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35-705: Recent archaeological finds at the Longqiuzhuang site in Gaoyou has found evidence of rice growing dating back 5,500-7,000 years. Gaoyou ting (commune, 亭 ) located in this area was established in Qin dynasty. Then Gaoyou county whose seat was the former commune was established in BC 118. In 1353, Zhang Shicheng revolted and captured the walled city of Gaoyou. In the next year, Zhang established Kingdom of Dazhou, while Gaoyou functioned as its temporary capital until 1356. Later,

70-474: A family of salt shippers, and he himself started out in this trade in Northern Jiangsu, transporting both "legal" and "contraband" salt, as did his brothers Zhang Shiyi ( 张士義 ), Zhang Shide ( 张士德 ), and Zhang Shixin ( 张士信 ). By his generosity he earned the respect of other salt workers who made him their leader when they rebelled against the oppressive government in 1353. Since the 1340s,

105-560: A quarter million of Zhang's troops into his army, proclaimed himself the first emperor of the new Ming dynasty on the (Chinese) New Year Day of 1368 (January 20 or 23, 1368) and punished Zhang's surviving supporters in Suzhou by extortionate taxes. Zhang Shicheng's tomb in Xietang, Suzhou is still standing today. After his death, his memory still made an impression in the hearts of the peoples of Suzhou. On every 30 July (Zhang's birthday),

140-408: Is 67%, at the meantime, the frost-free season is more than 200 days. Gaoyou has the characteristics of mild climate, adequate rainfall, four distinctive seasons, sufficient sunshine and long frost free period. Unfortunately, Jiangsu province and Gaoyou in particular is China's "tornado hometown" and its climate and environment make the area highly susceptible to tornadoes such as an EF4 in 2016. Gaoyou

175-408: Is a military town on the canal line and the gateway to the two Huai River. Now, Gaoyou is located in the central part of Jiangsu Province, which is also part of Yangtze River Delta. It borders Baoying and Jinhu to the north, Jiangdu to the south and Xinghua to east. There are over twenty townships, Lingtang Hui Ethnic Township is the only Minority Township in the province. The population in this county

210-499: Is approximately eighty-three thousand. The total area is 1963 square kilometres with 1175 square kilometres of land area and 788 square kilometres of water surface area. Gaoyou is a plain region which full of rivers and lakes. Gaoyou Lake is the third largest lake in Jiangsu, which closes to The Grand Canal from Beijing to Hangzhou. Geographical location provides important water resources and rich aquatic products for this county. Gaoyou

245-563: Is located at 32.79 degrees north latitude and 119.44 degrees east longitude. It belongs to the subtropical monsoon climate. The hottest in July is around 27.6 °C (81.7 °F) while the coldest in January is about 1.7 °C (35.1 °F). The average annual temperature is 15.0 °C (59.0 °F). The wet-season is from mid June to July and the average annual rainfall is about 1,000 mm (39 in). The average annual relative humidity

280-664: Is prized and is used in Chinese mooncakes to symbolize the moon . Salted eggs can also be made from chicken eggs, though the taste and texture will be somewhat different, and the egg yolk will be less rich. Salted eggs sold in the Philippines undergo a similar curing process, with some variation in ingredients used. They are dyed red (hence called itlog na pula or ‘red eggs' in English) to distinguish them from fresh duck eggs. A popular method for processing salted eggs in

315-475: Is reported that after several defeats from troops loyal to Zhu in 1356–57, Zhang offered to pay tribute to Zhu in exchange for the recognition of his autonomy. Zhu, however, refused Zhang's offer, and in 1357, Zhang accepted a title from the Yuan government, and agreed to start shipping grain to the Yuan capital (Beijing) region by sea. Zhang had significantly expanded his domain by 1363, when he declared himself

350-584: Is served by Gaoyou railway station and Gaoyou North railway station (located at Jieshou ) on the Lianyungang–Zhenjiang high-speed railway . Zhang Shicheng Zhang Shicheng ( simplified Chinese : 张士诚 ; traditional Chinese : 張士誠 ; pinyin : Zhāng Shìchéng ; 1321－1367), born Zhang Jiusi ( 張九四 ), was one of the leaders of the Red Turban Rebellion in the late Yuan dynasty of China. Zhang Shicheng came from

385-418: Is then lightly wrapped in newspapers to slow down the dehydration process. The eggs are then stored indoors at room temperature over the next 12 to 14 days to cure, the salt equilibrating in the batch by osmosis . Curing can last up to 18 days, but that results in very long-lasting red eggs that can have a 40-day shelf life, which is largely unnecessary, as the eggs are stocked and replenished biweekly. After

