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Xitang (Chinese: 西塘; pinyin: Xītáng; lit. 'West Pond'), formerly known as Xietang (Chinese: 斜塘; lit. 'Oblique Pond'), Pingtang (Chinese: 平塘; lit. 'Flat Pond') and Xutang (Chinese: 胥塘; lit. 'Xu Pond'), is a historic town in Jiashan County, Zhejiang, China. It borders Luxu Town in the north, Yaozhuang Town in the east, Ganyao ...
Xu Garden, also known by its Chinese name of Xuyuan, Xu Yuan, [1] or Xuyuan Garden, [2] is a Chinese garden in Slender West Lake National Park in Hanjiang District, Yangzhou, China. It is particularly noted for its views and for the interior woodwork of its pavilions.
Xu Lu (徐璐, born 1994), also known as Lulu Xu, Chinese actress; Xu Mengjie, (徐梦洁, born 1994), also known as Rainbow Xu, Chinese singer and actress. Xu Minghao, (徐明浩, born 1997), Chinese member of the South Korean boyband Seventeen, known by his stage name The8; Xu Xinfu, (徐欣夫), Chinese director [2] Xu Wei, Ming dynasty painter
The Lantingji Xu (traditional Chinese: 蘭亭集序; simplified Chinese: 兰亭集序; pinyin: Lántíngjí Xù; lit. 'Preface to the Poems Collected from the Orchid Pavilion'), or Lanting Xu ("Orchid Pavilion Preface"), is a piece of Chinese calligraphy work generally considered to be written by the well-known calligrapher Wang Xizhi (303–361) from the Eastern Jin dynasty (317–420).
Xu Garden is a partial calque of the Chinese name written 煦 園 in traditional characters or 煦园 in simplified ones, both spelled Xù Yuán in the pinyin transcription of their Mandarin pronunciation. The garden is also sometimes known in English by its Chinese name, either as Xu Yuan, Xuyuan, or Xuyuan Garden.
pinyin Wade-Giles Traditional Chinese name Simplified Chinese name Dates Notes An Zhengwen: An Cheng-wen: 安正文: 安正文: Ming dynasty: Biān Jǐngzhāo: Pien Ching-chao
The Taiping Yulan, translated as the Imperial Reader or Readings of the Taiping Era, is a massive Chinese leishu encyclopedia compiled by a team of scholars from 977 to 983.
In premodern Southeast Asia's complex political geography, Sip Song Chau Tai lay at the intersection of several larger mandalas (circles of influence): At different times, it had to pay tribute to China, Vietnam, Lan Xang/Luang Phrabang (in today's Laos) and/or Siam (Thailand). Nevertheless, the Tai chiefdoms always maintained their autonomy in ...