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27-851: Born in Luotian (羅田, now in Hubei ), Xu was a cloth vendor by profession. In August 1351, he worked with others in Qízhōu ( 蘄州 ) to establish the rebel army of Red Turbans under the pretense of the Buddhist White Lotus Society . In the following months of the Red Turban Rebellion , they captured Qishui ( 蘄水 ) and made it the command centre of the Red Turbans and the capital of the newly declared Empire of Tianwan ( 天完 ), originally called Song ( 宋 ) with himself as

54-497: A nephew of Emperor Wu, Xiao Tui the Marquess of Xiangyin, as emperor, but was defeated. As the relationship between Emperor Yuan and Western Wei was deteriorating, in 555, Western Wei army sacked Jiangling, forcing Emperor Yuan to surrender, and killed Emperor Yuan as well as his sons before installing Xiao Cha as emperor of (Western) Liang at Jiangling. Liang generals led by Wang Sengbian declared Xiao Fangzhi Prince of Jin'an,

81-560: A very broad and beautiful view from the top of the mountain. The temperature in Tiantangzhai during summer stays around 25 degree Celsius and that is 10 degree lower than in Huanggang or Wuhan. The forest and the comfortable weather in Tiantangzhai attracts thousands of tourists from all over the province every year. Visitors have a wide range of things to do in Tiantangzhai, for example: climbing, hiking, camping, fishing and boating in

108-557: Is a county that is located in the northeast of Hubei province, China and it is under the administration of Huanggang City. The county is on the south side of the Dabie Mountains with the highest peak, Tiantangzhai (1,729 m or 5,673 ft), situated in the northeastern part of the county. Luotian county covers an area of 2,144 square kilometres (828 sq mi) and had a population of about 500,000 in 2020. The Dabie Mountains attract thousands of tourists from all over

135-619: Is agriculture and it is well known for its production of chestnut and persimmon. According to a national report on chestnut plantation, Luotian produced 65,000 tonnes of chestnuts in the year of 2013 and it was considered as the biggest producer of chestnuts in China. The annual production of chestnut in Luotian is worth about 500 million RMB. Other industries of Luotian include pharmaceuticals, food processing, electrical machinery, auto parts manufacturing, production of fertilizers and tourism. It

162-473: Is necessary to indicate that tourist industry in Luotian has been developing very fast in recent years and the most popular tourist sites include: Tiantangzhai National Forest Park, Bodaofeng National Forest Park, Sanlifan Hot Spring and Jinshi River Rafting, etc. The mount of Tiantangzhai (1729m) is located in the town of Jiuzihe and it is one of the highest peaks in the Dabie Mountains. People enjoy

189-736: The Yangtze River to Jiangzhou. Anticipating this, Chen Youliang ordered his men to lay an ambush to the city. Once Xu Shouhui arrived, he and his men fell ambush and Chen Youliang detained him, killing the rest of his men before proclaiming himself King of the State of Han . Xu Shouhui would die shortly in 1360 in Chen Youliang's captivity, however, it is not known if he was executed or died from an illness. Luotian Luotian County ( simplified Chinese : 罗田 县 ; traditional Chinese : 羅田 縣 ; pinyin : Luótián Xiàn )

216-650: The 6th century, is the earliest surviving of these specially significant paintings. They reflect foreign embassies that took place, particularly regarding the three Hephthalite (Hua) ambassadors, in 516–520 CE. The original of the work was lost, and the only surviving edition of this work was a copy from the Song dynasty in the 11th century, and is currently preserved at the National Museum of China . The original work consisted of at least twenty five portraits of ambassadors from their respectively country. The copy from

243-607: The Northern Qi and was created Prince of Liang in 570. The small and weak Western Liang state existed until 587 when the Sui dynasty destroyed it. In 617, Xiao Xian from Western Liang imperial clan claimed himself Liang Emperor in light of the disturbance in the end of Sui dynasty. His realm was destroyed by Tang dynasty in 621. The Portraits of Periodical Offering of Liang by the Emperor Yuan of Liang, Xiao Yi , dated to

