Jian'ou is a county-level city in Nanping in northern Fujian province,China. Under the name Jianning (Kienning),it was formerly the seat of its own prefecture and was the namesake of its province.
Cili is a county in Hunan Province,China under administration of the prefecture-level city of Zhangjiajie. Located in the north of Hunan and the east of Zhangjiajie,Cili County is bordered to the southeast by Taoyuan County,to the south and the southwest by Yongding District,to the west and the northwest by Sangzhi County,to the north and northeast by Shimen County. Cili is also the home of the Tujia people. The County has an area of 3,492 square kilometres (1,348 sq mi) with 703,452 of registered population and roughly 613,000 permanent population. It is divided into 25 township-level divisions,its county seat is Lingyang Town (零阳镇).
is a county located in central Fujian province,People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of Quanzhou City and covers an area of 2,232 square kilometres (862 sq mi) with a total population of 332,148.
Beipiao is a city in Chaoyang prefecture,Liaoning province,in Northeast China. It has a population of 202,807. The main industry in the area is coal mining. With vertical shafts of almost 1000m,these are some of the deepest coal mines in China. The coal produced is used for coking. Daheishan National Forest Park is located in the northwestern part of Beipiao city.
Xiangxiang is a county-level city under the administration of Xiangtan,Hunan province,China. Located on Central Hunan and the west of Xiangtan,Xiangxiang is bordered by Ningxiang County and Shaoshan City to the north,Xiangtan County to the east,Shuangfeng County to the south,Louxing District of Loudi City to the west,it has an area of 1,912.7 km2 (738.5 sq mi) with a population of rough 850,000. It has four subdistricts,15 towns and three townships under its jurisdiction,the government seat is Wangchunmen (望春门街道).
Shaowu is a county-level city in northwestern Fujian province,People's Republic of China,located in the central part of the Wuyi Mountains and bordering Jiangxi province to the west. It has more than 270,000 inhabitants. The local dialect combines elements from Northern Min and Gan Chinese.
is a county-level city of Ningde prefecture level city,in northeast Fujian province,PRC,some 150 kilometres (93 mi) North of the provincial capital Fuzhou. Fuzhou and Fu'an of Ningde prefecture along with Cangnan county-level city of Wenzhou prefecture in Zhejiang province make up the Min Dong linguistic and cultural region of China. Fu'an along with Fuzhou and the Eastern Min region are the closest geographically to the nearby Matsu Islands which are an archipelago of 36 islands within the Lienchiang county of Taiwan.
Jianyang is a county-level city under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Chengdu,in Sichuan Province,Southwest China. Situated only 48 kilometers (30 mi) from Chengdu,Jianyang is administratively under the jurisdiction of Chengdu,changed from being a prefecture-level city of Ziyang since May 2016. The preparation work for changing it to "Jianyang District" is already started as of August 2019. The urban center is located on the banks of the Tuo River.
Wuyishan City is a county-level city in the municipal region of Nanping,in the northwest of Fujian,People's Republic of China,which borders Jiangxi to the northwest. It corresponds to the former Chong'an County.
Weng'an County is a county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture,Guizhou,China.
Xiapu is a county in the municipal region of Ningde,Fujian,People's Republic of China,located along a stretch of East China Sea coast,with many harbours and islands. It is bordered by Fuding City and Zherong County to the north,Fu'an City and Ningde's urban area to the west,and Luoyuan County,Fuzhou and the Matsu Islands of Lienchiang County,Republic of China (Taiwan) to the south.
Jiangle County is a county of western Fujian province,People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of Sanming City.
Pingshan County,Hebei is a county of Hebei Province,North China,bordering Shanxi province to the west. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Shijiazhuang,the provincial capital.
Hanchuan is a county-level city in east-central Hubei province,People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of Xiaogan prefecture-level city. The city's urban area is located on the left bank of the Han River a few tens of kilometres upstream from Wuhan. However,the county-level city as an administrative unit also includes some land on the right bank of the river as well. The city has been served by the Hanchuan railway station on the Wuhan–Yichang railway. Hanchuan is a sister city of Martinez,California,United States.
Da'an is a city of northwestern Jilin province in Northeast China,on the southern bank of the Songhua River and the border with Heilongjiang province. It is under the administration of Baicheng City,115 kilometres (71 mi) to the west,and lies 57 kilometres (35 mi) northwest of Songyuan. Da'an City is 423,700,including 423,000 permanent residents.
Jian ware or Chien ware is a type of Chinese pottery originally made in Jianyang,Fujian province. It,and local imitations of it,are known in Japan as Tenmoku (天目). The ware are simple shapes in stoneware,with a strong emphasis on subtle effects in the glazes. In the Song dynasty they achieved a high prestige,especially among Buddhist monks and in relation to tea-drinking. They were also highly valued in Japan,where many of the best examples were collected. Though the ceramic body is light-coloured,the wares,generally small cups for tea,bowls and vases,normally are glazed in dark colours,with special effects such as the "hare's fur" "oil-spot" and "partridge feather" patterns caused randomly as excess iron in the glaze is forced out during firing.
