Qi County or Qixian () is a county of

Kaifeng Kaifeng ( zh, s=开封, p=Kāifēng) is a prefecture-level city in east-Zhongyuan, central Henan province, China. It is one of the Historical capitals of China, Eight Ancient Capitals of China, having been the capital eight times in history, and ...

Henan Henan; alternatively Honan is a province in Central China. Henan is home to many heritage sites, including Yinxu, the ruins of the final capital of the Shang dynasty () and the Shaolin Temple. Four of the historical capitals of China, Lu ...

, People's Republic of China, with an area of 1243 square km and a population of 1.05 million.

History

From Shang to

Western Zhou The Western Zhou ( zh, c=西周, p=Xīzhōu; 771 BC) was a period of Chinese history corresponding roughly to the first half of the Zhou dynasty. It began when King Wu of Zhou overthrew the Shang dynasty at the Battle of Muye and ended in 77 ...

, Qi County was the place of the

State of Qi Qi, or Ch'i in Wade–Giles romanization, was a ancient Chinese state, regional state of the Zhou dynasty in History of China#Ancient China, ancient China, whose rulers held Zhou dynasty nobility, titles of ''Hou'' (), then ''Gong (title), Go ...

. In

Qin dynasty The Qin dynasty ( ) was the first Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China. It is named for its progenitor state of Qin, a fief of the confederal Zhou dynasty (256 BC). Beginning in 230 BC, the Qin under King Ying Zheng enga ...

, Qi was named as Yongqiu ( Chinese: 雍丘). It was the site of the Battle of Yongqiu in 756. In the

Song dynasty The Song dynasty ( ) was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 960 to 1279. The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song, who usurped the throne of the Later Zhou dynasty and went on to conquer the rest of the Fiv ...

, Yongqiu was renamed to Qi. Cai Wenji, a

Han dynasty The Han dynasty was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China (202 BC9 AD, 25–220 AD) established by Liu Bang and ruled by the House of Liu. The dynasty was preceded by the short-lived Qin dynasty (221–206 BC ...

poet and composer, was born shortly before 178 in Yu Prefecture (), Chenliu Commandery (), in what is now Qi County, Kaifeng, Henan.

Administrative divisions

Qi County has 8 towns and 13 townships. ;Towns: * Chengguan (), Wulihe (), Fuji (), Yuzhen (), Gaoyang (), Gegang (), Yanggu (), Xingkou () ;Townships: * Peicundian (), Zongdian (), Banmu (), Zhulin (), Guanzhuang (), Hugang (), Sumu (), Shahuo (), Pingcheng (), Nigou (), Shiyuan (), Xizhai (), Chengjiao ()

Climate

Notable people

* Cai Yong (132–192), musician and calligrapher of the

. * Cai Wenji (177--?), poet and composer of the Han dynasty, Cai Yong's daughter. * Mu Qing (1921–2003), journalist, author and photographer.

References

External links

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Official website of Qi County government
{{authority control County-level divisions of Henan Kaifeng