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Sanxing (other)
Sanxing (Chinese: , lit. "three stars") can refer to: __NOTOC__ Places China * (), a township in Enyang District, Bazhong, Sichuan * (), a town in Jianyang, Chengdu, Sichuan * (), a town in Jintang County, Chengdu, Sichuan * (), a town in Chongming District, Shanghai * (), a township in Shizhu County, Chongqing * (), a town in Shuangliu District, Chengdu, Sichuan *Sanxing (), until 2012 the name of (泉水镇), a town in Rucheng County, Hunan *Sanxing (), a historical name of Yilan County, Heilongjiang *Sanxing railway station, a station on the Suiyu Railway in Suining, Sichuan * Sanxingdui, an archeological site in Guanghan, Sichuan Taiwan * Sanxing, Yilan, a township in Yilan County Other * Sanxing (deities), three gods in Chinese religion * Samsung, in Chinese See also * Sanxian, a Chinese lute * Sanxiang Sanxiang (; Cantonese: ''Sāamhēung Jan'') is a town situated at the southern periphery of the city of Zhongshan, Guangdong province. The population of Sanxiang i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enyang District
Enyang District () is a district of the prefecture-level city of Bazhong in Sichuan province, China. It was created in January 2013 by splitting off 12 towns and 12 townships from Bazhou District Bazhou () is a district and the seat of Bazhong City, Sichuan Province Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by .... It governs an area of and has a population of 620,000. The seat of the district is at Enyang Town. Administrative divisions Enyang District is divided into 12 towns: *Enyang (恩阳) *Yushan (玉山) *Chaba (茶坝) *Guanyinjing (观音井) *Huacong (花丛) *Liulin (柳林) *Xiabamiao (下八庙) *Yuxi (渔溪) *Qingmu (青木) *Sanhechang (三河场) *Sanhui (三汇) *Shangbamiao (上八庙) and 12 townships: *Shicheng (石城) *Xinglongchang (兴隆场) *Guangong (关公) *Sanxing (三星) *Wufeng (舞凤) *Shuangsheng (双胜) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jianyang, Sichuan
Jianyang () is a county-level city under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Chengdu, in Sichuan Province, Southwest China. Situated only 48 kilometers south east of the city center (urban districts) of Chengdu, Jianyang is administratively under the jurisdiction of Chengdu, changed from being a prefecture-level city of Ziyang since May 2016. The preparation work for changing it to "Jianyang District" is already started as of August 2019. The urban center is located on the banks of the Tuo River. History Jianyang has a recorded history dating back over two thousand years. It was part of the state of Shu until the third century BC and was incorporated into the Qin Empire following the unification of China under Qin Shihuang. In the early Mongolian Yuan dynasty, it was named Jianzhou (简州). It adopted the name Jianyang County after 1913 during the Republic of China. After the foundation of the People's Republic of China, it was incorporated into the Neijiang Ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jintang County
Jintang County is a county of Sichuan Province, China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Chengdu, the provincial capital. Geography Jintang is bordered by the prefecture-level cities of Deyang to the north and east and Jianyang to the south. History In the 19th century, Jintang County was regarded as producing the best tobacco in Sichuan after nearby Pidu District Pidu District formerly known as Pi County or Pixian is one of 11 District (China), urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan, Sichuan Province, Southwest China. It was approved from the former Pi County by the .... Administrative divisions Jintang is subdivided in 6 subdistricts and 10 towns: Subdistricts * Zhaodao subdistrict (赵镇街道) * Guancang subdistrict (官仓街道) * Qixian subdistrict (栖贤街道) * Gaoban subdistrict (高板街道) * Baiguo subdistrict (白果街道) * Huaikou subdistrict (淮口街道) Towns * Wufeng (五凤 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chongming District
Chongming District () is northernmost district of the provincial-level municipality of Shanghai. Chongming consists of three low-lying inhabited alluvial islands at the mouth of the Yangtze north of the Shanghai peninsula: Chongming, Changxing, and Hengsha. Following its massive expansion in the 20th century, Chongming is now the 2nd-largest island administered by the People's Republic of China and the 2nd-largest in Greater China, after Hainan. Chongming does not, however, administer all of the island: owing to its continual expansion from sediment deposited by the Yangtze, it has merged with formerly separate islands and now includes Jiangsu province's pene-exclave townships of Haiyong and Qilong. Chongming proper covers an area of and had a population of at the time of the Sixth National Census in 2010. The county was established in 1396, the second year of the Ming dynasty's Hongwu Emperor. With the completion of the Yangtze and Chongqi Bridges, it is now connected ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shizhu Tujia Autonomous County
Shizhu Tujia people, Tujia Autonomous County (), or Shizhu County for short, is located in southeastern Chongqing, China. It is south of the Yangtze River, and borders the Chongqing divisions of Pengshui County to the south, Fengdu County to the southwest, Zhong County to the northwest and Wanzhou District to the north; to the east, it borders the Hubei county-level city of Lichuan, Hubei, Lichuan. It's in the center zone of Three Gorges Reservoir Region, and the only autonomous county which designated for only one of ethnic minorities in this region. (Chongqing Municipality has four counties that designated for ethnic minorities but because the other three counties are designated for more than one of ethnic minorities, this autonomous county is only one which is designated for only one of ethnic minorities) Name Shizhu literally means "''Stone Pillars''", which is named after two big human-like natural stone pillars standing on Wanshou Mountain. The two stone pillars were once a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shuangliu District
