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Changzhou or Chang Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China,centering on modern Changzhou,Jiangsu,China. It existed (intermittently) from 589 until 1277,when the Yuan dynasty renamed it Changzhou Route.
The modern prefecture-level city Changzhou,created in 1949,retains its name.
The administrative region of Chang Prefecture in the Tang dynasty was in modern southern Jiangsu directly to the north of Lake Tai. It probably includes parts of modern:
Jiangsu is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance,education,technology,and tourism,with its capital in Nanjing. Jiangsu is the third smallest,but the fifth most populous and the most densely populated of the 23 provinces of the People's Republic of China. Jiangsu has the highest GDP per capita of Chinese provinces 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 1,000 kilometers (620 mi) along the Yellow Sea,and the Yangtze River passes through the southern part of the province.
Wuxi is a city in southern Jiangsu province,eastern China,135 kilometers (84 mi) by car to the northwest of downtown Shanghai,between Changzhou and Suzhou. At end of 2021,the population of Wuxi was 7.48 million. By the end of 2022,the registered population of the entire city of Wuxi was 5.1901 million,with a per capita GDP ranking first in the country.
Jiangyin is a county-level city on the southern bank of the Yangtze River,and is administered by Wuxi,Jiangsu province. Jiangyin is one of the most important transport hubs on the Yangtze River,it is also one of the most developed counties in China. With 1,595,138 inhabitants as of the 2010 census,[1] the city is now part of Jiangyin-Zhangjiagang-Jingjiang built-up or metropolitan area with 3,526,260 inhabitants
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 and between Nanjing and Changzhou. 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 area made of the 3 urban districts. The town is best known both in China and abroad for its fragrant black vinegar,a staple of Chinese cooking.
Liyang is a county-level city under the administration of Changzhou in the Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. In 2011,it had a population of about 781,500. It borders the prefecture-level divisions of Wuxi to the east,Xuancheng (Anhui) to the south,and Nanjing to the west.
Yixing is a county-level city administrated under the prefecture-level city of Wuxi in southern Jiangsu province,China,and is part of the Yangtze River Delta. The city is known for its traditional Yixing clay ware tea pots. It is a pene-exclave with Changzhou. The city spans an area of 1,996.6 square kilometres (770.9 sq mi),and has a registered hukou population of about 1,075,800 as of 2020.
Changzhou is a prefecture-level city in southern Jiangsu,China. It was previously known as Yanling,Lanling,and Jinling. Located on the southern bank of the Yangtze River,Changzhou borders the provincial capital of Nanjing to the west,Zhenjiang to the northwest,Wuxi to the east,and the province of Zhejiang to the south. Changzhou is located in the highly developed Yangtze Delta region of China extending from Shanghai going northwest. The population of the Changzhou Municipality was 4,592,431 at the 2010 census. The city is the birthplace of Zhou Youguang who created the pinyin romanization system.
Xiaolongbao refers to a type of small Chinese steamed bun (baozi) traditionally prepared in a xiaolong,a small bamboo steaming basket,hence the name. Xiaolongbao are often referred to as a kind of "dumpling",but should not be confused with Chinese jiaozi or wonton.
China Railway Shanghai Group,officially abbreviated as CR Shanghai or CR-Shanghai,formerly,Shanghai Railway Administration is a subsidiaries company under the jurisdiction of the China Railway. As of 2007,the bureau was in charge of a total length of 10,810.5 kilometers,and a commercial length of 4,928.1 kilometers of railways. It oversees 503 stations and manages the railways in Shanghai,Jiangsu,Anhui and Zhejiang Provinces. Shanghai Railway Bureau estimated that by 2010 its commercial length of railways will be more than 7,060 km,including over 1,500 km of the inter-city railway. The railway administration was reorganized as a company in November 2017.
The Changzhou dialect,sometimes called Changzhounese,is a dialect of Wu,a Sino-Tibetan language family,and belongs to the Taihu dialect group. It is spoken in the city of Changzhou and surrounding areas in Jiangsu province of China. It has many similarities with the Shanghainese and Suzhou dialect. It is not at all mutually intelligible with Mandarin,China's official language. It is much more closely related to the neighboring Wuxi dialect with which it is mostly mutually intelligible.
The Jiangyin dialect is a Northern Wu Chinese dialect spoken in the city of Jiangyin in Jiangsu province. The Jiangyin dialect is a member of the Wu Chinese Taihu Wu family of dialects,which means the inhabitants speak a dialect similar to that of nearby Wuxi,Changzhou,Suzhou,and Shanghai. The Jiangyin dialect itself is of the Piling variety,related to the Changzhou dialect. The Jiangyin dialect has the highest degree of mutual intelligibility with the dialects of the closest neighboring cities of Changzhou and Wuxi but also has a fairly large degree of mutual intelligibility with the dialects of nearby Suzhou and Shanghai. As one travels south towards Wuxi away from the urban center of Jiangyin,the Jiangyin dialect increasingly sounds closer to the Wuxi dialect.
Taihu Wu (吳語太湖片) or Northern Wu (北部吳語) is a Wu Chinese language spoken over much of southern part of Jiangsu province,including Suzhou,Wuxi,Changzhou,the southern part of Nantong,Jingjiang and Danyang;the municipality of Shanghai;and the northern part of Zhejiang province,including Hangzhou,Shaoxing,Ningbo,Huzhou,and Jiaxing. A notable exception is the dialect of the town of Jinxiang,which is a linguistic exclave of Taihu Wu in Zhenan Min-speaking Cangnan county of Wenzhou prefecture in Zhejiang province. Speakers in regions around Taihu Lake and Hangzhou Bay,are the largest population among all Wu speakers. Taihu Wu dialects such as Shanghainese,Shaoxing and Ningbo are mutually intelligible even for L2 Taihu speakers.
Chuzhou or Chu Prefecture (楚州) was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China seated in modern Huai'an,Jiangsu,China. It existed (intermittently) from 581 to 1228.
Haizhou or Hai Prefecture (海州) was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China seated in modern Lianyungang,Jiangsu,China. It existed (intermittently) from 549 to 1912.
Liangzhe Circuit (997–1160s) was one of the major circuits during the Song dynasty (960–1279). Its administrative area corresponds roughly to modern Zhejiang,Shanghai,and southern Jiangsu. The fertile Yangtze River Delta lay within Liangzhe Circuit,as did Lake Tai. Liangzhe was the wealthiest circuit in Song.
Changzhou or Chang Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China,centering on modern western Chongqing,China. It existed (intermittently) from 785 until 1290.
Chang Prefecture may refer to:
Sizhou,Si Prefecture,or Si Subprefecture was a zhou of imperial China variously placed in what is now Xuyi County,Jiangsu,or nearby Si County,Anhui,both in China. Named for the Si River,it existed intermittently from 580 to 1912,during which time the relative position of a zhou within Chinese administrations varied. The same name Sizhou was used for the town used as the seat of the prefectural or subprefectural government,which also varied,and is preserved in modern Anhui's Si County and Sicheng.
Runzhou or Run Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China in modern Jiangsu,China,seated in modern Zhenjiang. It existed (intermittently) from 595 to 1113,when it became Zhenjiang Prefecture.
Xiju,also known as Wuxi opera,is a genre of opera which originated in the southern region of the Yangtze River Delta in China. It evolved from "Tanhuang" (滩簧),a folk opera art in the region of Wuxi and Changzhou of Jiangsu province. As one of the main local operas in Jiangsu Province,Wuxi opera has been reputed as "a piece of plum flower in Taihu Lake",a title given to the three major operas in East China,alongside Yue opera and Huangmei opera.