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Shigezhuang, Tianjin
Shigezhuang Town () is a town inside of Wuqing District, Tianjin, China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and .... It shares a border with Huanghuadian Town to its north, Chenzui Town to its east, Chagugang Town to its south, as well as Geyucheng and Matou Towns to its west. In 2010, Its population was 23,309. During the Ming dynasty, ten families from southern China migrated and settled in this region. As a result, the area came to be known as Shijiazhuang (). It later evolved into Shigezhuang () in the Qing dynasty. Geography Shigezhuang Town is situated at Tianjin's western boundary with Hebei, with Beijing–Shanghai Expressway and Beijing–Taipei Expressway passing through it. It reaches an average altitude of 12 meters above the sea level. History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wuqing District
Wuqing District () is a district of Tianjin, bordering Hebei province to the north and west, Beijing Municipality to the northwest, Baodi District to the northeast, and Beichen District and Xiqing District to the southeast/south. Administrative divisions There are 6 subdistricts, 19 towns, and 5 townships A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, C ... in the district: Climate References External links Districts of Tianjin {{Tianjin-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chagugang
Chagugang Town (), also known as Chagujiang Town by its locals, is a town located in western side of Wuqing District, Tianjin, China. It shares border with Shigezhuang Town to its north, Chenzui and Shuangkou Towns to its east, Wangqingtuo Town to its south, and Geyucheng Town to its west. The town's population is 44,843 as of 2010. The name Chagugang () came from the river network within the town. Geography Chagugang Town is located on the banks of Zhonghong Ancient Channel, with the Beijing–Shanghai Expressway and National Highway 104 Route 104, or Highway 104, may refer to: Brazil * BR-104 Canada * New Brunswick Route 104 * Nova Scotia Highway 104 (Trans-Canada Highway) * Prince Edward Island Route 104 * Quebec Route 104 China * China National Highway 104 Costa Rica * Na ... running north–south through it. It reaches an average altitude of 11 meters above the sea level. History Administrative divisions As of the year 2022, Chagugang Town had direct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Township-level Divisions Of Tianjin
This is a list of Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China#Township level, township-level divisions of the municipality of Tianjin, People's Republic of China (PRC). After Province-level divisions of the People's Republic of China, province, Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China#Prefecture level, prefecture, and County-level division, county-level divisions, township-level divisions constitute the formal fourth-level administrative divisions of the PRC. However, as Tianjin is a Direct-controlled municipality of China, province-level municipality, the prefecture-level divisions are absent and so county-level divisions are at the second level, and township-level divisions are at the third level of administration. There are a total of 244 such divisions in Tianjin, divided into 106 Subdistrict (China), subdistricts, 118 Town (China), towns, 19 Townships of the People's Republic of China, townships and 1 ethnic township. This list is organised by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People's Commune
The people's commune () was the highest of three administrative levels in rural areas of the People's Republic of China during the period from 1958 to 1983, until they were replaced by townships. Communes, the largest collective units, were divided in turn into production brigades and production teams. The communes had governmental, political, and economic functions during the Cultural Revolution. The people's commune was commonly known for collectivizing living and working practices, especially during the Great Leap Forward. The scale of the commune and its ability to extract income from the rural population enabled commune administrations to invest in large-scale mechanization, infrastructure, and industrial projects. The communes did not, however, meet many of their long-term goals, such as facilitating the construction of socialism in the rural areas, liberating women from housework, and creating sustainable agriculture practices in the countryside. They ranged in number fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
G3 Beijing–Taipei Expressway
The Beijing–Taipei Expressway (), designated as G3 and commonly known as the Jingtai Expressway (), is a partially completed expressways of China, Chinese expressway that, if fully constructed, would connect Mainland China with Taiwan. Currently, the expressway is complete from Beijing to Fuzhou, Fujian, and is fully complete in Mainland China except for a small section in Fujian which is under construction. In Taiwan, the expressway is proposed to connect with a hypothetical G99 Taiwan Ring Expressway in New Taipei City, which would supposedly encircle the island of Taiwan, as proposed by the People's Republic of China. The project has been the source of some controversy because of Political status of Taiwan, Taiwan's political status. The People's Republic of China claims Taiwan, but has never administered it, so therefore does not have any control of its highways. As Taiwan does not recognize the highway designation by the People's Republic of China and has its own Highway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