Shuangliu District () is one of 11 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province, Southwest China. The district covers an area of , and has a population of approximately 1,396,400 as of 2019. It is the home of Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport, the fourth busiest airport in China. Shuangliu District is rapidly being urbanized by the growth of Chengdu and the airport's recent expansion. The district is bordered by the prefecture-level cities of Ziyang to the southeast and Meishan to the south. History The area of present-day Shuangliu District was home to the ancient city of , which served as the capital of a number of ancient clans. The area of present-day Shuangliu District was incorporated into the Qin state in 316 BCE as . In 127 BCE, the area was administered as Guangdu County (). In 9 CE, the county was renamed to Jiudu Pavilion (), and in 58 CE, its named was reverted to Guangdu County. In 352 CE, the area was reorganized as . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rucheng County
Rucheng County () is a county in Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Chenzhou. Located in the southeastern corner of the province, the county is bordered to the northwest by Yizhang County, to the north by Zixing City, to the northeast by Guidong County, to the east by Chongyi County, to the southeast by Renhua County, to the southwest by Lechang City. Rucheng County covers , as of 2015, It had a registered population of 407,200 and a resident population of 344,400. The county has nine towns and five townships under its jurisdiction, the county seat is Luyang Town ()., also see oxinhuanet.com/ref> Rucheng County is also the home of the Yao people, Yao ethnic minority accounts for 15.27% of the population; Another local minority is She people, it accounts for 0.24% of the population in the county.Ethnic Minority Development Plan of Hunan Forest Restoration and Development Project, froworldbank.org (pdf)/ref> Administrative divi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yilan County, Heilongjiang
Yilan County (; IPA: ) is a county of Heilongjiang Province, Northeast China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang. It is more than to the east-northeast of central Harbin. Its county seat, which is also called Yilan (Yilan Town, ''Yilan zhen''), is located near the confluence of the Mudan River (formerly known as the Hurka River) with the Sungari. The easternmost county-level division of Harbin City, it borders Fangzheng County to the southwest, Tonghe County to the west, as well as the prefecture-level cities of Yichun to the north, Jiamusi to the northeast, Qitaihe to the southeast, and Mudanjiang to the south. Transportation * China National Highway 221 Station on the Harbin-Jiamusi intercity railway is located in the Sijianfang district, 5 km from town center. History During the rule of the Ming dynasty in China, Yilan, formerly known as Sanxing (三姓; Wade-Giles: San-hsing; historically also Romanized as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanxing Railway Station
Sanxing railway station is a railway station located in Chuanshan District, Suining, Sichuan, People's Republic of China, on the Suiyu railway which is operated by China Railway Corporation. Structure Service History It was opened in 2006. It originally served passengers but it is now only used for freight. Nearby station Railway stations in Sichuan {{Sichuan-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanxingdui
Sanxingdui () is an archaeological site and a major Bronze Age culture in modern Guanghan, Sichuan, China. Largely discovered in 1986, following a preliminary finding in 1927, archaeologists excavated artifacts that radiocarbon dating placed in the twelfth–eleventh centuries BC. The archaeological site is the type site for the Sanxingdui culture that produced these artifacts, archeologists have identified the locale with the ancient kingdom of Shu. The artifacts are displayed in the Sanxingdui Museum located near the city of Guanghan. Sanxingdui is on the UNESCO list of tentative world heritage sites, along with the Jinsha site and the tombs of boat-shaped coffins. Background Many Chinese archaeologists have identified the Sanxingdui culture to be part of the ancient kingdom of Shu, linking the artifacts found at the site to its early and legendary kings. References to a Shu kingdom that may be dated reliably to such an early period in Chinese historical records are scant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanxing, Yilan
Sanxing Township (), also spelled Sanshing Township, is a rural township in the western part of Yilan County, Taiwan. Geography It has an area of 144.22 km2 and estimate population of 21, 503 people as of 2014. Administrative divisions The township comprises 18 villages: Dayi, Dayin, Dazhou, Gongzhao, Guilin, Hangjian, Jiqing, Renhe, Shangwu, Shuangxian, Tianfu, Tianshan, Wande, Wanfu, Weiqian, Yide, Yuanshan and Yuemei. Education * St. Mary's Medicine Nursing and Management College Tourist attractions * Changpi Lake * Spring Onion Culture Museum * Sanxing Ganquan Temple * Yuzun Temple Transportation * Highway 7 *County Road 196 Notable natives * Chen Chu, Mayor of Kaohsiung City (2006–2018) * John Deng, Minister of Economic Affairs An economy is an area of the production, distribution and trade, as well as consumption of goods and services. In general, it is defined as a social domain that emphasize the practices, discourses, and material expressions associate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanxing (deities)
The Sanxing () are the gods of the three stars or constellations considered essential in Chinese astrology and mythology: Jupiter, Ursa Major, and Canopus. Fu, Lu, and Shou (), or Cai, Zi and Shou () are also the embodiments of Fortune ( Fu), presiding over the planet Jupiter, Prosperity (Lu), presiding over Mizar, and Longevity ( Shou), presiding over Canopus. They have emerged from Chinese folk religion. Their iconic representation as three, old, bearded, wise men dates back to the Ming dynasty, when the gods of the three stars were represented in human form for the first time. They are sometimes identified with other deities of the Chinese religion or of Taoism. The term is commonly used in Chinese culture to denote the three attributes of a good life. Statues of these three gods are found on the facades of folk religion's temples and ancestral shrines, in nearly every Chinese home and many Chinese-owned shops on small altars with a glass of water, an orange or other auspiciou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