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420-518: Is under the jurisdiction of Gaoyou, about a third of the township residents are Hui Chinese. The name of Gaoyou comes from the building of Gaotai and Posting Pavilion during the reign of King Yingzheng of Qin dynasty. It is adjacent to Yangzhou in the south, to the Huai River in the north, to the canal and Gaoyou Lake in the west, and to the water network of the Lixia River in the east, and

455-524: The Mongol -led Yuan dynasty began to face numerous crises. The Yellow River flooded constantly, and other natural disasters also occurred. At the same time, the Yuan dynasty required considerable military expenditure to maintain its vast empire. This was solved mostly through additional taxation that fell mainly on the Han Chinese population which constituted the lowest two castes in the four castes of

490-708: The King of Wu (吴王, Wu Wang ), possibly following the example of his main rival, the Nanjing-based Zhu Yuanzhang , who had earlier (1361) made himself the Duke of Wu (吴公, Wu Gong ). Not to be outdone, in 1364, Zhu promoted himself to a King ( Wang ) of Wu as well. It is speculated by modern historians that if Zhang had been more decisive and cooperated with another rival (and the western neighbor) of Zhu, Chen Youliang , Zhang and Chen could have crushed Zhu's incipient Ming state. However, "indolent" Zhang

525-669: The Philippines is the Pateros method. The salted egg is prepared "Pateros style" by mixing clay (from ant hills or termite mounds), table salt, and water in a ratio of 1:1:2 until the mixture becomes smooth and forms a thick texture similar to the cake batter. The fresh, uncooked eggs are individually dipped in the admixture, and packed in 150-egg batches in newspaper-lined 250 mm × 300 mm × 460 mm (10 in × 12 in × 18 in) wooden boxes (often residual boxes of dried fish packing). The whole batch

560-490: The Yuan dynasty. From this chaos, leaders rose up in many places throughout the empire. Zhang Shicheng, who was a salt shipper from Jiangsu province rebelled against the Yuan dynasty in 1353. Zhang with his brother soon conquered Taizhou , Xinghua and Gaoyou in 1353. In 1354, Zhang declared the establishment of the Da Zhou state and declared himself King Cheng (誠王) with the era name "Tianyou" ( 天佑 ). Soon afterward, on

595-476: The Yuan rulers in the north. This was accomplished by his taking Gaoyou on the Grand Canal of China on April 24, 1366. In the same year (1366), Zhang lost his younger brother Zhang Shide, who was also an important general in his army, feared by Zhu's troops, when the younger Zhang fell from his horse and died. By late December 1366, Zhang's capital Suzhou was surrounded by Zhu's army. The struggle between

630-539: The Zhou regime, and because of this, his rival the future Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang was highly suspicious of them. When the highly educated Southern literati came to dominate the civil service examinations, the emperor would set quotas and restrictions on their appointments to curb them. Around that time, his main rival for domination in central China became Zhu Yuanzhang , who had just installed himself in Nanjing . It

665-520: The city withstood the siege led by Toqto'a , since the complicated politics severely reduced the cohesion of the Yuan army. At that time, it was one of the 46 important mail posts along the Grand Canal between Beijing and Nanjing . It was in use until the 1911 Revolution . On 2 October 1939, the Japanese army captured the walled city. Three months after Japan's unconditional surrender on August 15, 1945, Gaoyou Japanese and fake troops, surrounded by

700-607: The famous novelist Luo Guanzhong , some scholars surmise that Luo may have been a member of Zhang Shicheng's staff during the early days of Zhang's kingdom. It is believed Luo became disillusioned with Zhang after he made accommodations with the Mongol rulers. After the disillusionment, Luo turned to a literary career, writing his Romance of the Three Kingdoms . However, the scant historical evidence has been interpreted in various ways, with arguments in favor of Luo having been on

735-514: The infamous Wu Sangui . A total of about 200,000 people drowned in their sleep in Gaoyou alone due to the devastating flooding of 1931 . Gaoyou was the most badly affected place during the floods. More than 30,000 people starved to death in Gaoyou county during the great famine, of which more than 10,000 were children. At present, Gaoyou City has 2 subdistricts, 10 towns and 1 ethnic township. -7 Former Towns are merged to other. The sole ethnic township of Jiangsu, Lingtang Hui Ethnic township,

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770-508: The locals claimed that they were worshipping Kṣitigarbha (地藏王, Dizangwang in Mandarin). This was again another word play as the locals were actually worshipping Zhang as a local prince (地张王, Dizhangwang ). This celebration continued under Communist rule, and lasted until the establishment of the People's Republic of China. Although very little reliable information exists about the life of

805-414: The locals of Suzhou celebrated with straw dragon toys hanging at the doors of their houses. At the same time, they set fire to 94 straw stems, the significance being "9" and "4" forming Zhang's birth name; at the same time, it was a homonym for "continued remembrance" ( 久思 ). According to tradition, as emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang became suspicious of these local practises, and asked local officials to investigate;

