Xinghua, Jiangsu
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Xinghua City (simplified Chinese: 兴化; traditional Chinese: 興化; pinyin: Xīnghuà) is a county-level city in Taizhou, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China. It is located in the central part of Jiangsu Province.
It has a long history and is the hometown of several famous characters, including Zheng Banqiao, Shi Nai'an, etc.
Notable people
- Bi Feiyu, fiction writer
- Fan Zhongyan, politician, was once magistrate in Xinghua[1]
- Hou Yifan, chess prodigy, born in Xinghua
- Kong Shangren, Qing dynasty dramatist and poet
- Li Jitong (1897-1961), botanist and phytophysiologist[2]
- Zheng Banqiao, Qing dynasty painter
See also
References
External links
- (Chinese) Official Local Government website
- (English) (Chinese) "Illustrated Album of Yangzhou Prefecture", from 1573-1620, has illustrations of Xinghua
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Coordinates: 32°54′38″N 119°51′10″E / 32.91056°N 119.85278°E
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