Weicheng District, Weifang
Weicheng may refer to: *Weicheng District, Xianyang (渭城区), district in Xianyang, Shaanxi, China *Weicheng District, Weifang (潍城区), district in Weifang, Shandong, China * Weicheng, Wei County, Handan (魏城镇), town in Wei County, Handan, Hebei, China *Fortress Besieged ''Fortress Besieged'' (Traditional Chinese: 圍城; Simplified Chinese: 围城; Pinyin: ''Wéichéng'') is a Chinese satirical novel written by Qian Zhongshu (Ch'ien Chung-shu), first published in 1947, and widely considered one of the masterpiec ...

Weicheng District, Xianyang
Weicheng District () is a district of Xianyang, Shaanxi, China. The district is notable for a number of Zhou and Han era tombs. History The area belonged to the , also known as the state of Ying (), during the Shang dynasty. The Cheng state, which included northern portions of present-day Weicheng District, was settled by the descendants of sometime between 16th and 14th centuries BCE. Present-day was the site of a fief of the Cheng state. During the Zhou dynasty, King Wen oversaw the expansion of the dynasty to the west of the , into present-day Xianyang. Him and King Wu were buried in a complex known as the , located in present-day . The complex contains two ancestral halls dedicated to the kings, as well as over 40 steles, which were erected in their honor during the Song dynasty. Administrative divisions Weicheng District administers the following 10 subdistricts A subdistrict or sub-district is an administrative division that is generally smaller than a district. E ...
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Weicheng District, Weifang
Weicheng may refer to: *Weicheng District, Xianyang (渭城区), district in Xianyang, Shaanxi, China *Weicheng District, Weifang (潍城区), district in Weifang, Shandong, China * Weicheng, Wei County, Handan (魏城镇), town in Wei County, Handan, Hebei, China *Fortress Besieged ''Fortress Besieged'' (Traditional Chinese: 圍城; Simplified Chinese: 围城; Pinyin: ''Wéichéng'') is a Chinese satirical novel written by Qian Zhongshu (Ch'ien Chung-shu), first published in 1947, and widely considered one of the masterpiec ...