270-518: The Northern and Southern Dynasties in terms of surviving written material. It was a period of brilliant literary accomplishments and produced important texts like the official histories of the Liu Song and Southern Qi dynasties, the literary anthology Wenxuan , the poetry anthology Yutai xinyong , the literary criticism works Wenxin diaolong and Shi pin , and Huang Kan's commentary on

297-571: The Prince of Hedong, forcing Xiao Yu's younger brother Xiao Cha Prince of Yueyang to surrender to the Western Wei ; Xiao Yi also attacked his sixth brother Xiao Guan Prince of Shaoling, forcing him to surrender to Northern Qi. Both Xiao Cha and Xiao Guan were created Prince of Liang. However, as Xiao Yi also allied with Northern Qi, Northern Qi gave up their support of Xiao Guan; Xiao Guan was defeated by Hou and finally killed by Western Wei. Xiao Ji

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324-734: The Prince of Wuling the youngest son of Emperor Wu claimed imperial title. In 551, Hou forced Emperor Jianwen to abdicate to his grandnephew Xiao Dong the Prince of Yuzhang, then killed Emperor Jianwen and forced Xiao Dong to abdicate to him. Hou established a new dynasty named Han. In 552, Xiao Yi destroyed Han and claimed the imperial title as Emperor Yuan of Liang . He also ordered his subordinates to kill Xiao Dong and Xiao Dong's younger brothers. He created his headquarter Jiangling capital instead of returning to Jiankang. He also managed to eliminate Xiao Ji, but in order to do this he allied with Western Wei, who in turn conquered Yi Province ( Sichuan ). In 553, Northern Qi attacked Liang, aiming to install

351-507: The Qing dynasty, the county is under the administration of Huangzhou prefecture. During the Republic of China, Luotian is under the administration of Eastern Hubei prefecture. In March 1949, the county was liberated and since then under the administration of Huanggang prefecture. In 1995, the Huanggang prefecture was changed into prefecture-level city. The main industry of Luotian County

378-513: The Song dynasty has twelve portraits and descriptions of thirteen envoys, with the envoy from Dangchang missing a portrait. The envoys from right to left were: the Hephthalites (滑/嚈哒), Persia (波斯), Korea (百濟), Kucha (龜茲), Japan (倭), Malaysia (狼牙脩), Qiang (鄧至), Yarkand (周古柯), Kabadiyan (呵跋檀), Kumedh (胡蜜丹), Balkh (白題), and Mohe (末). The Liang is the best represented of

405-476: The Tiantang Lake, exploring the remote villages in the mountains, etc. In addition to Tiantangzhai, the hot spring in the town of Sanlifan has become a major attraction. Sanlifan has produced geothermal energy and mineral water of high quality for more than 150 years and the temperature of the hot spring may reach 90 degree Celsius. The spring of Sanlifan contains a variety of trace elements beneficial to

432-543: The armies opposed to him in the name of Emperor Wu. In 549, Emperor Wu died; Emperor Wu's third son Crown Prince Gang (the later Emperor Jianwen) then ascended the throne under Hou's shadow; Emperor Jianwen was also effectively under house arrest. Hou also attempted to suppress those who would not submit to him. At the same time the Liang princes fought with each other rather than try to eliminate Hou: Emperor Wu's seventh son Xiao Yi Prince of Xiangdong killed his nephew Xiao Yu

459-465: The capital to Hanyang District . In 1358, after Chen Youliang took control of the city Longxing (now Nanchang 南昌市), Xu Shouhui wanted to move the capital from Hanyang to Longxing. Chen Youliang opposed this idea, as Longxing was not far from Jiangzhou , which would make Xu Shouhui a threat to him. However, Xu Shouhui insisted on the relocation, and in December of 1359 ordered his troops to sail down

486-548: The emperor with the era name of "Zhiping" ( 治平 ). The number of his supporters increased rapidly as he claimed to be Maitreya Buddha ( 彌勒佛下生 ) who sought to "destroy the rich to benefit the poor" ( 摧富益貧 ). In 1352, he invaded more of Hebei, and moved on to take Jiangxi , Anhui , Fujian , Zhejiang , Jiangsu , and Hunan . After being temporarily defeated by the army of the Yuan dynasty, he fled to Huangmei Mountain ( 黃梅山 ), but returned in 1355 to invade once again and move

