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Liu Hanhong
Liu Hanhong (劉漢宏) (died 887?Academia Sinicabr>Chinese-Western Calendar Converter''Zizhi Tongjian'', vol. 256.According to the ''Zizhi Tongjian'', Liu Hanhong was captured and executed in the 12th month of the lunar year that roughly corresponds to 886; the 12th month, however, falls almost entirely within January 887.) was a warlord of the Chinese dynasty Tang dynasty who initially was a rebel against Tang but later accepted Tang titles and controlled Yisheng Circuit (義勝, headquartered in modern Shaoxing, Zhejiang). Eventually, he was defeated and captured by Qian Liu, and delivered to Qian's superior Dong Chang and executed. Background and rebellion against Tang It is not known when Liu Hanhong was born or his family background was, other than his family was from Yan Prefecture (兗州, in modern Jining, Shandong).''New Book of Tang'', vol. 190. In 879, he was serving at Jiangling under the chancellor Wang Duo, who was overseeing the operations against the major ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academia Sinica
Academia Sinica (AS, ; zh, t=中央研究院) is the national academy of the Taiwan, Republic of China. It is headquartered in Nangang District, Taipei, Nangang, Taipei. Founded in Nanjing, the academy supports research activities in mathematics, Physical Sciences, physical sciences, Life Sciences, life sciences, humanities and social sciences. As an educational institute, it provides PhD training and scholarship through its English-language Taiwan International Graduate Program in biology, agriculture, chemistry, physics, informatics, and Earth and Environmental Sciences, earth and environmental sciences. The current president since 2016 is James C. Liao, an expert in metabolic engineering, systems biology and synthetic biology. History Academia Sinica, which means "Chinese Academy", was founded in 1928 in Nanjing, then capital of the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China, with its first meeting held in Shanghai. By December 1948, all fourteen institutes of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanzhou (in Modern Hunan)
Tanzhou or Tan Prefecture () was a '' zhou'' (prefecture) in imperial China centering on modern Changsha, Hunan, China. In the Yuan dynasty it was known as Tanzhou Route () and in the Ming dynasty as Tanzhou Fu (). It existed (intermittently) from 589 to 1372. Geography The administrative region of Tanzhou in the Tang dynasty falls within modern eastern Hunan. It probably includes modern: *Under the administration of Changsha: **Changsha **Liuyang **Changsha County **Ningxiang *Under the administration of Zhuzhou: **Zhuzhou **Zhuzhou County **Liling *Under the administration of Xiangtan: **Xiangtan ** Xiangxiang **Xiangtan County *Under the administration of Yiyang Yiyang ( zh, s=益阳 , t=益陽 , p=Yìyáng) is a prefecture-level city on the Zi River in Hunan province, China, straddling Lake Dongting and bordering Hubei to the north. According to the Sixth National Population Census of the People's Repub ...: **Yiyang References * Prefectures of the Sui dynasty Prefectur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiangsu
Jiangsu is a coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province in East China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its capital in Nanjing. Jiangsu is the List of Chinese administrative divisions by area, third smallest, but the List of Chinese administrative divisions by population, fifth most populous, with a population of 84.75 million, and the List of Chinese administrative divisions by population density, most densely populated of the 22 provinces of the People's Republic of China. Jiangsu has the highest GDP per capita and second-highest GDP of Chinese provinces, after Guangdong. Jiangsu borders Shandong in the north, Anhui to the west, and Zhejiang and Shanghai to the south. Jiangsu has a coastline of over along the Yellow Sea, and the Yangtze flows through the southern part of the province. Since the Sui dynasty, Sui and Tang dynasty, Tang dynasties, Jiangsu has been a national economic and commercial center ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhenjiang
Zhenjiang, alternately romanized as Chinkiang, is a prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province, China. It lies on the southern bank of the Yangtze River near its intersection with the Grand Canal. It is opposite Yangzhou (to its north) and between Nanjing (to its west) and Changzhou (to its east). Zhenjiang was formerly the provincial capital of Jiangsu and remains as an important transportation hub. As of the 2020 census, its total population was 3,210,418 inhabitants whom 1,266,790 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of the 3 urban districts. The town is best known both in China and abroad for Chinkiang vinegar, a fragrant black vinegar that is a staple of Chinese cooking. Names Prior to the adoption of Hanyu Pinyin, the city's name was typically romanized as or Former names include Jingkou and Runzhou. History A part of Zhenjiang was held by Ce, Marquess of Yi, under the early Zhou dynasty. It was subsequently known as Zhufang and Guyang. After the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzhou, Anhui
