Tianshui, the Glossary
Tianshui is a prefecture-level city in Gansu province, China, and is the province's second-largest city (behind the provincial capital Lanzhou).[1]
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- Cities in Gansu
- Prefecture-level divisions of Gansu
Aviation Industry Corporation of China
The Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) is a Chinese state-owned aerospace and defense conglomerate headquartered in Beijing.
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Buckwheat
Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) or common buckwheat is a flowering plant in the knotweed family Polygonaceae cultivated for its grain-like seeds and as a cover crop.
Buddhism in China
Buddhism in China refers to Buddhism that has been developed and practiced in China, based on the geographical location and administrative region instead of a particular Buddhist branch.
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Chang'an
Chang'an is the traditional name of Xi'an.
Chenghua Emperor
The Chenghua Emperor (9 December 1447 – 9 September 1487), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Xianzong of Ming, personal name Zhu Jianshen, changed to Zhu Jianru in 1457, was the ninth emperor of the Ming dynasty, who reigned from 1464 to 1487.
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China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.
China Meteorological Administration
The China Meteorological Administration (CMA) is the national weather service of the People's Republic of China.
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China National Highway 310
China National Highway 310 (G310) runs northwest from Lianyungang, Jiangsu towards Anhui, Henan, Shaanxi provinces, and ends in Tianshui, Gansu.
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Chinese characters
Chinese characters are logographs used to write the Chinese languages and others from regions historically influenced by Chinese culture.
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Dadiwan culture
The Dadiwan culture (c. 5800–5400 BCE) was a Neolithic culture located primarily in the eastern portion of Gansu and Shaanxi provinces in modern China.
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Dynasties of China
For most of its history, China was organized into various dynastic states under the rule of hereditary monarchs.
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Emperor Wu of Han
Emperor Wu of Han (156 – 29 March 87BC), born Liu Che and courtesy name Tong, was the seventh emperor of the Han dynasty from 141 to 87 BC. His reign lasted 54 years – a record not broken until the reign of the Kangxi Emperor more than 1,800 years later – and remains the record for ethnic Han emperors.
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Fangmatan
Fangmatan is an archeological site located near Tianshui in China's Gansu province.
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period was an era of political upheaval and division in Imperial China from 907 to 979.
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G30 Lianyungang–Khorgas Expressway
The Lianyungang–Khorgas Expressway, designated as G30 and commonly referred to as the Lianhuo Expressway, is.
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G7011 Shiyan–Tianshui Expressway
The Shiyan–Tianshui Expressway, designated as G7011 and commonly referred to as the Shitian Expressway, is an expressway in China that connects Shiyan, Hubei and Tianshui, Gansu.
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G8513 Pingliang–Mianyang Expressway
The G8513 Pingliang–Mianyang Expressway, commonly referred to as the Pingmian Expressway, is an expressway in China that connects the cities of Pingliang, Gansu and Mianyang, Sichuan.
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Gangu County
Gangu County is a county in the southeast of Gansu province, China.
Gansu
Gansu is an inland province in Northwestern China.
Guanyin
Guanyin is a Bodhisattva associated with compassion.
Han dynasty
The Han dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China (202 BC9 AD, 25–220 AD) established by Liu Bang and ruled by the House of Liu.
Huaniu
Huaniu (花牛), also known as Chinese Red Delicious is an apple cultivar originating from China.
Humid continental climate
A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers, and cold (sometimes severely cold in the northern areas) and snowy winters.
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ISO 3166-2:CN
ISO 3166-2:CN is the entry for China in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g. provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.
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Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.
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Lanzhou
Lanzhou is the capital and largest city of Gansu province in northwestern China. Tianshui and Lanzhou are cities in Gansu and prefecture-level divisions of Gansu.
Li County, Gansu
Li County or Lixian is an administrative division of the prefecture-level city of Longnan in southeastern Gansu, a northwestern province of China.
