Xianyang

Xianyang

: "This article is related to a city, for the airport located in the city, see Xi'an Xianyang International Airport"Xianyang (zh-stp |s=咸阳 |t=咸陽 |p=Xiányáng; Sienyang; Hsienyang) is a city in Shaanxi province, near Xi'an. The city site was located a few kilometers away from present-day Xi'an, to the northwest of it. It has an area of 10,213 square kilometers and a population of 4,800,000. [cite web|url=http://www.xianyang.gov.cn/channel_2/2006/0205/61443.html| title=Geography of Xianyang| publisher = Official website of Xianyang Government| date=2006-02-05| accessdate=2008-09-26|language=Chinese]

History

It was the capital of the state of Qin during the Warring States Period in Chinese history, and remained capital during the short-lived Qin Dynasty. The king, Qin Xiao Gong built the city of Xianyang in 350BC, which had been the capital for over 140 years. It was located in the modern day Shaanxi province on the northern bank of the Wei River, on the opposite side of which Liu Bang would later build the Han Dynasty capital of Chang'an once he became emperor.

In 221 BC Qin Shi Huang eliminated empire in Chinese history. Xianyang turned into the centre of politics, economy and culture of the Qin empire. The Emperor had a lavish mausoleum built near the capital, complete with his Terracotta Army. This and other large undertakings required enormous levies of manpower and resources, not to mention repressive measures, which eventually led to the fall of the Qin Dynasty and with it the original city of Xianyang.

Shortly after the First Emperor's death in 210 BC revolts erupted. At the beginning of December 207 BC, then King of Qin Ziying surrendered to rebel leader Liu Bang. Liu Bang went on to capture Xianyang, but was forced to hand it over to another rebel leader, Xiang Yu, whose army greatly outnumbered Liu Bang's. Xiang Yu then killed Ziying and burned Xianyang, thereby forever robbing humanity of some unique copies of many "forbidden books" in the royal library.

In 202 BC, after defeating Xiang Yu, Liu Bang built a new city near the old Xianyang and named this new capital Chang'an.

From the end of 1950s till the middle of 1990s the archaeological staff discovered and excavated a large numbers of sites of the Qin palaces,handicraft workshops,and tombs in Xianyang. Based on the 40-year-archeaology-research and the rich cultural remains, we can figure out the splendid prospect of Xianyang in the Qin Dynasty.

Administrative divisions

*Qindu District (秦都区)
*Yangling District (杨陵区)
*Weicheng District (渭城区)
*Xingping City (兴平市)
*Sanyuan County (三原县)
*Jingyang County (泾阳县)
*Qian County (乾县)
*Liquan County (礼泉县)
*Yongshou County (永寿县)
*Bin County (彬县)
*Changwu County (长武县)
*Xunyi County (旬邑县)
*Chunhua County (淳化县)
*Wugong County (武功县)

References

External links

* [http://www.xianyang.gov.cn/ Official website of Xianyang Government]
* [http://www.xianyangchina.com Xianyang, China]
* [http://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/cities/china/xian/xian.html Introduction of Xi'an/Chang'an] by the University of Washington

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