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30-879: (Redirected from Heng Prefecture ) Hengzhou (spelled Hengchow in Wade-Giles romanization) may refer to: Hengzhou, Hunan, the former name of Hengyang Hengzhou (横州市), a city in Nanning, Guangxi, China Hengzhou, Hebei (恒州镇), a town in Quyang County, Hebei, China Roman Catholic Diocese of Hengzhou , in the ecclesiastical province of Changsha in China Historical prefectures [ edit ] Heng Prefecture (Guangxi) (橫州) Heng Prefecture (Hunan) (衡州) See also [ edit ] Heng (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by

60-686: A prefecture in the Tang dynasty 's Jiangnan and West Jiangnan circuits . Li Jingxuan was banished to superintendence of Hengzhou after feigning an illness and attempting to usurp control of the legislative bureau at Chang'an against the Gaozong Emperor 's wishes in AD 680. Following the AD 705 coup that removed the Empress Wu Zetian from power, her ally Li Jiongxiu was also briefly demoted to superintendence of this province. During

90-444: A population of 7,141,162. There are 1,075,516 people in the built-up area of 522 km (202 sq mi) in the four central urban districts. Hengyang is a busy and growing industrial City and the leading transportation centre of Hunan , linking water, rail, and highway routes. Manufacturing includes: chemicals, agricultural, mining equipment, textiles, paper and processed foods. Lead, zinc, coal, and tin are mined nearby. Hengyang

120-488: Is a planned monorail rapid transit system. Opened in 2014, the city is served by Hengyang Nanyue Airport . Hengyang dialect (Xiang - Lao Xiang湘语-老湘语; Gan赣语; Southwest Mandarin 西南官话): the dialects of Hengyang city, Hengyang county and Hennan county are authentic Hengyang local dialects. By the end of 2022, Hengyang City has 8 national intangible cultural heritage protection programs and 27 provincial ones. Jingzhou (ancient China) Jingzhou or Jing Province

150-401: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Hengyang Hengyang is home to University of South China , Hengyang Normal University , and Hunan Institute of Technology , three major provincial public universities in the city. The former name of the city was Hengzhou ( Hengchow ) ( 衡州 ; Héngzhōu ). This was the capital of

180-740: Is divided into the old and new districts. The latter offer citizens and businesses the chance to move from the bleak and polluted city centre to newly constructed housing estates . The current CPC Party Secretary of Hengyang is Deng Cequn and the current mayor is Zhu Jian. This is a list of institutions with full-time bachelor programs in Hengyang: Hengyang is one of the 45 highway hubs in China. G4 Beijing–Hong Kong and Macau Expressway and G72 Quanzhou–Nanning Expressway intersect here. China National Highway 107 (to Beijing, to Guangzhou ) and China National Highway 322 (to Kunming ) pass

210-577: Is one of the ten largest railway stations in China and is recognized as one of the extra-premium level stations. More than 100 trains pass by and stop at Hengyang Railway Station, making it one of the busiest stations all over the country and connecting it to most cities of China . The city's new Hengyang East railway station is served by the Wuhan–Guangzhou high-speed railway and the Huaihua–Shaoyang–Hengyang railway . The Hengyang Metro

240-523: Is subject to heavy rainfall, while the summers are long, hot, and humid with lesser rainfall, and autumn is comfortable and rather dry. Winter is rather brief, but cold snaps occur with temperatures occasionally dropping below freezing, and while not heavy, rain can be frequent. The monthly daily mean temperature ranges from 6.0 °C (42.8 °F) in January to 29.8 °C (85.6 °F) in July. The city

270-539: Is the second largest city in Hunan province, and is a growing industrial hub and transportation center. Known as the 'Bright Pearl in Southern China ' and as 'Wild Goose City' (the latter because of wild geese that used to rest here while flying south for the winter), Hengyang has been the birthplace of many historical figures, such the revolutionist Luo Ronghuan and a noted Ming scholar Wang Fuzhi . The city

300-566: The Northern Wei dynasty (386–535) set up an administrative division called Jingzhou in Rang (穰; present-day Dengzhou , Henan ), with eight commanderies under its charge. The capital was later moved to Shanbei (山北; present-day Lushan County, Henan ). The Northern Wei dynasty also established an administrative division called East Jingzhou (東荊州), with its capital in Ciyang (泚陽). In 583, during

330-511: The Sui dynasty (589–618), Emperor Wen abolished the commandery system and replaced it with prefectures and counties as administrative divisions. However, Emperor Wen's successor, Emperor Yang , restored the commanderies and adopted the commandery and county system used in the Qin dynasty . From then on, Jingzhou no longer referred to the large province that used to cover Hubei and Hunan , but rather,

