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23-427: Yingjiang District has jurisdiction over six administrative subdistricts and four towns. Towns This Anqing location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Anqing Anqing ( simplified Chinese : 安庆 ; traditional Chinese : 安慶 ; pinyin : Ānqìng ; lit. 'Peaceful Celebration', also Nganking, formerly Hwaining , now the name of Huaining County )

46-400: A drought might result. The rainy season ends when the warm air mass associated with the subtropical ridge is strong enough to push the front north and away. The high humidity in the air during this season encourages the formation of mold and rot not only on food but on fabrics as well. Environmentally, heavy rains encourage mudslides and flooding in all areas affected. The most rain in

69-561: A one-hour period as recorded in Japan was in Nagasaki in 1982 with 153 millimetres (6.0 in). The highest overall recorded rainfall during the rainy season in Japan was in 2003 when Miyazaki Prefecture recorded rains of 8,670 millimetres (341 in). In Japan, the rainy season is called tsuyu ( 梅雨 ) , and lasts from early June to mid-July in most of the country ( Honshu , Kyushu and Shikoku ), approximately June 7 to July 20 in

92-474: Is a prefecture-level city in the southwest of Anhui province , People's Republic of China . Its population was 4,165,284 as of the 2020 census , with 804,493 living in the built-up (or metro) area made up of three urban districts. Anqing is famous as the birthplace of Chen Duxiu , one of the founding fathers of the Chinese Communist Party , who served as the first General Secretary of

115-495: Is also known as Samidare ( 五月雨 , literally "the fifth-month rain (in the Japanese traditional calendar )", roughly corresponding to June in the modern calendar) . The pop artist Eiichi Ohtaki produced a popular song by this name, and a Second World War Japanese naval ship was also given this name. The rains in the middle of November - early December are sometimes called the sazanka tsuyu , literally "rainy season of

138-694: Is located in the southwestern part of Anhui province, and on the northern shore of the lower Yangtze. To the north are the Dabie Mountains . Neighbouring prefectures are: The total area of the prefecture is 16,300 square kilometres (6,290 sq mi), with an urban area of 550 square kilometres (212 sq mi), which is only 3.4% of the total. Anqing has a four-season, monsoon -influenced humid subtropical climate ( Köppen Cfa ), with chilly, damp winters and very hot, humid summers. Cold northwesterly winds from Siberia can occasionally cause nightly temperatures to drop below freezing (although snow

161-667: Is therefore quite different from the rest of the province, which is predominantly Huizhou -speaking. Huangmei Opera is performed in the local dialect. The early presence of actors from Anqing in the world of Peking opera (Beijing Opera) has significantly impacted the development of this renowned Chinese theatrical art form. This influence is evident in various aspects, including language accents and cultural nuances within Peking Opera. The prefecture-level city of Anqing administers 10 county-level divisions , including 3 districts , 2 county-level cities and 5 counties . Anqing

184-691: Is uncommon), while summer can see extended periods of 35 °C (95 °F)+ days. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from 4.3 °C (39.7 °F) in January to 29.2 °C (84.6 °F) in July, while the annual mean is 17.20 °C (63.0 °F). Precipitation tends to reach a maximum in tandem with the meiyu (plum rains) while wintertime rainfall is generally light. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 30% in March to 54% in August,

207-620: The Kansai and Kantō regions in Honshū. The tsuyu season is roughly a month earlier (early May through mid-June) in Okinawa (the southernmost region of the country). There is no pronounced tsuyu season in Hokkaidō (the northernmost region of the country) because the tsuyu front usually attenuates before it reaches the region so that it cannot produce the abundant rainfall. Tsuyu

230-638: The camellia " because the timing coincides with the blossoming of the seasonal flower. The rainy season is between June and mid-July. It is caused by hot and humid high pressure forming in the Sea of Okhotsk due to the North Pacific anticyclone combining with Asiatic continental high pressure. When the two meteorological events meet they form a long jangmajeonseon (Korean:  장마전선 , from 장마 ; lit.  rainy season and 전선 ; 前線 ; lit.  weather front). Beginning in late May,

253-548: The plum rain , is caused by precipitation along a persistent stationary front known as the Meiyu front for nearly two months during the late spring and early summer in East Asia between China , Taiwan , Korea and Japan . The wet season ends during the summer when the subtropical ridge becomes strong enough to push this front north of the region. These weather systems can produce heavy rainfall and flooding. In China,

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276-480: The Chinese Communist Party from 1921 to 1928. Huangmei opera , a renowned Chinese opera style, originated in the city of Anqing. This captivating art form gained immense popularity since the 1950s, largely attributed to the exceptional talents of local actors and actresses from Anqing. Huangmei opera is a significant cultural treasure that defines the rich heritage of the city of Anqing. Anqing

