Mishan () is a
county-level city
A county-level municipality (), county-level city or county city, formerly known as prefecture-controlled city (1949–1970: ; 1970–1983: ), is a Administrative divisions of China#County level (3rd), county-level administrative divi ...
in the southeast of
Heilongjiang Province
Heilongjiang () formerly romanized as Heilungkiang, is a province in northeast China. The standard one-character abbreviation for the province is (). It was formerly romanized as "Heilungkiang". It is the northernmost and easternmost province ...
, China, bordering Russia's
Primorsky Krai
Primorsky Krai (russian: Приморский край, r=Primorsky kray, p=prʲɪˈmorskʲɪj kraj), informally known as Primorye (, ), is a federal subject (a krai) of Russia, located in the Far East region of the country and is a part of the ...
to the south and southeast. It is under the jurisdiction of the
prefecture-level city
A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure.
During the Republican era, many of China' ...
of
Jixi
Jixi () is a city in southeastern Heilongjiang Province, People's Republic of China. At the 2020 census, 1,502,060 people resided within its administrative area of and 560,118 in its built-up (''or metro'') area made up of 3 out of 6 urban dis ...
.
History
Early medieval history
From 698 to 936, the kingdom of
Balhae
Balhae ( ko, 발해, zh, c=渤海, p=Bóhǎi, russian: Бохай, translit=Bokhay, ), also rendered as Bohai, was a multi-ethnic kingdom whose land extends to what is today Northeast China, the Korean Peninsula and the Russian Far East. It wa ...
occupied northern
Korea
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and parts of
Manchuria
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and
Primorsky Krai
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, consisting of the
Nanai, the
Udege, and descendants of the
Tungus
Tungusic peoples are an ethno-linguistic group formed by the speakers of Tungusic languages (or Manchu–Tungus languages). They are native to Siberia and Northeast Asia.
The Tungusic phylum is divided into two main branches, northern (Evenic or ...
-speaking people and the people of the recently fallen
Goguryeo
Goguryeo (37 BC–668 AD) ( ) also called Goryeo (), was a Korean kingdom located in the northern and central parts of the Korean Peninsula and the southern and central parts of Northeast China. At its peak of power, Goguryeo controlled most ...
kingdom of Korea. The vicinity of Tongjiang was settled at this moment by Funie
Mohe tribes (
Hanja
Hanja (Hangul: ; Hanja: , ), alternatively known as Hancha, are Chinese characters () used in the writing of Korean. Hanja was used as early as the Gojoseon period, the first ever Korean kingdom.
(, ) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, wh ...
/
Hanzi
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: ; ; ). These tribes were submitted to Balhae Kingdom under King
Mun's reign (737-793).
Later, King
Seon Seon may refer to:
* Seon, Switzerland, a municipality in the canton of Aargau
* ''Seon'', a type of arranged marriage in South Korea
* Korean Seon, a Zen school of Korean Buddhism
* Seon (food), steamed vegetable dishes with fillings in Korean cui ...
(r.818-830), administrated their territories by creating a prefecture in the neighbourhood : The Dongpyong Prefecture () with Yiju (), present-day Dangbi () as its administrative centre.
Administrative divisions
Mishan City is divided into 1 subdistrict, 8 towns and 8 townships.
;1 subdistrict
*
Zhongxin ()
;8 towns
*
Mishan
Mishan () is a county-level city in the southeast of Heilongjiang Province, China, bordering Russia's Primorsky Krai to the south and southeast. It is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Jixi.
History
Early medieval histor ...
(),
Lianzhushan (),
Dangbi (),
Zhiyi
Zhiyi (; 538–597 CE) also Chen De'an (陳德安), is the fourth patriarch of the Tiantai tradition of Buddhism in China. His standard title was Śramaṇa Zhiyi (沙門智顗), linking him to the broad tradition of Indian asceticism. Zhiyi i ...
(),
Heitai (),
Xingkai (),
Peide (),
Baiyuwan ()
;8 townships
*
Liumao (),
Yangmu (),
Xingkaihu (),
Chengzihe (),
Errenban (),
Taiping
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Taiping, Tai-p’ing, or Tai Ping most often refers to:
Chinese history
* Princess Taiping (died 713), Tang dynasty princess
* Taiping Rebellion (1850–1864), civil war in southern China
** Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (1851–1864), the re ...
(),
Heping (),
Fuyuan ()
Climate
Sister Cities
*
Juneau, Alaska
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See also
*
List of Provinces of Balhae
The Balhae (or Bohai) kingdom controlled the northern Korean Peninsula, the area from the Amur River (''Heilong Jiang'') to the Strait of Tartary, and the Liaodong Peninsula. Similar to the workings of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, the administration ...
References
External links
Map of Mishan County
Balhae
Cities in Heilongjiang
County level divisions of Heilongjiang
Jixi
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