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360-591: The Governor (州牧) of Jingzhou during the reign of Emperor Xian , Jingzhou's provincial capital was in Hanshou county (漢壽縣; present-day Hanshou County , Changde , Hunan). However, as remnants of the Yellow Turban rebels were still active in southern Jingzhou, the capital was moved north to Xiangyang (襄陽; present-day Xiangyang , Hubei). Liu Biao died in 208 and was succeeded by his younger son, Liu Cong , as

390-490: The Governor of Jingzhou, but the latter surrendered and ceded the province to the warlord Cao Cao in the same year. After the Battle of Red Cliffs in the winter of 208/209, Cao Cao managed to retain only Nanyang and Nan commanderies in northern Jingzhou, while central and southern Jingzhou was divided between the warlords Sun Quan and Liu Bei . Cao Cao subsequently partitioned Xiangyang (襄陽) and Nanxiang (南鄉) commanderies from

420-686: The Japanese Ichi-Go offensive . A Roman Catholic diocese of Hengzhou was established, although periodically suppressed. This was suffragan to the Archbishop of Changsha following its elevation in 1946. In 2013 Hengyang was the center of a major vote buying scandal where it was found that 56 officials were founded to be complicit in paying lower level local officials for votes. The 56 were subsequently removed from office, and an additional 512 resigned from their positions. Hengyang has an area of 15,279 km (5,899 sq mi) and

450-602: The Qing recovered Hengzhou the next year. The Battle of Hengyang was the longest defense of a single city during the Second Sino-Japanese War . When Changsha fell to the Imperial Japanese Army on June 19, 1944, Hengyang became their next target. The reorganized 11th Army , consisting of 10 divisions, four brigades, and over 110,000 men, assumed the task of attacking Hengyang. It was part of

480-646: The Yangtze River), Changsha (長沙), Xiangdong (湘東), Guiyang (桂陽), Linhe (臨賀), Lingling (零陵), Hengyang (衡陽), Wuling (武陵), Jianping (建平) and Yidu (宜都) – under its charge. In the Western Jin dynasty (266-316), Jingzhou's capital was designated in Xiangyang (襄陽; present-day Xiangyang , Hubei ) and it governed 23 commanderies and states . During the Southern and Northern Dynasties period (420-589), China

510-509: The city centre. Two bus terminals are located in the city. One is Hengyang Western Terminal which is located in the city centre and operates provincial lines and intra-metro lines in northern and western directions. Another is LingHu Terminal which operates lines of southern and eastern directions and locates on the edge of the city. Hengyang is an important transport hub in southern China. The Beijing–Guangzhou railway and Hunan–Guangxi railway intersect at Hengyang. Hengyang railway station

540-567: The city of Jingzhou . In the Warring States period , the Chu state covered most of present-day Hubei and Hunan , the areas that would form Jingzhou in a later era. The Qin state dropped the name "Chu" (楚) (literally " chaste tree ") and used its synonym "Jing" (荊) instead to avoid a naming taboo , since the personal name of Qin's King Zhuangxiang (281–247 BCE) was "Zichu" (子楚; lit. "son of Chu") because his adoptive mother, Lady Huayang,

570-906: The former chancellor Lü Yin in 760, however, Chen was placated and then killed in a surprise attack. During the reign of the Tang emperor Xizong , Zhou Yue overthrew first the prefect of Hengzhou Xu Hao in 881 and then the agent of the rebel Qin Zongquan in the capital of the Qinhua Circuit at Tan Prefecture (modern Changsha ) in 886. Xizong confirmed Zhou Yue in all his posts, renaming his circuit Wu'an . Xizong's brother then gave him additional authority over West Lingnan Circuit (modern Guangxi ). Shortly after, in 893, Deng Chune and Lei Man attacked and killed him. Other superintendents included Qi Ying and Xiao Ye . After initially falling to agrarian rebels under Yang Shiyuan , Hengzhou

600-945: The largest, covering roughly the modern provinces of Hubei and Hunan , with the city of Nanyang in Henan province at its north frontier. However, Jingzhou did not have a provincial capital and was only an administrative division in name. From 188 CE onwards, during the reign of Emperor Ling in the Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 CE), Jingzhou officially became an administrative division. The Book of Han mentioned that Jingzhou had seven commanderies – Nanyang (南陽; present-day southwestern Henan), Nan (南; present-day western Hubei), Jiangxia (江夏; present-day eastern Hubei), Changsha (長沙; present-day northeastern Hunan), Guiyang (桂陽; present-day southeastern Hunan), Wuling (武陵; present-day northwestern Hunan) and Lingling (零陵; present-day southwestern Hunan) – under its jurisdiction. Before Liu Biao became

