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The Purple Forbidden enclosure (紫微垣 Zǐ wēi yuán) is one of the San Yuan (三垣 Sān yuán) or Three Enclosures.Stars and constellations of this group lie near the north celestial pole and are visible all year from temperate latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere.
Zi Wei may refer to: Zi Wei (crater), on the Moon; Ziwei enclosure, or the Purple Forbidden enclosure, a constellation in Chinese astronomy;
Wei Yuen-class: Gunboat: Fujian Maritime Administration: 1296-1300: 1887: 1894/9/17 Sunk in accident, or 1894/9/17 Badly damaged by the Japanese during the Battle of the Yalu River and beached [1] [3] [2] Hai Tung Hung (海東雄) Rendel gunboat: Whampoa Dockyard, Guangdong: 430: 1880: c. 1918 Stricken [1] [2] [4] Kuang Yuan (廣元) Kuang Yuan ...
Weiyuan General Cannon [3] (simplified Chinese: 威远将军炮; traditional Chinese: 威遠將軍炮), also known as "Weiyuan General Gun" or "Divine Invincible Great General Cannon", [4] was a large-caliber, short-barreled front-mounted mortar, [5] manufactured in the 29th year of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty (1690).
The Ziwei Emperor resides in the middle of Heaven and assists the Jade Emperor in administrative duties of Heaven and Earth; Sun and Moon; four seasons and weather. He commands all deities of constellations, mountains, and rivers.
In 495 CE, Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei, who venerated Confucius and his teachings, bestowed official ranks upon two scions of Yan Hui's lineage. [ 11 ] The clan had resided in the south for eight generations when Yan Zhitui (531–591) was born. [ 12 ]
The boiler from the John Evenson steam tug now lies on the bottom of Lake Michigan. The 54-foot steam tug sank on June 5, 1895, and was finally discovered by two Wisconsin maritime historians on ...
Empress Erzhu [1] (514–556) was an empress of the Xianbei-led Northern Wei dynasty of China. She was the wife of Emperor Xiaozhuang and a daughter of the paramount general Erzhu Rong. She later became a concubine of Northern Wei and Eastern Wei's paramount general Gao Huan.