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Jiangyin
County-level city in Jiangsu, People's Republic of China From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jiangyin (simplified Chinese: 江阴; traditional Chinese: 江陰; pinyin: Jiāngyīn; Wade–Giles: Chiangyin, Jiangyin dialect: [kɐ̞ŋ.jɪŋ]) is a county-level city on the southern bank of the Yangtze River. It is administered by the Wuxi, Jiangsu province. Jiangyin is an important transport hub on the Yangtze River and one of the most developed counties in China. It had 1,595,138 inhabitants in the 2010 census. The city is part of the Jiangyin-Zhangjiagang-Jingjiang metropolitan area, which has 3,526,260 inhabitants.
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Etymology
Jiangyin's name means "River Shade", from its location on the southern, shady bank of the Yangtze River.
History
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Jiangyin was initially a township of Yanling (延陵; later known as Piling, 毗陵) county. Since the township was located north of Ji Lake, it was given the name "Jiyang" (暨陽). In 281, it was promoted to a county of the Piling commandery. In 558, the northwestern part was separated from Lanling county (Wujin and its surrounding areas) to create Jiangyin county. It served as the seat of the Jiangyin commandery, with the same jurisdiction of the modern city, until the commandery was dissolved in 589. It was elevated to jun (military prefecture) status during the Southern Tang, until being restored as a county of Changzhou in 1071. It developed into an important port for overseas trade and a Maritime Trade Supervisory (市舶提擧司) was established to manage it in 1145. The county became a zhou (smaller prefecture) during the Yuan dynasty, but was reduced to county status again in 1367.[1]
In 1472, a sandbank in the Yangtze River was made independent from Jiangyin county to establish Jingjiang county.[2] In 1645, draconian enforcement of the decree ordering adoption of the Manchu style of hair and dress sparked resistance among the local Han Chinese. After the Qing ultimatum to "lose your hair or lose your head", they held the walled city against Qing sieges under a magistrate Yan Yingyuan (閻應元) 's leadership.[3]
On 23 April 1987, the State Council of China approved Jiangyin's designation as a county-level city.[4]
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Administrative divisions
Currently, Jiangyin City has 5 subdistricts and 11 towns.[5]
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- 11 towns
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Transport
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Jiangyin Train Ferry Line is the only one train line that remains across the Yangtze River. It is a part of the Xinyi–Changxing Railway.[6]
A new high-speed railway line has been constructed [7] that links Jiangyin directly to both Shanghai and Nanjing. Furthermore, it is connected to Wuxi by an extension to the existing Wuxi Metro.
Climate
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Notable people
- Li Jinjun, Chinese (PRC) Ambassador to North Korea (DPRK) (from 2015)
- Liu Bannong (1891–1934) - writer
- Liu Tianhua (1895–1932) - musician and composer
- Miao Quansun (缪荃孙) (1844–1919) - Academic, catalog writer, bibliophile, founder of modern Chinese librarianship
- Shangguan Yunzhu - movie star
- Xu Xiake (1587–1641) - noted traveller and geographer
- Yu Minhong - Chairman and President of New Oriental Education & Technology Group
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