630-471: The reign of Emperor Muzong , the chancellor Linghu Chu was also demoted to this province for his underlings' alleged corruption. In the 750s, the superintendent of Hengzhou Chen Xi'ang not only ruled his own region but also used his private army to dominate his nominal superior, the military governor Zhang Weiyi headquartered in Jing Prefecture (modern Jingzhou ). Upon Zhang's replacement by

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660-426: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hengzhou&oldid=1197317686 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

690-476: The subsequent Battle of Xiaoting (or Battle of Yiling) of 221–222, which concluded with Liu Bei being defeated by Sun Quan's general Lu Xun . Since then, the state of Shu (founded by Liu Bei) had never laid claims on Jingzhou; Jingzhou was divided between the states of Wu (founded by Sun Quan) and Wei (founded by Cao Cao's successor, Cao Pi ). During the Three Kingdoms period (220-280), Jingzhou

720-665: The two he controlled – Nanyang and Nan. The commanderies in Jingzhou were thus split between the three contending warlords: Nan, Lingling and Wuling to Liu Bei; Jiangxia, Guiyang and Changsha to Sun Quan; Nanyang, Xiangyang and Nanxiang to Cao Cao. It was believed that the term "Nine Commanderies of Jing and Xiang" (荊襄九郡) originated from the division of Jingzhou between the three powers, since each controlled three commanderies, making nine in total. In 219, Sun Quan's general Lü Meng attacked and seized Liu Bei's lands in Jingzhou , which were defended by Liu's general Guan Yu . This triggered

750-571: Was badly damaged during World War II and few historical buildings survive in diverse stage of reconstruction, including Shigu Academy, Dragon Tower, Confucian School on the Dongzhou Island ( 东洲岛 ), Laiyan Pagoda and Nantai Temple . Mount Heng , one of the Five Sacred Mountains , lies 45 kilometres north from the city proper. Hengyang has a humid subtropical climate ( Köppen Cfa ), with four distinct seasons. Spring

780-462: Was from Chu. Chu was conquered by Qin in 223 BCE in the final stages of the Qin unification campaign . In 106 BCE, during the reign of Emperor Wu in the Western Han dynasty (206 BCE – 9 CE), China was divided into 13 administrative divisions (excluding the area under the central government's control), each governed by an Inspector (刺史). Jingzhou was one of the 13, and its land area was one of

810-407: Was further divided into many administrative divisions so the land area in each division was reduced. The Liu Song dynasty (420-479) established Jingzhou's capital in Xiangyang (襄陽; present-day Xiangyang , Hubei ). The Southern Qi dynasty (479–502) changed Jingzhou's capital to Nan commandery and made Xiangyang (renamed to Ningman prefecture 寧蠻府) the capital of another province, Yongzhou . In 497,

840-542: Was one of the Nine Provinces of ancient China referenced in early Chinese texts such as the Tribute of Yu , Erya , and Rites of Zhou . Jingzhou became an administrative division during the reign of Emperor Wu (r. 141–87 BCE) in the Western Han dynasty (206 BCE–9 CE). It usually corresponded with the modern-day provinces of Hubei and Hunan until the Sui dynasty , after which it referred to

870-817: Was recovered by the lord of Wu'an Ma Yin and formed part of his power base during the collapse of the Tang. He initially supported the Later Liang , then declared himself king ( Ma Chu ) in his own right during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period . During the Revolt of the Three Feudatories , Wu Sangui declared himself Emperor of the Great Zhou and established an imperial court at Hengzhou in 1678 before dying of illness later that year. His grandson Wu Shifan then retreated to Yunnan , and

900-838: Was split between the states of Wei (220–265) and Wu (229–280). The provincial capital of the Wei-controlled Jingzhou was in Xinye (新野), Nan Commandery , and it had seven commanderies – Nanyang (南陽), Jiangxia (江夏; north of the Yangtze River ), Xiangyang (襄陽), Nanxiang (南鄉), Xincheng (新城), Shangyong (上庸) and Weixing (魏興) – under its jurisdiction. On the other hand, the Wu-governed Jingzhou had its administrative centre in Jiangling (江陵), Nan Commandery, with 11 commanderies – Nan (南), Jiangxia (江夏; south of

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