Zhaoqing,alternately romanized as Shiuhing,is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province,China. As of the 2020 census,its population was 4,113,594,with 1,553,109 living in the built-up area made of Duanzhou,Dinghu and Gaoyao. The prefectural seat—except the Seven Star Crags—is fairly flat,but thickly forested mountains lie just outside its limits. Numerous rice paddies and aquaculture ponds are found on the outskirts of the city. Sihui and the southern districts of the prefecture are considered part of the Pearl River Delta.
Zongdu,usually translated as Viceroy,Head of State or Governor-General,governed one territory or more provinces of China during the Ming and Qing dynasties.
The Viceroy of Zhili,officially in Chinese as the Governor-General of the Directly Subordinate Province and Other Local Areas,in Charge of Military Affairs,Food and Wages,Management of Rivers and Governor Affairs, was one of eight regional Viceroys during the Qing dynasty. The Viceroy of Liangjiang had jurisdiction of military,civil,and political affairs over then Zhili Province. The Governor's Office sat in then Zhili Province's Baoding Prefecture City.
Qishan,courtesy name Jing'an,was a Mongol nobleman and official of the late Qing dynasty. He was of Khalkha Mongol and Borjigit descent,and his family was under the Plain Yellow Banner of the Manchu Eight Banners. He is best known for negotiating the Convention of Chuanbi on behalf of the Qing government with the British during the First Opium War of 1839–42.
Liu Yin (劉隱),formally Prince Xiang of Nanhai (南海襄王),later further posthumously honored Emperor Xiang (襄皇帝) with the temple name of Liezong (烈宗) by his younger brother Liu Yan,was a warlord late in the Chinese Tang dynasty and Tang's succeeding dynasty Later Liang of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period,who ruled Qinghai Circuit as its military governor (Jiedushi). It was on the basis of his rule that Liu Yan was later able to establish the state of Southern Han.
Cen Chunxuan,courtesy name Yunjie,was a Zhuang Chinese politician who lived in the late Qing dynasty and Republic of China.
The Viceroy of Liangjiang,fully named in Chinese as the Governor-General of the Two River Provinces and Other Local Admirals,in Charge of Military Affairs,Food and Wages,Management of Rivers,and Administration on Nanhe Affairs,was one of eight regional Viceroys during the Qing dynasty. The Viceroy of Liangjiang had jurisdiction of military,civil,and political affairs over then Jiangnan Province and then Jiangxi Province. The position was set up in 1647 and abolished in 1912.
The Viceroy of Shaan-Gan,fully in Chinese as the Governor-General of Shaanxi,Gansu and Other Local Areas,in Charge of Military Affairs,Food and Wages,Tea and Horses and Governor Affairs,was one of eight regional Viceroys during the Qing dynasty. The Viceroy of Shaan-Gan had jurisdiction of military,civil,and political affairs over then Shaanxi Province and then Gansu Province.
The Viceroy of Min-Zhe,fully in Chinese as the Governor-General of Min-Zhe Provinces and Other Local Areas,in Charge of Military Affairs,Food and Wages and Governor Affairs,was one of eight Viceroys during the Qing dynasty. The Viceroy of Sichuan had jurisdiction of military,civil,and political affairs over then Fujian Province,Zhejiang Province,and Taiwan Province.
The Viceroy of the Three Eastern Provinces,fully in Chinese as the Governor-General of the Three Eastern Provinces and Other Local Areas,and in Charge of Managing the Generals of the Three Provinces and the Governor of Fengtian,was one of eight regional Viceroys during the Qing dynasty. The Viceroy of the Three Eastern Provinces had jurisdiction of military,civil,and political affairs over then Fengtian Province,Jilin Province,and Heilongjiang Province.
The Viceroy of Huguang,fully in Chinese as the Governor-General of Hubei,Hunan and Other Local Areas,in Charge of Military Affairs,Food and Wages and Governor Affairs,was one of eight regional Viceroys during the Qing dynasty. The Viceroy of Huguang had jurisdiction of military,civil,and political affairs over then Hubei Province and then Hunan Province.
The Viceroy of Yun-Gui,fully in Chinese as the Governor-General of Yun-Gui Provinces and Other Local Areas,in Charge of Military Affairs,Food and Wages and Governor Affairs,was one of eight regional Viceroys during the Qing dynasty of China. The Viceroy of Yun-Gui had jurisdiction of military,civil,and political affairs over then Yunnan Province and then Guizhou Province.
The Viceroy of Sichuan,fully in Chinese as the Governor-General of Sichuan and Other Local Areas,in Charge of Military Affairs,Food and Wages and Governor Affairs,was one of eight regional Viceroys during the Qing dynasty. The Viceroy of Sichuan had jurisdiction of military,civil,and political affairs over then Sichuan Province.
The Red Turban Rebellion of 1854–1856 was a rebellion by members of the Tiandihui in the Guangdong province of South China.
The Dafo Temple is a Buddhist temple in Guangzhou,Guangdong,China. Located in Yuexiu District,Dafo Temple is a grand temple with a history of more than one thousand years and was built by Emperor Liu Yan in the Southern Han dynasty (917–971). It has been praised as one of the "Five Largest Temples of Guangzhou" in history. Later it was destroyed and rebuilt many times. In the late Ming dynasty,the temple was declining day by day and was devastated by the war while Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao conquered Guangdong in 1649. During the reign of the Kangxi Emperor in 1663,the temple was rebuilt and expanded by Shang Kexi continuously. According to the national policy of free religious belief,the temple was approved by the Guangzhou Municipal People's Government to be restored as a Buddhist temple in 1981. Then Master Guangming,vice-president of the Guangzhou Buddhist Association,served as abbot;he tried to revitalize Dafo Temple and restore the style of the large temple. On August 9,1993,Dafo Temple was put on the list as a Municipality Protected Historic Site by the Guangzhou Municipal People's Government.
Events from the year 1662 in China.
Events from the year 1665 in China.
Standard cash,or regulation cash coins,is a term used during the Ming and Qing dynasties of China to refer to standard issue copper-alloy cash coins produced in imperial Chinese mints according to weight and composition standards that were fixed by the imperial government. The term was first used for Hongwu Tongbao cash coins following the abolition of large denomination versions of this cash coin series.
The Qing dynasty was the last imperial dynasty of China. The early Qing emperors adopted the bureaucratic structures and institutions from the preceding Ming dynasty but split rule between the Han and Manchus with some positions also given to Mongols. Like previous dynasties,the Qing recruited officials via the imperial examination system until the system was abolished in 1905. The Qing divided the positions into civil and military positions,each having nine grades or ranks,each subdivided into a and b categories. Civil appointments ranged from an attendant to the emperor or a Grand Secretary in the Forbidden City (highest) to being a prefectural tax collector,deputy jail warden,deputy police commissioner,or tax examiner. Military appointments ranged from being a field marshal or chamberlain of the imperial bodyguard to a third class sergeant,corporal or a first or second class private.
He Tengjiao,courtesy name Yuncong,was a military officer of the late Ming dynasty who led rebellions against the Qing dynasty. He was from Liping,Guizhou.
