 Hanzhong (Simplified Chinese: 汉中; Traditional Chinese: 漢中; pinyin: Hànzhōng; Wade-Giles: Hanchung) is a city in Shaanxi province, in central China. Population (1994): approx. 200,000. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1000x1444, 413 KB) Description: Maps of Shaanxi Province of China Source: Date: On October 9 2005 Author: Made by Fanghong Permission: Other versions of this file: File links The following pages link to this file: Hanzhong ...
Simplified Chinese characters (Simplified Chinese: 简体å—; Traditional Chinese: ç°¡é«”å—; pinyin: jiÇŽntÇzì; also called 简化å—/簡化å—, jiÇŽnhuà zì) are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ...
Traditional Chinese characters are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ...
Pinyin (Chinese: 拼音, pÄ«nyÄ«n) literally means join (together) sounds (a less literal translation being phoneticize, spell or transcription) in Chinese and usually refers to Hà nyÇ” PÄ«nyÄ«n (汉è¯æ‹¼éŸ³, literal meaning: Han language pinyin), which is a system of romanization (phonemic notation and transcription to Roman script) for Standard...
Wade-Giles, sometimes abbreviated Wade, is a Romanization (phonetic notation and transliteration) system for the Chinese language based on Mandarin. ...
Shaanxi (Simplified Chinese: 陕西; Traditional Chinese: é™è¥¿; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Shan-hsi; Postal System Pinyin: Shensi, pronounced like Shahn-shee) is a north-central province of the Peoples Republic of China, and includes portions of the Loess Plateau on the middle reaches of the Yellow River as well as the Qinling...
History
The city was formerly called Nancheng. It formed the centre of the Han Principality, assigned to Liu Bang after the fall of the [[Qin Dynasty|Qin. During the Three Kingdoms Period Hanzhong, as a border city between the kingdoms of Wei and Shu, had considerable strategic importance. Emperor Gao (256 BC or 247 BC–June 1, 195 BC), commonly known inside China as Gaozu, personal name Liu Bang, was the first emperor of the Chinese Han Dynasty, ruling over China from 202 BC until 195 BC, and one of only two dynasty founders who emerged from the...
The Three Kingdoms period (Traditional Chinese characters: 三國, Simplified Chinese characters: 三国, pinyin Sānguó) is a period in the History of China. ...
Wei (魏) refers to: Northern Wei Dynasty, archaeologically the most famous of the Wei dynasties The State of Wei during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period The Kingdom of Wei during the Three Kingdoms Period The Kingdom of Wei founded by Ran Min during the Period...
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Geography Hanzhong is located in located in the southwestern part of the Shaanxi province, in the center of the Hanzhong Basin, on the Han River, near the Sichuan border. Hanzhong lies 500 meters above sea level. The Han River (漢江; pinyin: Han Jiang) in China, was often referred to as Hanshui (漢水) in antiquity. ...
Sichuan (Chinese: å››å·; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Ssu-ch`uan; obsolete romanizations include Szechwan and Szechuan) is a province in central-western China with its capital at Chengdu. ...
Annual mean temperature: 14.3°C.
Economy Hanzhong is a major agricultural and trade center, with some timbering and light industry.
Sights - Ancient Baoxie Plank Road, also called Baoxie Road or Daogu. It stretches for 120 km from Baocheng County of Hanzhong City in the south to Xieyu Pass in Meixian County in the north.
- Baijiang Platform
- Ancient Hutou Bridge
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External link - Hanzhong government website (in Chinese)
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