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, China, bordering Russia's Primorsky Krai 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.

History

Early medieval history

From 698 to 936, the kingdom of Balhae occupied northern

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and parts of

Manchuria Manchuria is an exonym (derived from the endo demonym " Manchu") for a historical and geographic region in Northeast Asia encompassing the entirety of present-day Northeast China (Inner Manchuria) and parts of the Russian Far East (Outer Manc ...

and Primorsky Krai, consisting of the Nanai, the Udege, and descendants of the Tungus-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 ...

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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 (), 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 __NOTOC__ 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

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References

External links

Map of Mishan County
Balhae Cities in Heilongjiang County level divisions of Heilongjiang Jixi {{Heilongjiang-geo-stub