Weicheng District, Xianyang

Weicheng District (simplified Chinese: 渭城区; traditional Chinese: 渭城區; pinyin: Wèichéng Qū) is a district of Xianyang, Shaanxi, China.

Weicheng 渭城区
District
Xi'an Xianyang International Airport, Dizhang Subdistrict [zh]
Weicheng District within Xianyang
Xianyang in Shaanxi
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Shaanxi
Prefecture-level city	Xianyang
Area
• Total	272 km2 (105 sq mi)
Population  (2017)
• Total	216,000
• Density	790/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China standard time)
Website	www.weic.gov.cn

The district is notable for a number of Zhou and Han era tombs.

History

The area belonged to the Cheng [zh], also known as the state of Ying (Chinese: 郢国; pinyin: Yǐng Guó), during the Shang dynasty.^[1] The Cheng state, which included northern portions of present-day Weicheng District, was settled by the descendants of Wu Hui [zh] sometime between 16th and 14th centuries BCE.^[1] Present-day Yaodian Subdistrict [zh] was the site of a fief of the Cheng state.^[1]

During the Zhou dynasty, King Wen oversaw the expansion of the dynasty to the west of the Feng River [zh], into present-day Xianyang.^[1] Him and King Wu were buried in a complex known as the Zhou tombs [zh], located in present-day Zhouling Subdistrict [zh].^[2] The complex contains two ancestral halls dedicated to the kings, as well as over 40 steles, which were erected in their honor during the Song dynasty.^[2]

Administrative divisions

Weicheng District administers the following 10 subdistricts:^[3]

• Zhongshan Subdistrict [zh] (Chinese: 中山街道)
• Wenhui Road Subdistrict [zh] (Chinese: 文汇路街道)
• Xinxing Subdistrict [zh] (Chinese: 新兴街道)
• Weiyang Subdistrict [zh] (Chinese: 渭阳街道)
• Weicheng Subdistrict [zh] (Chinese: 渭城街道)
• Yaodian Subdistrict [zh] (Chinese: 窑店街道)
• Zhengyang Subdistrict [zh] (Chinese: 正阳街道)
• Zhouling Subdistrict [zh] (Chinese: 周陵街道; lit. 'Zhou tomb Subdistrict')
• Dizhang Subdistrict [zh] (Chinese: 底张街道)
• Beidu Subdistrict [zh] (Chinese: 北杜街道)