Tangxi (MOS:ZH-->) is a rural
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
in
Wucheng District
Wucheng () is a district of the city of Jinhua, Zhejiang province, China.
Administrative divisions
Subdistricts:
* Chengdong Subdistrict (城东街道), Chengzhong Subdistrict (城中街道), Chengxi Subdistrict (城西街道), Chengbei Subdis ...
of
Jinhua,
Zhejiang
Zhejiang ( or , ; , Chinese postal romanization, also romanized as Chekiang) is an East China, eastern, coastal Provinces of China, province of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Hangzhou, and other notable citie ...
. it had a population of 62,900 and an area of .
History
The history of Tangxi Town dates back to the
Neolithic Age
The Neolithic period, or New Stone Age, is an Old World archaeological period and the final division of the Stone Age. It saw the Neolithic Revolution, a wide-ranging set of developments that appear to have arisen independently in several pa ...
.
During the
Spring and Autumn Period, Tangxi was under the jurisdiction of the Gumie Kingdom ().
In 222 BC,
Qin Shi Huang
Qin Shi Huang (, ; 259–210 BC) was the founder of the Qin dynasty and the first emperor of a unified China. Rather than maintain the title of " king" ( ''wáng'') borne by the previous Shang and Zhou rulers, he ruled as the First Empero ...
established Taiwei County () here. Later its name was changed into Longqiu County ().
In 931, during the
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms
The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period (), from 907 to 979, was an era of political upheaval and division in 10th-century Imperial China. Five dynastic states quickly succeeded one another in the Central Plain, and more than a dozen concu ...
,
founded the
Wuyue Kingdom, Longqiu County was renamed Longyou County ().
In 1471, in the 7th year of the Chenghua period of the
Ming dynasty
The Ming dynasty (), officially the Great Ming, was an imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming dynasty was the last orthodox dynasty of China ruled by the Han peo ...
,
Chenghua Emperor
The Chenghua Emperor (; 9 December 1447 – 9 September 1487), personal name Zhu Jianshen, was the ninth Emperor of the Ming dynasty, who reigned from 1464 to 1487. His era name " Chenghua" means "accomplished change".
Childhood
Zhu Jianshen wa ...
established Tangxi County () here.
During the
Guangxu reign of the
Qing dynasty
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, American priest Weng Pixian () came here to spread
Catholicism
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. Then priest Yi Wensi () founded a
Catholic church
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here.
On December 28, 1958, Tangxi County was merged into Jinhua County ().
Geography
The highest point in the town is Mount Jiufeng.
Attractions
Tangxi Chenghuang Temple () is a
folk temple and provincial level cultural heritage. It was first established in 1472, during the Ming dynasty, the modern temple was founded in 1866, in the late Qing dynasty.
Jiufeng Temple is a
Buddhist temple on Mount Jiufeng, it was built in 502, under the Liang dynasty. The present version was completed in the
Qianlong period of the Qing dynasty.
Notable people
*
Tao Yuanming
Tao Yuanming (; 365–427), also known as Tao Qian (; also T'ao Ch'ien in Wade-Giles), was a Chinese poet and politician who was one of the best-known poets during the Six Dynasties period. He was born during the Eastern Jin dynasty (317-420 ...
, poet in the Eastern Jin dynasty.
* Hu Sen (), official in the Ming dynasty.
*
Feng Zikai
Feng Zikai (; November 9, 1898 – September 15, 1975) was an influential Chinese painter, pioneering '' manhua'' () artist, essayist, and lay Buddhist of 20th-century China. Born just after the First Sino-Japanese War and dying just before the e ...
, painter.
* Wei Zuqing (), mediciner.
Gallery
References
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Divisions of Wucheng District
Towns of Jinhua