Suzhou, () formerly romanized as Suchow, is a prefecture-level city in northern Anhui, China. The city straddles the and rivers, which fork at its western end. The Tuohe was formerly a left tributary of the Huai River, while the latter is a modern artificial canal, but now both drain into Hongze Lake. It borders the prefectural cities of Huaibei and Bengbu to the southwest and south respectively, and the provinces of Jiangsu to the east, Shandong to the north, and Henan to the northwest. Its population was 5,324,476 inhabitants at the 2020 census, of whom 1,766,285 lived in the built-up area (or metro) of Yongqiao District, even though that district remains largely rural. History Suzhou was formerly Su County (). Administration Suzhou administers five county-level divisions, including one district and four counties. * Yongqiao District () * Dangshan County () * Xiao County () * Lingbi County () * Si County () These are further divided into 118 township-level division ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xinyang
Xinyang ( zh, s= , t=信陽 , p=Xìnyáng; Postal romanization, postal: Sinyang) is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Henan province of China, province, People's Republic of China, the southernmost administrative division in the province. Its total population was 6,234,401 according to Seventh National Population Census of the People's Republic of China, the 2020 census. As of the 2010 census, 1,230,042 of them lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of two urban districts, Pingqiao and Shihe. History As early as over 8,000 years ago, Neolithic cultures began primitive agriculture of considerable scale along the Huai River, such as the Peiligang culture, Peiligang, Longshan culture, Longshan and Qujialing culture, Qujialing cultures. During the Great Leap Forward, one million farmers died in what was known as the Xinyang Incident. Geography Geography of city The prefecture-level city of Xinyang has a total land area of . The city is located in the southernmost par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emperor Xizong Of Tang
Emperor Xizong of Tang (June 8, 862 – April 20, 888), né Li Yan, later name changed to Li Xuan (, changed 873), was an emperor of China's Tang dynasty. He reigned from 873 to 888. He was the fifth son of his predecessor Emperor Yizong and was the elder brother of his successor Emperor Zhaozong. His reign saw his realm overrun by the great agrarian rebellions led by Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao, and while both were eventually defeated, by the end of Emperor Xizong's reign, the Tang state had virtually disintegrated into pieces ruled by individual warlords, rather than the imperial government, and would never recover, falling eventually in 907. Background and accession Li Yan was born on June 8, 862, at the eastern palace in the Tang imperial capital Chang'an, as the fifth son of then-reigning Emperor Yizong. His mother was Emperor Yizong's concubine Consort Wang, who carried the title of ''Guifei'', the highest rank carried by imperial consorts.'' New Book of Tang'', v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Songzhou
Songzhou or Song Prefecture () was a '' zhou'' (prefecture) in imperial China centering on modern Shangqiu, Henan, China. It existed (intermittently) from 596 to 1006. The Song dynasty was named after this prefecture because its founder Emperor Taizu of Song had stationed in Songzhou for many years. Geography The administrative region of Songzhou in the Tang dynasty is in the border area of modern eastern Henan, northern Anhui and southwestern Shandong. It probably includes parts of modern: * Under the administration of Shangqiu, Henan: ** Shangqiu: Liangyuan District and Suiyang District ** Minquan County ** Sui County ** Ningling County ** Zhecheng County ** Yucheng County ** Xiayi County * Under the administration of Heze, Shandong: ** Shan County ** Cao County * Under the administration of Suzhou Suzhou is a major prefecture-level city in southern Jiangsu province, China. As part of the Yangtze Delta megalopolis, it is a major economic center and focal point of trade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hubei
Hubei is a province of China, province in Central China. It has the List of Chinese provincial-level divisions by GDP, seventh-largest economy among Chinese provinces, the second-largest within Central China, and the third-largest among inland provinces. Its provincial capital at Wuhan serves as a major political, cultural, and economic hub for the region. Hubei is associated with the historical state of E that existed during the Western Zhou dynasty (771 BCE). Its name means 'north of the lake', referring to Dongting Lake. It borders Henan to the north, Anhui and Jiangxi to the east, Hunan to the south, and Chongqing and Shaanxi to the west. The high-profile Three Gorges Dam is located at Yichang in the west of the province. History The Hubei region was home to sophisticated Neolithic cultures. By the Spring and Autumn period (770–476 BC), the territory of today's Hubei formed part of the powerful Chu (state), State of Chu. Chu, nominally a tributary state of the Zh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xiangyang
Xiangyang is the second-largest prefecture-level city by population in northwestern Hubei province, China. It was known as Xiangfan from 1950 to 2010. The Han River (Hanshui), Han River runs through Xiangyang's centre and divides the city north–south. The city itself is an agglomeration of two once separate cities: Fancheng and Xiangyang (or Xiangcheng District, Xiangyang, Xiangcheng), and was known as Xiangfan before 2010. What remains of old Xiangyang is located south of the Han River (Hanshui), Han River and contains one of the oldest still-intact city walls in China, while Fancheng is located to the north of the Han River. Both cities served prominent historical roles in both ancient and pre-modern Chinese history. Today, the city has been a target of government and private investment as the country seeks to urbanize and develop the interior provinces. Its built-up area made up of 3 urban districts had 2,319,640 inhabitants at the 2020 census while the whole municipalit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
