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The town of Tuojiang is an ancient town. it was City of Wuzhaisi (Chinese: 五寨司城) which was the seat of Wuzhai Tusi (Chinese: 五寨司) formed in Yuan dynasty. Camp Fenghuang (Chinese: 凤凰营) was established there in 1704 and Camp Fenghuang was upgraded to Military Department of Fenghuang (Chinese: 凤凰厅) in 1736, it became the seat of Fenghuang Military Department.
The gate to the government offices built in the 1920s. The writing on top of the gate reads "Fenghuang County" The ancient town of Fenghuang was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on March 28, 2008, in the Cultural category. This ancient town was regarded as the most beautiful town in China by New Zealand writer Rewi Alley. It ...
The manuscript is illustrated with a 'Turkocentric' world map, oriented with east (or rather, perhaps, the direction of midsummer sunrise) on top, centered on the ancient city of Balasagun in what is now Kyrgyzstan, showing the Caspian Sea to the north, and Iraq, Armenia, Yemen and Egypt to the west, China and Japan to the east, Hindustan ...
The Atlas is considered the most authoritative compendium of ancient place names and administrative boundaries, and a tremendous improvement on its predecessor, Yang Shoujing's Lidai yudi tu (Yangtu, "Yang's atlas", 1906–1911). [2] [3] However, more controversial has been Tan's historical conception: [4]
The map shows 500 settlements and a dozen rivers in China, and includes large parts of Korea and Vietnam. On the reverse side of Huayi tu is the gridded Yu Ji Tu (Map of the Tracks of Yu the Great). [7] This map is the earliest surviving example of lattice cartographic grid found in Chinese map, a system first introduced in China a millennium ...
The Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia & North Africa is a center of active research on the ancient Near East. The building's upper floors contain a library, classrooms and faculty offices, and its gift shop, the Suq, also sells textbooks for the university's classes on Near Eastern studies.
The Pivot of the Four Quarters: A Preliminary Enquiry into the Origins and Character of the Ancient Chinese City. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 978-0852241745. Wright, Arthur F. (1977). The Cosmology of the Chinese City. In Skinner, William G. The City in Late Imperial China (33-75). Taipei: SMC Publishing. ISBN 978-0804708920.
Ciqikou is located on the west bank of the Jialing River and covers an area of 1.18 km 2 (0.46 sq mi). Three mountains, Mount Jingbi, Mount Fenghuang and Mount Ma'an lie in Ciqikou, whilst Fenghuang Quan and Qinshui Quan run across it.