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Encyclopedia > Shangzhi

Shangzhi is a county-level city located in the southeast of Heilongjiang province, in China. It is 124 kilometres away from the provincial capital Harbin and has an area of approximately 9,000 square kilometres, and a population of approximately 600,000.


The city of Shangzhi was once called Zhuhe (珠河). It was developed during the years of Emperor Guangxu in the late Qing dynasty, and was renamed to Shangzhi to memorise the anti-Japan war hero Zhao Shangzhi in 1946.


The most famous place in Shangzhi is Yabuli (亚布力) Skiing Centre, it is the 1st largest in Asia and 3rd largest in the world.


Famous people:

  • Zhao Shangzhi, anti-Japan war hero
  • Zhao Yiman, anti-Japan war heroine
  • Liu Qing, captain of Women's Basketball National Team in the 1980s

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Shangzhi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (177 words)
Shangzhi is a county-level city located in the southeast of Heilongjiang province, in China.
It is 124 kilometres away from the provincial capital Harbin and has an area of approximately 9,000 square kilometres, and a population of approximately 600,000.
It was developed during the years of Emperor Guangxu in the late Qing dynasty, and was renamed to Shangzhi to memorise the anti-Japan war hero Zhao Shangzhi in 1946.
Zhao Shangzhi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (153 words)
Zhao Shangzhi (赵尚志) (1908 - 1942) was born in Chaoyang, Liaoning Province, China.
On February 12, 1942, he was captured by Japanese military police after being attacked by an agent provocateur, and died later at the age of 34.
To memorialize him, the city of Zhuhe where he used to fight against the Japanese was renamed to Shangzhi.
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