Henan

Henan (Chinese: 河南; Hanyu Pinyin: Hénán; Wade-Giles: Ho-nan), is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the central part of the country. Its one-character abbreviation is 豫 (pinyin: yù), named after Yuzhou Province (豫州 Yù Zhōu), a Han Dynasty province (zhou) that included parts of Henan. The name Henan means "south of the (Yellow) River" (Huang He). With nearly 100 million people, Henan ...

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Henan: Encyclopedia II - Henan - Culture Most of Henan speaks dialects of Mandarin. Linguists put these dialects into the category of "Zhongyuan Mandarin". The northwestern corner of Henan is an exception, where people speak Jin dialects instead. The dialects of Henan are collectively called "the Henan dialect" in popular usage, with easily identifiable stereotypical features. Henan opera is the local form of Chinese opera; it is also famous and popular across the rest of China. Henan Quju and Henan Yuediao are ...

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Henan: Encyclopedia - List of Buddhist temples

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Henan: Encyclopedia - Anhui

Anhui (Chinese: 安徽; Hanyu Pinyin: Ānhuī; Wade-Giles: An-hui; Postal System Pinyin: Ngan-hui, Anhwei or An-hwei) is a province of the People's Republic of China. It is located in east China, across the basins of the Yangtze River and the Huaihe River. It borders Jiangsu to the east, Zhejiang to the southeast, Jiangxi to the south, Hubei to the southwest, Henan to the northwest, a ...

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Henan: Encyclopedia - Yin city

Yin is said to be the last capital of the Chinese Shang Dynasty (1600 BC - 1046 BC). Excavations suggest that this city was located on the site of present-day Anyang, in Henan province. See also: Yinxu ...

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Henan: Encyclopedia - Anyang

Anyang (Simplified: 安阳; Traditional: 安陽; Hanyu Pinyin: Ānyáng) is a prefecture-level city in northeastern Henan province, People's Republic of China. The northernmost city in Henan, Anyang borders Puyang to the east, Hebi and Xinxiang to the south, and the provinces of Shanxi and Hebei to its west and north respectively. Anyang - Administration. The prefecture-level city of Anyang administers 4 districts, 1 county-level city and 4 counties. Beiguan Distric ...

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Henan: Encyclopedia - YU

YU or Yu may stand for: Henan, abbreviation for the Chinese province Yugoslavia, especially, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (old ISO country code) Yu (Xia dynasty ruler), the founder of the Xia dynasty Yu (Stargate), a System Lord from the science fiction series Stargate SG-1 Yu (Cyrillic), a letter in the Cyrillic alphabet Universities Yale University Yeshiva University York University

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Henan: Encyclopedia - Zhuangzi

Zhuāngzǐ (pinyin), Chuang Tzu (W-G), or Chuang Tse (Chinese 庄子/莊子, literally meaning "Master Zhuang") was a famous philosopher in ancient China who lived around the 4th century BCE during the Warring States Period, corresponding to the Hundred Schools of Thought philosophical summit of Chinese thought. He was from the Town of Meng (蒙城 Méng Chéng) in the State of Song (now Shāngqiū 商邱, Henan). His given name was 周 Zhōu. He was also known as 蒙吏, Méng Official, 蒙莊 Méng Zhuāng and 蒙叟 M ...

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Henan: Encyclopedia - Oracle bone

Oracle bones were first fully excavated from the Anyang site in Henan Province China in 1899. They are mostly ox scapulae (shoulder blades) and turtle shells or plastrons, used for scapulomancy: after being heated (such as having a heated rod inserted through the bone), they would crack, and the priest in charge of the ceremony would read the cracks to learn the answer to a question written on the bone. He looked both for the presence of a crack or the absence of a crack to assay the relative strength of one question's answer t ...

Henan: Encyclopedia - Chinese Red Pine

The Chinese Red Pine Pinus tabuliformis is a pine native to northern China from Liaoning west to Inner Mongolia and Gansu, and south to Shandong, Henan and Shaanxi, and also northern Korea. In some older texts the name is spelled "Pinus tabulaeformis". It is a medium-sized evergreen tree 20-30 m tall, with a flat-topped crown when mature (whence the scientific name, 'table-shaped'). The growth rate is fast when young, but slows with age. The grey-brown bark fissures at an early age compared to other trees. The bro ...

