Xinjiang County, formerly Jiangzhou, lies in the municipal region of Yuncheng in the southwest of Shanxi province, China.
Ren Jianxin is a Chinese retired lawyer, judge, and politician. He served as President of the Supreme People's Court from 1988 to 1998.
Hedong Commandery was a historical region in the Qin and Han dynasties of ancient China. Hedong was located to the east of the Yellow River in Shanxi.
Meng Xuenong is a Chinese politician. Meng worked as a factory worker in Beijing before getting involved in politics through the local Communist Youth League organization. He was the Vice Mayor of Beijing between 1993 and 2003, before being promoted to mayor for a brief interlude in 2003. He was sacked as mayor only after a few months on the job due to his government's mismanagement of the SARS epidemic.
Xiangling is a character in the 18th century novel Dream of the Red Chamber. She is the primary maid of the Xue household. Originally named Zhen Yinglian, she is the lost daughter of Zhen Shiyin (甄士隱), the country gentleman in Chapter 1. Kidnapped as a young girl on the streets and sold to the Xue family under the name Xiangling (Lotus). Also an unofficial "concubine" to Xue Pan, she is greatly abused by him and later his wife, the cruel Xia Jingui. Xiangling is a kind girl who is much loved by Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai.
Gucheng, formerly romanized as Ku Ch'eng, may refer to the following places in China:
The 2008 Shanxi mudslide was caused by the collapse of an unlicensed mine landfill in Xiangfen county, Linfen, Shanxi Province, People's Republic of China which caused 277 dead, 4 missing and 33 injured. Around 8:00 a.m. on September 8, 2008, the retaining wall of a waste iron ore reservoir collapsed after torrential rain, causing a major mudslide which inundated a village and crowded marketplace. The unlicensed Tashan Mine was operated by the Tashan Mining Company.
Xiangfen County is a county in the southwest of Shanxi Province, China. It was established in February 1954 from the merger of the former Xiangling County (襄陵县) and Fencheng County (汾城县). The county falls under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Linfen, and has an area of 1,034 km2 (399 sq mi) and has 442,614 inhabitants.
Xiyan or Xi Yan may refer to:
Dingcun is an old village located in Xincheng, Xiangfen County, approximately 28 kilometers south of Linfen, in southern Shanxi Province, China.
Fushan County is a county in prefecture-level city of Linfen, in southern Shanxi Province, China. The county spans an area of 940.6 square kilometers, and has a population of 127,831 as of 2010.
Zheng Guangzu, courtesy name 德輝 Dé Huī, was a Chinese playwright, who was born in 1260 and died around 1320.
The Xiangfen West railway station is a railway station of Datong–Xi'an Passenger Railway that is located in Xiangfen County, Shanxi, China. It started operation on July 1, 2014, together with the railway.
In 2001, the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences organized a poll for China's 100 major archaeological discoveries in the 20th century. The participants included eight national-level institutions for archaeology and cultural relics, provincial-level archaeological institutes from 28 provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions, as well as from Hong Kong, the archaeological departments of 11 major national universities, and many other scholars in Beijing. After three months and three rounds of voting, the results were announced on 29 March 2001 and were published in the journal Kaogu (Archaeology). In 2002, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Press published the book China's 100 Major Archaeological Discoveries in the 20th Century (二十世纪中国百项考古大发现), with more than 500 pages and 1,512 pictures.
Taosi Township is a township in Xiangfen County, Shanxi, China. It is bordered by Dadeng Township to the north, Xincheng Town to the west, Yicheng County to the east, and Quwo County to the south. Taosi Township spans an area of 78.06 square kilometres (30.14 sq mi), and has a hukou population of 22,804 as of 2018.
The 1695 Linfen earthquake struck Shanxi Province in North China, Qing dynasty on May 18. Occurring at a shallow depth within the continental crust, the surface-wave magnitude 7.8 earthquake had a maximum intensity of XI on the China seismic intensity scale and Mercalli intensity scale. This devastating earthquake affected over 120 counties across eight provinces of modern-day China. An estimated 52,600 people died in the earthquake, although the death toll may have been 176,365.
