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| | |  Fen River: Encyclopedia II - Huang He - Characteristics of the riverThe Huang He is notable for the amount of silt it carries, 1.6 billion tons where it emerges from the Loess Plateau. If the river is running to the sea with sufficient volume, 1.4 billion tons are carried to the sea. In modern times, since 1972 when it first went dry, the river has gone dry in its lower reaches, from Jinan to the sea, in most years, in 1997 for 226 days. The low volume of the river is due to increased demands on the river for use in irrigation which has increased by a factor of five since 1950. Water diverted from the river ...
See also:Huang He, Huang He - Characteristics of the river, Huang He - Cradle of Chinese civilization, Huang He - Tributaries, Huang He - Hydroelectric power dams, Huang He - Provinces and cities on the Yellow River, Huang He - Yellow River in art and literature, Huang He - External link Read more here: » Huang He: Encyclopedia II - Huang He - Characteristics of the river |
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| | | | Fen River: Encyclopedia II - Taiyuan - History Taiyuan is an ancient capital, constructed by Zhaojianzi (赵简子) in ca. 500 BC, named Jinyang (晋阳). It was renamed Taiyuan in the Qin Dynasty.
A new city was built in 562 AD, which was later linked to the old city during the Tang Dynasty (733 AD).
In 617 AD, Li Yuan and his son Li Shimin rebelled against Sui Dynasty, and founded the Tang.
The oldest existing building in the city is the Temple of Goddess (聖母殿) inside the Jin Ci Complex; it was originally built in 1023 AD and reconstructed in 1102 AD.
The city had been deliberately flooded several times: 453 BC, 969 AD, a ...
See also:Taiyuan, Taiyuan - History, Taiyuan - Colleges and Universities, Taiyuan - High Schools In Taiyuan, Taiyuan - External link Read more here: » Taiyuan: Encyclopedia II - Taiyuan - History |
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| | | | Fen River: Encyclopedia II - Pingyao - Historical importance Pingyao still retains its city layout from the Ming and Qing dynasties, conforming to a typical bagua pattern. More than 300 sites in or near the city have ancient ruins. Preserved Ming- and Qing-style residences number close to 4,000. The streets and storefronts still largely retain their historical appearance.
In the Spring and Autumn Period, the county belonged to the kingdom of Jin. It was part of the kingdom of Zhao in the Warring States Period. In the Qin Dynasty, it was known as Pingtao. During the Han Dynasty, it was known as ...
See also:Pingyao, Pingyao - Historical importance, Pingyao - City walls, Pingyao - Finance, Pingyao - Geography and economy, Pingyao - Miscellaneous, Pingyao - More Images Read more here: » Pingyao: Encyclopedia II - Pingyao - Historical importance |
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| | | | Fen River: Encyclopedia II - Shanxi - History Shanxi was the location of the powerful state of Jin during the Spring and Autumn Period (722 BC - 403 BC), which underwent a three-way split into the states of Han, Zhao and Wei in 403 BC, the traditional date taken as the start of the Warring States Period (403 BC - 221 BC). By 221 BC all of these states had fallen to the state of Qin, which established the Qin Dynasty (221 BC - 206 BC).
The Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD) ruled Shanxi as the province (zhou) of Bingzhou (并州 Bìng Zhōu). During the barbarian invasions of th ...
See also:Shanxi, Shanxi - History, Shanxi - Geography, Shanxi - Administrative divisions, Shanxi - Economy, Shanxi - Demographics, Shanxi - Culture, Shanxi - Tourism, Shanxi - Miscellaneous topics Read more here: » Shanxi: Encyclopedia II - Shanxi - History |
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| | | | Fen River: Encyclopedia II - Huang He - Characteristics of the river The Huang He is notable for the amount of silt it carries, 1.6 billion tons where it emerges from the Loess Plateau. If the river is running to the sea with sufficient volume, 1.4 billion tons are carried to the sea. In modern times, since 1972 when it first went dry, the river has gone dry in its lower reaches, from Jinan to the sea, in most years, in 1997 for 226 days. The low volume of the river is due to increased demands on the river for use in irrigation which has increased by a factor of five since 1950. Water diverted from the river ...
See also:Huang He, Huang He - Characteristics of the river, Huang He - Cradle of Chinese civilization, Huang He - Tributaries, Huang He - Hydroelectric power dams, Huang He - Provinces and cities on the Yellow River, Huang He - External link Read more here: » Huang He: Encyclopedia II - Huang He - Characteristics of the river |
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| | | | Fen River: Encyclopedia II - Shanxi - History Shanxi was the location of the powerful state of Jin during the Spring and Autumn Period (722 BC - 403 BC), which underwent a three-way split into the states of Han, Zhao and Wei in 403 BC, the traditional date taken as the start of the Warring States Period (403 BC - 221 BC). By 221 BC all of these states had fallen to the state of Qin, which established the Qin Dynasty (221 BC - 206 BC).
The Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD) ruled Shanxi as the province (zhou) of Bingzhou (幷州 Bīng Zhōu). During the invasions of northern nom ...
See also:Shanxi, Shanxi - History, Shanxi - Geography, Shanxi - Administrative divisions, Shanxi - Economy, Shanxi - Demographics, Shanxi - Culture, Shanxi - Tourism, Shanxi - Miscellaneous topics Read more here: » Shanxi: Encyclopedia II - Shanxi - History |
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| | | | Fen River: Encyclopedia II - Jin linguistics - Grammar Jin readily employs prefixes such as 圪 /kəʔ/, 忽 /xəʔ/, and 入 /zəʔ/, in a variety of derivational constructions. For example:
入鬼 "fool around" < 鬼 "ghost, devil"
In addition, there are a number of words in Jin that evolved, evidently, by splitting a mono-syllabic word into two. For example:
pəʔ ləŋ < 蹦 pəŋ "hop"
tʰəʔ luɤ < 拖 tʰuɤ "drag"
kuəʔ la < 刮 kua "scrape"
xəʔ lɒ̃ < 巷 xɒ̃ "street"
A similar process can also be found in Mandarin (e.g. 窟窿 kulong < 孔 ...
See also:Jin linguistics, Jin linguistics - History, Jin linguistics - Dialects, Jin linguistics - Sounds, Jin linguistics - Grammar, Jin linguistics - Vocabulary Read more here: » Jin linguistics: Encyclopedia II - Jin linguistics - Grammar |
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| | | | Fen River: Encyclopedia II - Shanxi - Geography Shanxi is located on a plateau, which is in turn made up of higher ground to the east (Taihang mountains) and the west (Lüliang mountains), and a series of valleys in the center through which the Fen River runs. The highest peak is Mount Wutai (Wutai Shan) in northeastern Shanxi at an altitude of 3058 m. The Great Wall of China forms most of the northern border of Shanxi with Inner Mongolia.
The Fen and Qin rivers, tributaries of Huang He (or the Yellow River), drain much of the province; the north is drained by tributaries of the Hai River, such as Sanggan and Hutuo rivers. The largest natural lake in Shanxi is Xiechi Lake, a salt lake n ...
See also:Shanxi, Shanxi - History, Shanxi - Geography, Shanxi - Administrative divisions, Shanxi - Economy, Shanxi - Demographics, Shanxi - Culture, Shanxi - Tourism, Shanxi - Miscellaneous topics Read more here: » Shanxi: Encyclopedia II - Shanxi - Geography |
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| | | | Fen River: Encyclopedia II - Huang He - Provinces and cities on the Yellow River The provinces of Hebei and Henan derive their names from the Huang He. Their names mean respectively "north" and "south of the (Yellow) River".
Major cities located along the Huang He include (starting from the source): Lanzhou, Wuhai, Baotou, Kaifeng, and Jinan. The upper reaches of the river were first explored by Nikolai Przhevalsky in the 1880s.
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See also:Huang He, Huang He - Characteristics of the river, Huang He - Cradle of Chinese civilization, Huang He - Tributaries, Huang He - Hydroelectric power dams, Huang He - Provinces and cities on the Yellow River, Huang He - External link Read more here: » Huang He: Encyclopedia II - Huang He - Provinces and cities on the Yellow River |
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| | | | Fen River: Encyclopedia II - Huang He - Provinces and cities on the Yellow River The provinces of Hebei and Henan derive their names from the Huang He. Their names mean respectively "north" and "south of the (Yellow) River".
Major cities located along the Huang He include (starting from the source): Lanzhou, Wuhai, Baotou, Kaifeng, and Jinan. The upper reaches of the river were first explored by Nikolai Przhevalsky in the 1880s.
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See also:Huang He, Huang He - Characteristics of the river, Huang He - Cradle of Chinese civilization, Huang He - Tributaries, Huang He - Hydroelectric power dams, Huang He - Provinces and cities on the Yellow River, Huang He - Yellow River in art and literature, Huang He - External link Read more here: » Huang He: Encyclopedia II - Huang He - Provinces and cities on the Yellow River |
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| | | | Fen River: Encyclopedia II - Shanxi - Economy Shanxi depends mostly on agriculture, mainly the cultivation of wheat, but also corn and sorghum.
Shanxi is very rich in natural resources, including coal and bauxite. Shanxi has, in fact, one third of China's coal, and this has made Shanxi a leading producer of coal within China.
Industry in Shanxi is mostly centered around coal, power generation, metal refining, and other heavy industries.
In 2003, Shanxi had a gross domestic product of 245.7 billion RMB, and a per capita income of 7468 RMB. By market exchange rates, these convert to US$29. ...