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Li Guang
Li Guang (184-119 BC) was a Chinese military general of the Western Han dynasty.
List of twin towns and sister cities in China
This is a list of places in China which have standing links to local communities in other countries known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).
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Loess Plateau
The Chinese Loess Plateau, or simply the Loess Plateau, is a plateau in north-central China formed of loess, a clastic silt-like sediment formed by the accumulation of wind-blown dust.
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Longhai railway
The Longhai railway, formerly romanized as the is a major arterial east–west railway in China.
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Longxi Commandery
Longxi Commandery (Chinese: trad. 隴西郡, simp. 陇西郡, Lǒngxījùn) was a commandery of imperial China in present-day Gansu, named due to its location west of Mount Long (the southern portion of Mount Liupan).
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Maiji, Tianshui
Maiji District is a district of the prefecture-level city of Tianshui in the southeast of Gansu Province, China, bordering Shaanxi Province to the east.
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Maijishan Grottoes
The Maijishan Grottoes, formerly romanized as Maichishan, are a series of 194 caves cut in the side of the hill of Maijishan in Tianshui, Gansu Province, northwest China.
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Malatang
Malatang is a common type of Chinese street food.
Ming dynasty
The Ming dynasty, officially the Great Ming, was an imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty.
Monsoon
A monsoon is traditionally a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with annual latitudinal oscillation of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) between its limits to the north and south of the equator.
Northern Silk Road
The Northern Silk Road is a historic inland trade route in Northwest China and Central Asia (historically known as the Western Regions), originating in the ancient Chinese capital of Chang'an (modern day Xi'an), westwards through the Hexi Corridor (in what is the modern Gansu province) into the Tarim Basin, going around north of the Taklamakan Desert along the two sides of the Tianshan Mountains, and then past the Pamir Mountains to reach the ancient kingdoms of Bactria, Sogdia, Kushan, Parthia and eventually the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire.
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Northern Wei
Wei, known in historiography as the Northern Wei, Tuoba Wei, Yuan Wei and Later Wei, was an imperial dynasty of China ruled by the Tuoba (Tabgach) clan of the Xianbei.
Pingliang
Pingliang is a prefecture-level city in eastern Gansu province, China, bordering Shaanxi province to the south and east and the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region to the north. Tianshui and Pingliang are prefecture-level divisions of Gansu.
Pinyin
Hanyu Pinyin, or simply pinyin, is the most common romanization system for Standard Chinese.
Postal codes in China
Postal codes in the People's Republic of China are postal codes used by China Post for the delivery of letters and goods within mainland China.
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Prefecture-level city
A prefecture-level city or prefectural city is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure.
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Provinces of China
Provinces (p) are the most numerous type of province-level divisions in the People's Republic of China (PRC).
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Qín Prefecture
Qin Province, Qín Prefecture or Qinzhou was a province in China that existed from the Jin dynasty (266–420) to the Tang and Five Dynasties period.
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Qin (state)
Qin (or Ch'in) was an ancient Chinese state during the Zhou dynasty.
Qin dynasty
The Qin dynasty was the first dynasty of Imperial China.
Qin'an County
Qin'an County is a county in the east of Gansu province, China.
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Qingshui County
Qingshui County is a county in Gansu province, China, bordering Shaanxi province to the east.
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Qinling
The Qinling or Qin Mountains, formerly known as the Nanshan ("Southern Mountains"), are a major east–west mountain range in southern Shaanxi Province, China.
Qinzhou, Tianshui
Qinzhou, formerly romanized as Tsinchow, is a district and the seat of the city of Tianshui, Gansu province, China.
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Renminbi
The renminbi (symbol: ¥; ISO code: CNY; abbreviation: RMB), also known as Chinese Yuan is the official currency of the People's Republic of China.
Song dynasty
The Song dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 960 to 1279.
