Yangcheng West Lake Tunnel
Yangcheng may refer to the following locations in China: *Yangcheng County (阳城县), Jincheng, Shanxi *Yangcheng Lake (阳澄湖), in Suzhou * Yangcheng, Qingyuan County, Hebei (阳城镇), town * Yangcheng, Ruicheng County (阳城镇), town in Shanxi * Yangcheng, Yangshan County (阳城镇), town in Guangdong * Yangcheng (historical city) (阳城), close to Dengfeng in Henan *Guangzhou Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. Located on the Pearl River about north-northwest of Hong Kon ...

Yangcheng County
Yangcheng County () is a county (PRC), county in the southeast of Shanxi, Shanxi Province, China, bordering Henan, Henan Province to the south. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Jincheng and located in the latter's southwest confines. It is home to the AAAAA-rated tourist attractions of the People's Republic of China, AAAAA-rated House of the Huangcheng Chancellor. Administrative divisions Climate Popular culture The movie ''Inn of the Sixth Happiness'' is based on the story of Gladys Aylward's missionary activities in the county. References External linkswww.xzqh.org
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Yangcheng Lake
Yangcheng Lake () is a freshwater lake about northeast of the city of Suzhou in Jiangsu Province, and ranges in depth from . The lake is -long from north to south, with an average width of from east to west. It is the most famous area of origin for the Chinese mitten crab, which is considered a delicacy. Yangcheng lake is located between Lake Tai and the Yangtze River. It crosses the boundary of the cities Suzhou, Changshu and Kunshan and has a surface area of about . The -long Yangcheng West Lake Tunnel (阳澄西湖隧道) runs underneath the lake, and the lake itself is served by both a mainline hight-speed railway station Yangchenghu railway station & a station of the Suzhou Rail Transit system; Yangchenghu South station. The Chinese mitten crabs migrate from Yangcheng Lake towards the Yangtze delta for mating in September and October. The local fishermen harvest the animals during this migration. In 2002, the total production of Chinese mitten crab The Chinese mitten ...
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Yangcheng (historical City)
Yangcheng () was the first capital of the Xia dynasty (c. 2070–1600 BC) of China. In ancient texts, the city was founded by Yu the Great (founder of the Xia), or was his residence. In the Bamboo Annals and ''Shiben'', Yangcheng was located near Mount Song and the Wudu and Ying rivers (close to modern Gaocheng, Henan). Archeology Yangcheng may be located at the '' Wangchenggang'' () site in Henan. In 1977, An Jinhuai ()Fang: page 111 excavated a small east-west oriented walled city at ''Wangchenggang''.;Fang: page 107 it is dated to the second period of the Longshan era, or approaching the start of the Xia.Fang: page 110 In 2002-2005, a larger walled city was discovered and radiocarbon dated as the earliest and largest Xia-period site at ''Wangchenggang''. An and Sun Zuoyun () believed the small city to be Yangcheng, and this interpretation remained popular through the rest of the 20th century. One criticism was that the city was too small to be a capital of a major state. Sin ...
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Dengfeng
Dengfeng (; postal: Tengfeng) is a county-level city of Henan Province, South Central China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Zhengzhou. Dengfeng has an area of and a population of 630,000. It occupies the southwestern corner of Zhengzhou and is its westernmost county-level division. Dengfeng is located at the foot of the Mount Song, one of the most sacred mountains in China. The city is one of the most renowned spiritual centers of China, and is home to various religious institutions and famous temples such as the Taoist Zhongyue Temple, the Buddhist Shaolin Temple (a renowned center for martial arts), as well as the Confucian Songyang Academy and the Gaocheng Observatory, hence its poetic expression derived from Chinese literature as the spiritual "center of heaven and earth". Parts of the city were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2010. History The first Xia Dynasty capital, Yangcheng, was built west of Gaocheng Township on t ...
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