See also:Shanxi, Shanxi - History, Shanxi - Geography, Shanxi - Administrative divisions, Shanxi - Economy, Shanxi - Demographics, Shanxi - Culture, Shanxi - Tourism, Shanxi - Miscellaneous topics Read more here: » Shanxi: Encyclopedia II - Shanxi - Economy |
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| | | | Fen River: Encyclopedia II - Shanxi - Administrative divisions Shanxi is divided into 11 prefecture-level divisions, all of them prefecture-level cities:
Taiyuan (Simplified Chinese: 太原市, Hanyu Pinyin: Tàiyuán Shì)
Datong (大同市 Dàtóng Shì)
Yangquan (阳泉市 Yángquán Shì)
Changzhi (长治市 Chángzhì Shì)
Jincheng (晋城市 Jìnchéng Shì)
Shuozhou (朔州市 Shuòzhōu Shì)
Jinzhong (晋中市 Jìnzhōng Shì)
Yuncheng (运城市 Yùnchéng Shì)
Xinzhou (忻州市 Xīnzhōu Shì)
Linfen (临汾市 Línfén Shì) ...
See also:Shanxi, Shanxi - History, Shanxi - Geography, Shanxi - Administrative divisions, Shanxi - Economy, Shanxi - Demographics, Shanxi - Culture, Shanxi - Tourism, Shanxi - Miscellaneous topics Read more here: » Shanxi: Encyclopedia II - Shanxi - Administrative divisions |
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| | | | Fen River: Encyclopedia II - Shanxi - Geography Shanxi is located on a plateau, which is in turn made up of higher ground to the east (Taihang mountains) and the west (Lüliang mountains), and a series of valleys in the center through which the Fen River flows. The highest peak is Mount Wutai (Wutai Shan) at an altitude of 3058 m. The Fen and Qin rivers, tributaries of Huang He (or the Yellow River), drain much of the province; the north is drained by tributaries of the Hai River, such as Sanggan and Hutuo rivers.
Shanxi has a continental monsoon climate, and is rather arid. Annual precipitation averages around 350-700 mm. There is very little ...
See also:Shanxi, Shanxi - History, Shanxi - Geography, Shanxi - Administrative divisions, Shanxi - Economy, Shanxi - Demographics, Shanxi - Culture, Shanxi - Tourism, Shanxi - Miscellaneous topics Read more here: » Shanxi: Encyclopedia II - Shanxi - Geography |
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| | | | Fen River: Encyclopedia II - Shanxi - Culture People in most regions of Shanxi speak dialects of Jin, a subdivision of Chinese. People in the southwest speak dialects of Mandarin. (Jin is sometimes classified as a subdivision of Mandarin. For more information, see Chinese spoken language.)
Vinegar is a very important part of Shanxi cuisine.
Popular forms of traditional entertainment include Shanxi Opera (Jinju), Puju, Beilu Bangzi, S ...
See also:Shanxi, Shanxi - History, Shanxi - Geography, Shanxi - Administrative divisions, Shanxi - Economy, Shanxi - Demographics, Shanxi - Culture, Shanxi - Tourism, Shanxi - Miscellaneous topics Read more here: » Shanxi: Encyclopedia II - Shanxi - Culture |
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| | | | Fen River: Encyclopedia II - Shanxi - Tourism In addition to the major cities there are also the following sights:
Ancient City of Pingyao is a town and a World Heritage Site near Taiyuan noted for its preservation of many features of northern Han Chinese culture, architecture, and way of life during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Yungang Grottoes, a World Heritage Site in Datong consist of 252 caves noted for their collection of 5th and 6th century Buddhist cave art.
Mount Wutai (Wutai Shan) is the highest point in the province. It is known as the residence of the bodhisattva Manjusri, and as a result is also a major Buddhist pilgrimage destination, wit ...
See also:Shanxi, Shanxi - History, Shanxi - Geography, Shanxi - Administrative divisions, Shanxi - Economy, Shanxi - Demographics, Shanxi - Culture, Shanxi - Tourism, Shanxi - Miscellaneous topics Read more here: » Shanxi: Encyclopedia II - Shanxi - Tourism |
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| | | | Fen River: Encyclopedia II - Huang He - Hydroelectric power dams Hydroelectric power dams were built across the Yellow River at Liujia Gorge, Lanzhou, Sanmen Gorge, and Xiaolangdi.
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See also:Huang He, Huang He - Characteristics of the river, Huang He - Cradle of Chinese civilization, Huang He - Tributaries, Huang He - Hydroelectric power dams, Huang He - Provinces and cities on the Yellow River, Huang He - Yellow River in art and literature, Huang He - External link Read more here: » Huang He: Encyclopedia II - Huang He - Hydroelectric power dams |
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