299-531: The North Pacific high pressure forces the weaker continental anticyclone south of Okinawa Island . This fall to the south then reverses and gradually strengthens as it moves northwards back towards the Korean peninsula. On landfall, heavy monsoon rains lead to torrential downpours and flooding. By August the system has weakened as the southern systems retreat towards the Philippine archipelago. By early autumn,

322-456: The North Pacific high-pressure system is pushed away as Asiatic continental cold high pressure moves southwards. This produces inclement weather although not on the scale of the summer monsoons. Korea can, however, be struck by typhoons during this period. In some years, the rainy season's actual beginning and end are under debate. For example, in 2005, the subtropical ridge moved quickly northward in late June/early July. The weather front skipped

345-603: The Xipu road from the Southern Capital [present-day Chengdu ], the fourth month ripens the yellow p[r]unus. The long river goes off surging, and, darkening, a fine rain comes. Roof-thatch, loosely bound, is easily soaked, clouds and fog are dense and will not lift. All day long the dragons delight, whirlpools turning with the bank. Japan later adapted and transliterated the Chinese term "plum rain" to call

368-619: The bus operators in Anqing, the Anqing Zhongbei Bus Company, is owned by a joint venture between Nanjing Public Utilities Development (formerly Nanjing Zhongbei) and RATP Dev Transdev Asia (RDTA). RDTA itself is a joint venture between Transdev and RATP Dev . Meiyu The East Asian rainy season ( Chinese and Japanese : 梅雨; pinyin : méiyǔ ; rōmaji : tsuyu/baiu ; Korean : 장마 ; romaja : jangma ), also called

391-539: The city receives 1,831 hours of bright sunshine annually. Anqing has one Yangtze River crossing , the Anqing Yangtze River Bridge . Anqing Tianzhushan Airport serves the city. The Nanjing–Anqing Intercity Railway opened in December 2015, allowing a 90-minute journey time to Nanjing , and 3 hours to Shanghai . Wuhan-Hangzhou High-Speed Railway is also under construction. One of

414-597: The city, and it took long to fully recover. In 1938, the Japanese occupied Anqing, which again caused major damage to the city. Following the Japanese defeat, the capital of Anhui was moved to Hefei, which eventually lead to Anqing's gradual loss of status as one of the "Five Tigers of the Yangtze". The people of Anqing have a unique dialect that mixed with the Gan Chinese , Wu Chinese and Lower Yangtze Mandarin . It

437-530: The east China coast, initially across Taiwan and Okinawa, later, when it has shifted to the north, eastward into the southern peninsula of South Korea and Japan. In Taiwan and Okinawa , the rainy season usually lasts from May to June. In Russian Primorsky Krai , Japan, and Korea, it lasts from June to July (approximately 50 days). In eastern China (especially the Yangtze and Huai River regions), it lasts from mid June to early July. The weather front forms when

460-502: The moist air over the Pacific meets the cooler continental air mass . The front and the formation of frontal depressions along it brings precipitation to Primorsky Krai, Japan, Korea, eastern China, and Taiwan. As the front moves back and forth depending on the strength of cool and warm air masses, there is often prolonged precipitation and sometimes flooding in eastern China . However, in the years that it does not rain as much as usual,

483-547: The rainy season tsuyu ( 梅雨 ) . The season is instead commonly called Jangma (장마) in Korea, which means "long rain". The term was originally spelled Dyangmah (댱맣) in 1500s, which was the mix of the hanja character 長 ("long") and the old native Korean word 맣 ( mah , "rain"). The word Dyangmah eventually transformed from Jyangma (쟝마) in 1700s to the current form of Jangma after the 1900s. An east–west zone of disturbed weather during spring along this front stretches from

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506-571: The term "plum rain" was used for the rain in the fourth and fifth lunar month. It specifically refers to the historical belief that, when the plums turn yellow and fall at the south of the Yangtze in the fourth and fifth months, the moisture that evaporates from the plant turns into rain. The term appears in the following poem by Du Fu (fl. 8th century) of the Tang dynasty : 梅雨 南京犀浦道，四月熟黃梅。 湛湛長江去，冥冥細雨來。 茅茨疏易溼，雲霧密難開。 竟日蛟龍喜，盤渦與岸迴。 Plum rain On

529-767: Was built during the Southern Song dynasty in 1217. Anqing was held by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom for almost nine years, from June 1853 to December 1861. It served as the capital of the Taiping's Anhui province during this period. The final Battle of Anqing , in which the Qing forces laid siege to the city, began in 1860, and the Xiang Army and other Qing forces were able to retake Anqing by December 1861. The constant battles around Anqing devastated

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