G2 Beijing–Shanghai Expressway
The Beijing–Shanghai Expressway designated as G2 and commonly abbreviated as Jinghu Expressway is a major expressway of China, linking the capital Beijing in the north to Shanghai on the central coast. It extends 1262 kilometres in length, and was finished in 2006. The expressway's name, Jinghu, is a combination of the two cities' one-character Chinese abbreviations: Jing stands for Beijing, while Hu stands for Shanghai. The trip from Beijing to Shanghai by automobile takes about ten hours to complete with multiple drivers taking shifts and under good road conditions.Chinese laws does not allow a single driver drive continuously for more than 4 hours without rest. Route The expressway passes the following major cities: * Beijing * Langfang, Hebei * Tianjin * Cangzhou, Hebei * Dezhou, Shandong * Jinan, Shandong * Laiwu, Shandong * Linyi, Shandong * Huaian, Jiangsu * Yangzhou, Jiangsu * Taizhou, Jiangsu * Wuxi, Jiangsu * Suzhou, Jiangsu * Shanghai Interchanges See also * J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hebei
Hebei or , (; alternately Hopeh) is a northern province of China. Hebei is China's sixth most populous province, with over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. The province is 96% Han Chinese, 3% Manchu, 0.8% Hui, and 0.3% Mongol. Three Mandarin dialects are spoken: Jilu Mandarin, Beijing Mandarin and Jin. Hebei borders the provinces of Shanxi to the west, Henan to the south, Shandong to the southeast, Liaoning to the northeast, and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region to the north. Its economy is based on agriculture and manufacturing. The province is China's premier steel producer, although the steel industry creates serious air pollution. Five UNESCO World Heritage Sites can be found in the province, the: Great Wall of China, Chengde Mountain Resort, Grand Canal, Eastern Qing tombs, and Western Qing tombs. It is also home to five National Famous Historical and Cultural Cities: Handan, Baoding, Chengde, Zhengding and Shanhaiguan. Historic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qing Dynasty
The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-speaking ethnic group who unified other Jurchen tribes to form a new "Manchu" ethnic identity. The dynasty was officially proclaimed in 1636 in Manchuria (modern-day Northeast China and Outer Manchuria). It seized control of Beijing in 1644, then later expanded its rule over the whole of China proper and Taiwan, and finally expanded into Inner Asia. The dynasty lasted until 1912 when it was overthrown in the Xinhai Revolution. In orthodox Chinese historiography, the Qing dynasty was preceded by the Ming dynasty and succeeded by the Republic of China. The multiethnic Qing dynasty lasted for almost three centuries and assembled the territorial base for modern China. It was the largest imperial dynasty in the history of China and in 1790 the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shí (surname)
Shí ( ɻ̩̌ or Shih is the romanization of the Chinese surname . It means "stone." It was one of the " Nine Sogdian Surnames." A 2013 study found it was the 63rd most common surname, shared by 4,550,000 people or 0.340% of the population, with Henan being the province with the most people. Notable people * Domee Shi (石之予, ''Shí Zhīyǔ''), Chinese-born Canadian animator, director and screenwriter * Jenny Cheok Cheng Kid (石清菊 shí qīngjǘ), Singaporean bar waitress and murder victim * Howard S.H. Shyr (石世豪), Chairperson of National Communications Commission of the Republic of China (2012–2016) * Jeffrey "Trump" Shih (石謙和), American ''Hearthstone'' player * Shi Feng (石峰), Chinese swimmer, who competed for China at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. * Shi Hanqing ( zh, 石汉青), Chinese pool player and former professional snooker player * Shi Hongjun (石鸿俊), Chinese footballer * Shi Ke (石柯), Chinese footballer * Shi Le (石勒), a La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ming Dynasty
The Ming dynasty (), officially the Great Ming, was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol Empire, Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming dynasty was the last orthodox dynasty of China ruled by the Han Chinese, Han people, the majority ethnic group in China. Although the primary capital of Beijing fell in 1644 to a rebellion led by Li Zicheng (who established the short-lived Shun dynasty), numerous rump state, rump regimes ruled by remnants of the House of Zhu, Ming imperial family—collectively called the Southern Ming—survived until 1662. The Ming dynasty's founder, the Hongwu Emperor (r. 1368–1398), attempted to create a society of self-sufficient rural communities ordered in a rigid, immobile system that would guarantee and support a permanent class of soldiers for his dynasty: the empire's standing army exceeded one million troops and the naval history of China, navy's dockyards in Nanjin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
