouting". Other variations include "difficulty at the beginning", "gathering support", and "hoarding". The meaning of "屯" is collect, store up, stingy, and stationing troops. Its inner (lower) trigram is ☳ ( zhèn) shake = () thunder, and its ...
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Qian (surname)
Qian (; Shanghainese: ), also spelt Chin, Chien, Tsien, or Zee in Wu Chinese, is a common Chinese family name. The name literally means "money". Qian is listed at the second place in the Song Dynasty text ''Hundred Family Surnames'', in the line 趙錢孫李 ( Zhao, Qian, Sun, Li). As the royal surname of the kingdom of Wuyue, Qian was regarded as second only to Zhao, the imperial surname of the Song. As of 2008, Qian is the 96th most common surname in China, shared by 2.2 million people, with the province with the most people sharing the name being Jiangsu, an area formerly within the Wuyue kingdom. Origins According to the Song dynasty book, '' Tongzhi'', the Qian surname is descended from Zhuanxu, one of the legendary Five Emperors, via Pengzu, the founder of the Peng kingdom in modern-day Jiangsu during the Shang dynasty. A Zhou dynasty official, Fu, was a descendant of Pengzu and served in the royal Treasury, the ''Qianfu'' ("Money Office"). His descendants adopted the s ...
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Qiān (surname)
Qian () is a Chinese surname, pronounced Chin in Cantonese, and Chun or Cheon in Korean. Origin Lu (state) In the state of Lu, the Ji (姬) family made the surname Qian (千) as the name of an ancestor. Qiang people Yang Teng (杨腾) is a general of the Qiang people, and a feudal lord of Cao Wei. He moved to Western Shu Qiao Zong () (died 413) was a Han Chinese military leader in present-day Sichuan province in China during the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He proclaimed himself the Prince of Chengdu (成都王 Chéngdū Wáng) in 405 and was given the title "Prince of ... (西蜀), then changed his surname from Yang (surname), Yang (杨), to Qian (千). Ming Dynasty

In Ming Dynasty, some people got the surname from the Ming government. {{DEFAULTSORT:Qian (surname) Chinese-language surnames ...
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Qian County
Qian County () or Qianxian is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Xianyang, in the central part of Shaanxi province, China. Administrative divisions Qian County is divided into 1 subdistrict and 15 towns, which are further divided into 173 administrative villages. The county's administrative officers are located in Chengguan Subdistrict. Geography The county is bordered by Liquan County to the east, Xingping City and Wugong County to the south, Fufeng County to the west, Yongshou County to the north and west, and Linyou County to the west. The northern portion of Qian County is higher in altitude than the southern portion. Climate Qian County has an average annual precipitation of 539 mm, and an average annual temperature of 12.6 °C. History Neolithic Age Qianling County's history can be traced as far back as the Neolithic Age, due to two archaeological studies which uncovered the ruins of Neolithic settlements. These digs ...
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