840-655: The military and civilians in the liberated areas, resisted and refused to lay down their arms. At this time, there were two brigades and one artillery squadron of the 90th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army stationed in Gaoyou city, with more than 1,100 men, as well as the 42nd Division of the False Second Front Army and the False County Security Brigade and Police Brigade with more than 5,000 men. In order to crush

875-757: The plot of the Kuomintang army to collude with the Japanese and fake troops in Gaoyou to divide and attack the Central China Liberation Area, the Central Military Commission agreed on December 5 to launch the Battle of Gaoyou and seize Gaoyou City. The Battle of Gaoyou destroyed more than 1,100 Japanese troops, including 892 prisoners; destroyed more than 4,000 pseudo-army, including 3,493 prisoners; captured more than 80 artillery pieces and 6,000 guns. The Battle of Gaoyou

910-403: The salt curing process, the salted duck eggs have a briny aroma, a gelatin-like egg white, and a firm-textured, round yolk that is bright orange-red. Salted duck eggs are normally boiled or steamed before being peeled and eaten as a condiment to congee or cooked with other foods as a flavoring. The egg white has a sharp, salty taste. The orange-red yolk is rich, fatty, and less salty. The yolk

945-617: The same year Zhang controlled Yangzhou , an important center of salt trade on the Grand Canal of China , just north of the Yangtze . In 1356, Zhang seized Suzhou , the main hub of transportation and commerce of Jiangnan (the "South of the Lower Yangtze" region), and made the city his capital. The lands he now controlled not only were one of the country's main granaries, but also produced over half of all salt in China. Zhang's regime

980-568: The second batch of 100 national anti-war memorial facilities and sites. The profound history and culture of Gaoyou fostered Qin Shaoyou , the well-known poet in the Song dynasty , Wang Nianshun and Wang Yinzhi (father and son), the celebrated classics interpreters in the Qing dynasty , Sun Yunzhu , the modern paleontologist and Wang Zengqi , the contemporary writer. Gaoyou is also the hometown of

1015-513: The side of other participants in the conflict. Salted duck egg A salted duck egg is an East Asian preserved food product made by soaking duck eggs in brine or packing each egg in damp, salted charcoal . In Asian supermarkets across the Western world, these eggs are sometimes sold covered in a thick layer of salted charcoal paste. The eggs may also be sold with the salted paste removed, wrapped in plastic, and vacuum-packed. From

1050-426: The two "Kings of Wu" came to the end on October 1, 1367, when Suzhou fell to Zhu Yuanzhang's troops after a 10-month siege. Zhang tried to hang himself. but was discovered in the act, captured, and taken to Zhu's capital, Nanjing. What happened to Zhang there is not known for sure: according to various sources, he was either beaten to death or finally managed to hang himself successfully. Meanwhile, Zhu incorporated

1085-430: The two-week curing period, the eggs are hand-cleaned with water and a brush and prepared to be boiled in low heat for 30 minutes. Time is measured from the first moment the water boils and the eggs are immersed. A 50-egg batch is then wrapped in fish nets for ease of removal from the cookware, which must be large enough to accommodate the batch with a 50 mm (2 in) covering of water. Chicken eggs may be processed

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1120-416: Was apparently content to merely control the lower Yangtze region; his two attempts to attack Zhu's territories were both defeated decisively. After Zhu Yuanzhang's victory over Chen Youliang and his son Chen Li and taking full control of their former territories (by around 1365), Zhu was able to turn more of his fighting power against Zhang. Zhu's started with cutting off Zhang from any possible aid from

1155-420: Was dependent on its agriculture and aquaculture sections financially. Primary agricultural products include rapeseed, rice, wheat, poultry and eggs. A variety of aquatic products contain fish, crab and shrimp. The environment in this county has been well protected by the government. The local government has closed many factories in order to protect the lakes. Gaoyou is famous for its salted duck eggs . The city

1190-537: Was mostly patterned on the Yuan dynasty model, but made use of some of the earlier traditional Chinese terminology as well. Zhang appointed his brother Zhang Shixin as prime minister and Zhang Shide as General commander. Many ethnic Han Yuan generals submitted to Zhang after he had established the Zhou state. The Zhou became the most prosperous kingdom compared to its rivals such as the Yuan, Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang . The Yangtze Delta literati strongly backed

1225-655: Was the last battle of the New Fourth Army against the Japanese invasion of China, and the last battle against the Japanese in Central China, ending with the surrender of the Japanese and the complete victory of the New Fourth Army. On 19 January 1949, the CPC controlled the walled city. The former site where the invading Japanese army surrendered to the New Fourth Army has been announced by the State Council as

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