Xinghua, Jiangsu Explained

Xinghua
Native Name:	兴化市
Native Name Lang:	zh-Hans
Other Name:	Hinghwa
Postal Code:	225700
Pushpin Map:	China Jiangsu
Pushpin Label Position:	right
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location of the city center in Jiangsu
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	People's Republic of China
Subdivision Name1:	Jiangsu
Subdivision Name2:	Taizhou
Subdivision Type3:	Subdivisions
Area Footnotes:	^[1]
Area Total Km2:	2393.35
Population Footnotes:	^[2]
Population Total:	1542600
Population As Of:	2019
Population Density Km2:	auto
Coordinates:	32.912°N 119.8526°W
Utc Offset:	+8

Xinghua is a county-level city under the administration of Taizhou, Jiangsu province, China. It is located in the central part of Jiangsu Province. It borders the prefecture-level cities of Yancheng to the north and east and Yangzhou to the west.

Xinghua's name is the abbreviation for "Chinese: {{uline|兴" which means "prospering (the Confucian) teaching".^[3]

History

In 920, the Yang Wu state of the Ten Kingdoms separated the northern part of the then Hailing county to establish Xinghua county. The county was downgraded to Zhaoyang township in 1135, but was restored in 1149.

In 1987, the county was turned into a city of Yangzhou. The area was under the jurisdiction of Yangzhou until 1996, and then reassign to Taizhou, Jiangsu.

Administrative divisions

At present, Xinghua City has 29 towns and 5 townships.^[4]

29 towns

Daiyao (Chinese: 戴窑镇) Hechen (Chinese: 合陈镇) Yongfeng (Chinese: 永丰镇) Xinduo (Chinese: 新垛镇) Anfeng (Chinese: 安丰镇) Hainan (Chinese: 海南镇) Diaoyu (Chinese: 钓鱼镇) Dazou (Chinese: 大邹镇) Shagou (Chinese: 沙沟镇) Zhongbao (Chinese: 中堡镇) Lizhong (Chinese: 李中镇) Xijiao (Chinese: 西郊镇) Lincheng (Chinese: 临城镇) Duotian (Chinese: 垛田镇) Zhuhong (Chinese: 竹泓镇)

Shenlun (Chinese: 沈伦镇) Daduo (Chinese: 大垛镇) Huoduo (Chinese: 荻垛镇) Taozhuang (Chinese: 陶庄镇) Changrong (Chinese: 昌荣镇) Maoshan (Chinese: 茅山镇) Zhouzhuang (Chinese: 周庄镇) Chenbao (Chinese: 陈堡镇) Dainan (Chinese: 戴南镇) Zhangguo (Chinese: 张郭镇) Zhaoyang (Chinese: 昭阳镇) Daying (Chinese: 大营镇) Xiaxu (Chinese: 下圩镇) Chengdong (Chinese: 城东镇)

5 townships

Laowei (Chinese: 老圩乡) Zhoufen (Chinese: 周奋乡) Ganggu (Chinese: 缸顾乡)

Xibao (Chinese: 西鲍乡) Linhu (Chinese: (林湖乡)

Education

• Chushui Experimental School

Notable people

• Bi Feiyu, fiction writer
• Fan Zhongyan, politician, was once magistrate in Xinghua^[5]
• Hou Yifan, chess grandmaster, born in Xinghua
• Kong Shangren, Qing dynasty dramatist and poet
• Li Jitong (1897–1961), botanist and phytophysiologist^[6]
• Zheng Banqiao, Qing dynasty painter

See also

• Xinghua Campaign

External links

• Official Local Government website
• "Illustrated Album of Yangzhou Prefecture", from 1573 to 1620, has illustrations of Xinghua

Notes and References

1. Taizhou Statistical Yearbook 2012/. Accessed 9 July 2014.
2. China 2010 Census County-by-county Statistics/. Accessed 9 July 2014.
3. Book: Overview of Jiangsu's cities and counties . zh:江苏市县概况 . 978-7-55-373496-5. 394–397. zh.
4. Web site: 泰州市-行政区划网 www.xzqh.org . XZQH . zh . 2012-05-24.
5. Book: Buckley Ebrey, Patricia. Chinese Civilization a sourcebook. 1993. Simon and Schuster. 200.
6. 30 Years' Review of China's Science & Technology, 1949-1979 (World Scientific Publishing Co., 1981), p. 283.