Xinghua, Jiangsu

Xinghua 兴化市
County-level city
Sipai Tower (四牌楼; 四牌樓), the emblem of the Xinghua Ancient City (兴化古城; 興化古城)
Xinghua Location in Jiangsu
Coordinates: 32°55′48″N 119°49′48″E / 32.930°N 119.830°ECoordinates: 32°55′48″N 119°49′48″E / 32.930°N 119.830°E[1]
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Jiangsu
Prefecture-level city	Taizhou
Area[2]
• Total	2,394.96 km^2 (924.70 sq mi)
Population [3]
• Total	1,253,548
• Density	520/km^2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)
Postal code	2257XX

Xinghua (simplified Chinese: 兴化; traditional Chinese: 興化; pinyin: Xīnghuà) 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.

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^[4]
• Hou Yifan, chess grandmaster, born in Xinghua
• Kong Shangren, Qing dynasty dramatist and poet
• Li Jitong (1897-1961), botanist and phytophysiologist^[5]
• Zheng Banqiao, Qing dynasty painter

See also

• Xinghua Campaign

References

1. Google (2014-07-02). "Xinghua" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2014-07-02.
2. Taizhou Statistical Yearbook 2012/《泰州统计年鉴2012》.(Chinese) Accessed 9 July 2014.
3. China 2010 Census County-by-county Statistics/《中国2010年人口普查分县资料》.(Chinese) Accessed 9 July 2014.
4. Buckley Ebrey, Patricia (1993). Chinese Civilization a sourcebook. Simon and Schuster. p. 200.
5. 30 Years' Review of China's Science & Technology, 1949-1979 (World Scientific Publishing Co., 1981), p. 283.

External links

• (Chinese) Official Local Government website
• (English) (Chinese) "Illustrated Album of Yangzhou Prefecture", from 1573-1620, has illustrations of Xinghua