Tang dynasty
The Tang dynasty (唐朝), or the Tang Empire, was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907, with an interregnum between 690 and 705.
Tarim Basin
The Tarim Basin is an endorheic basin in Xinjiang, Northwestern China occupying an area of about and one of the largest basins in Northwest China.
The Buddha
Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha ('the awakened'), was a wandering ascetic and religious teacher who lived in South Asia during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism.
Tianshui Association
Tianshui Association (pronounced in Japanese "Tensui Kai" and in Chinese "Tianshui Hui") is a mutual assistance association in Japan of the 300 Japanese railway engineers who worked under forced labor for the construction of the Tianshui-Lanzhou Railway, Gansu Province, China.
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Tianshui Commandery
Tianshui Commandery (天水郡), known as Hanyang Commandery (漢陽郡) during the Eastern Han dynasty, was a historical commandery of China in eastern Gansu.
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Tianshui Maijishan Airport
Tianshui Maijishan Airport, or Tianshui Air Base, is a dual-use military and civil airport serving the city of Tianshui in Gansu Province, China.
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Tianshui railway station
Tianshui railway station is a station on Longhai railway in Tianshui, Gansu.
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Tianshui South railway station
The Tianshui South railway station is a railway station of Xi'an–Baoji High-Speed Railway in Gansu, China.
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Tianshui Tram
Tianshui Tram is a light rail system consisting of one route in Qinzhou District and Maiji District, Tianshui, Gansu, China.
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Tianshui–Longnan railway
The Tianshui–Longnan railway is a planned railway in China.
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Time in China
The time in China follows a single standard time offset of UTC+08:00 (eight hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time) based on the National Time Service Center of Chinese Academy of Sciences located in Mount Li, Lintong District, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, even though the country spans five geographical time zones.
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United States dollar
The United States dollar (symbol: $; currency code: USD; also abbreviated US$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official currency of the United States and several other countries.
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Vehicle registration plates of China
Vehicle registration plates in China are mandatory metal or plastic plates attached to motor vehicles in mainland China for official identification purposes.
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Wei River
The Wei River is a major river in west-central China's Gansu and Shaanxi provinces.
Western Wei
Wei, known in historiography as the Western Wei, was an imperial dynasty of China that followed the disintegration of the Northern Wei.
Western Zhou
The Western Zhou (771 BC) was a period of Chinese history corresponding roughly to the first half of the Zhou dynasty.
Wushan County, Gansu
Wushan County is a county in the east of Gansu Province of China.
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Xi'an
Xi'an is the capital of Shaanxi Province.
Xirong
Xirong or Rong were various people who lived primarily in and around the western extremities of ancient China (in modern Gansu and Qinghai).
Zhangjiachuan Hui Autonomous County
The Zhangjiachuan Hui Autonomous County (Xiao'erjing: جْاکِاچُوًا خُوِذُو ذِجِشِیًا) is an autonomous county in the east of Gansu Province of the People's Republic of China, bordering Shaanxi Province to the east.
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Zhou (administrative division)
Zhou were historical administrative and political divisions of China.
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Zibo
Zibo is a prefecture-level city in central Shandong province, China.
See also
Cities in Gansu
- Baiyin
- Dingxi
- Dunhuang
- Hezuo
- Jiayuguan City
- Jiuquan
- Lanzhou
- Linxia City
- Liulin, Gansu
- Longnan
- Tianshui
- Yumen City
Prefecture-level divisions of Gansu
- Baiyin
- Dingxi
- Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
- Jiayuguan City
- Jinchang
- Jiuquan
- Lanzhou
- Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture
- Longnan
- Pingliang
- Qingyang
- Qingyang, Gansu
- Tianshui
- Wuwei, Gansu
- Zhangye
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tianshui
Also known as History of Tianshui, Prefecture Apostolic of Southern Kan-Su, Shanggui, T'ien-Shui, Tianshui, Gansu, Tianshui, Gansu Province, .
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