Shaoguan Shaoguan (Guangdong)
Administration Type	Prefecture-level city
City Seat	Zhenjiang District
Area	18,645 km²
Population	3,148,500 (2002)
GDP - Total - Per Capita	¥ ¥
Major Nationalities	Han
County-level divisions	10
Township-level divisions
CPC Committee Secretary
Mayor
Area code	751
Postal Code	512000
License Plate Prefix	粤F

Shaoguan (韶关) is a prefecture-level city in northern Guangdong province, China where the mummified remains of the sixth Zen Buddhist patriarch Huineng remain. Image File history File links Guangdong_outline_map. ... Image File history File links Red_pog. ... Due to Chinas large population and area, the political divisions of China have always consisted of several levels since ancient times. ... A prefecture-level city (地级市 Pinyin: dìjí shì, literally region-level city) or prefecture-level municipality is an administrative division of the Peoples Republic of China, ranking below a province and above a county in Chinas administrative structure. ... The seat of government is the location of the government for a political entity. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Square kilometre (U.S. spelling: square kilometer), symbol km², is a decimal multiple of SI unit of surface area square metre, one of the SI derived units. ... ISO 4217 Code CNY User(s) Mainland of the Peoples Republic of China Inflation 1. ... Ethnolinguistic map of China The Peoples Republic of China (PRC) is a multi-ethnic unitary state and, as such, officially recognizes 56 nationalities or mínzú (民族), within China: the Han being the majority (>92%), and the remaining 55 nationalities being the national minorities. ... Languages Chinese languages Religions Predominantly Taoism, Mahayana Buddhism, traditional Chinese religions, and atheism. ... Due to Chinas large population and area, the political divisions of China have always consisted of several levels since ancient times. ... Due to Chinas large population and area, the political divisions of China have always consisted of several levels since ancient times. ... The Communist Party of China (CPC) (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ), also known as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the ruling political party of the Peoples Republic of China, a position guaranteed by the countrys constitution. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... The Chinese Telephone Code Plan is the way to group telephone numbers in mainland China. ... The Postal code for the Peoples Republic of China is under a numeric 6-digit system for the whole country. ... Blue PRC licence plates of the 1992 standard (August 2004 image). ... A prefecture-level city (地级市 Pinyin: dìjí shì, literally region-level city) or prefecture-level municipality is an administrative division of the Peoples Republic of China, ranking below a province and above a county in Chinas administrative structure. ... Guangdong, often spelt as Kwangtung, is a province on the south coast of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Zen is a school of Mahāyāna Buddhism notable for its emphasis on practice and experiential wisdom—particularly as realized in the form of meditation known as zazen—in the attainment of awakening. ... This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ... Huineng (慧能, 638 - 713) was a Chinese Chan (Chinese Zen) monastic who is one of the most important figures in the entire tradition. ...

Shaoguan is located on the Beijing-Guangzhou railway about 221 kilometers north of Guangzhou. Shaoguan is also readily accessible by road as it is adjacent to the Beijing-Zhuhai freeway. Guangzhou is the capital and the sub-provincial city of Guangdong Province in the southern part of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Beijing (Chinese: 北京; pinyin: BÄ›ijÄ«ng; IPA: ;  ), a metropolis in northern China, is the capital of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ... Zhuhai waterfront Zhuhai Campus of Zhongshan University Zhuhai (Chinese: ; Pinyin: ; lit. ...

At Shaoguan, the Wu River from the northwest and the Zhen River from the northeast join up to create the North River ( Bei Jiang ) which flows south to Guangzhou.

The downtown part of Shaoguan is located on a peninsula between the Wu and Zhen Rivers and is a peninsula almost surrounded by water. The rivers are maintained at a constant level by a dam about 12 kilometers downstream from the city. The city has about 20 kilometers of tree-lined riverside esplanades along the banks of the rivers. There are seven bridges crossing the three rivers.

The Fengcai Tower in the centre of Shaoguan was built in the Ming dynasty. To the south of the tower, at the other end of a pedestrian shopping street, the Dajian Monastery was founded in 660. Ming China under the Yongle Emperor Capital Nanjing (1368-1421) Beijing (1421-1644) Language(s) Chinese Government Monarchy Emperor  - 1368-1398 Hongwu Emperor  - 1627-1644 Chongzhen Emperor History  - Established in Nanjing January 23, 1368  - Fall of Beijing 1644  - End of the Southern Ming April, 1662 Population  - 1393 est. ...

Near Shaoguan is the town of Maba, home of relics and museum of the Maba Man, Chinese Neanderthals. Near Maba is the Nan Hua Temple which is supposedly the original place of Zen Buddhism about 1300 years ago. The large Shaogang iron and steel factory is also located near Maba. Maba Man is the name used in English to describe the pre-modern hominids whose remains were discovered in caves near the town called Maba, near Shaoguan city in the north part of Guangdong province, China. ...

Near Shaoguan in Renhua county is located the Danxia Mountain which is a famous scenic area. Danxia Mountain (丹霞山) is a famous scenic area near Shaoguan city in the north part of Guangdong , China. ...

Northwest of Shaoguan, at the town of Pingshi, a dramatic stretch of river known as the Nine Torrents and Eighteen Shoals is a popular place for white-water rafting.

External links

• http://www.shaoguan.gov.cn/ (in Chinese)
• http://www.shaoguan.com.cn/ (in Chinese)

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