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Henan: Encyclopedia - Chu state

Chu (楚) was a kingdom in what is now southern China during the Spring and Autumn period (722-481 BCE) and Warring States (481-212 BCE) period. It was originally known as Jing (荆) and then as Jingchu (荆楚). At the height of its power, the Chu empire occupied vast areas of land, including the present-day provinces of Hunan, Hubei, Chongqing, Henan, and parts of Jiangsu. The Chu capital was at Ying (郢). Chu state - History. The land of Jing was inhabited by the native Chu p ...

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Henan: Encyclopedia - Wu Guang

Wu Guang (Traditional Chinese: 吳廣) (d. 209 BC or 208 BC (around the new year)) was a leader of the first rebellion against Qin Dynasty during the reign of Qin Er Shi, following the death of Qin Shi Huang. Less is known about him than Chen Sheng. Wu Guang was born in Yangxia (陽夏, in modern Zhoukou, Henan). In 209 BC, he was a military captain along with Chen Sheng when the two of them were ordered to lead 900 soldiers to Yuyang (漁陽, in modern Beijing) to help defend the northern border against Xiongnu. Due to storms, ...

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Henan: Encyclopedia - Chen Sheng

Chen Sheng (Traditional Chinese: 陳勝) (d. 209 BC or 208 BC (around the new year)) was the leader of the first rebellion against Qin Dynasty during the reign of Qin Er Shi, following the death of Qin Shi Huang. Chen Sheng - Start of the rebellion. Chen Sheng was born in Yangcheng (陽城, in modern Dengfeng, Henan). In 209 BC, he was a military captain along with Wu Guang when the two of them were ordered to lead 900 soldiers to Yuyang (漁陽, in modern Beijing) to help defend the northern border ...

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Henan: Encyclopedia - Chen state

Chen (陳) was a minor state of the Spring and Autumn Period in Ancient China. It was a relatively minor state based on a single urban centre near what is now Huaiyang in the plains of eastern Henan province. In its time Chen lay in the southern part of Chinese civilisation, bordering the semi-barbarous state of Chu. The royal family of Chen claimed descent from Emperor Shun. According to tradition, after the conquest of the Shang Dynasty around 1046 BC, King Wu of Zhou sought out the potter Gui Man (媯滿), a ...

Henan: Encyclopedia - Wei state

The following details the state of Wei of the Warring States Period. Refer to Ran Min for his state of Wei during the Sixteen Kingdoms. For more information, see Kingdom of Wei. The Wei (simplified Chinese and traditional Chinese: 魏) was a state during the Warring States Period in China. Its territory lay between the states of Qin and Qi and included modern areas in Henan, Hebei and Shanxi and Shandong. After its capital was moved from Anyi to Daliang (today Kaifeng) during the reign of King H ...

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Henan: Encyclopedia - Luoyang

Luoyang (Simplified: 洛阳; Traditional: 洛陽; Hanyu Pinyin: Luòyáng) is a prefecture-level city in western Henan province, People's Republic of China. It borders the provincial capital of Zhengzhou to the east, Pingdingshan to the southeast, Nanyang to the south, Sanmenxia to the west, Jiyuan to the north, and Jiaozuo to the northeast. Situated on the central plain of China, cradle of the Chinese civilization, Luoyang was one of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China. Luoyang - ...

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Henan: Encyclopedia - Kaifeng

Kaifeng (Simplified: 开封; Traditional: 開封; Hanyu Pinyin: Kāifēng; Wade-Giles: K'ai-feng), formerly known as Bianliang (汴梁), is a prefecture-level city in eastern Henan province, People's Republic of China. Located along the southern bank of the Yellow River, it borders the provincial capital of Zhengzhou to the west, Xinxiang to the northwest, Shangqiu to the east, Zhoukou to the southeast, Xuchang to the southwest]], a ...

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