513-486: The human body, such as zinc, strontium, metasilicic acid and so on. [REDACTED] Media related to Luotian County at Wikimedia Commons Liang dynasty The Liang dynasty ( Chinese : 梁朝 ; pinyin : Liáng Cháo ), alternatively known as the Southern Liang ( Chinese : 南梁 ; pinyin : Nán Liáng ) or Xiao Liang ( Chinese : 萧梁 ; pinyin : Xiāo Liáng ) in historiography,

540-507: The only living son of Emperor Yuan, as Prince of Liang at Jiankang, aiming to crown him the new emperor, but the Northern Qi army defeated them, forcing them into an agreement to recognise a nephew of Emperor Wu, Xiao Yuanming the Marquess of Zhenyang, as emperor instead. Wang requested that Xiao Fangzhi be created Crown Prince and Xiao Yuanming agreed. General Chen Baxian launched a raid that killed Wang in favor of Xiao Fangzhi while denouncing Wang for surrendering to Northern Qi. Xiao Yuanming

567-480: The province every year and the most popular tourist sites include Tiantangzhai National Forest Park, Bodaofeng National Forest Park, and Sanlifan Hot Spring. Luotian is located in the northeast of Hubei Province and it is separated from Anhui Province by the Dabie mountains in the north. Most of its area is mountainous and 70% of the land is covered by forests. Five rivers originate from the Dabie mountains and flow to

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594-457: The south of the county. The neighboring counties are: Yingshan County to the east, Xishui County to the south, Tuanfeng County to the west and Ma Cheng to the northwest. Huangzhou district (city seat of Huanggang) is 70 km (43 mi) to the southwest and the provincial capital, Wuhan is about 105 km (65 mi) to the west. Luotian County administers: In the year of 523, (Southern and Northern dynasties of China), Luotian County

621-521: The southwest. They converge into the Ba River and then into the Yangtze River. Luotian County has a subtropical monsoon climate with wet winters and rainy summers. The average annual temperature is about 16.4 °C and the average annual rainfall of the county is 1330 mm. Luotian is rich in water resources with several reservoirs such as: Tiantang reservoir in the north and Bailian reservoir in

648-563: Was an imperial dynasty of China and the third of the four Southern dynasties during the Northern and Southern dynasties period. It was preceded by the Southern Qi dynasty and succeeded by the Chen dynasty . The rump state of Western Liang existed until it was conquered in 587 by the Sui dynasty . During the Liang dynasty, in 547 a Persian embassy paid tribute to the Liang, amber

675-542: Was first founded in the Liang dynasty . In 621, ( Tang dynasty ) the county was incorporated into Lan Xi County. In 1093, ( Song dynasty ) Luotian County was refounded and belonged to Qichun prefecture. During the Yuan dynasty, the county was occupied by Mongolia and revoked. Later it was re-established in 1275. During the Ming dynasty, the jurisdiction of the county was changed from Qichun to Huangzhou prefecture. During

702-478: Was forced to abdicate to Xiao Fangzhi, who was known as Emperor Jing of Liang , and Chen seized power. He initially claimed Liang a subject of Northern Qi but later defeated the army of Northern Qi. In 557, Chen Baxian established the new powerful Chen dynasty . Liang general Wang Lin also claimed Xiao Zhuang Prince of Yongjia grandson of Emperor Yuan emperor. In 560, the Chen dynasty defeated Xiao Zhuang who fled to

729-511: Was recorded as originating from Persia by the Book of Liang . In 548, the Prince of Henan Hou Jing started a rebellion with Xiao Zhengde , the Prince of Linhe, nephew and a former heir of the Emperor Wu of Liang , and installed Xiao Zhengde as emperor. In 549, Hou sacked Jiankang, deposed and killed Xiao Zhengde, seized power and put Emperor Wu effectively under house arrest . He dismissed

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